3rd Annual OTA Family Night at the Globetrotters • February 13 (Sign up by Jan 31)

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Please join us in our 3rd Annual Familly Night at the Globetrotters game! 
  • What: Harlem Globetrotters vs. Washington Generals
  • When: February 13th @ 7pm.
  • Where: Valley View Casino Center (Sports Arena)
  • Deadline is January 31st so don’t wait!
2014 OTA GLobetrotters 2
The kids get to participate in the Court of Dreams!! Let your player live their dream and play on the Valley View Casino Center court before the Globetrotters begin their game. Arrive at 5:30 for the Court of Dreams. Tickets are $13
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To get tickets, turn in an envelope with your name, #of tickets and a check to Athletic Initiative, contact April Curry: April Curry@athleticinitiative.org or order online!
http://www.athleticinitiative.org/annual-globetrotters-game.html
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April Curry
President, Athletic Initiative, Inc.
619-786-0232
aprilcurry@athleticinitiative.org

San Diego Symphony Kinder Koncert • Pre-School to 2nd Grade • Saturday January 24 in Old Town!

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The San Diego Symphony has been a great supporter of OTA Music (with OTA Parent Jian Chan helping to arrange on-campus concerts, classroom visits from musicians, and tickets to symphonies). Now they are offering a free introduction to classical music for younger children right here in Old Town (Park at OTA and walk!).

San Diego Symphony Kinder Koncert

OTA Calendar Notes: Jan 16, 2015 — Monday is Martin Luther King Day (School Holiday)

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  • Sunday, Jan 18, is OTA Open Basketball (2:00-4:00 PM at Presidio Gym) for 3rd-8th grade students, alumni, siblings, moms, dads, grandparents.
  • Monday, Jan 19, is Martin Luther King Day and a school holiday.
    • Visit the King Center to learn more about the life of Martin Luther King
    • Watch a video from the NBA in honor of MLK Day and his I Have a Dream speech: “Barrier Breakers”

  • Friday, Jan 23 is the Last Day of the Quarter and a Half-Day (Dismissal at 12, After-School Classes Meet)
  • Friday, Feb 6 is the next OTA Parent Foundation Morning Coffee (8:30 in the downstairs gym/lunchroom). Hosted by the OTA Parent Foundation President Kuan Collins and OTA Administrators, this is a time to ask questions, meet other OTA Parents, and learn about volunteering opportunities for Q3 & Q4: We’re looking for DuoLingo Foreign Language Club Mentors (Spanish, German, Italian, French, and Portuguese), Piano Lab Coaches, Robotics Lab Coaches, Math Lab Coaches, Athletic Coaches (Basketball, Baseball, Soccer), and more!

*** View the OTA Calendar here ***

Reminder: Instruction begins promptly at 8:10. Please arrive early so your child gets the best hours of the day

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Dear Parents, we have noticed an increase in tardy children whose late arrival is disrupting ten after 8 o clock-gray bkgrndclassroom instruction…

  • Old Town Academy students start every day with Mathematics: missing even 10 minutes a day adds up to 30 hours of missed math instruction over the course of our 185-day school year!

Please help your child and other OTA students do their best by arriving on time.

Thanks for your cooperation!

Mrs. Kamanski

Reminder: OTA Basketball 2:00-4:00 • Sundays: Jan 11, Jan 18, Jan 25

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Every Sunday until March (end of basketball season), the Presidio Gym will be reserved for OTA Students & Siblings (3rd Grade & older*), Alumni, Parents & Grandparents from 2-4 PM * This is not basketball practice, but free play time, though the Presidio counselors and OTA Coaches will help organize games and shooting competitions.
*Students in K-2 may attend only if a parent stays with them (in general we don’t recommend it as the baskets are too high and most children in K-2 are too small to play with the older children; but you know your child best).

  • Presidio Gym: 2811 Jackson Street, San Diego, CA 92110 – (619) 692-4918

The more parents who stay and play the better; but you may also drop off your 3rd-8th grade child/ren any time after 2 and pick them up at 4 PM. Please remember the gym will close at 4 PM and they will not be able to wait inside.

Call for Assistant Coaches!

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Sign-Up for OTA Winter Basketball! • Coach Kellmeyer needs U-10 Players • Practice Schedule

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First Day of U-10 & U12 Basketball Practice: Tomm., Jan 6, 3:30-5:00 at Presidio Gym!OTA Basketball••• Basketball Lab on the Turf! •••

Sign up for winter Basketball! Click to print out form: Winter Youth Basketball 2014.

  • Please write “OTA Student” next to your child’s name to make sure you get on the Old Town Academy Team.
  • Or sign up online at SDRecConnect.com. Codes for Presidio Online Registration:
    • U-10: #10077; U-12: #10079; U-14: #10081
  • We are looking for Assistant Basketball Coaches: To Volunteer for U-10, U-12, or U-14 visit Sign-Up Genius. See How We Teach Basketball in the OTA Basketball Lab

=== Note from Coach Dave Kellmeyer ===

Happy New Year,

Holiday break just flew by. In December we had some great turn outs for B-ball practice but many where older than our teams 10 & under limit so hope we’ll find some additional U-10 players now that the actual season is about to get under way. Continue reading →

Happy New Year from OTA! An Astronauts Guide to Optimism • “It all starts with a resolution, what’s yours?”

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“Our world is not as bad a place as we often feel it to be. It is easy to look to the future and lament on how far there is left to go, but sometimes it is helpful to stop and reflect on just how far we’ve come.

This New Years, my resolution is to help make our world a better place. What’s yours?”

“Remember, nobody changes the world on their own” —Astronaut Chris Hadfield

Third Wine & Dine Volunteers Meeting Wednesday (Dec 17) • Meet at OTA, Appetizers by Rei do Gado!

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Dear OTA Families,

Please join us for our third 2015 OTA Wine and Dine meeting on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Old Town Academy.

  • Due to the busy holiday season for our restaurant partners, we are holding this meeting at the school (in the Seminar room) but we will be serving appetizers from the Brazilian Steakhouse – Rei do Gado.  http://www.reidogado.net/.

We have had great attendance at our meetings so far but we welcome more participation – this our school’s largest fundraiser and we rely 100% on volunteers.

Can’t make the meeting but still interested in helping out?  Email our volunteer coordinators Lindsay Bear (thebearshouse@gmail.com) or Cathie Berlin. (catlyanne@hotmail.com). Continue reading →

Two Holiday Performances with OTA Orchestra Director John Nettles

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Nutcracker City Ballet of San Diego-2014

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John Nettles is the Music Director of the City Ballet of San Diego Orchestra, a gifted teacher, and a former high school orchestra director. This fall he agreed to help revive OTA’s orchestra program. He has done a tremendous job with the 5th-8th grade “Orchestra Experience (Video)” and the students are lucky to have a working artist as their instructor. John is also reviving the OTA Performance Orchestra, which meets after school (OTA Students: What Instrument Do You Want to Play?).

Nutcracker Performance Times:

  • Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 2:00pm
  • Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 7:30pm
  • Sunday, December 14, 2014 at 2:00pm Continue reading →