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Thank You ResMed, for Supporting the Music-Math Lab!
ResMed, a local medical company specializing in sleep apnea and respiratory care solutions, is a generous supporter of San Diego Education non-profits that work with children. At an Awards Luncheon yesterday ResMed presented OTA with a grant to support our Kiwanis Club of San Diego (Serving the World’s Children) Music-Math Learning Acceleration Lab
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What is ST (Spatial Temporal) Math?
Why ST Math?
Why Music at OTA?
Get Your 2014 Father-Daughter Dance Pics • 10 Days Left to Order!
Take some time to relive the special memories from the 2014 Father Daughter Dance Image Gallery. Your favorite photos can be easily ordered with your credit card in a highly secure purchasing environment. Please save this e-mail to quickly access this gallery, as it contains your unique event information.
1. Go to www.hallowellphotography.com
2. Click on “Events” then click on View Event.
3. Enter the user name and password shown below.
4. Enter your email address.
Username: OTA
Password: 4376
San Diego flu cases coming in faster than last year
Suggestions to avoid getting sick and to help keep your family healthy, are:
- washing hands thoroughly & often; staying away from sick people; avoiding touching the eyes, nose, & mouth; cleaning commonly touched surfaces; and…
- staying home and avoiding contact with others if you’re sick.
Dec 03, 2014 4:31 PM PST
Influenza cases around the San Diego region are coming in at a faster rate than last year, county health officials reported Wednesday. A total of 141 lab-confirmed cases have been reported to date this flu season, 86 more than at the same time last year, according to the county Health and Human Services Agency. Continue reading
Notice of Board Meeting: Wednesday, Dec 10 at 7 PM
The next OTA Board Meeting is Wednesday, Dec 10 at 7 PM in the 7th Grade room.
Old Town Academy Dec 10- Board Meeting Notice
Agenda available for download at the “Governance” Tab.
Reminder: OTA Girl Scouts Collecting Donations of Canned Food for San Diego Food Bank
“Stuff the Bus” Canned Food Drive Starts Monday
OTA is participating in “Stuff the Bus” 2014, a fall food drive in partnership with Girl Scouts, the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank, Metropolitan Transportation System (MTS) and the North County Transit District (NCTD).
- Starting Monday, please bring your canned goods and other nonperishable food donations to school.
- OTA Students from Brownie Troop 4152 will be on hand at morning drop off to accept your donations.
- Throughout the week of December 1st, there will also be a bin in the lobby at OTA where you can deliver your goods.
On December 6th, the Brownies will deliver the donations to the Albertsons in North Park. From there, MTS and NCTD buses will transport them to the Food Bank. Thank you for your help with this worthy cause!
Sign-Up Forms for OTA Winter Basketball! • Registration Opens Dec 20th
••• No Look Goggles in the Basketball Lab! •••
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.
- 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
After School Sports are Cancelled Today (Basketball, Soccer) • Sign-up Forms for Winter B-Ball Coming Home Today
Wednesday, Dec 3
The Courts and Field are drenched and more rain on the way! — Coach Curry••• No Look Goggles in Basketball!•••
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.
- We are always looking for Parent-Volunteers to Coach!
Is Music the Key to Success?
- Which Instrument do you want to play? → Join the OTA Orchestra!
- Why We Teach Music at OTA • OTA Youth Orchestra
Is Music the Key to Success? By Joanne Lipman
CONDOLEEZZA RICE trained to be a concert pianist. Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, was a professional clarinet and saxophone player. The hedge fund billionaire Bruce Kovner is a pianist who took classes at Juilliard.
Multiple studies link music study to academic achievement. But what is it about serious music training that seems to correlate with outsize success in other fields?
The connection isn’t a coincidence. I know because I asked. I put the question to top-flight professionals in industries from tech to finance to media, all of whom had serious (if often little-known) past lives as musicians. Almost all made a connection between their music training and their professional achievements.
The phenomenon extends beyond the math-music association. Strikingly, many high achievers told me music opened up the pathways to creative thinking. And their experiences suggest that music training sharpens other qualities: Collaboration. The ability to listen. A way of thinking that weaves together disparate ideas. The power to focus on the present and the future simultaneously…
OTA Girl Scouts Supporting San Diego Food Bank Canned Food Drive
“Stuff the Bus” Canned Food Drive Starts Monday
OTA is participating in “Stuff the Bus” 2014, a fall food drive in partnership with Girl Scouts, the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank, Metropolitan Transportation System (MTS) and the North County Transit District (NCTD).
- Starting Monday, please bring your canned goods and other nonperishable food donations to school.
- OTA Students from Brownie Troop 4152 will be on hand at morning drop off to accept your donations.
- Throughout the week of December 1st, there will also be a bin in the lobby at OTA where you can deliver your goods.
On December 6th, the Brownies will deliver the donations to the Albertsons in North Park. From there, MTS and NCTD buses will transport them to the Food Bank. Thank you for your help with this worthy cause!