Camping under the Stars!

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It’s time for one last 6th grade outdoor adventure! Next Friday June 5th, we are excited to once again return to one of our favorite campsites in the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park area. The plan is for the 6th grade to come to school as usual on June 5th, and then caravan to the Green Valley Falls campground to explore one of the coolest sections of the San Diego River. Optional Side Trip : I will take a few students/parents to fish at Lake Cuyamaca…they apparently stocked the lake with a few thousand pounds of trout recently. We’ll eventually meet up and set up tents in 5 sites at the Paso Picacho Campground…all the while our 6th graders will be preparing all 4 meals. After breakfast Saturday morning, we’ll all plan to summit Stonewall Peak for a 4 mile roundtrip hike that is purported to have one of the best views in San Diego County. We then plan to return to OTA around 2-3pmish Saturday 6/6.

In order to continue the success of our outdoor education program, we are looking for a few parent volunteers to drive to, back and/or both + camping (preferred course!)  More details will follow but please contact jmajor@otacharter.org regarding any questions about the trip. DSC_0544

Bottle rocket launch

During the past few weeks, we’ve been going over the force of gravity and force of drag with the sixth graders while they’re working on their bottle rockets.

Drag is the force produced by the resistance of the air to the forward motion of the airplane. Swish your hand rapidly side-to-side and you will feel that resistance on your hand.

 

Gravity is a force of attraction that exists between any two masses, any two bodies, any two particles. Gravity is not just the attraction between objects and the Earth. It is an attraction that exists between all objects, everywhere in the universe.

Here are some photos from their test launches! It was a wet and wild day!

Keep up the good work, guys!

 

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soccer AWAY game today!

We have an AWAY game today at San Diego Academy at 4:15!

Please try to get there by 4 o’clock to meet with the team. San Diego Academy is located at 2800 E 4th Street, National City, 91950; if you need directions, you can map it clicking here.

If you don’t have a ride or can’t find a carpool, Coach Thiago will be meeting on the OTA field at 3:20 to help get everyone there.

Have a great game, GO OSPREYS!

6th grade soccer players needed for OTA team!

First game for Old Town Academy 5th-8th grade team soccer is now April 21!

There is no cost to join the team, any interested players can represent their school!

Below is the current game schedule; if you think you may want to play some or all of the games, bring in a completed consent form by Thursday, April 16!  You can find a printable version by clicking here.  Any playoff games would begin shortly after regular season.

Practice days and times will be decided upon after we have our roster.

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6th Grade Starts Piano Maestro – Sight Reading Music – Playing with the Band!

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Why Piano Maestro? OTA Students started their piano journey with Soft Mozart, a perfect introduction to musical notation and the keyboard. But now they are ready to move up to the next level. The program is free on iPads for students at OTA (Download App, sign in, register w/ Anthony Kaneaster as teacher): all you need is an iPad and a keyboard (no cables!).

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