Ocean View strives to support a safe and secure learning environment that treats all students with dignity, respect, and high expectations

Ocean View PTA excitedly invites you and your family to the annual Fall Festival, taking place Saturday, October 25th from 11am-3pm! We will have lots of activities and events to walk around and enjoy, such as our signature Walk-a-Thon and our first ever Pie Baking Contest. We also have volunteer opportunities if you would like to help make this day magical for our students and the Albany community at large! 

Thank you all, and we can't wait to see you there 

To register for the Walk-a-Thon, click the link here: Pledgestar Walk-a-Thon Link

To register as a Pie Baking Contestant, click here (OV students only): Pie Baking: OV student Only Link

To volunteer as a AUSD Middle/HS volunteer for the festival, click here: AMS/AHS volunteer link

To volunteer as an OV community member for the festival, click here: OV Parent Sign-up Link

To volunteer to cook/bake a dish for the bake sale, click here: Bake Sale Sign-Up Link

Check out our new website! 

We have upgraded our https://ov.ausdk12.org/ while maintaining the same web address to make information easier for you to find and for better functionality on mobile devices. The switch will happen sometime this weekend. 

Toys

Please remind your students to not bring toys from home. We are having multiple conversations about respecting other students items but the best practice is to keep valuables at home

Parking

The parking lot on the corner of Buchanan and Jackson is for staff only. Thank you for keeping these spaces open so teachers can park and get to your students' classroom on time!

URGENT—CANCELLED!!! Progress Pride Flag Chalking Party Is Cancelled

Unfortunately, due to a forecast for potentially heavy rainfall early next week, we will be postponing the Albany's Pride Chalk Party that was scheduled for Monday, October 13, 3:30pm.  We hope to plan another event to spread some rainbow cheer soon. Albany's Pride, an LGBTQIA+ advocacy and engagement group for Albany Unified School District, is committed to ensuring that the sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression of all members of our AUSD community are valued, respected, and celebrated. We need more volunteers to step up as leaders to ensure our group can continue thriving. Email albanyspride@gmail.com for more or visit https://albanyspride.org/

Albany Disability Squad's Family Support Group

Please join us for the next meeting of the Albany Disability Squad's Family Support Group* Wednesday, October 15, 7–8 pm and the third Wednesday of upcoming months. So much of our time, energy and heart goes toward supporting our kid(s)! It can be rewarding but also exhausting, overwhelming, and lonely. This drop-in group provides peer support to each other in our frustrations and triumphs. Join the Zoom Meeting at this link or dial by your location: (408) 638-0968, Meeting ID: 886 0018 4968, Passcode: 798604. *This is a peer-to-peer support group for caregivers and not professional group counseling.

Parent Education Night—Social Media and Kids

Please join AMS PTA for our first Parent Education Night of the year on Thursday, October 16, 7-8 pm in the Albany Middle School Library! Teacher and UC Berkeley Ph.D. Candidate Meg Everett, will be presenting "What the Research Really Says: Understanding Social Media's Impact on Kids and Supporting Healthy Digital Habits." Drawing from current research on social media, schools, and child development, Meg will help parents navigate the ongoing debates about how kids spend their time online, explore what it means to grow up in an increasingly digital world, and share evidence-based strategies for supporting young people in creating healthy boundaries with digital devices. She'll conclude with practical guidance on how families and schools can work together to develop supportive phone policies.

Albany Library United Against Hate Event

United Against Hate Week (October 19–25, 2025) is a call for seven days of local civic action by people in every community to stop the hate and implicit biases that are a dangerous threat to the safety and civility of our neighborhoods, towns and cities. Join us at the Library to Create Against Hate. We'll have coloring sheets and 3D printed logos with anti-hate messages. Everyone is welcome to join us! Sunday, October 19, 2–3pm, Albany Library, Edith Stone Room.

SWANA Ice Cream Social

Grab a cone at the Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) Parent Engagement Group’s ice cream social. All are welcome! Friday, October 24, starts at 5:30pm in the Cornell Multipurpose Room. 

Mark Your Calendars: AEF Book Fair at Pegasus Books

Support Albany schools while you shop at Pegasus Books! Albany Education Foundation (AEF) is having a book fair fundraiser at Pegasus Books on Solano Ave. from October 25 through November 1, Pegasus will donate 30% of all sales when you mention "AEF" at checkout. Do you have friends and family who live out of town who would like to support our schools? Direct them to pegasusbookstore.com during the AEF Book Fair and be sure to type "AEF" at checkout. All purchases at Pegasus qualify — books, gifts, gift cards, etc. If you would like to purchase a book for a classroom or library, Pegasus has lists — both in store and online — of requested books for each AUSD school. 

Community Sukkot Celebration & Potluck Shabbat

Join the Jewish Parent Engagement Group as we build and decorate the Sukkah together, then celebrate Shabbat as a community! Families are warmly invited to participate in this joyful evening of connection, tradition, and celebration. Marin Elementary playground, Friday, October 10, 5:40–7:30pm. Please note: If your child has known allergens, kindly email us at jpealbany@gmail.com so we can plan accordingly.

Asian Pacific Islander Parent Engagement Group Fall Mixer

Join us for the annual Fall Mixer hosted by AUSD Asian Pacific Islander Parent Engagement Group (API-PEG). All are welcome! October 25, 10:00am–3:00pm at Cornell Elementary School basketball courts. Join API-PEG Group email by filling out this form.  You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram. If you have any questions, please email AlbanyAPIparents@gmail.com.

Book’Nic In The Park

All are welcome to join this outdoor reading celebration hosted by the Albany Library. Sunday, October 19, 11am–1pm, Memorial Park.