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

Thank you to everyone who attended the OV Fall Festival and to all who participated in the Annual Walkathon! Overall we raised over $50k in funds during this year’s event!

As promised, the winning classes and some of the prize winners for the PledgeStar/Walkathon are as follows:

Top earning class in Ocean View: Cohen/Skavdahl

Honorable Mention: Hatem

For the first time in OV Walkathon history, not one but two classes raised OVER $5,000! (*Note: this was not reflected in the below class totals as both numbers continued to rise following the PledgeStar end date/time)

Because of such extraordinary fundraising conducted by both classes, a pizza party will be awarded to both Cohen’s 4th grade class and Hatem’s Kindergarten class.

Classes with the most money earned at each grade level (Earns an ice cream party and extra recess):

These numbers reflect the funds raised by Monday, Nov 10th at 10am, and do not account for any additional donations that may have come in after the aforementioned date and time. 

TK Westwood          $609

K  Hatem   $4860

1  Finan/Cadle $2871

2  Yoo $1176

3  Goose $3104

4  Cohen/Skavdahl $4879

5   Bischof $2114

Top student with the most laps recorded at each grade level (Earns Certificate of Recognition and Otter Pop voucher):

TK Hanah Kaci                32  laps 

K Adeira Arnold        63  laps

1 Haru Jaramillo    41  laps

2 Charles Allen   160  laps

3   Robert Li                     113  laps

4  Sidhartaa Sathyanarayanan   182  laps

5  Iakov Oborin         136 laps

Students who earned more than $250 in sponsors (Earns Certificate of Recognition and Otter Pop voucher):

There are over 50 students in the OV community who raised over $250 in sponsor funds for the Walkathon!

Of those, 6 students raised over $1000 in sponsors!!!

All students' names will be listed and honored at a later time.

Albany Disability Squad's Family Support Group

Please join us for the next meeting of the Albany Disability Squad's Family Support Group* Wednesday, November 19, 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.

Making College Affordable: FAFSA & Early Financial Planning 

Join the Asian Pacific Islander Parent Engagement Group (API-PEG) on Thursday, December 11 at 7pm via Zoom for valuable insights and an interactive discussion (a Q&A section will be included) with the expert, Mike Nie. Mike specializes in family-centered tax and real-estate strategies, with deep expertise in college cost planning. You may join API-PEG Google Group by filling out this form. 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.

Free Weather Station Science Event

The Science Olympiad Team is running another great science event: Weather Stations! SciOly will have Interactive lab stations on clouds, rain, useful tools for measuring weather, and more! If your child is interested in attending the event, sign up here. If you are interested in volunteering to bring snacks or drinks for the kids, sign up here (no allergens, please!) Sunday, November 23, 10am–1pm at Albany Middle School. Please arrive at 10am, and stay as long as you like! If anything changes, we will contact registrants via email. Questions? Email the SciOly Div A Leadership Team at scioly.div.a@gmail.com.

SF Concert Discounted Tickets

Nebula Consort invites students to their premiere performance on Sunday, November 16, 4pm at Mission Dolores Basilica. Emma Powell, AUSD’s 4th & 5th grade choir teacher and a Nebula member, is pleased to offer $5 General Admission tickets for both students and their parents. Click here to reserve seats, select "General Admission," and use the promo code STUDENT. For multiple tickets, please submit multiple orders (the promo code only works for one ticket, but can be used multiple times). Nebula’s exciting program featuring Bach’s Der Geist hilft BWV 226 and works from France and the US.

Dance Classes At Luna

Luna's Studio Lab program was developed as an alternative after-school program with the explicit goal of providing young dancers, ages 3 through 17, with a course of study to develop as choreographers—dancemakers with a keen sense of their bodies moving in space. As children progress, they receive a complete dance education.