OV Newsletter: 11/2/2026

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

Hi Otters,

*Otter Pop for All OV Students!*

For doing such a wonderful job during this year’s Fall Festival and Walkathon, all students received otter pops, distributed by teachers. 

Thank you to each and every one of you for doing such a fantastic job this year!

*Become a Volunteer II*

Join us and get your Volunteer II clearance to support extracurricular field trips as a chaperone! The process has three steps: 1) TB Clearance, 2) Online Application, and 3) LiveScan Fingerprinting. Once completed, your TB clearance is valid for four years, and your LiveScan clearance lasts for the duration of your time with Albany Unified School District.

Questions or need support? Please contact the PTA at volunteers@oceanview-pta.org for help getting started, questions about the process, or financial assistance. We're here to help everyone have the opportunity to participate!

*PTA-hosting potlucks for OV staff*

This year, PTA will help organize regular potluck lunches for staff as a thank you from our school community. Each grade will have a month to be the sponsors. This month, 4th grade is hosting a potluck on November 9! We love our OV staff and teachers! 

*OV Spirit Wear Store is open*

Don't forget to start some holiday gifting with Ocean View shirts and gear! A great way to celebrate our school and look awesome while doing it. 

Ocean View Elementary School Otter Store

Clothing Donations

We are in need of clothes for our little otter accidents. If you have clothes between the sizes of 6T and 10/11 kid size, please drop it off in the office. Pants/Shorts and Shirts only. Thank you! 

Sports Donation

We are in need of just 1 or 2 more football/soccer balls for our recess time. Please drop it off in the office. Thank you!

Drop Off in the Morning

Please remember to respect the drop off zones.  Cars should not be left unattended and parked in the front drop off zone between 7:30-9:30am.  Also, the small parking lot has a limited number of spaces, do not park in the Accessible Parking spaces, or the area next to the accessible parking.  This is not a parking space and needs to be kept clear for passenger accessibility.

Play Structures

Please note that our campus play structures are off limits for public use when the school day ends at 1:30pm for TK and Kinder students and 3:05pm for students 1st-5th.  This includes the small playground near the staff parking lot. This park is being utilized by the aftercare program. There is an Ocean View Public Park located behind the baseball field/tennis courts outside of the school campus if you are looking for a playground after dismissal.

Entrance Gates

South Front Gate (TK/Kinder): will be open from 8:00-8:30am.

Central Gate (1st-5th): will be open from 8:15-8:30am.

School starts at: 8:30am. Tardy slips start at 8:31am.

If your student comes in after this time, stop by the office for a late pass. If your student goes straight to the classroom, they will be sent down to the office.

Illnesses

If a student has been absent for 10 days due to medical/illness within the school year, we are required to ask for a doctor's note to excuse any medical/illnesses after the 10th day. Any medical/illnesses already excused by a doctor in the first 10 days of absences are not counted toward this requirement. If your student is absent due to fever, they must be 24-hour fever free before returning to school without use of fever-reducing medication. Report all absences to ovattendance@ausdk12.org

Health Forms for Kindergarten Families

Kindergartners need to have the Oral Health Form completed by their doctor/dentist and on file in the school office before the start of first grade. 

Please submit electronically to ovattendance@ausdk12.org

Turkey Trot: Save the Date for Marin's First Turkey Trot! Start Thanksgiving morning with fun and fitness. Marin Elementary PTA is hosting a family-friendly 5K and 1 mile kids run in Tilden Park on Thursday, November 26th. The 5k will start at 9:00am and the 1 mile kids run will start at 10:00am. Kids under 12 can choose to run the 5k, the 1 mile, or both! This is a fun run to support the Marin PTA. The course will be an out and back along Wildcat Creek Trail. More information, registration and volunteer signups can be found here.

Write On! After-School Creative Writing Classes for ages 8-12 with AMS teacher Abby Skrivan. Run through the Albany Recreation Center but taught at AMS on Tuesday afternoons from 4-5:30. 5-week session focuses on creative writing strategies that are fun, inclusive and strengthen students' writing muscles. Cost is $250 for Albany residents and $260 for all others. Call 510-524-9283 to register. Check out www.writeonyouth.com for more info.  

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