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Weekly Community Updates - November 3, 2023
Dear Students and Families,
This week was full of spirit! Thank you to all the students and staff for participating in the spirit days this week and our Rally that happened today. On Tuesday, I loved seeing all the creative costumes on campus.
Today marked the last day of the second marking period which means we have 6 weeks left of the semester. This is a great time to go on ParentVue to check out your students' grades and reach out to teachers if you have any questions. Below, you will find a few helpful hints to go through the ParentVue system.
Please note that Oceana will be closed on Friday November 10th in observance of Veterans Day.
I hope everyone has a nice weekend.
Take care,
Maritza Torres
Interim Courses
Please review the interim course packet, choose the top five and turn in the sheet by Monday, November 6th.
Interim Placement Process: Course sign up sheets turned in on time will be randomly sorted by grade level. After randomly sorted, Seniors will be placed into interims then Juniors, sophomores, freshmen and finally any late interim course sign up sheets. After students are placed in interim, they cannot change.
College Tour Adventure: This interim has special funding attached to it which means 1st generation college students Juniors to Freshmen will get priority. If there are any questions, please contact Ms. Torres.
Advice to Sophomores and Freshmen: Be sure to have one of your top five choices be an on campus interim.
SamTrans Route 10 Changes
Pie Fundraiser
Attached is the order sheet. Send orders via email to Laurie Hughes, Food and Nutrition teacher (lhughe@jeffersonunion.net).
Proposition 28
Flu/COVID Clinic @ Samaritan House
San Mateo County's Latino/a/x Collaborative
Open Community Support Groups
Free Parent Support Groups
OHS Apparel
Staff Shout Out
Academic Council: Weekly Update
Academic Council is the shared leadership body at OHS that is made up of faculty, staff, students, administrators and FAMILY MEMBERS/PARENTS. Academic Council (known as AC) makes decisions related to all-aspects of the school. The most important aspect of AC is that the voices of families are heard & valued at OHS.
Access the meeting summary notes here!
OHS Families have Spoken: Improving Communications!
Thanks to those who completed the OHS Family Communications Survey! We are committed to continuous improvements in our two-way communication. We heard from many of you two areas where we can make immediate shifts. The first is how to tap ParentVue for information; the second is communications from teachers. We hope this is helpful!
ParentVue Helpful Hints
Log in: https://ca-juhsd-psv.edupoint.com/PXP2_Login.aspx
Using ParentVue: the toolbar on the left side takes you to data points for your student (history of email messages from OHS; attendance, class schedule, report card, and more)
How to locate grades and assignments: go to "Grade Book" in the toolbar and your student courses appear. Click on any course and you'll see a week-by-week mention of assignment(s) and grades submitted.
Communication with Teachers
Academic Council reviewed the Family Communications Survey data and had extensive discussions. As a result, faculty will be discussing strategies to bolster communications with families and are committed to implementing improvements. Also, families are encouraged to reach out to teachers with questions, concerns, or updates about your student. Emailing teachers is super easy through ParentVue!
Avatar Rally
Halloween Fest
See photos of the classes selling alongside all the different activities.
Halloween Costumes!
OHS Welcomes Future Sharks at Open House
Student v Staff Game
QR codes will be available soon to sign up and participate.
Senior Portrait Time/Date in the Mail!
Check your mailboxes, Lifetouch has officially mailed out assignment times for senior portraits!
The first rounds of Senior Portraits will happen on November 6 and November 7. Students will be assigned an appointment between 3:30 pm and 8 pm on one of these days.
Seniors and families will receive an email 14 days before November 6 with their appointment date and time.
Or you can click this link to find your student's appointment time: https://schedule.prestigeportraits.com/schedule/home.html
JUHSD Financial Aid Senior Family Night
College Application Presentation Support
Winter Sports
Wrestling: tryouts on October 30th at 3:30 in the mat room
Girls & Boys Soccer: starts on Tuesday, October 31st at 3:30 at the soccer fields
Boys Basketball: tryouts will be on October 30th at 3:30 in the gym
Girls Basketball: tryouts will be on October 30th at 5:30 in the gym
*note that students must sign up on SportsNet in order to try out*
Registering for Sports
Team Manager Opportunity
Please reach out to Athletics Director, Dan Johnston (djohnston@jeffersonunion.net) with any interest or questions.
Support Girls Soccer
Any support you can offer to the team would be greatly appreciated!
Support Boys Soccer
Oceana High School's Boys Varsity Soccer Team is hoping that you would support our team by donating money to our GoFundMe page. Oceana Boy’s Soccer relies on donations to fund our program and we would greatly appreciate your support! Every year we gear our profits towards transportation to and from games, uniforms, and soccer equipment. This can be quite expensive, which is why we need your help!
Thank you for considering & donating! - Oceana Boys Soccer
Here is the link:
Support Oceana Cheer
Any support you can offer to the team would be greatly appreciated!
Introducing CaliforniaColleges.edu - 9th Graders
In the months of September and October, Ms. Holahan met with all 9th grade students during flex time to introduce californiacolleges.edu. She discussed what the platform is used for, how it can help with planning for the future, registering students for their accounts and thinking about planning courses for next school year. This is a great tool to also plan courses for future high school years, be sure students are on track to meet 4 year college eligibility, and research colleges and careers.
We encourage our families to ask their students to show them what they learned about the platform and how to navigate it from home! Click here for the lesson.
4 Year Grad Plan - 11th Graders
In September Ms. Holahan and Ms. Owyang met with 11th grade students to do group lessons during flex time about 4 year graduation plans. They discussed Californiacolleges.edu, how to use the platform, discussed what a 4 year grad plan is, and considering/planning out courses for senior year. After the lesson, students were asked to sign into their californiacolleges.edu accounts and start to map out what courses they plan to take next year. As a reminder, students did not request/register for any course, but just created a plan for what they need for graduation and to be 4 year college eligible.
Here is the lesson slides.
Wellness Contact Information
Questions about school, grades, graduation, college? Our School Counselors, Ms.Owyang and Ms. Holahan can help!
Ms. Holahan: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Grades 9-11, last names A-Li
Ms. Owyang: M-F, Grades 9-11, last names Ll-Z and 12th grade ALL
Click here for the counseling website!
Wellness Counseling Appointment Form
Feeling stressed, anxious, or struggling with other mental health concerns?
Our Wellness Counselor, Jeannette Herbert and Social Worker, Liberty Cajayon are here to help.
To make appointments with our Academic or Wellness Counselors and Social Worker, please use this link for an appointment.
Oceana High School
Website: https://www.juhsd.net/ohs
Location: 401 Paloma Avenue, Pacifica, CA, USA
Phone: 650-550-7300