Olive Ocelot Newsletter

Email: OlivePrincipal@orangeusd.org
Website: https://www.orangeusd.org/olive-elementary-school
Location: 3038 North Magnolia Avenue, Orange, CA, USA
Phone: (714) 628-8218

"Start with Hello" week was a great success our students learned ways to include others, create positive notes for friends, meet new people, provide Random Acts of Kindness and we finished up with some Olive spirit showing support for kindness, empathy, inclusivity by wearing the color GREEN. Kudos to our wonderful staff and for Mrs. Lyon our school counselor for taking the lead on this week.

The past week or so we have had a heat wave and have had wildfires. Fortunately for us we have been able to keep things fairly normal with the wildfires not having a direct impact at our site. This allowed for regular play and even our 100-Mile club assembly.

See below for all the fun and updates at Olive Elementary School.

Have a great weekend!

Take Care,

Jeff Morgan

Principal

A special shout out to "Coach Shine" for coming out to encourage our kids.

"When you run you SHINE ALL THE TIME!!!!"

-Coach Shine

Attendance is a top priority at Olive. Wednesday afternoons are the best time to schedule appointments, since the children are dismissed early. If students don’t show up for school regularly, they miss out on direct instruction and the chance to collaborate with others, which are two key components of learning. Data shows that children who are chronically absent are far less likely to read proficiently and graduate high school. We want the very best for our students, and we appreciate your support as well. Thank you for making attendance a priority for your children.

Modified Wednesdays/Minimum Days:

TK/Kindergarten: 8:15am-12:30pm

1st – 3rd grade: 8:15am-12:30pm

4th - 6th grade: 8:15am – 12:45pm

Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays:

TK/Kindergarten: 8:15am-2:15pm

1st - 3rd grade: 8:15am– 2:15pm

4th - 6th grade: 8:15am – 2:30pm

We truly appreciate your help in ensuring all of our students arrive and leave school safely. Please be patient and courteous as you are dropping off and picking up your students. Here at Olive, we practice ROAR behavior. This means we are Respectful (be courteous to others), On-Task (no cell phones while driving please), Act Safely (patience and safe driving), and are Responsible (follow the rules that are established to keep everyone safe). We appreciate your modeling of these behaviors during drop-off and pick-up.

• All students may be dropped off at the Olive St. gate beginning at 7:50am. Students will go directly to their assigned areas to wait for their teachers.

• TK and Preschool students will be dropped off in the primary parking lot gate off Magnolia and Buena Vista. This is a one way drop off area, so please enter to the right and circle around before exiting.

• Please use the right drop-off lane for students exiting or entering the car. Students will not be permitted to enter or exit cars that are in the pass thru lanes. Parking is only permitted in marked spaces in any parking lot. If you feel the need to park, please use designated spaces or park on the streets adjacent to the school.

If you are interested, please let us know and we can get you the link to apply! It's a great way to contribute to the school and make a few bucks while you do it.

Call us at (714) 637-4337

Please look forward to receiving information on School Site Council. For the 2023-2024 school year, Olive is looking for five parents to sit on SSC. SSC membership is a two-year term with approximately four meetings throughout the school year

Orange Unified School District will be serving meals at no charge to all enrolled students. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved waivers for local school divisions and other federal meal program sponsors to implement the Seamless Summer Option of the National School Lunch Program to provide meals to children in the community free of charge.

If interested in obtaining an OUSD Bus Pass - please visit the district office during the following hours:

Bus Pass office hours:

Tuesday-Friday
7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Closed daily for lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Bus Pass Office:
(714) 538-8295

You may visit the Transportation webpage at: https://www.orangeusd.org/departments/business-services/transportation

If your child will need medication at school during the school year, please have your health care provider fill out the following form. Bring the completed form and medication to the health office before the beginning of the next school year in August, 2024.

Section 5 of Article IX of the California Constitution guarantees students a “free and appropriate public education”. The State Supreme Court concluded in the 1984 case of Hartzell v. Connell, “that all educational activities carried on by public school districts, extracurricular as well as curricular, must be without cost to the students who participate in such activities”. This same ruling found that “mandatory fees for participating in such extra-curricular activities as drama, music, and athletic competition were illegal under the State constitution”. Furthermore, the State Supreme Court also rejected the argument that “fees could be charged as long as the district waived fees for students who were financially unable to pay”. I would like to assure you that Olive Elementary School does not engage in a “pay for play” system.

Date: 8/4/24

Dear Parents,

In compliance with the requirements of the Every Students Succeeds Act, Olive Elementary School would

like to inform you that you may request information about the professional qualifications of your student’s teacher(s) and/ or paraprofessional(s). The following information may be requested:

• Whether the student’s teacher:

- has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction;

- is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived; and

- is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher.

- Whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.

If you wish to request information concerning your child’s teacher’s and/ or paraprofessional’s qualifications, please contact Jeff Morgan at 714-637-8218

Sincerely,

Jeff Morgan

Principal

A hard copy of the School Accountability Report Card (SARC)is available in the front office for your perusal. At this point we have the 23-24 school's available, but will have this year updated when it is available later in the fall. As always reach out if you have any questions regarding this.