OCEAN Newsletter

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Here are the new announcements in this newsletter:

• Monday March 3 - Conferencing Day - No in person classes
• Connectivity Summit March 7th for all High School Students 11:15am-2:30pm
• 2025-2026 West Sound Tech Enrollment - Opens March 3
• Save the Date- The Hobbit
• School Text Messages Out of Service

Monday, March 3 is a Conferencing Day. There are no in-person OCEAN classes to allow families to meet with teachers for February conferences.

All OCEAN High School students are encouraged to attend the county wide Connectivity Summit on Friday March 7. We are providing bus transportation to and from OCEAN to the Connectivity Summit being held at Chimmicum High School. Sign up and give a permission slip to Michelle, Kyle, or MB. Students with a permission slip can also meet at Chimicum High School at 12pm.

• Arrive at OCEAN 11:15, bus leaves at 11:30
• Bus leaves Chimacum High School 2:00
• Arrive back at OCEAN 2:30

For all students that attend and complete the paperwork they will get one assignment credit in each class:

• Careers

• Culinary

• ELA 9-12

More about the Connectivity Summit:

Youth Opportunities Fair- includes support services, enrichment activities, community service/ volunteering, jobs (summer, part-time, and full-time), after-school activities, summer activities, and education/ training.

Youth Voice Symposium - "Unfiltered: Young Voices, Real Experiences"

Unfiltered offers an honest glimpse into the experience of being young in Jefferson County. It

includes an inspiring panel and interactive discussion featuring young adults from Jefferson

County who dare to get real about what it takes to make a life and living in Jefferson County and

their experiences growing up here.

West Sound Tech is a Skills Center Program for students in grades 11 & 12.

Important Dates:

Open Registration Period: March 3, 2025, 8:00 AM

Application Link: wst.smapply.org

WST 25-26 Enrollment Requirements

WST 25-26 Application Instructions - New Students

WST 26-26 Application Instructions - Returning Students

For questions, please contact Erin Scott at 360.473.0557, or erin.mckiernan@westsoundtech.org.

Join us for an upcoming performance of The Hobbit presented by OCEAN students.

March 16, 2pm

March 21, 7pm

March 22, 2pm

March 23, 2pm

A huge thank you to all the staff and volunteers with the Port Townsend Youth Theater Company who have supported this amazing experience for OCEAN students.

The text messaging service that school staff use to communicate with students and families is not currently working. We apologize if you sent us a text recently and we did not receive it. Out IT department is working with our provider to repair the issue. Please contact staff via voice phone call or email until we notify you service is restored.

Port Townsend School District is offering the Seal of Biliteracy and Language Credit Competency Testing. Through the test, students can earn one, two, three, or four credits in the student's chosen language. It will be administered at the PTHS Library on March 25th, 8:30am-11:30am. If you have questions about the test or would like to sign up, please contact our School Counselor, Emily Eldridge at eeldridge@ptschools.org

Do you know families and students interested in joining OCEAN Next year? Most new students heard about OCEAN from a friend.

Now accepting applications for the 2025-26 School Year for OCEAN Family Partnership and Online Program. The first step is for the family and student to complete an application. Share this page with interested families and students: https://ocean.ptschools.org/our_school/apply

Current students do not need to reapply.

• March 3 - Conferencing Day, No Classes
• March 3 - West Sound Tech Registration Opens
• March 7 - Connectivity Fair - High School Field Trip

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Email: srubenstein@ptschools.org
Website: https://ocean.ptschools.org/
Location: 3939 San Juan Ave, Port Townsend, WA, USA
Phone: 360-680-5750
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Port Townsend School District No. 50 does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of race, creed, religion, color, immigration status, national origin, age, honorably-discharged veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, marital status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. The district provides equal access to the Boy Scouts of America and all other designated youth groups listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Civil Rights Compliance, Carrie Ehrhardt, 1610 Blaine Street, (360) 680-5756, cehrhardt@ptschools.org

Coordinator Title IX Officer, Carrie Ehrhardt, 1610 Blaine Street, (360) 680-5756, cehrhardt@ptschools.org

Section 504/ADA Coordinator, Shelby Macmeekin, 1610 Blaine Street, (360) 680-5762, smacmeekin@ptschools.org

Title IX inquiries may also be directed toward the U.S. Department of Education for the OCR/Title IX complaints https://www.justice.gov/crt/educational-opportunities-section

Discrimination Procedure