OCEAN Newsletter

Here are the new announcements in this newsletter:

• You are Invited to: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Opens March 14
  
• 1st annual Science Fair & Invention Convention March 26th at 5:30
  
• Annual Family Survey
  
• ASB T-Shirt Design Contest
  
• Seeking Parent Volunteer for D&D
  
• Koyuki's Sub Contact - Welcome Tyler
• New Date - Love and Logic Parenting Class
  
• OCEAN High School Student of the Week

Five Performances Open to the Public!

March 14, 7pm

March 17, 2pm

March 22, 7pm

March 23, 4pm

March 24, 2pm

• Bring yourselves, the family, laugh, and make a difference!
• TICKETS BY DONATION AT THE DOOR
• An indoor Shakespeare in the park experience!

Join us for our 1st annual Science Fair & Invention Convention March 26th at 5:30. Enter through the Blue Heron Commons. Please arrive at 5:30 to set up AND enjoy a dinner cooked for you by our very own culinary arts students. We will be passing out tri-fold boards to all K-8 and high school students next week.

• K-5 students have been given the option to: Do an experiment and learn the scientific method OR learn the Engineering Design Process and draw/build a prototype or Create a science research poster on the topic of their choosing.
• 6th-8th grade students are engaged in the Invention Convention
• High School students are creating a scientific research poster and cooking a delicious meal

Please reach out to MB with questions or if needing help: marmstrong@ptschools.org

We want to hear from you! Please take this 10-15 minute Survey before Friday March 29th.

Vist: bit.ly/cee-fam-ptsd

1. Choose your language preference on the opening page of the survey.

2. Select your child's school. If you have children in multiple schools, complete one survey per child.

3. Complete the survey and click submit.

The OCEAN leadership team uses the survey results to direct our planning for next school year.

-The deadline is March 22nd.

-The box for design submissions is in the office.

-The design can be digital or a drawing.

-The design must be two colors with a solid black outline.

Questions? Ask and ASB member.

ASB is looking for a parent volunteer to expand D&D.

Your ASB hosts a weekly Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) game and they are looking to expand that offering by creating a second game strictly for elementary/middle school students. In order to do this they need a parent volunteer who would help run the game. Do you have an interest in D&D and free time on Tuesday afternoons? Please reach out to Kyle at kreynolds@ptschools.org if this sounds like fun to you.

Koyuki's absence will be longer than we originally anticipated. She is healing just fine, but has a revised timeline for her recovery. We do not yet know exactly when Koyuki will be ready to return to work, so we have a long term sub who will be filing in.

Tyler Smith will be taking on all of Koyuki's conferences and in person classes. He will begin conferencing with families March 15, so look for an email from him with your March conferencing time. He will begin teaching in person classes March 19, until then Chuck DiVincenzo will continue to support as a substitute. We are excited to welcome Tyler, please say hi when you see him around campus.

Tyler Smith - Long Term Sub Online, Conferencing Teacher - Starts March 15

tsmith@ptschools.org

360-680-5646

Love & Logic Parenting Class!

Please join us for a class on Parenting the Love and Logic Way. Love and Logic is a proven technique that has withstood close to 50 years of testing in homes just like yours. The tools you will gain are simple and effective.

6 weekly sessions beginning on Tuesday, March 19.

Where: The class will be taught in person at Salish Coast in room 67

(up the stairs next to the gym and down the hall)

Childcare is provided in the Library

When you sign up, please let us know if you will be needing childcare.

When: Once a week on Tuesdays, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

March 19, 26 and April 9, 16, 23, 30 (no class April 2 due to Spring Break)

Cost: $10 for the workbook

Sign Up: Call the Salish Coast Office at 360-379-4535 or email Lainie Johnson at ljohnson@ptschools.org childcare is available, please tell Lanie when you register.

Love and Logic Parenting:

• With humor and care, we show adults how to discipline kids without losing their love and respect.

• We focus on helping children develop personal responsibility, self-control and good decision making skills.

• Unlike some approaches we don’t use complicated reward or punishment systems only focused on short-term compliance.

• Instead, we focus on nurturing long-term relationships and reinforcing good character.

Questions? contact our facilitator, Peter Braden pbraden@ptschools.org

Kael Beil is the OCEAN Student of the Week. Kael is a very thoughtful student who brings her best self to school each and every day. She asks great questions in class to further her understanding in history and science. Kael is kind to everyone, and she works really hard on school assignments. Kael will be performing in our school production of Midsummer Night's Dream, and she has also taken on a leadership role in our newly forming Kaleidoscope Club.

See what has been happening at OCEAN.

SIGN UP to help with rehearsals and performances

Families, please help us close the gap of our fundraising goal for our March production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Your students are doing an amazing job, working so hard, and we can’t wait to see the benefits of theater participation working in their lives!

If this type of experience is something you’d like to see more of at OCEAN, please share the word that we still need to raise some funds for it to be sustainable.

Feel free to donate online here (every little bit helps), share the link with family and friends, or drop a check off at the OCEAN office to save fees. We are so grateful!

https://gofan.co/event/1392126

West Sound Tech Applications for the 2024-2025 school year opened February 27th. If your student is interested, please complete your application now. Some of the popular programs fill up quickly, so the sooner you complete our application the better chance you have of getting into the program of your choosing. I have linked their website below for more information on programs and how to complete your application. Please reach out to me if you have any questions or need help applying.

Website: https://www.westsoundtech.org/

All OCEAN students have access to school breakfast at no cost. Starting Monday students can enter Blue Heron from the door next to Judd and Koyuki's room using a four digit door code.

Students will walk to the cafeteria, pick up a breakfast, and return to their classroom or the OCEAN tent to eat breakfast.

Students can ask a teacher or the OCEAN office for the door code.

View the food service menu here.

The OCEAN teachers and staff greatly appreciate support from those who are able to provide a nourishing meal or hearty snack 1 x month on their busy Friday conference days. They are often hustling between conferences and knowing there is a meal waiting in the office is an amazing gift to them. Show your appreciation for our amazing OCEAN staff with food! *SIGN UP TO FEED THE OCEAN STAFF. A big thank you to the OCEAN community for your food love!! Questions? Email arica_simmer@yahoo.com.

• March 12 - 2nd Grade CogAT Screener
• March 14, 17 - Theater Performance
• March 18 - NOSD Field Trip 7th and 8th Grade
  
• March 21 - Coffee with OCEAN Principal
• March 22, 23, 24 - Theater Performance
• March 26 - Invention Convention Science Fair

View the OCEAN Calendar Online

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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Title IX Coordinator, Darrell Thomas, (360) 379-4548,dthomas@ptschools.org

Section 504/ADA Coordinator, Shelby MacMeekin, (360) 379-4366, smacmeekin@ptschools.org

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