Voice of the Aerie

Please save the date to attend our second Middle School Town Hall meeting on May 8 at 6:00 in Honour Hall. You will meet our new Executive Director, Dr. Fricker, and hear updates about the 24-25 school year. We hope you can join us!

Thank you to all of the Eagles who completed their first round of testing this week. We are proud of the effort you are putting in each day. Keep up the hard work as we move into week 2! Students will start their day with Period 5 on Monday! Congratulations to our first week's raffle winners! You may pick your prizes up in the front office.

Our PAL class partnered with Orange County Department of Education and presented to parents at Open House about Screens and Teens. If you missed the presentation please see the attached slide show.

Honour Society needs your assistance in supplying snacks to our hard-working students as they undergo CAASPP testing. Please sign up to donate here.

We wanted you to be aware that we have noticed a rise in social media accounts created and followed by OPA MS students. These accounts utilize the OPA MS logo without our consent. As a school, we are committed to building community and teaching students to respect each other, respect staff, and communicate in more healthy ways.

As a reminder,

• Filming/photographing students or staff during class and on campus, especially those who aren't aware, is a violation of OPA Policy.
• Speaking unkindly publicly about others is against the Bullying Policy
• Misusing the school name, logo and references is fraud and misrepresentation and grounds for legal action.
• That false accounts and disrespectful posts do not fit with our school's values and culture.
• Law enforcement can track IP addresses, and we hope students do the right thing by taking these fake accounts down voluntarily.

I again thank you for your vigilance in keeping our students safe and welcome your continued engagement so we can work together to remind our students to choose healthier ways to express their emotions and work out their conflicts as well as constructively use social media.

HONOUR SOCIETY – HELPING YOUR EAGLES SOAR….

There’s a lot of events happening between now and the end of the year. For full information on Honour Society events and opportunities, visit https://opamshonoursociety.membershiptoolkit.com or follow us on social media.

HONOUR SOCIETY UPCOMING EVENTS (and links to more information)

MAY 6-10: Staff Appreciation Week

MAY 7: Family Night Out: Women’s Self Defense Class

MAY 24: Family Bingo (SOC Honour Hall)

MAY 31: Honour Society Meeting

STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK, May 6-10

Let’s embrace the spirit of ALOHA and extend our gratitude to our amazing teachers and staff who guide our KEIKI along their educational journey. Students can also dress up each day, school dress codes apply. Your gifts will be distributed evenly amongst all the Staff Members/Teachers. Thank you for giving generously.

CAASPP TESTING DONATIONS

Please help us supply snacks to our hard working students as they undergo CAASPP testing. Donate here.

KRISPY KREME 8TH GRADE PROMOTION FUNDRAISER

Indulge your sweet tooth for a good cause at our Donut Fundraiser! Click here to purchase

FAMILY BINGO 8th GRADE PROMOTION FUNDRAISER

5:30-7:30pm, May 24th in SOC Honour Hall

Click here to find out more.

JOIN HONOUR SOCIETY 24/25 & MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Are you looking for ways to get involved in your child’s school community? Joining the Honour Society (our PTO) is a great way to make a positive impact on education and connect with other parents and teachers.

Benefits of Joining:

• Actively participate in school events and programs.
• Build relationships with other parents and teachers.
• Contribute to the improvement of your child’s school experience.

Get Involved: Our next PTO meeting is 8:30am, May 31, at OPA-MS. To learn more or express interest in joining, please contact Courtney at parliamentarian@opamshs.org

It is strongly encouraged for families to complete the weekly meal order form to assist with adequate meal orders and to reduce food waste. The form is open every week Friday through Tuesday.

Please support our athletic program! Your donations will help provide uniforms, equipment and transportation for our PE students and Athletic teams!

PE Uniform Donations

Athletics Donations

Cheer Donations

ATHLETICS CALENDAR OF EVENTS

The Oxford Preparatory Academy Yearbook is now available for purchase. Please follow this LINK HERE to make your purchase.

Follow us on instagram @oxfordprepms and facebook at https://www.facebook.com/oxfordprepms/

Please review our Parent and Student handbook for schoolwide reminders and guidelines.

Our staff works hard to provide a safe and welcoming learning environment. Cell phones and earbuds/airpods are a huge distraction and safety concern. Students are required to have their cell phones turned off and put away during the school day. Earbuds and Airpods should remain in their backpacks unless a teacher allows them to use them for school work. Please remind your students to "unplug" once they walk onto campus. If they need to contact a parent/guardian during the day, they may go to the office and ask permission to use our phone or their phone. Students are not allowed to take photos/videos and post on social media during the school day.

The Constitution of the State of California requires that we provide a public education to you free of charge. Your right to a free education is for all school/educational activities, whether curricular or extracurricular, and whether you get a grade for the activity or class. Subject to certain exceptions, your right to a free public education means that we cannot require you or your family to purchase materials, supplies, equipment or uniforms for any school activity, nor can we require you or your family to pay security deposits for access, participation, materials, or equipment. Under certain circumstances, students involved in extracurricular programs, clubs and/or sports may be required to attend fundraising events held by the program, sport or club just as you may be required to attend any other event put on by that program, club or sport. However, you will not be required to raise funds as a condition of participation.