OCEAN Online Newsletter

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• Returning Student Survey for 2025-26

• SBAC and WCAS Testing April 28-May 2

• High School Options for 8th Graders

• High School Students: Seal of Biliteracy and Language Credit Competency Testing

• OCEAN Office Staff Updates

• School Text Messages Out of Service

• Upcoming OCEAN ASB Events

• Upcoming Events

It is hard to believe that it is already time to start thinking about the 2025-26 school year.

Please take the Returning OCEAN Student Survey by April 15.

Please let us know what your plans are for enrollment in the OCEAN School next year which includes both OCEAN K-12 Family Partnership and the OCEAN Online Program (grades 6-12). This information will help us plan for staffing and new enrollments. Completing this form will ensure your student has a spot in the program next year.

This spring students in grades 3-8 and 10 will take the Smarter Balanced tests (SBAC) in Math and English Language Arts (ELA). Students in grades 5, 8, and 11 will also take the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS).

The results from these tests will give a more accurate picture of whether students are on track to be ready for college or career. For students in grade 10, passing scores on the Smarter Balanced tests can also be used as a graduation pathway.

Students will take the tests on chromebooks at school. All students will participate in these assessments during the OCEAN testing scheduled times. Any students who misses a scheduled testing session will need to come in on an additional day or may be pulled out of regular classes in order to make up any portion of testing missed.

Testing Schedule:
April 28-May 2 - Testing - 8:30am-10:30am (all regular classes during this time are cancelled)

• April 28-29, grades 3-8, and 10 Math testing both days
• April 30-May 1, grades 3-8, and 10 ELA testing both days
• May 2, grades 5, 8, and 11 Science testing one day

How to help your student be ready for testing:

1. Ensure they get a good night's sleep and eat a healthy breakfast the day of the tests.

2. Encourage them to bring a water bottle and a healthy snack each day of testing.

3. Let students know to try their best to show what they know.

For more information about the Smarter Balanced and WCAS tests, visit: https://www.k12.wa.us/student-success/testing/state-testing-overview, and click on the name of the test. Please talk to your child’s teacher if you have questions about state testing.

Thank you for your continued collaboration toward your child’s success. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to better support your child. We want your child to leave us with a solid foundation of skills and a future full of opportunities.

Soon the 8th grade class will start learning about their high school options and will select their high school elective courses for next school year.

OCEAN 8th graders will have an information session on Monday 3/24, at 12:00pm at OCEAN. Barb Fogerson, school counselor, will discuss high school options at both Port Townsend High School and OCEAN, and to help answer any questions they may have.

Parents & guardians are invited to attend a high school information event on Tuesday, 3/25 from 5:30 - 6:30 pm in the Blue Heron library.

Please look for more information via email as we get closer to the date.

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, bfogerson@ptschools.org.

Counselor Barb Fogerson will be filling in while Emily Eldridge is on leave. You can contact Barb with any of your counseling needs via email bfogerson@ptschools.org or via phone 360-680-5634. Barb is an experienced retired school counselor. She will work Monday all day and Friday afternoons.

Secretary, Shannon White is on leave until June 2. Lissett Muhr will be filling in 5 days a week in the office. Secretary subs including Ashley Quinn and Rosalinde Czaja are providing additional support in the office. Please welcome everyone in the office.

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.

Join us at the upcoming ASB events.

• March 28 - 4:30-6:30pm Game Night
• April 11 - 5-7pm OCEAN ASB Spaghetti Dinner & Talent Show
• April 25 - 5:00pm Movie Night

• March 24 - 12pm High School Options for 8th graders Session
• March 25 - 5:30pm 8th Grade Parent Info Session - High School Options
• March 28 - 4:30-6:30pm ASB Game Night
• March 31 - 6-7pm Prospective Student and Family Info Night
• April 3 - ASVAB at PTHS

View the OCEAN Calendar Online

Email: srubenstein@ptschools.org
Website: https://ocean.ptschools.org/online_program
Location: 3939 San Juan Ave, Port Townsend, WA, USA
Phone: 360-680-5754

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