Voice of the Aerie

OPA-MS FIRST ANNUAL JOG-A-THON - APRIL 19

We’re holding our Eagle Foam Run on Friday, April 19. We hope each student can raise $40 to reach a goal of $20,000 to support our Champions and Campus. Visit https://opamshonoursociety.membershiptoolkit.com/jogathon for more information on prizes and how to begin your fundraising efforts.

Please join me for our March Chancellor on March 26 to discuss our Positive Behavior and Intervention System (PBIS) and review our school-wide progressive discipline policy. We will use this time to gather feedback on our parent and student handbook for 24-25 as well! The meeting will take place virtually and a zoom meeting will be posted on our school calendar and sent out by email. Please RSVP HERE!!

The families of award recipients should have already received and email invitation. Students may also check with their homeroom teacher to see if they qualify. Students will be recognized for Summa Cum Laude Level if they received 4s on their ELA and Math CAASPP tests for the 22-23 school year. They will be recognized for Magna Cum Laude Level if they received either a 3 or 4 or all 3s. Students will be recognized for Cum Laude Level if they moved up a level on either ELA or Math between 21-22 and the 22-23 school year.

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 do your best to limit or avoid any food drop-offs during the day. We do have extra lunches available should your child forget to bring theirs. If dropping off a single sack lunch for your own child, you may do so in our front office. Restaurant/fast food brought in for students will not be allowed.

For student and staff safety, students should not utilize online food delivery services like Door Dash or Uber Eats during the school day. Food is often left in front of the SV campus without notification. Students are not allowed to exit campus to retrieve food. If a student forgets their lunch at home, we do provide free lunch daily.

Students should not share food or drinks--Sanitary food handling, dietary restrictions, cultural beliefs, food allergies, and the varied nutritional preferences of our population require considerable and deliberate coordination when involving food. Students in our school community also have life-threatening allergies to certain foods and other allergens.

OPA-MS loves to celebrate! Several classroom celebrations are scheduled during the year. Instead of individual birthday celebrations, OPA-MS parents may donate a book to the classroom library in honor of their child. For OPA-MS celebrations, we do not allow any food to be given out to students. Please do not send food to your student’s classrooms to be shared or passed out to other students.

Our middle school Eagle Regiment Marching Band will be participating in an amazing fundraiser/performance opportunity and would like to invite all of our OPA community to come support us.

On Thursday, May 9th, 2024, our Eagle Regiment Marching Band will be performing the National Anthem at Anaheim Stadium for the Anaheim Angels game along with several other Southern California middle school bands.

For this event, we will be selling tickets and a portion of each ticket sold will go to our marching band program. Our goal is to fill both available sections with teal and have as many of our amazing OPA community come to support our marching band performance, as well as hang out and enjoy the Angel game. The Anaheim Angels will be playing against the Kansas City Royals.

The game is Thursday, May 9th, 2024 and the National Anthem performance should start at approximately 6:25PM.

Tickets must be purchased by April 5!

We have the Livingtree set up to purchase tickets for the game.

Here are the ticket prices:

View Level: $22 each

Field Level: $47 each

Here is the link to the site to order tickets:

https://give.livingtree.com/c/band

If you originally RSVP'd through your music class that you plan to attend, that was NOT the actual order form. You must go through Livingtree to purchase your physical tickets!

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. If you wish to purchase custom pages, you need to order by April 2!

Do you want to be involved with making Middle School THE BEST YEARS EVER for your child and their peers? Get involved with the OPA-MS Honour Society for the 24/25 school year.

We’re taking expressions of interest for all Honour Society positions for 2024/25 from President to Fundraising Officer, Recording Secretary to Spirit Officer, Communications to Volunteers Officer, or even general board member – please email: parliamentarian@opamshs.org to register. View a list of positions and their responsibilities here.

DONATIONS REQUEST FOR CUM LAUDE AWARDS

Please help us make this evening special for our award winners by contributing to our dessert bars.

April 9 – Sign Up for 8th Grade Awards

April 16 – Sign Up for 7th Grade Awards

April 18 – Sign Up for 6th Grade Awards

BUY PIZZA - LITTLE CAESARS FUNDRAISER

Deliciousness is on its way! We are running a fundraiser from March 15 through to April 24 by selling Pizza Kits (delivered all over the country) and through instore purchases. We need your help to make this happen. Keep your eyes on the Honour Society Website and social media channels to see how you can join in the fun!

See the full OPA-MS Honour Society Calendar at: https://opamshonoursociety.membershiptoolkit.com/Calendar

FAMILY FUN NIGHT – ICE SKATING, April 13

6:30-8:30pm, Saturday, April 13. Aliso Viejo Ice Palace. $20 Admission + $5 Skate Rental. For more information and RSVP link, visit our website.

SPRING BOUTIQUE – April 20

Shop a selection of small businesses. If you are interested in registering as a vendor click here. To find out more about the event click here.

OPA-MS PARENTS NIGHT OUT: Whoop Axe, April 28

7-9pm, Sunday, April 28. $35 per person. Tickets to be purchased before April 12. Includes: Dinner from Lucille’s BBQ, Unlimited Axe Throwing, and Line Dancing Lessons and Dancing. Yee har! Visit our website for more information and how to purchase.

HAVE YOU SIGNED UP FOR RALPHS REWARDS?

Help our Eagles SOAR! Every time you purchase your groceries at Ralphs, you could be supporting OPA-MS (and it costs you nothing). To register for the Ralphs Community Rewards Program:

1. Log in to your account at https://www.ralphs.com.
2. Once logged into your Ralphs account, select ‘Community Contributions’
3. Search for OPA MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOUR SOCIETY either by name or HL390 and then click Enroll.

Note: New users will need to create an account which requires some basic information, a valid email address and a rewards card.

UNIFORM DRIVE

OPA-MS needs gently used uniforms to help provide options for students who arrive to school out of uniform, and for those who need a lower priced uniform options to purchase. Please donate teal/white shirts, formal uniform attire, black pants (no jeans)/shorts/skirts, uniform approved outerwear, etc. These items can be dropped at OPA-MS office.

SO MANY DESIGNS TO CHOOSE FROM IN OUR SPIRIT WEAR SHOP

T-shirts, long sleeve tops, hoodies, stickers, drink holders, and loads more are available in our Spirit Wear Shop to show off your OPA-MS spirit and pride. Make your purchase at https://opamshonoursociety.membershiptoolkit.com/spirit. Spirit Wear can be worn on Wednesdays (jackets and sweatshirts are approved to be worn any day).

MS SNACK SHACK – March 22, 12:45

We’re back after school on Friday, March 22 with all sorts of tasty goodies for sale. Cash only.

Please join us at our next Honour Society Meeting. Sign in at the OPA-MS office for directions to the classroom our meeting will be held in.

Have you registered yet? Sign up to the MS Honour Society Website at https://opamshonoursociety.membershiptoolkit.com.

1. Stay up to date on all the fun OPA-MS Honour Society has planned for your Champions.
2. It's the only way to purchase Spirit Wear, tickets to Honour Society events, and participate in fundraisers.
3. Sign up for volunteer opportunities, participate with grade level celebrations, etc.

To keep up to date with Honour Society activities, please follow:

• Instagram: @opamshonoursociety

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/opamshonoursociety

• Facebook Community Group: www.facebook.com/groups/opamscommunity

If you’d like to opt in to our email list to get up to date information about Honour Society, please sign up using THIS FORM.

If you have any questions regarding Honour Society, please email

opamiddleschoolhonoursociety@gmail.com

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.