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Ottawa Area Center Parent Link
June 24, 2024
OAC Administrators
Director
Julia Plaggemeyer
Assistant Director
Chelsea Dykstra
Assistant Director
Ottawa Area Staff
Important Upcoming Dates at OAC
- June 28 - OAC Festival of Arts - Last Day of 23/24 School Year
- July 1-July 12 - No School Students or Staff
- July 15 - 1st Day of 24/25 School Year
- July 19 - No School Students or Staff
- July 26 - No School Students or Staff
- August 2-9 - No School Students or Staff
- August 16 - No School Students or Staff
- August 22-September 2 - No School Students
What is Happening at OAC
Today - June 24, 2024
Welcome Back! We are in session this week - Monday-Friday, June 24-28, 2024.
School Hours - 8:37am-3:03pm
Yearly Student Information Forms - Updated Procedure
The Ottawa Area Center is moving to an online format for annual student information updates. You should have received an email on June 5th( the sender would be IC messenger) to create a parent portal. If you did not receive an email, please contact the Ottawa Area Center office 616-738-8960.
Festival of the Arts
OAC Festival of the Arts is this Friday, June 28, 10:30am-1:30pm. This years theme is Food For Thought. There will be food, raffle, games, arts & crafts, a petting zoo, musical entertainment, and much more. Families of our students are encouraged to attend!
Last Call for pre-order food is Tuesday, June 25 - Order forms went home in backpacks last week.
24-25 OAC Final Draft Calendar
We are pleased to share with you our final draft 2024-2025 OAC Calendar. The calendar will be final after it is approved by the OAISD Board of Education. Thank you for your patience during this process.
PARENT RESOURCES
Ottawa County Meet up and Eat Up Map
Check out this interactive map to locate nutritious meals at sites across Michigan - Meet Up and Eat Up Interactive Map
The Summer Food Service program, called Meet Up and Eat Up, was created to provide anyone 18 years of age and younger free nutritious meals during long school vacations when they do not have access to the National School Lunch or School Breakfast Programs. The program is available at locations throughout Ottawa County; serving breakfast, lunch and/or snacks during the summer months.
Coopersville Victory Day
Saturday September 7, 2024 9am to 12pm
James P Meerman Stadium (Coopersville High School Football Stadium)
198 East St, Coopersville MI 49404
Victory Day is a FREE event that gives individuals with special needs (ages 6-60+) the opportunity to participate in various fall sports at stations set up by the fall sports programs. The participants will be partnered with fall sports athletes and go to the modified sporting stations, which may include football, tennis, cheerleading, track, golf, soccer, volleyball and band. After visiting the different sports stations, the participants will have a Friday night football experience by “running” through a tunnel when their name is called and “running” a 40 yard touchdown against a mock defense-that doesn’t touch the participant during the run. Victory Day gives the participants a chance to be in the spotlight! Please share with family and friends who would like to participate. Contact Christie Hill at chillhill393@gmail.com for any questions.
Sibshops - Summer 2024
Sibshops are a nationwide program specially designed to support siblings of those with special needs. Siblings often have the longest relationship with those who have a disability and tend to take on the role of caregiver to their brother or sister with special needs as adults. They also take on a lot of the stress and worry as children too. Sibshops are a fun, safe, and supportive opportunity for sibs to spend time having fun with other sibs who “get it”. We are blessed to have a gifted Sibshop facilitator here in Ottawa County, Andrèa Vugteveen. Families can contact her with questions, to register a sib, or to discuss scholarships at: amvugteveen@gmail.com or 616 460-3781 .
Housing Search Packet - Good Samaritan
Searching for housing, facing eviction, living in a car, in a shelter, or on the streets makes life even more complicated. The Good Samaritan housing team created this Housing Search Packet to give you some tangible leads toward finding solutions to your housing crisis.
OAC Social Work/OCSN Parent Resources
This is your one stop location for parents/guardians to go for community supports and resources. Please check out this resource at Social Work/OCSN Resource Warehouse. Bookmark this resource on your computer and refer back often. It will be continually updated with fresh and new information.
2023-2024 School Hours
Full Day – 8:37am-3:03pm
½ Day – 8:37am-11:50am
Early Dismissal – 8:37am-1:35pm
Student AM Bussing begins at 8:27am
Student PM Bussing begins at 2:53pm
About Us
Email: bseymour@oaisd.org
Website: www.oaisd.org/schools/ottawa-area-center
Location: 10160 96th Avenue, Allendale, MI, USA
Phone: (616)738-8960
Facebook: facebook.com/OttawaAreaCenter/