WEEKLY COMMUNICATION WEEK OF 2/18/19 2/24/19 Event Tuesday, 2/19/19 Field Trip to Aerospace Outpost Location School/Building Delaware Aerospace Education Foundation Time Start 9:00am Time End 2:00pm Notes 19th- Hendron and Milowicki, 20th- McManus and Giordano, 21st- Ontjes and Mallery, 22nd- Laudeman and Iliadis Cooking Club 21-136 2:45pm 3:45pm Pick up Building 21 Gaming Club 21-135 3:00pm 5:00pm Pick up in front of Building 21 6th Grade Honors Book Club Meeting MS Boys Basketball Game away vs. Gateway Lab Charter School Wednesday, 2/20/19 100th Day of School Celebration Field Trip to Aerospace Outpost 7th/8th Grade Student Council Meeting Building 22 - Room 200 Gateway Lab Charter School 3:15pm 3:45pm Pick up in front of Building 22 5:00pm 20 All day Delaware Aerospace Education Foundation 9:00am 6:00pm 2:00pm Boys will be picked up and dropped off in front of Building 21. KN through 2nd grade (Milowicki, Hendron, Giordano and McManus - Feb. 21st) 19th- Hendron and Milowicki, 20th- McManus and Giordano, 21st- Ontjes and Mallery, 22nd- Laudeman and Iliadis 21-125 2:45pm 3:45pm Pick up from building 21. Please arrive on time. Yoga Club 21-235 3:10pm 4:15pm 7th Grade Archery Club 22 - Cafeteria 3:30pm 5:00pm Board Meeting 20-222 7:00pm (Shepard's room) Grades 6-11. Pick up in front of bulding 21. Bring your own mat, towel, or blanket. Wear comfy clothes to move around in. Students picked up at 5PM from lobby of Bldg 22. Students not picked up by 5:15 will be charged for aftercare.
Event Thursday, 2/21/19 100th Day of School Celebration Field Trip to Aerospace Outpost Location School/Building Time Start 20 All day Delaware Aerospace Education Foundation 9:00am Time End 2:00pm Notes Milowicki, Hendron, Giordano and McManus- 2/21/19 19th- Hendron and Milowicki, 20th- McManus and Giordano, 21st- Ontjes and Mallery, 22nd- Laudeman and Iliadis Sheehan - Students who read Everything, OCS Book Club Grades 8-11 21-134 2:45pm 3:45pm Everything are encouraged to attend book club. If they are attending the meeting, they are allowed to dress down with their Book Club apparel. IS (Grades 3 4 5) Choir 22-220 3:00pm 4:30pm Pick up in front of Building #22. MS Boys Basketball Game Away vs. McCullough Middle School Friday, 2/22/19 Field Trip to Aerospace Outpost MS Baseball Interest Meeting MS Boys Basketball Game Away vs. First State Montessori Academy McCullough Middle School Delaware Aerospace Education Foundation 5:00pm 9:00am 6:00pm 2:00pm 21-221 3:15 PM 4:00 PM First State Montessori Academy 4:30pm 5:30 PM School-Wide Spelling Bee 20-222 6:00pm 8:00pm Boys will be picked up and dropped off in front of Building 21. 19th- Hendron and Milowicki, 20th- McManus and Giordano, 21st- Ontjes and Mallery, 22nd- Laudeman and Iliadis Meet the coaches and get questions about the season answered. Parents do not need to attend, but are allowed. Boys will need to get there by themselves- NO BUS provided
ODYSSEY FAMILIES NEEDED TO HOST STUDENTS FROM GREECE Dear Odyssey Families, We are very excited to announce a new student exchange program initiative between Odyssey Charter High School and Pierce College High School in Athens, Greece. This coming spring will mark the start of this program, when the first group of students will arrive from Greece to visit Odyssey Charter School and to be hosted by Odyssey families. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students and their families to engage in a direct intercultural experience, and to build relationships that have been known to last a lifetime. The students will be arriving on Friday, April 26, 2019 (at the tail end of spring break) and will be leaving to return to Greece on Friday, May 3, 2019. We are expecting 20 students (15 girls and 5 boys). We would like to see the girls hosted with families with daughters and the boys with families with sons. If you are interested in hosting a visiting student this coming spring, please email your interest as soon as possible to Dr Marina Mattheoudakis. (marina.mattheoudakis@odyssey.k12.de.us) Thank you, Dr. Marina Mattheoudakis Dean of the Greek Program
Get Started on Your Journey to a Successful College Career! Information Session What is dual enrollment? Dual enrollment is a great opportunity to get a head start on college by taking college-level courses that meet both high school and college requirements. Who participates in dual enrollment? Eligible juniors and seniors can gain early access to college courses and earn credits while still in high school. Students taking dual enrollment courses can earn high school and college credits. Where are dual enrollment courses held? Course offerings may include courses on site at the high school, courses at one of Delaware Tech s campus locations, and/or online courses. Why take dual enrollment courses? Students who participate in dual enrollment earn valuable credits toward completing an associate degree at Delaware Tech and can continue on to complete a bachelor s degree with our partner institutions. They can take college courses that apply to high school requirements during hours that they are already in school. By completing a degree sooner, students can save money in the long run. To learn more about dual enrollment at your school, attend a Dual Enrollment Info Session (parents welcome) at: Odyssey Charter School High School Campus Wednesday, February 27 at 6 p.m. 01-28-19
Delaware Technical Community College Dual Enrollment Opportunities Odyssey Charter High School will be continuing our partnership with Delaware Technical Community College by offering dual enrollment opportunities for the 2019-2020 school year for 11 th and 12 th grade students. Dual enrollment allows high school students to take college-level courses at their high school. Students earn both high school and college credits by passing the course. In an effort to explain this process and what it entails, we will be hosting an information session for parents and students on Wednesday, February 27 th at 6:00 pm in the high school lobby. This information session is for dual enrollment ONLY, and is open to our current 10 th and 11 th grade students and families. If your student has any interest in taking a dual enrollment course, it is highly recommended that you and your student attend. Representatives from Delaware Technical Community College will be here to introduce dual enrollment, what it looks like, and what will be required from the student and family. Please arrive on time. They have a lot of information to provide and we would like to start promptly at 6:00 pm. To ensure that we have enough space and materials, please use the link below to RSVP to the event: http://evite.me/7cnjwhs3re If you have any questions about this session, please reach out to Lauren Hindsley Upper/High School Counselor at 302-516-8000 x 508 or Lauren.Hindsley@odyssey.k12.de.us
Kindergarten Field Trip! Our Odyssey Charter School kindergarten students will be traveling to the Delaware Aerospace Education Foundation s Environmental Outpost to participate in their Forces That Push and Pull science program. The students will explore pushing and pulling forces, including connecting mobile gears, making a marble roller coaster, testing car ramps, and assembling a make and take climbing creature. This engaging program nicely compliments our Delaware State Science Standards current unit of study, Force & Motion. Feb 19 th : Hendron/Milowicki Feb: 21 st : Mallery/Ontjes Feb 20 th : Giordano/McManus Feb 22 nd : Iliadis/Laudeman Reminder: K-6 Students Six Flags Read to Succeed Reading logs are due February 22, 2019. Pease make sure your child s name and teacher are on the form!
Spelling Bee Schedule Feb.14th : Class Spelling Bee (Each grade will choose two grade level champions) Feb. 22 nd : School wide spelling Bee @bdlg.20 Multipurpose room from 6-8pm March 16 th : regional spelling bee at St.Marks School Questions: Contact Ms.Yarram Email: maryann.yarram@odyssey.k12.de.us Ph: 302 516 8000 ext.302
Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece, Harvard University, High School Summer Program 2019 A unique opportunity for an Odyssey Charter School senior high school student The High School Summer Program (HSSP) run by the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece, Harvard University, is an innovative program in English for talented high school students with a passion for learning and a desire to excel. Thanks to the communications between the past Chair of OCS, Dimitris Dandolos, and the Program s Director and Lecturer at Harvard's Committee on Degrees in Social Studies and Assistant Director of Curricular Development, CHS DC, Nicolas Prevelakis, the HSSP last summer launched a new collaboration with the Odyssey Charter School, offering a slot to an OCS high school student. For a second consecutive year, OCS students will be eligible to apply and a student will be selected by the Evaluation Committee of the High School Summer Program to travel to Nafplio, Greece and participate in the Program. An OCS teacher will also be selected by OCS to accompany the student. The teacher will be at times allowed to attend the seminar without, however, being actively involved in student discussions or assignments. The accompanying teacher will be given full access to the Harvard s online resources through the Digital Library of the Center and will thus have the opportunity to use this facility for their own professional development. Any OCS teacher who has an active interest in History, Philosophy, or related issues regardless of the subject(s) they are teaching, is encouraged to apply. Barley Mill Plaza 4319 Lancaster Pike Wilmington, DE 19805 T: 302 516 8000 F: 888 780 5962 www.odysseycharterschooldel.com
The Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University offers the scholarship for the student s participation in the Program, while Odyssey Charter School will cover transportation, accommodation, and breakfast for both the student and the accompanying teacher. The Center for Hellenic Studies also offers a light lunch every day during the program. For more information please contact the Dean of the Greek Program, Dr Marina Mattheoudakis (Marina.Mattheoudakis@odyssey.k12.de.us). Structure and Content of the Program The HSSP starts on July 11 th and ends on July 26 th, 2019. It is designed and implemented by the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece in collaboration with the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University Faculty, and is supported by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University. The seminars are based on course offered by the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies. Five Teaching Fellows, students at Harvard University, will teach under the supervision of Harvard Faculty. It will introduce students to the foundations of the social sciences and will cover such topics as the different types of human societies, the factors that lead to social change, the relationship between morality and politics, and the role of nationalism, ethnicity, and religion in today s world. Each day will consist of 3 hours of class in the morning, followed by 3-4 hours of activities, lectures, and study sessions in the afternoon. The students will have the opportunity to experience an American college-level course, relying heavily on student participation, class discussion, writing assignments, independent research, and public presentations. They will engage in a mixture of challenging activities, projects, field surveys, teleconferences, presentations, a volunteer activity, simulation games, and a conference. Online sessions with Harvard scholars will be held occasionally. Moreover, the students will Barley Mill Plaza 4319 Lancaster Pike Wilmington, DE 19805 T: 302 516 8000 F: 888 780 5962 www.odysseycharterschooldel.com
develop a research project, which they will present at the program s closing event. While working on their assignments, students also have the opportunity to access Harvard s online resources through the Digital Library of the Center. Participation in the High School Summer Program of Harvard University CHS can be a life changing opportunity for an OCS high school student this summer. The participant will be studying and reflecting upon historical and philosophical topics while living in the country where Philosophy and History were born. We are sure that this will be a challenging, exciting and mind broadening experience! Barley Mill Plaza 4319 Lancaster Pike Wilmington, DE 19805 T: 302 516 8000 F: 888 780 5962 www.odysseycharterschooldel.com
Girls on the Run and Heart & Sole We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experiencebased curriculum which creatively integrates running. Online registration is available February 11, 2019. The lottery will close at midnight on February 19. Season begins the week of: March 4, 2019 Location: Odyssey Charter School Meeting days and times: Monday and Wednesday (grades 5-8) 3:15 4:30 (at IS) Monday and Wednesday (grades 3-4) 3:30 4:30 (at IS) Amber.Reader@odyssey.k12.de.us Casey.Bowne@odyssey.k12.de.us For registration or more information: www.girlsontherunde.org 302 668 1720 Registration Fee based on sliding scale Scholarships Available
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OCS TOTE BAGS ONLY 30 LEFT!!! Now for a limited time the OCS tote bag is available for purchase. * Show your OCS pride Support the Green Team Profits to build a chicken coop and begin a composting program Questions? contact roni.gates@odyssey.k12.de.us Complete the bottom with a check for $20 made out to: Odyssey Charter School Place this form and check in an envelope labeled OCS Tote Bag Attn: Roni Gates Bags will be delivered to student s homeroom. Allow 1 week to complete order. Student Name Grade Homeroom Teacher and Room Number How many tote bags do you wish to purchase? Total included $
OCS YARD SALE SAVE THE DATE AND SAVE YOUR UNWANTED TREASURES! WHEN April 12-13 Donation of Goods April 13-14 Yard Sale Seeking Donations of: Toys/Games Books Jewelry Purses/Bags Housewares Pictures/frames Decorations Bedding Blankets Towels Bath mats Door mats Rugs Candles/holders Vases Lamps Decorative pillows Small furniture Dishes Glassware Tools/Yard tools No Clothing Please Accessories only Scarves Hats Ties Belts
.. ;,,:.s --<. - - ---.. - e Please join us at the next PTO meeting on March 6 th, 2019 to learn about the Beau Biden Foundations' INTERNET SAFETY PROGRAM Learn about the dangers of what happens on the internet 0 Learn about how to keep your children safe Learn what some of the most dangerous websites are that kids use often 0 Learn about Cyber Bullying This program was created to help adults understand what children do online and address ways to foster healthy conversations about digital safety. This is such an important and informative sessiont' - parent 11 /t opened my eyes more to paying attention to kids being on/ine and on the computer. n Community member "I urge every parent or guardian to attend this session. I have personally attended it twice and learned so much about what I didn't know. n Lori Jones, Odyssey Charter School Family Crisis Therapist ***Child Care will be available. Parents must sign up under the PTO meeting childcare sign up prior to the event. Keep an eye out as a SignupGenius will be published closer to the date.