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I hope that you all had a wonderful three-day weekend, celebrating the incredible contributions Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made to the Civil Rights Movement and the continuing efforts toward racial equality in the United States.   Sadly, last week also marked the highest positivity rate and daily average of positive cases for COVID-19 in Orange County since the start of the pandemic, currently 27.5% and 8,833, respectively. In addition, the Omicron Variant has led to dramatic increases in positivity and hospitalization rates among school aged children. Even at our two OPA campuses, positivity rates among students and staff have dramatically increased since the beginning of December and are at the highest rate since the pandemic began.

I hope you are all having a wonderful, relaxing winter break. School resumes on Monday, January 10, 2022. We are all very excited to start the second half of the school year and see all of the amazing things in store for our OPA community. It is going to continue to be a fantastic year at OPA!! OPA has been given the opportunity through the Orange County Department of Education to distribute at-home test kits to classroom-based families so that you can test your children for COVID-19 prior to them returning to campus on Monday, January 10, 2022.

As we head into winter break, I hope that you all have a wonderful, relaxing holiday with friends and family. It has been an incredible first half of the 2021-2022 school year with our students back on campus full time experiencing the programs and activities that make OPA so special.

Happy December!! I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and a great week back at school. It was definitely full of great activities, and we are getting more and more busy as we near winter break.

I want to wish everyone a happy and relaxing Thanksgiving Holiday. It has been a very exciting first trimester at OPA, and I know everyone is ready for a bit of a break with family and friends. After the break, we have just three weeks until winter break, and this time is full of activities at both of our campuses, so please make sure to review all messages from your champion’s professors and chancellor so you don’t miss anything.

I hope that you all had a wonderful Veteran’s Day. We are entering a very busy time at OPA with holiday events, the end of the 1st trimester, and several holiday breaks. Please make sure to read the Sunday messages for information and important dates.

I hope you all had a wonderful, rainy Friday!! It finally feels like fall. And now that fall has arrived, everyone is gearing up for our fall activities, like Literature Day, SOC vs SV football games, and SOC vs SV volleyball games. Also, our after-school clubs and enrichment opportunities are now in full swing. It is great to see excited students participating in activities like coding, world language, poetry, music, art, STEAM, and sports.

Happy Friday OPA families and staff!! I hope that you all had an amazing week. As we move into fall, we have some exciting upcoming events. Next week is conference week. Please make sure that you have signed up for either an in-person or virtual conference time with your champion’s professor(s). Also, please note that there is no school for students from September 29th to October 1st. If you will be joining us for an in-person conference, please follow all health and safety protocols, including wearing a mask and staying home if you have any COVID-19 symptoms.

Thank you all for an amazing first month of school! It has been great having our champions back and implementing some of the things that have had to be put on hold over the past 18 months. As we continue to get the 2021-22 school year underway, our students and professors have been busy with diagnostic assessments, building their classroom communities, learning new curriculum, and putting the great professional development organized by Dr. Henry into action in the classrooms. It is also very exciting to see all the creative MI activities professors have been implementing, including choice boards, MI class groupings, and outdoor learning activities, etc.

Thank you for a wonderful first full week of school!! It was great seeing all our champions this week and the wonderful classroom activities happening across both campuses and our virtual learning program.