The Otay Ranch Student Center began its year with 502 students, reported Principal Brynne Dukes. Eleven new staff members were brought on board as well. The school kicked off the year with classes engaging in orientation and team-building activities.
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The Otay Ranch Student Center will soon be moving into a new site at 2371 Fenton Street in Chula Vista, reported Brynne Dukes, principal. As Springs will own the site, she said, the school will “have the autonomy on when and how we do events and how we organize everything.”
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Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts 1st grade teacher Julie Rodriguez held “The Floor is Lava Day” in her classroom. Students learned about volcanoes and engaged in a lava experiment.
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Tisú Cuarenta, a 4th grade student with Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) who lives in Chula Vista, received a gold medal in ballet and a silver medal in contemporary dance in “Livorno in Danza”, a recent three-day competition in Livorno, Italy.
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Sisters Olivia and Grace Clements of Chula Vista are the December Student Artists of the Month. Olivia is in the 5th grade and Grace the 1st grade at Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy of the Arts (ORAA). Their artwork is entitled “The Final Foodtier.” The sisters explained, “We wanted to build the solar system and then thought it would be fun to do it with food. We spent a lot of time finding different food items that would be the right shape and colors.”
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The Otay Ranch Student Center, the facility for Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts program, is in its last year in its current location as the staff is preparing to move to a new location a few miles away in the Eastlake neighborhood.
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Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) finished off its 9th year with “fun and celebrations,” reported Melissa Maguire, vice principal. Eighth graders took a field trip to Fort Cross, where they worked on their team building and outdoor education. Second graders had a Movie Night with their families watching The Super Mario Bros. movie.
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Springs Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) kindergartners had a Read Across America float parade in which they read a book and made a float representing it, reported Principal Brynne Dukes. In the afternoon, they took the floats around the school to show the other students. Continue reading →
Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) welcomed the Dairy Council of California which brought a live cow to the campus to help teach students about cows, milk and other dairy products, agriculture and healthy eating.
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Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts teacher Tamra Santana’s 5/6th class took a field trip to the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla. They toured the exhibits and dissected mackerel.
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