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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Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) 3rd grade student Tisú Cuarenta Aceves is an award-winning ballerina. In a recent competition, she took one gold and four bronze medals.
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Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) held a “phenomenal” APEX fundraiser, reported Principal Brynne Dukes, netting $18,000 for new technology. (Photo: APEX fun run)
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Ayesha Chloe Abril, a 7th-grade grade student with Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA), is the Student Artist of the Month for November. She is 13 and lives in Chula Vista. She has attended Springs since 3rd grade. She likes to draw characters from anime and video games. Besides art, she likes Taekwondo.
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The Otay Ranch Student Center held its annual APEX fundraiser netting more than $15,000 for school technology, reported Vice Principal Melissa Maguire. The fundraiser kicked off with a pep rally, followed by two weeks of character-building lessons and students collecting pledges for a culminating fun run. Topics discussed included being fearless, adapting, and being original.
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Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) kicked off the new school year with TK/K students playing bingo, 1st graders creating self-portraits, the 3rd/4th combo class making clay figures, the 4th-grade learning cooperation through a Minecraft challenge, and the 5th/6th-grade combo class building mousetrap cars.
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Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) teacher Taylor Olson had a Jedi Training Camp. Students practiced skills to be Jedi: balance, concentration, teamwork, problem-solving, agility, accuracy, and peace. The favorite activity, Ms. Olson reported, were lightsaber battles.
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Damian Cortez, an 8th grade student with Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA), is the April 2022 Student Artist of the Month. His artwork is entitled “80s Back to School.” He is a resident of Chula Vista.
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