Jordan Blankenship is the February 2020 Student Artist of the Month. Last year, she was an 8th-grade student at Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA). Continue reading →
Kindergartners at Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) learned about turkeys and pumpkins in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving. Continue reading →
Nichole Anderson, 14, is a Chula Vista who attended Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts for 8th grade during the 2018-19 school year. She chose Springs because she wanted a smaller learning environment. Continue reading →
Isaiah Jones, 7, of Chula Vista is the November 2019 Student Artist of the Month. He attended 1st grade at Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts last year. Continue reading →
Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) welcomed five new staff members for the new school year (pictured, left to right): Kristina Sims, dance and movement teacher, Myisha Partridge, ACE, Robert Adams, ACE, Amanda Nonomura, 5th-grade teacher, and Rhea Brown, vice-principal. Continue reading →
Springs’ Otay Ranch Student Center held its first annual Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) Talent Show. There were a total of 17 performances, including rappers and singers, ukulele players and pianists, dancers and impressionists. Continue reading →
Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) celebrated another successful school year at its 5th Annual Family Fun Day. Continue reading →
Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) held its third-quarter Art Expo to celebrate theater and visual arts. Participants included teacher Tamra Santana’s 6th-grade class, who each chose a favorite song and created a record cover for it. Danica Arimany, ORAA art teacher, said, “The students considered what seeing through their ears and hearing through their eyes would be like. They chose a song that spoke to their hearts and created a record cover through translated sound into line, shape, color, and texture.”
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Otay Ranch Academy of the Arts (ORAA) students joined 13,166,854 students in 24,027 schools and 113 countries in the 2019 Great Kindness Challenge week. Students were encouraged to perform acts of kindness during the week. Continue reading →
The 1st grade class of Mrs. Jeannette Fetterhoff at Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) was the proud recipient of “JiJi the Penguin,” awarded to them for the month of January for earning the highest ST Math syllabus completion. Continue reading →
