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 →
Tamra Santana’s class at the Otay Ranch Student Center created an ocean mural using oil pastels as part of their study of artist and activist Robert Wyland and climate change. Continue reading →
Rio Hill, 11, is a 6th-grade student with Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA). He is his 4th year at ORAA. Continue reading →
Seventh and 8th-grade students from the Otay Ranch Student Center held their Fall Art Expo which featured selections from the musical Hamilton, including dancing, songs and theatrical scenes. Continue reading →
To accommodate its steady growth in the 2018-19 school year, the Otay Ranch Student Center was pleased to add six new teachers and ACEs: Joseph Daniel, April Giuffre, Kayla Little, Andrew Lona, Victoria Vela, and Diane Weinberger. The program is beginning its 5th year, and employs a staff of 35 teachers and administrators who serve 410 students. Continue reading →
Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) celebrated the end of its 4th year with theater performances, promotions and “last day of school fun,” reported Tami Foster, site facilitator. Continue reading →
Dear Loyal Otay Ranch Students, Parents, and Staff,
I am delighted to announce that our program was unanimously approved by the San Diego County Board of Education (SDBOE) last night! Continue reading →
Tami Foster, the site facilitator for the Otay Ranch Student Center, reported, “Principal Philip Parks’ good friend, The Cat in the Hat, came to visit Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts. Continue reading →
