News & Announcements

This afternoon the Board of Directors announced its decision to offer Dr. Amy Kernan the position of Executive Director. Over the past two months, OPA families and staff participated in a rigorous process to select the most qualified candidate for this position.

Good Evening OPA Families and Staff,
We hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Please make sure to fill out the
Increased On Campus Learning Survey by this Wednesday, 3/31/2021. Even if your
student is virtual, we want your input. All student schedules, virtual and hybrid, could
be affected by the increase in on campus learning for our hybrid students, so we
want feedback from all families.

Dear OPA Families, The third trimester started on Friday, March 19th.
We had a successful transition of 69 new Hybrid Learning students on Monday, March 22nd.
Although we had an increase in cars dropping off and picking up students, we were able to have
a smooth process. We ask all hybrid families to adhere to our guidelines in order to continue to
have a smooth process at drop off and pick up. Please make sure that everyone wears a mask, and drives slowly and safely at all times.

Dear OPA Families,
A year ago, we were forced to close our school and educate our Champions 100% virtually.
Seven months ago, we started the school year virtually. On October 21, 2020 in-person learning
resumed. Now, we are starting the third trimester with half of our students in-person. The
COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history. The
education disruption has had and will continue to have, substantial effects beyond education.

Dear OPA Families,
Thank you for joining us last Wednesday for our Virtual Showcase “Open House”. We had a
total of 199 participants in the administration presentation and at 5:30, parents logged on to the
grade level presentations in which our professors engaged our families in a variety of activities.

Happy Women’s History Month! This month is a time for all of us to recognize the incredible accomplishments women have made throughout history and the need for us to continue to push our young women champions to strive for greatness and support each other to fulfill their dreams. As Maya Angelou exclaimed, "Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women."

This week, we have a special night. Our Virtual Showcase “Open House” will be on Wednesday,
March 10th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. It is a minimum day and all students will follow their Friday
schedule because all students will be virtual. The evening will begin with a presentation by the
administration team followed by team presentations. Each grade level and non-core professors
will present three times. This will provide our families with more than one child the opportunity
to attend various presentations. Please click on the link below or you can go to our school
website calendar to find the zoom links for each team.

Dear OPA Families,
Join OPA’s month-long celebration of books! Read Across America Day, also known as Dr
Seuss Day, is a yearly observance in the USA inaugurated by the NEA (National Education
Association). It is held on the school day that is nearest to 2 March, Dr Seuss birthday. Theodor
Seuss Geisel was an American artist, book publisher, animator, poet, a political cartoonist as well
as an author. He is best known for authoring over 60 children’s books.

I hope that you all had a wonderful week. We are heading in to spring, which is a very busy time at OPA! With COVID-19 numbers continuing to go down and more people getting vaccinated, we are very hopeful to be able to bring some normalcy and more OPA traditions back to our OPA community soon!

Dear OPA Families,
Please join us as we celebrate Read Across America Day at OPA on Tuesday, March 2nd, also
known as Dr. Seuss Day. You can volunteer to be a GUEST READER in your child’s classroom (virtually). You can also participate in our month long BOOK DRIVE. All books will be donated to a local
school in need. You may place an order online through scholastic during the OPA Book
Fair which begins on March 8th - March 22nd. Happy Reading!