OCEAN Newsletter

Here are the new announcements in this newsletter:

• Last day of In person class June 8
  
• End of the Year Celebration June 8 at Fort Worden
• Library Books Due
• Time to return PT Schools Devices
• YMCA Summer Meal Boxes
• PTA Meeting June 8
• Problems with multiple text messages
• OCEAN Student of the Week
  

Repeated relevant information is below the new announcements each week.

Last day of classes in person is June 8.

June 12-16 is conferencing week and there are no in person classes.

Let's celebrate the end of another great school year!

All OCEAN K-12 families are invited to attend the end-of-year celebration at the Kitchen Shelter at Fort Worden on Thurs. June 8th; 5-7:00 pm (kitchen shelter is past the Marine Science Center on your right).

This is a time for each student to shine, honor our beloved teachers,
and celebrate as a community!!

WHAT TO BRING: a picnic dinner for your family (remember to pack utensils), a bathing suit and towel if you plan to take a dip in the sea, and firewood if you have it. *K-8 students please also bring your Latin America tri-folds and invertebrate presentations.

OCEAN End-of-Year Celebration
(3:30-5 pm Set up - Volunteers needed. Help beautify the kitchen shelter.)

5 pm Arrival & Student Displays
K-8 Students Latin America Trifolds and Invertebrate presentations

5:30 pm Student & Teacher Appreciations

6:15 pm Annual Dip in the Puget Sound
Bring a bathing suit and towel & join Daniel for this annual tradition.

6:30 pm BYO Picnic Dinner
Please bring dinner for your family. *Light snacks and dessert provided.

7:15 pm Clean up

7:30-8:00 pm Beach hang & fireside

*If you can come early to help set up, stay after to help clean up,
or bring firewood, PLEASE DO!

Port Townsend School District Library Books Due June 1.

Login to your library account to check what books are due.

Students who have checked out a device for home will return the following items to the OCEAN Office on the below dates:

Return Dates for OCEAN:

12th Graders, Monday June 5, 2023 @ PTHS Library

K-11 grade students, June 12-16 @ OCEAN Office

1. If a student needs to borrow a device over the summer, they must fill out a “Summer Contract” through the school office.

2. Failure to return devices on time will result in a replacement fee of $300. This fee will be applied to the student’s Skyward account.

3. If a student returns a device after school June 16, they need to return the device to Danielle Ferrero in the Business Office located in the Gael Stuart Building. Front Office staff at OCEAN, BHMS or PTHS CANNOT accept devices.

4. Once our Tech Team assesses the device, the replacement fee will be removed from the students’ Skyward account.

5. If students or caregivers have any questions, they can contact their school library staff. PTHS Library phone is (360) 379-1777 and BHMS Library is (360) 379-4545 before June 16, 2023.

The YMCA plans to provide food boxes throughout the summer break for any children/youth (ages 0-18) In Jefferson Co. who need extra food this summer, and for their families. In order to make this program a success, we need to hear from families in Jefferson County.

A bit of background: over the last 3+ years of this Food Box Program, we have had to pivot many times to meet the needs of our community. We are going to pivot again: for summer of 2023, each week we will host 4 sites throughout east and south Jefferson County at which families can pick up their food boxes. For families who are interested in our Food Box program, we would like input on site, day of the week, and times that would work best for pick-ups. (If a family would like to receive weekly, food boxes and absolutely cannot make it to a pick-up site, we can arrange home delivery.)

We will be holding our last PTA meeting of the academic year. We're trying our first in-person meeting after school drop-off:

Thursday, June 8th at 8:30am upstairs at Aldrich's

Zach Moser was nominated and elected at our recent meeting to take over the President role. THANK YOU, Zach! He is a big picture strategic thinker, deeply committed to finding solutions to messy problems, and cares enormously about building community and helping us all feel like we belong. We are all excited to have Zach step into a leadership role with the PTA. It's going to be great!

We are still looking to fill the positions of Secretary and Treasurer:

• The Secretary prepares minutes of meetings.
  

• The Treasurer maintains our financial records, serves as our primary banker, and presents the budget to our membership.

Our current co-Secretary (Alyssa Fuehrer) and Treasurer (Chelsea Rosenberger) are willing to liaise with new board members to ensure a smooth transition. Please consider stepping into one of these roles, or asking someone you know who might have time and energy. And THANK YOU in advance!

We hope you can join us on Thursday, June 8th at 8:30am upstairs at Aldrich's.

We have heard from a few families that they are receiving multiple text messages when school communications are sent. We are very sorry this is happening. You can opt out of texts by texting "STOP" to the number sending the messages.

We have contacted support for our messaging company and this is their additional suggestion to resolve the issue:

"This is a known carrier issue with message caching. The recipients will need to reach out and partner with their carrier to clear the cache of messages."

If you are continuing to have this problem please email srubenstein@ptschools.org with your phone number and wireless carrier name and the message creating the problem. We will continue to work with the companies support team to see if we can find a better resolution.

Salvera shined bright during the OCEAN High School Camping trip with CedarRoot. During the 3 day trip, she was always willing to lend a helping hand, cooking at the camp and at the beach, checking in on everyone, and being respectful of the natural world. Her ability to reflect upon her learning and lifting others up makes her an outstanding and valuable member of our OCEAN school. Thank you Salvera for your encouragement, kindness, humor, perspective, and musicality throughout this camping experience and here at OCEAN.

See what has been happening at OCEAN.

We are getting close to the end of the school year. All school chromebooks, hotspots and books need to be returned for the end of the year so that students don't get charged a fine for missing items.

All items can be returned to the OCEAN office between 9am and 1pm on school days. The deadline for returning items in June 16 at 9am.

11th Grade Parents/Guardians - Save the Date:

Preparing for Senior Year - June 8, 2023 5:30 - 6:30 pm in the PTHS library

School counselors Kiley Gard and Kirsten Bledsoe will provide information how to navigate your student's senior year with a special focus on college and post-high school planning, financial aid/scholarships and senior project.

Saturday, June 3, 2023 - Senior Prom, 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm at the JFK Building in Fort Worden

Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 10:45 am in the PTHS gym. Distribution of caps, gowns, yearbooks and graduation tickets

Thursday, June 8, 2023 - Seniors return any textbooks or other school items.

Friday, June 9, 2023 - 11:00am - Senior Group Photo in caps and gowns in front of the gym at 11:00 am, followed by Senior Walk.

Tuesday June 13, 2023 - OCEAN Senior Tea 5:15pm, Cotton Bldg. - pick up your OCEAN stole

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 - Graduation Practice - McCurdy Pavilion, 8:30 am - 1:00 pm

Thursday, June 15, 2022- Graduation Day! - Graduation Practice - 8:30 am - 1:00 pm - McCurdy Pavilion

- Arrive at the Chapel for graduation by 6:15 pm for the walk over to McCurdy Pavilion.

- COMMENCEMENT, 7:00 pm McCurdy Pavilion (admission by ticket only).

- Following graduation - Check out at the Chapel . Return gowns and stoles in return for your diploma and other paperwork.

- Head to the bus for Grad Night! Grad Night is from 10:00 pm-2:00 am.

• June 8: Last day of OCEAN classes and End of the Year OCEAN gathering - Fort Worden Beach Shelter
  
• June 13, 5:15pm-7:00pm OCEAN Senior Tea at the Cotton Building
• June 12-16 Conferencing Week
• June 15, 7-9pm Port Townsend Graduation
• June 16, Last Day of School

View the OCEAN Calendar Online

Email: srubenstein@ptschools.org
Website: https://ocean.ptschools.org/
Location: 3939 San Juan Ave, Port Townsend, WA, USA
Phone: 360-379-4272
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oceank12

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Title IX Coordinator, Darrell Thomas, (360) 379-4548,dthomas@ptschools.org

Section 504/ADA Coordinator, Shelby MacMeekin, (360) 379-4366, smacmeekin@ptschools.org

Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator, Darrell Thomas, (360) 379-4548, dthomas@ptschools.org