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Weekly Community Updates - February 10, 2023
Oceana Senior Sports Celebrations
See photos from all the recent celebrations we've had honoring our senior athletes!
Mock Trial Celebration
Our Varsity Mock Trial team has had an exceptional season! We are excited to announce that the Oceana placed second in the North San Mateo County and will be advancing to the the semifinals for the San Mateo County competition! Congratulations to all of the Mock Trial team: Chey Tam, Isabella Woo, Theodore Schimizzi, Maylene Marks, Tim Tran, Bethany Zhao, Ashley Rain Anacleto, Joie Wu, Jayden Vong, Daphne Yatrakis, Abigail Reines, Sagar Rajan, Chloe May, Adelina Lim, Andres Liu, Casey Liu, Denon Prochazka, Emil Groth, Jack Vignaux, Tyler Paing, Orion Urbino, Renzo Fukuda, Sarah Ghazzawi, attorney coach Marc Zafferano, and teacher advisor Ms. Hartig on this incredible accomplishment!
Through this program, students develop their public speaking and analytical skills by playing the roles of attorneys, witnesses, bailiffs, and clerks for a case created by the Constitutional Rights Foundation.
Tamale Making in our Foods Class!
Thank you to our parent volunteer, Rosa Pumacayo, who came to teach our students how to make tamales!
Lasagna Night - Successful Evening!
Thank you to the OSPTO for organizing and hosting an incredible evening that was well integrated with our Basketball Senior Night. We enjoyed a tasty lasagna dinner, and warm, freshly baked goods from the Prom Committee!
February Recess Home Antigen Testing
Similar to the Winter Vacation, rapid antigen tests will be sent home with all students and staff for the February Recess. Students and staff are asked to take one test on Sunday, February 26 or the morning of Monday, February 27 prior to returning to campus, and again on Wednesday, March 1, during the first week back. We thank our students and staff for their support in keeping our schools healthy and well.
Students will receive their tests on Thursday February 16th.
Something to note: Many have asked if they can use FDA-authorized at-home COVID diagnostic tests that have expired. Though the FDA does not recommend using these tests beyond their authorized expiration dates, diagnostic tests may be extended as additional stability data is collected. You can check the Expiration Date column of the List of Authorized At-Home OTC COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests to see if your at-home OTC COVID-19 test has been extended and how to find any new expiration date.
Black History Month Figure Highlight
Angela Davis is a Black human rights activist and a professor emerita at UC Santa Cruz. She has dedicated her life to protecting and fighting for the rights of people of color, women, and the LGBTQ+ community. She is author of many articles and books, including: An Autobiography; Women, Race, and Class; Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday; Are Prisons Obsolete?; and The Angela Y. Davis Reader.
"You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time."
-Angela Davis
Club Fair in One Week!
ASB's Club Council is hosting our second Club Fair of the school year on Friday, February 17th. This is an exceptional opportunity for students to learn about a wide variety of options and engage in club different activities. Additionally, six new clubs that have just been chartered at the beginning of the Spring Semester will be tabling!
And... radio station 99.7 will be at the event playing music! Join us next Friday for some music and fun!
Prom Donations
Prom Committee is planning a very fun, eventful night for our Juniors & Seniors at prom this year. Prom Committee is requesting for any contributions to support these efforts. Kindly consider donating by visiting the Student Store site for a direct donation. We appreciate any and all donations!
Spring Dance!
Course Request Process
SamTrans Feb. 5 Schedule Changes
On Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, SamTrans will adjust several local and school route schedules to improve the consistency of buses arriving on-time for riders. SamTrans reviews and adjusts its schedules four times a year to keep up with the needs of the community and improve performance for riders. The next schedule change will occur in June 2023.
The changes to your SamTrans school service effective Feb. 5 are as follows:
Route 40 – To improve the speed of service in the afternoon, wait time will be removed from route 40. All bus stops will continue to be served. Please check the new schedule for more information.
New schedules are available at www.samtrans.com/scheduleupdates starting Wednesday morning. Please inform your community of this change through your usual channels of communication. For any questions, please refer them to me at youthmobility@samtrans.com.
OHS Scholarship Opportunity
Oceana General Scholarship is open to all graduating seniors with a 2.0 gpa or above. We encourage all of our eligible seniors to apply for this scholarship award to help assist with college costs like tuition, books, materials, etc!
Awards will be determined based on criteria set up by the organizations offering the scholarships. These scholarships may be used for tuition and/or books for education beyond high school. Scholarships are available for all students planning to attend any college or university.
DIRECTIONS:
Please make a copy of the document linked below with your responses. Be sure to add your FULL NAME to the document. When complete, download your application response as a PDF and upload the file in Section 2 of this google form.
APPLICATION DUE DATE IS FRIDAY, MARCH 10TH AT 4PM.
Here are the links you'll need:
1. Google doc
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13AgO5IFstLgM3A-XvSyqQqKk6rwRuRJACcmzkMUdSNI/edit?usp=sharing
2. Google form
Staff Shout Out
Spring Sports Have Begun
Academic Council is the shared governance body at OHS that is responsible for policies and decision-making. AC is made up of students, teachers, parents, and administrators. We meet each week on Thursday from 3:20-5:20 pm in Room 207. Meetings are open to all OHS community members. So that everyone is in-the-know, we also share weekly meeting summaries here. Hope to see you at a future AC meeting!
Oceana High School
Website: https://www.juhsd.net/ohs
Location: 401 Paloma Avenue, Pacifica, CA, USA
Phone: 650-550-7300