Ocosta Elementary will return to 4 days a week in April.
Fourth through sixth grade will return to a 4 day a week schedule on Monday, April 19. Kindergarten through third grade will start 4 days a week beginning on April 26. Please go to the website for more details.
Please visit the district website or the Ocosta Facebook pages to read a letter regarding updates to the second round of Pandemic-EBT Benefits.
Exciting news for our school community. The school is able to test COVID symptomatic students through a program called Learn to Return. This is an oral swab and much easier for students to self-administer. If your student has symptoms, we are happy to assist you in getting a test.
Updated Bus Information for Tuesday and Wednesday:
Tuesday - Route 3 will run about 10 to 15 minutes later than usual in the morning
Wednesday - Route 6 and Route 7 are combining for the day and some pickups may be a couple minutes later than usual
FREE TUTORING 24 hours a day!
Ocosta School District has partnered with FEV Tutor to provide around-the-clock access to high-quality tutoring. Check out the video below to learn about this service and the opportunity to earn a $10 gift card:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iER_o3DuRBU&feature=youtu.be
Good morning Wildcats!
The safety of our community is our number one priority. Due to road conditions, the district will be unable to complete our meal runs today. We are sorry for the inconvenience this may cause our families. Stay safe and warm. See you on Tuesday!
Please take a moment complete our re-entry planning survey. We still do not have dates for re-opening, but would like parent feedback. We have added the Department of Health Decision Making Tree information and a letter from the GH Public Health Officer to our website.
Here is a link to the survey. Please complete for each student in your home.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/D3R6B22
It's time for all 11th and 12th graders to take the ASVAB. (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) If students have a score of 31 or above they meet the graduation requirement for testing. We also encourage students to take this test, as it opens another door to the future. (Students are still required to take the Smarter Balanced Assessment in the spring.)
Dates for Ocosta students are October 23 and October 30 at either 8:30 or 12:30. Please RSVP with your advisor. Testing will be socially distanced, masks are required.
Grays Harbor Youth Works in conjunction with the Ocosta Jr/Sr High School After School Program will be offering a virtual open house to find out more about opportunities through GHYW. Grays Harbor Youth Works provides students in Grays Harbor the opportunity to intern and job shadow people in careers that they would potentially want to further explore. Students could earn money and high school credit through this program. The virtual open house is on Monday, September 21 at 6:00 pm. For more information and the Zoom link, please call 360-589-0914. This is a great opportunity for our Wildcat students! For an application got to the After School program's link at ocosta.org.
The Ocosta School District has been awarded $20,000 from the Grays Harbor Community Foundation for the elementary music program. Music teacher, JR Lakey, started at Ocosta in the fall of 2019 and had very few materials to work with. Mr. Lakey is also the executive director of The Garage: Music and Arts Center in Aberdeen.
The district is excited that they have someone with such a vast background in the community leading the music program.
This grant will give Mr. Lakey the opportunity to buy the instruments and supplies to start a music program that can grow into a comprehensive music program district-wide. A bulk of the money will be to used to by Orff instruments, which include xylophones, glockenspiels, and percussion instruments. District Superintendent, Heather Sweet, stated that there are so many possibilities for our students to learn music using Orff instruments.
The district greatly appreciates the support for the arts from GHCF.
Remember that TOMORROW (Tuesday, Sept 1st) is our Chromebook pick up day. Please go to the website for pick up times at ocosta.org. We are trying to streamline the amount of people in the building and getting you through as quick as possible,so please send one adult family member.
FAMILY ACCESS UPDATE
Every year we have guardians log on to Skyward Family Access to update their students information for the upcoming school year. This year, you will need to complete the online update to pick up your students' Chromebook on September 1. Please log in using the Ocosta School District website, ocosta.org. clicking on menu, scrolling to the bottom and clicking on Family Access. You can then enter your login and password.
Please call the school offices if you need your login and password.
Superintendent Sweet has just announced that Ocosta will have remote learning to begin the school year on September 3, 2020. Please go to the website and click on menu button, then fall re-opening and click on Ocosta Parent Update July 31, 2020 for more information. This letter can also be found on the district Facebook pages.
The fall re-opening plan is posted on the website. Go to ocosta.org, then click "menu". From here you will go to the Fall Re-Entry Planning Tab and the Plan is under "Ocosta Re-Opening Plan" A zoom meeting is planned for August 5 at 6:30pm.
It's a Parade!! Teachers will be out parading through our community tomorrow (Friday) for the last day of school!! See the route they will take below:
WESTPORT 8:30-9:30
Leave school, head north on Montesano
Right on Spokane
Left on 2nd
G Street
Left on Elizabeth
Left Montesano
Right Washington
Left Raineer
Right Oregon
Left Broadway
Cross Ocean
Left Grant
Left Montesano
Montesano to Dock St
Left Westhaven Drive
Left Nyhus
Left Dock to Monetsano
Right on Wilson turns into Forest
Left on Veterans
Right on Broadway
Right on Newell
Right on Surf Street
Left on Ocean, go through round about back track to Forest
Left on Forest
Left on on Chehalis
Right on Montesano
OCOSTA 9:30-10:15
Montesano to Shell Station
Left on SR 105
Right at Wildwood Trailer Park - take first left, to make loop on front road of park
Right on to SR 105
At John’s River take right fork off road
Left at stop sign
Left at Johns River Road
Right on SR105
Left at Rustermeyer Road
Left into Rustemeyer Trailer park loop
Right on Rustemeyer Road
Left on SR 105
SR 105 to stop sign at Twin Harbors State Beach
GRAYLAND 10:15-10:45
Left on SR 105
Right on Chester
Left Marine Drive
Right SR 105
Left Grange
Right on Cranberry Rd
Left on County Line/Smith Anderson Rd
Right on Evergreen
Left on SR 105 to North Cove
Right on Warrenton Cannary Road
Left on Douglas
Right Pine
Right Terri
Left Warrenton Cannary Rd
Right Seabreeze
Left Whipple
Right SR 105 to TOKELAND
TOKELAND 10:45-11:30
Right Tokeland Road
Right Mermaid
Left Lagoon
Left Dexter
Left Breezy
Right Mermaid
Right Tokeland Drive
Kindred Ave to end of Tokeland,
Loop on to Emerson
Left on 3rd
Right on Kindred
Kindred turns into Tokeland Road
Left on SR 105
North to Westport Y
END PARADE
Mekenna and Evalyn have signed to play softball at GHC next school year. Both have played for Ocosta for the past five years. Coach Barnum is very proud of them, as they are leaders both on and off the field.
Friday Night Lights
Congratulations to Emily Snider and Layne Martin. Both are Seniors at Ocosta and will graduate in June. This week they have committed to play Volleyball at South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia next school year. Both Emily and Layne have played Volleball for Ocosta and club volleyball throughout Western Washington. Coach Barb Rasmus is very proud of their accomplishment.
Continued Learning for Ocosta Jr/Sr High.
Please go to the Ocosta Website and got to Covid19 Information, then click on COVID 19 Updates. There is a letter "High School Online Learning" which all families need to read regarding learning opportunities for our students.
Chromebooks that have been reserved are going out with bus drivers today, Friday, with meal distribution. We only had a limited supply. As we are able to locate more devices for distribution, we will work to get them to the students.