Otter Town News - Week 5
🦦 What's Happening Next Week
Get ready for an exciting and busy week at Ortega Elementary! Mark your calendars for two fun events coming up this Thursday and Friday.
📸 Picture Day
- When: Thursday, September 17
- Look out for order forms coming home in your child's backpack, or order online
⚽ Spirit Day: Sports Day!
- When: Friday, September 18
- Students are encouraged to wear their favorite sports shirt or jersey and show off their team spirit!
- Kids can wear professional teams, college teams, or their uniform for a team they currently play on
Just a friendly reminder that the morning drop-off lane works best when everyone is prepared! Here are some ways you can help make this happen and keep things moving smoothly:
1. Pull to the front of the drop-off line to let your student out. Please do not park or unload at the ramp that leads up to the staff lot. This really backs up the line and prevents Ortega staff from parking.
2. Have your student ready to exit the car (Shoes on, backpack with them, jacket on, etc). Drivers should remain in the vehicle. If your child needs help with unbuckling or unloading, please make sure someone else in the vehicle can help them, or consider parking to unload rather than utilizing the drop-off line.
3. Only right turns are allowed out of the parking lot. Please do not hold up the line by trying to make a left turn.
VOTE YES ON MEASURE T! Measure T will be on the November ballot and it will renew an existing parcel tax that provides critical funding for Pacifica School District. Measure T will provide funding for:
- Library Media Techs (Librarians) at all of our schools
- School counselors
- Continue to ensure Outdoor Ed is free for all of our 5th graders.
To learn more about Measure T, please visit supportpacificaschools.com. If you would like to help the Measure T campaign, please see this sign up genius for ways to get involved.
Upcoming Events
Thu, Sep 17
School Picture Day
Fri, Sep 18
Spirit Day: Sports Day!
Fri, Oct 2
Coffee with the Principal · 8:30 AM · Ortega Library Courtyard
Mon, Oct 12
Indigenous Peoples' Day — No School
Tue, Oct 13
PTO Meeting · 6:30 PM
School Picture Day
Order your school photos online or by returning the paper order form that was sent home with your student. If your child will be out that day, the make-up picture day will be Thursday, October 29.
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Otter Fest
Get ready for Otter Fest, Ortega’s community event and fundraiser on Friday, October 16, from 3:00–7:00 PM in the Ortega schoolyard! The afternoon will feature carnival games, a dunk tank, craft booth, From the Heart Fundraiser, food, drinks, and treats.
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Ways to help
We need you
Popsicle Sales
Sign up to sell popsicles after school on Wednesdays. Through October 7 there are two shifts: TK/K volunteers report to the PTO office at 11:45 AM, and grade 1–5 volunteers report to the school at 1:00 PM. From October 14, when TK/K dismissal moves to 1:15, there is one shift for the whole school — report to the school at 1:00 PM.
Sign up ›We need you
Drop-Off Attendant
Open doors and help kids exit cars in the morning. Volunteers should grab a blue vest inside the main entrance of the school. Expected commitment time is 30 minutes.
Sign up ›
That’s the news from Otter Town.