Principal's Letter November 12, 2008 Dear Families, Alma's Robo-calls: If you haven't been getting calls from Alma about twice a month since October 1 with information about things happening at school, let us know!  We have a new web-based system that allows us to call all of our families with news about school activities.  On your home caller I.D. it will say "U.S. Notification" so if you see that, answer the phone and you will hear from OCS! Parent Work Day: This coming Saturday at 8:00 a.m. we're asking parents to come in to school to help give the campus a little TLC.  We'll be cleaning, re-painting, servicing computers, and doing some minor repairs.  If you are handy, a tech wiz, or just a willing worker, please join us and bring your power-tools! Grade Level Meeting: We had our first grade level meeting for parents to hear about curriculum last week for the second to fourth grade. The teachers shared information about Singapore Math, our new math program. Parents were able to ask questions and hear from each other about the differences and challenges of the new program.  It was very useful and productive hour.  Next week we'll have our next grade level meeting for our K-1 classes. If your child is in K or 1 please join us November 20 at 5:00 in Frank Bush Hall. Budget Update: We are waiting to hear the effects of the Governor's budget for January of this year. It is possible that we may have revenue from the state cut for this year.  This would be very challenging for the school as we have a very tight budget already and if the state takes away money we are planning on for this year it will potentially cause us to cut things that will impact our school program.  Please email the Governor at this website: http://gov.ca.gov/interact#contact  and tell him to not cut the budget for this year.  He needs to hear our voices. Chris Ferris