OCCS News and Announcements
January 12, 2023
Spiritual Theme: Blessed to be a Blessing
Theme Song: His Mercy is More
Theme Verse: Matthew 5:7 "Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy."
Please Note, Change in Dates:
We have decided to follow Unity's schedule for President's day weekend. We WILL have school on Friday, February 17 and President's day on Monday, February 20 will be NO school.
Phase 23 Pledge News
If you are looking for a way to set up a re-occurring payment from your bank account to fulfill your pledge, Lori Wassenaar in the office can help with that! You can contact her at lwassenaar@occhristian.pvt.k12.ia.us or 712-737-2274. Or you can talk with Travis DeJong, development director about the project tdejong@occhristian.pvt.k12.ia.us

Thanks for your interest in our books! We will have books available for purchase January 17-19 during our artist residency regardless of pre-orders, but having orders up front will help us know how many books to bring so we don't run out! We know you have many options as far as where you purchase books, and we sincerely thank you for supporting us! We are happy to sign books if you wish, and you can indicate that on this order form. We look forward to meeting your kids! - Joe & Katie Hoksbergen
If you would like to pre-order books please look at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms
Emails for the office
If you are sending an email to the office for absences, appointments, and duty free lunches, please send the email to: office@occhristian.pvt.k12.ia.us. This is an email account that all three office staff can access. If one person is out, it guarantees that an email is not missed. Thank you!
Trip News - Change on RaiseRight.com
The transaction fee for orders placed by participants using their bank account has increased from $0.15 to $0.29 per order. This change is reflected in the mobile app and on RaiseRight.com during checkout when selecting Bank Account as the payment option.
 
Raise Right has not adjusted this fee since 2011 and remains committed to keeping their fees as low as possible while continuing to enhance gift card offering and develop new features to grow our organization’s earnings.
Sickness Reminder
Our Sioux County Health is warning that illnesses of many kinds are on the rise. This is typical for this time of year.

I want to take this time to remind everyone that if your children are sick, please keep them home. They may come back when their symptoms improve and are fever free for 24 hours without taking fever-reducing medication.

Please help us keep our students healthy and able to attend school. Thanks.