OCCS News and Announcements
January 10, 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.
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.
Tuition Payment Requirement
Reminder, per policy, at least 30% of each family's annual tuition must be paid by the end of the first semester; which is Friday, January 13, 2023. The 30% is on base tuition only. Subtract fairshare/partner society fee ($2,100/child) from your family's total cost of education amount to come up with your base tuition amount. If there are circumstances which make this difficult for your family, please contact a finance committee member - Christina Zuiderveen, Steve Vis, Emily Moret.

You can check your tuition balance anytime on the OCCS website under 'Parents', then 'JMC.' The username is your last name and the password was the one you provided at registration. Contact the office if you need assistance with your login.
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.