OCCS News and Announcements
August 11, 2023
Upcoming Dates:
  • August 14: Registration, 5:00-8:00pm for students in K-8
  • August 22: Back to School night, 4:00-6:00pm
  • August 23: First day of school, 8:45am convocation at OCCS, noon dismissal
  • Aug 28: First day of Covenant Kids Preschool
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Reminder the OCCS office is open Monday/Wednesday 8:00-2:00, Thursday 8-12. The office is closed on Tuesdays & Fridays.
The Tiger PAWS apparel store is open now until August 30. There will be samples of the apparel at registration.
Silage Piles
Silage pile season is coming up quickly. We encourage all our families to help at the silage piles. It is a fantastic community builder and the funds go to benefit the entire school.

Once again, the board will divide these funds accordingly. 70% of the donations will go toward the building fund and our new addition while the other 30% of the donations will go toward tuition assistance. We consider many factors when handing out tuition assistance to those who apply each year, your participation at these piles will be one of those considerations.

ALL families who participate with the silage piles (at the pile or bringing supplies) will have the option to apply for assistance, whether you received an ESA or not. That application will come out after the silage pile season is complete.

Thank you again, we could not do this without all our willing volunteers!
Registration Information
Thank you to those who came to our first night of registration. The final night to register is Monday, August 14 from 5:00-8:00pm. Any family who did not come to the first registration night, must come Monday, August 14 or contact the office 737-2274 if you cannot be there.

Families approved for the ESA: please be sure you have logged onto the Odyssey Website to choose OCCS as your school, and again to CONFIRM the total tuition charges entered by OCCS once we have verified your child. Thank you!

Link to JMC to register:

If you are a new family, you will use your last name as your username and click forgot my password to receive your JMC login information. 

Reminder: Venmo payments will not be accepted at Registration, please remember to bring a checkbook for Tuition, Registration, Music Fees, and Food Service payments that need to be made.
GLC Information
Please be thinking if you would like to be a GLC (Grade Level Coordinator) for your student's teacher this school year. It is a great way to be a blessing to the teacher, get to know the students in your child's classmates and serve in the classroom throughout the 2023/2024 school year. Questions, please contact a GLC Facilitator.
 
For those of you who are new to OCCS and are not familiar with what a GLC is, it is much the same as being a room parent. The goal of a GLC is to equip and coordinate a classroom throughout the school year. Our goal is to help aid our teachers effectively in things such as field trips, parties, duty-free lunches or functions specific towards their grade. We anticipate needing two GLC’s per teacher for K-4 and one per teacher for grades 5-8.
 
We will have a sign up table set up at registration and would appreciate having you stop by to sign up for your child’s classroom or to answer any questions you may have specific to the program. It is our desire to have all GLC’s in place prior to the beginning of the school year.

Thank you for your consideration in helping out your child’s teacher & their classroom.   
Alison & Ben Kamp, Mary Beth & Nathan Breen, and Jenna & TJ Vreugdenhil
GLC Facilitators
Chapel Shirts
The online registration process will request a size for your child's chapel T-shirt. The shirts for students are paid for by Tiger PAWS. If you would like to order a shirt for any other family members, you can order those at registration. They are $10.00 each payable when you order. See the attached picture for the design.
Sack Pack Program
Transitional Kindergarten-12th grade can take advantage of the community-led Sack Pack Program. The Sack Pack Program provides free food items each weekend to assist families who are struggling to make ends meet. The program gives children a sack of nutritious, easy-to-prepare snacks for the weekend. Items might include EZ Mac cup, soup packets, fruit cup, applesauce cup, juice boxes, Pop Tarts, oatmeal packet, microwave popcorn, raisins, pudding cup, granola bar, cereal bar, cracker and peanut butter packs, fruit snacks, etc. We apologize, but at this time, we are unable to meet the needs of children with specific food Click the link below to sign up.
TRIP News:
  • New Brand: Late Harvest Brewery is available as $25 & $50 physical gift cards with 3% earnings.
  • TRIP orders for items not in stock are placed at 10:00am every Monday and are delivered on Wednesday after 1:00.
  • Find information about the OCCS TRIP program on our website by clicking the following link: OCCS TRIP Website
  • Need help using the RaiseRight app? Check out the following webpage for more information: https://www.raiseright.com/

Summer TRIP hours are Monday and Wednesday from 8:00am-2:00pm and Thursday from 8:00am - 12:00pm. The office will be closed on Tuesday & Friday.