The Theatre department is putting up the Spring musical Frankenstein, a new musical LIVE April 29 - May 1st at 7PM and May 2nd at 2PM! This production is going to have super limited seating, only 200 at max per night, so if you want to enjoy a lovely night of theatre and support our awesome kids, don't wait to order your tickets! This event will not be streamed.

Please visit the link for Cambridge and Advanced Placement testing. Students need to bring several number 2 pencils and a calculator if needed. In compliance with CDC guidelines, students must maintain social distancing at all times and they absolutely must wear a mask while on campus. Cell phones and other electronic devices will be prohibited from the testing room, so we are strongly encouraging students to leave them at home or in their vehicles.

AICE (Cambridge) testing is in blue on this calendar and AP testing is in red. 

For “AM” Cambridge testing, students should arrive by 7:20 and meet in the media center. For “PM” Cambridge testing, students should plan to arrive by 11:30 and meet in the media center.

AP testing students will report directly to their testing rooms.

Unfortunately, we do not provide transportation to and from school for testing of any kind.

If I can answer any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Sharon.Christensen-Jones@ocps.net

Wednesday, April 28th – 3pm – 4pm – How to prepare for the College Admission’s Process

Wednesday, May 12th – 3pm – 4pm – Spring In Review

FSA ID: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa/filling-out/fsaid

FAFSA Application: https://fafsa.gov/

CSS Profile: https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org/

To order: www.herfforlando.com

The Student Services department has collaborated with the company, Aunt Bertha, to create a customized search engine to help staff, families, and the community better navigate needed social services and resources. The information on the site can be translated into more than 100 languages. https://communityconnect.ocps.net/

Each spring, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics releases a chart that shows what people earn as well and how many people cannot find work by level of education for the prior year. They released their 2020 findings last week and the new chart is presented just below (read full article here).

The lesson for our Grenadiers? While making money and finding work are not the only reasons for acquiring a good education and taking advantage of all that Colonial & OCPS offer, one day our Grenadiers will be out in the world on their own. This simple bar chart, which the BLS prepares each year, consistently shows the same pattern: those with more education typically have larger paychecks and much lower odds of being out of work. While this is not always the case, overall this holds true year-after-year.