OCCS News and Announcements
May 3, 2022
Spiritual Theme: "The Fruit of the Spirit"
Theme Song for the School Year: "Holy Spirit Living Breath of God"
Theme Verse for the School Year: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law." Gal. 5:22-23
Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week!
This week is National Teacher Appreciation Week. We have excellent teachers and staff at OCCS! We entrust our precious gifts, our children, to them each school day. Remember to pray for your child’s teachers and staff members! Have you sent a note of encouragement or an expression of appreciation this year? Now is the time!  Remember to thank your staff members and show them that you care.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Mental illness affects more than 50 million people in the US. In fact, 1 in 5 adults and 1 in 6 youth (ages 6-17) experience mental illness each year (NAMI, 2022). Nearly 25% of kids will suffer from anxiety at some point during their adolescent years (ADAA, 2021).

Since mental health is an essential part of overall well being, it’s important to understand brain health, seek help when needed, and be a supportive community to each other.

See the attached documents for more information and resources.
Tulip Festival Art Exhibit
The 2022 Tulip Festival Art Exhibit will be held May 10-21. The display will be located upstairs in the education room in the Orange City Public Library during regular open hours.
Venmo Information
At OCCS, you have the option to pay different bills and TRIP through Venmo (codes are shown below). Before you pay, there is an option to turn on purchase protection (as pictured below). Please do not turn this option on. When the option is turned on, it will take a fee from the amount OCCS receives. It comes through as a short pay to OCCS and we will ask you to pay the difference.
Tulip Festival Float Riders
OCCS students in Preschool through 8th grade can sign-up to ride the OCCS float at each of the Tulip Festival parades. Students may sign-up to ride as many times as they want and will receive a full size candy item.  Students are asked to wear Dutch costumes for the afternoon parades. In the evenings, they may wear their theme T-shirts or any OCCS apparel. We would also like to find 1-2 adult riders for each float. Please use the attached link to sign up: https://signup.com/go/aPhhjBZ

Note: Friday afternoon riders are limited as we will have some Tiger PAWS / Monica Associates on the float in honor of the 100 year anniversary. If you are interesting riding or walking with the float on Friday afternoon, please contact the anniversary committee by email at tigerpaws@orangecitychristian.net.

For the Saturday evening parade, we would like to invite any OCCS supporters to walk with the float. Parents, grandparents, constituents, students - put on your OCCS apparel and join us for the final parade. We will put some of the younger children on the float and the rest of the participants will walk behind the float. No sign up needed for Saturday.

If you are interested in driving the OCCS float, please contact Matt Van Schepen.

Thank you for participating!!
TRIP News
  • Shop with Scrip is rebranding! Starting today, all of Shop with Scrip will become RaiseRight Fundraising. If you use the app, it has been called RaiseRight since it began. The website will take on this name as well. The website will be down temporarily while the transition is made today. It should be working again sometime this morning.
  • Bonus: Applebee's 5% bonus (13%) through May 6.
  • Bonus: Chipotle 5% bonus (15%) through May 6.
  • Bonus: Happy Dining and Happy Moments 3% bonus (11%) through May 6.
  • Bonus: Outback 3% bonus (13%) through May 6.
  • Bonus: Red Robin 3% bonus (11%) through May 13.
  • School year TRIP hours are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 8:00am - 3:30pm. and Wednesday and Friday from 8:00am - 12:30pm.
  • Find information about the OCCS TRIP program on our website by clicking the following link: OCCS TRIP Website
  • Need help on how to use the Shop with Scrip Website? Click here for step by step instructions: Family Ordering Guide
  • Need help using the RaiseRight app? Check out the following webpage for more information: https://www.raiseright.com/