THANK YOU!!!

Thank you is an understatement! Our Staff and Students are truly hum-bled and grateful. RSM US LLP and Olive Crest Academy will forever

be an extension of each other’s community.

Issue # 18 | November, 2019

November Nov 11 Veterans Day — No School Nov 20 & 22 Minimum Day – ORANGE Nov 21 & 22 Minimum Day—GARDEN GROVE Nov 25-29 Thanksgiving Break—No School

December Dec 2 Return from Thanksgiving Break Dec 18 & 20 Minimum Day – ORANGE Dec 19 & 20 Minimum Day—GARDEN GROVE Dec 23-Jan 3 Winter Break—No School

January Jan 6 Return from Winter Break Jan 20 MLK Day—No School Jan 29 Minimum Day – ORANGE Jan 30 Minimum Day—GARDEN GROVE

February Feb 10 President’s Day—No School Feb 17 Lincoln’s Birthday—No School Feb 26 Minimum Day – ORANGE Feb 27 Minimum Day—GARDEN GROVE

Olive Crest Academy continues the utilization of Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) and believes that to best assist our students we must first change the lens through which we understand the difficulties they face. When we do that, we see that they need skills to help them solve the problems that are causing their challenging behaviors. Together, with compassion and empathy, we work with the students to help teach them the skills they need in order to solve the problems— This image captures how we can better “Reframe the Behavior”!

COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING

WHAT’S GOING ON! (Orange Campus)

Sports @ OCA

Our middle and high school student athletes participate in the Freeway League, a league in which, they are able to play official games with other NPS schools. They participate in sports, such as football, basketball, and

soccer , to enhance their skills in collaboration as well as character building, leadership, sportsmanship, and support a positive school community. As part of the Freeway League, our student athletes have the opportunity

to participate in skills training, sport camps, and community-involved games.

“Choose Love”

This year, the Orange campus introduced a new Social Emotional Learning Curriculum, “Choose Love,” and will be

incorporating the themes- courage, gratitude, forgiveness, and compassion- in group therapy and in the classroom.

“Although we can’t always choose what happens to us, we can always choose how to respond. Children can learn to choose a loving thought over an angry one. When a child

realizes that they have the power to positively impact themselves as well as those around them, it is empowering

and perpetuates their positive actions and interactions.”

— Scarlett Lewis, Founder of the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement

Joshawa H Elijah V

Chelsea E

Student Representatives

Are you creative?

One lucky student who submits an “OCA” logo or design by 12/04/19 will be nominated to

have their image printed on a t-shirt and/or hat, which will be available for sale to our students

and staff! See your ASB representatives for more details. GOOD LUCK!

Garden Grove continues to incorporate the multi-personalities of the “Kimochis” (‘feelings’) into

our Social Emotional Learning Curriculum, focusing on a different theme each month both in

individual and group therapy as well as throughout the classroom. Here’s a preview of the next few months and what our students can look

forward to:

November – Friendship December – Anger Management

January – Health & Wellness February – Self Control

WHAT’S GOING ON! (Garden Grove Campus)

Student Representatives

Atilana V Aiden J

Aidyn M Christian M G

Damien B

Are you creative?

One lucky student who submits an “OCA” logo or design by 12/04/19 will be

nominated to have their image printed on a t-shirt and/or hat,

which will be available for sale to our students and staff! See your ASB representatives

for more details. GOOD LUCK!

ORANGE

2190 N. Canal Street, Orange, CA 92865

714.998.6571

GARDEN GROVE

13082 Bowen Street, Garden Grove, CA 92843

714.620.7580 www.olivecrestacademy.org

WHAT’S GOING ON! (Both Campuses)

Any fundraiser ideas that we could do at OCA?

Please email:

Daniel-Casias@olivecrest.org

Check Out Our Website www.olivecrestacademy.org

Misplaced your meal menu? Forget those minimum days? Need an extra copy of this

newsletter? This information and much more is available on our website.

A huge THANK YOU

to our Olive Crest staff, friends, families and Party City for making this Halloween another great year at Olive Crest Academy. Your donations of candy and

costumes put smiles on the faces of our students during our annual Halloween Extravaganza!

Thanksgiving Baskets Thanks to the generosity of our OCA staff, we will

be sending 15 students home with Thanksgiving baskets filled with all kinds of goodies to prepare a Thanksgiving meal! Every year, 1 student per class (on each campus) is picked from a raffle and sent

home with a large basket—we can’t wait to find out who our lucky winners will be this year! Happy

Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Feast! Another successful Thanksgiving

Feast in the books! We served all 154 students, 120 staff and a few of our hard working therapy dogs! Thank

you to all of our OCA staff who participated, as we could not have

done it without you!