Oak Park Unified School District

During this month and through the year, OPUSD is promoting mental and emotional health support for all our families. This past year has brought unprecedented challenges to students, families, staff, and our community. We are here to support you and help connect you with mental health resources within our Oak Park community. For more information or if you need support, please go to: https://sites.google.com/opusd.org/oakparkconnects/home #OakParkConnects

Today is School Lunch Hero Day! To date, this school year, OPUSD cafeterias have served over 92,000 meals (most of those have been through our curbside pickup program) completely free of charge to our students and families through the federal extended meal program. Our dedicated nutrition staff has stayed on task through every challenging moment of this pandemic, resolutely working to roll out nourishing meals while maintaining (and even raising!) the quality standards of ou...r food and reinventing our program with each iteration of school in the last year. Our meals have given Distance Learning students small reminders of being at school. They’ve offered overextended parents relief from meal preparation while giving them the comfort of knowing that their children are eating healthy meals to get them through the school day. Our staff has done all this with seeming effortlessness, but their contributions cannot be understated. Please join us in celebrating our School Lunch Heroes Carole Ly and our student nutrition staff! They truly are some of OPUSD’s greatest superheroes!

Happy Staff Appreciation Week! We love our teachers and staff and are so thankful for everything you do for our students and families! Thank you!

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. It is observed annually to celebrate the many contributions of the 24 million-plus Americans who are of Asian and/or Pacific Islander descent. As defined by AsianPacificHeritage.gov AAPI is a rather broad term encompassing all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, May is Asian American and Pacific I...slander Heritage Month! Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, and Easter Island). The influence and impact of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans on society are evident throughout our country’s history, especially in California where the influences from our Pacific Rim neighbors have led to the amazing diversity within our state. According to the Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC), the 2021 theme for AAPI Heritage Month is "Advancing Leaders Through Purpose-Driven Service." In OPUSD, in recognition of the AAPI Heritage Month, all students will be participating in a district-wide activity on Friday, May 7th, as well as other teacher-led classroom lessons and activities during the month. Please join us in celebrating our Asian American and Pacific Islander families who continue to enrich our community and our District!

Oak Park High School is a 2021 California Distinguished School and Ranked #67 Best of High Schools in CA by US News and World Report. Full Press Release https://www.parentsquare.com/feeds/7360869

Oak Park High School is searching for its next principal. Come join one of the top-rated school districts in the state. Please apply on EdJoin by May 14th at https://www.edjoin.org/Home/DistrictJobPosting/1393719

NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION for 2021-2022 (Not for current students) If you are an Oak Park resident and have a child that will be a NEW student at Oak Park USD next year, now is the time to register for the next school year (2021-2022). If you have a child that will be a NEW student at any of our schools, you will need to use the following emails or phone numbers, and our office staff will help you start the registration process. Oak Park High School - Kim Randall at [email protected] Medea Creek Middle School - Jennifer Burstein at [email protected] Red Oak Elementary School - 818-707-7972 Oak Hills Elementary School - 818-707-4224 Brookside Elementary School - 818-597-4200 PLEASE NOTE: Currently, we are registering NEW STUDENTS at all grade levels who are siblings of current resident students or any new student who resides in Oak Park. Any out-of-district students, even those with a sibling currently enrolled in Oak Park, must be enrolled at the out-of-district registration, which will occur later this year. We will share the information on our website and send out an email notification as well. If your child(ren) are currently attending our schools, you do not need to do anything. Please spread the word to any interested families who may not have children currently enrolled in our schools.

Join us on January 14th at 6 pm to learn about the ways OPUSD seeks to provide Collective Equity. Led by Superintendent Dr. Knight and Equity Consultant Dr. Terry Walker, this evening will include an update on our work so far, and what we plan to do in the future.

Thanks to Carole Ly, aka @yestofreshfood and the entire OPUSD Student Nutrition staff! Each week, they prepare and distribute more than 500 scratch cooked meals to our students. #schoollunch #greenschools

Wishing all of our OPUSD families, teachers and staff a well-deserved, relaxing Thanksgiving break. 2020 has challenged us all in ways we can’t imagine. Use this time to reflect on the aspects of your life that you are grateful for!

The County of Ventura is offering free, walk-up COVID testing to the community of Oak Park and surrounding areas on Tuesday, November 17 at Oak Park High School from 10:00am to 4:00pm. No appointment or insurance needed. We will test residents with or without symptoms. For more COVID-19 information and resources in Ventura County, residents can go to https://www.venturacountyrecovers.org

We are now accepting applications for the following positions: Campus Supervisor, Custodian, Health Tech. If you are interested please apply via: https://www.edjoin.org/Home/Jobs?countyID=0&districtID=1064.

Join us for our first COVID-19 Safety Webinar to hear how OPUSD has prepared for the safety and well-being needs of our students, staff, and families. November 2nd from 2-3 pm www.opusd.org/safetywebinar

Starting on Saturday 10/17/20, @805goats will be clearing 1-3 acres of brush in the Open Space near Kanan Rd/ Sunnycrest/ Sunrise Meadows in #oakpark. Keep an... eye out for #goats this weekend across from #oakparkhighschool Thank you 805Goats and @Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District for helping us plan and execute this project. #weedabatement #vegetationmanagement #brushclearance #brushclearing Ophswildfireprevention Club See more

To celebrate #cleanairday OPUSD planted two native Sycamore trees at Oak Hills. These trees join more than 900 trees on our campuses. Each tree is catalogued with its own care plan. #greenschools @countyofventura #gsnn

Have you heard? Oak Park High School has received some recognition lately! First, Niche named OPHS the #1 College Prep Public High School in Ventura County. U.S. News and World Report named OPHS the #66 high school in California. You can view rankings for every high school in the US here: https://www.usnews.com//oak-park-unified/oak-park-high-2907... Way to go, Eagles!

COVID-19 Update and Outlook https://www.parentsquare.com/feeds/4388941

Join us on October 19th at 6 p.m. to learn more about the Oak Park Unified School District, where students learn in a climate of care. Learn more at www.opusd.org/DOCinfo

Waving goodbye to a great first week of school! #distancelearning #climateofcare

We are extremely proud of these students!

Dear Oak Park USD Community, Tomorrow, the California Department of Education will issue official guidance on the reopening of schools for the 2020-21 school year. Both of our re-entry task forces will also be meeting this week to unpack the guidelines and begin to review data and examine models from around the state, nation, and the world. We have been working alongside the Ventura County Office of Education, Department of Public Health, and superintendents from all twenty V...Continue reading