Health and Wellness News

Every month we publish a menu and on the back of the menu we provide updates and information on our Natural Health and Wellness programs.  We hope you will join with us as we celebrate Health and Wellness and provide our progress in the areas of organic agriculture, nutrition, and natural health.  Our Wellness meetings occur monthly and focus on several different areas:  (1) Nutrition/Natural Health and Organic Agriculture, (2) Creating a positive Culture for Learning and supporting the Mental Health of our Students and Staff, (3) and Fitness and Athletics.  Also, we have within our newsletter a request that our families send us pictures of themselves enjoying outdoor activities together.  Our Health and Wellness newsletter is HERE (and at the bottom of this page).  We hope you enjoy it!

FIU Field Trip

Wednesday Oct 2 Titans in AVID, GATEway and 11th and 12th graders traveled to Florida International University for a campus tour. Students walked the campus, learned what made the school special. FIU is the number 2 school in the world for international business, the 3rd best school in Florida for architecture, and the law students are lucky because FIU law students have the highest pass rate of the bar at 82%. 

FAU Field Trip

The day continued with our group walking the breezeways of Florida Atlantic University. Two of our chaperones have attended FAU so they could give us real life information.  Students learned that FAU has a great study abroad program, a strong college of business and their men's basketball team went to the final four in last years March Madness tournament. They are one of the most affordable universities in the US and they require each student to take a class where they learn about stock market trades. 21% of Owls are in a sorority or fraternity. Class sizes range from 20-40 students.  FAU accepts Common App and requires students to take either ACT or SAT.  And they use Canvas so Titans are preparing for college life right at Odyssey. 

Thank You Chaperones!

TAMIQUE Ramirez came on the 13 hour trip, shepherded 10 amazing Titans and walked over 16,000 steps.  Dezzie Gowans showered us with much needed refreshments that we had throughout the day. It is parents like these that strengthen the Titan community!  One thousand thank yous!

Yearbook

Commercial Art students are starting to design the Titan 2025 Yearbook. If you would like to contribute photos or ideas feel free to stop by room 242 and speak to Mrs. Oakes. If you want to send in pictures of you and your friends you can email oakesj@odysseycharterschool.com.  Sales information will be posted over the next month so stay tuned. We did get a new yearbook supplier this year and we are looking forward to bringing you a great book this spring. If you didn't pick up your book from last year or wish to purchase one, stop by the front office.

GATEway Shark Tank

Our middle and high school GATEway elective students are diving into the world of entrepreneurship with an exciting unit inspired by Shark Tank.  Students have been diving into business development, teamwork, and creative problem-solving.  They are currently developing their own product ideas, marketing plans and pitch to share their innovations to a panel of "sharks". This engaging, hands-on experience is fostering leadership, critical thinking, and public speaking skills, preparing our future entrepreneurs for real-world challenges. Stay tuned for the final presentations!

AVID Note Taking

The AVID students are perfecting the note taking process to deepen their learning from all classes. Check out their amazing examples of what notes look like when students have gone through the 5 phases of note taking!

Picture Day

Thursday Oct 17th is picture day. Click HERE to order prints BEFORE picture day. Your online code is your student ID or type in the school code 4979.

Volunteering

Many parents have expressed an interest in volunteering for school events and programs. OCS Jr/Sr is using the SignUpGenius platform to make registration easy. Please click the links below to sign up to volunteer for an event.

Please note that as more events are added to the calendar, a link to volunteer will be added.  Also, those specific departments will determine information about athletics, the play, and band performances.

Oct 10 College Scholarship Night
Nov 8 Veterans Day
Nov 13 Title 1 Night
Nov 14 FAFSA Night

Esports Tournament

On October 29th Full Sail University will be hosting an Esports Super Smash Bros tournament here at Odyssey for students in 9th-12th grade during 1st-4th period. Winners will receive a special invitation to compete on Full Sail University scholarship and a trophy for their high school. Space is limited! Competition seats are first come, first serve. You will be notified if you will be competing. Click HERE to sign up.

Senior Meetings

All meetings will be held in 222 @ 1:00 PM  on September 27th, November 1st, January 31st, February 28th, March 28th, April 25th . If there is any change to the schedule you will be contacted via school email.
Visit the Senior webpage for important dates and scholarship info HERE.
-Mrs. Amanda/Mrs. Mitchell