News & Announcements

Thank you all for an amazing first month of school! It has been great having our champions back and implementing some of the things that have had to be put on hold over the past 18 months. As we continue to get the 2021-22 school year underway, our students and professors have been busy with diagnostic assessments, building their classroom communities, learning new curriculum, and putting the great professional development organized by Dr. Henry into action in the classrooms. It is also very exciting to see all the creative MI activities professors have been implementing, including choice boards, MI class groupings, and outdoor learning activities, etc.

Thank you for a wonderful first full week of school!! It was great seeing all our champions this week and the wonderful classroom activities happening across both campuses and our virtual learning program.

I hope that you all had a wonderful start to the school year! It was great seeing all the excited champions as they returned to school last week. We are all so grateful to be able to have in person instruction to start the year and have so many of our champions back on campus. Our teachers and staff have worked incredibly hard to make this an amazing return to school for our champions and families!

I hope you are all having a wonderful summer break. The OPA staff is busy working on preparations for the upcoming school year, and excited to have our students back on campus for a full day of instruction. We are looking forward to a strong focus on academic achievement, engaging educational experiences and projects based on students’ multiple intelligences, building social and emotional strength, and continuing to enhance and strengthen our OPA community.

Thank you all for a wonderful year at OPA! I know that it has been a year full of changes and obstacles for everyone, but thanks to all of you, our students were able to excel. I am truly proud of everything that we were able to accomplish this year and excited for what the new school year will bring.

As we wind down the school year, I want to thank all of our champions, staff, and families for an amazing, if somewhat unique, school year. Although this year saw many changes to the way students received instruction, our professors and support staff ensured that all students continued to receive extremely high-quality academic experiences, no matter what instructional model they participated in. It is because of this dedication and our high OPA standards that our champions have shown academic growth based on end of year assessments that is on par with a normal school year. This is a tremendous accomplishment and one that could only happen at OPA!! And these accomplishments will allow us to head into the new school year strong.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! It has been an incredibly busy time here at OPA. Our champions and staff are continuing to finish up end of year activities, complete statewide assessments, and finish this very unique year strong!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful week. We are entering the final stretch of the 2020-2021 school year and things are getting very busy at our school sites. Please make sure to review all communications from your champion’s school so that you don’t miss out on any important information.

OPA welcomes Dr. Stephanie Henry, Ed.D. as the new Chief Academic Officer. Dr. Henry was confirmed at the April 30, 2021 Board of Directors meeting as the new CAO of OPA. She will be starting in this new role on May 24, 2021. We are extremely excited to have her join our OPA team.

Last week was a wonderful week at both of our OPA campuses. We welcomed back over 150 students and all of our in-person students now have a full day program. Our virtual students are also receiving more synchronous instruction and support. Although we are getting close to the end of the school year, this increased instructional time will help ensure that our champions are academically successful moving forward.