Weekly Announcements

8-13-2018: This week in IB

8-23-2018: This week in IB

9-13-2018: This week in IB

The Odyssey Preparatory Family of Schools provides the Parent and Scholar Policy Handbook as well as the Parent and Scholar Curriculum Handbook so that all scholars and their parents are familiar with the guidelines, operations, scholar responsibilities and policies regarding the school and enrollment.

Our school district is excited to announce the launch of a new online service* that will allow you to monitor your children’s lunchtime purchases, track what your children have been eating for the past 30 days, make deposits directly into their meal accounts, and have an email reminder sent to you when an account balance gets low. Student debit account deposits can be made through ACH payments or by credit card. Each child’s account will be updated throughout the day. In order to take advantage of this convenient new service, you will need to create a parent account. This requires you to:

1. Go to www.myschoolaccount.com.
2. Click “Create Account” on the top menu bar.
3. Fill in the required information on the “Parent Account Sign-Up page.”
4. Choose Healthy Innovations from the “School District” drop down menu.
5. Create a User ID and Password
6. Click the “Accept” box, and then click “Signup.” An email will be sent to your email address that will contain a “verification code.”

After you receive the “verification code” you may begin to add your children’s information. To do this, you will need to:

1. Go to www.myschoolaccount.com and login using your previously created user ID and password.
2. Enter the “verification code” to verify your account and email address.
3. Begin adding your children’s information according to the guidelines provided. You will need each of your children’s student ID** numbers as well as (some school districts also require date of birth) to add each student. Your Child's Id number is available on ParentVue under “Student Info”, “Perm ID”.
4. After the students are added you will be able to view the lunch account activity and make payments to the student lunch account.
5. If you have 2 or more students assigned to your account, you may make an ACH payment to each account and only be charged for one transaction. Example; 3 students, $10.00 payment to each student, total charge would be $32.00.
6. If you make a debit/credit card payment, there will be a $4.00 fee on the transaction.

Note: A parent account can be linked to many children, but a child can only be linked to one parent.

We urge you to take full advantage of this system by making deposits into your children’s accounts on a weekly, monthly, or annual basis. You are free to choose the amount of each deposit. Any money that is not spent by the end of the school year will be available the following school year. If you have any questions about this or any other food service program, please contact Healthy Innovations Office at 520-495-5533.

Each month we host a curriculum corner night. So far this year we have had terrific topics: Using synergy to speak with your scholar, A day in the life of an OI scholar and Data. Each of our meetings is accompanied by a slideshow that we think would be helpful to share with you.

The Odyssey Preparatory Family of Schools provides the course catalog to showcase the course availability and curriculum progression at The Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies (OI).

The State of Arizona will reimburse you dollar for dollar up to $400 for those filing jointly and up to $200 for those filing single on your contributions to our school. These contributions will support activities that are considered extracurricular. Extracurricular activities include:

• Field Trips Sports
• Drama Choir
• Band Clubs

We are encouraging all our families to include The Odyssey Family of Schools (The Odyssey Preparatory Academy and The Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies) as one of your yearly charitable donations. If you donate $400 to Odyssey, and you are eligible for reimbursement, you will receive $400 back from the state of Arizona. If you owe the state taxes this donation will reduce the amount you owe by $400. A contributor can also deduct this donation on the federal tax form.

The Odyssey Preparatory Academy follows the state of Arizona policy surrounding AZMerit testing.

The Governing Board of The Odyssey supports the establishment and enforcement of a school uniform. It is their belief that the wearing of a school uniform by students of The Odyssey assists in creating an environment conducive to a quality learning opportunity for the children that attend Odyssey. Parents enrolling their scholars in The Odyssey agree to comply with the Uniform Policy at all times. Uniforms are available for purchase at Absolute Screen Printing, 407 E. Monroe Ave, Buckeye, AZ or Hi Fashion in Avondale, 1450 N Dysart Rd, Avondale, AZ 85323.

The Odyssey Preparatory Family of Schools provides a wide range of after school clubs. Click the button below for full details.

We look forward to seeing our returning scholars and to welcoming our new scholars to the Odyssey Preparatory Family of Schools. Please click the button below for the OI High School campus recommended school supplies.

Scholars taking band are responsible for having their own instruments. Please contact your scholar’s music teacher for any questions regarding this program. There are several options out there. Click here for the Milano instrument rental information.