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Orangethorpe Elementary School
Home of the Orcas!

Student Motto
"I am an enthusiastic, respectful and intelligent
Orangethorpe student."

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Mission Statement

Orangethorpe Elementary is a collaborative learning community.  We are active participants in promoting intellectual, social and emotional development to achieve our goals.  We value the home-school partnership.  
We have high expectations for continual growth.



Welcome Orangethorpe Orcas!

Orangethorpe School is a wonderful place to learn. We have a rich and long tradition, dating back to 1873, of educating students in southwest Fullerton. We are committed to providing students a first-rate education that will serve them well as they move through school and then on into adulthood. We work together as a team to ensure that each child masters the state standards in an environment that emphasizes kindness, respect and responsibility.

Teachers work in professional learning communities to develop long and short-term goals for students and then use a variety of assessments to monitor student growth and adjust to meet individual needs. School-wide curricular focus areas include reading comprehension, writing, and number sense in math. Students who are more than two years behind grade level are enrolled in an extended day intervention program.

We provide our students a strong physical education to develop fitness and life-long skills, and an art appreciation program throughout the grade levels to engage them in the visual arts, dance, theater and music. We offer a variety of extra and co-curricular programs to keep students involved and engaged such as: student council, noon league sports and Academic Olympics for upper grade students, choir, chess, Read Across America events, school-wide reading challenges, chalk art, and family nights.

We work in collaboration with the City of Fullerton to offer an after-school program for K-6 grade students that includes homework assistance and recreation. Through the Fullerton Joint Union High School District, we offer adult English classes. A ten week family literacy class is offered twice a year.

If your child is currently enrolled at Orangethorpe School, thank you for making us your school of choice. If you are not currently enrolled, I encourage you to make a visit to our school, and see for yourself the quality education that we can offer to your child.


 

 

August 2011

 

8/29/11

First Day of School

 


 

 

   

 

September 2011

 

9/2/11 Orca Recognition Assembly
9/5/11 No School - Labor Day
9/22/11

Back to School Night

 

October 2011

10/4/11

Fall Pictures

10/10/11

No School - Conference Day

10/11-14/11 Conference Week - Min. Day
   
   
 
November 2011
11/11/11 No School - Veteran's Day
11/21-25/11 Thanksgiving Break
   
 

 

 

December 2011

12/14/11
Full Day - 2:35 Dismissal
12/16/11 Min Day - 11:10 Dismissal
12/19-30/11 Winter Break
   
   
 
January 2012
1/2/12 No School - New Year's Day
1/16/12 No School - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
   
   
 
February 2012
2/13/12 No School - Lincoln Holiday
2/20/12 No School - Washington Holiday
   
   
 
March 2012
   
 
April 2012
4/9-13/12 Spring Break
   
   
 
May 2012
5/28/12 No School - Memorial Day
   
   
 
June 2012
6/14/12 Last Day of School