OUSD Early Learning Update

2 - City of Orange May Parade

4-8 Teacher Appreciation Week!

6 - School Nurse Appreciation Day!

6 - Parent Advisory Council Meeting 9:00am

6 - Water Safety Workshop @ Cambridge

9 - Early Learning Round Up Fair 9:00-12:00 @ Fred Kelly Stadium field

10 - Mother's Day

11 - Water Safety Workshop @ Esplanade

13 - Open House @ Chapman Hills

15 - DELAC meeting at 9:00am in Board Rooms

19 - Open House @ Orange PreK

20 - Parent Workshop on Water Safety 9:00-10:30

21 - Open House @ Crescent, Esplanade, Imperial, Nohl Canyon

25 - Memorial Day Holiday - No School or Learning Link

28 - Open House @ California, Panorama, Running Springs, Sycamore, Villa Park

29 - Last day for all Learning Links

6,13 - Toddler Storytime @ Orange Branch 10:30-11:00

6,13,20,27 - Lego Playtime @ Taft Branch 3:30-4:30

7,14 - Lapsit Storytime @ Orange Branch 10:30-11:00

7,14,21,28 - Lego Playtime @ El Modena Branch 3:30-4:30

12 - Family Bilingual Storytime @ Orange Branch 6:30-7:00

20 - Nature Journaling @ El Modena Branch 3:30-5:00

25 - All branches CLOSED for Memorial Day

2 - Mother's Day Craft (all day, drop in)

4,11,18 - Pajama Storytime 6:00-6:30

5,12,19,26 - Baby Toddler Storytime 10:30-11:30

6 - Bilingual Spanish Storytime 3:30-4:30

20 - Family Cooking Spring Rolls 4:30-6:00

28 - Yarn Art 5:00-6:00

15 OUSD schools are part of the California Community Schools Grant. They are:

• California, Cambridge, Esplanade, Fairhaven, Handy, Jordan, Lampson, Palmyra, Prospect, Sycamore, Taft & West Orange Elementary Schools
• Portola and Yorba Middle Schools
• Orange High School

13 - Taft Elementary 11:15-12:15

20 - California iInspire Academy 11:15-12:15

21 - Esplanade Elementary 9:45-10:45

27 - Cambridge Elementary 9:00-10:00

27 - West Orange Elementary 10:00-11:00

28 - Lampson Elementary 9:45-10:45

Esplanade: MW 8:30-11:30am

Taft MTWF 8:30-11:30am

Cambridge TF 8:00-11:00am

California TF 8:00-12:00pm

West Orange MF 8:30-12:30pm

Prospect M-Th 8:15-11:15am

May 4th-9th, schools all over America will be celebrating some Very Important People - Teachers!

For our State Preschools, CDC and Learning Link families, please see the flyer for ways to celebrate your child's teacher this week.

If your child is in TK or Kindergarten, their site likely has a celebration planned. Please reach out to your school office for more information.

Mark your calendar for the 3rd annual Early Learning Round Up Resource Fair on May 9th!

We will have over 30 booths with activities and give-aways for kids and resources for parents! Join us on the field next to Fred Kelly Stadium from 9:00-12:00.

Get a free pack of diapers for every child who is not yet potty-trained!

This event is open to anyone - Share our Flyer with a friend!

Join us May on May 20th for a very important Parent Workshop on Water Safety, as you prepare for warm weather fun! We will have great ideas and resources to keep your children safe during the summer as you stay cool!

The event will be on May 20th at 9:00 @ 2345 E. Palmyra Ave. (corner of Yorba & Palmyra). Please park on Yorba and look for the balloons. Childcare and Spanish interpretation is available.

Hope to see you there!

If your child will be at least three years old by 12/1/26, you can enroll them in one of our preschool programs! We offer:

• Free 3 hour/day preschool at 12 different Elementary School sites
• All 5 star rated programs at: California, Cambridge, Esplanade, Fairhaven, Handy, Jordan, LaVeta, Lampson, Olive, Palmyra, Sycamore, Taft
• Follows elementary school calendar.
• Must be eligible based on income, address, or other factors. Call Nancy at 714-628-5577 to find out if your child is eligible!
• Parent-Paid full day program at OUSD Child Development Center
• 2345 E. Palmyra (corner of Palmyra and Yorba)
• Open year-round, including summer
• 7am-4pm or 7am-5pm (for an additional fee)
• Flyer
• Tuition
• We accept subsidies from Children's Home Society, OCDE, CalWorks

Click Here to get started!

TK Registration is ongoing! Sites are filling up quickly, as there is a very limited number of students allowed in a TK class. If your child will be four years old by September 1st, get them registered now!

New students to OUSD

If your child has never attended one of our preschools or OPK, please follow the instructions on the OUSD website: https://www.orangeusd.org/enrollment/transitional-kindergarten

Students already enrolled in one of our Preschools or OPK

If your child already attends one of our state preschools, Orange Pre-K or the Child Development Center (CDC), you should not enroll through the Aeries link on the district website. This is for students new to OUSD only. OPK families - please contact Ms. Dale for any questions you may have.

Students enrolled in our state preschools and CDC were given an information packet at your child's school following Winter break. This guide told you how to proceed with registration., which always begins at your School of Residence. Contact our office with any further questions. 714-628-5577

Open Enrollment

If you would like to attend a different school other than your School of Residence (home school), you will need to complete the Open Enrollment (for current students) form for the school(s) you would like to attend after completing Enrollment with your School of Residence. School sites will notify families if they have been accepted to their site.

Questions regarding TK Enrollment?

Contact Shannon Brown, ECE Coordinator at (714) 628-5656 or ssbrown@orangeusd.org

Join us July 7-30 for our Summer Learning Link on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-11 at the following locations:

• Tuesdays at Taft Elementary and Jordan Elementary
• Thursdays at Handy Elementary and Palmyra Elementary

Feel free to bring your children 0-5 with you for these fun sessions with songs, stories, crafts and even outdoor play!

See flyer for more information.

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