OCCS News and Announcements

January 30, 2025

Spiritual Theme: Stand Firm: Put on the Full Armor of God

January: The Gospel of Peace

January Theme Song: Our God Reigns PH #195

January Theme Verse: Isaiah 52:7 "How beautiful on the mountains, are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who way to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

P/T Conferences Meal Sign Up:

Parents & Friends We would like to bless our teachers with a meal during parent- teacher conferences. The PAWS Board will be providing BBQ'd Pork sandwich's on Tuesday evening and Chicken salad sandwiches & cheese and dried beef sandwiches Thursday evening. We know we have some families who enjoy making food for others so we are giving the parents an option to help feed our Teachers! Each Night we are requesting drink and a few salads/sides and a bars/desserts!


Click here to sign up: https://signup.com/go/LYLHiFU

Join us for the Orange City Christian School Soup Supper:


Bring your family and friends for an evening of great food and fellowship, hosted by TIGER P.A.W.S. (Parents & Advocates Willing to Serve). We can't wait to see you there!

Read a Million Words Challenge:

We’re thrilled to kick off our winter reading challenge - Read a Million Words Challenge - to inspire a love for reading and build stamina in our students! 


Here's how you can support this initiative at home:


  1. Encourage Reading: Motivate your child to read regularly—during free time, after school, or before bed.
  2. Track Words Read: After your child finishes a book or a few books, submit the total number of words in the book(s) using this Google Form. You can use ARBookFinder.com or https://wordcounters.com/ to find the word count of a book. (If the word count isn’t listed, an estimate based on the number of pages is fine!)


Together, let’s celebrate our reading journey! Stay tuned as we display our growing word count each morning at school. Thank you for helping us reach 1,000,000 words!

Schedule Change:

The board has approved a noon dismissal on Monday, February 24, 2025. There will be NO lunch served because of the noon dismissal. This will be a PD time for our teachers to train on our new math curriculum. The 1:30pm dismissal on Friday, February 28 will now be a full day of school.

TRIP News:

  • School year TRIP hours are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 8:00am - 3:30pm. and Wednesday and Friday from 8:00am - 12:00pm.
  • Find information about the OCCS TRIP program on our website by clicking the following link: OCCS TRIP Website
  • Need help using the RaiseRight app? Check out the following webpage for more information: https://www.raiseright.com/

Orange City Christian School

712-737-2274 | 604 Third St. SW | www.orangecitychristian.net


Orange City Christian School is a biblically-based community that partners with parents, educating hearts and minds to serve in Christ's Kingdom.

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