26ANNUAL REPORTS
OC Middle School Annual Report 2020OCMS students learn and accomplish many things as teachers work to weave the school’s Throughlines into an array of learning experiences. Here are a few examplesfrom this year:Healthy Image Bearers• Teachers shared their faith-stories in chapel throughout the year.• 8th grade Christian leadership retreat at Thousand Pines Christian Camp in September.• A student-formed and led “Christian Club” met during lunch on Fridays.Creative Learners• ASB students organized a talent show for grades 6-8 in December.• New elective classes prompted students to strategize through board games, generate photo and video production projects, construct STEAM ideas inCreative Lab, acquire new skills in Lifetime Sports, and operate simple and power tools in Woodshop.Collaborative Workers• Many student-athletes participated in team sports this year, highlighted by an undefeated girls basketball team.• Implementation of NGSS science curriculum placed students in collaborative groups to problem-solve different issues affecting California such as creatingcost-effective and environmentally conscious land bridges over freeways for safe animal crossings (thus also protecting CA drivers).Effective Communicators• Fine Arts Festival provided an opportunity for students to be involved in a variety of ways to share their God-given talents, such as band, instrumental andvocal solos and ensembles, dramas, creative writing, and knowledge bowl in February.• Students prepare a devotional based on weekly Christian character traits. Each student then leads devotions in Advisement class the week the trait ishighlighted.• Throughout the school year, students catalogue their work in a Google site portfolio that is then shared at student-led conferences. Students practicepresenting their work and some personal responses to questions with classmates before presenting to parents.Servant Leaders• Service days providing on-campus help as well as serving in the community at Feed the Children and 3-Way Thrift Store in October.• Students participated in “Buddies”, a program that matches an elementary class with a middle school class for a variety of interactions throughout the year.• ASB gathers, cleans, and sorts campus recycling each week. Funds from recycling cans and plastic bottles support two Compassion International children.Critical Thinkers• Middle School Interim students applied skills outside of core academics: crochet, ukulele, coding, archery, construction, and photography, among manyother things in January.• CREW provides a weekly opportunity for small groups to meet and respond to chapels and other important topics in a purposefully spiritual way.OC High School Report 2020• Our first all high school retreat, You-Knighted, at Forest Home. This experience exceeded all of our expectations and has consistently been named as afavorite event for students and staff.• Our quick transition to Remote Learning and the incredibly hard work of our staff to make that happen.• The second year of our STEAM program (“STEAM” stands for science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.) In addition to our Introduction toEngineering class, we offered a Principles of Engineering class for the first time.• Excellent athletic teams that included a 2nd straight State Championship (Girls Volleyball), State Tournament appearances (Girls Basketball and GirlsSoccer) CIF appearances (Girls Tennis, Girls and Boys Cross Country, Football, Girls Basketball, Boys Soccer, Baseball, Golf, Softball,) and CIF Semi-finalappearances (Boys Basketball, Girls Soccer). We lament with the Spring sports teams as their seasons were cut short by COVID-19!• A successful Interim (Jan. 5-8) that gave students the opportunity to travel (abroad, domestic, and local), job shadow, and take a number of classes oncampus, taught from teacher’s passion areas. (See interim.ocschools.org for more details.)• A truly unique and celebratory graduation event, on May 15. Graduates were able to drive through the OCHS Stadium with their families. Each graduatewas celebrated at four different stops. See the recap article in this edition of the Knightline to learn more about this special evening.• A very special senior class that left their legacy at Ontario Christian. The college destinations for the 2020 class include Northern Arizona, Oral Roberts,Claremont McKenna, Brown, Baylor, Pepperdine, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC Riverside, UC Irvine, UC Berkely, UC San Diego, UCLA,UC Santa Cruz, US Naval Academy, Azusa Pacific, Cal Baptist, Point Loma, and more.27