Odyssey Charter School

How often have we recited our school creed saying, “I am a learner” and “My efforts show my stripes”?

This is the challenge from the Dept. of Education:

• Grades K-2 Students: read 10 books
• Grades 3-5 Students: read 8 chapter books
• Grades 6-HS Students: read 5 fiction books & 5 non-fiction books

Click on the image below or go to http://odysseymediacenter.pbworks.com to see summer reading lists and important information for finding the some great books for each Odyssey student.

Read On, Tigers!

Congratulations to our 8th grade students.   100% of our students passed the required Georgia Technology Literacy Exam! Odyssey’s average score was a 343 compared to the state average of 298.  Way to go 8th Grade Tigers!   Click here to see results.

Odyssey will be hosting several sports and music camps this summer.  Please click here for more information.

Grades K-8 will dismiss at 2:45 on Friday.

Tiger Walk for 5th and 8th Grades will be held this Friday, May 17, beginning at 2:00 pm.  Parking is available at the University of West Georgia, located immediately behind Odyssey.

Odyssey recently held the annual athletic banquet for our athletes and their families. The following awards were given to Odyssey athletes during the dinner:

• Soccer
• Eric Geeter – MVP
• Most Improved – Jon Warren
• Volleyball
• Isabelle DiGiulio-MVP
• Most Improved “A” – Uriya Woods
• Most Improved “B” – Fionna Magee
• Most Improved “B” – Mecca Abdullah
• Flag Football
• Eric Geeter – MVP
• Most Improved – Trey Geboy
• Basketball (girls)
• Janaya Strickland – MVP
• Most Improved – Sarah Vallery
• Basketball (boys)
• Eric Geeter – MVP
• Most Improved – Isaac Parks
• Track (boys)
• Eric Geeter – MVP
• Most Improved – Rhet Reynolds
• Track (girls)
• Sarah Vallery – MVP
• Most Improved – Delia Pung
• Golf
• Paul Sweeney – MVP
• Josh Perkins – MVP
• Most Improved – Dorien Carpenter
• Cheerleading
• Kennedie Dooley – MVP
• Most Improved – Nsa Saint-Louis

Thanks to all of our athletes, coaches and parents for another great year of Odyssey athletics.

Odyssey’s boys’ track team recently won their first PAC Conference Track Championship, finishing first in the meet held at Our Lady of Mercy. The boys’ team won both relay races (4 x 100 and 4 x 400 meters) and one individual contest, with Eric Geeter winning the 400 meters. However, the Tigers accumulated significant points in almost every other event at the meet which allowed them to beat their closest competitor by 43 points.

The girls’ track team finished the meet with a strong 3rd place finish, 10 points behind the 2nd place team, Our Lady of Victory.

Congratulations to Coach Nsa Austin and our track teams.

Odyssey Charter School PTO is organizing a Touch-A-Truck event to be held at Ashley Park Mall in Newnan on Saturday, June 15, from 10am-2pm, in the parking lot near Firehouse Subs. This is a chance for kids to get up close to (and touch!) all of their favorite vehicles like city and county police cars and fire trucks, construction trucks, tow trucks, street sweepers, a 70 ton crane truck from Georgia Rigging, vehicles from Atlanta Motor Speedway, Southern Scapes Landscaping, Joe Crain Oil, Peterbilt, plus vehicles and trucks from many other local businesses and organizations. There will also be an American Red Cross blood drive during the event. Donors will be entered into a drawing for a $100 Lizard Thicket Gift Card. Sign up to donate at www.redcrossblood.org using sponsor code: Truck.

County, city and military vehicles are free to touch, admission for all others is $3 per person, or $2 with a non-perishable food item for the Coweta Community Food Pantry. Children 2 and under are free. All proceeds will benefit the Odyssey School, a free public charter school for grades K-8 located in Newnan.

Odyssey PTO is seeking motorcycles, RVs/campers and other types of vehicles for this event. If you have a vehicle that you would like to bring to Touch A Truck, please contact Jennifer at 678-423-0178 or petrhino3@gmail.com.

For more information about Touch A Truck visit the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OdysseyCharterSchoolPTO

Thank you!
Jennifer Petrino
Odyssey School PTO Secretary and event chairperson