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Ocean View is extremely proud of our two California Distinguished elementary schools for 2012, Golden View and Star View. Star View's Principal, Dr. Pauline Tressler, along with her writing team of Jennifer Mullin, Tony Dybas, and . . . read more
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Along with the Board of Trustees, I enjoyed watching a performance by Harbour View’s Preppie Kindergarten class. Their teacher, Ms. Pat Sakaida, directed the students in sign and in song as they performed “What A Wonderful World.” . . . read more
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Circle View School Speech and Language Pathologist, Antoinette Gaglione, enlisted nine 4th grade students to perform a mock trial on bullying. The hot topic of “bullying” has been discussed with students throughout the school year, and . . . read more
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It was a delight to attend a very special Harbour View Patriotic Assembly where Principal Cindy Osterhout and her staff hosted teachers and students from Tianjin, China, who were on a three week tour of California. I enjoyed visiting with the . . . read more
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Sun View Students Shine
Seventy-five Sun View first grade students in Mrs. Campbell's, Tilton, Boggess, and Douglas' classes collaborated in a performance of the Rock Opera, Stone Soup, to the delight of family, friends, Board Members, and District officials. . . . read more
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Our school site visitation team had the pleasure of visiting Hope View this week. Along with Trustee Debbie Cotton and District Administration, I joined Principal Carrie Haskin as she led us on a tour of the school. We really enjoyed our time . . . read more
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It was with tremendous pride that we recognized two of our outstanding middle school teachers, Kristin Spencer from Marine View and Lori Manz from Mesa View, at the March 20, 2012 Board Meeting as California League of Middle Schools Educator . . . read more
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Along with our school site visitation team including Trustee Debbie Cotton, Assistant Superintendent Kathy Frazier, Assistant Superintendent Mark Schiel, and Senior Director of Student Services Liz Williams, I had the pleasure of visiting . . . read more
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Westmont Elementary School was chosen by a local Huntington Beach-based education publishing company, Teacher Created Materials, to be the recipient of a Dr. Seuss literacy fair and picnic. Along with Trustee Debbie Cotton and Assistant . . . read more
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It was my pleasure to visit Circle View Elementary School along with our school site visitation team which included Trustee Debbie Cotton, Trustee John Briscoe, Assistant Superintendent Kathy Frazier, and Assistant Superintendent Mark Schiel. . . . read more
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Along with our site visitation team, I had the pleasure of visiting Star View Elementary School. We joined principal Dr. Pauline Tressler on a tour of the school, visiting classrooms where we saw students and their teachers using many . . . read more
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It was my pleasure to visit Westmont Elementary School along with our school site visitation team which included Trustee Debbie Cotton, Assistant Superintendent Kathy Frazier, Assistant Superintendent Mark Schiel and Student Services Senior . . . read more
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Star View Considered for Distinguished School Award Ocean View is extremely proud that Star View is being considered for the prestigious California Distinguished School Award. In order to be invited to apply for Distinguished . . . read more
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OVSD Student Winners / SteAm is Coming! Authors’ Festival Along with Dr. Kathy Frazier, I attended the 24th Annual Authors’ Festival sponsored by The Friends of the Children’s Library on January 31st. We are so proud of . . . read more
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1-27-12 Marine View’s Music Department was recently honored by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), in coordination with the Glee Give a Note Foundation. In honor of this achievement, Superintendent Loose presented the . . . read more
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1.20.12 It is my pleasure to announce Ocean View School District’s Classified Employee of the Year, Marine View Middle School Office Manager, Cindy Delgleize. I was joined by Principal Roni Ellis, Assistant Superintendent Mark Schiel . . . read more
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1-13-12 “The Tale of Mr. Morton” . . . read more
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1-6-12 I would like to welcome everyone back from winter break and wish you all, Happy New Year. May this be a healthy and prosperous year filled with great achievement. Speaking of achievement, I would like to congratulate Marine View . . . read more
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12.16.11 The Vista View Staff enjoyed their annual Holiday tradition breakfast that I was very pleased to attend with Dr. Frazier. I am also very proud of Vista View for recently being named again for the fourth year in a row as an . . . read more
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12.08.11 It was my pleasure to visit Circle View School in November and share my musical talents with the students and staff. Music has always been such an important part of my life and I truly enjoy sharing my music appreciation with . . . read more
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11.17.11 The Anaheim Ducks visit Star View School Star View School was chosen by the Anaheim Ducks for their fifth annual Ducks S.C.O.R.E. Reading is the Goal Day, which is themed around promoting literacy and education. Star . . . read more
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William V. Loose, Ed.D.
11.09.11 It was my pleasure to present the October Sparkle View Award to Star View School's Head Custodian Mike Kakuuchi, and Night Custodian Richard Perrier, in recognition of their dedication and commitment to maintaining a safe, clean, . . . read more
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William V. Loose, Ed.D.
11.03.11 I had the pleasure, along with Board President Debbie Cotton, Dr. Frazier, and Roni Ellis, to accompany Kristin Spencer and her family to the 2012 Orange County Teachers of the Year award banquet held Tuesday, Nov. 1 at . . . read more
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Superintendent William V. Loose, Ed.D.
10.18.11 Greetings to all. I am pleased to update you on some of the recent events happening in the district. Board President Debbie Cotton and Dr. Loose presented Principal Jodi Novy with a “Making a Difference” award for . . . read more
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10.14.2011 Continuing the tradition, the Sparkle View Award was created several years ago as a way for the Board of Trustees to recognize our schools and custodial staffs who go above and beyond the expected, and who truly demonstrate . . . read more
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William V. Loose, Ed.D.
10.4.2011 Congratulations to all of our families and staff for the successful completion of the first month of school! The opening of all our sites has been extremely smooth, and at this point in time, many of our schools have . . . read more
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William V. Loose, Ed.D.
Welcome to a new school year! As I begin this school year as your Superintendent, it gives me great pleasure to provide leadership and guidance to a fantastic staff. In getting prepared for the new school year we focused on the . . . read more
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William V. Loose, Ed.D.
Mesa View Middle School SmartBikes Inventors Wins National Award Mesa View 7th grade students recently competed in the in the Army's National STEM Competition. The eCYBERMISSION event hosted in Washington, DC, was composed of 16 . . . read more
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William V. Loose, Ed.D.
It is always a bittersweet time of year as the school year comes to a close and longtime Ocean View team members retire or move to new opportunities away from those of us who have worked with them for too many years to count. Superintendent . . . read more
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William V. Loose, Ed.D.
Arts Festival 2011 Was a Grand Success! We’re doing special things in Ocean View School District and on Thursday, May 26, over 1,500 fifth grade students from classes from across the District experienced first-hand our truly . . . read more
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William V. Loose, Ed.D.
Board of Trustees Recognize Teachers of the Year and Retiring Team Members The Board of Trustees recognized our two Teachers of the Year for 2012 at the May 17, 2011, Board Meeting. Jan Richards, Elementary Teacher of the Year, . . . read more
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William V. Loose, Ed.D.
Celebrating our Employees! This has been a wonderful couple of weeks in Ocean View as we’ve been celebrating our Employees. Teacher Appreciation Week was May 2-6 and Classified Employee Week is this week, May 16-20, 2011. Last . . . read more
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William V. Loose, Ed.D.
Our Community Budget Meeting was held Monday night at Spring View Middle School. Ron Bennett and Terry Anderson from School Services of California presented the latest information from Sacramento regarding the state budget, and efforts by . . . read more
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William V. Loose, Ed.D.
This has been an eventful week in Ocean View. On Monday, the Facilities Planning Advisory Committee (FPAC) met for the second time and discussed their goals and received an overview of the condition assessments of the District's school . . . read more
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Acting Superintendent
William V. Loose, Ed.D.
I had the honor recently to attend two special events at Circle View School. The first was the Authors' Showcase where our new class of 3rd grade GATE students read their stories inspired by Caldecott Medal award-winning children's book . . . read more
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William V. Loose, Ed.D.
On Monday, April 4, 2011, our newly formed Facilities Planning Advisory Committee met for the first time. This meeting, facilitated by Paul Bunton of BCA Architects, provided the committee with a presentation regarding the scope of their . . . read more
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William V. Loose, Ed.D.
2011 Annual Public Schools Night Along with Middle School principals, teachers, and students, I attended the Annual Public Schools Night at the Huntington Beach Masons Lodge on March 30. Eighth grade students from Ocean . . . read more
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William V. Loose, Ed.D.
It was a pleasure to travel to College View and Marine View to present Ocean View School District Teachers of the Year Awards to elementary teacher Jan Richards and middle school teacher Kristin Spencer. Joining me for the surprise visits . . . read more
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William V. Loose, Ed.D.
Last week, the District hosted executives, directors, and producers from national textbook publisher McGraw-Hill Education, who spent time in our classrooms shooting video footage for an online professional development program. I had the . . . read more
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Acting Superintendent
William V. Loose, Ed.D.
I am settling into my new role as Acting Superintendent and I am excited about this new format for sharing information. Blogs aren't new to our more tech-savvy parents and students, but they are new TO ME! Our Board of Trustees are committed . . . read more
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Acting Superintendent
William V. Loose, Ed.D.
I am very excited to be serving as the new Superintendent of the Ocean View School District. It is an honor to be selected as the person to lead a district with such a long history of academic success. Some of you know me from my three years . . . read more
