Odyssey Parent Participation Group (OPPG)
The Odyssey Parent Participation Group (OPPG) is a volunteer group working exclusively on behalf of all children at Odyssey Charter School (OCS).
What OPPG can do for YOU:
- Offer many different opportunities to participate in your child’s education.
- Provide a place to meet other parents and discuss parent and school ideas or questions.
- Help your concerns be heard by Staff and/or the Odyssey Governing Board.
- Bring in and/or support current and new programs for our children.
- Give you a voice in deciding where money raised should be spent.
What YOU can do for OPPG:
- Attend at least 2 of the 5 OPPG meetings during the year. Meet other families, hear what is going on at school, and find out what you can do to help.
- Volunteer for events. The more parents that volunteer, the more successful our school is.
- Read information sent home in your Thursday Packets, and make sure you are part of the OCS Yahoo Group. If you are not getting OCS emails through Yahoo, please check in with Cari , OPPG Chair at carid@mac.com.
Please contact a member of the OPPG Leadership at any time with questions or comments. Also, please join us at our OPPG meetings on the following dates:
September 15, 2009 5:30pm
November 17, 2009 8:30am
January 19, 2010 6:00pm
March 16, 2010 8:30am
May 18, 2010 6:00pm
Meet our OPPG Leadership:
Cari Dawson, OPPG Chair 
carid@mac.com 323-273-6131 (cell)
Cari's son Tyler is in 2nd grade, and Jesse will be starting K this year. Cari's vision for the OPPG is that we be active in building the community of our Odyssey families, as well as presenting opportunities for participation in our children’s educational experience. More parents involved means less work for all of us, and more fun too! Feel free to contact me at any time.
MaryLinda Moss, Vice Chair 
imarylinda@aol.com 323-369-2923 (cell)
MaryLinda Moss, parent to Tyler and Ellis Moss-Wharton. This is MaryLinda's second year as Vice Chair. MaryLinda is happy to continue supporting the school and working to unite all our families in bringing out the best at Odyssey.
Sam-Ana Fenwick, Secretary
Sam-Ana's child Zion is a 2nd grader this year in Ms Linda's class. As a parent and an educator (5th grade teacher for the Baldwin Park USD), Sam-Ana is in the unique position of having both of these perspective.
Amy Cienfuegos, Treasurer 
amy100fires@aol.com 626-379-4874 (cell)
Amy's son is currently in 3rd grade. Amy is looking for ways to be more involved in her son’s education.
Jessica Wadle, Parent Representative for K-4th grade 
jexywadle@gmail.com 323-633-4690 (cell)
Jexy's son Jacob is in 2nd grade at Odyssey. This will be Jexy's 2nd year on the Board. For more information about Jexy, please go to the Board page.
Rhonda Graham, Parent Representative for 5th -8th grade
kimikog@msn.com 626-664-1812 (hm)
Rhonda is the mother of two Odyssey students-Ronald, in 7th grade, and Kai, in 4th. Rhonda has been at OCS since 2002, through two sites and two re-charterings. For more information about Rhonda, please go to the Board page.
Monica Sottolani-Gamez, Co-Member at Large
This is our first year at OCS. My twin daughters, Chiara and Xiomara are in first grade. I look forward to getting more involved in my children's education and community building at OCS.
Erin Gamble, Co-Member at Large
We have two children at OCS - Seia, in Ms. Heather's 3rd grade, and Aidan, in Mr. Cullen's 5th grade. Since we moved to California from Colorado this past summer, this is our first year at OCS.
We have been inspired and impressed by many things at OCS - one of them being the degree to which the school communicates with and responds to the parent groups. Participating in OPPG gives me the opportunity to have a direct and concrete impact on my children's education.
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