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This page holds the historical record of some of the incremental modifications to this web site. The entries listed below are older entries that were removed from the What's New page (in order to keep that page down to a reasonable size).

November 14, 2003
bulletOur Kindergarten classroom has updated their web page with a lot of new pictures and activities.
September 4, 2003
bulletThe School Calendar has been completely updated for the 2003-2004 school year.
September 3, 2003
bulletCheck out the updated list of School Board members. This is an excellent group of volunteers! Note that board meetings are now held on the 3rd Tuesday night (7pm) every month.
September 2, 2003
bulletDue to a family-comes-first decision, we regretfully have to announce that one of our wonderful piano teachers, Gloria Yaw, will not be teaching piano lessons at our school this year. She will be greatly missed and we wish her the very best.
July 13, 2003
bullet Read page 10 of this article (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)If you click on this image and go to page 10, you will read about our groundbreaking ceremony in the Pacific Union Recorder! NOTE: In order to read this article, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. You can read about the project on our church website by clicking here.
June 2003
bulletGinger Jewett has done an EXCELLENT job serving our school by leading our Home & School Association for the last few years. Although she received a lot of pressure to continue on this next year, she chose to decline and spend more time with her family. Our school is a better place because of the wonderful service she and her team provided our school. THANK YOU GINGER!!! She is being replace by a committee of several people. We'll introduce them another time because there are several and the webmaster is not clear which of them will sit on the school board and which on the church board.
June 2003
bulletThree of our veteran school board members (Bob Logan, Greg Borrowdale, and Scott Alvord) are stepping down due to term limits and/or other responsibilities at the church. They are being replace by three excellent individuals who are all very active with the school: David Jewett, Maggie Draegar (term renewal), and Steve Sattelmeyer.
April 10, 2003
bulletCheck out our new tuition rates. Yes, they went up a little BUT if you compare us to any other Christian or SDA school in the area, you will be nicely surprised! We offer quality Christian education at a low price!
February 28, 2003
bulletWe've updated the School Board page with correct names and e-mail addresses.
February 19, 2003
bulletThe 5th & 6th grade classroom has posted pictures of their effort to increase the habitat of the Western Bluebird by building bird houses.
February 19, 2003
bulletWe just posted some very high-quality photos from our Christmas program.
February 19, 2003
bulletThe Kindergarten class has some pictures of classroom helpers.
February 19, 2003
bulletThe 1st & 2nd grade classroom posted pictures of their fieldtrip to Sutter's Fort.
February 19, 2003
bulletOur Archives section has photos from last Fall's work bee. See if you can find yourself!
February 19, 2003
bulletOur Archives section has some additional photos of past classrooms.
February 18, 2003
bullet 7th & 8th grade shared some pictures of their Insects Field Trip this year. It looks like they had a blast!
February 17, 2003
bulletOur Recycling assembly for K-6 was great! Check out our pictures! We also added some pictures from last Fall's Thanksgiving celebration in 1st & 2nd and 3rd & 4th grades.
February 11, 2003
bulletWe've added a new picture of our Girls' Chorus group!
February 11, 2003
bulletWe've updated our Calendar with some upcoming field trips.
February 11, 2003
bulletWe're sharing a PowerPoint presentation presented by Mick Fandrich to our School Board. This presentation can be found on our Computers webpage.
November 17, 2002
bulletOur Kindergarten class has been busy! Take a look at our photos of our Nimbus Fish Hatchery field trip, our Study Buddies, and the results of participation in the all-school Read-A-Thon!
November 6, 2002
bulletCheck out our Girls Chorus!
October 16, 2002
bulletWe've updated the biographies of Mr. Davis, Char Novack, Nancy Fandrich, and Shirley Verduzco.
October 16, 2002
bullet You can download the SCRIP Order Form directly off this website now.
October 14, 2002
bullet Kindergarten posted some pictures of their Pumpkin Patch field trip.
October 9, 2002
bulletOur Home page contains the new all-school picture! What a great-looking group! If you click on the picture, you will be presented with a high-quality digital photo that you can download if desired.
October 8, 2002
bulletLook at the pictures of 1st & 2nd Grade when they visited Larsen's Apple Barn!
October 8, 2002
bulletThere is an updated biography for Nancy Fandrich.
October 7, 2002
bulletCheck out the pictures of the Kindergarten Class of 2003! We also added pictures of their field trip to a local fire station! You can find these on our Kindergarten page.
October 6, 2002
bulletWe moved several entries into our archive section.
September 22, 2002
bulletChar Copithorne became Char Novack! It was a great Hawaiian wedding!
September 22, 2002
bulletUpdated School Calendar with several field trips, etc.
September 3, 2002
bulletUpdated list of School Board members.
August 30, 2002
bulletOur School Calendar has been updated for 2002-2003.
May 3, 2002
bullet 1st and 2nd Grade just posted two very nice pictures of their Jelly Belly Factory tour.
bulletWe've posted 2 new pictures that were taken at our January 26, 2002 Spelling Bee. We've retained a few pictures from years that have past too.
January 8, 2002
bullet Kindergarten has posted pictures of several activities they've had recently (parental-assisted crafts, Raley's tour, and Nimbus Fish Hatchery tour).
December 9, 2001
bullet Mrs. Wooten now has a portrait displaying on her biography page (in case you haven't seen her yet).
November 26, 2001
bulletWe have finally posted the biography of our Kindergarten and part-time 7th and 8th grade teacher, Naomi Wooten. Mrs. Wooten started teaching at the beginning of the 2001 school year and we are very excited to have her! We'll be posting her picture soon.
bulletOur school's constitution is now available online!
bulletOur Home & School page has been updated with a list of its committee members, updated results, etc. Please get involved in your Home & School program!
bulletWe updated our Kindergarten classroom page with a new picture of the students.
October 16, 2001
bulletOur School Board membership has been updated. We welcome two new members to our board, Joyce Knight Bennett and Bob Burroway.
August 26, 2001
bulletOur School Calendar is now up-to-date for the 2001-2002 school year.
bulletUpdated our Faculty/Staff and School Board pages. We will be adding additional updates to these pages soon.
bulletWe've updated the following pages based on changes to our 2001-2002 School Handbook:
bulletHealth Requirements
bulletMusic Program (we have a new Introduction to Music for Kindergarten)
bulletThings with Wheels (updated for scooters)
bullet Financial Information (tuition rates)
bulletThe 1st and 2nd grade class pages have been combined into a single 1st & 2nd combined classroom page.
bulletWe archived the biographies of Sandy Trunzo, Ms. Cindy Richards, and Kristi Bradley-Robbins to the Previous Staff page. We will miss them.
bulletWe've made several navigational changes to this Web site (e.g., you can now get to Contact Us from all pages).
June 19, 2001
bullet This site is a 2001-2002 Golden Web Award Winner!We have just received notification that our Web site has just won the 2001-2002 Golden Web Award! This award is presented by the International Association of Webmasters and Designers because this site's "web design, originality and content have achieved levels of excellence."
June 3, 2001
bulletWe've added a very important notice on the Home page regarding early reservation (if you want your child to attend our school next year, you should read this notice--there is very limited space).
bulletUpdated the driving directions via Yahoo Maps.
May 10, 2001
bulletCheck out the Web site for the Orangevale SDA Church! 
January 17, 2001
bulletSee what 7th & 8th grade has been doing. We've moved old class pictures to the archive section.
bulletWe've updated our football photos and added some volleyball shots!
December 10, 2000
bulletFind out what Red Ribbon Week was all about!
November 23, 2000
bulletWe've updated our Home & School page with new information regarding the Read-A-Thon and the H&S Committee members
bulletFind out how you can help us with H&S Fundraisers!
November 22, 2000
bulletOur Home Page has a new picture of our 2000-2001 Student body! Our Archives have last year's picture.
bulletWe have pictures of our Kindergarten class as well as our 2nd grade class!
November 12, 2000
bulletTake a look at our 1st and 2nd grade field trip to Machado Orchards!
November 8, 2000
bulletWe've added some important information for Extended Care Kindergartners.
bulletDo you know about our Extended Care memory verses?
October 16, 2000
bulletWe've posted Nancy Fandrich's biography.
bulletWe updated our e-mail address on the Contact Us page.
September 1, 2000
bulletYour participation in our SCRIP program bought new white boards for some of our classrooms! Thank you!
August 20, 2000
bulletWe've updated our Faculty & Staff page.
bulletDon Johnston has moved and therefore left our school board but Stephanie Casebolt has joined in his place as a church representative. Also, the church board has re-nominated and confirmed Bob Logan, Greg Borrowdale, and Scott Alvord to new terms.
June 18, 2000
bulletOur school handbook has been updated for the 2000-2001 school year. We've updated several pages to reflect these minor changes. Updates include:
bulletCurriculum
bulletAttendance
bulletField Trips
bullet8th Grade Notes
bulletHonor Roll
bulletMusic Program
bulletStudent Responsibilities
bulletExtended Care
bulletFinancial Information
May 24, 2000
We're now displaying some of our SCRIP projects! Take a look at what SCRIP has bought for our school!
Apr 30, 2000
Home & School Association page has been updated and its committee members are now listed. THANK YOU!
Apr 12, 2000
We've added information about our Spelling Bee.
Apr 11, 2000
Here's pictures from our first Snow Day in 2000!
Apr 9, 2000
Activated this new Web site domain name (www.OVSchool.org) thanks to a donation by the Wylder family (they paid for the first two years of the domain name registration). THANK YOU!
Mar 2, 2000
Updated the Home & School page.
Feb 3, 2000
Biography for Cindy Richards.
We're starting a new Previous Staff page to list prior staff and faculty members. Help us fill it out!
Jan 27, 2000
See the difference that Home & School has made!
Added some photos from the 3rd and 4th Christmas Party.
Mrs. Denise Muschetto is the new Director of Extended Care.
Updated the Faculty/Staff page. NOTE: There are more additions coming very soon!
Added Billy Martin, our church's Head Elder, to the list of School Board members.
Moved Goals of Our School off the Home page and onto its own page.
Jan 19, 2000
See photos from our Pioneer Living Experience assembly, sponsored by Home & School!
Jan 2, 2000
See pictures of our Christmas program!
Updated the Kindergarten page with a photo of their choir singing at the Christmas program.
Updated Opal Singer's page with her biography.
Dec 24, 1999
The part-time Teacher's Assistant position has been filled.
Added a picture of the board members.
Sped up the loading of the home page by minimizing the sizes of image files (visual size remained the same). 
Dec 6, 1999
Created a new Projects page in the Archives section to record improvement projects at our school.
Created the Tree Removal page that records our recent lumberjacking.
Dec 5, 1999
Added fun pictures to the Home & School pages from the Magazine fundraiser (see Mr. Davis get bombarded with water balloons!)
Dec 2, 1999
Added the 3-Step Classroom Demonstration page to the 5th & 6th grade class page.
Added the formal oral presentations page to the 7th & 8th grade class page.
Added the 7th & 8th grade Career Day page.
Added a new shelving link to the 5th & 6th Grade class page instead of embedding the information.
Removed older entries from this What's New list and moved them into a historical Web Site Changes page in the Archive section.
Dec 1, 1999
Updated the Kindergarten class page with a photo from their trip to the Pumpkin Patch.
Nov 17, 1999
Added a new all-school picture on the Home page.
Added a new Archives page to store historical information and old pictures, etc.
Nov 11, 1999
Added new photos to the Pumpkin Patch page.
Nov 10, 1999
Our web site is featured on the NCCSDA web site as well as in the November issue of the Pacific Union Recorder!
Added The Maze field trip. Check it out!!!
Updated the Red Ribbon Week page.
Added a field trip to an Agriculture History Museum.
Updated the 3rd and 4th grade class page.
Updated the Fall Festival page.
Updated the Football page.
Nov 3, 1999
Added Wild Animals assembly.
Added the Echo Mountain field trip.
Updated 7th & 8th grade class page.
Updated the Field Trips page.
Added a Football page.
Updated the Home & School page.
Oct 20, 1999
Check out our cabinetry and computer center in 5th and 6th grade!!!
Added biography for Shirley Verduzco.
Added Opal Singer's picture to her biography page.
Oct 18, 1999
Added biography for Neysa Bahlke.
Enhanced Faculty & Staff page.
Sep 23, 1999
Added e-mail hotlinks to School Board members.
Added e-mail hotlinks to Faculty & Staff members.
Added e-mail hotlinks to biographies where possible.
Sep 20, 1999
Added several new links to our Links page.
Added an all-school assembly to the Calendar.
Sep 19, 1999
Added finishing touches to the Search page. Try it out!
Sep 15, 1999
Added picture for Kristi Bradley-Robbins.
Sep 12, 1999
Added biography for Barbara Cunningham.
Sep 8, 1999
Added biography for Tara Demma.
Linked several faculty members to their personal pages.
Aug 30, 1999
Added Steve Sattelmayer to School Board page.
Corrected the spelling of Allen Wilson on School Board page.
Adjusted the Table of Contents page.
Aug 26, 1999
Added photos to the Cindy Innocent page.
Aug 25, 1999
Added a photo to the Kristi Bradley-Robbins page.
Updated the SCRIP page.

Aug 22, 1999
Check out our newspin.gif (1263 bytes) jungle gym!!!
Added SCRIP Order Form and other SCRIP information.