Start the weekend with a wonderful "Dia de Los Muertos" celebration at OCS tomorrow.
Games and crafts start at 4PM and a traditional altar will be made at 5PM. Dinner/Potluck at 6PM. If you have any questions, call Elena de la Cruz at 323-661-5047. See you there!
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Acompáñenos a celebrar el
Día de los Muertos
En Odyssey Charter School!
El viernes, 30 de octubre desde las 4 de la tarde
4:00pm—Haremos papel picado, calaveras de azúcar, flores de papel, y pintura de la cara
5:00—Construiremos un altar tradicional
6:00—Comida estilo ‘pot-luck’
Patrocinados por un grupo de padres de familia Latinos en Odyssey. Para mas informes, comuníquese con Elena de la Cruz at (323) 661-5047
October 29, 2009
October 28, 2009
Community News - Arroyo Food Coop
Arroyo Food Co-op Memberships Now Available
A committee has been researching what it will take to establish a cooperative grocery store in the greater Altadena/Pasadena area. It now needs community help to bring the store from plan to reality! If you're interested in having a local, community member-owned grocery store in our area, please see the Arroyo Food Co-op website -http://www.arroyofoodcoop.com. There you can view the business plan, read the FAQs, and most importantly, you can find out how to become one of the founding member-owners of Arroyo Food Co-op!
A committee has been researching what it will take to establish a cooperative grocery store in the greater Altadena/Pasadena area. It now needs community help to bring the store from plan to reality! If you're interested in having a local, community member-owned grocery store in our area, please see the Arroyo Food Co-op website -http://www.arroyofoodcoop.com. There you can view the business plan, read the FAQs, and most importantly, you can find out how to become one of the founding member-owners of Arroyo Food Co-op!
October 27, 2009
Wish us luck
Well, we are ready. I think. Twenty-two eager first and second graders will be meeting on Monday for their first "cooking kids" class. We'll start in the garden, planting seedlings and seeds, watering, talking and hopefully singing to our plants to make them happy and help them 'keep on keeping on'. Feel free to come by and wish us luck. You'll find us in the courtyard where the dirt will hopefully find its way into pots instead of on shoes, down shirts, in pants, and smeared on smiling faces. Oh well. It's a growing adventure. Literally!
Promise to post pictures soon.
October 26, 2009
Arts Meeting Schedule Updated
The following are the scheduled meetings for The Arts Committee this year. We may add more as needed
Friday, November 13th 8:30am
Wednesday, January 27th, 8:30am
Wednesday, March 24th, 8:30am
Wednesday, May 26th, 8:30am
Thanks so much for all that you all do!
Paula Solano, Arts Committee
Friday, November 13th 8:30am
Wednesday, January 27th, 8:30am
Wednesday, March 24th, 8:30am
Wednesday, May 26th, 8:30am
Thanks so much for all that you all do!
Paula Solano, Arts Committee
October 20, 2009
Urban Homesteading Short Film Announcement
OCEANSIDE FILM FESTIVAL
Previews "Homegrown Revolution"
Homegrown Revolution & the Dervaes Family
please note two screening times!
WHEN: Saturday October 17
@ 5:30 PM & 7:00 PM (20 min Q & A session afterwards)
WHERE:Sunshine Brooks Theatre217 North Coast Highway Oceanside, CA 92054
COST: Ticket information
FILM INFORMATION
Homegrown Revolution is a short introduction to a homegrown project that has been called a new revolution in urban sustainability. In the midst of a densely urban setting in downtown Pasadena, radical change is taking root. For over twenty years, the Dervaes family have transformed their home into an urban homestead and model for sustainable agriculture and city living. Calling this project "Path to Freedom," the Dervaes family shows that change is possible -- one step at a time. They harvest 3 tons of organic food annually from their 1/10 acre garden while incorporating many back-to-basics practices, solar energy and biodiesel in order to reduce their footprint on the earth's resources.
Previews "Homegrown Revolution"
Homegrown Revolution & the Dervaes Family
please note two screening times!
WHEN: Saturday October 17
@ 5:30 PM & 7:00 PM (20 min Q & A session afterwards)
WHERE:Sunshine Brooks Theatre217 North Coast Highway Oceanside, CA 92054
COST: Ticket information
FILM INFORMATION
Homegrown Revolution is a short introduction to a homegrown project that has been called a new revolution in urban sustainability. In the midst of a densely urban setting in downtown Pasadena, radical change is taking root. For over twenty years, the Dervaes family have transformed their home into an urban homestead and model for sustainable agriculture and city living. Calling this project "Path to Freedom," the Dervaes family shows that change is possible -- one step at a time. They harvest 3 tons of organic food annually from their 1/10 acre garden while incorporating many back-to-basics practices, solar energy and biodiesel in order to reduce their footprint on the earth's resources.
October 16, 2009
7th/8th Grade Art Opening
OCS' 7th and 8th graders will be part of an art exhibit in support of the International Day of Climate Change. All parents and the OCS community members are invited to the opening show on Saturday, October 24 at 3:50 pm at Zinnia @ 1024 Mission Street, South Pasadena. (follow links from www.350.org>People>Artists... then scroll down and click on Zinnia for more information).
Come and see wonderful art, enjoy lively conversation and support our budding artists!
Come and see wonderful art, enjoy lively conversation and support our budding artists!
October 15, 2009
October 14, 2009
Interested in Assisting a visiting artist October 15th?
Is there anyone interested in assisting a visiting artist on a painting project tomorrow for the 8th grade class?
You would go to bungalo H at 1 (having gotten the spigot key from the office first) and help Linda Luminatti fill up water containers, lay out brushes and get ready for the kids at 1:15. You would then help with the project and help clean up by 2:30.
Thanks for your consideration,
MaryLinda
Arts at Odyssey
October 13, 2009
Project 350
Last week, Artist and Visual Arts Educator Linda Illumanardi, a resident of Altadena, volunteered her time to support the environmental group "350" at OCS. Illuminardi has provided the 7th/8th OCS students the opportunity to contribute individual painted panels to an art installation grid.
The environmental group is called 350 because its goal is to achieve 350 parts per million as a safe limit of the level of CO2 in the atmosphere. 350 has attracted authors, artists, dancers and many others to think creatively about solving the world's changing climate by instituting an International Day of Climate Change - Saturday, Oct 24.
After Illuminardi spent the morning at OCS with Mr. Lee in the computer lab explaining 350's global mission (see www.350.org), she gave 7th and 8th grade students paints, brushes and the wooden panels to paint. This week, Illumanardi and students will finish the project at OCS, then the 53 panels will be transported to Zinnia, an art store and gallery space at 1024 Mission Street, South Pasadena.
Parents and the OCS community are ALL invited to the opening on Saturday, October 24 at 3:50 pm (follow links from www.350.org>People>Artists... then scroll down and click on Zinnia for more information) at Zinnia. A total of 350 finished panels (painted by other artists as well as OCS students) will be hung in a grid on display at Zinnia. Joining other artists and activists in the community and around the world, students' work will be photographed and placed in an international display of these photos in Times Square in NYC.
Ms. Illumanardi wishes to extend her thanks to the administration, students, faculty, and especially to parents, for the extra work, time, and effort provided in assisting her with this project.
The environmental group is called 350 because its goal is to achieve 350 parts per million as a safe limit of the level of CO2 in the atmosphere. 350 has attracted authors, artists, dancers and many others to think creatively about solving the world's changing climate by instituting an International Day of Climate Change - Saturday, Oct 24.
After Illuminardi spent the morning at OCS with Mr. Lee in the computer lab explaining 350's global mission (see www.350.org), she gave 7th and 8th grade students paints, brushes and the wooden panels to paint. This week, Illumanardi and students will finish the project at OCS, then the 53 panels will be transported to Zinnia, an art store and gallery space at 1024 Mission Street, South Pasadena.
Parents and the OCS community are ALL invited to the opening on Saturday, October 24 at 3:50 pm (follow links from www.350.org>People>Artists... then scroll down and click on Zinnia for more information) at Zinnia. A total of 350 finished panels (painted by other artists as well as OCS students) will be hung in a grid on display at Zinnia. Joining other artists and activists in the community and around the world, students' work will be photographed and placed in an international display of these photos in Times Square in NYC.
Ms. Illumanardi wishes to extend her thanks to the administration, students, faculty, and especially to parents, for the extra work, time, and effort provided in assisting her with this project.
October 8, 2009
Cooking Kids - Grades 1/2
Cooking Kids is running a month long cooking/gardening class for Grades 1/2. Each class will be on Mondays from 1:30PM-3:30PM and will be structured as a series of 4 afterschool lessons. Children will cook three different types of cuisines -- Latin, Asian and African/American and will add to the container herb garden in the patio area behind the community hall. The cuisines are reflective of our school community and the herb garden will link directly to those cuisines and (hopefully) strengthen student’s understanding of the link between garden and kitchen, nature and nutrition.
Space is limited and there is a fee. For children K-3 the program will be $60 per child. Sign up sheets will be available in the front office as well as downloadable online in the parent tab of the OCS website. There must be at least 10 children signed up to run a session and it will definitely be lots of fun.
Space is limited and there is a fee. For children K-3 the program will be $60 per child. Sign up sheets will be available in the front office as well as downloadable online in the parent tab of the OCS website. There must be at least 10 children signed up to run a session and it will definitely be lots of fun.
October 7, 2009
Delicious and Healthy
This sandwich recipe appears in today's LA Times and I'm reposting it here because it not only looks delicious but can be easily deconstructed into separate salads and dips. It is ostensibly vegan focused, but I'm all for an ecumenical approach when the result is good eating.
Edamame Sandwich
Edamame hummus
10 cups loosely packed, cleaned and trimmed spinach leaves
2 cups shelled edamame beans
2 cups shelled garbanzo beans
3 tablespoons chopped garlic
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 tablespoons tahini paste
1 tablespoon ground ginger
3 teaspoons kosher salt
1 cup olive oil
Blanch the spinach in a large pot of boiling water to bring out the vibrant color and wilt just slightly, about 1 minute. Drain and shock the spinach in a bowl of ice water. Drain the spinach again, pressing out all excess water. You should have one-half cup
Place the edamame and garbanzo beans in the bowl of a food processor, along with the spinach, garlic, lemon juice, tahini paste, ground ginger and salt. Pulse until the contents are the consistency of a coarse paste. With the processor running, drizzle in the olive oil until the mixture is smooth. Place the hummus in a nonreactive bowl, cover tightly and refrigerate until needed. This recipe makes 4 cups hummus, more than needed for the sandwiches, and can be used as a spread on crackers or bread. It will keep for 4 days refrigerated.
White miso dressing
3 tablespoons plus 1/2 teaspoon white miso
3 tablespoons agave nectar
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon brown sugar
1/4 cup plus 1 1/2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 1/2 tablespoons sesame oil
In a small bowl, whisk together the miso, agave nectar, brown sugar and vinegar. Slowly whisk in the vegetable and sesame oils until emulsified. This makes 1 scant cup dressing that will keep for 3 days refrigerated.
Sandwich Assembly
Take 4 ciabatta or rustique rolls, halved
1 1/3 cups hummus
1 cup peeled and grated carrots
1 large cucumber, sliced
8 slices ripe plum tomato, sliced (from 1 large or two medium)
6 cups mixed baby field greens (about 4 ounces)
1/4 cup white miso dressing
Spread hummus on four sandwiches. Top with equal parts of shredded carrots, cucumber slices and sliced tomatoes. Mix the field greens with the miso dressing and divide evenly among sandwiches.
Edamame Sandwich
Edamame hummus
10 cups loosely packed, cleaned and trimmed spinach leaves
2 cups shelled edamame beans
2 cups shelled garbanzo beans
3 tablespoons chopped garlic
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 tablespoons tahini paste
1 tablespoon ground ginger
3 teaspoons kosher salt
1 cup olive oil
Blanch the spinach in a large pot of boiling water to bring out the vibrant color and wilt just slightly, about 1 minute. Drain and shock the spinach in a bowl of ice water. Drain the spinach again, pressing out all excess water. You should have one-half cup
Place the edamame and garbanzo beans in the bowl of a food processor, along with the spinach, garlic, lemon juice, tahini paste, ground ginger and salt. Pulse until the contents are the consistency of a coarse paste. With the processor running, drizzle in the olive oil until the mixture is smooth. Place the hummus in a nonreactive bowl, cover tightly and refrigerate until needed. This recipe makes 4 cups hummus, more than needed for the sandwiches, and can be used as a spread on crackers or bread. It will keep for 4 days refrigerated.
White miso dressing
3 tablespoons plus 1/2 teaspoon white miso
3 tablespoons agave nectar
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon brown sugar
1/4 cup plus 1 1/2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 1/2 tablespoons sesame oil
In a small bowl, whisk together the miso, agave nectar, brown sugar and vinegar. Slowly whisk in the vegetable and sesame oils until emulsified. This makes 1 scant cup dressing that will keep for 3 days refrigerated.
Sandwich Assembly
Take 4 ciabatta or rustique rolls, halved
1 1/3 cups hummus
1 cup peeled and grated carrots
1 large cucumber, sliced
8 slices ripe plum tomato, sliced (from 1 large or two medium)
6 cups mixed baby field greens (about 4 ounces)
1/4 cup white miso dressing
Spread hummus on four sandwiches. Top with equal parts of shredded carrots, cucumber slices and sliced tomatoes. Mix the field greens with the miso dressing and divide evenly among sandwiches.
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