THANK YOU to everyone who supported us this year. 81 donors pulled together to help us raise nearly $40,000! Here’s how your contributions support us this year:

• Important upgrades and maintenance costs. As a tradeoff for relatively low rent, OSA takes care of maintenance for the interior and some exterior spaces we use. Although we don’t know how long we can stay, maintenance and upgrades not only keep the campus safe and comfortable but also ensure a safe, comfortable space for our students and enhance our programming NOW. This year, our needs include:
  • Continuing maintenance costs for AC and heating, with old units in need of TLC;
  • Materials for the fencing and an herb garden to add to our orchard outside the activity room (class project);
  • Labor/ material costs to refurbish the existing staircase to the Activity Room;
  • New materials and lab equipment for our science classes
• Provide scholarships for up to five students to take additional classes they couldn’t afford otherwise. That need continues to be great for several families.
• Support the added expenditures for our 2025 Outdoor Adventure. The cost per student only partially covers our chaperones.
• Supplement our payroll budget. 
  • Our teachers work hard! But it will take us a while to dig out from the debt we incurred during and after the pandemic (about $75,000!).
  • Success in this campaign will provide added hours for teachers, which are much-needed based on rising costs everywhere.
• Help us continue to grow while remaining accessible. Our Flex Plan (full-time) rate is discounted an average of $400 per month, per full-time student, from what our operational costs should require.