In accordance with a growing desire to offer innovative, immersive, and career-and college-relevant education to interested middle school-aged students, the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE), in collaboration with the North America Scholastic Esports Federation (NASEF), crafted integrated programs of study, focusing on esports as a means of facilitating transference of concepts and skills that incorporate CACCSS, NGSS, ISTE, and SEL standards.
EPA is one of our partnering esport companies that trains and coaches future esport atheles. We are using their professional guided curriculum for each of our titles that approaches esport education using the holistic approach. The esports teachers at Vista View has been Coach Certified by EPA.
Generation Esports one of our partnering esport companies with long history of managing national level esport tournaments to students. We have partnered up with them to have students participate Fall, Winter, and Spring seasons to compete nationally against other middle school students.
For the 2023-2024 school year, both 6th grade elective class and the 7th/8th grade elective class will be participating Chess, Rocket League, and Brawlhalla. Which titles will be played will be subject to change throughout the year.
Nintendo Switches, computers, and Chromebooks with specific games are available for students on campus and no student is required to own any of these devices and games at home. Students are able to bring their own at their own risks to campus including gaming devices, games, headphones/headsets, keyboards, and mouse but they are not to be used on campus outside of class.
The students will be graded largely on individual and team participation with addition to journal entries in the 7th and 8th grade class. Please see course syllabus for more detailed information.
Details on assignments and homeworks given to students will be shared directly with them in the classroom and/or via Google Classroom instead of this website. The grades however are visible on Aeries. Please contact us or speak directly to your child to view each assignment and grades for the class.
With the exception of days with scheduled matches with another school/team, the students will be training their gaming skill for half the class time. In partnership with esport performance academy (EPA), the curriculum takes on a holistic approach to esport with focus on mindfulness, physical health, and social/emotional learning on top of improving students' computational skills and team-building skills through these games.
It is easy to judge a child playing video games in a negative manner. It is important to continuously communicate with your child about what they are learning and encourage them to actively participate positively in a team environment. When playing a game together, it will be wonderful for you to demonstrate positive behavior that's taught in the classroom to eliminate and fix any toxicity unfortunately typically associated with the gaming community. It is also highly encouraged to keep track of important dates regarding the tournament to understand possible changes in moodes and behaviors.
We highly encourage you to attend the virtual esports parent information nights (TBD) at the beginning of the year. If you are unable to make it, please request for a recording from your teacher. If you have any personal experiences or connections you would like to share with our students, we would like to hear from you!
You can contact Ms. Statonfor 6th grade class information at dstaton@ovsd.org or extention 3311. You can contact Ms. Lee for 7th and 8th grade class information at selee@ovsd.org or extention 3304.