Parents/guardians must complete the required steps of Online Registration so that their child is cleared to complete On-Campus Registration.
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On-Campus Registration
2025-2026 School Year
OCSA Main Campus
1010 N. Main Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Monday, August 4, 2025
Design & Media, School of Theatre
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Session 1: Film & Television, Visual Arts, School of Dance
Session 2: School of Music
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Creative Writing, Integrated Arts, School of Applied Arts
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Between Monday, July 7, 2025 and Thursday, July 31, 2025, please complete the Online Registration process, which includes reserving a day/time for your On-Campus Registration appointment (based on conservatory).You will also be able to purchase student items such as yearbooks, school pictures, and student parking permits; rent student lockers; and sign up or renew Encore and/or PSO memberships. Senior packages will also be available for purchase.
STEP 1A: Complete Aeries Data Confirmation and Authorizations by visiting https://familysis.ocsarts.net. (REQUIRED)
Please direct any questions about Aeries to OCSA Tech Support at techsupport@csarts.net or 714.560.0900 ext. 4900. OCSA Tech Support is available Monday-Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Parents/guardians must review and update student/parent data, complete authorizations, and print their child’s Emergency Card at the end of Data Confirmation.
How to Access the Emergency Card: Once you have fully completed the registration process in Aeries, click on "Data Confirmation" and then on “Final Data Confirmation.” Click on the "Print New Emergency Card" button at the bottom in order to download and print the Emergency Card to bring to On-Campus Registration.
STEP 1B: Review the Student/Parent Handbook in the Documents section of Aeries. (REQUIRED)
Please review, print, and sign the Student/Parent Handbook signature page.
As a reminder, all students must have the signed Emergency Card and Student/Parent Handbook signature page with them when they check in for their On-Campus Registration appointment. Students may not proceed through On-Campus Registration without these two documents.
STEP 2: Select a day/time to complete On-Campus Registration on MySchoolBucks. (REQUIRED for all students with the exception of new students participating in OCSA Jumpstart)
Please note: If you are unable to attend on the designated day/time for your conservatory or program, limited standby appointments will be available at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 6.
Monday, August 4, 2025 | 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Available Time Slots: 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m.
- Acting
- Design & Media
- Musical Theatre
- Production & Design
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 | Session 1: 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Available Time Slots: 8:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m.
- Ballet & Contemporary Dance
- Ballet Folklórico Dance
- Ballroom Dance
- Commercial Dance
- Film & Television
- Visual Arts
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 |Session 2: 12:30-3 p.m.
Available Time Slots: 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
- Classical Voice
- Instrumental Music (All Programs)
- Popular Music
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 | 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Available Time Slots: 8:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m.
- Arts & Enterprise
- Creative Writing
- Culinary Arts
- Integrated Arts
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 | 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Available Time Slot: 11:30 a.m.
- Standby option for anyone unable to attend during their designated conservatory session
On-Campus Registration Reminders:
- Only one RSVP (ticket) per student is needed; do not add a ticket for the parent/guardian.
- On-Campus Registration allows students to obtain class schedules, take Yearbook/ID photos, and check out textbooks. Students who do not attend On-Campus Registration will not receive school ID cards until mid-September.
- Purchase school pictures from Lifetouch Photography here.
- Parents/students who are unable to attend On-Campus Registration may have a family member/friend with a note come during their reserved appointment date/time and complete the process for them.
- A standby option is also available at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. Please choose this option only if you are unable to attend during your designated conservatory day/session.
- Parents/students who are unable to attend On-Campus Registration or send someone in their place should select the On-Campus Registration standby option in order to purchase student items. On Monday, August 11, 2025, these families can turn in their required documents in Student Services (T101) between 9 a.m.-12 p.m., as well as pick up their schedules and any necessary textbooks.
- Photo make-up day is scheduled for Wednesday, September 24, 2025.
Important reminder for new students participating in OCSA Jumpstart:
Students will be completing On-Campus Registration with their onboarding groups and do not need to select a registration appointment. Please skip this step and stay tuned for an email communication with further details.
STEP 3: Purchase student items from our Student Store on MySchoolBucks. (OPTIONAL)
Student items include:
- Parking Permits*
- Lockers*
- Yearbooks*
- Senior Packages* (Class of 2026 a la carte items are also available for purchase)
- Senior Package A: Grad Night Ticket, Yearbook, Cap and Gown, Panoramic Class Photo, T-Shirt, Class Ring (savings of $192)
- Senior Package B (no class ring): Grad Night Ticket, Yearbook, Cap and Gown, Panoramic Class Photo, T-Shirt (savings of $46)
- Please download this flyer for more information. Senior packages must be purchased by Monday, October 6, 2025 at 8:59 p.m.
- Senior Tribute Yearbook Ads (Full, half, and quarter page)
* FRLP pricing is available for these items. For more information on OCSA's FRLP program, please visit www.ocsarts.net/FRLP.
STEP 4: Submit your contact information via the OCSA Parent Connect Form for carpool and social connections in your area. (OPTIONAL)
STEP 5: Join/rejoin an OCSA parent organization. (OPTIONAL)
PSO
For People Supporting OCSA (PSO) memberships and PSO member discount packages, including student planners and logoed merchandise (all orders are fulfilled by OCSA PSO), please visit the PSO website.
Encore
Encore is a social membership group that allows parents/guardians to interact with administrators and families from other conservatories, while experiencing all that OCSA has to offer! For Encore memberships, or for more information, please visit www.ocsarts.net/Encore.
IMPORTANT: Please be advised that holds will be placed for On-Campus Registration if the following are not completed and/or submitted prior to registration:
- Payment of outstanding textbook fines from the prior school year
- Aeries Data Confirmation and Authorization Completion
- Incomplete or missing Conservatory Funding Agreement (CFA) forms
- New Students ONLY: Final semester report card/transcript, birth certificate, and/or immunization record as required by the State of California
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