OMS The Middle Matters
The United Way of Steele County is the middle of its annual fundraiser. Every year, this organization supports over 18,000 residents in Steele County. Many of these residents are students and the families of students at Owatonna Public Schools. So, this year, OMS wants to help the United Way reach its fundraising goal!
To do so, OMS is in the middle of the an epic Dodgeball Fundraiser. Over 20 staff members have volunteered to participate in a game of dodgeball against students. Each of these staff members has a jar with their name on it. Students can vote for which staff members they want to see play dodgeball by putting money into that staff member's jar. The eight staff members who collect the most money will make the dodgeball team. As an added bonus, the staff member who collects the most money will also have to wear an inflatable dinosaur costume while they play dodgeball!
Of course, we need a student team to compete against the staff team! For every $5 a student donates to the staff members' jars, they have their name entered into the drawing that will determine the eight memebers of the student dodgeball team. (Please note students who don't want to play dodgeball can still donate to this fundraiser.)
If OMS can raise $3000, then its very own eighth grade social studies teacher Mrs. Hunst will show her school pride by dying her her Husky Blue!
The last day of our fundraiser is Monday, November 18th. We still have a long way to go to reach our $3000, but we can do it! Remember, all money collected from this fundraiser will go directly to the United Way. If your family is able and would like to help, please send money to school with your student on Monday and remind them to donate during their lunch!
Hey OMS! Did you know you can submit your pictures to be considered for inclusion in the OMS yearbook? If you go to OMS sports or activities and have a picture you would like to submit, use this link https://photos.jostens.com/JTBKW3 or the QR code to upload your pictures for consideration!
Lifetouch
You can order school pictures at mylifetouch.com . Use code: EVTC6MZ93
Any questions can be directed to the Lifetouch Customer Success Line: 800-736-4753
OMS Yearbook
The yearbook staff is working hard on this year’s yearbook. We will have a limited number of books available for sale at the end of the year.
Order your 2025 yearbook at www.jostens.com or call 1-877-767-5217.
Pick Up & Drop Off
Parent/Guardian pick up and drop off happens at Door 13 via the staff parking lot. 15th Street is for bus parking ONLY. When you arrive to drop off your student in the morning, please pull all the way around to the furthest available space near the parking lot exit. Students can walk along the sidewalk safely to enter the building. This allows all the cars behind you to pull forward and avoid backing up in the street. When everyone stops directly in front of the door to drop off their student(s) we are blocking traffic along the road for all other vehicles.
The same process is helpful during pickup time at the end of the day. Please pull all the way around to the parking lot exit to wait. You may fill in any parking spots that are unused in the lot as well. If we all pull around and avoid waiting directly in front of the doors, the process will go much more smoothly for everyone.
Students will not be admitted into the building in the morning until the doors open at 7:35 am.
Students must be picked up by 2:30.
Chromebooks
Every student must bring their Chromebook to school every day, fully charged. This does affect students' PAW scores under Work Habits! Teachers will be using these on a daily basis; it is crucial your child brings their computer to school every day!
Having troubles with your Chromebook?
Please call the Parent/Student Technology Hotline: 507-444-8630
"AWAY FOR THE DAY"
Cell phones are "AWAY FOR THE DAY". No cellphone usage is allowed between 7:50-2:20 pm. Phones must be put away in lockers and not on their persons.
From the Parent & Student Handbook:
If a device or cell phone is seen and taken by an adult during the day, it will be turned into the office. For the first infraction, a parent must pick up the phone at the end of the day. For a second infraction, a parent/guardian will be required to pick up the phone or device from school and additional consequences may be assigned including but not limited to a Suite 360 lesson and detention. Any student who incurs three phone infractions will be required to check his/her phone into the office at the beginning of every day; the student may pick up the phone at the end of the day.
Visitors
All visitors must enter through Door #1 on 15th St NE. All visitors must have a scheduled appointment or be here under special circumstances. You will need to present a valid ID in order to enter. Please let our Campus Greeter know who your meeting is with and she will call them down to the vestibule to escort you to and from your meeting.
Preventing Class Disruptions
Learning is taken very seriously at OMS; therefore, we try to keep classroom interruptions to a minimum:
- Please do not bring or arrange deliveries of bouquets, balloons, stuffed animals and the like to students. They will not be accepted.
- Encourage students to remember their Chromebooks, lunches, gym clothes, musical instruments, etc. We do not have staff to deliver these items, nor do we call the classrooms to have students come down and pick up the items.
- Make afterschool arrangements with your student before school, if possible. We do not interrupt classrooms for these types of messages.
