OMS Friday Knight Live

1. 3rd Quarter Grades
2. Partnering for a Safe School Community
3. OMS Community Service Logs due April 4th
4. Save the Date: OMS Spring Assessments
5. Save the Date: 8th Grade Celebration
6. Green Team Challenge Update
7. 8th Grade- BVNW Color Guard Clinic & Tryouts for 25-26
8. Math Competition at BVSW
9. Help Needed @ OMS Home Track Meets
10. Coming Up @ OMS

3rd Quarter Grades are viewable on ParentVue after 4 p.m. today, March 28th.

How do I view my child’s report card?

• Log in on ParentVue.

• Select the student’s name

• In the left navigation bar, choose Report Card

Ensuring our students' and staff's safety and well-being remains our highest priority. As we near the end of the school year, we want to take a moment to thank our families for their partnership. Your support and conversations at home have made a meaningful impact on student behaviors, reinforcing the importance of making good choices and reporting concerns appropriately.

How We Address Threats

We take every report of a threat seriously–whether that threat is made on social media, in person or through another means. Our administrators work closely with our Safety and Security team and local law enforcement to investigate each case thoroughly. This process includes reviewing past behavior, gathering input from families, and conducting interviews. If a credible threat is identified, we will immediately notify staff and families. You can learn more about our safety protocols and threat assessment process on our district website.

Partnering to Keep Schools Safe

This spring, we will continue our informational graphics through Canvas for grades 6-12 about the real consequences of making threats. Even offhand comments or social media posts can have serious repercussions, including school disciplinary action or legal consequences. It’s important for students to think before they post or speak.

We encourage families to listen to our fall 2024 BV Unmuted podcast episode: Understanding Threats and Their Consequences. In this episode, former Interim Chief Simon Happer (Overland Park Police Department), Dan Carney (Director of Safety & Security), and Dr. Katie Collier (Deputy Superintendent for Learning) discuss how Blue Valley ensures a safe and secure learning environment.

🎙️ Listen here: BV Unmuted: Understanding Threats and Their Consequences

How You Can Help

• Report Concerns: Please remind your student to report any concerning behavior to school staff or use our online reporting system.

• Avoid Spreading Rumors: Social media can spread misinformation and create unnecessary anxiety. Instead of sharing posts, report them directly to school administrators or law enforcement with as much detail as possible.

Your partnership plays a vital role in maintaining a safe school environment. Thank you for your ongoing trust and support.

OMS students, your community service hours log is due to Mrs.DiNitto by 3:00pm on Friday April 4. Service hours between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025 can be entered on your log.

Click HERE for a blank Community Service Hours Log

Who: OMS 8th Grade Students

What: 8th Grade Celebration

When: Thursday, May 22nd 9:00 a.m.

Where: OMS Gymnasium

Why: We are excited to celebrate the OMS 8th grade class of 2025!

*Detailed information to come from Mrs. Domoney specifically to 8th grade families

Our Green Team is sponsoring a challenge to collect 1,000 pounds of plastic film to keep it out of our landfills and oceans. What is plastic film? Plastic grocery bags, soda case plastic wrap, bread bags, ziploc bags, newspaper sleeves, dry cleaning bags, and so much more!

Once the 1,000lb limit has been collected, it will be recycled into an outdoor bench for our courtyard!

Current Plastic Weight Turned In: 681 Pounds 3.28.25

Pull Tabs/Pop Tabs are being collected to help raise money for the local Ronald McDonald House. Pull those tabs from soda, vegetable, soup, fruit, tomato sauce cans and so many more!

Current Pop Tab Weight Turn In: 51 pounds 3.28.25

Click HERE for the OMS Student Made Recycling Video

OMS 8th graders, join us for information regarding the Color Guard (Flag Team) for the 25 - 26 school year. Learn the basics of flag skills at this clinic for OMS on Monday March 31 from 3:15 - 4:15 in the OMS Gymnasium. Auditions are April 14 - April 17. See information fliers below.

Click HERE for the Color Guard Clinic information

Click HERE for Color Guard Audition Information

All OMS students are invited to a math competition hosted by Blue Valley Southwest High School on April 15. $10 per student and registration closes April 8. Click HERE for information and to register.

The PTO needs our help with concessions at the 3 home track meets! Our students and guests love having drinks and snacks available! Grab a friend and help earn money for the PTO. Can you help April 14, April 24, and May 1?

Click HERE for Track Meet Concession Sign Up

April 10- 8th Grade Science Assessment

April 15- 6-8 Kansas State Math Assessment

April 16- 6-8 Kansas State Reading Assessment

April 30- iReady Math Assessments

OMS families, Oak Hill is asking you to remind your students that they may not go on the Oak Hill playground or track when OMS is dismissed at 3:00pm. Elementary school is still in session and middle school students are not allowed on Oak Hill grounds. Students will be asked to leave the OHE track and playground.

The OHE playground is available at 6:00 p.m. when Y Care has ended.

The Coffee House Choir Concert has been rescheduled from Wednesday March 26 to Tuesday April 1. The concert will be in the Commons on the stage at 3:15.

As spring arrives please have students prepared to go outside for PE. There will be days when PE classes will be outside on the track or football field. Students should have athletic shoes (always) and hoodies and pants if needed.

Students should also be prepared to wait outside the building before the doors open at 7:15am.

Articles for middle school parents on motivation, limits, time management skills, how to handle school issues, studying to music, and so much more!

Click HERE for the March 2025 Parents Make a Difference Newsletter

Coffee Bar Donations!

The OMS PTO needs your help stocking the staff coffee bar. Please click the link to sign up. All items can be dropped off at the school office next week. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4FAFAC2AAAF85-55263372-omsstaff

Restaurant Fundraisers - Save the Dates!

The OMS PTO has planned three more restaurant fundraisers, please save the following dates and help support the PTO! All proceeds will be used for staff support and end of year student activities.

· Chipotle, 7040 W. 135th Street, April 8th.

· Tropical Smoothie Cafe, 7592 W. 119th Street, May 6th.

Community Celebrations and Observances - to promote awareness and appreciation of our Blue Valley families.

• Some March Celebrations & Observances:

  
  

  • The Nineteen Day Fast - March 1-19 - a time of prayer, meditation, and fasting, some adult members of the Baháʼí faith refrain from food and water from sunrise to sunset each day. This practice might include prayers of spiritual preparation for the new year.

  • Ramadan - evening of March 1-30 - the holy month of fasting for the Islamic faith. For some Muslim families, it is a time for introspection, communal prayer, reading the Qur’an, and fasting between sunrise and sunset.

  • Ash Wednesday - March 5 - a Christian holiday signifying the first day of the Lenten season, the 40 days (excluding Sundays) leading to Easter. Some families will attend religious services and receive ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead.

  • Holi - March 14 - known as the Hindu festival of colors, Holi honors the triumph of good over evil and marks the beginning of Spring. Some families will light bonfires, throw colorful powder called gulal, eat sweets, and dance to traditional music.

  Eid al Fitr - March 31 - marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. Some families will celebrate the “Festival of Breaking the Fast” by joining in communal prayer and meals, visiting family, gift-giving, and charity.

SUN Bucks, also known as Summer EBT, is a program to help families buy food for their school-aged children during the summer. Families will get a one-time benefit of $120 per year for each eligible child to help buy groceries during the summer months.

For more information, visit https://www.dcf.ks.gov/services/ees/Pages/Food/sunbucks.aspx

Have you ever wondered how to monitor your child’s usage on their Blue Valley device? We have parent tools that allow you to receive notifications to ensure your child is using their device safely. School staff members monitor these devices during the school day and intervene, when necessary. However, parents can receive alerts if concerns arise when students use devices after school hours–including weekends and school breaks. Check out the Securly Home Parent Portal App here.

Please refer to the OMS website for the 2nd Semester Clubs and Activities. In addition ASK, after school homework sessions, have also changed. ASK takes place Monday-Thursday from 3-4 p.m.

Middle school course fee payment for the second semester is open and online now. Your ParentVUE login and password are required to pay course fees.

• Course fees are assigned based on your student’s enrollment. Some seventh and eighth grade exploratory/elective classes include course fees.

• Course fees are assigned for the first semester only.

Questions regarding fee payment should be directed to OMS bookkeeper, Andrea da Valinha Lopes.

adavalinhalopes@bluevalleyk12.org

913-239-5508

Parents/Guardians please do not bring in restaurant or fast food for your student for lunch. If your student is coming in late or returning from an appointment please have them eat lunch before they return to OMS. Restaurant/fast food is not allowed in the cafeteria.

OMS families, every school has procedures in place for the safety of our students and to provide the best learning environment for everyone. Each year we check and update our procedures on everything from forgotten lunches,no outside restaurant food, to visitors in the building. Please refer to our 2024 2025 Student Planner, our School Information or Families tabs on the OMS Website, or our Parent Reference Sheet for our How-To’s including:

• Reporting an Absence

• Dropping off forgotten homework, shoes,lunches, etc

• No outside restaurant food

• Visitors in the building

• Sports eligibility

• Lunch money accounts

• So much more!

Families of bus riders, please sign up for Durham Bus Services notifications. Get the information if your student’s bus is late or going to be in a different numbered bus. Click HERE for Durham’s Website and Textcaster Link

Blue Valley Schools is committed to promoting and fostering a safe environment in and around all our schools. We are continuously working to prevent, mitigate, respond to and recover from a wide range of situations. Please check out available ways to report safety concerns.

OMS Families, please share any candid photos you take during the school year This is for the yearbook so:

• No blurry or out of focus shots

• Upload a few shots (but no duplicates please)

• Please put in folder associated with your grade or event

• OMS events only

• .jpg or .png ONLY (no .HEIC)

Click HERE to upload photos for the 2024 2025 Yearbook

OMS has many clubs and activities before and after school. Look at our Activities page for clubs starting next week and check back often for updates. Click HERE for OMS Activities page

Click HERE for 24 25 Club Listing by Day

OMS families, every school has procedures in place for the safety of our students and to provide the best learning environment for everyone. Each year we check and update our procedures on everything from forgotten lunches to visitors in the building. Please refer to our 2024 2025 Student Planner, our School Information or Families tabs on the OMS Website for everything including:

• Reporting an Absence

• Dropping off forgotten homework, shoes, etc

• Visitors in the building

• Outside/restaurant food

• Sports eligibility

• Lunch money accounts

• So much more!

For students who do not receive bus transportation, families may fill out this form to see if other families near them are interested in arranging a carpool. Anyone who fills the form out will want to check regularly for new additions. Families who use this form will reach out to other parents and guardians on this form to arrange any carpools.

OMS Carpool Interest Form

Please help our OMS carline move smoothly by following the OMS traffic loop. All cars enter the parking lot through the south entrance and exit through the south entrance.

Parents/Guardians may NOT drop kids off in our south parking lot. This creates a safety hazard for staff entering and exiting the parking lot before and after school. Thank you for keeping our community safe!

Bell Schedules & Calendar / Bell/Class Schedules (bluevalleyk12.org)

OMS FAQs: student handbook, lockers, etc.

Building & Traffic Flow Map

OMS Staff Directory

Want to keep up on the latest OMS announcements and information? Check out the NEWS section on the OMS website. NEWS is located under the About Us tab.

Click HERE for OMS NEWS

Attendance Number: 913-239-5505

Mrs. Domoney, Principal: cdomoney@bluevalleyk12.org

Mr. Holsapple, Assistant Principal: jholsapple03@bluevalleyk12.org

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