OMS The Middle Matters
A very special day for your 6th grade students will happen at Bancroft Bay City Park in Albert Lea on Thursday, October 3rd when we attend the Big Island Rendezvous and Festival.
Special activities are scheduled to reinforce our classroom studies on North American history/geography. There will be performers, a tipi encampment, musket shooting, Native American dance and music, plus French Canadian voyagers. The students will have workshops and demonstrations to spark their interest. The classes will be assigned a host to help them through the day's schedule.
What your child will need:
- Students may bring (not required) their phones to take photos.
- Students may bring (not required) some money for mementoes and other items from traders' row that will be for sale, so some spending money would be appropriate, It is school policy that no knives/weapons may be purchased.
- Students must bring a sack lunch from home or sign up for a school sack lunch
This educational day happens "rain or shine!" The entire day is spent outdoors, Please encourage your child to dress with raincoats and bring umbrellas if it is raining, or if rain is in the forecast. They should also wear long pants and jackets if the weather is cool. They will also be responsible for carrying their lunch in t backpack during the day.
We are excited about a special opportunity at Owatonna Middle School. We are hosting the Courage Retreat workshop for our 7th grade students, which will focus on the value of courage. Youth Frontiers Incorporated of Minneapolis will present the workshop. This non-profit organization has been working with students in grades K-12 for over 20 years providing workshops on important values such as kindness, courage and respect. Their purpose is to build the character of young people, and by doing so they work to improve the climate of schools. OMS has hosted this retreat for 7th graders for a number of years, and we are looking forward to a wonderful opportunity for learning and building school community. This workshop will be held at Owatonna Middle School on October 8 and October 9. The workshop will run from 8:45-2:15 each day. Students will eat lunch here at school just like a normal school day.
We encourage parents and caregivers to talk with their students about the workshop experience once they return home. Thank you for your support of OMS as we strive to build and support exceptional character in our students.
All game tickets and activity passes are sold through Hometown Ticketing. We do NOT accept cash for tickets. We encourage tickets to be pre purchased on this site - https://www.owatonnaactivities.com/ticketing.
Some reminders when you attend games:
K-5 students must be accompanied by an adult 18 & older for ALL events.
Online ticketing is used for all events that require tickets for admission. Tickets can be scanned from your phone or printed and scanned.
Game tickets are available on the site above 1-2 weeks prior to events.
Tickets are non-refundable. Ticket refunds minus the service fee will be provided for CANCELLED games only. No refunds for postponed games.
No cash accepted for game tickets. We can accept credit cards at the gate if you have not pre purchased your tickets.
Individual tickets are $8/adult and $5/student
No re-entry for football games and football games require ticket admission through the entire game.
Reminder emails are sent automatically every Monday morning for overdue books. Please stop by the IMC with your books to either return or renew them. Passing time, before and after school are all great times to get this done. It is a very fast process. Remember: You can check out 2 books which are due 3 weeks from the check out date with a maximum of 3 check outs per book.
You can order school pictures at mylifetouch.com . Use code: EVTC6MZ93
The yearbook staff is working hard on this year’s yearbook. Be sure to remember to order by October 26th before prices go up. Current Price: $31.00 + tax. 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
