Osprey Family News - Winter 2025

Greetings,

We survived the snow and are settling back into a routine, I hope. Please see some updates to items for the next few weeks.

OVS Picture Day has been rescheduled due to the inclement weather last week. Pictures will no be taken on Monday, March 17th at the Eastern Regional Skills center at 261 NW Corridor Blvd, Jacksonville, NC 28540 from 8:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. No appointment is needed, please call our office if you have any questions.

OVS Commitment Forms for the 2025-26 School Year will be going out via email on January 29th. A paper copy will also be mailed out with report cards on Friday, January 31st. They are due back to our Offices by February 7th. Please keep in mind this is a one year commitment. There is not a hardship process by which you can be released to return to brick-and-mortar after you sign your commitment form. Staffing decisions are based on the numbers we receive through the lottery and our commitments. If you have any questions about this process please call the off or email me at carla.bradshaw@onslow.k12.nc.us.

Take care,

Carla Bradshaw

1/29 - Commitment Forms emailed for the 25-26 School Year.

1/31 - Report Cards Mailed home on revised date due to Snow Closures

2/7 - OVS Commitment Forms for SY 25-26 are due to the OVS Office

2/10 - OCS Magnet School Opportunity Expo at the ERSC 261 NW Corridor Blvd, Jacksonville, NC

4:30-6:30 p.m.

2/12 - "Escape the Nautilus" event at the Onslow County Public Library 2:00 p.m. (Ticket required)

2/24-3/14 - OCS Magnet School Lottery Window Open

2/12 - OCS Early Release Professional Development Day (OVS will release at 11:55 a.m.)

2/17 - President's Day Holiday for students/OCS Teacher Workday

3/6 - End of grading period

3/12 - OCS Early Release Professional Development Day (OVS will release at 11:55 a.m.)

3/13 - Report cards mailed home

3/17 - OCS Teacher Workday, no school for students (Happy St. Patrick's Day)

3/17 - OVS Picture Day: Eastern Regional Skills Center 261 NC Corridor Blvd (8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.)

It's that time of year when the Onslow County Schools Magnet Lottery Window will be opening for new students who would like to attend OVS or any of our other magnet schools. To kick off this event OCS will be hosting a Magnet School Opportunity Expo on Monday, February 10th from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at the Eastern Regional Skills Center located at 261 NW Corridor Blvd. This is a chance for the public to learn about OVS as well as the other magnet schools and unique educational options offered with Onslow County Schools. There will be representatives there from Onslow Virtual School, Northwoods Elementary (Spanish Immersion), Clyde Erwin Elementary (International Focus), and New Bridge Middle School (STEM Focus) as well as the Onslow Early College and Coastal Carolina Community College. Dr. Cameron Custy will be presenting a session explaining the lottery and magnet process for OCS. The Lottery Window for all OCS schools will open on February 24th and close on March 14th. During the window the link for the lottery application will be posted on the Onslow County Schools Website as well as on the Onslow Virtual School Website. If you have any questions you can reach out to our office or email carla.bradshaw@onslow.k12.nc.us. Please share with your friends and community!

Thank you Mrs. Ringham and OVS staff for making this a wonderful experience for our students in the past and we look forward to this year's dance. This event will be held at Sturgeon City on March 22, 2025. Guest approval forms are uploaded on our school website so please complete this form if you plan to bring a guest. The "Escape the Nautilus" event will be on February 12th at the Onslow County Public Library and will start at 2:00 p.m. This is an escape room activity. Tickets must be purchased by this Friday, January 17th at the price of $40.00 in order to attend the escape room activity as well as the prom. Regular prom/dance ticket sales will resume on 1/23/25 at the price of $50.00. Parents and students can call our office with any questions.

OVS Picture Day had to be rescheduled due to the snow days. The new date will be Monday, March, 17th from 8:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Eastern Regional Skills Center at 261 NW Corrido Blvd, Jacksonville, NC 28540. This will be for grades 1st through 11th. No appointment is required and there is no sitting fee.

If you have students currently enrolled with OVS, we would love to have you return as Ospreys for the next school year. We will send out commitment forms for the next school year. We will email these forms January 29th. A paper copy of the commitment form will also go out on Friday, January 31st with the report cards. The forms will be due back, completed and signed, by Friday, February 7th. This is a year-long commitment for the 25-26 school year, please keep this in mind as you make your decision. If you have any questions you can call our office at 910-989-2013 or email me at carla.bradshaw@onslow.k12.nc.us.

OVS Middle and High school classes operate on a 5 period day with each period lasting 75 minutes with 5 minute transitions between classes and a half-hour for lunch. The final 30 minutes of the day is called "Osprey Time", this is a time where students can receive additional instruction or intervention if needed, ask questions privately of their teachers , or participate in clubs and other activities at OVS. Elementary students do not "change classes" between teachers, but each teacher will share a schedule for the students of Reading, Math, Encore times, etc.

Onslow County Schools has six Early Release Professional Development Days built into our school calendar. The days are used to allow for required professional development for staff in the afternoons. On these days school will conclude at 11:55 a.m. and the schedule has been arranged to allow for students who change classes to have the same time in each period. These ERPD dates are as follows: 9/18/24, 10/9/24, 11/20/24, 2/12/25, 3/12/25, and 4/9/25. The schedule above reflects the period times for middle and high. Elementary teachers will share subject times for their classes individually.