OMS The Middle Matters
Wednesday, October 16 is Unity Day. Wear orange to show your support for National Bullying Prevention Day.
Please call the Attendance Line (not the main line) for ALL attendance matters.
It is critical to call in advance when your student needs to leave early. You can even call days ahead or after school hours and leave a message. It is challenging to locate your student and get them to you quickly, especially when they are in lunch, their class has gone outside or to a different room, or they are in PE and need to change before leaving. When you call ahead, we can get a pass to your student earlier in the day, and they will be waiting for you at Door 1 when you arrive.
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!
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.
