OGMS Newsletter

10.25.2024

Principal's Message

Hello Ockley Families,

We are heading into the final week of Quarter 1, which brings our traditional Fun Day Community Builder and a concerted effort to finish up any missing assignments in classes.

Harvest Festival Fun Day

We will have a Spirit Week capped off with a 3:00-4:00 Harvest Festival on Thursday, 10/31. Our Dress Up days are:

Monday 10/28 90’s Day!
Tuesday 10/29 Dress up as a staff +Staff as students!
Wednesday 10/30 Dress to impress Day!
Thursday 10/31- Black out/ Costume

For safety purposes, Costumes CAN NOT include masks of any kind, simulated weapons or excessive gore.

Quarter 1 Grades

Please support your child to complete any outstanding work. You can review this through ParentVue or reach out to their teachers for assistance. Thank you for partnering with us to help our students FIND their GREATNESS at Ockley Green!

For support with accessing ParentVue, you can reach out to our School Secretary, Ian Palu, ipalu@pps.net.

In Partnership

Julie Rierson

Pronouns: she/her

Principal, Ockley Green Middle School

Lifetouch Pictures & Retakes

School pictures are ready!

To order, log in to your account on mylifetouch.com or create an account using your student's student ID number. All families can also log on and order a FREE Digital SmileSafe card. More about the Smilesafe program here.

Retakes

Retake Picture Day is this Wednesday, October 30th. Students will be called to the Auditorium by grade level.

Lost & Found

At the end of every Quarter, we clean out our Lost & Found and donate any items not reclaimed. We have spread out the items on a table outside of the Cafeteria. Please remind your child to stop by and look for any items that they have lost this year.

Below is a picture of the items for you to review to see if you spy something that might belong to your child.

Trivory

We currently have 287 users on Trivory. We would like to increase this to 400 users by the Winter Break. Trivory provides notifications of Events, specific Days & Locations for Lunch Clubs, PIL Youth Athletics updates, reminders, Resource links and more.

PIL Youth Athletics

Family ID - Jefferson and Roosevelt PIL Youth Athletics

https://www.familyid.com/roosevelt-youth-sports-registration

Fundraisers

Dance Program

Ockley Dancers are participating in the Fun for the Arts. We are currently in 3rd Place and have raised just over 60% of the $3000 goal. Click here to donate and support our Dance Program.

Hello- It’s that time of year again! The Ockley Green Supporters annual holiday wreath sale is open for business.