April 30 Announcements

From OMMS PTO:  Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up May 6-10.   Please encourage your child to do something special for their teachers on the corresponding days below. It can be a note, a flower, school supplies, etc. Any sentiment will be great! This is just a small way to let our teachers know they are appreciated. 

Monday: ELA
Tuesday: Math
Wednesday: Science
Thursday: Social Studies
Friday/ PE, Special Education and ElectivesFANS (Freshman and New Student) Camp will be August 2, 10:00am until 1:00 pm at Oak Mountain High School. Please register on GoFan: https://gofan.co/app/events/54671

8th grade students:  If you have a change that needs to be made on your course verification form for your freshman course selection, it was DUE on April 19th to the OMMS counselor’s office.  Any forms turned in after, April 25th, will need to be emailed directly to the high school counselors at kathyhenson@shelbyed.org or you can drop them off at Oak Mountain High School Counseling Center.  

8th Grade Parents:  If your student is interested in Show Choir for the 2019-20 school year at Oak Mountain High School, please go to the Oak Mountain Show Choir website at: https://www.omhschoirs.com/  for very important information concerning a meeting and auditions.

Bessemer Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol is holding an Open House for those interested in learning more about our program. It is May 6 from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Bessemer Municipal Airport. We would love to have your students and teachers join us to learn about our aviation, aerospace, leadership, and emergency services opportunities. We also have special opportunities for teachers and offer free STEM kits to teachers!

See the attached flyers for Summer Math tutoring and Math camp dates.

In order for attendance notes to be coded properly, please make sure all notes have the student’s first and last name when submitted.


Booster Meeting THIS Sunday, May 5th! Special guest coach to be announced. Come to find out how to get involved and have a blast with athletics at OMMS! 

SGA candidates are reminded to arrive at room B4 five minutes before your appointed time to record your speech. 

SGA members should plan to arrive at school by 7:05am on Thursday, May 2nd, and meet sponsors under the bus canopy. 

Anyone needing to pay for a yearbook needs to make their purchase/payment by the end of the month while supplies last. $40 payable to OMMS. Include student’s name on payment. Check the list in the cafeteria before attempting to buy a book. Take payment to school office. 

Registration for Art Camp with Mr. Cecil is now open. Camp dates are June 3-7th or June 10-14th from 9-12. Please see Mr. Cecil for registration form. Act soon as space is limited to 15 students per week. Forms can also be downloaded from Mr. Cecil’s blog at https://podcasts.shelbyed.k12.al.us/acecil/2019/04/03/art-camp-2019/

Support OMMS by washing your car at Blue Rain Car Wash. Tell the cashier you want to support the OMMS fundraiser. The code is “OMMS”. Proceeds from car washes and other services at Blue Rain CarWash go to support OMMS. Sponsored by OMMS FBLA. 

Wishing you had ordered some OM socks now that you have seen them? If so, stop by the front office. A limited number of socks are available for sale with Mrs. Whitt. $12 while supplies last. 

All students interviewing for Eagle Ambassadors should stay after school today and meet in D-5. You will have time to change clothes if you like and you can bring a snack to eat if you need one. The ending pickup times are posted outside of D-5. You may finish earlier; this just gives your parents a ballpark time of when you should be picked up. 

Any student who has an overdue book or a fine as of May 7th will not be eligible to attend field day. 

Phase 1 final meeting will be on Monday, May 13th. All Community Connection forms are due then. Pick up will be at 4:00. 

Jazz Band will meet today during advisory in the band room. Please show your pass to your advisory teacher. 

The annual faculty vs. boys basketball team game will take place this Friday! Admission is $2.00 and will be taken up by your 1st period teacher on Friday morning. Concessions will also be available, so make sure to bring extra money. We will be on a pep rally schedule. 

SPORTS NEWS GO EAGLES!!!! 

Track and Field Banquet – May 2, 2019 – 6 to 8 PM 

Also all Track and Field uniforms and money needs to be turned into Ms. Salmon ASAP!!! 

Tryouts for the middle school summer Oak Mountain Middle School girls’ basketball program will be held on May 13th-16th, 6th & 7th graders interested in trying out for the program should contact Coach Noel during their physical education class, additionally, all AHSAA eligibility requirements for basketball must be completed utilizing DragonFly Max (instructions attached on information sheet). The last day to sign up and to have all AHSAA requirements completed in DragonFly Max in order to tryout will be Monday, May 6th. Any questions, contact jnoel@shelbyed.org

Students signed up for Cross Country must have DragonFly Max requirements completed to 100% to be eligible for tryouts. Please email cwood@shelbyed.org with any questions. 

8th grade girls: Interested in trying out for OMHS volleyball? You must have a current physical on the revised 2018 form uploaded to DragonFly. The DragonFly code for OMHS is TGTNMC. You must also fill out the Google form on the OMMS volleyball blog, indicating your intent to tryout. Tryouts are May 6-10. 

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