September 18 Announcements

Academic Partners invites you to their next meeting Thursday, Sept 19 at 8:15 am at OMMS.  Academic Partners is the division of the PTO that supports academic and classroom activities.


7th graders interested in going on the Washington DC trip (Thursday, February 13 – Monday, February 17, 2020) need to complete the Google Form.  https://forms.gle/j5BiuBSdgC1g8QsXA  If you missed the Interest Meeting on August 27th, visit the OMMS DC blog for Guidelines and Tentative Itinerary that we reviewed at the meeting.  https://podcasts.shelbyed.k12.al.us/omms-dctrip/  There are a limited number of spots available and priority is given to the order when we receive the initial deposit.


Debate team tryouts will be held tomorrow, September 19th.  Students should report to B-14 immediately after school.  Parents should pick up at 4:00pm at door #3.


Students interested in trying out for the robotics team must sign up by today.  The sign up form is located on Mrs. Whitehead’s blog.  Students must be signed in under their Google login in order to access the form.  If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Whitehead at swhitehead@shelbyed.org


OMMS PTO is looking for businesses to sponsor our school!  For $250, your company logo will be featured on the OMMS Life Facebook page (which has over 900 followers!) all year long and your company information will be distributed in a school-wide list serve email.  Our partnership allows for extremely targeted advertising to almost 1,100 students and their families!  Please turn in the attached form and your donation to the front office to show your support of OMMS students and teachers!

EAGLE SPORTS NEWS

TOMORROW is ” Black out the Bucs.” Wear all black!  And…Silence Simmons! You’re favorite cheerleader/dance team member will not be able to talk at all on Thursday.  The first teacher to catch them or trick them into talking will be putting whip cream in their faces at the pep rally tomorrow!

Come and support the 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams at their last home game of the season on Monday, September 23rd against Berry! Make a poster for the game and/or dress in school spirit (face paint, red/white/blue clothes) and you will get free admission to the games! 7th grade plays at 5p.m. and 8th grade plays at 6p.m. See you there! 

Any 6th grade girl that is interested in trying out for volleyball next year, please see Coach Gunnels in A-21 by today. 

Girls who want to try-out for basketball need to see Coach Noel & Coach Dillard in the gym.  Try-outs will be October 7-10th. 7th grade from 3-5pm; 8th 5-7th.  

Oak Mountain Middle School boys’ basketball tryouts for the 2019-2020 season will be held October 4-6 at OMMS. If interested, students MUST sign up with Coach Binkley during P.E. In order for students to be able to participate in tryouts, they MUST have an updated physical and all information on Dragonfly updated. If you have any questions please contact Coach Binkley via email @ rbinkley@shelbyed.org. Tryout times are listed below. Please note that students must be at all three tryouts unless otherwise approved by the coaching staff.  Tryouts dates are: Friday: October 4th, 2019 7th:  5:15- 7:15 am, 8th: 3:15-5:30 pm, Saturday: October 5th, 2019 7th: 4:00-6:00 pm, 8th: 6:00-8:00 pm, Sunday: October 6th, 2019 7th: 2:00-4:00 pm, 8th: 4:00-6:00 pm.

Any 7th or 8th grade male or female student interested in being on the 2020 golf team should sign up using the following link: https://forms.gle/U6FrCoq33YoFmQQc8. Students must complete all AHSAA eligibility via DragonFly Max (instructions for DragonFly Max can be found on the OMMS listsrv and in the daily announcements on the OMMS website). Students should be able to score at least a 59 or below on 9 holes to qualify for the golf team.  Deadline to sign up is today!

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