OMMS SPIRIT WEEK SEPTEMBER 30TH- OCTOBER 3RD! Dress up days are as follows:
TUESDAY- LIGHT UP THE WARRIORS- COSMO/NEON COLORS
WEDNESDAY- “LEI” OUT THE WARRIORS- HAWAIIAN DAY
THURSDAY- SOAR PAST THE WARRIORS- RED/WHITE/BLUE EAGLE DAY; 6th grade- WHITE SGA shirts and/or all WHITE; 7th grade- RED SGA shirts and/or all RED; 8th grade- BLUE SGA shirts and/or all BLUE
Additionally, all advisory classes are invited and highly encouraged to participate in our inaugural SOAR door decorating contest! Throughout the week, advisory teachers and students decorate your door and entry area in any way you wish to incorporate our SOAR theme. On Friday all doors will be judged and the winning class will be awarded with a “free concession Friday” where the students can go to the concession stand and choose 2 items at no charge. More details will be forthcoming, but brainstorming discussions in advisory can go ahead and begin. We hope to make this a fun time for our spirit week!
8th graders-High Flight money is due this Wednesday.
Our Fall book fair will be here October 7th-15th. Students will attend with their ELA classes. If parents or other family and friends would like to purchase a digital gift card for a student please visit https://www.giftfly.com/shop/follett-book-fairs#select-gift-card. Gift cards can be texted or emailed to personal email addresses, student shelbyed.org addresses will not accept. Thank you for your support of our library fundraiser.
7th graders interested in the Washington DC trip (Thursday, February 13 – Monday, February 17, 2020) need to complete the Google Form and turn in your 1st payment to Mrs. Kennedy in D-6 as soon as possible. Email Mrs.Kennedy with any questions at jkennedy@shelbyed.org https://forms.gle/j5BiuBSdgC1g8QsXA https://podcasts.shelbyed.k12.al.us/omms-dctrip/
Debate Team practice will be Thursday, October 3rd, from 3:00-4:00 pm.
JUNA will meet today after school until 4:30pm.
SGA will meet tomorrow morning at 7:20am in A17.
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
Spirit wear store is now open! Store will be open all year and new designs will be added throughout the year – https://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/alabama/birmingham/oak-mountain-middle-school
Make plans to come out to the Battle for the Mountain Faculty Flag Game at Tuesday, October 15th at OMMS. OMMS Faculty vs OMHS Faculty. Food Trucks start at 6pm and game starts at 7pm. Who will be crowned King of the Mountain? OMMS Team – SK Hutchings, Brent Buckner, Cayla Dillard, Ryan Binkley, Mel Hackbarth, Jeff Renfro, Jodie Alaimo, Holley Brown, Chris Wood, Jay McGaughy
Wrestling sign-up sheets are posted on B-, C-, and D-Halls. Everyone interested in wrestling should sign up on one of the posted sheets. Wrestling practice begins Oct. 23. Student-athletes will have two days to try wrestling before committing to the team. Parent meeting is Thursday, Oct. 24 in the cafeteria at 6:00. See Coach McGaughy if you have any questions. All information including eligibility paperwork, schedules and fees are provided on the wrestling webpage https://podcasts.shelbyed.k12.al.us/omms-wrestling/
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 8th: 5:15- 7:15 am, 7th: 3:00-5:15 pm, Saturday: October 5th, 2019 8th: 4:00-6:00 pm, 7th: 6:00-8:00 pm, Sunday: October 6th, 2019 7th: 2:00-4:00 pm, 8th: 4:00-6:00 pm.
Oak Mountain Girls Basketball League is now open. Registration for girls in the 2nd-6th grades is now open through our web site www.omgb.org or by paper copy. Please email Coach Noel if you need a form or have any questions at jnoel@shelbyed.org Early registration cost: $100; after October 30th cost is $125. Evaluation/Placement Date: October 30, 2019 at OMMS 7:00-8:00pm 2nd-4th graders; 8:00-9:00pm 5th-6th graders. Practices will begin November 5th, mainly held on Tuesdays. Our first game will be Saturday, December 7th.
Oak Mountain Middle School baseball tryouts for the 2019-2020 team will be held October 18th, 20th, 26th and 27th. Students who are interested must sign up with Coach Renfro (Room A-18) in order to participate in tryouts. Students must have updated physical and all required information submitted on Dragonfly. If you have any questions contact Coach Renfro (j2renfro@shelbyed.org). Tryout Schedule: Friday, October 18th (3:45-6:00) and Sunday, October 20th (1:30-4:30). A preliminary cut will be made after the first 2 tryout dates. The final round of tryouts will be Saturday, October 26th (9:00-12:00) and Sunday, October 27th (1:30-4:30). All tryouts will be held at Oak Mountain High School.
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