Daily Archives: December 6, 2019

December 6 Announcements

This week’s Book Olympiad practice is canceled. Our first practice will be Tuesday 12/10 from 3-4 pm in Mrs. Hutchings room C4. Keep reading! 

FCCLA will collect socks for the homeless on our sock tree in the cafeteria through Thursday, December 19.  Donations will benefit Be a Blessing Birmingham, serving the homeless community in Birmingham. Please donate thick, warm socks for men and women – please no slipper socks or novelty socks.  Thank you!

7th Grade Washington DC Students:  Stop by and see Mrs. Kennedy (D-6) for rooming assignments by December 16th.  3rd payment was due November 15th; 4th payment is due December 16th.  Visit the OMMS DC Blog for updates and information. https://podcasts.shelbyed.k12.al.us/omms-dctrip/

The Oak Mountain Middle School Athletic Boosters is once again hosting a Breakfast with Santa.  The event will take place on Saturday, 12/7 from 8-11:30am at OMMS.  It will feature a waffle house breakfast and photos with Santa in his sleigh.  Forms to order tickets are available in the front office, on the parent e-news or you may purchase Saturday morning.  Breakfast is $5 per person or $20 per household.  Photos are $10.  They will be a digital photo from a professional photographer that can be downloaded and used however you wish.  

The Christmas Gala is Friday, 12/6 from 7-10pm.  Gala Tickets and fun tickets will be sold at lunch today and tomorrow.  Gala ticket – $8, Fun Tickets (these will be used for all activities and food) – $1 each.  Pre-ordered tickets were delivered to students yesterday.  FOOD and ACTIVITIES: Sleigh Photos with Friends 5 tickets, Chick-Fil-A nuggets 3 tickets, Pepperoni or Cheese Pizza or Cheesy Bread 2 tickets, Krispy Kreme donuts 2 tickets, Hot Cocoa station 2 tickets, Cake Walk 1 ticket, sELFie Station 1 ticket, and the concession stand will be open 1-3tickets for various beverages and candy.   Fun Tickets will also be sold at the gala for $1.   Gala admission tickets sold at the door will be $10. 

Gala dress should be dressy attire, no jeans or shorts.  Prizes given for best dressed or tacky sweaters.  SGA lead out begins at 8:00pm.  Parents are welcome to attend lead out and a $5 donation is requested to benefit OMMS Athletics.

SGA Leadout starts at 8pm.  Parents are welcome to attend and will enter through the front door around 7:45.  A $5 donation is requested.  

Gala pickup instructions are included on the attached flyer.  Oak Mountain Purivida bracelets are on sale just in time for the holdays! Click the link to view the bracelet and order form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkdTt3CsiTEoc-Bj_2S82H6lS-4vGRrFyoFAO8jDwfaBGWbg/viewform?usp=pp_url

NJHS Members not participating in SGA lead out rehearsal today will have a meeting with Mrs. Gingras on B-hall West.  Attendance is MANDATORY if you are not participating in SGA lead out.  Students who are unable to attend the meeting will need to read the NJHS blog very closely to make sure you will be fulfilling all the requirements to go shopping on Monday.  NJHS members who come to school on Monday, ill prepared will not be permitted to attend the shopping trip.

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!

Academic Partners would like to invite you to our next meeting on Thursday, Dec 12 at 8:15 a.m. where we will be making plans for the Mardi Gras gala in early February.


It’s that time again!  Time for the December “What Do You Need Wednesday Sale” happening next Wednesday, Dec 11 during lunch.  Please see attached listing for items that will be for sale.  Remind your kids to bring their money and avoid that trip to Walmart while supporting our school.

EAGLES SPORTS NEWS

Anyone who wants to try out for the OMMS Track and Field team needs to see Coach Dillard in the gym to sign up. Try-outs are February 5th-6th, 2020. 

Good luck to our wrestling team tonight and tomorrow at the Homewood Christmas Duals at Homewood Middle School.

BSN Sideline store flash sale for December  (flyer attached) http://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/alabama/birmingham/oak-mountain-middle-school  

Reminder: Customers must place their order before December 11th in order to receive their item in hand by December 25th.

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2019-2020 PTO Flyer-Business.pdf70 KB   View Download

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Christmas Gala flyer.jpg128 KB   View Download

Gala Pick Up Instructions (1).pdf774 KB   View Download

Publix Partners School Email Template – Desktop Version.pdf1 MB   View Download

Teen events Dec 19 OMMS (2).docx14 KB   View Download

Thrive Together Flyer.PDF980 KB   View Download

Flash Sale Dec.png333 KB   View Download

whatdoyouneedwed Dec.docx44 KB   View Download