Daily Archives: February 9, 2022

Valentine’s Gala Information

Itā€™s Gala Week!! OMMS Valentines Gala is this Friday, Feb 11th from 7pm – 10pm. Admission tickets and fun tickets are available through myschoolbucks.com.

Please  follow the links at the bottom of this email to purchase tickets.  Admission tickets are $11 and fun tickets are $1 (sold in bundles of 5).  For more information please see attached flyer.

Fun tickets can be used to purchase the following:Pizza: 3 Tickets

Crazy Bread: 4 Tickets

Chick-fil-a: 4 Tickets

Heavenly Donuts: 2 Tickets

Nothing Bundt Cake ā€œmini Bundtlettes:ā€ 3 Tickets

Various Concessions/drinks: 1-3 Tickets

Cake Walk: 2 Tickets

Glow Bracelets: 1 Ticket

Ping Pong, Foosball, Cornhole, & Black Jack are available to play at no cost!   

Please follow the sign-up genius link below if you are available to help.  We need lots of volunteers to make this gala a success.  If you have any questions, please email mrs.ally.madinger@gmail.com

**ATTENTION**PLEASE HELP**We are in need of goodies and sweets for our cake walkā€¦.please consider sending in any type of pre-packaged snack cakes, such as Little Debbies or any type of bagged candies. Please donā€™t send in anything homemade. You may send them with your child to school by February 10th or you can leave in the front office.

Click here to Volunteer

Click here to purchase Gala Entrance Ticket

Click here to purchase Gala Fun Tickets (5)

February 9th Announcements

Candy Grams:  The SGA will sell Candy Grams by grade level this week during advisory on the following days:  8th Grade – Thursday, Feb. 10th.  Send some love to a friend, a teacher, or yourself.  $1 each.  Candy Grams will be delivered during advisory the day after the purchase.

SGA: members are requested to help sort candy grams in A-17 before school tomorrow.

2021-2022 Yearbooks are for sale:  Go to balfour.com/yearbooks and search for Oak Mountain Middle School.  They are $45.

Interested in a Flipgrid Book Club with another Birmingham area school? If so, see Mrs. Howton or Mrs. McCaleb to get more info!

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to the OMMS library Feb 3rd-10th: If you would like to set up an ewallet for your student, please visit https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/parent-how-it-works.html?fairID=5045991 for more information!

OMMS SPORTS

Current 6th and 7th grade girls that want to try out for the 2022 volleyball teams need to complete all requirements found on the OMMS Volleyball Website and sign up in Coach Gunnels’s room A-21. Requirements must be met by March 2nd – NO EXCEPTIONS. Tryouts will be held March 7-10 at OMMS. 

Cheer Tryouts:  Current 6th and 7th grade girls wanting to try out for the 2022-23 cheerleading squad must sign up in Coach Chartrand’s room (D-5) between now and Feb. 11. All candidates must be 100% in Dragonfly by Friday, Mar. 4-NO EXCEPTIONS. Clinic is Tuesday, March 15- Thursday, March 17 (mandatory). Tryouts are Friday, Mar. 18th at OMMS.

Dance Team:  Any 6th-grade or 7th-grade students interested in trying out for Dance Team should come to an interest meeting in the library during advisory on Friday, February 10th.

Help OMMS Boosters With Spirit Attire:  Get ready to fall for our Valentine’s Day FLASH SALE! Right now, take 20% OFF when you use code VDAY to score all your favorite shirts, hoodies and accessories through our Sideline Store. Hurry–sale ends 2/9.  Check us out on social to learn more. Go OAK MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL!  http://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/alabama/birmingham/oak-mountain-middle-school

FROM OMHS:The Oak Mountain Color Run will be on Saturday, March 5th at Oak Mountain State Park. Proceeds from this event will be given to the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB for cancer research. For more information and to register, visit the SGA Color Run website, COLOR RUN 2022 . 

The interest meeting for the 2022-2023 OMHS Visual Ensemble will be held onĀ Thursday, February 24th at 6:00pm in the OMHS Band Room. Anyone interested in trying out for high school Color Guard, Dance Team, or Majorettes, or for middle school Winter Guard or JV Majorettes needs to attend with a parent. Mandatory tryout clinics will be April 4th-6th from 3:30-6:45 and tryouts will be held on Thursday, April 7th beginning at 3:30pm. For more information, please contact Mrs. Sheffield (ksheffield@shelbyed.org) or Mr. Feldman (zfeldman@shelbyed.org).