March 18 Announcements | Oak Mountain Middle School Announcements

Please remember when your student is absent you have three (3) school days from the time that he returns to send in a written excuse. Please also remember to include your student’s full name, written legibly, in order for it to be correctly recorded to your student. If a student needs to be absent and it is known in advance, please turn in a pre-planned absence form 10 days prior to the absence for approval. To help facilitate getting absentee excuses in, we have added lock boxes on the 7th & 8th grade halls. These are secure boxes, close to the students’ core classes, making it easier than ever for the students to get their excuses turned in within the 3-day window. Please encourage your students to locate them and use them.

Changes in bus transportation will only be approved for emergency purposes. Please send in transportation notes, including the reason for the change, 24 hours in advance.

Parents of students who play sports at OMHS, this is the last call for images for our OMMS yearbook page featuring those students who participate at OMHS in sports/clubs. If no photos are submitted for your child’s group they will not have photos in the book. Thank you to those of you who have already submitted information.

Please remember that students are not allowed to dismiss from cars in the morning until 7:00 or until an adult is present at the carpool line.

8th graders are asked to visit the OMMS SGA blog tonight and vote for the 9th grade SGA positions if you didn’t have a chance to vote during school today.

Broadcast applications are due March 22, 2019.

Students it is very important that you not leave your belongings in the hallways. This includes, sports bags, electronic devices, backpacks, etc. Please use your lockers or get permission from a sports coach to leave your bags in their classroom. Items should never be left in the hallway.

Students who placed a yearbook on layaway are reminded your final payment of $20.00 is due by the end of April. Make payable to OMMS, and include student’s name on payment.

Join us at 6:30 PM Thursday March 21st at the North Shelby Library for a meeting about travel to Rome, Athens, and the Greek Isles. Please email questions to fparker@shelbyed.org.

Anyone interested in traveling to Germany & Bavaria in June 2020 email Mrs. Kennedy at jkennedy@shelbyed.org for details.

Phase 1 members will meet after school today to volunteer their time helping our teachers in their classrooms and working throughout the school. We will meet in A-19 and pick up is 4:00 in the front of the school.

Spring pictures will be taken on Thursday, 3/21.

Winterguard tryouts packets are available in room G-8 for students that are interested. Tryouts will be held April 15-18.

Students if you have old soccer gear – cleats, jerseys, socks, etc. please bring to school starting next week for a soccer drive for Cambodian children. There will be an area for collection on the lunchroom stage.

Any student wanting to audition for Show Choir should see Mrs. Graddy for an information sheet.

If you are interested in being on the 2019-2020 yearbook staff, see Mrs. Graham or Mrs. Acton for an application.

All SGA members are reminded to be at the front of the school by 7:00am tomorrow. Please wear your SGA tshirt.

Debate team will meet on both Tuesday and Thursday this week.

Anna P competed in the Alabama Optional State Championship and was a state champion on Vault and Bars. She was 2nd All Around. Congratulations!

SPORTS NEWS GO EAGLES!!!!

Softball needs to be dismissed today at 2:45 to get ready for pictures. Good luck to our softball team in their game today against Bumpus @ OMHS.

Tennis players need to check in for advisory and then dismiss to the gym to change for their match. Good luck to our tennis team in their match against Simmons.

Good luck to our golf team in the HTMS Invitational.

Spring football practices will take place April 29-May 2, May 6-9, and May 13-14. Equipment fitting will take place April 24 during PE classes and all student-athletes participating in spring football are required to attend equipment fitting. The deadline to sign up for spring football is April 10 which includes completing all AHSAA requirements on DragonFly Max. There will be a mandatory for participation parent meeting on Thursday, April 11th at 5:30pm in the cafeteria.

7th Grade https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mSLE-re20qJy6Lx2m0_f4uw9MiFNaR4klDvk7vVzXfQ/viewform?edit_requested=true

8th Grade https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1p9e7ipibDXf4Z_H-odNDwckWuLY_FAlUh4qlWdzXVPM/viewform?edit_requested=true

If your student-athlete is planning on participating in spring football, you will need to complete AHSAA eligibility requirements via DragonFly Max. All physicals must be on the Revised 2018 Form 5 (attached on parent e-news and OMMS website under announcements) as the 2013 Form expires in April. Also, when completing DragonFly Max, do not click ‘My School Will Complete This Requirement’. If your student-athlete is in 6th grade, you will select 7th Grade Football and if your student-athlete is in 7th grade, you will select 8th Grade Football. Please contact Jay McGaughy, Football AD, at jmcgaughy@shelbyed.org if you have any questions.