September 10 Announcements | Oak Mountain Middle School Announcements

Please remember absent excuses, including doctor notes and parent notes, must be received within three (3) days of the student’s return to school to be considered excused. Any note received after three (3) days is considered unexcused.

Also, this year Shelby County Board of Education lowered the number of non-doctor documented and court document absences to ten (10) per school year. This number includes all parent note sick, parent note unexcused, and principal permission days. Any days above the 10 not documented by a doctor or a court will be coded as unexcused.
Today is the last day to vote for SGA Representatives. If you can’t vote during a class, please try to use your advisory time to do so. Go to the OMMS SGA blog to vote for your grade level. Election results will be posted on the SGA blog by 5pm today.

All SGA election posters should be removed from hallways by 3pm tomorrow.

If you paid for an SGA class t-shirt and have not yet received it, please go to A-17 during advisory today or tomorrow.

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.

For any student interested in being on the robotics team, there will be an informational meeting tonight at 5:30 pm in the cafeteria. Both parents and students should attend this meeting. We will discuss new changes to the robotics program at this meeting. This program is open to all middle school students. Please enter through the gym door entrance.

Fall pictures are tomorrow!

The signup sheet for Debate Team tryouts is now posted outside Mrs. Taylor’s door, B-14. The last day to sign up is September 13th, and tryouts will be held on September 19th.

Scholars Bowl tryouts for all grades, 6th, 7th, and 8th will be Tuesday, September 17th at 3:00 pm in the media center. Parents should pick up their child outside the B-West doors at 3:45.

Academic Partners and the PTO are excited to announce the first WHAT DO YOU NEED WEDNESDAY sale during lunch on Wednesday, Sept 11. We will be hosting these sales the second Wed of each month to allow students to purchase any school supplies they might have used up or misplaced. The items being offered are listed on the attached flyer. Proceeds will go to fund projects of the PTO. Based on how the sales go in the fall, additional sale dates may be added after the holidays.

First Priority meets tomorrow morning at 7:20 am in the choir room.

Eagle Ambassadors should plan to meet Friday morning 9/13 in D-5 at 7:20 am.

EAGLE SPORTS NEWS

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 7^th: 5:15- 7:15 am, 8th: 3:15-5:30 pm, Saturday: October 5th, 2019 7th: 7:00-9:00 am, 8th: 9:00-11:00 am, Sunday: October 6th, 2019 7th: 2:00-4:00 pm, 8th: 4:00-6:00 pm.

Any 7th or 8th grade 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.