Way to go OCMS Baseball! Our boys won 10-2 over Cedar Shoals!
This past Monday, we held a Community Listening Session at the high school. For those who were not able to attend, we invite you to provide us with your feedback. Please click the link to answer the four questions that were discussed that night:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CMLS2025.
OCMS enjoyed another great end-of-quarter recital from Mrs. Serrian’s 6th & 7th Grade Ukulele classes Wednesday afternoon!
Mrs. Miller’s 7th graders wrapped up their poetry unit with a poetry cafe room transformation. Each student wrote an original poem incorporating the essential elements of poetry. The students shared their poems while enjoying some snacks.
Ms. Ellis’s 8th grade Georgia Studies students worked as detectives to investigate a murder mystery in their room transformation this week. They collaborated with one another and solved the case while also learning how the Leo Frank Case impacted Georgia in the early twentieth century.
Congratulations to Jaliyah Glenn and Brennan Brown who were recognized as representatives of their teams this past basketball season in the Athens Area Middle School Basketball League!
Would you like input on Oglethorpe County Schools?! Just a reminder that our Community Listening Session will be held on Monday, March 10th at 6:30 pm. It will be held in the cafeteria at OCHS.
We value your feedback. ALL parents, staff, grandparents, community members, and middle and high school students are encouraged to come and share what is going well and areas we need to grow.
These community listening sessions, which are held every two years, have brought about many changes due to input we have received from those participating. Some of the changes over the years have included:
*Improving our communication both internally and externally
*Providing facility upgrades, including lights on the softball and baseball fields as well as a new track
*Launching our ASPIRE afterschool program
*Providing dual enrollment opportunities on our high school campus
*Improving campus safety, including the hiring of SROs
Please mark your calendar and plan to attend this important event on Monday, March 10th. LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD as we plan for the future of Oglethorpe County Schools!
Congratulations to these awesome students who were selected by their teachers for the Patriot Pride luncheon for the month of February for being examples of well rounded students in & out of the classroom.
Reminder to 8th Grade Parents,
Rising 9th Grade Parent Night is Thursday night at OCHS at 6:00 in the OCHS cafeteria. At this event, parents will get information needed to help your child decide on pathway courses and preparing for life as an OCHS student. This is for parents AND students.
Ms. Denney's, Mrs. Ballew's, and Ms. Kirk’s class would like to thank everyone who participated in our Candy Gram Fundraiser to help support their Community Based Instructional trips. It also allowed real world experiences with counting money, working on social and communication skills, and an opportunity to work on social studies standards by analyzing different economic systems by comparing how traditional, command, and market economies answer the economic questions of what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce.
You’re invited to join the Cook Center Wednesday, February 19th at 8 pm for Ask a Therapist Live. This webinar is an opportunity to ask a licensed clinical therapist questions about parenting, your child’s well-being, or anything that’s been on your mind. Participation is anonymous and free.
Visit https://cookcenter.info/ATLFeb19 to register today!
Congratulations to the February Rotary Students who were recognized at the Rotary Meeting this morning:
OCES: Jaxon Austin
OCMS: Bessie Kate Musimbi
OCHS: Kaitlyn Watkins
Great job to Ms. Serrian & her 7th/8th Grade Band, her Jazz Band, & the small ensembles that played tonight at OCMS. The concert served as a chance to practice their Large Group Performance Evaluation pieces to be performed in two weeks in front of judges. They sound superior already!
6th graders in Mr. Adams social studies classes learned about Latin America nations and then shared what they learned to their classmates about the food, culture, history, and other interesting facts by “speed learning.”
Our OCMS 8th graders were welcomed at OCHS to a great morning of tours at the high school. They got to see all of the CTAE labs, learn about their pathway choices at the high school for next year, and meet the OCHS Administration and Guidance Counselors. They did a fantastic job making a good first impression and the high schoolers that served as tour guides did a phenomenal job of showing them around! Watching them grow and transition into the high school life is always exciting.
Our OCMS 8th graders were welcomed at OCHS to a great morning of tours at the high school. They got to see all of the CTAE labs, learn about their pathway choices at the high school for next year, and meet the OCHS Administration and Guidance Counselors. They did a fantastic job making a good first impression and the high schoolers that served as tour guides did a phenomenal job of showing them around! Watching them grow and transition into the high school life is always exciting.
Our OCMS 8th graders were welcomed at OCHS to a great morning of tours at the high school. They got to see all of the CTAE labs, learn about their pathway choices at the high school for next year, and meet the OCHS Administration and Guidance Counselors. They did a fantastic job making a good first impression and the high schoolers that served as tour guides did a phenomenal job of showing them around! Watching them grow and transition into the high school life is always exciting.
Mrs. Collins' class wrapped up their research unit by presenting their Animal Research Projects. Special thanks to Cody Tittle (8th grade), Zion Pass (8th grade), Jaden Wilson (8th grade), Coach K, Deputy Kline, Mrs. Sartor, Mr. Freeman, and Mrs. Murphy for being our guest graders!
Congratulations to our OCMS Young Georgia Authors contest winners. These students will now have their written work forwarded for consideration in the RESA Young Georgia Authors Competition.
6th Grader Madeline Holtzleiter
7th Grader Paisley Firster
8th Grader Chas Palmer
Mrs. Byce's 7th graders enjoyed the beautiful day with a lesson outside. They have been studying similar figures and used indirect measurement to find the height of certain objects.
