The OMS Community Newsletter

The February bulletin board for our main lobby was created by Ms. Oliveira (Grade 7 STEM teacher)

Dear OMS Community,

This week, we celebrated National School Counselor Appreciation Week! We are so thankful for our school counselors and school adjustment counselors. They support our students daily and work with teachers and families to provide our students with the best support. We have been celebrating our counselors throughout the week with breakfast and some sweet treats!

Thank you to our School Counselors: Mr. Cronin (Grade 6), Ms. Brookshire (Grade 7), and Ms. Mendes (Grade 8).

Thank you to our School Adjustment Counselors: Mr. Anderson, Mrs. Cusack, and Mrs. Blaney.

We appreciate you!

Also in our newsletter, check out some of the ways we have been celebrating Black History Month here at OMS.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Crowley

To celebrate Black History Month this February, the OMS Student Council organized a school-wide door decorating contest to honor individuals, groups, and organizations who have helped pave the way for equality and diversity in America. Each homeroom was assigned an individual/group and a brief summary of their accomplishments/ achievements. Using the information provided, and any additional research students wish to complete, homerooms planned out a design for their door. All classrooms and staff rooms/offices were encouraged to participate. Doors were judged on the criteria of creativity, neatness, and historical information provided. All designs went up on the classroom doors on Friday, February 2nd and the winners were announced on Monday, February 5th.

The winning doors were...

Grade 6 - Ms. M. Donovan's homeroom

Grade 7 - Ms. Santiago's homeroom

Grade 8 - Ms. Bailey's homeroom

Staff door (no homeroom) - Main Office

Check out pictures of the winning doors below along with the students who contributed to the design and creation of the doors!

Grade 6 - Ms. Donovan's homeroom and their door of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Each puzzle piece includes a quotation and the designs at the top of the door include historical information.

Grade 7 - Ms. Santiago's homeroom and their door of Pirri Thomas

Each hand-drawn poster included hand-written historical information about Pirri Thomas.

Grade 8 - Ms. Bailey's homeroom and their door of Muhammad Ali.

Historical information can be found with each of the boxing gloves and the boxing ring students created was three dimensional!

The administrative assistants created the main office's door of the Little Rock Nine.

Check out some of the pictures below to see some of the other doors throughout the school!

Valentine grams will be sold at lunch on Monday 2/12:

• Individual wooden roses: $1
• Bouquet of 6 wooden roses: $6
• Stuffed animal: $2

You can also order Valentine grams for your students using this google form. Payment must be made using venmo (details in form). Valentine Gram Google Form

As a reminder, perfumes, colognes, and sprays are not allowed in school. These sprays can affect people's ability to breathe in school and can cause serious health concerns. All sprays should be left at home. If a student is concerned about body odor in school, stick deodorant and lotion are allowed in school. Please see the email sent on February 6th for more information.

Some of our OMS students auditioned to attend the Jr. Southeastern Massachusetts School Bandmasters Association Festival. Congratulations to all the students who auditioned as they put in many practice hours for their audition. SEMSBA is open to all School Districts in Southeastern Massachusetts.

The following OMS 8th Grade students will perform at the Jr. SEMSBA Festival:

Kuba Baburski Gr. 8 - Soprano - Mixed Chorus

Logan Fitzgerald Gr. 8 - Baritone - Mixed Chorus

Sydney Heller Gr 8 - Soprano - Mixed Chorus

Lily Puliafico Gr 8 - Alto - Mixed Chorus

Jackson Gosule Gr 8 - Trombone - Band

Jason Ikonitskiy Gr 8 - Snare Drum - Orchestra

Xaven Studer Gr 8 - Bb Clarinet - Band

Jakob Tran Gr 8 - Trombone - Band

The Festival will be held May 3-4th 2024 in Braintree Massachusetts. (For more information on SEMSBA and the Junior Festival place, times, and ticketing please go to https://www.semsbama.org/)

We held a lockdown drill in coordination with our School Resource Officer and Stoughton PD on February 7th. A lockdown would be called in the event there was an immediate threat to the building. Drills allow us to practice our response in the building. For today's drill, staff and students practiced their initial reaction to an emergency. They were provided with a fake scenario and teachers discussed response options with the class based on the information given. Students and staff did a great job during this drill.

As part of our district's school safety plan, we conduct safety drills throughout the school year. More information regarding the district's approach to school safety can be found below.

Click on the PDF below for the Stoughton Public Library's February events:

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1-19-24 Newsletter

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