The OMS Community Newsletter

• Tuesday, November 5th - No School (Election Day)
• Monday, November 11th - No School (Veteran's Day)

More fantastic news about Stoughton Marching Black Knights! This past weekend, our marching band performed in two competitions. Saturday was with USBands in Dartmouth, MA. We won with a score of 85.3! On Sunday, we participated in a MICCA competition and won GOLD with 5 out of 5 stars!!

We are so proud of our winning marching band! We hope you join us as we end our final weekend with 1 event and 2 competitions!

Friday, October 25th, 2024

6 PM - 9 PM SHS Marching Band performs during halftime.

Saturday, October 26th, 2024

POPS is hosting USBands 2024 Massachusetts and Rhode Island State Championships at Stoughton High School!! Doors open at noon. Featuring food trucks, concessions, swag table, and entertainment.

• 1 PM Session I competition.

• 6 PM Session II competition.

• 8:05 PM Stoughton Marching Black Knights performance

• 8:35 PM Awards

Sunday, October 27th, 2024

MICCA Championship Finals at Veterans Memorial Stadium, Quincy, MA. Our final performance and competition of the 2024 season.

OMS students in the marching band and color guard are pictured below.

If your child will be absent from school, please call the absent line at 781-344-7002 and press 1

OR send an email to omsabsence@stoughtonschools.org. As a reminder, students are responsible for making up work they missed when they were absent.

We can excuse an absence if a doctor's note is provided. You can do one of the following:

• Drop the note off at the OMS main office.

• Email the note to the school nurse.

• Give the note to your child and have them drop it off at the main office when they get to school in the morning. (*Note: Check with your child to make sure they turned the note in. If there is no change in the attendance coding after a week, call the main office to check if it was dropped off.)

• Fax the note to the OMS clinic 781-344-4065

Please allow up to a week for the unexcused absence to be updated in our system to excused.

You can find more information by reading the OMS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document on our OMS website under "Resources for Families and Students."

The OMS Student Council has planned a Halloween Spirit Day next Thursday, October 31st. Students can wear a costume to school or they are encouraged to wear black and orange if they do not have a costume. Please remember, all costumes must follow school dress code expectations (page 26 of the handbook):

• School appropriate clothing. Examples of inappropriate include: any clothing that displays violence, substances, alcohol, and/or any explicit or offensive messaging; clothing that is excessively revealing and/or undergarments showing
• Students must be able to be immediately identified. The following are not allowed: sunglasses, hats, hoods, or other head coverings (except for medical or religious reasons). This would also include no masks (except for medical reasons) and no face paint.
• Students must not wear anything that would interfere with school safety. Students should not have blankets. Students should leave props or fake weapons that may be part of their costume at home.

Winter sports registration is now open! The deadline to register is November 29th.

We will be offering the following middle school winter sports:

• Girls Basketball
• Boys Basketball
• Co-Ed Wrestling

We will also have an OMS Dance Team that will perform at home basketball games.

Students interested in participating in winter sports or dance team will need to register through Family ID, have a physical on file in the OMS clinic, complete IMPACT concussion testing, and meet eligibility requirements (see pages 12-13 of the handbook). As a reminder, these activities are open to eligible students in Grades 7 & 8. If there are not enough students to make a team, these activities will open up to eligible students in Grade 6.

There will be try-outs for basketball and auditions for dance team.

Here is some important information about our school. Please visit the OMS website for more information, including the most up-to-date school calendar.

Website: oms.stoughtonschools.org
Location: 211 Cushing Street, Stoughton, MA, USA
Phone: 781-344-7002
Facebook: facebook.com/stoughtonpublicschools

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