The OMS Community Newsletter

The OMS Student Council is running a food drive. The bulletin board in the lobby displays the number of items donated so far. Students have until Monday, November 18th to donate. More information about the food drive can be found in the newsletter.

• Wednesday, November 20th - 6A Field Trip
• Thursday, November 21st - 6C Field Trip
• Friday, November 22nd - 6B Field Trip
• Wednesday, November 27th - Spirit Day! and Early Release Day (11:32am dismissal)
• Thursday, November 28th - Friday, November 29th - No School, Happy Thanksgiving!
• Friday, December 6th - Trimester 1 Ends
• Saturday, December 7th - OMS PTSO Craft & Vendor Fair (10am-2pm)
• Monday, December 9th - Trimester 2 Begins
• Thursday, December 12th - Early Release Day (11:32am dismissal)
• December 23 - January 1 - No School (Winter Vacation)

As part of our school's PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports) program, five students on each team are recognized as Students of the Month for demonstrating traits of readiness, responsibility, and respect. Each winner receives a certificate and a golden ticket (worth 5 tickets) which they can redeem for a prize on Ticket Tuesdays.

Congratulations to all of our October Students of the Month!

Stoughton High School Theater presents Hadestown Teen Edition this weekend. We have some OMS students participating in this production as members of the cast and crew (pictured above). Break a leg!

If you want to see one of the performances, you can purchase tickets here.

"In October, all Team 8B Civics students participated in the annual Patriot's Pen Essay contest. The contest encourages young minds to examine America’s history, along with their own experiences in modern American society, by drafting a 300- to 400-word essay, expressing their views based on a patriotic theme chosen by the VFW Commander-in-Chief.

Discussing the importance of living in America and the sacrifices our Armed Forces make to protect our democracy, rights, and freedoms-students were inspired to write their essay on this year’s theme, “My Voice in America's Democracy?"

I am very proud of my students for writing such beautiful entries, which were all submitted to the 2024 Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest via the Stoughton VFW, Post 1645. The 2024 Patriot’s Pen winners are Safiya Griffiths (1st), Kaitlyn Mitchell (2nd), and Isabella Carrara (3rd).

Mr. Michael Pazyra presented prizes to the winners at the O’Donnell Middle School on November 12, 2024. Mrs. Valair also collaborated with the Stoughton Veterans Agent to have the winners read their essays at the annual Veterans Day ceremonies in Stoughton on Monday, November 11th."

-Mrs. Valair

The Federation for Children with Special Needs will be presenting "Basic Rights: Evaluation & Eligibility" to SEPAC next Thursday at SHS. Attendees must pre-register if they wish to attend virtually and/or receive the presentation handouts. Here's the REGISTRATION LINK.

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.

There's still time to donate! Monday, November 18th is the last day to donate to the food drive. Thank you to everyone who has already donated!

The OMS Student Council is running an annual Stoughton Food Pantry Food Drive. This year, we are going to have a competition between period 1 classes and grade levels...who will donate the most items? The Period 1 class with the most donations will win a prize sponsored by the Student Council!

Stoughton Public Library Programs

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

Missed a newsletter? Click the link below to review a previous newsletter.

Week of 10/28 - 11/1

Week of 10/21 - 10/25

Week of 10/15 - 10/18

Week of 10/7 - 10/11

Week of 9/30 - 10/4

Week of 9/23 - 9/27

Week of 9/16 - 9/20

Week of 9/9 - 9/13

Week of 9/3 - 9/6

Back to School Edition Part 2

Back to School Edition Part 1