Pony Express

Thank you to Mr. Everado Martinez, Mr. Rafel Lopez, Ms. Gertrudis Maldonado, Ms. Alda Gonzalez for everything they do to keep our entire campus healthy and clean.

NEW featureed items will be in BOLD

• Mustang News- Episode 5
• Happening This Week- calendar of events and announcements, Flu Clinic, Save the Date
• PTA Meeting-- Monday, October 3rd at 6:00
• Art In Action- Each week we will feature student Art
• Athletics-- Vollyball Playoffs on Thursday, Football Games vs Murchison, Girls Basketball tryouts, Boys Soccer tryouts
  
• Counselor Corner-PreMed Summit at UT, Credit By Exam Deadline, Gifted and Talented Nominations now open
• Fine Arts-- Band News and Updates-- Pictures from Band
  
• Mustang Council- Campus CAC- next meeting Tuesday, October 25th
• PTA News--PTA Meeting-- Monday, October 3rd at 6:00

• From AISD-- Austin High Red Jackets Dance Clinic, Mountain Biking Club

Monday,10/3-A Day1,2,3,ACES, 4

4:00-5:30 UIL Theater Rehearsals Cafe

4:00-5:30 Twilight Grade Recovery and Homework Club Library

6:00 PTA Meeting in Cafeteria

Tuesday, 10/4--B Day 5,6,7, ACES, 8

4:00-5:30 UIL Theater Rehearsals Cafe

7A-6:00 8A-7:30 FB: Murchison vs OHMS House Park

Wednesday, 10/5--A Day---1,2,3,ACES, 4

Support AVID and wear a college shirt

4:00-5:30 Twilight Grade Recovery and Homework Club Library

4:00-5:00 Cheer Practice OHMS

4:00-5:30 UIL Theater Rehearsals Cafe

6:00 pm FB: Murchison vs OHMS 7B-MMS 8B-OHMS

Thursday, 10/6--B Day-5,6,7, ACES, 8

1:30 LASA High School Presentation in Library

4:00-5:30 Twilight Grade Recovery and Homework Club Library

4:00-5:30 UIL Theater Rehearsals Cafe

6:45-8:15 Cheer Practice WAY

Volleyball: 1st Round Div 1 Tournament

7A OHMS vs Bailey at O. Henry MS, 6:00 pm

8A OHMS vs Ann Richards at O. Henry MS, 7:00 pm

Friday, 10/7: C Day-1-8

Early Release at 2:30

Student Council Fun Friday Theme Day--Rock Star Day-- Wear your favorite musical band shirt

SAVE THE DATE

Friday, October 14--No School, Teacher In Service

Income Verification Forms

This coming week Austin ISD will be sending an email to families regarding the Income Verification Form. We would appreciate if you take a few minutes to complete the survey because our campus could get additional funding if you complete the income verification form.

• Austin ISD also uses this information to help determine staffing, technology allocation, and more.

Why it matters: The state and federal governments use this information to help them distribute grants and other forms of funding. If you don’t complete it, your student’s campus could miss out on some of this important funding.

• In addition, your student could get fee waivers for college applications and exams, access to scholarship opportunities, after-school academic enrichment programs and increased health and wellness services.

Volleyball: 1st Round Div 1 Tournament

Thursday, October 6

7A OHMS vs Bailey at O. Henry MS, 6:00 pm

8A OHMS vs Ann Richards at O. Henry MS, 7:00 pm

Football: O. Henry vs Murchison at House Park

Tuesday, October 4

7A at 6:00 pm 8A at 7:30 pm

Wednesday, October 5

7B OHMS at Murchison at 6:00 pm 8B OHMS at O. Henry at 6:00 pm

Girls Basketball Tryouts

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iLvzttbKHHBUtrVUnanmkyjJCKLhDuoUWmGdt2C2rgY/edit?usp=sharing

Girls basketball tryouts start during the athletic period on Monday (10/3) for 7th grade and Tuesday (10/4) for 8th grade. A-Team Volleyball players are invited to tryout after the volleyball season.

Tryouts will be held during the period for two weeks. There will be multiple cuts made. The final A/B cut will be ~18-22 players per grade.

Boys Soccer Tryouts:

Boys Soccer Tryouts will be October 18th and 19th after school. We will have practice leading up to the tryouts on October 5th, 6th, 12th, and 13th. Our first game is the morning of Saturday, November 5th.

Please fill out the google form link below if your student is interested in playing soccer this year.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KdV7Sc3P_9qwITgKZ-KwRV-rJ5iTYJ5FEWiJPEUhjlo/edit

The University of Texas' American Medical Student Association, a pre-medical student organization at UT Austin, is planning to hold the second annual Pre-Med Summit on Saturday February 18, 2023. Please save this date in your calendar! This event is primarily for students interested in going to medical school, but it is open to most any student interested in the biomedical field. As we plan, I will be sending updates with more detailed information, so keep an eye out for them!

AISD offers Credit By Exam (CBE) for students who would like to earn credit for a course they have not yet taken. At this time, if any families are interested in having their child take a test to show mastery of a language, even though they are not currently enrolled in that language, please contact cristina.torres@austinisd.org. The deadline to sign up is Friday, October 7th. We will need to discuss how the test works, fill out a form, and discuss how results affect high school credit and GPA. There is not a middle school language credit. This is only for earning high school credit in advance.

Need to Reach Your Counselor

You can email at ohenry.counselors@austinisd.org

Grading Periods and Progress Reports

Progress 1-- Closes 9/2

Progress 2- Closes 9/23-- student eligibilty check

1st Nine Weeks- closes 10/7-- student eligibilty check on 10/13, lost or gained 10/20

Progress 3- closes 11/4--student eligibilty chek on 11/4, lost or gained 11/11

Progress 4- closes 12/2-student eligibilty chek on 12/2, lost or gained 12/9

2nd Nine Weeks-closes 12/20, lost or gained 1/17

The nomination windows for GT identification will be open from September 19th - October 7th for middle school. This will be the only nomination window for this school year. If you are interested in nominating your child for GT services, please first talk with your child’s teacher(s) and complete the attached form. Please note that signing the form gives permission for your child to be tested and screened for the Austin ISD Gifted and Talented Program. Completed nomination forms can be sent to Casi Cook. (casi.cook@austinisd.org)

Parent/Guardian Observation Form

It's October, and everyone knows what that means: it's almost time for Scare Fair!

We will be holding the Scare (book) Fair from Oct 24th-Oct 31st.

Please visit the Scare Fair page (https://www.scholastic.com/bf/ohenrymiddleschool1) to set up an eWallet, volunteer, preview books, and plan to come to our family night event.

Photo caption: 6th graders Elijah, Hudson, Domenico, and Theo hang out with a new friend

O. HENRY CAMPUS ADVISORY COUNCIL (CAC)-- MUSTANG COUNCIL

Mustang Council meetings are held monthly in the school library and are open to all O. Henry community members. If you would like to speak during an upcoming meeting, please send an email to both co-chairs Paula Cook (paula.cook@austinisd.org) and Suzanne Perez (suzannep@gmail.com) with your name and specific topic of interest at least 14 days prior to the next meeting. You may also submit agenda suggestions, concerns and/or questions via email to the co-chairs which the co-chairs will share during meetings on the behalf of community members.

Our next CAC meeting will be Tuesday, Ocotober 25th from 4:00-5:15. If you are interested in speaking to our CAC using our citizen communication time, please email our CAC Co-chairs Paula Cook at paula.cook@austinisd.org or Suzanne Perez at suzannep@gmail.com.

Meeting Agendas and Meeting Minutes can be found on our campus web page.

Citizen Communications is the first item on the agenda and is time set aside for non-members to make comments to the CAC. The co-chairs may limit the time given to individual speakers and will ensure that the districts "Citizens Communication and Visitor Guidelines" are applied. Under these guidelines, except for requests for clarification, dialogue shall not occur between the speaker and the members. If the CAC is interested in hearing more from a speaker, the speaker may be invited to a future meeting and be placed on the agenda. The CAC may also call a special meeting specifically for the purpose of open-dialogue with non-members but it must be posted for discussion on specific topics.

Learn more about the 2022 AISD Bond! Join us on Monday, October 3rd at 6pm at O. Henry Middle School to hear directly from Lynn Boswell, AISD Trustee for District 5. Learn more about how this bond will support our students, schools and community.

You can visit AISDfuture.com for more information.