Congratulations to the middle school who was recognized last Thursday with a visit from State School Superintendent Richard Woods to present the school with the Math Leader Award. This award was presented to the middle school for their outstanding results on the Enhanced Algebra: Concepts and Connections 2023-24 End of Course Test. The Enhanced Algebra course was implemented for the first time in 8th grade last year, and recommended students took the course with teacher, Sandy Cederbaum, for high school credit. The students who took the course last year, now 9th grade students, were allowed to return to the middle school to receive their award. Just as state championship athletic teams get a police escort, the math students also received a police escort to the middle school for their meeting with the state school superintendent, and this outstanding math achievement! 💙❤️
All photo credits to Maurice Freeman!
OCMS said goodbye to another great group of 8th grade soccer players today before taking a well deserved Spring Break. See Facebook for more pics.
Earlier this week, several FCCLA members attended the State Leadership Conference in Columbus, GA where they participated in informational workshops, explored the college and career expo, and were involved in a variety of competitions. Congratulations to all of our competitors for the hard work and dedication they put in outside the classroom to prepare for these competitions.
Molly Graham earned 3rd place inn Creed Speaking.
And Ana Vu won first place in her state competition: Toys That Teach.
Again, we are proud of and want to congratulate these students for representing OCMS so well this week.
The lock-down drill at the middle school is now complete. Thank you for your patience and understanding!
OCMS is currently in a lock-down practice drill. All students and staff are safe–they are just taking the necessary steps to test our new safety system and procedures.
At this time, OCMS students can not check-in or check-out. We will notify parents as soon as the lock-down drill is over.
Beverley Levine
Congratulations to these awesome students who were selected by their teachers for the Patriot Pride luncheon for the month of March for being examples of well rounded students in & out of the classroom.
Our ELL classes celebrated International Food Day. Each student prepared and brought in a food item that represented their home country. We enjoyed a variety of delicious foods like tamales, pupusas, fried rice, gorditas, spring rolls, pound cake, conchas, frutas con crema, and much more. Thank you to the parents for your support in supplying the food.
Congratulations to these 3rd quarter Patriot Reward Card drawing winners! OCMS students earn a PRC Card after each quarter based on parameters related to grades & behavior. All students who receive a PRC card are eligible for the drawings at the end of the quarter.
Please click this link: www.oglethorpe.k12.ga.us/page/human-resources
to view and apply to all open positions in the Oglethorpe County School System!
Our 8th grade Careers and Leadership class has been talking about the importance of being a good leader and working together as a team. This week, they practiced these skills in this cup stacking activity. During several rounds of this activity, they had guidelines to follow like no talking, only the leader could talk, everyone communicating, and coming up with their own strategy. Some groups were more successful than others. During the reflection time, students agreed that it is important to have good leadership qualities and have good communication skills.
Mrs. Blackwell's 8th grade Science class engaged in an electricity lab where they created series and parallel circuits and electromagnets.
The students had to focus on the path of current to ensure that the circuits would work properly. I think we have some future electricians here.
The OCMS Faculty & Staff recently had a competition. Ms. Serrian won the soup category with her Lasagna Soup. Ms. Throne won the chili cook off with her White Chicken Chili. Congrats to these excellent culinary experts!
Come out and support our high school baseball team as they play at UGA's Foley Field on Tuesday night. Admission is free so bring the whole family!
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!
