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ANNOUNCEMENTS 11/18/14 *nothing new to report* 11/17/14 *Congratulations to our cheerleaders for coming in 1st place at the state championship this weekend!!! *The swim team won big this past weekend, as well. Their scores were as follows: Boys: Oakland‐ 89 St. Bernard Academy‐ 47 Oakland‐ 104 Catholic‐ 23 Oakland‐ 99 St. Henry‐ 29 Girls: Oakland‐ 113 Catholic‐ 12 Oakland‐ 98 St. Henry‐ 41 Oakland‐ 104 St. Bernard Academy‐ 32 THEY ARE NOW 4‐0!!! *All drama members are expected to stay after school today. Actors stay until 5:30 and backstage crew stay until 5:00. Please go to the auditorium when they call all remaining students. 11/14/14 *Our Charger swim team winning scores: Boys 110 – 15 and Girls 119 – 6 over LaVergne. 11/13/14 *There is a home swim meet at 5:50pm tonight at OHS and admission is free. 11/12/14 *Spiritwear is now available for purchase online. Please place your orders between now and Nov. 22nd. Your item(s) will be available for pick up during lunch on Dec. 8th. The website is http://stores.inksoft.com/oakland_middle_school *Congratulations to our Charger boys basketball team on their 54 to 36 win last night. *There is NO Beta meeting today. Those who are in a skit will meet Mon., Wed., Th., & Fri. *If you feel that you are being threatened, please call the threat hotline at 615‐904‐6760 x31113. You can leave a message and Officer Dodson will return your call. Please identify the person along with the date and time the incident(s) occurred, as well as exactly what was said. If it was a text, save the text or screen shot it if it was made online. All reports will remain confidential. 11/11/14 *Congratulations to our Charger basketball teams on their wins last night. The boys won 58 to 25 and the girls won 34 to 2. *Congratulations to Mrs. Chumley’s 1st period class for winning the box top competition! We raised $640 for OMS. Please continue to collect box tops from items at home. Our next competition will be in January. Clip and save your box tops for a chance to win a pizza party for your 1st period class. *The OMS Night @ MTSU basketball game will be Nov. 25th. Tickets go on sale Nov. 17th. 11/10/14 *There is a Boys & Girls Club book drive going on until Nov. 21. The top 3 homerooms will get a $25 voucher to the book fair. Those who donate books will be entered in a drawing for other prizes. *All drama peeps need to stay after school today. Backstage crew, you will need to be picked up by 5pm. Actors will stay until 5:30. Please come to the auditorium ONLY when they call for all remaining students. 11/07/14 *The list of Science Olympiad members is posted outside Mrs. Webster’s room. Stay tuned for information as to when the 1st meeting is going to be. Applications are still being taken, so if you are interested, please see Mrs. Webster, Mr. Thweatt, or Mrs. Rigsby. *There will be a basketball jamboree here @ OMS tomorrow, Saturday, November 8th. 11/06/14 *nothing new to report* 11/05/14 *There will be a Beta meeting today from 3:15‐4pm ONLY for those going to the convention. *Reports on Veterans Day are due to Mrs. Edwards this week. Please reference your sources. *Our wrestling team beat Siegel last night 54 to 36 but lost their duel with Blackman. *Progress reports will be going home next Tues., Nov. 11. *You should have received information on the Thanksgiving lunch and the Charger Tree today. 11/03/14 *All actors are to stay today (Monday, November 3rd) until 5pm. There is NO Drama on Thursday, November 6. All current drama club members are expected at the meeting on Monday, November 10th until 5pm. Backstage crew will begin working on the set design and actor will rehearse in the auditorium. As with EVERY drama meeting, stay in your class until they call for all remaining students. *Baseball conditioning starts today, after school, til 4:30. Please meet in the cafeteria when all remaining students are dismissed. They will continue every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, hereafter. *Bowling tryouts will be Nov 6 til 5pm. You will need all athletic forms and an up‐to‐date physical to tryout. The cost is $5. *Conditioning for boys soccer will begin this Thursday, November 6th, between 3:20 and 4:00 PM and continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the same time through the end of the semester. They will meet outside of the library. Be sure to bring shoes suitable for running and clothing appropriate to the weather. All students are welcome to attend. *The navy swim team won over the red swim team 160 to 142. Their first real meet will be Nov. 13th , at home, against LaVergne. 10/31/14 *nothing new to report* 10/30/14 *nothing new to report* 10/29/14 *nothing new to report* 10/28/14 *Today is early dismissal @ 11:15am. *Boys soccer will be holding an interest meeting at 7:30 AM on Friday, October 31st in the library. Any student planning to try out for the team is encouraged to attend. If you are unable to make it, you can get information on the conditioning schedule from Coach Stricklin the next week. 10/27/14 *Drama Club hair and makeup Auditions in Mrs. Spin's room (706) Thursday 10/30 from 3:20‐
4:30. Please make sure your ride is here to pick you up by then. 10/24/14 *REMINDER: There will be another disc golf meeting this afternoon after school in Mr. Kinney’s room 403. Please be sure your ride is here by 5. 10/23/14 *Tonight is the Glow Big or Glow Home dance from 5:30‐8pm. Tickets must be purchased during lunch. They will not be available at the door. Also, remember, dress code must be followed. *Picture day is tomorrow. 10/22/14 *If you earned a Charger card but didn’t receive it, bring your report card (or a copy) to the Renaissance table in the CAFETERIA during lunch. DO NOT GO TO DILLMAN’S ROOM! This Friday will be the last day for this. *Today and tomorrow are the last days to buy a ticket to the dance. They are $5 and are available in the cafeteria during lunch. 10/21/14 * There will be a disc golf interest meeting this Friday after school until 5. Please remind your ride to be here by then. *This Friday is also the last day to bring in donations for the food drive. So far, Rutherford’s class is leading for the 6th graders, Chumley’s is leading for the 7th grade, and Paris’ class for the 8th! 10/20/14 *Drama practice cancelled today due to parent conferences. *Red Ribbon Week is next week, Oct. 27‐31. The themes for each day are as follows: Monday – Twin Day Tuesday – College Day Wednesday – OMS Day Thursday – Red Day Friday – Wacky Tacky Day 10/17/14 * There will be a disc golf interest meeting today after school. If you are unable to stay after today, there will be another one next Friday. *Tickets for the glow dance are being sold during lunch. Glow big or glow home! 10/16/14 *NO OPEN GYM TODAY! *Please support the family of Scott Reed, former SRO, recently diagnosed with ALS. All slushy sales this week will be donated to his family. Please buy a slushy! Thanks! 10/15/14 *There is a Beta meeting today from 3:15‐4pm. Please be sure your ride is here on time. * Tryouts for wrestling are today from 3:15‐5pm. You must have all your paperwork filled out, including an up‐to‐date physical, to try out. The documents can be found on our website on the bottom left of our Athletics page. *Report cards go home tomorrow, Oct. 16. Please be sure you have your library fines and lunch charges paid or you will not be receiving it until you take care of them. *The tennis tournament has been postponed to tomorrow and Friday. Please wish our team good luck if you see them. *The Science Olympiad Club is getting ready to form a new team. If you really like conducting experiments, then we could be looking for you. Applications are in Mrs. Webster’s room, Mr. Thweatt’s room, and Mrs. Rigsby’s room. They are due Thursday, Oct. 23. *School pictures will be Friday, Oct. 24 10/14/14 * Students interested in disc golf, please see Mr. Kinney in room 403. Practices are Fridays after school til 5pm. * Archery practice is today from 3:15‐5pm. * NO DRAMA for the next TWO THURSDAYS. If you have questions, please see Mrs. Spintzyk in room 706. * Congratulations to our cross country team for qualifying for state this weekend. * Good luck to our tennis team as they compete in their tournament tomorrow and Thursday. 10/13/14 *OUR ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE STARTS TODAY! The goal is to have every student bring in at least 3 items. However, if a student brings in 10 or more items, he/she will receive a slushie coupon. The class in each grade that brings in the most items will win a pizza party. The class that brings in the most overall will be deciding the pancake topping and Halloween costume for Officer Dodson. The grade that brings in the most items will have a movie day on the early dismissal day, October 28th. * Golf tryouts have been cancelled for today due to the threat of severe weather this afternoon. They have been rescheduled for this Wednesday, Oct. 15 @ 4:30pm and will be held at Old Fort golf course. You must have an up‐to‐date physical, as well as all your other sports forms filled out, in order to try out. These forms can be found on the bottom left of our Athletics web page. 10/03/14 *Next week, Oct. 6th‐10th, is Fall Break! Have a great one! See you back Monday, Oct. 13th! * Oct. 13‐17 is National School Lunch Week. Each day, we will have something new for the students such as word puzzles, coloring contest and trivia. On Tuesday, October 14th , each student and teacher that eats lunch with us will get their name into a drawing and a prize will be given out to one lucky student and one lucky teacher. It will be a computer generated random drawing. Winners will be announced on Wednesday’s announcements. 10/02/14 * REMINDER: Tryouts for boys basketball will be this afternoon from 3:15‐4:45pm. You must have all your paperwork, including an up‐to‐date physical, to try out. The documents can be found on our website on the bottom left of our Athletics page. * Our box top competition starts this week! The 1st period class that turns in the most box tops wins a pizza party. You can help raise money for Oakland Middle by collecting box tops from items in your pantry at home, such as fruit snacks and cereal. Box tops can be turned in to Mrs. McAlexander in room 611. Our fall competition will end on Wednesday, Oct. 29th. * Open gym begins Oct. 13 and will be open Mon.‐Thur. from 6‐8:30pm. * Tryouts for wrestling will be Wednesday, Oct. 15. You must have all your paperwork, including an up‐to‐date physical, to try out. The documents can be found on our website on the bottom left of our Athletics page or can be picked up from Mr. Brown in room 907. 10/01/14 * Tonight @ 5pm, our Lady Chargers Soccer players play Siegel for the championship at Whitworth Buchanan. The admission is free. Come out and support your Lady Chargers! * Last night, during the Siegel Stomp Out, our Chargers football team won 36‐12 over the Siegel Cavaliers, bringing them to 6 & 2 for the season, having won 5 games in a row. 09/30/14 * Tonight is the Siegel Stomp Out. Students will need to be picked up from the game at Siegel High School football field by 7:15pm. The game begins at 6pm. * Chargers Changing Attitudes (CCA) is looking for members. If you are interested in being involved with an awesome club, come by guidance for an application. You can pick up an application in guidance all this week. It will need to be returned back by October 14th. 09/29/14 * Students who are not going to the Siegel Stomp Out but ordered a t‐shirt, please pick them up during lunch. 09/26/14 * Tryouts for boys basketball will be Oct. 2 from 3:15‐4:45pm. You must have all your paperwork, including an up‐to‐date physical, to try out. The necessary documents can be found on our website on the bottom left of our Athletics page. 09/25/14 * REMINDER: There will be a WRESTLING interest meeting tonight @ 5:30pm in the cafeteria. Students must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. football team won last night against the Blackman Blaze 22‐14, bringing them to 5 & 2. * There will be a food drive here at OMS running from Oct. 13 to 24. Please bring in canned food, boxed pasta, cereal, and peanut butter. 09/24/14 * REMINDER: Anyone interested in trying out for archery tryouts are today right after school, 3:15pm in the cafeteria. You MUST have an up to date physical to tryout. * There is a home football game tonight against Blackman at the OHS football field @ 6 pm. Please come out and support your Charger football team. * REMINDER: There will be a WRESTLING interest meeting tomorrow, Sept. 25th @ 5:30pm in the cafeteria. Students must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 09/23/14 *ATTENTION: Drama members ‐ If you signed up for the backstage job of lights and sound, please stop by room 706 to get your teacher recommendation forms. These forms are due back to Mrs. Spin by Thursday. Also, there is a meeting for ALL Backstage Crew on Thursday until 5pm. Please remain in 7th period until the call all remaining and then please report to room 706. 09/22/14 *REMINDER: OMS Beta members ‐ The mandatory meeting for ALL Beta members is this afternoon from 3:15‐4pm. Elections for officers will be held during this meeting. Please be sure your ride is here on time. 09/19/14 * Congratulations to our tennis team for their outstanding efforts last night. The girls won the 1st 4 out of 5 with their 1st double going into a tiebreaker & the boys won their 1st double 8‐2. * There will be a WRESTLING interest meeting Thursday, Sept 25th @ 5:30pm. Students must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 09/18/14 * If you are already a member of drama club and you have not stopped by room 706 to sign up for backstage jobs, FRIDAY is your deadline to do so. If you do not sign up, you will be placed where people are needed so make it YOUR choice and sign up TODAY!!! 09/17/14 * SWIM IS CANCELLED TODAY! * OMS Beta members‐ The mandatory meeting for ALL BETA MEMBERS has been moved from tomorrow to Monday, September 22nd from 3:15‐4pm. Elections for officers will be held during this meeting. Please be sure your ride is here on time. Also, BETA MEMBERS, please remember to bring individually wrapped bags of candies for your September Service Learning Project to school! You will need to take the bags to Mrs. Hughes in rm 700 in the 7th grade hallway or Mrs. Hopkins in rm 804 in the 8th grade hallway. * Last night, our OMS Chargers football team beat the Christiana 30 to 14, advancing to 4 & 2. We will be hosting Blackman @ home on the OHS football field next Wed., Sept. 24, at 6:00pm. Please come out and support your Chargers football team. 09/16/14 * REMINDER: This is drill week for Rutherford County. Please be aware and prepared. 09/15/14 * Siegel Stomp‐Out forms and payment are due TODAY by 3pm! No exceptions! 09/12/14 * If you need to report anything suspicious or a threat that you see or hear, you may do so anonymously by sending an email to [email protected] or by calling 615‐904‐6760 ext. 31113 * Monday, September 15th, there will be a drama club meeting from 3:20 ‐ 4:00pm for everyone participating in drama in the auditorium. Actors, however, should plan to stay until 5pm. Everyone is to remain in 7th period until they call all remaining students. 09/11/14 * Students, elect you teacher for the dunk tank during the Spring Fling in May. There will be a box in the slushie area before school and during lunch Monday, Sept. 15 & Tuesday, Sept. 16. * The girls soccer team will be playing Siegel on Saturday, Sept. 20 @ 7pm at the Oakland High School football field. It will be a very important game and fun to watch. Admission will be a box of prepackaged, individually wrapped snacks. All proceeds will benefit the Rutherford County Atlas program. 09/10/14 * Audition call backs are posted outside of room 706. Please come by and check the list and grab your script. Call back auditions are tomorrow, Sept. 11, from 3‐5. It is an early release day, so be back to school by 3pm and have your ride pick you up NO LATER than 5pm. * For anyone interested in being a basketball cheerleader, there will be a mandatory parent meeting Monday, Sept. 15@ 5:30pm. * Everyone should have had a chance to look at their progress report and see what their grades are, currently. If you are happy with your grades, keep working hard. If not, talk to your teachers and see what you can do to do better. You still have time before report cards come out to bring your grades up to where you want them to be. * Last night, our OMS Chargers football team beat the Stewarts Creek Falcons 24 to 0, bringing us to 3 and 2. There will be a home game against Christiana next Tuesday night at 6:00pm. Come out and support your Chargers football team. 09/09/14 * Information regarding the Siegel Stomp‐Out, which will be Tuesday, Sept. 30th, was sent home yesterday during 7th period. The cost is $30 and covers food, transportation to the game, ticket into the game, and a SSO t‐shirt. Students will need to be picked up from the game at Siegel High School football field by 7:15pm. Please return completed forms to Ms. Dillman. She will be at the end of the 900 hallway collecting them from 7:30‐7:55am for the rest of this week and Monday of next week. The deadline for turning them in is Monday, Sept 15. If you aren’t planning to participate but would still like a t‐shirt, please turn your order in by this date, as well. All forms MUST be turned in by then, as no extras will be ordered. There will be no exceptions or extensions to this deadline. 09/08/14 * Anyone interested in trying out for archery needs to pick up a tryout packet in room 414. Tryouts will be Wednesday, September 24 @ 3:15pm in the cafeteria. You MUST have an up to date physical to tryout. 09/05/14 * For those who tried out for the swim team: Results are posted outside the library. All new swimmers need to see Coach Brewer today. 09/04/14 * ATTENTION: 7th & 8th graders interested in trying out for the swim team ‐ tryouts are tonight at the OHS pool. Please be there by 4:50 pm. You must have an up‐to‐date physical to try out. * STUDENTS: If you are at school prior to 7:45am, you must go directly to your designated area unless you’re eating breakfast. For those eating breakfast, you need to go as soon as you are done. The 6th graders need to report to the auditorium and the 7th & 8th graders, the gym. * Regarding schedule changes ‐ These were not done at random. The changes that have been made were so that you might achieve your best at the highest level. Your patience and cooperation is greatly appreciated. 09/03/14 * ATTENTION: 6th graders interested in trying out for the swim team ‐ tryouts are tonight at the OHS pool. Please be there by 4:50 pm. You must have an up‐to‐date physical to try out. *Last night, our football team beat Rockvale 22 to 18 making them 2 and 2. Their next game will be away against Stewarts Creek next week. 09/02/14 *nothing new to report* 08/29/14 *Parent portal information and TCAP scores were sent home today. *Any cross country runner that did not pick up their Bruce Gilley 5k items at practice last night, to come pick it up today in Coach Sinor's room (807). 08/28/14 *Congratulations to Sudberry’s class for winning breakfast for the most fundraiser turn‐ins on Monday. *If you still have fundraiser orders/money to turn in, please do so first thing tomorrow morning. Thank you! 08/27/14 * Just a dress code reminder: sleeveless shirts are not allowed. If you wear a sleeveless shirt to school, you will be asked to go to the front office to call someone to bring you a different shirt. You will need to wear a jacket or sweater over your shirt, if you have one with you, until someone arrives. * There is a TO BE NICE box for Renaissance. If you would like to say something nice to a fellow student, write it down and put it in the box. It just may be published in the school paper. It’s located in the main hall on top of the library book return. * On Thurs, Aug 28 @ 7:30am, there will be an Oakland Charger apparel sale at the end of the 900 hall. * Drama auditions will be Sept 8 from 3‐5, open to those who came to the interest meeting. * Any student that qualifies and is interested in joining the OMS Beta Club can go by Mr. Arnold (for 6th graders), Mrs. Hughes (for 7th graders), or Mrs Hopkins (for 8th graders) and pick up an application. Last year’s report card must be with your application in order to determine eligibility. Make sure you return the application and report card to a Beta sponsor by Sept 19th. * There will be a mandatory meeting for all Beta members after school next Thurs, Sept 4th from 3:15 to 4pm. This meeting is for all current members and potential members. The service learning projects and state convention will be discussed. Make sure that your ride is here to pick you up right @ 4, please! * The volleyball team plays tonight at 5:30 against Buchanan and 6:30 against Siegel. The games are at Siegel and will be very good games. We would love to see you there! 08/26/14 * Tomorrow is the last day for our fundraiser. Please be sure to turn everything in tomorrow. 08/25/14 * FCA will begin meeting on Tues, Aug 26 at 7:20 AM in the library. They will regularly meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:20 AM in the library. All are welcome to attend. * There will be a drama club interest meeting right after school TODAY in Ms. Spintzyk’s room 706. Please have your ride pick you up in front of the school @ 4:30. * Swimming tryouts have been rescheduled due to repairs being completed on the pool’s roof. 6th graders will now be trying out on Wed, Sept 3 and 7th & 8th graders will be Thur, Sept 4 at the OHS pool. 08/22/14 * The volleyball team lost to Central last night after 3 great matches but they beat Rockvale in just 2 matches! They have another home game on Monday @ 4:30 vs. Smyrna. * There will be a drama club interest meeting right after school Mon, Aug 25 in room 706. Please have your ride pick you up in front of the school @ 4:30. * Girls soccer has a game tomorrow against Coffee County. * Today is the last day for the book fair. * So far, our school has sold 200 items for the fundraiser. Our goal is to sell 1000 items by Monday. If we meet this goal, Mr. Williamson will ride a girly bike with flares and bells around the whole school. Let’s make this happen. 08/21/14 * Tonight is the first volleyball home game @ 4:30 & 5:30. Please come out and support our Lady Chargers. * Cross country tryouts will be this afternoon. Students need to meet in the cafeteria @ 3:30. You must have a current physical and your other sports paperwork. See Coach Moffett or Coach Sinor for more info. *Thanks to everyone who turned in their stuff for the fundraiser kickoff. Keep up the good work. Help us meet our goal. 08/20/14 * Swimming tryouts for 6th graders will be Tues, 8/26 and for 7th & 8th graders will be Wed, 8/27 @ 5pm at the OHS pool. 08/19/14 *Open house is tonight from 6‐7:30pm. *The book fair will be open during the open house. 08/18/14 * Cross country and tennis tryouts have been cancelled for today. 08/15/14 *nothing new to report* 08/14/14 *nothing new to report* 08/13/14 * Congratulations to our football team on their win last night over LaVergne 22‐6! * Dance team tryouts will be tomorrow, Aug. 14, from 3‐6pm in the auditorium. * Last year’s drama members will have a meeting tomorrow, Aug 14, after school, in room 706. * Tennis team tryouts will be tomorrow, Aug. 14, at 5:30pm at Old Fort Park. You must have all paperwork filled out and your proof of residency in order to try out. * Cross country team tryouts will be Mon., Aug. 18, from 3‐6pm in the auditorium. See Coach Moffett or Coach Sinor for more info. 08/12/14 * Football season passes $15. They are for home games only. See Coach Wells. WELCOME TO THE 2014‐2015 SCHOOL YEAR! LET’S MAKE IT GREAT!