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School Picture Day is TOMORROW (October 13). Please make sure that your kiddos wear clothes that do NOT have green in them, as our new photography company uses green screen technology, and anything green will become part of the background.
Remember, there are no forms to send in. You'll be able to see your child's photos, personalize and order photos, all online at this website after picture day! https://shop.jostenspix.com/login
We are ready to see those smiling faces tomorrow!
It's HOMECOMING DAY! Here are the event links for the PHS Homecoming Assembly and PHS Football Game. Go RAMS!
Homecoming Assembly
https://youtu.be/CsNrlJNtPWs
Football Game
https://youtu.be/e8Wog2XiEJU
Parent and Title 1 meeting Thursday night at OGMS gym at 6pm. Come out and learn about some awesome things going on at OGMS. Some refreshments will be available. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
PSD flag football for 1st & 2nd graders is CANCELED tonight. Boys Club football for all 3rd through 6th graders is also CANCELED tonight.
Get ready to bid on some GREAT Dig for the Cure auction items! This year's silent auction is online beginning at 5pm Thursday 9/30 and ending at 9pm on Friday 10/1.
Here's what you need to do:
1) Go to the "Dig for the Cure THINK PINK Facebook page"
2) Like it
3) Check back often to bid on your favorites!
Want a sneak peak at some of the items? Head over to Jill Wessell Gill's Facebook page and scroll through the comments on her auction post.
All proceeds go to the following organizations that are helping breast cancer warriors win their battle!
AMMC's Project Hope
NEA Baptist's HopeCircle
St. Bernard's Imaging Center
The NEA Chapter of the American Cancer Society
The West Clinic
Newsletters will be coming home in backpacks today or tomorrow. Be on the lookout for the blue paper!
Flu vaccine clinics will be held the week of October 11th - 14th in the PSD. Forms went home TODAY with students and are due back by Monday, October 4th. There will be NO intranasal flu mist available. Please make sure to fill out both sides of the forms before returning them. Call your student's school office if you have questions or need additional information.
Did You Know breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women? In 2021, it's estimated that about 30% of newly diagnosed cancers in women will be breast cancer. Join us in the fight against breast cancer. Here are a few of our faculty and staff members who wore their RETRO Dig for the Cure shirts or pink today. Head over to the PSD Facebook page to see even more photos and to post your own!
Show your support - wear pink this week and come out to the 14th Annual Dig for the Cure this Thursday at Doc Paynter Court as your Lady Rams take on their crosstown rivals!
Dig for the Cure is THIS Thursday, September 30th. Starting today we will be posting some "Did You Know?" facts and stats about breast cancer AND our faculty and staff will be wearing RETRO Dig for the Cure shirts or pink this week to bring awareness to breast cancer. We'd love for you to join us in wearing pink too! Comment on one of our posts with your picture and a message of hope for this year's 3 honorees:
April Vanaman Biggs
Amber Vanaman
Julie Lamb Milligan
"The overall death rate from breast cancer decreased by 1% per year from 2013 to 2018. These decreases are thought to be the result of treatment advances and earlier detection through screening." Did You Know the proceeds from Dig for the Cure go to 3 local entities? St. Bernard's Imaging Center, AMMC's Project Hope, and NEA Baptist Hospital's Hope Circle.
#breastcancerawareness
#rampride
#psdrams
#digforthecure
WOW! The Paragould School District received an Emergency Food Pantry Grant in the amount of $20,000 PLUS a $5,000 food credit at the NEA Food Bank! We have a new food pantry on the Junior High/High School campus that is bigger and better than years past and plans are in place to add an additional food pantry to the OGE/OGMS campus so we can serve even more families! We would like to shout THANK YOU to our PHS Community Service Learning class for unloading the food bank truck and organizing the food. What a task!
The first OGMS PTO meeting will be this afternoon at 4:30. We will be electing officers and suggesting ideas for activities this year. The meeting will be via Zoom. If you'd like the Zoom link, please email kcook@paragouldschools.net. If you'd like to be a member of PTO or an officer, this is the time to come! We are eager to have an active PTO this year, and would LOVE to see as many parents as possible.
Mr. Hay's 6th grade science classes investigated cells last week. As a part of their unit in studying the parts of a cell, they looked at human cheek cells, onion cells, privet leaf cells, and amphiuma liver cells under a microscope. #onlytheBESTatOGMS
We are just 10 days out from the 14th Annual Dig for the Cure. We are still in need of items for our online SILENT AUCTION. Please contact Jill Gill at (870) 335-8313 or jgill@paragouldschools.net if you or your business can help us out! All proceeds go to charitable organizations which help in the fight against breast cancer! Don't forget to come out on Thursday, September 30th to support your Lady Rams as they take on our crosstown rivals. GO RAMS!
Due to circumstances beyond our control, picture day for today has been cancelled. We will have to reschedule. So sorry for the inconvenience. As soon as we get it rescheduled, we will let you know.
ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!!
Reminder: OGMS picture day is TOMORROW (Thursday, 9/16). Information about picture day should have come home in backpacks last week.
All students will have their photos made (these are for yearbook). Remember, NO MONEY needs to be sent tomorrow (our new company is doing things a bit differently).
Please remind your kiddo NOT to wear green tomorrow!
Contact your child's homeroom teacher or email spoindexter@paragouldschools.net with questions regarding pictures.
We look forward to seeing smiling faces tomorrow!
Book fair is HERE and going strong! We are social distancing, wearing our masks, and we are SO excited to see kids excited about books! We invite you to check out the virtual book fair and shop online. From the website, you can set up an eWallet account for your child to use in our onsite book fair, or you can shop the full Scholastic books catalog and have items shipped right to your house! Onsite fair ends on Friday, online fair ends on Sunday, Sept. 20.
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=oakgrovemiddleschool2
Attention OGMS parents: Interim report grades, along with ACT Aspire spring test results, and a letter, will be coming home with your child tomorrow. The letter will explain our Parent Teacher Conferences that will be taking place Thursday night. Be looking for their grades and this information tomorrow afternoon in your child’s backpack. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!!
We are excited to announce the 14th Annual Dig for the Cure is Thursday, September 30th. We are honoring April Vanaman Biggs, Amber Vanaman, and Julie Lamb Milligan who have fought or are fighting breast cancer.
Proceeds come from our online silent auction, t-shirt sales, and corporate sponsorships. All proceeds go to AMMC's Project Hope; NEA Baptist Hospital's Hope Circle; and St. Bernard's Imaging Center.
To donate a silent auction item or become a sponsor, contact Jill Gill at (870) 335-8313 or jgill@paragouldschools.net
To buy a t-shirt stop by any PSD school or Central Office and fill out a form - deadline is Monday, Sept. 13th so don't delay!
Wear pink and come out to support your Lady Rams as they take on crosstown rivals, GCT Eagles! Games start at 5pm with 7th grade followed by Junior A then Senior A.
Due to conflicts, the OGMS parent meeting previously scheduled for 6:00 pm this evening will be rescheduled to a later date. We will send out an announcement once the date is set.
We are sorry for any inconvenience this causes.
OGMS will be hosting our annual parent and Title I meeting, with a PTO meeting to follow, tomorrow evening at 6:00 pm in the OGMS gym. Masks are required if you attend in person. If you are unable to make it in person and would like to attend, email kcook@paragouldschools.net for a Zoom invite link. We look forward to SEEING you there!