We got to see and talk to some of our students today through a zoom meeting. Thank you Mrs. Johnson for hosting and inviting some students and staff. It was great seeing all of you and hearing what you are doing. Stay safe and healthy!
AMI days 11-20 information. We are trying to figure out if students have electronic capabilities from home or if they will need paper copies. If you have not been contacted by phone, text or email by your childs homeroom teacher, please contact the school by phone or email.
If you want something additional for your children to work on this week, or are curious about the Arkansas AMI program that is being sponsored by Arkansas PBS, check out this website: https://www.myarkansaspbs.org/arkansasami
Hey OGMS parents! Let's document this unique time in history in our OGMS yearbook! If you have pictures of your middle school students doing AMI work, reading, playing outside, etc. during this time of COVID-19 school closing, please email those photos (OGMS students only, please) to kcook@paragouldschools.net, and we will try to include them in this year's yearbook!
Get EPIC! Books remote access for home for FREE until June 30. Email kcook@paragouldschools.net with your name, your child's name, and the email address you'd like to use, and Mrs. K. Cook will get you set up to read EPIC books for FREE at home!
OGMS AMI Days 6-10. If you need or want a paper copy, you may pick one up in the OGMS lobby or when you pick up food at OGMS. Wishing everyone a marvelous Monday! Only the BEST at OGMS!
Hope everyone had a great spring break considering all the things going on. Don’t forget our feeding program starts back up tomorrow with lunch and breakfast in a grab and go bag. They added Baldwin location so be sure to check out the location closest to you. We truly miss the kids in the halls at OGMS! ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
Due to Governor Hutchinson's announcement that all schools will be closed until April 17, OGMS boys basketball tryouts scheduled for April 6, 7, 13, and 14, and OGMS girls basketball tryouts scheduled for April 13 and 14 will be postponed until further notice.
Don’t forget we are feeding the kids today! Come on out to any of these locations to pick up some breakfast and lunch for any student ages 1-18.
Paragould School District feeding program for March 16-20.
OGMS will be closed March 16-27. See update.
Spring picture day is Wednesday at OGMS. If you are new to the district or want spring pictures, make sure you get a form and send money on Wednesday. These were handed out to students. Call the school if you have questions. Only the BEST at OGMS!
Do you have the App? Get all the latest news and updates from Paragould School District by downloading the Paragould App. If you are having difficulties getting it, be sure to call your child’s school and ask for help.
OGMS February Students of the Month! These students were chosen from their homeroom teachers for exhibiting the RAMS characteristics of Responsible, Accountable, Masterful and Safe. Congratulations!! Only the BEST at OGMS!!
Friendly reminder: Family game night is still on tonight at OGMS from 5-6. Bring the family out for some fun and excitement! Only the BEST at OGMS!
Join us Monday night for our second annual Family Game Night!
No school tomorrow. Paragould School District will be off in observance of Presidents Day. Enjoy the day off and we will see everyone on Tuesday.
OGMS wishes everyone Happy Valentines Day on Friday. However, OGMS will only accept deliveries between 1-2 pm. Students can not take large balloons or glass vases on buses. OGMS is not responsible for lost or damaged orders. Please refrain from sending deliveries to the school.
Just a reminder that 5th Grade Muffins with Moms is TOMORROW morning from 7:30 am to 8:00 am. Come join us for a muffin, coffee, and time with your kiddo! 6th Grade Muffins with Moms is Friday. Shop the book fair while you're here!
ALL STUDENTS ARE FINE. A note was investigated at Oak Grove Middle School and taken care of by the administration at the school. The school is not on lockdown. All students are fine and are in class as normal.
After school tutoring at OGMS is cancelled. Kids that typically ride buses home on Friday will be riding buses home today.
OGMS archers competed in the regional archery tournament today held in Cave City. This is something near and dear to my heart and I love the fact that we have students that try this new sport every year. They were all successful today because they competed. Way to go OGMS Archers! Only the BEST at OGMS!
OGMS 6th grade students had a great time today getting close and personal with an American alligator. Our SRO Officer Pace got real close. ARKANSAS game and Fish did a fantastic job talking about Arkansas wildlife and showing students some furs. Only the BEST at OGMS!
5th grade students at OGMS are practicing debate in preparation for their argumentative writing assignment in language arts classes. #onlytheBESTatOGMS
Shop the spring book fair, set up an eWallet and more from this website! Thank you for supporting the OGMS library! https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=oakgrovemiddleschool4
Due to parent teacher conferences tonight from 4-7, there will be no after school tutoring. Hope to see everyone at conferences. Only the Best at OGMS!
Just a friendly reminder that Parent Teacher Conferences are tomorrow from 4-7. Book fair also starts tomorrow so you can shop before or after conference. Come out and see us. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!!
Book Fair is coming February 6! Shop online, set up an eWallet, and get more information from the book fair website!
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/oakgrovemiddleschool4
Congratulations to all our 6th grade students for all their hard work on their science fair projects. Thanks to the students, parents, teachers and judges that made this night a success! Only the BEST at OGMS!
Great time tonight at OGMS science fair and Family Fun Night. Special thanks to our high school students for coming out and helping. Only the BEST at OGMS!
Don’t forget to join us for the 6th grade science fair and family science night this evening from 6 to 7!
Congratulations to the chess team for placing first in the regional tournament! #onlytheBEST
#OGMSRams
OGMS science fair and Family Science Night is Thursday night starting at 6:00. Come out and see some wonderful projects from our students and experience some thrilling hands-on science experiments with the family. All takes place in OGMS gym from 6-7 Thursday night. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
Join us in celebrating The Great Kindness Challenge!
After school tutoring starts tomorrow at OGMS. If your child is taking part in this, they can either be picked up in car line at 4:30 or ride a bus home. If they ride a bus, they should be home between 4:45-5:30. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
So proud of the OGMS Polar Plungers that took the swim today for a great cause. We raised over $1,100 to help Area 1 Special Olympics. Great day, great cause, great kids and a little on the cold side. Thanks to all that donated and plunged. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
OGMS celebrated the 100th day of school in math and engineering fashion in Mrs Bateman’s class. Students counted out 100 M&Ms and graphed their results. They also built structures with 100 marshmallows and toothpicks.
OGMS After School tutoring program starts back up Monday, January 27th. We still have 10 spots available. If you would like your son/daughter to participate, please call the school at 240-2241.
Parents, this is just a reminder that there is NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 20, as we observe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We hope your kids enjoy the three day weekend! Be safe!
A great week of celebration at OGMS so far and it continues the next two days. Pep rally yesterday. ACT Aspire Science celebration today with extra recess for those that scored above benchmark. Thursday is Perfect attendance, Honor Roll and Principal rewards. Friday is Accelerated Reader celebration. Making sure all OGMS students are hitting or striving for high educational outcomes. Only the Best at OGMS!
Congratulations to OGMS for winning the Exxon Education Award of Excellence. OGMS was presented a $500 check to help continue the legacy of “A-ha”education moments. Only the Best at OGMS!!
This is a reminder that the OGMS After School Program will not begin until Monday, January 27. Keep an eye out on Facebook for further updates, or sign up for email reminders by emailing kcook@paragouldschools.net
OGMS 2nd 9 weeks awards assemblies will be Thursday. 5th grade assembly at 12:30 followed by 6th grade assembly at 1:45.
OGMS will begin the after-school tutoring program on Monday, January 27. More information may be coming home with individual students before January 27. If you are interested in enrolling your child in after-school tutoring, please contact your child's homeroom teacher.
All during the month of December we have encouraged our students to be at school and have excellent behavior. Thanks to generous donation, today we rewarded some of our students for achieving theses goals. Great things are always happening at OGMS. Only the Best at OGMS!
OGMS choir students performed some Christmas songs today for some very special people at Sunshine Manor. Great job Mrs Hamilton and the OGMS choir students. Thank you Sunshine Manor and residents for allowing us to come out today. Only the BEST at OGMS!
Congratulations to our Spelling Bee winners! These students compete in the county Bee after Christmas. #OGMSRams #onlytheBESTatOGMS
Edulastic assessment celebration today with some extra outside time. We are so proud of all these students for doing their best and achieving the goal we established. Beautiful Day, Achieving Success, and ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
Students work hard in after-school tutoring! #onlytheBESTatOGMS
OGMS would like to wish everyone a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving! Keep enjoying your break!
Our Hungry Hippo BAM event that took place Friday was a huge success. So proud of all our OGMS students that fit the BAM criteria and earned this reward. There was a lot of bumping along the way and two teams came out victorious! Way to go teams!! ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
Congratulations to our November students of the month. These students fit the criteria of being outstanding RAMS in each homeroom. Proud of all our OGMS students. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
Congratulations, Mr. David Hay! We are proud of you and your positive impact at OGMS.
#onlytheBESTatOGMS
Every month students from OGMS ALP program go over and help serve lunch at Mission Outreach. The girls help serve while the boys wash dishes. Today they served over 100 people. So proud of what Mission Outreach does in our community and very proud of our students for helping. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
PIE with Books! Book club just celebrated the end of our November book club. The Losers Club by Andrew Clements is a great read!
There will be NO after school tutoring on Tuesday, November 19th, due to bus driver workshop. We will have tutoring Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Mid 2nd 9-weeks Parent Teacher Conferences are Thursday night from 4-7. After school tutoring will NOT take place Thursday due to the conferences. We hope to see you Thursday night.
ONLY THE BESY AT OGMS!
All after school tutoring and basketball practices have been cancelled for this afternoon.
OGMS PTO would like to invite OGMS parents and family to our November PTO meeting this evening. The meeting begins at 5:00 pm in the OGMS parent center. If you'd like a copy of the agenda, please email kcook@paragouldschools.net
OGMS volleyball girls had a blast at the ASU volleyball game last night. They were announced before the game, gave high fives to the ASU coach and players, helped shag balls, met Howl the mascot, and 4 students were chosen to play the game during a break. It was a great night! ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
OGMS Student of the Month assembly for October was this last week. Here are the winning students that were chosen from each homeroom. These students know what it means to meet the RAMS criteria. So proud of each and every one and I hope they display their yard sign with RAM PRIDE! ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
The EAST sponsored Trunk or Treat that was scheduled this afternoon at Reynolds has been cancelled due to weather. Hope everyone has a safe weekend.
Paragould School District will NOT be in session tomorrow. This will be our mini fall break. Hope you all have a great 3 day weekend. We hope to see all the students back here on Monday. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
Quick reminder about the Monster Mash. Dance starts at 6 and ends at 8. ALL Students get dropped off behind gym. Parents are not allowed inside unless they have prior approval to help chaperone. You must have a pink car tag to pick up students. 5th grade will be picked up in the front while 6th grade will be picked up in the back of gym. All of this is for safety reasons. Have a great night!
Quick reminder about the Monster Mash. Dance starts at 6 and ends at 8. ALL Students get dropped off behind gym. Parents are not allowed inside unless they have prior approval to help chaperone. You must have a pink car tag to pick up students. 5th grade will be picked up in the front while 6th grade will be picked up in the back of gym. All of this is for safety reasons. Have a great night!
Oak Grove Middle School will NOT have After School Tutoring on October 24th or October 31st. Monster Mash BAM event is on the 24th from 6-8. Please follow guidelines on drop off and pick up. These are being sent home today with students that are eligible to attend the dance. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
OGMS students that were on Principals List or Honor Roll got an extra treat this afternoon. “Hot Dog, You are on a roll” festivities took place this afternoon for the 279 OGMS students that received these awards. They got a snack and some extra outdoor time. So proud of all our students. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
Great day of celebrating major accomplishments at OGMS today. Students that received Perfect Attendance were treated to Pancakes with Principals and Pace. We had over 170 students that got to eat due to not missing any days the first 9 weeks. Way to go OGMS students.
Red Ribbon Week at OGMS. Today was hat day with special presentation on diversity. The focus was to accept people, be nice and make friends. We were treated with some special dancing students. These students have Marshallese roots and showed us some dance moves from their culture. They were wonderful and our kids loved watching them. Paragould school district is made up of 19 Native languages and OGMS has 11 of them on our campus. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS! Tuesday is camo day!
Today at OGMS we rewarded all our Accelerated Readers. We are so proud of all their reading accomplishments and look forward to seeing how many books and words they read this year. Special thanks to Officer Pace, Mr Matt and Mrs Kathy Cook for helping out. Snow cones for Readers!!
OGMS had a great First 9 weeks awards assembly this week. Hard to believe it went by so fast! Here are some photos of the 5th and 6th grade flutophone players from Mrs Hamilton’s music class. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
Don’t forget about the flu clinic on Monday. If you haven’t gotten flu clinic forms in, now is the time!
Way to go Mark Passmore Jr (Buster)! Mark is a 5th grader at OGMS and recently won all these ribbons at the Arkansas State Fair! His pumpkin weighed almost 500 pounds! Way to go!! ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!!
OGMS had a lot of school spirit today at the Mini Pep Rally! Thank you to the band, cheerleaders and dance team! Best of luck to all our sports teams as this is homecoming week! ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!!
Come out and support OGMS volleyball tonight at their last home game. They will be taking on Hoxie with games starting at 6:00. Hope to see you soon! Only the Best at OGMS!
More photos from yesterday's hair cut session. Thanks again to Alexis Dearing and Carrie Carle of Lucille's Generations Salon for their time and talent. These kids are proud of their new hair cuts!
Special thanks to Alexis Dearing and Carrie Carle of Lucille's Generations Salon for using their time and talent to give a few of our students fabulous new hair cuts!
5th grade social studies classes were privileged to receive a visit from Captain Michael Harris, Firefighter Jackson Quinn, and Firefighter Blake Maynard of the Oak Grove Fire Department. Students got to learn about fire safety from these excellent community helpers. Thank you, gentlemen!
6th grade science classes participated in an outdoor lab in which they studied the pathways of stimulus through nerves in the body's nervous system.
OGMS PTO Monster Mash Planning meeting will be held tonight at 5:00 pm. We hope to see you here!
Flu shot packets will be sent home today.
Return by Monday Oct. 7th
Clinic is Monday Oct. 21st
Please make sure to fill the packet out completely & return the back 2 pages.
GOOD NEWS! Little Caesars Pizza kits were delivered early. They can be picked up starting NOW. Please come to the front office for pickup and they will direct you!
It's Pizza! Pizza! Day! If you sold Little Caesars Pizza kits, pick up is this afternoon from 2:30-5:00 in the Multipurpose Room. All kits must be picked up today since we do not have room to store them.
Congratulations to our September OGMS Students of the month. Each one was selected from their homeroom teacher for excellent RAMS (Respectful, Accountable, Masterful, Safe) behavior. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
Tonight is Family Fun Night at OGMS from 6-7. Bring the family out for some board games, book giveaways, door prizes and lots more fun at no cost. Also, tomorrow is hat day for all 6th graders. They were the winning grade of our friendly competition. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS.
Please make plans to attend our Family Fun Night this evening from 6:00 to 7:00 pm! Lots of games and fun times!
OGMS students had a great time this morning at the annual See You at the Pole! So proud of all these students and staff that supported them.
Remember our PTO meeting this evening at 5:00 pm. Volleyball parents, the meeting will be over in time to get to the 6:00 game. Our volleyball girls play Valley View tonight - come out and support them!
Mr. Hay’s 6th grade science classes are getting a chance to play board games they made while studying about cells. #OGMSRams
Due to Parent/Teacher Conferences this Thursday, there will be no after-school programming on Thursday, September 19. If your child participates, they will need to go home the regular way on THURSDAY. After-school programs for the rest of the week will continue as scheduled.
Don't forget about Parent/Teacher Conferences this week! Thursday, September 19 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. Grade reports, HAC information, and ACT Aspire data will be given. Book fair will be open, and yearbooks will be available to pre-order.
Congratulations to our student council officers for this year: Millie Kate Cooper - Treasurer
Kylie Davenport - Secretary
Madison Farmer - President
MaKaila Armstrong - Vice President
Another great day at OGMS.
Student Council officer elections were held today.
Little Caesars Pizza kit forms and money are due tomorrow. Also, tomorrow is our Power Hour of Reading. Our students love to read so help them out by encouraging them to jump into a great book.
Keep track of class and homework assignments coming up in your child's classes by using our lesson plan page.
Use this link:
https://mattmcgowan10.wixsite.com/psdcurriculumteam/copy-of-primary-lesson-plans-1
Or go to our website, click Menu, Lesson Plans, Oak Grove Middle.
Need to place an order for a Little Caesar's Pizza kit? Hurry, hurry! Order forms are due back to school by this Thursday, September 12. Order from an OGMS student, or online at pizzakit.com using code 373591.
Happy National Read A Book Day. At OGMS, we LOVE to read -especially our principals and school resource officer. They know that reading opens doors, builds imagination, and inspires our kids. Celebrate this day with your kids by reading a book! #OGMSRams
Happy Three-Day Weekend, everyone! There is NO SCHOOL this Monday, September 2, in honor of Labor Day. Be safe and enjoy that extra day!
Picture day is NEXT WEEK. School picture order forms are coming home in backpacks TODAY. Parents, you can order pictures online or send money with the order form on or before September 5, 2019.
OGMS Picture Day is next week. Fliers will be going home on Wednesday to remind parents and students that picture day is next Thursday, Sept. 5th. Look forward to seeing all those smiling faces!
Things are really going great at OGMS and today was another great day. We had our second multiplication speed test so be sure to ask your student how they did. Reward party for that is on Friday. Also, we sent home letters about our After School Program that starts soon.
Last week, Mr. Hay's 6th grade science classes investigated a hypothesis using sponges. We have young scientists in the making! #OGMSRams
Volleyball practice is today! 5th grade at 3:30-4:30 and 6th grade at 4:30-5:30. Players MUST have a ride home at the designated times. Practice is also tomorrow and Thursday. Travel teams will be announced Friday during school. Thank you!
Day number 2 is in the books at OGMS and it has been a great 2 days. Please turn in all the forms your students brought home the first day. Students have now transitioned to all of their classes and Thursday we will be on regular schedule. Only the Best at OGMS!
Day number 2 is in the books at OGMS and it has been a great 2 days. Please turn in all the forms your students brought home the first day. Students have now transitioned to all of their classes and Thursday we will be on regular schedule. Only the Best at OGMS!
OGMS teachers participated in team building exercises last week to prepare for students this week.
Nothing like popsicles in the first day of school!
Open House 2019 is in the books! We cannot wait for the first day of school!
Hey, don't forget OGMS Open House is Tuesday night. 6th grade starts at 5:00 and 5th grade is at 6:00.
Students may bring their supplies, get their schedules, and meet all their teachers.
Congratulations to the Certified Employees of the Year! Thank you for your dedication and commitment to our students and for being a part of a tremendous team of educators at PSD! #psdrams
Proud to announce the new PHS Head Boys’ Basketball Coach—Jace Watson!! It’s a great day to be a Ram! #psdrams