Osceola Middle

Saturday, January 28, 2023

Week of Jan 30 2023 OMS Chiefs Updates.docx 

2022-2023 Osceola Middle School Course Request Sample Sheets for 7th and 8th grade.docx 

Weekly Update for the week of January 30th

Good afternoon, Osceola Middle School Families. This is your principal Derrik Craun providing you with your weekly update. 

Parents of 6th and 7th grade students, this Monday your child will receive course selection sheets during their Language Arts class.  They will bring home a copy for you to sign and it must be returned as soon as possible.  If you have any questions about the electives for next year, please contact their grade level counselors. 

On Tuesday there will be an informational meeting during each lunch for any student who is interested in the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office’s Public Safety Cadet Program.  Students interested in attending need to sign up with Deputy MacKail on Monday.

Thursday is our STEAM Academy Day for our 7^th grade STEAM students in our media center and Friday, we will have our annual teacher versus student Volleyball and Basketball games toward the end of our school day as we will be on our activity day schedule Friday.

Parents, I want to thank everyone for continued patience dropping off and picking your child in our car circle or the approved high school drop off circle. As an important reminder, our visitor parking lot is for our parents of students with special accommodations only as we have a very limited number of parking in addition to bus traffic in that area.  Dropping off students in or around that area becomes a safety concern as it creates congestion.

Parents, if your child has a reading class, we will be holding an I-Ready Parent Night on February 10^th from 5 to 5:30 pm where we encourage parents and students to attend to learn all about the I-Ready program and how beneficial it is to our students in developing reading skills.

In other important news, our OMS PTSA is sponsoring a Papa John’s fundraiser. Information flyers and order forms were sent home this week as students can participate in selling cards for $10 each which earns the recipient 50% off Papa John’s regular menu items.  Each card can be used for up to 18 online orders. Students are to turn in order form information and money collected to the front office by Friday, February 10th and the cards will be distributed to your child the last week of February. 

Looking ahead, our next event is another movie night on February 10^th.  We will be showing Top Gun Maverick!  We had a blast at our last movie night and is a family event so bring everyone.  Purchase your tickets for a discounted price online at https://gofan.co/app/events/863268?schoolId=FL12412 

That’s all the announcements for this week. Thank you parents for your support and have a great weekend!

Saturday, January 21, 2023

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Weekly Update for the week of January 23rd

Good afternoon, Osceola Middle School Families. This is your principal, Derrik Craun providing you with your weekly update. 

This upcoming week is Literacy week, where each day has a theme along with activities.  For Monday, students are allowed to wear superhero shirts because Reading is a Superpower, Tuesday is Team up with Reading where they can wear sports team shirts, Wednesday is a “Places You’ll Go” theme where students can wear college shirts, Thursday is Crazy about Reading day where we wear crazy socks, and as Friday is dress as your favorite character day, students can wear a shirt that represents their favorite book character.  Also, this week we will hold our SAC and PTSA meetings this Wednesday, beginning at 5:30 for SAC and 6:00 for PTSA.  All parents are welcome to both meetings.

Parents, if your child has a reading class, we will be holding an I-Ready Parent Night on February 10^th from 5 to 5:30 pm where we encourage parents and students to attend to learn all about the I-Ready program and how beneficial it is to our students to develop reading skills.

8^th grade parents, please know that our 8^th class picture will take place first thing Monday morning.  Class pictures will be for sale and order forms will be sent home with report cards. Also, if you are interested in purchasing a yearbook for your child, the January 25^th deadline to order is fast approaching.  Please click the link on your email update or call 1-866-287-3096 to order by phone or go to https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/job/355 and use order number 0355. 

For one last announcement, I would like to congratulate our 6^th grade students for becoming the new recipients of our OMS Spirit stick as they led the school in points for last quarter and were crowned during yesterday afternoon’s pep rally…great job 6^th grade!

We are now using GoFan for ticket sales and notification of events.  Our next event is another movie night on February 10^th.  We will be showing Top Gun Maverick!  We had a blast at our last movie night.  This is a family event, so bring everyone.  Purchase your tickets at https://gofan.co/app/events/863268?schoolId=FL12412 

That’s all the announcements for this week.

Thank you parents for your support and have a great weekend!

Saturday, January 14, 2023

Week of Jan 17 2023 OMS Chiefs Updates.docx 

Weekly Update for the week of January 17th

Good afternoon, Osceola Middle School Families. This is your principal, Derrik Craun providing you with your weekly update. 

We had a great first week back from Winter Break and a very busy week in the upcoming 4 day week. 

Tuesday after school is a busy afternoon as we have mural club and leadership club having meetings after school.  In addition, we have Track Tryouts for any student interested in trying out and good luck to our girls’ basketball team as they will be playing their 1^st round playoff with a home game versus Seminole Middle at 4:30pm.  Our girls’ team ended the regular season with an 8-2 record and earned a trip to the playoffs for the first time in 4 years.  Also, congratulations to our Boys team who rounded out the season with a winning record, finishing 6-4.

Parents, please remember that report cards will be distributed on Thursday during 7^th period.  Also on Thursday we will have a spirit night for Oh Gelato so stop by if possible as proceeds of your purchase will support our school.

Friday is a big day full of events as we will have our student awards assemblies for each grade level in the morning and a pep rally during the last period where we will crown a new class winner. Our Friday Fun Shirt Day this week will be Music Appreciation which students can wear their favorite Band/Concert/Singer shirt.

8^th grade Parents, please know that our 8^th class picture will take place Monday, January 23^rd first thing in the morning.  Class pictures will be for sale and order forms will be sent home with report cards. Also, if you are interested in purchasing a yearbook for your child, the deadline to order is fast approaching.  Please click the link on your email update or call 1-866-287-3096 to order by phone or go to https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/job/355 and use order number 0355. 

Just a reminder, there is no school on Monday in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day so we will see you Tuesday morning.   Thank you for your support and have a great weekend!