December 8th - Night of the Arts Christmas Concert at 6:30pm

December 19th - 30th - Christmas Break (No School)

December 25th - Christmas Day

January 1st - New Year's Day

January 3rd - First Day Back to School

Oneida High School:

FFA has two teams practicing hard and competing right now. The first team is the Horse Judging Team. This team learns advanced critique techniques and equine vocabulary and serves as judges during equestrian events. They place and score the field of horses and present an oral set of reasons to a panel of judges. This Career Development Event teaches our kids the following: public speaking skills, decision making skills, time management, commitment to a devision and a team. This team competed on 11/14/22 at the state competition at MTSU and placed 26th out of 78 registered teams.

Team Members:

Codie Lackey

Carys Baird

Emily Newport

Jalen Burchfield

Riley Byrge

Our second competing team is our Parliamentary Procedure Team. This team has worked extremely hard learning how to properly conduct a business meeting using Roberts Rules of Order 12th Edition. They won the competition at the District and Sub-Regional levels and are now preparing for Regionals on December 6th at Eagleton College and Career Academy in Maryville. If they place in the top 3 at Regionals, they will move on to compete at the state competition in March at the TN State FFA Convention. This Career Development Event teaches our kids the following: How to properly conduct business in a professional setting, decision making skills, public speaking skills, respectful debate techniques, and teamwork.

Team Members:

Blayden King

Codie Lackey

Katie Jones

Eli Sewell

Cole Cross

Evan Jeffers

Kaleb Ward

• Only five (5) days, whether consecutive or not, can be excused by a parent note OR doctor’s note per semester. (Semesters will run August – December and January – May).
• Sign Ins and Sign Outs are considered parent notes. Every day of absence equals one note.
• Notes should include the student's name, date(s) of absence(s), reason for absence, signature of parent, and a phone number where a parent can be reached.
• All parent and doctor notes must be presented to the office the day the student returns to school.

Examples of Excused Absences:

1. Personal illness/injury
2. Illness of immediate family member
3. Death in the family
4. Extreme weather conditions
5. Religious observances
6. Pregnancy
7. School endorsed activities
8. Summons, subpoena, or court order
9. Circumstances which in the judgment of the principal create emergencies over which the student has no control.

Absences that do not meet any of the criteria listed above will be considered unexcused.

These Policies can be found in the school handbook,

or by contacting the District Attendance Supervisor, Jason Terry.

OHS Indians & Lady Indians Basketball

December 2 - at Pickett County (7:00pm)

December 6 - at Oakdale (6:30pm)

December 9 - Coalfield (6:30pm)

December 13 - Harriman (6:30pm)

December 15 - York (7:00pm)

December 16 - Jellico (6:30pm)

December 20 - 22 - OHS Christmas Tournament (TBA)

January 3 - Oakdale (6:30pm)

January 6 - at Wartburg (6:30pm)

January 7 - Clarkrange (7:00pm)

January 9 - at Campbell County (6:00pm)

January 13 - Sunbright (6:30pm)

January 17 - Kingston (6:30pm)

January 20 - at Oliver Springs (6:30pm)

January 24 - at Coalfield (6:30pm)

January 30 - at York (7:00pm)

January 31 - at Jellico (6:30pm)

February 3 - Wartburg (6:30pm)

February 7 - at Sunbright (6:30pm)

February 10 - Oliver Springs (6:30pm)

OMS Indians Basketball

December 1 - Clinton (Boys JV - 5:00pm)

December 5 - Jellico (6:00pm)

December 8 - Winfield (6:00pm)

December 10 - 17 - Eagleton Christmas Tournament

December 19 - Robertsville (Girls JV - 5:00pm)

December 27 - 29 - Anderson County Christmas Tournament

January 2 - Cherokee (Girls JV - 5:00pm)

January 5 - at Robertsville (Boys JV - 5:00pm)

January 9 - OPEN

January 12 - Robbins (6:00pm)

January 16 - 26 - Area 7 Tournament (Oneida)