Weekly Happenings
Week of November 25th
November 27th, 28th & 29th - No School - Thanksgiving Holiday
District Happenings
Unfortunately, the leaves are changing and fall turns to winter, which means that snow, ice, wind chills, and blizzards all become greater possibilities.
Student and staff safety is the driving force in the decision-making process on whether to cancel school, start late, or get out early due to weather-related circumstances. Please discuss your plan with your students. They need to know what to do if school is canceled or delayed, or let out early.
Osage Transportation Director, Bob Meyer and Mrs. Schwamman start driving the roads by 5:00 AM (sometimes earlier). They are checking the blacktops and gravel roads for visibility concerns and travel conditions across the entire school district. Please understand that the decision to have school or not is not made lightly. The decision is made based on current conditions, weather forecasts, radar, law enforcement, and other neighboring school data.
We will continue to communicate via TV (KIMT/KAAL/KTTC), radio (KCHA stations/KSMA/KISS/KLKK), and the Osage Community School website, Facebook page, and via Twitter. JMC Messaging will also call/email/text you depending on what you signed up for.
Thank you for your continued support of the Osage Community School District.
The Osage Booster Club Online Store is open again with new items and designs added! Order now - November 25th. Orders will be back December 16th just in time for Christmas.
Lincoln Happenings
Monday:
Cookie dough delivery is November 25. Please plan to pick up your orders at 3:30 on Monday. Please call the office at 732-5856 to make arrangements if Monday does not work. It will be important to pick up all orders by Tuesday, since next week is a short week and we have very little freezer space. Thank you in advance to Osage PTO for planning to help with checkout.
5:45-7:15 PM- Learning Connection Class F9. This is the last class for the fall. Nine classes are being planned for the spring.
Tuesday:
November PRIDE assembly.
Wednesday:
No school. Fall break.
Thursday:
No school. Happy Thanksgiving.
Friday:
Middle School Happenings
Food Bank Donations
* Our middle schooler's continue to collect donations for the Mitchell County Food Bank. We will be shopping and filling the bus Tuesday morning, and unloading and organizing in the afternoon. Please open your hearts and wallets to help contribute to this cause. It's a great way for our students to see how much of an impact our actions can have when we work as a team! Examples of donated items can be found below.
Congrats!
A huge shoutout to Mr. Kirkpatrick and Mrs. Thorson with our students who earned honors to perform in the All-Iowa Honor Band and OPUS honor choir.
All-Iowa 8th Grade Honor Band: Kaitlyn Olson (Clarinet) and Ian Schwarting (Trumpet)
OPUS: Darren Adams, Logan Mitchell, Tristan Mork, Ian Schwarting and Claudia Aschenbrenner (9th grade)
OMS Winter Sports
Good luck to all of our winter sports athletes and coaches as they kick off their seasons. We can wait to watch you learn and compete!
Thank you!
As we swing into the holiday season, I want to express my gratitude to each student, staff member, parent and community member for making my first part of the school year so welcoming. I am thankful to work with the OMS family every day. We truly are strong alone, unstoppable together! - Ms. Leichsenring
High School Happenings
SUCCESSFUL HAPPENING
Tuesday, November 19th NHS Induction. National Honor Society is a group of Juniors and Seniors that are selected by having a grade pt. average of 3.5 or higher, an application process along with a selection committee that looks at 3 main criteria. We have 20 new members along with the already inducted 20 members, Mr. Kyhl does all of the preparation for the selection committee and leads this group of students.
UP AND COMING
A SHORT 2 DAY WEEK. WISHING EVERYONE A BLESSED THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY!
Athletics
Osage Community School District
Email: renae.trettin@osage.k12.ia.us
Website: https://www.osageschools.com/
Location: 820 Sawyer Drive, Osage, IA, USA
Phone: 641-732-5