OMS Friday Knight Live
August 19, 2022
Thank You!
Thank you for your support of our students and staff as we kicked off the 22-23 school year this week. Our kids have been amazing and we are thrilled to have them all under one roof! Have a great weekend and here's to a great year!
In This Newsletter:
- Schedule Change Requests for 1st Semester Now Open
- BTSN Presentations
- OMS Building & Office Hours
- Friday, 8.26 Ice Cream Social for students
- Titan Lunch System for Student Lunch Accounts
- Parent Resource for Digital Citizenship
- Safety First for OMS Students
Schedule Change Requests for 1st Semester Now Open
Students must fill out the class change request form and have it signed by a parent/guardian. Forms must be turned in by August 23 @3:00pm. No exceptions on due date! Forms must be turned in to the Counseling Office.
Requests for elective courses only will be accepted (no changes to core classes- ELA, social studies, math, or science). 6th graders - please realize that you may request changes for 2 classes: 1 for 1st quarter and 1 for 2nd quarter. This is the only opportunity for 6th grade students to request a 2nd quarter class change.
A request form is not a guarantee of a schedule change.
Click HERE for the 22-23 Class Change Request Form for 1st Semester
Back to School Night Presentations
OMS Building and Office Hours
Doors open in the morning for students at 7:15am – students will be waiting outside until the doors open. Students are to proceed to the Commons/Gym and they may not go to lockers or to classrooms. Students must be in their seats in their 1st period classroom by 7:51am. When the afternoon bell rings at 3:00pm students must leave the building unless they are at a supervised after school activity or practice. Office hours are 7:15am - 3:30pm.
Friday, August 26th... Wear Oxford Blue! Ice Cream Social!
Titan Lunch System for Student Lunch Accounts
Student meal accounts for Oxford (and all of Blue Valley) are managed by the TITAN system (no longer through ParentVue). You must access Titan from the following link family.titank12.com
This is where you may add money to your family/student account. The Titan system has a phone app for both windows and mac mobile phones.
Note: The bookkeeper cannot add lunch money to your account, it must be done through Titan.
Parent Resource for Digital Citizenship
Safety FIRST for OMS Students
The safety of our students is of the utmost importance to everyone. We want to make sure that as students come and go from Oxford that they cross at crosswalks. Walkers and bike riders should not go across Switzer at any location unless there is a crosswalk. We strongly encourage bike riders to wear helmets and store them in their lockers.
In addition, car riders must exit and enter their cars at the curb closest to the building. Students may not walk through the car line or enter parked cars. Parents picking up students may not park in the front parking lot or the south parking lot. Please be aware that there is no left turn onto Switzer during the drop off or pick up times.
Helpful Repeated Information
Fall Sports Practice Dates
ALL students participating in fall football, cross country, and volleyball must have their 22 23 Athletic Participation online registration completed (including physical papers) BEFORE practicing. Click HERE to register.
ParentVue Link Updated
Over the summer, the link to ParentVue was changed. The link on the OMS and Blue Valley website will take you to the correct place. You may need to update your link on personal computers and phones. The new link is:
https://ks-blu-psv.edupoint.com/PXP2_Login.aspx
Safety and security for the 2022-23 school year
As we look forward to another school year, we know that safety and security is top of mind for students, staff and families. Making sure our school is as safe as possible during the school day is a responsibility we take seriously.
We want to remind families of the layered security measures and practices we have in place at Oxford to protect what we value most - our students and staff.
Secured school schools: All schools all secured throughout the school day with buzz-in entry systems and pinch-points at the front entrance.
Visitors: All visitors are required to utilize the buzz-in system during the school day. Visitors are asked to show a government issued ID and state the purpose of their visit.
Campus officers: Blue Valley’s campus police officers and SROs focus on building relationships within school communities to provide safe environments for students at school and at school-sponsored events.
Physical safety measures: Blue Valley has implemented a system of safety measures in our schools that include but are not limited to security cameras, controlled access systems and intruder resistant glass.
Classroom thumb-turn door locks: Bond 2020 provided funding to outfit all classroom doors with interior thumb-turn locks with visual “locked” and “unlocked” indicators.
Emergency drills: Throughout the year, students and staff participate in a variety of emergency and lockdown drills.
Paid food delivery services: We do not accept food arriving from paid delivery services during the school day. Food delivery services must be signed for which creates a disruption to the learning environment and poses potential security concerns. Orders arriving from food delivery services will be refused this school year.
Providing a safe and secure school is a conversation that has no end. Our safety and security team is always researching, exploring and collaborating with local jurisdictions and national experts on how to keep everyone safe and secure during the school day.
At OMS safety is a shared responsibility and each member of our school community plays an important role in being attentive and reporting concerning behaviors. If you see something, say something.
As always, thank you for partnering with us and supporting our commitment to safety and security beginning with the first day of school. More information about safety and security in Blue Valley is available on the district’s website.
CANVAS INFO FOR FAMILIES
Attn BV families! Do you need a refresher on Canvas, (our learning management system for grades K-12), or are you looking to set up a new account? We’ve got you covered! Check out how to access or set up your Canvas Observer account as a parent, or review this Canvas Parent/Guardian Orientation. Remember, Canvas courses won’t appear until teachers publish them after the school year has started.
22-23 Yearbook Information
Please purchase your 22-23 yearbook as you pay fees for the coming school year. Yearbooks MUST be ordered in advance and extra copies are not available at the end of the year. Families may purchase yearbooks by logging into ParentVue and going to the Fee page. The yearbook will be listed under “Optional Fees” and will show as “YRBOOK Yearbook 22-23 OMS”. Yearbook orders will close in January 2023 and additional orders will not be taken. Please avoid end of the year tears and confusion and order today.
If you have multiple children at Oxford and are ordering a yearbook for each of them, please purchase one yearbook separately in each student's account (not 2 yearbooks in one student's account). Yearbooks are passed out on the last day of school in class and if a sibling has one child's yearbook it cannot be signed by friends.
OMS PTO in 2022-2023
The OMS PTO has been able to do some amazing things this year and it is all because of you, the Oxford community! We want to continue this partnership with our Oxford families by offering two types of PTO memberships for the 22-23 school year.
Our Foundation Membership is free and will keep you connected to our upcoming student events and PTO news. Our Contributing Membership is $25 and will help fund staff grants and our fun student events. You can choose one of the two by registering your family on our PTO website.
We are also looking for board and committee members. Click here to see how you can volunteer!
For the Latest Announcements and Information
Want to keep up on the latest OMS announcements and information? Check out the NEWS section on the OMS website. NEWS is located under the About Us tab.
Upcoming Dates @ OMS
September 5th & 6th- Labor Day, no school; Teacher Professional Development, no school
Contact Us! We Are Here To Help!
Attendance Number: 913-239-5505
Mrs. Domoney, Principal: cdomoney@bluevalleyk12.org
Mr. Holsapple, Assistant Principal: jholsapple03@bluevalleyk12.org