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August 12, 2022
In This Newsletter:
- 22-23 School Year Starts Next Week: important dates
- Not able to attend Locker/Picture Day?
- Not able to attend New Family Welcome?
- Attention 6th Grade Students: additional supply needed
- Football/ Volleyball/ Cross Country Student Families
- Interested in 8th grade girls volleyball?
- Fall sports practice dates
- ParentVue link updated
- Safety and Security for the 22-23 school year
- Canvas Information for Families
22-23 School Year Starts Next Week!
- August 16th- 6th Grade Orientation: 6th grade students' first official day of school is August 16th from 7:45-10:00 a.m. Students who are signed up for the bus will have bus transportation that morning. 6th grade students will receive their class schedule at orientation.
- August 16th- New 7th/8th Grade Student Orientation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.
- August 16th- Student Schedules available online in ParentVue and StudentVue at 1 p.m.
- August 17th- First Day of School! 7:51-3:00 p.m.
- August 18th- Back to School Night 6-7:30 p.m. Parents and guardians begin in the gym at 6:00 p.m.
Not able to attend Locker Picture Day?
Students who were not able to attend picture day last week will be able to have their yearbook pictures taken during an upcoming school day (date to be announced).
Students who have not yet picked up their locker combination will be able to get their locker combination the first day of school in the morning.
New Family Welcome
Couldn’t join us on August 10 for the new family welcome? Click HERE for the presentation.
* 6th Grade Students - Additional Supply Needed *
6th Grade families, in addition to the items on the 6th grade school supply list, your child will need one 3-Subject Spiral Notebook by Monday August 22nd. We are sorry for the last minute addition but are excited about our new project!
Football - Cross Country - Volleyball Student Families
Fall athletics families, you MUST complete all the online registration pages, upload a doctor and parent SIGNED physical examination form, and click SAVE! Check your email for messages for unsigned forms or forms needed to be uploaded. Your child may not practice starting August15 or August 17 unless the entire packet is completed and the signed forms are submitted.
Click HERE for the Doctor and Parent pages download
Click HERE for the 2022 2023 Middle School Online Athletic Participation Packet
Interested in 8th Grade Girls’ Volleyball?
If you are interested in participating in 8th-grade girls’ volleyball this fall, please attend the informative meeting Wednesday, August 17th, after school from 3:00pm - 3:30 pm. Volleyball practice will not start until Thursday, August 18th 3:00pm - 4:30pm followed by a very short parent meeting from 4:30pm - 4:45pm.
Please email Coach Fromme (klfromme@bluevalleyk12.org ) or Coach Roudebush (croudebush@bluevalleyk12.org ) if you have any questions.
If your student is planning on participating in OMS volleyball, please Click HERE to fill out the Volleyball interest form.
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.
Helpful Repeated Information
Registration & Course Fees for 22-23 School Year
All families must complete registration for each child each year. Registration provides updated information for your student for:
phone number, email & address confirmation
emergency contact information
over-the-counter medications
data disclosures
annual vision and hearing screenings
news media release
military release
student privacy related releases
student survey releases
Please take a moment to complete the registration process by logging into ParentVUE.
Middle school course fee payment for the 2022-23 school year is open and online now. Your ParentVUE login and password are required to pay course fees.
Course fees are assigned based on your student’s enrollment. Some seventh and eighth grade exploratory/elective classes include course fees.
Course fees are assigned for the first semester only.
Once you complete the "Online Registration" on ParentVue, you must go back to the home ParentVue page and select "Fee" to pay fees. (You will not be directed to another page.) You will see any fees not paid as "Outstanding Fees". Please make sure that you have selected your OMS student at the top.
You can also check to see if you have paid fees for the 2022-23 school year by clicking on "Fee" on ParentVue. You will see fees paid under "Paid Fees".
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.
22-23 7th Grade Immunizations Reminder
Have you received your required immunizations and submitted the record to Nurse Bowersox? Your student may have already received the immunization and simply need to submit the shot record. All incoming 7th grade students must submit written verification that they have received the Tdap booster, MCV4, both Hep A vaccines and before the first day of school. Physicians may send verification with attention Piper Bowersox via mail (12500 Switzer, Overland Park, KS 66213), scan (PMConradBowersox@bluevalleyk12.org) or fax (913-239-5519).
Verification must include: Student name, Immunization(s) received, Full date (MM/DD/YYYY) of the immunization given, and Signature and/or letterhead of the medical provider or official immunization record. A personal immunization record showing the lot number that was used and initialed by the medical provider is acceptable.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_pRDKpPGookuAClGTw0SSlKJwou3Htr7/view
Athletics and Cheer for 2022-2023 NEW ONLINE REGISTRATION
The 2022 2023 Middle School Athletic Participation Packet has gone to online registration! Please use the link below to register your student for all athletic and cheer activities. Things you need to know:
You must create a family account that will be used to register all children for athletic/cheer activities (for this and future years)
Your child must have a physical and the attached forms (pages 4 & 5) must be filled out, signed by your doctor, and uploaded to the online registration system
Physicals must be dated after May 1, 2022.
Parents must fill out the attached paper forms (pages 2,3, & 6), sign them, and upload them to the online registration system
Please note all the pages where the student athlete must sign
All online pages and uploaded documents must be completed before the registration is Submitted
You may fill out the online forms and upload the signed and scanned doctor/parent pages at a later date (then Submit the completed packet)
Students may not participate in practices, games, or meets until a completed KSHSAA online registration is completed
Click HERE for the Doctor and Parent pages download
Click HERE for the 2022 2023 Middle School Online Athletic Participation Packet
More info:
- 7th grade students can participate in cross country (fall), cheer (fall & winter), and track (spring)
- 8th grade students can participate in cross country, cheer, track, volleyball (fall), football (fall), and basketball (winter)
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
August 16th- 6th Grade Orientation
August 17th- First Day of School!
August 18th- Back to School Night
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