Cell Phones/MP3 Players/PDAs
Students are strongly encouraged to leave MP3 players PDAs and iPods at home. Cell phone use is prohibited from the time they arrive at school in the morning until the end of the school day. Students using their cell phone during the instructional day may be asked to give their cell phone to a staff member until the end of the school day.
PARENT TEAM / PARENT TEACHER REQUESTS
We do not accept parent requests for 'teams' or specific teachers. Our teams are set up to meet the needs of all students. Teams are given collaboration time to discuss the learning styles and needs of their students to help them be successful at Oregon Middle School.
Can Kids Stay In The Building After School...
Can kids stay in the building between the time school is done and a later sports practice starts (ie. school is done at 3:15 and practice starts 4:30)?
No students are not allowed to stay in the building until practice, unless they are in an organized school activity or with a staff member)
Lockers
What are the locker dimensions?
The bottom part of the locker is usually where people place shelving, locker hanging systems, etc. The dimensions of the bottom portion of the lockers at OMS are 30cm(11.8 inches) width, 27cm (10.5 inches) deep and 122cm (48 inches) height
We also strongly encourage students to keep their lockers locked (with school provided locks) at all times they are not standing directly by their lockers. Students should not share their combinations with anyone and we also recommend that they keep mp3 players, iPods, PDAs at home.
When a student behaves in a manner that disrupts the learning environment (or school activity) and is not accepting redirection from school personnel he/she will be sent to the refocus room. This room allows the student (with a supervising adult) to reflect on his/her choices and how he/she is going to make better choices in the future. A phone call is made home to notify the parents. The Refocus "Work It Out Sheet" is mailed home as well for the parents to see. This is an opportunity to discuss how well their child did or didn't reflect on their removal from the learning environment and time in the Refocus Room. When a student appears two (2) times in the room in a given day one of the school administrators speak with the child to make sure everything is alright and that there is nothing more serious that we need to be concerned about. When a student appears in the Refocus Room three (3) times in a given day the student speaks with a guidance counselor. When a student appears in the Refocus Room three (3) times during a week the team of teachers that the student is with schedules a meeting to speak with the student.
HOMEWORK LUNCH
Homework lunch is a brand new intervention that we will be instituting starting with the 0708 school year. Students who have missing homework will be invited to this mandatory lunch in a more studious environment where they can work on completing their late and missing homework. Once the students complete their homework they can return to their regular lunch. Students must show their 'Homework Lunch' invitation to the assigning teacher so that the teacher can verify the homework completion. The student then takes the signed sheet to the office or brings it to Homework Lunch. Upon the receipt of the signed sheet, the student is allowed to back in to his/her regular lunch.
This is a new intervention so we will be working on perfecting it's implementation throughout the year.
