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Information about ordering yearbooks is attached. The sale will go from January 21 - February 1. The cost is $28 until January 28 and it goes up to $35 after that date. If the cost is an issue for your family, please contact your child's homeroom teacher or Scott Yonker. We want to be sure that every student who wants a yearbook is able to get one. 
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Message from 8th grade counselor's office:
If your son or daughter is applying to a private school or Assabet next year, please make sure their applications are being done. Private High Schools: Applications should be in process online. If you are planning to get a teacher recommendation, please make sure you give our office ten days to do the recommendation and process it before the application is due. Assabet: Out of District Applications are due soon. Many students who went on the field trip and expressed interest have not turned in applications yet. These can be brought to the main office. Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School Presentation InformationOn Wednesday, October 3rd, Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School will be visiting OMS to deliver a 30-minute informational session to all interested 8th grade students. The presentation will provide an overview of the many programs available at AVRTHS as well as admissions information. If you would like your student to attend this presentation to learn more about AVRTHS, please click here to give permission to attend on the Powerschool Parent Portal by clicking on "Sports, Activities, Permission Slips" in the left navigation bar and checking the Assabet Presentation Permission box, then click submit.
More information about AVRTHS can be found at www.assabettech.com. There will be a field trip held at the end of October for interested OMS to tour AVRTHS. More information will follow to those who attend the presentation. Questions can be directed to Jennifer Lencioni, Grade 8 Counselor at jlencioni@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us. In June, each 8th grade team has its own "Celebration Day" to mark the end of the students' time at Oak. Parents, friends, and other family members are all welcome to attend this event. 8 Blue's Celebration will be on Thursday, June 14, at 12:30 in the Oak auditorium.
We will be sending out more information about this event via email soon. Course selection for high school is coming up! Even if your child is planning to attend a private school or is moving, all students will complete course selection and get placement recommendations for Shrewsbury High School.
Here are some important upcoming dates: February 7 - Math Placement Test February 8 & 9 - Foreign Language Placement Tests (French, Spanish, Chinese, Latin) February 12 - SHS Curriculum Night for Incoming Freshmen February 12 - SHS Program of Studies is distributed to students & course selection presentations to individual teams begin this week Week of March 12 - Online Course Registration begins on teams This year, St. Anne's Drive is not a food drive, but a non-food item drive. We are in need of donations like toothpaste, toothbrushes, cleaning products, soaps, paper products (paper towels, napkins, tissues, etc.), laundry detergent, Shrewsbury Trash Bags, shampoo/conditioner, combs, etc.
Any donation no matter how small can be a big help to families in need. The drive ends Tuesday, November 21. Thank You! A few days ago, an email went home about Oak's Veterans' Day Assembly tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday, November 8. In order to honor veterans that have served in the US military that are associated with Oak families, we are asking that you use the link below to enter their first and last names.
These names will appear as a "visual scrolling tribute" during the assembly to remind the Oak community of their service. Additionally, please encourage your children to wear red, white, and blue on Wednesday. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPPle1F0U7pGPjqyoYzTe07CRO7UnXH6jVHBCrQLCruOeVtQ/viewform On Thursday, October 19, 2017, Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School will be visiting Oak Middle School to deliver a 40 minute presentation to all interested 8th grade students.
The presentation will provide an overview of the many programs available at AVRTHS as well as admissions information. If you would like your student to attend this presentation to learn more about AVRTHS, please give permission to attend on the Powerschool Parent Portal by clicking on “Sports, Activities, Permission Slips” in the left navigation bar. Please check the Assabet Presentation Permission box, then click submit. If you would also** like your child to attend the Assabet field trip on October 27th, please check the Assabet Field Trip Permission box. **Please note that in order to attend the field trip, the student must also have attended the presentation. Field trip permission can be given after the presentation. More information about AVRTHS can be found at: http://www.assabet.org/ Questions can be directed to Kristen Minio, Grade 8 Counselor, at KMinio@Shrewsbury.k12.ma.us. Since there were several questions about Schoology last night, we thought we'd share this. It is a copy of the Schoology parent training presentation we gave a couple of years ago at Oak. There are a lot of great tips and trips so that you can get the most from Schoology!
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