School District of Omro

The agenda for the Wednesday, January 10, 2024, School Board Meeting has been posted. Click the link to see the agenda: https://www.omro.k12.wi.us/o/sdo/page/board-meetings

Events happening the week of January 7, 2024: Monday, January 8 ~ PTO Meeting Tuesday, January 9 ~ Bowling: Match vs Kimberly (Home) ~ Basketball: Girls' JV2 vs Green Bay West (Away) ~ Basketball: Girls' JV vs North Fond du Lac (Away) ~ Basketball: Girls' Varsity vs North Fond du Lac (Away) ~ Basketball: Boys' JV2 vs Lourdes Academy (Home) ~ Basketball: Boys' JV vs Lourdes Academy (Home) ~ Basketball: Boys' Varsity vs Lourdes Academy (Home) Thursday, January 11 ~ Basketball: Grade 7 Girls vs Ripon (Home) ~ Basketball: Grade 8 Girls vs Ripon (Away) ~ Bowling: Match vs Hortonville (Home) ~ Basketball: Boys' JV2 vs Winnebago Lutheran Academy (Away) ~ Basketball: Boys JV vs Winnebago Lutheran Academy (Away) ~ Basketball: Boys' Varsity vs Winnebago Lutheran Academy (Away) ~ Wrestling: Boys' Varsity Match vs NFDL/St Mary's Springs (Home) Friday, January 12 ~ Blood Drive: OHS ~ Basketball: Girls' JV2 vs Oconto (Away) ~ Basketball: Girls' JV vs St. Mary's Springs (Away) ~ Basketball: Girls' Varsity vs St. Mary's Springs (Away) Saturday, January 13 ~ Dance: Varsity vs Kaukauna (Away) For more information visit: https://www.omro.k12.wi.us/district/calendar.cfm

Congratulations to OMS and OHS Fox Friday winners from Friday, January 5, 2024! These students were nominated by staff members or other students for demonstrating the Fox Four (Safety, Responsibility, Respect, or Positivity). Staff members were nominated by students or other staff members for being a role model, an advocate for students, or having a positive connection with students.

OHS Book Club recently held their annual holiday party. Students did a secret Santa book exchange, watched a holiday movie, and had yummy snacks!

This week’s Omro Staff Spotlight features Mrs. Dawn Prickett. She is a Kindergarten teacher in her fifth year as a full-time teacher, but eleventh in education. Dawn enjoys watching her son run Cross Country and her daughter play Soccer, Volleyball and Basketball. She also loves hanging out and playing with her five year old yellow lab named Benny. Additionally, she enjoys reading psychological thriller books. When asked what she enjoys about working for the School District of Omro, she said, “I love the small town feel of Omro! This community really cares for its kids and definitely takes the approach that it takes a village to raise them. I love all of the great things that the Omro schools are doing. I appreciate the positive environment that our leadership provides.” Thank you, Mrs. Prickett, for all you do for our students!

The day before winter break, sixth graders spent the day going through holiday rotation. They learned how Christmas is celebrated around the world, read about snowflakes and created holiday tessellations, made snow globe ornaments, and used their science knowledge to build the tallest Christmas tree out of spaghetti noodles and marshmallows.

Congratulations to our Fox Paw winners from H.B. Patch and OES for the week ending on December 22, 2023. Thanks for exemplifying the Fox Four of being safe, responsible, respectful, and positive! OMS students have some different Fox Paw opportunities this month, so there will not be any Fox Paw winners shared on Fridays for OMS.

Mrs. Clich's ELA classes exhibited their yearly poetry showcase! The poems recited via Readers' Theater were The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls, Celebrations, and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. Skills enhanced by this wonderful activity are fluency, expression, vocabulary, comprehension, memory, confidence, flexibility when something does not go as planned, being a smaller part of a larger production, teamwork...and it's fun! Job well done, students! Thank you to all of Mrs. Clinch's ELA students and Mrs. Clinch!

Students in Mrs. Morse's World of Children class spent some time making homemade toys using ingredients and supplies found around your home. They made finger paints, flubber, noodle necklaces, Kool-Aid clay, and watercolors. They spent the next day "playing' with their toys and made connections to how children use toys to learn physical, intellectual, emotional, and social skills.

Wishing everyone a wonderful winter break! There will be no school from 12/25/23 through 01/02/24. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to our buildings on Wednesday, January 3, 2024.

This week’s Omro Staff Spotlight features Miss Erica Birenbaum. She is a choir teacher at Omro Middle and High School. Erica is beginning her education career here in Omro! Erica enjoys baking, hiking, camping, and singing (of course). When asked what she enjoys about working for the School District of Omro, she said, “One of my favorite things about working in Omro is the sense of community and family throughout the school!” Thank you, Miss Birenbaum, for all you do for our students!

Are you interested in running for the School District of Omro School Board? There are currently 3 positions up for re-election in the April 2, 2024 school board election. Positions are three year terms with the third position (by number of votes) filling the remainder of a two year term. The deadline to submit the Declaration of Candidacy and Campaign Registration Statement papers, to be placed on the election ballot, is 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. The Declaration of Candidacy and Campaign Registration Statement papers should be turned into: District Office 455 Fox Trail Omro, WI 54963 To pick up papers, or find out more information, please email Nancy Stoflet at nstof@omro.k12.wi.us.

Looking for a last minute holiday gift? Order your "Omro Foxes Night at The Herd" tickets today! See the flyer for details. Order your tickets online at https://fevo-enterprise.com/OmroFoxes.

Students in Mrs. Morse's Food for Life class participated in the Build a Burger Contest as part of their nutrient unit on Proteins. Students worked cooperatively to create a recipe, prepare it, construct a poster, and present their new idea to a group of judges. The "Obvious Choice" earned top honors created by Eli, Leyna, and Jonah. Their recipe was a slider served on a Hawaiian roll consisting of a seasoned beef patty, crispy bacon, fried onions, cheddar cheeses, and topped with a secret sauce. Congratulations to all!

In November, Omro Middle School found out that, based on their 2023 WI State Report Card, U.S. News and World Report had identified them as a “Best Middle School” for 2024. OMS received this distinction because it placed in the top 40% of middle schools in the state of Wisconsin. Congratulations to all of our students and staff!

7th grade students in Mrs. Hughes social studies classes recently finished studying Europe. For a hands-on project, each student chose a country in Europe, researched the languages and religion, the history and settlement patterns, family life and social structure, the arts, and their values and beliefs. Students then chose 5 "artifacts" to feature in a museum room for class. Each artifact included a description of what it was and why the student chose it to represent their country. Here are a few examples of the final projects.

Congratulations to our Fox Paw winners from H.B. Patch and OES for the week ending on December 15, 2023. Thanks for exemplifying the Fox Four of being safe, responsible, respectful, and positive! OMS students have some different Fox Paw opportunities this month, so there will not be any Fox Paw winners shared on Fridays for OMS.

The Omro High School Band and Choir students are ready to wow you at their concert tonight, Monday, December 18, 2023. Doors open at 5:45 pm, with the concert starting at 6:30 pm in the Performing Arts Center. See you there!

Events happening the week of December 17, 2023: Monday, December 18 ~ High School Winter concert Tuesday, December 19 ~ Bowling: Match vs Appleton North (Home) ~ Basketball: Boys' JV2 vs Mosinee (Home) ~ Basketball: Boys' JV vs North Fond du Lac (Home) ~ Basketball: Boys' Varsity vs North Fond du Lac (Home) Wednesday, December 20 ~ 4K Winter Concert Thursday, December 21 ~ Wrestling: Boys' Varsity Match vs Lomira (Home) Friday, December 22 ~ Wrestling: Boys' Varsity Quad (Away) ~ Basketball: Boys' JV2 vs Amherst (Home) ~ Basketball: Boys' JV vs Amherst (Home) ~ Basketball: Boys' Varsity vs Amherst (Home) For more information visit: https://www.omro.k12.wi.us/district/calendar.cfm

Thank you to our Anchor Partners!