This week’s Omro Staff Spotlight features Ms. Alesha Neitzke. She is a reading intervention teacher, supporting students at both H.B. Patch and Omro Elementary. Alesha is in her thirteenth year here in Omro, and fourteenth year in education.
Alesha likes to spend time reading ,working out, camping, gardening, and spending time with her kids and friends.
When asked about a favorite motivational saying, she shared a quote by Lady Bird Johnson, “Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.”
Thank you, Ms. Neitzke, for all you do for our students!
Join Our Team! The School District of Omro is hiring for multiple positions in multiple areas.
Administrative/Teaching Positions
~ HS Tech Ed Welding Teacher (Long Term Substitute for Spring 2024)
~ HS Cross Cat. Special Ed Teacher
Support Staff Positions
~ Food Server at OES
~ HS Custodial/Maintenance 2nd Shift
Coaching Positions
~ MS Head Wrestling Coach
~ 7th Gr. Head Girls Basketball Coach
~ HS JV2 Boys Basketball Coach
~ MS Assistant Track Coach
~ 8th Gr. Asst. Boys Basketball Coach
Visit https://www.omro.k12.wi.us/page/employment-opportunities to learn more about joining the School District of Omro.
Sheri Egan, an aide at H.B. Patch, and her family recently hosted the kindergarten students at Egan Family Dairy, Inc of Omro.
This field trip was used as a fabulous ending for the students' Plants and Animals science unit. During this trip they learned about the importance of caring for the cows, the milking process, and the 14 types of products that can be made from cow's milk and all about the different equipment used on a farm. Students got to try one of those products out as they made their own butter by shaking up small jars of cream and then eating it on a cracker!
Everyone got to see the stages of a calf's life and how they move from barn to barn based on their age. The newborn staging area was definitely a favorite as the students were able to give the calves warm bottles of water.
At the conclusion of the trip the Egan's gifted all the students with some fun items including cow hats, a story book about dairy farms, a pencil and ice cream cups.
Thank you so much to the entire Egan family!
National School Psychologist Week
During the week of November 6-10, school psychologists across the nation are being recognized for their dedication to students, schools, and districts. Here in Omro, we would like to recognize Mrs. Jaime Ellison, who supports our entire district.
Thank you for being a valued member of our community!
Students in Mrs. Morse's Culinary Arts class recently spent time in the Foods Lab writing their own recipes for an appetizer. After learning about how to identify the five parts of a recipe and annotating a recipe, they were challenged to write their own. Students had to use what ingredients were available and through trial and error, created an appetizer recipe that will be a part of a class cookbook.
For Halloween this year, teachers at H.B. Patch dressed as characters from Aaron Reynolds' books, "Creepy Carrots", "Creepy Pair of Underwear", and "Creepy Crayons". Throughout the day teachers took turns reading to different classes so the students heard all three books throughout the day. This experience allowed for discussions about similarities and differences between the books and opinions of which book was their favorite and why. It was a great day of learning and fun.
Throughout the month of October, middle school and high school students worked together on a Halloween collaborative art project. After all the pieces were colored, an image of a haunted house came together. Great job students!
Second grade students had a great time playing Nutrition Bingo with Mr. Manuel during Health class!
Last month, students in Mrs. Becker's 7th grade class social studies classes wrote and performed skits about time periods throughout early Europe. They all did a great job!
The agenda for the Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 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 November 5, 2023:
Monday, November 6
~ Fall Sports Banquet (OHS Commons)
Thursday, November 9
~ Basketball: Girls' Varsity Scrimmage vs Multiple Schools (Away)
~ Basketball: Girls' JV Scrimmage vs Multiple Schools (Away)
~ Basketball: Boys' Grade 7 vs Berlin (Home)
~ Basketball: Boys' Grade 8 vs Berlin (Away)
~ OMS, OES, H.B. Patch Family Conferences
For more information visit: https://www.omro.k12.wi.us/district/calendar.cfm
COPS Grant
The School District of Omro is honored and excited to announce they are being awarded $500,000 as part of the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) grant. “The COPS Office of Community School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) is a competitive award program designed to provide funding to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the grantee’s jurisdiction through evidence-based school safety programs” (US Department of Justice: “COPS Fact Sheet” October, 2023).
Interesting Facts:
~ Omro is one of the 206 selected applications from the 1,022 submitted
~ Omro was one of a select few to receive the full $500,000, which is the largest grant awarded of the eight recipients in the state of Wisconsin
The District anticipates beginning the project during the current 2023-2024 school year, and looks forward to enhancing safety in the buildings for all students, staff, and community members.
No School Today (Friday, November 3, 2023) for students.
Congratulations to our Fox Paw winners from H.B. Patch and OES for the week ending on November 2, 2023. Thanks for exemplifying the Fox Four of being safe, responsible, respectful, and positive!
What weird Halloween weather! 2nd graders having winter fun in October!
Día de los Muertos is a colorful celebration and a time to remember loved ones. The holiday originated in Mexico, but is now celebrated all over Latin America on November 1-2. Some common elements include ofrendas or altars, calaveras de azúcar or sugar skulls, marigolds and pan de muerto.
This year, Mrs. Babcock's second grade class had a special learning experience about Dia de los Muertos led by one of their classmates.
Melissa and her mom made pan de muerto for the class to try, which is bread of the dead. Additionally, Melissa wrote a poem and read it to the class. What a leader! Way to shine Melissa!!
Get Involved: This winter, there are multiple extracurricular opportunities for our School District of Omro High School students to be involved with.
For more information, such as meeting date information, please visit the Omro Athletics website and newsletter, located on OmroFoxesAthletics.com or follow the Omro Foxes Athletics & Activities social media page.
Congratulations to the Equestrian Team who competed this past weekend in state competition!
Our team took 8th place out of 16 teams. Competitors were - Holly , Josslyn , Lilly and Katelyn. All did an outstanding job with special congratulations going out to Lilly who is State Grand Champion in "Trail in Hand" and Reserve Champion in "Reinsmanship". Holly took 3rd in "Saddle Seat Showmanship".
You did Omro proud ladies!
The 4K Bridges Math unit in October was all about pumpkins!
The students patterned, counted, weighed, and measured pumpkins of all sizes.
For this activity, students had to cut a piece of string to the length they thought they needed to fit around the pumpkin. Miss Kelly made a paper "belt" to fit around the middle, and students had to bring their string up to compare if their string was shorter, longer, or the same length as the belt!
Congratulations to OMS and OHS Fox Friday winners from Friday, October 27, 2023! 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.
