Students in 5th grade social studies classes were sworn in as "secret FBI agents" this week as a part of a special investigation into the lost colony of Roanoke. If you have a 5th grader, ask them what their groups decided might have happened!
#onlytheBESTatOGMS
Over the next several days of Thanksgiving break we will be posting pictures of students and faculty from the first few months of school that hadn't made it on social media yet.
Pictured here are 4 new staff members of the PSD. We sure are thankful for all of our Rams!
Parent Survey forms went home in backpacks yesterday. You can fill out the paper form and send it in, or fill out the online version of the form using the link here: https://forms.gle/n3DizyyUHbrWy9ic9
We look forward to hearing from you!
Congratulations to Cpl. Stephen Pace, SRO for the Paragould School
District, who was recognized tonight for going above and beyond. We are thankful for your service and grateful you’re a Ram.
#psdrams
#topnotchsro
#aboveandbeyond
Please see the attached flyer if you are interested in a COVID vaccine. The Greene County Health Department has a clinic going on NOW until 12pm. They also have extended walk in hours (8am - 6pm) Monday through Wednesday (11/8/21 - 11/11/21) if that better serves you. They are offering all types including the pediatric vaccine (5 - 11 years of age).
It's Bell Week which means we are facing off against our crosstown rivals Friday night under the lights. We will be live streaming our PEP RALLY at 1:30pm on Friday 11/5/21
Check it out on the link below
https://youtu.be/MaAhWvMoplo
#rampride
#psdrams
Reminder fliers for picture day make ups were sent home in backpacks this week. Make up picture day is TOMORROW. If your kiddo was absent last month on picture day, tomorrow is THE day! Because JostensPIX uses green screen technology, please make sure, if your child DOES need his or her picture taken, that they do NOT wear green, as anything green will become part of the background.
4th - 6th grade basketball tryouts are TOMORROW (Monday 10/25/21) in the OGMS gym at the following times:
3:45 - 4:45pm 5th grade (can stay after school - parents MUST pick up)
4:50 - 5:50pm 6th grade (can stay after school - parents MUST pick up)
6:00 - 7:00pm 4th grade (parents MUST drop off AND pickup)
Forms went home with your students last week. If you did not get one, forms will be available at the tryout for you to fill out. Tryouts are closed to parent spectators.
Report cards for 1st 9 weeks were sent home today. It’s so good to see kids smiling and laughing faces. We had a great day at OGMS. celebrating our first 9 weeks with our BAM event. Have a great weekend. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!!
Fliers with the event code from JostensPIX will becoming home in backpacks TODAY. In a couple of days, you'll be able to access your child's school photo and order pictures online. Everything ships directly to your address; nothing will come to the school.
Questions? Email spoindexter@paragouldschools.net
School Picture Day is TOMORROW (October 13). Please make sure that your kiddos wear clothes that do NOT have green in them, as our new photography company uses green screen technology, and anything green will become part of the background.
Remember, there are no forms to send in. You'll be able to see your child's photos, personalize and order photos, all online at this website after picture day! https://shop.jostenspix.com/login
We are ready to see those smiling faces tomorrow!
It's HOMECOMING DAY! Here are the event links for the PHS Homecoming Assembly and PHS Football Game. Go RAMS!
Homecoming Assembly
https://youtu.be/CsNrlJNtPWs
Football Game
https://youtu.be/e8Wog2XiEJU
Parent and Title 1 meeting Thursday night at OGMS gym at 6pm. Come out and learn about some awesome things going on at OGMS. Some refreshments will be available. ONLY THE BEST AT OGMS!
PSD flag football for 1st & 2nd graders is CANCELED tonight. Boys Club football for all 3rd through 6th graders is also CANCELED tonight.
Get ready to bid on some GREAT Dig for the Cure auction items! This year's silent auction is online beginning at 5pm Thursday 9/30 and ending at 9pm on Friday 10/1.
Here's what you need to do:
1) Go to the "Dig for the Cure THINK PINK Facebook page"
2) Like it
3) Check back often to bid on your favorites!
Want a sneak peak at some of the items? Head over to Jill Wessell Gill's Facebook page and scroll through the comments on her auction post.
All proceeds go to the following organizations that are helping breast cancer warriors win their battle!
AMMC's Project Hope
NEA Baptist's HopeCircle
St. Bernard's Imaging Center
The NEA Chapter of the American Cancer Society
The West Clinic
Newsletters will be coming home in backpacks today or tomorrow. Be on the lookout for the blue paper!
Did You Know breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women? In 2021, it's estimated that about 30% of newly diagnosed cancers in women will be breast cancer. Join us in the fight against breast cancer. Here are a few of our faculty and staff members who wore their RETRO Dig for the Cure shirts or pink today. Head over to the PSD Facebook page to see even more photos and to post your own!
Show your support - wear pink this week and come out to the 14th Annual Dig for the Cure this Thursday at Doc Paynter Court as your Lady Rams take on their crosstown rivals!
Flu vaccine clinics will be held the week of October 11th - 14th in the PSD. Forms went home TODAY with students and are due back by Monday, October 4th. There will be NO intranasal flu mist available. Please make sure to fill out both sides of the forms before returning them. Call your student's school office if you have questions or need additional information.
Dig for the Cure is THIS Thursday, September 30th. Starting today we will be posting some "Did You Know?" facts and stats about breast cancer AND our faculty and staff will be wearing RETRO Dig for the Cure shirts or pink this week to bring awareness to breast cancer. We'd love for you to join us in wearing pink too! Comment on one of our posts with your picture and a message of hope for this year's 3 honorees:
April Vanaman Biggs
Amber Vanaman
Julie Lamb Milligan
"The overall death rate from breast cancer decreased by 1% per year from 2013 to 2018. These decreases are thought to be the result of treatment advances and earlier detection through screening." Did You Know the proceeds from Dig for the Cure go to 3 local entities? St. Bernard's Imaging Center, AMMC's Project Hope, and NEA Baptist Hospital's Hope Circle.
#breastcancerawareness
#rampride
#psdrams
#digforthecure
WOW! The Paragould School District received an Emergency Food Pantry Grant in the amount of $20,000 PLUS a $5,000 food credit at the NEA Food Bank! We have a new food pantry on the Junior High/High School campus that is bigger and better than years past and plans are in place to add an additional food pantry to the OGE/OGMS campus so we can serve even more families! We would like to shout THANK YOU to our PHS Community Service Learning class for unloading the food bank truck and organizing the food. What a task!
