OEMS Announcements

Announcements Monday 08/29/2022: 

Good morning staff and students!  Welcome to Ovid-Elsie Middle School where we are inspiring life-long learners to achieve their full potential and excel in a changing world.  Today is Monday August 29th, 2022.  Please stand for the pledge…..

No birthdays today…..Oh wait this just in….6th grade Science teacher extraordinaire has a birthday today!  Let’s take a sec to wish Mrs Miller a very happy birthday!!!  

We have NWEA testing this week with Math tomorrow and ELA on Wednesday.  We will have a 2-hour delay schedule on those days with testing in your 1st hour class.

If you would like just milk for breakfast or lunch please let the lunch staff know so that they can check your account balance.  Milk is 50 cents per carton.

Tryouts for 7th and 8th grade MS girls’ basketball are today after school until 5:15pm.  You must have a current physical on file in order to try out.

And now it’s time for Manic Mystery Monday so pop your thinking caps on and teachers dial 1420 when you have heard the entire question and your class has an answer:

Question: What is the fastest number of times that a hummingbird flaps its wings?

Answer: The fastest recorded rate is about 80 beats per second on an Amethyst Wood-star hummingbird.  N. American hummingbirds average 53 beats per second in normal flight.

Have a marvelous Monday everybody!

Announcements Tuesday 08/30/2022: 


Happy Birthday today to Noah C. Have a wonderful birthday buddy!

We have Math NWEA testing today and ELA tomorrow.  We’ll be in 1st hour classes until 10am and then run a 2 hour delay schedule.

Have a terrific Tuesday everybody and remember it may not be easy but it will definitely be worth it!

Announcements Wednesday 08/31/2022: 

Please make sure that your cell phone is in your locker and turned OFF.  There are a lot of alarms ringing in lockers.  Phones will be taken to the office if they have to be turned off.

We have ELA NWEA testing today.  We’ll be in 1st hour classes until 10am and then run a 2 hour delay schedule.

It’s Hump Day!  We have an inspirational quote of the week to get you over the hump.  If you have a quote that speaks to you please send it in to the office in a note or email Mrs Pontack or Ms Holley:

Have a wonderful Wednesday everybody!  We’re more than halfway there so let’s make the rest of this week really count!

Announcements Thursday 09/01/2022: 

Good morning staff and students!  Welcome to Ovid-Elsie Middle School where we are inspiring life-long learners to achieve their full potential and excel in a changing world.  Today is Thursday, September 1st, 2021.  Please stand for the pledge…..

Happy Birthday over the weekend to Carson O, Darby W, Hunter S and Memarie B . Hope that you have a fantastic birthday guys!

Teachers and students today is another PBIS day where we are teaching our OE expectations.  Be respectful, be responsible and be your best.  Go Marauders! 

We will be beginning the sugar sling concessions on Fridays after the Labor Day weekend.

And now it’s time for the best time of the week, Mrs Holley’s Chuckle Time:

Question:  Why did the old man fall in the well?

Answer: Because he couldn’t see that well.

Have a tremendous Thursday everybody!  Let’s make today RIDICULOUSLY amazing!