2021-2022 School Year - All You Need to Know - News

The virtual program we offered for the 20-21 school year will not be available for the upcoming school year.

All students will be required to attend in-person.

Face masks are optional for the 21-22 school year.

Our Open House this year will be in-person on Friday, August 6.

Here are the times for each grade level:

6th Grade - 10:00 a.m.

7th Grade - 1:00 p.m.

8th Grade - 3:30 p.m.

Each grade level session will last approximately two hours.

Students and families will have the chance to meet all of the teachers on their schedule. Schedules will be released just before our Open House.

Sallee Promotions will be on-site with OMS spirit gear for families to purchase. Many items will be in-stock and ready for you to purchase and take with you.

Student schedules will be available in Focus on Thursday, August 5 at 8:30 a.m.

Before accessing your child's schedule, please be sure to complete all required forms in Focus.

For information on how to access Focus, please use this link: Focus for Parents

SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST

UNIFORM POLICY

Uniforms can be ordered from Sallee Promotions - https://omsuniforms.itemorder.com/sale

Remember, this year, all shirts should have the new OMS logo. All of our vendors have the new logo. Also, our colors are purple, green, gray, and black. All of our vendors know which colors are acceptable.

Please see the two attachments below for details regarding our fee-based after care program. The program is available every regular school day from 2:20 - 4:20 p.m.

For specific questions, please contact our after care program director - Rose Foster - rose.foster@capecharterschools.org

OVERVIEW

REGISTRATION

If you have not completed the form to request bus transportation for your child, please complete the form below. Transportation cannot be guaranteed for the first two weeks of school.

https://forms.gle/6XtynptEEpzsPmFB7

Our students are grouped based on their academic abilities in both reading and math. Core subjects are taught by highly qualified teachers, and the work has appropriate pacing and rigor, and engaging lessons based on the levels of the students. The standards taught for all classes within a grade level are the same, regardless of being intensive, advanced, or GATE. Our intensive classes are for students who are below grade level in reading and math based on STAR Reading and Math data. In addition, about 10% of our students need intervention services. These services are provided through the school day by each classroom teacher.

Many students will need our advanced courses (all those high achieving students that do not make it into GATE). Courses in advanced are very rigorous and enriched, and with very highly qualified teachers. In many cases, our GATE teachers also instruct our advanced courses. This allows our advanced students the opportunity to receive much of the same content, strategies, projects, and engagement, as the students in GATE, often times with a teacher who has the gifted endorsement.

All students who have the official "gifted" label are placed into GATE. We will be looking at STAR data to help us create our classes. In some cases, we will look back to prior year's FSA scores, if the STAR data is not conclusive. For our incoming 6th grade students, we have received the STAR data for both reading and math from OES and OEN. We will use the STAR data, but we will also be considering teacher recommendations when it comes to placement in GATE. We will be hearing from the teachers of the accelerated classes at both of our elementary schools. They will inform us as to whether or not they believe their current students should continue in our GATE program. In addition, we will absolutely consider students who are in the process of being tested for gifted services. We will consider all of the collected information as we begin to create the classes over the summer.

STEAM PROGRAM:

We have greatly expanded our Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEM) courses. We are excited to give more students the opportunities to participate in STEAM courses - things like Robotics, Underwater Robotics, Coding, Cybersecurity, and Green Technology (aeroponics), just to name a few.

ELECTIVES:

We will try our best to place students into electives they have self-selected. Elective changes will not be made at the beginning of the school year.

Middle school sports will be held this year. Our students will have the chance to compete against other schools in Lee County.

Basketball is typically the first sport, followed closely by Cross Country.

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News

2021-2022 School Year - All You Need to Know

June 30, 2021

Virtual Program - Not Being Offered

Open House - In-Person

Student Schedules in Focus

School Supply List - 2021-2022

SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST

Uniform/Dress Code Policy

UNIFORM POLICY

After Care Program

OVERVIEW

REGISTRATION

Bus Request Form

Academic Courses, STEAM, and Electives

Intramurals - Middle School Sports