OGMS Picks of the Week  The Weekly Update of Orange Grove News and Events 

Day   Mar 12-16  Mar 19 - 23 

M 12 

❏ Scholastic Book Fair   7:00 - 7:30 a.m. & during lunch 

 

19 4th Quarter Community Schools 

classes and sports start 

T  13 ❏ Scholastic Book Fair  

7:00 - 7:30 a.m. & during lunch ❏ Afternoon ZAP 

20 ❏ Afternoon ZAP 

W 14 

❏ NO LATE START ❏ Scholastic Book Fair  

7:00 - 7:30 a.m. & during lunch 

21 

❏ Late Start ZAP, SSP ❏ After School Test Make-ups 

T 15 

❏ HALF DAY: School Hours 7:30-11:00 a.m. 

❏ Student Led Conferences 11:30 - 3:00 

❏ Scholastic Book Fair 11:00 - 3:00, Special Family Event 1:00 - 2:00 (free Eegee’s!) 

22 ❏ Parent Breakfast - 8th grade 

families 7:45 a.m. ❏ FFO meeting 8:30 ❏ Afternoon ZAP 

F 16 

❏ HALF DAY: School Hours 7:30-11:00 a.m. 

❏ Student Led Conferences 11:30 - 3:00 

❏ Scholastic Book Fair 11:00 - 3:00 

❏ School Dance 3:00 - 5:00 MPR 

23 ❏ Dine Out at Papa John’s (Sunrise 

+ Kolb) All Day, Proceeds (20%) Benefits OGMS FFO Pick-up or delivery (they will deliver even outside their delivery boundaries to OGMS families) 

   

 

 

This Week’s Panther Pride Winners! 

 

 

 

OGMS Spring Dance and Social 

March 16th  IDs Required for Entrance 

The OGMS Student Council is sponsoring an after-school Dance and Social on March 

16th from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m in the MPR. Entrance to the dance is free, but students must 

have their student ID with them. There will be a DJ, activities and treats for students. 

Our student council has prepared carnival games, so students who may feel 

self-conscious about their dance moves can still come and have fun! 

Parents are asked to drop off and pick up their students in the front parking lot of the 

school. Please pick up promptly at 5:00 p.m. This is a casual event, and students must 

adhere to the OGMS dress code.  

 

 

8th-Grade Promotion All 8th-grade families should have received a letter in the mail inviting them to a parent 

breakfast on March 22nd from 7:45 - 8:30 a.m. Mr. Rubin-Toles will discuss the 

promotion guidelines provided in this mailing, and samples of the portrait 

photographer’s work will be on display. 8th-grade portraits will be taken on March 

27th for those interested in ordering a portrait packet. A payment envelope was also 

provided in this mailing. If you have any questions, please call Mrs. Algeo or Mrs. 

Morgan at 209-8201. 

 

 

Spring Book Fair! Join us for the SPRING BOOK FAIR March 12th-16th in the Panther Den (Room 302) 

Open before school, during lunch, and during Student-Led Conferences.   

We still need volunteers...go to our Sign-Up Genius to see what times are available. 

 

COME TO A SPECIAL FAMILY EVENT - Thurs. March 15th from 11-2,  

stop by for books, fun, and a free Eegee’s! 

 

SHOP ONLINE March 5th-18th: visit the online Book Fair Online! 

 

 

Are You Ready for Student-Led 

Conferences? 

March 15 and 16 11:30 - 3:00 Student-Led Conferences will be held next week, and it is mandatory that all students 

participate in this conference. If you are unable to attend at the time assigned to you, 

please contact the teacher for an alternate time or have someone attend in your place.   

 

Student-Led Conferences will be held on March 15 and 16 between 11:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Students will be dismissed at 11:00 a.m. both days - please make sure you 

have transportation arranged. If you have any questions, please call the front office at 

209-8201. 

 

 

 

 

Have we found what you’ve lost? 

While you’re on campus, check out our Lost and Found... 

 

 

 

   

 

Panthers We’re Proud Of Join us in congratulating Noah Wellman and Alexandra Zega! The Altrusa International 

Young Authors Contest will honor them at the Tucson Festival of Books this weekend. 

Noah entered his poem “Rolling Pin” and short story “Festival of Sight” and Alex 

entered her poem “On the Importance of a Dependent Variable”.  

 

 

David Aguirre has shown mad geography knowledge, and is a semifinalist who will now 

compete at the state level for the National Geographic Geography Bee. David 

competed in our schoolwide Bee in January and passed the online test in February! 

One champion from each state and territory will advance to the National Geographic 

Bee Championship, which will be held May 20-23 at the National Geographic Society 

headquarters in Washington, D.C. 

 

 

The OGMS MathCounts team won the Southern Arizona Regional MathCounts 

competition held in February, beating out students from across southern Arizona, 

including Basis, Sonoran Science Academy, and The Gregory School. The OGMS team 

will compete at the state level in Phoenix on March 24. 

 

 

 

   

 

Pics of the Week 

  

Defense attorney 

Nathaniel Cross in Mr. 

Flynn’s class makes a 

dramatic closing 

statement in defense 

of William Laws Calley 

Jr., accused of 

murdering 22 

unarmed South 

Vietnamese civilians 

in the Vietnam War. 

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. Willman confers 

with her jurors, who 

have just heard the 

prosecution’s case in the 

court martial - all 8th 

graders are experiencing 

this simulated 

courtroom experience. 

 

 

 

 

 

Students in Ms. Lichty’s 

class reflect and give each 

other feedback about 

their portrayal (in terms 

of accuracy and 

presentation) of the real 

historical figures in the 

trial. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students in Ms. Pyne’s class 

ask questions about cells, 

like “how many new cells 

do we get every day?”  

What’s your estimate? 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Band students in Mr. 

Chilson’s class warm up 

and get formative 

feedback about their 

posture in the first five 

minutes of class.  

How is your posture right 

now? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students in Arabella La 

Chance’s class proudly 

show off their children’s 

books, incorporating 

thematic vocabulary. This 

one was about an 

enigmatic character, “Lil’ 

J’osh,” who went shopping 

at Macy’s. 

 

 

 

Students in Community Schools’ SARSEF program, taught by Ms. Hoenshell and Ms. 

Powers, tend to their experimental garden. 

 

March 9, 2018

To all parents, faculty and staff of Orange Grove Middle School:

Orange Grove Middle School does not have any asbestos-containing building materials in its school

buildings. However, Orange Grove Middle School is required to comply with the Asbestos Hazard

Emergency Response Act (AHERA). AHERA rules regulate activities involving asbestos-containing

materials in school buildings.

An asbestos management plan detailing AHERA required information is available for review at the

Catalina Foothills Facilities Office located at 4300 East Sunrise Drive, Tucson, Arizona.

If you have any questions regarding asbestos-containing building materials you are encouraged to

review the management plan or contact the Director of Facilities & Transportation, Douglas L. Huie, at

520-209-8508.

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11:30am

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