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If you would like to sign up for the online resources offered through the Oakland Mills – Sylvan Partnership, please complete the consent form below and return it to the Guidance Office or Mr. Martini.

     OMHS - Sylvan Partnership Parent Permission Form

Friendly reminder: If you have already turned in your consent form, please visit www.sylvanmathprep.com to create an account using the free version and you will be upgraded to the full version at no extra cost.

Through the Partnership, ALL Oakland Mills students are eligible for 6 FREE hours of Sylvan Study Skills programs, focusing on test preparation, organizational management and advanced reading skills, just to name a few. Students of all academic levels have found attending the first seminar offered "beneficial and very helpful," as well as "applicable to my studies and new strategies can be applied." We are pleased to offer 4 more Seminars through this partnership. If you are interested, please complete and return the consent form (Note: you do NOT have to return a consent form if you already have submitted one for the online resources) and click on the link below to register. Once again, classes will be filled on a first come first serve basis. The dates of the Seminar are:

• Session 1: February 7 – 9
• Session 2: February 21 – 23
• Session 3: March 6 – March 8
• Session 4: March 20 – March 22

Oakland Mills – Sylvan Partnership Study Skills Seminar Registration Link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDYtVi1VQXBGZkROOXhXV1kzdUxkTFE6MQ

Parent-Teacher Conferences
Thursday, February 16 & Friday, February 17

Scheduling for Parent-Teacher Conferences is now open and will close on Tuesday, February 14. We will once again be using the online pick-A-time scheduling system. To schedule a conference, go to http://www.hcpss.org/#pat.

Happy New Year! The PTSA is pleased to announce that the Quill is back.  Download the January 2012 issue today by clicking here: The Quill - January 2012.

After Prom Volunteers Needed

The OMHS PTSA is looking for parents willing to come out and help keep our teens safe and happy on Prom Night. We are hosting our 11th Annual After Prom Event on Saturday, May 19th immediately following the Prom.  This year the event will be held at Brunswick Lanes in Columbia, MD with set-up starting at 10:30pm. Volunteers are needed throughout the night and for clean-up, which begins at 4:30am.  Volunteers do not have to stay the entire night, even a couple of hours here and there will go far to helping out the weary all-nighters!

Please contact Mona Curran at omhsafterprom@yahoo.com to offer your assistance.

After School Practices & Rehearsals

Parents - It is important that all students are picked up no later than 30 minutes from the end of practice.

Lateness to School

As the winter weather approaches, please be advised that traffic is much worse when it is raining, snowing, or sleeting. Please allow extra time for getting to school. Traffic is NOT an excused reason for lateness.

Announcing the Parents School Improvement Team!

Learn about OMHS goals and needs, help shape those goals, and find ways to get involved to help teachers and students achieve these goals. Head over to the PSIT page to find out more about this group and how you can volunteer and help our students succeed!

HCPSS News

Make sure you're getting the most timely news that pertains to your child's new grade or school. It's fast and easy to update your HCPSS News account. Just log in to the HCPSS Weekly News site at http://www.hcpssnews.com, choose Account Management, log in with your email address or phone number, and follow the prompts to update your account.

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Head on over to the Boosters page for more information about the group and how you can join and support OMHS students and programs.

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Check out the Community News page for upcoming events in Howard County.

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Check Payments

Click here for important information on check payments.

Also available in these languages:

• Chinese
• Korean
• Spanish

Did you know that ...

If your high school student participates in the Free and Reduced Meals Program, he or she qualifies for the following:

• Reduced Tuition for HCPSS Summer School
• Free Registration for Advanced Placement Exams
• Free Registrations for two SAT I and two SAT Subjects' Test
• Free Registration for two ACT Tests
• Four Free College Applications
• Qualification for the Guaranteed Access Grant (full tuition at a MD college)
• Free Registration for the NCAA Clearinghouse for students considering Division I or Division II Athletics

There are income eligibility guidelines to qualify for this program; however, so take a look at the National School Lunch Program/School Breakfast Program Application each student was given the first week of school. If you are in need of another one, have your child stop by the Front Office. You can also contact your school counselor to access any of the above resources.

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Head on over to the Policies page to read Oakland Mills and Howard County policies on things from the dress code to computer & Internet use.

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Parent-Teacher-Student Association

An opportunity to improve the lives of OMHS students. PTSA services and programs enhance the OMHS learning and social environment.

Click here for more information.

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Want to Know the Nutritional Value of a School Lunch?
The HCPSS's Food and Nutrition Service recently added a new link to their webpage that parents and students are sure to enjoy. At www.schoolmenu.com, families can view the daily lunch menu for their specific school, along with the menus for the next week as soon as they are posted. In addition, the nutritional value of each menu item is available in a drop down box. Parents and students can use the information to plan their choices for the day and calculate their nutritional intake at the same time.

According to Food and Nutrition Services Director Mary Klatko, www.schoolmenu.com is a fun, colorful site that includes features like nutrition and fitness messages, exercise tips, allergen information, a kids' area with food-related activities, coupons for parents to print and use, frequently asked questions, as well as meal prices, pre-paid meal plans and the local weather.

"It is a very informative site," says Klatko. "We hope the school communities in Howard County will find it useful and interesting."

The site can be accessed at www.schoolmenu.com or by visiting the HCPSS website at www.hcpss.org, clicking on "Lunch Menus" in the quick links area, where a link to the schoolmenu site is highlighted.

Maryland Pathways

The University of Maryland has maintained a long tradition of providing high quality undergraduate education to academically talented students from the State of Maryland . However, access, affordability, and choice have become critical issues as recent economic conditions have made it harder for families of modest means to afford the rising costs of education. Increasingly, families with limited resources have had to assume debt to defray these costs.

To assist low-income families in these circumstances, the University of Maryland has created a financial assistance program: Maryland Pathways. This three-tiered program reduces the debt component and increases the grant component of the student's financial aid package.

Click here for more information.

Email Listserves

Sign up to receive OMHS news via email at www.hcpssnews.com. Click on the Subscribe link, and select Oakland Mills High School.

The following OMHS List Serves are available for you to subscribe to:

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HC School System: www.hcpss.org/

OMHS PTSA Web Site: www2.hcpss.org/omhs/parents/ptsa.html

OMHS Official Web Site: oaklandmillshigh.com

Directions to other high schools: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/highschool/#directions (go to the second column near the bottom)

Official HCPSS School-related announcements: www.hcpssnews.com

Thunder Hill Park Alliance: www.thunderhillnaturepark.org or email bobmoon@comcast.net

PTA Howard County Council: ptachc.org

Howard Public Ed: groups.yahoo.com/group/howardpubliced (An Independent Electronic Forum)

Columbia Villages home page: columbiavillages.org

Long Reach Village: LongReach.org

Oakland Mills Village: columbiavillages.org/oaklandmills
     To subscribe to the OMHS Village news (published weekly) send an email to omca@columbiavillages.org.

Owen Brown Village: oaklandmills.columbiavillages.org

Howard County LISTSERV for Parents: groups.yahoo.com/group/hocoparents

Tutoring Web Site: tutor.com/maryland

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