Oceanside Middle School

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On February 11th the National Junior Honor Society held their annual Phone-a-Thon to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Oceanside Middle School alumnus Kelly Backus was invited to speak as she has been living with Cystic Fibrosis for some time. She is a truly inspirational speaker as she is a collegiate athlete studying to become a Health and Physical Education teacher. The NJHS raised over $1,000 to benefit the organization! It was a very successful and meaningful event.

Jump Rope For Heart is a national education and fundraising event sponsored by the American Heart Association and the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE). Jump Rope for Heart took place at OMS during the week of February 22-26. In physical education classes, students raised money and participated in this amazing event.

In conjunction with Team Spirit Kick-Off Week and Team Spirit Week, OMS conducted a book drive/e-reader drive from February 1-February 12. All books/e-readers collected were passed on to the nonprofit organization BookFairies. BookFairies will distribute them to children in high needs schools throughout the NY metropolitan area.

National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week links students with scientists and other experts to counteract the myths about drugs and alcohol that teens get from the internet, TV, movies, music, or from friends. It was launched in 2010 by scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to stimulate educational events in communities so teens can learn what science has taught us about drug abuse and addiction. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism became a partner starting in 2016, and alcohol has been added as a topic area for the week. NIDA and NIAAA are part of the National Institutes of Health.

On February 29, from 7:00-8:00pm, the Art and Music Showcase took place. The members of Art and Music Enrichment demonstrated their incredible talents. Thank you to Ms. Nicholas and Mr. Weiss for your efforts in putting together such a beautiful event.

March Madness is coming to OMS: Come out and support your friends and classmates playing in the 3v3 Basketball Tournament. Buy your tickets today! All proceeds will be donated to the Sunrise Day Camp.

The Harlem Wizards will be visiting Oceanside on Monday, March 14th at 7:00 PM for a friendly game against a team of teachers and staff members. Though Oceanside Middle School is the event organizer, the game will be played at Oceanside High School in order to accommodate our expected large crowd.

This game is a fundraiser for our school, and we do hope you will buy tickets for the whole family. All are welcome!!!

Students in Mrs. Treanor's 7th Grade Social Studies class created iMovies on different U.S. Presidents. The students were assigned a President and then asked to make a case for why that President should be inducted into the "Presidential Hall of Fame." The students conducted research in the library and created the iMovies with the help of Mrs. Treanor and Mrs. Johnson, our Library Media Specialist.

The season has just begun, and right now the Girl's Basketball record is 1-1-1.The season is a total of 9 games, and the girls are facing combined 7/8th grade teams. They are playing aggressive, up-tempo Basketball. Leading in scoring are Gabrielle Modzelewski, Jackie Sailer, and Courtney Murphy. Let's go Sailors!

The boys volleyball team is currently undefeated after playing 3 games. The team entered the season under new leadership with Coach Hersch. Coach Hersch was quoted as saying "The team has demonstrated great communication skills on the court." The practices have been very intense and the members on the team continue to improve on a daily basis. Good luck the rest of the season!

Congratulations to Charlie Leventhal of Team 7 -2 on winning the OMS Reading Challenge for the month of February. We are all very proud of Charlie and all of our participants.

OMS Reading Challenge Scoreboard:

7th Grade

1st Place - 7-1

2nd Place - 7-2

3rd Place - 7-3

4th Place - 7-4

8th Grade

1st Place - 8-2

2nd Place - 8-1

3rd Place - 8-3

4th Place - 8-4

GREAT WORK by all of the 7th and 8th grade teams during Team Spirit Week.

Team Spirit Standings:

7th Grade

1st Place - 7-4

2nd Place - 7-1

3rd Place - 7-3

4th Place - 7-2

8th Grade

1st Place - 8-2

2nd Place - 8-3

3rd Place - 8-1/8-4