It's a beautiful day, and the varsity softball team is on the diamond. Watch them practice and warm up with this drill, Around The Bases. Watch the Behind The Scenes video on Showcase Sports TV:
https://showcasesportstv.com/behind-the-scenes-around-the-bases/ #OAPride
Mrs. Nash's Living Environment students are still unlocking puzzles as they try to figure out how to finish the Escape Room and return first. Watch this Behind The Scenes video as they solve another puzzle:
https://showcaseclassroom.com/behind-the-scenes-escape-room-part-three/
The varsity softball team is beginning its season with energy and determination and with a new head coach at the helm. Watch the Season Preview video on Showcase Sports TV:
https://showcasesportstv.com/ofa-softball-season-preview/ @OFAAthletics1 l @OFA_Sports_BC #OAPride
OA Update: The Owego Football Booster Club is hosting a fundraising event at the Binghamton Black Bears game this Saturday, April 15th, at 7 pm. $5 from each ticket sale will go to benefit Owego Football. To purchase tickets, please call 607-722-7367 and mention you are with the Owego Football group to get a special rate on your tickets. Get more info here: https://5il.co/1s8rv #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition
We are on the field with the Varsity girl's lacrosse team. In this Training Tip video, Grace Doty shows us how to put a shot on the goal. Watch the video on Showcase Sports TV:
https://showcasesportstv.com/girls-lacrosse-training-tip-shot-on-goal/ @OwegoWLax l @OFAAthletics1
OA Update: Owego Free Academy is collecting gently used items to create a Prom Attire Swap-N-Shop at the school. Do you have a prom dress or a suit and tie just hanging around, taking up space in your closet, and you don’t want or need it anymore? Consider donating to the OFA Free Prom Attire Swap-N-Shop. Donations are being accepted now through May 25th. Items can be dropped off at the Welcome Center at OFA/OAMS or the 5th Avenue branch of Tioga State Bank. Please contact OFA directly with any questions by using Let’s Talk! - https://www.oacsd.org/page/lets-talk #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition
We are still on the hunt for first place as these students look to solve puzzles and unlock the next steps in this Escape Room studying event. Watch the Behind The Scenes of Part Two on Showcase Classroom:
https://showcaseclassroom.com/behind-the-scenes-escape-room-part-2/
OA REMINDER: There is NO SCHOOL, Friday, April 7th through Sunday, April 16th, for Spring Recess. We will see everyone back in school on Monday, April 17th. Have a wonderful break! #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition
The Class of 2023 After Prom Party Group is excited to host the Post Prom 2023 Golf Tournament! You can gather a team to play, sponsor a hole or donate a raffle basket! Sign up to play today! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13xpu0r5PvaqDAYXiwhXl5NSVfi4vPzJbD09-qGJA4fU/edit
Tanya Nash fell in love with science in college and decided that education was the best way to share her love. The most exciting aspects of her job are the constant change of scientific information and the students:
https://showcaseclassroom.com/teacher-profile-tanya-nash/
"It's a quick, rapid pace, always on the move kind of sport." Goalie Shannon Maslin
explains what she loves about lacrosse. She also tells us her favorite memory and more in this episode of 4 Questions:
https://showcasesportstv.com/4-questions-shannon-maslin/ @OwegoWLax #OAPride
Autumn Hankey has spent a large chunk of her life playing lacrosse and has many memories. She also has some exciting plans for the future when she graduates. Learn more on Showcase Sports TV:
https://showcasesportstv.com/4-questions-autumn-hankey/ @OwegoWLax l @OFAAthletics1
OACSD Board of Education Meeting Reminder: Tonight, Monday, April 3rd, at 6:00 pm in the Owego Apalachin Middle School cafeteria.
Tonight's meeting is the first of four upcoming building spotlights for the Board of Education. The students and staff of OAMS will be highlighted during the meeting in various ways.
The Board of Education will meet with middle school students and staff before the meeting.
Please use the Main Entrance located on the middle school side of the building complex.
Get more BOE information here: https://www.oacsd.org/page/board-of-education
Questions? Please reach out using Let's Talk! - https://www.oacsd.org/page/lets-talk
Students in the music department learned a drumming song from Ghana, instructed by Sulley Imoro. We go Behind The Scenes on Showcase Arts TV:
https://showcaseartstv.com/behind-the-scenes-african-drumming/ @OaBoosters l @OABands l @OAChoirs #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition
A group of Owego Free Academy Engineering and Robotics students and their teachers, Mr. Carney and Mr. Heath, competed in the Kids Can Build - CANstruction event for CHOW. The Jukebox they made has almost 2,000 cans and working lights and sound: https://youtu.be/BIjY5DuVTIM
Varsity lacrosse goalie Shannon Maslin shows us how to save a bottom-right shot. Watch this Training Tip video on Showcase Sports TV:
https://showcasesportstv.com/girls-lacrosse-training-tip-save-a-bottom-right-shot/ @OFAAthletics1 l @OwegoWLax l @OFA_Sports_BC #OAPride
OA Reminder: The Apalachin Lions will host their Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at 1:00 pm behind the BOCES West School on Pennsylvania Avenue (next to AES). Click here for more info: https://5il.co/1qvze. #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition
OA Update: If you live in the Town and Village of Nichols and meet the requirements, reduced internet services may be available to you. Click here for more information: https://5il.co/1rqjq. Contact the Affordable Connectivity Program directly with questions. #OACommunity
In this Behind The Scenes segment, we see Sulley Imoro teaching students a traditional dance from Ghana. Watch the video on Showcase Arts TV:
https://showcaseartstv.com/behind-the-scenes-african-dance/ @OaBoosters l @OABands l @OAChoirs #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition
We are in Tanya Nash's Living Environment class as students get ready to begin an escape room. Watch this Behind The Scenes Part 1 video on Showcase Classroom:
https://showcaseclassroom.com/behind-the-scenes-escape-room-one/ @OA_Schofield #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition