Owego Elementary

In this Behind The Scenes video, Jessica Barnes teaches her students about persuasive statements. Watch the video only on Showcase Classroom: https://youtu.be/iygnxhspmy8

OA REMINDER: The Owego Free Academy Girls Swimming and Diving team will participate in Sectionals as follows: Sectional Prelims at Maine-Endwell on November 1st at 5:00 pm. Diving at Elmira on November 3rd at 10:15 am. Finals at Maine-Endwell on November 4th at 4:00 pm. GoFan Tickets are required for entry. Purchase tickets here: Swimming Class B Prelims - 11/1 at MEl https://gofan.co/event/1177861?schoolId=NYSPHSAAIV A, B C Diving - 11/3 at Elmira https://gofan.co/event/1177883?schoolId=NYSPHSAAIV #OFARiverHawks #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition

Looks like we need to make some more noise downtown tonight! Congratulations to the Section IV Class A Girl's Soccer Sectional Champions...your Owego Free Academy River Hawks! Cue the lights and sirens. #OFARiverHawks #sOArTogether #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition

Congratulations to the Owego Free Academy Volleyball team on winning the 2023 STAC Championship. The River Hawks won 3-0 over Windsor. #OFARiverHawks #sOArTogether #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition

Congratulations to the Owego Free Academy Boy's Soccer Team - Section IV Class A Champions. You know what that means...get ready for some lights and sirens in downtown Owego soon. The champs are coming home! #OFARiverHawks #sOArTogether #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition

OA REMINDER: The Owego Free Academy Girl’s Soccer team plays Maine-Endwell in the Class A Sectional Final game on Friday, October 27th, at 7:00 pm at Chenango Valley High School. GoFan Tickets are required for entry. Purchase tickets here: https://gofan.co/event/1172195?schoolId=NYSPHSAAIV #OFARiverHawks #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition

OA REMINDER: The Owego Free Academy Boys Soccer team plays Maine-Endwell in the Class A Sectional Final game on Thursday, October 26th, at 6:00 pm at Johnson City High School. GoFan Tickets are required for entry. Purchase tickets here: https://gofan.co/event/1173191?schoolId=NYSPHSAAIV #OFARiverHawks #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition

OA REMINDER: The Owego Free Academy Field Hockey team plays Afton/Harpursville in a Sectional Semi-Final game today, Tuesday, October 24, at 3:00 pm at Harpursville. Read more about the Sectional Matchups for the Field Hockey Team on Tioga County Sports Report here: https://tiogacountysportsreport.com/index_get.php?article_id=7707 #OFARiverHawks #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition

Last week, the general auditions for this year's fall musical were held in the auditorium. Hear from the director and several students auditioning about what they are excited about with this musical and what the audition process was like. Watch the Review video on Showcase Arts TV: https://youtu.be/b8Tn5D71k3Q

Mrs. Merges's music class is getting their workout in today. In this Behind The Scenes video, watch as the class gets some exercise with music sticks on Showcase Classroom: https://youtu.be/S1P9JaV5v2o

OA REMINDER: The Owego Free Academy girls’s soccer team hosts Norwich in a Sectional Semi-Final game today, Saturday, October 21st, at 3:30 pm in Christy J. Valvo Stadium. The game will also be streamed on our YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@OwegoApalachinCSD Read more about the Sectional Matchups for the Girl’s Soccer Team on Tioga County Sports Report here: https://tiogacountysportsreport.com/index_get.php?article_id=7693 #OFARiverHawks #sOArTogether #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition

OA Update: What’s Happening In Our Community - Check out these great programs, events, and more. OA Basketball Club - Evaluation Day: Saturday 10/21 - https://5il.co/25lz1 Tioga PACT Trunk Or Treat: 10/23/23 - https://5il.co/27iho OA Lacrosse Club K-6th Clinic: 11/11/23 - https://5il.co/27ii8 Red Ribbon Week - https://5il.co/27ikf More Community Fliers can be found here: https://www.oacsd.org/documents/community-flyers/237411 If you are involved in an organization that would like to share a flier with the OA school community, please submit it through Let’s Talk! for approval. Select ‘Digital Flier Distribution Submission’ under Communications here - https://www.oacsd.org/page/lets-talk #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition

Owego Elementary School held a Kindergarten Storybook Readers parade today. #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition

As part of the Section IV athletics Sportsmanship campaign, Owego Free Academy student-athletes created The Spirit Of Sportsmanship video. The video was produced by OFA student-athletes Madison McEvoy, Collin Monell, Olivia Crapser, and Javan Belokur. Every Fall varsity sport nominated two athletes to represent their program. These athletes embody the Spirit of Sportsmanship for those teams. In order of appearance in the video: Sydney Shoen - Swimming & Diving Joseph Palladino - Football Jaxson Belokur - Boys Soccer Kaelyn Katchuk - Swimming & Diving Elaina Anschutz - Tennis Shannon Maslin - Volleyball Alexis Nelson - Girls Soccer Stella Palladino - Girls Cross Country Ashleigh Steele - Field Hockey Dominick Curley - Golf Jaelyn Chrysler - Girls Cross Country Matthew Samuelson - Boys Soccer Evan Wasielewski - Football Morgan Carrigg - Tennis Maggie Hamed - Volleyball Javan Belokur - Boys Cross Country Patrick Tammariello - Golf Taylor Dalton - Girls Soccer Magavin Allen - Boys Cross Country Madison McEvoy - Field Hockey Watch OFA The Spirit Of Sportsmanship here: https://youtu.be/DVOt6jATzsU #OFARiverHawks #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition

OES REMINDER: School Picture Day is tomorrow, Thursday, October 19th. You can pre-order online here: https://www.bjkphotos.com/. Contact OES directly through Let's Talk! with any questions here: https://www.oacsd.org/page/lets-talk.

OA REMINDER: It's National School Bus Safety Week, NYAPT Reminds Drivers to Stop for Stopped School Busses to Keep Our Students Safe. Read more here: https://5il.co/27azb #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition

Congratulations to Owego Elementary School 4th-grade Teacher Julie McEvoy, who WICZ - FOX 40 selected as their Teacher of the Week. Andrea Gregory, who nominated Mrs. McEvoy, surprised her today with the recognition. Watch for the segment tonight on FOX 40 News.

OA REMINDER: There is a Board of Education Regular Meeting tonight, Monday, October 16, 2023, at 6:00 pm, in the BOE room at the District Office, 5 Sheldon Guile Boulevard. The meeting will also be streamed for viewing only on our YouTube Channel here: https://youtube.com/live/mBtFEty7BbI?feature=share. Board meeting agenda and meetings are posted on Board Docs on our website at www.oacsd.org. We encourage anyone with questions or comments to utilize Let’s Talk! - https://www.oacsd.org/page/lets-talk. Your questions and comments will be seen and answered by the appropriate district personnel or board of education members. #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition

Today kicks off #schoolboardrecognitionweek, and all of us at the Owego Apalachin Central School District want to give a big thank you to our Board of Education members for all they do. #OACommunity #OAPride #OATradition

Mrs. Barnes' 2nd grade class is filling out their "In my opinion" worksheets..with help and guidance from their teacher. Watch this Behind The Scenes video on Showcase Classroom: https://youtu.be/B05UIZP0j4U