Oglethorpe County School System

The Oglethorpe County Board of Education Work Session for Tuesday, November 19th has been cancelled. The Board of Education Meeting will take place on Tuesday, December 3rd.

Our high school has a robust Work-Based Learning Program. On Friday, five of these 97 students shared their experiences with the Oglethorpe Rotary Club.

The excitement of the new school means we have to say goodbye to the current primary school. We are offering a Legacy T-Shirt that acknowledges the dates of the Consolidated School, the Elementary School, and the Primary School. The gray shirt is offered in both long sleeve and short sleeve styles. There is an option (for an additional cost) to have the shirt shipped directly to you, otherwise shirts can be picked up from the central office. Please click this link to place your order, or come by central office if you want to pay by cash or check. Deadline to purchase is December 1. Shirts will be available two weeks later. https://tinyurl.com/ybrhprtz.

A belated congratulations to the October Rotary Students of the Month: OCES: Daniel Utley OCMS: Nicole Aguilar OCHS: Andy Nguyen

Congratulations to our band, majorettes, and color guard on a great performance at Commerce County High School Band Competetion today! They scored straight superior ratings with the following results: majorettes- 1st in class, Overall band - 2nd in class, and Color Guard - 3rd in class. Thank you OCHS band, majorettes, and color guard for all your hard work, for making us proud at the competition today, for your entertaining half time shows, and spirit in the stands! A huge thanks to all the staff who pour into our students and to all the volunteers who help with the band. 🎺🥁🎷❤️💙

Congratulations to the 2024 Sports Hall of Fame Inductees who were inducted last night! Harold Benson - Coach Nicole Bonner-Grant - Track George Gresham - Football Michael Goolsby - Track and Field James Haynie - Track and Field Craig Mathews - Track Nichole Raines - Basketball Latange Wise - Basketball

Thank you to our AMAZING BUS DRIVERS, MONITORS, and TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT for all they do to get our students to and from school safely each day! Please encourage your child to thank their driver but particularly this week during Bus Driver Appreciation Week! 🚌 ❤️

Congratulations to the high school volleyball team on their 3-0 win over Haralson County in the first round of the state playoffs. The team advances to the sweet 16!

Congratulation to Erin Bunch on being named the Oglethorpe County System Teacher of the Year. Mrs Bunch will represent Oglethorpe County for The State Teacher of the Year!

Our amazing Teachers of the Year were recognized at the Board of Education meeting last night. Congrats to Adriane Echols (Primary School, Leanne Carter (Elementary School), Jill Barnes (Middle School), and Erin Bunch (High School) on being selected as the Teacher of the Year at their respective schools.

The high school graduation rate was released today with Oglethorpe having a 95.6% graduation rate! Overall grad rate: 95.6 last year: 95.3 4 year grad rate: 95.51. last year: 95.83 5 year grad rate: 95.86 last year: 94.24 State average - 85.4 A huge congratulations to all our staff who help play a part in this success. From primary level teachers to high school teachers, from our advanced level teachers to our teachers of struggling learners, and everyone in between - WE ALL HAVE A PART TO PLAY! Thank you to our bus drivers who get our students to and from school each day, and for many of our students, they are the first adult they see each morning! To our nutrition staff who ensures our students are well fed to be able to learn, and to our maintenance/custodial staff who ensures that our students have a safe, clean, and comfortable learning environment. To our technology department who makes sure teachers and students have optimal learning environments with working technology. To our administrators and support staff who spend countless hours behind the scenes making sure that our teachers and staff have a safe, productive learning environment. To our central office staff who ensures that needs at the schools are taken care of, so others can focus on the priority of teaching and learning, and to our Board of Education who supports all of us and goes above and beyond to make sure Oglethorpe County is the best school system we can have! While our four year graduation rate is impressive, I am particularly proud of the five year graduation rate. These students could have dropped out or could have taken a different path, but they showed grit and returned to complete their course work for this important milestone - their high school graduation! Thank YOU again to the teachers, coaches, and all staff members who helped guide and mentor our students.

Happy National Custodian Day to our amazing crew!

Oglethorpe County Schools will be operating on a regular schedule tomorrow (Monday). All schools have power and water. For those students who still do not have power, we can bus kids to the high school to get hot showers, if they want. Please let us know if there is something that you need. We are here to help!

Oglethorpe County Schools will open the HS gym from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm for those who need a hot shower, warm meal, and/or recharge your phone! We will provide toiletries. If you are able to, please bring a towel. Feel free to spread the word! To our community, if you are able to donate a towel or bottles of water, please drop it off outside the high school gym. We will have a box outside by noon.

Oglethorpe County Schools will be operating on a regular schedule tomorrow, but CLOSED ON FRIDAY! All after-school activities including ASPIRE have been canceled for Thursday. We are following GEMA and Homeland Security’s recommendations. We are continuing to watch and assess the weather closely and will make the best decision for our students and staff, always keeping safety in mind!

Please join me in congratulating all our Certified and Classified Employees of the Year. It is a HUGE honor to be selected by your peers! OCPS: Adriane Echols and Everneda Moore OCES: Leanne Carter and Lori Hall OCMS: Jill Barnes and Madison Phillips OCHS: Erin Bunch and Carl Young

Please join us in welcoming our new 2024-25 staff members! Looking forward to a great year! https://tinyurl.com/yasupm8e

We will always remember!

We are preparing our 2nd edition of the Oglethorpe County School System Year-in-Review! Once again, we are offering businesses the opportunity to become a Year-in-Review Partner. Our Year-in-Review report will be approximately a 20-page magazine style booklet - glossy and in full color. This will be distributed to our school community through email, posted to our web site, social media and delivered in hard copy to key community members, local businesses and real estate agents. Please check out the flyer for the details and consider being a District Business Partner either as a Year-in-Review or a Media Partner.

Our thoughts are with Barrow County!