School pictures will be taking place in two weeks. OHS will take pictures on Monday, September 25th, OMS on the 26th, and OES on the 27th! Nothing needs to be done ahead of time and ordering details will be coming soon from Split Rock Photography. Mark your calendars and bring your best smiles on picture day!
Love how our 6th grade students help clean in the lunchroom after the last shift of the day!
Some awful acting happening in the class "Bring Your Drama" this morning. Don't worry - it's supposed to be bad! Getting students on stage performing the world's worst auditions. No pressure!! Just be bad!! 😀
What a great way to loosen students up and help them get comfortable performing! #PioneeringPathways
We are excited to bring back Wellness Wednesdays again this year. Hydration is our first theme this year. We will focus on hydration for the last week in August and the month of September. As the weather is especially hot, please encourage your student to drink water throughout the day.
OCSD Families,
Please be aware that bus routes for the 2023-2024 school year have been updated today and republished to the documents section of our Okoboji Community Schools App. Each route along with maps and time stops for both AM and PM is available in the documents section of the district and building pages on our app. Check them out and we can't wait to see all the smiling faces on our district buses tomorrow morning!
Intake Conferences are off and running! We can't wait to see you all! We have Pioneer Gear on display and a table for community resources. Girl Scouts are even here! Also, make sure you take a picture by our sign with the amazing balloon display courtesy of Pioneer Parents and Boji Balloon Bar!
OCSD Families - Please note that information on bus routes for this year was just emailed to all parents. Bus route maps and schedules are available in the Documents section of the Okoboji Schools App! A reminder that buses DO NOT run on Wednesday as only 9-12 grade are in session and 10th-12th are only in school for the afternoon. Normal bus routes will begin on Thursday.
We're thrilled to share that our new school year started on a high note. Our teachers and staff collaborated wonderfully to create an engaging and welcoming environment for your children as they begin next week's new school year. Exciting times lie ahead, and we are committed to a year of growth and learning together. Pioneering Pathways For Every Student!
Hello OMS Families:
Please check out the new OMS Parent Connection Guide that was just sent to your email. It includes information on ROOMS, the new all-encompassing communication tool we will be rolling out within the Okoboji CSD App as the year begins.
See you Wednesday for Intakes!
We had a great day welcoming our new staff on Monday! We spent time together defining what Pioneering Pathways for Every Student means at Okoboji Schools and creating a vision of what each of them can do to help move our district forward! We couldn't be more excited for the 2023-2024 school year!
Hello Pioneer Family,
The Okoboji school board will honor our students, staff, parents, and community members with two newly created programs this year. The Okoboji School Board recognizes that it takes a community to Pioneer our youth. Through two programs, we want to hear from you about those exceptional individuals that stand out. Please take a moment to honor those that go above and beyond! Below is the Board Salute and Pioneer Student Recognition Programs link.
https://www.okobojischools.org/o/ocs/page/board-recoginition-programs
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thank you for your outstanding support - Go Pioneers!
Todd Abrahamson, Superintendent
Team Okoboji
Come to Sports Preview Night to support our fall sports! We are also sure that many of you would love to have the opportunity to dunk these guys!
5:00-5:30 -- Dave Vonk (Elementary Principal)
5:30-6:00 -- Ryan Cunningham (Middle School Principal)
6:00-6:30 -- Todd Abrahamson (Superintendent)
6:30-7:00 -- Steve Clayton (Transportation Director)
It's August 1st and registration is open! School will be here soon! Click the link below or scan the QR code to access our district wide School Supply List!
https://bit.ly/451h4uu
With registration opening for the 2023-24 school year, we thought it was time to share out the school supply list for your back to school shopping. This list can also be found on our new website in the "Enroll at Okoboji" section under the website menu.
See you in a month!
https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3508/OCS/3118425/2023-2024_School_Supply_List.pdf
Online registration for the 2023-2024 school year is now open! Visit our website or app for more information and to get started!
Catch up with the latest student stories, events, and news
updates. It's Okoboji Schools, in your pocket. If you haven't
already, download the app!
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Online registration for the 2023-2024 school year opens on July 20th! See our website and app for more details once registration opens!
We are pleased to announce an exciting development regarding our student instructional fees. Effective immediately, we have decided to reduce instructional fees by an impressive 50%!
This will reduce the financial burden on our families. We can do this by restructuring our Instructional Support Levy funding. Please see the attached memo for more information, and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!
Okoboji recently launched our new website and communications app, Okoboji CSD, which can be downloaded via the Apple App Store or Google’s Play Store. Search Okoboji CSD!
The primary focus of our new website is to reach out to new families to highlight all the schools’ features, news, events, and marketing. In contrast, the Okoboji CSD app is a communication tool for our parents and students. This app will highlight events, enable one-on-one communications, access documents, receive alert notifications, classroom events, and much more.
Unfortunately, the Infinite Campus app does not integrate with the Okoboji CSD app. Therefore, you must make sure you download the Infinite Campus app in addition to the Okoboji CSD app.
The Okoboji CSD app is designed for communications, whereas the Infinite Campus app is intended for official school functions. A place to view current grades, schedules, pay for lunch and school fees, and report absences starting this school year.
You can find the Infinite Campus app in both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, search Infinite Campus; there is an app for students and one for parents.
Thank you for supporting the Okoboji school district!
We are loving our new app! Access documents, news
updates, and even emergency notifications, right from your
pocket.
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