Oliver Ames High School

Calendar of Events

2009-2010

 

 

September, 2009

           

            Tuesday               1      First Day for Teachers Full Faculty Meeting 15 minutes after District Meeting with Dr. Green at OAHS

            Wednesday          2      First Day for Students; Period two grade 9 assembly in Auditorium, Period three grade 10 assembly in Auditorium, Period four grade 11 assembly in Auditorium, Period six grade 12 assembly in Auditorium.

            Thursday              3                             

            Friday                  4                 

            Saturday               5     

            Sunday                 6                 

            Monday               7      Labor Day – No School

            Tuesday               8     

            Wednesday          9    

            Thursday            10      OAHS Department Head Meeting at 2:15 in Principal’s Conference Room; School Committee meeting 7:00 p.m.

            Friday                11      Senior Class Field Day at Frothingham Park - Graduation Rehearsal and Cookout Periods 3-7      

           

            Saturday             12      Band Rehearsathon – time TBA                                                           

            Sunday               13     

            Monday             14                 

            Tuesday             15                 

            Wednesday        16                 

                                               

            Thursday            17     

            Friday                18      Freshman Mentoring Period 10:30 -10:59 a.m. No Homework or Test Preparation for the Weekend due to observing Rosh Hashanah

            Saturday             19      Rosh Hashanah begins at Sundown

            Sunday               20      Rosh Hashanah ends at Sundown

            Monday             21      Faculty Meeting 2:10 p.m. in auditorium

            Tuesday             22      First Principal/Student Advisory Council Meeting in Principal’s Conference Room at 7:00 a.m. or 2:10 p.m.; Instructional Support Team Meeting - Period 6 in Principal’s Conference Room

            Wednesday        23      Common Planning Period/Class Meetings, 60 minutes ending at 10:59 a.m.                          

            Thursday            24       Back to School Night                                                         

            Friday                25     

            Saturday             26      OA Marching Band USSBA @ Blackstone Millville     

            Sunday               27      Yom Kippur Begins at Sundown                      

                                                           

            Monday             28      Yom Kippur End at Sundown– No School                

            Tuesday             29     

            Wednesday        30

 

October, 2009

                                           

            Thursday              1      OAHS School Council meeting 2:35 in Principal’s Conference Room.

            Friday                  2      Freshman Mentoring Period 10:30 -10:59 a.m.

             

            Saturday               3      OA Marching Band USSBA @ King Philip                                         

            Sunday                 4     

            Monday               5                 

  Tuesday               6      Term 1 Progress Reports due to All Students in All Classes; Instructional Support Team Meeting – Period 6 in Principal’s Conference Room; Department Head Meeting at 2:15 in Principal’s Conference Room.

            Wednesday          7                             

            Thursday              8      School Committee meeting 7:00 p.m.                           

            Friday                  9                             

            Saturday             10      OA Marching Band @ Dartmouth       

            Sunday               11     

            Monday             12      Columbus Day Observed – No School                                

            Tuesday             13     

            Wednesday        14      Common Planning Period/Class Meetings, 60 minutes ending at 10:59am; Parent/Principal Coffee Hour 6:30-7:30 in Cafeteria                                                                     

            Thursday            15      Student/Principal Breakfast – period 2; Student/Principal Advisory Council Meeting 7:00 a.m. or 2:10 p.m. in Principal’s Conference Room     

            Friday                16     

Saturday             17      OAHS Offering PSAT Testing

            Sunday               18      OA Marching Band MICCA @ Norwood      

            Monday             19     

            Tuesday             20      Instructional Support Team Meeting – Period 6 in Principal’s  Conference Room          

            Wednesday        21      TRI-M Induction Ceremony – OA Cafeteria 7:30 p.m.

            Thursday            22      Student/Principal Breakfast - Period 2                          

            Friday                23     

            Saturday             24      OA Marching Band USSBA New England Champs, New Britain, CT                                     

            Sunday               25      MICCA Finals @ Cawley Stadium, Lowell                  

            Monday             26      Faculty Meeting 2:10 in the Auditorium

            Tuesday             27     

            Wednesday        28     

            Thursday            29      Student/Principal Breakfast – Period 2; OAHS School Council meeting 7:00 p.m. in Principal’s Conference Room

            Friday                30      Fall Sports Season pep rally Senior Class Sponsored

            Saturday             31     

 

November 2009    

                                                                                   

            Sunday                 1                   

            Monday               2     

            Tuesday               3      Instructional Support Team Meeting – Period 6 in Principal’s Conference Room           

           

 

            Wednesday          4      MCAS Retest ELA Composition, Session A and B; Voluntary New Teacher Orientation meeting in Principal’s Conference Room 2:15-3:10 p.m.; Senior District Jazz Auditions, Brockton H.S. 3:00 – 5:30 p.m.

            Thursday              5      MCAS Retest ELA Reading Comprehension, Sessions 1 and 2; School Committee meeting 7:00 p.m.

                 Fri. & Sat. 6-7*      Baystate Show Choir Festival (*or Nov. 13 and 14) - Pending                                                                                                                                        

            Friday                  6      MCAS Retest ELA Reading Comprehension, Session 3; End of Term One – Grades due            

            Saturday               7      SAT Offered at OAHS

            Sunday                 8     

            Monday               9      MCAS Retest Mathematics Session 1           

            Tuesday             10      MCAS Retest Mathematics Session 2           

            Wednesday        11      Veterans’ Day – No School; OA Marching Band in Veterans’ Day Parade – Time TBA

            Thursday            12

                    Fri-Sat. 13-14      Alternate Baystate Show Choir Festival dates (see Nov. 6-7)   

  Friday                13      Freshman/Sophomore Mentoring Period 10:30 -10:59 a.m.;                 

            Saturday             14     

            Sunday               15     

            Monday             16     

      Mon.-Fri. 16 - Dec. 4       Portfolio Weeks, PE, IA, Foreign Language, FCS (pick one

                                                Day during this time to conduct reflection activity on best works selected by students.

           

            Tuesday             17                 

            Wednesday        18      Parent Conference 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 

            Thursday            19     

            Friday                20      Freshman/Sophomore Mentoring Period 10:30 -10:59 a.m.

 

            Saturday             21      Senior District Auditions, King Philip H.S.                    

            Sunday               22

                     Nov. 23 – 25      Homecoming Activities

            Monday             23     

            Tuesday             24                 

            Wednesday        25      Early Release Day; Homecoming Rally 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.; Alumni Breakfast sponsored by Student Council 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.; Junior vs. Senior Powder Puff Football Game 9:15 a.m.           

            Thursday            26      Thanksgiving Recess – Football Game at Sharon

            Friday                27      Thanksgiving Recess – No School  

            Saturday             28                                         

            Sunday               29

            Monday             30

 

 

December 2009

                                                                       

            Tuesday               1      Instructional Support Team Meeting – Period 6 Principal’s Conference Room                          

            Wednesday          2     

            Thursday              3      Student/Principal Advisory Council 7:00 a.m. or 2:10 p.m. in Principal’s Conference Room; School Committee meeting

                                                7:00 p.m.                                 

            Friday                  4      Freshman/Sophomore Mentoring Period 10:30 -10:59 a.m.

                   Fri. & Sat. 5-6      OA Concert/Show Choir & Marching Band at Lions Club Rockery Festival – time TBA                       

            Saturday               5      Junior District Auditions – Furnace Middle School, Marshfield – Time TBA                  

            Sunday                 6     

            Monday               7      Faculty Meeting 2:10pm in the Auditorium 

              Mon. - Fri. 8 - 19      Portfolio Weeks English, Math, Business and Art (pick one day during this two week period to conduct reflection activity on best works selected by students)                                                   

            Tuesday               8      Department Head Meeting 2:10 p.m. Principal’s Conference Room;                                 

            Wednesday          9     

            Thursday            10      OAHS School Council Meeting 2:35 p.m. in Principal’s Conference Room; OA Winter Concert            

 

            Friday                11      Hanukkah begins at sunset;

            Saturday             12                 

            Sunday               13      Show Choir/Pit Band Holiday Show at 7:00 p.m.          .                                  

  Monday             14      Term 2 Progress Reports due to All Students in All Classes

 

                                                                       

           

            Tuesday             15      Instructional Support Team Meeting - Period 6 in Principal’s Conference Room

              Tue. – Thu. 15-17      OA Musical Auditions

            Wednesday        16      Common Planning Period/Class Meetings, 60 minutes ending at 10:59 a.m.        

            Thursday           17      Easton Messiah Sing 8:00 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, North Easton                      

            Friday                18     

            Saturday             19     

            Sunday               20     

            Monday             21      Read-Through, OA Musical 2:30 – 5:00 p.m.              

Tuesday             22                                                    

            Wednesday        23      Annual Student/Faculty Volleyball Game (periods 6 and 7)

                                         

            Thursday            24      Christmas Eve – No School

            Friday                25      Christmas Day – No School                                                             

                Dec. 24 - Jan. 1      School Vacation

 

January 2010

                                         

                                                Financial Aid Night at Stonehill College, date TBA (usually first week in January) at Martin Institute

           

            Monday               4      School Re-opens after Christmas Vacation

                                         

            Tuesday               5      Instructional Support Team Meeting - Period 6 in Principal’s Conference Room

            Wednesday          6      Common Planning Period/Class Meetings, 60 minutes ending at 10:59 a.m.

            Thursday              7      Student/Principal Breakfast - Period 2; Voluntary New Teacher Orientation meeting 2:15 – 3:10 in Principal’s Conference Room; OAHS School Council meeting 7:00 p.m. in Principal’s Conference Room; School Committee meeting 7:00 p.m.

                    Fri.-Sat. 8 – 9      Senior District Festival at Barnstable H.S.                    

            Friday                  8      Freshman/Sophomore Mentoring Period 10:30 -10:59 a.m.

 

            Saturday               9

            Sunday               10

            Monday             11      Faculty Meeting 2:10 in the Auditorium

              Mon.-Fri. 11– 22      Portfolio Weeks History, Science and Music and (Pick one day during this two-week period to conduct reflection activity on best works selected by students)

            Tuesday             12      Department Head Meeting 2:15 p.m. in Principal’s Conference Room

            Wednesday        13      Faculty Senate 2:00 -3:00 p.m. Admin. Conf. Room; Parent/Principal Coffee Hour in Cafeteria 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.    

            Thursday            14                                                     

            Friday                15      Last regular day of classes before Mid-Year Exams

           

            Saturday             16      Mill City Show Choir Festival, Lowell Day Competition                       

            Sunday               17

            Monday             18      Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Observance – No School           

            Tuesday             19      Mid-Year Exams 1 & 2;          

            Wednesday        20      Mid-Year Exams 3 and 4;       

            Thursday            21      Mid-Year Exams 5 & 6                                                                       

            Friday                22      Mid-Year Exams 7 and Make-Up; TRI-M Coffeehouse in OA Cafeteria                                 

            Saturday             23      Allstate Music Auditions: Algonquin H.S.                                 

            Sunday               24

            Monday             25      END OF TERM 2 and end of Semester I

            Tuesday             26      First Day of Semester II;  Grades Due in X2 by 7:30 a.m.; Instructional Support Team Meeting Period 6 in Principal’s Conference Room; Student/Principal Advisory Council 7:00 a.m. or 2:10 p.m. in Principal’s Conference Room

 

Wednesday        27

Thu.-Mon. 28 – 2/1      Show Choir Choreography Weekend  

Thursday            28

Friday                29     

Saturday             30     

Sunday               31

 

February 2010

                                                           

            Monday               1      MCAS Grade 10 Biology Retest Session 1

            Tuesday               2      MCAS Grade 10 Biology Retest Session 2; Voluntary New Teacher Orientation Meeting in Principal’s Conference Room 2:15-3:10 p.m.  

            Wednesday          3                 

            Thursday              4      OAHS School Council Meeting 2:35 p.m. in Principal’s  Conference Room; School Committee meeting 7:00 p.m.               

            Friday                  5      TEMPO Dessert Show at OA 7:00 p.m.                      

            Saturday               6      Central Mass. Show Choir Festival, Dudley Day Competition;

                                                Junior & Senior SEMSBA Auditions, Middleboro                                

            Sunday                 7     

            Monday               8      Faculty meeting 2:10 p.m. Auditorium.

           

            Tuesday               9      Instructional Support Team Meeting Period 6 in Principal’s Conference Room; OAHS Department Head Meeting 2:15 in Principal’s Conference Room;                                     

            Wednesday        10      Common Planning Period/Class Meetings, 60 minutes ending at 10:59 a.m.; Faculty Senate 2:00 -3:00 p.m. Admin. Conf. Room

               Thu. 11 – Sat. 20      Social Studies trip to China      

            Thursday            11      Principal/Student Breakfast period 2

            Friday                12                             

            Saturday             13

            Sunday               14     

            Monday             15      President’s Day - Holiday        

February 15 – February 19 Winter Vacation

           

            Monday             22      School re-opens after February vacation week

              Feb. 22 – Mar. 5      Portfolio Weeks PE, IA, Foreign Language, FCS               

            Tuesday             23      Instructional Support Team Meeting – Period 6 in Principal’s

                                                Conference Room                   

 

            Wednesday        24

            Thursday            25      Principal/Student Breakfast – period 2

            Friday                26

            Saturday             27

            Sunday               28

                                                                       

 

 

 

 March 2010

                                         

                                               

            Monday               1      MCAS Retest ELA Long Composition, Sessions A & B

            Tuesday               2      MCAS Retest ELA Reading Comprehension, Sessions 1 & 2

            Wednesday          3      MCAS Retest ELA Reading Comp. Sessions 3; New Teacher Orientation meeting in Principal’s Conference Room 2:15-3:10 p.m.; Parent/Principal Coffee Hour in Cafeteria 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

            Thursday              4      MCAS Retest Math Session 1; Student/Principal breakfast

                                                Period 2; OAHS School Council meeting 7:00 p.m. in Principal’s Conference Room; School Committee meeting

                                                 7:00 p.m.; IAJE Jazz Festival at Stoughton      

  Friday                  5      MCAS Retest Math Session 2; Term 3 Progress Reports due to All Students in All Classes

          Fri.-Sun. 6-8*      OA Musical Production (*Pending) – Mar. 12 – 14 alternate               

  Saturday               6     

            Sunday                 7     

            Monday               8      Faculty meeting 2:10 in Auditorium

               Mon. – Fri. 8-19      Portfolio Weeks English, Math, Business and Art             

            Tuesday               9      Instructional Support Team Meeting Period 6 in Principal’s Conference Room; OAHS Department Head Meeting 2:15 in Principal’s Conference Room

            Wednesday        10      Student/Principal Advisory Council 7:00 a.m. or 2:10 p.m. in Principal’s Conference Room; Common Planning Period/Class

                                                Meetings, 60 minutes ending at 10:59 a.m.

           

            Thursday            11

                Fri.-Sun. 12-14*      OA Musical Production (*Pending) – see Mar. 6-8                              

            Friday                12                 

            Saturday             13     

            Sunday               14                 

            Monday             15                 

            Tuesday             16                 

            Wednesday        17      Faculty Senate 2:00 -3:00 p.m. Admin. Conf. Room

                 Thu.-Sat. 18-20      Allstate Music Conference, Boston                  

            Thursday            18      Student/Principal Breakfast – Period 2 

            Friday                19                             

            Saturday             20                 

            Sunday               21     

            Monday             22

              Mar. 22 – Apr. 2      Portfolio Weeks History, Science and Music

            Tuesday             23      Class of 2012 MCAS ELA Composition, Sessions A and B; Instructional Support Team Meeting Period 6 in Principal’s Conference Room.           

            Wednesday        24      Class of 2012 MCAS ELA Reading Comprehension, Sessions 1 and 2

                                                                                   

            Thursday            25      Class of 2012 MCAS ELA Reading Comprehension, Session 3; OAHS School Council meeting 2:35 p.m. in Principal’s Conference Room

            Friday                26                                         

           

           

            Saturday             27     

            Sunday               28     

            Monday             29                 

            Tuesday             30      Show Choir Performance for Elementary Schools 2:15 – 3:00 p.m. in OA Auditorium

            Wednesday        31     

 

 

April 2010

                                                                                   

           

            Thursday              1      End of Term III; School Committee meeting 7:00 p.m.: Mundy/Thursday/Holy Thursday – No evening activities – No Homework or Test Preparation Study for Entire Weekend

                       Fri.-Sat. 2-3      SEMSBA Senior Music Festival                                  

            Friday                  2      Good Friday – No School No Practices or Games

    Saturday               3      Eastern Show Choir Festival, Waltham (Day and Night    Competition) 

            Sunday                 4      Easter Sunday 

            Monday               5      Faculty Meeting – 2:10 p.m. in Auditorium 

            Tuesday               6      Student/Principal Advisory Council 7 a.m.

                                                 or 2:10 p.m. in Principal’s Conference Room; Instructional Support Team Meeting Period - 6 in Principal’s Conference Room

            Wednesday          7      Class of 2012 MCAS ELA Composition Make-Up; OAHS Department Head Meeting 2:15 in Principal’s Conference Room;

            Thursday              8      Student/Principal breakfast Period 2; Voluntary New Teacher Orientation Meeting in Principal’s Conference Room 2:15 – 3:10 p.m.                   

            Friday                  9                             

            Saturday             10                             

            Sunday               11

            Monday             12     

            Tuesday             13      Scholarship Pops Concert Part I – Show Choirs/Jazz Bands 7:00 p.m.

              Wed. 14 – Fri. 23      Social Studies trip to Greece and the Islands    

            Wednesday        14      Faculty Senate 2:00 -3:00 p.m. Admin. Conf. Room;

            Thursday            15                             

            Friday                16     

            Saturday             17

            Sunday               18               

            Monday             19      Patriot’s Day – No School                               

                     April 19 – 23      Spring Vacation                     

            Monday             26      School re-opens after April vacation week

            Tuesday             27      Instructional Support Team Meeting - Period 6 in Principal’s conference room; OAHS Department Head Meeting 2:15 in Principal’s Conference Room

            Wednesday        28      Common Planning Period/Class Meetings, 60 minutes ending at 10:59 a.m.; Voluntary New Teacher Orientation Meeting in Principal’s Conference Room 2:15 – 3:10 p.m.     

Thursday           29       Student/Principal Breakfast – period 2; School Committee meeting 7:00 p.m.

 

Friday                30

 

May 2010

                                                 

                                         

            Saturday               1      SAT offered at OAHS; Scholarship Drive Door to Door 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.           

            Sunday                 2      Scholarship Drive Door to Door 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

            Monday               3      Teacher Appreciation Week 5/4-5/8; Faculty Meeting 2:10 in the Auditorium;     

            Tuesday               4                                         

            Wednesday          5      Cinco de Mayo; Department Head Meeting 2:15 in Principal’s Conference Room                       

            Thursday              6      Student/Principal Breakfast – Period 2; OAHS School Council Meeting 7:00 p.m. in Principal’s Conference Room

            Friday                  7                                                     

            Saturday               8     

            Sunday                 9      Mother’s Day

            Monday             10                                                                 

Tuesday             11      Instructional Support Team Meeting - Period 6 in Principal’s Conference Room; Student Council Awards Night in the Auditorium 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

            Wednesday        12      Cabinet Meeting @ FLO 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.; Incoming Freshmen Orientation 7:00 p.m. in Auditorium                             

            Thursday            13      Student/Principal Breakfast; Scholarship Pops Concert

                                                Part II – OA Concert Ensembles 7:00 p.m.

 

           

            Friday                14                                         

            Saturday             15

            Sunday               16                 

            Monday             17      Class of 2012 MCAS Math Session 1; Term 4 Progress Reports due to All Students in all Classes; Town Meeting       

            Tuesday             18      Class of 2012 MCAS Math Session 2; Monogram Awards Banquet 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.    

            Wednesday        19      Senior Final Exams; English and History; TEMPO Awards Night – OA Auditorium 7:00 p.m.    

            Thursday            20      Senior Final Exams; English and History; School Committee meeting 7:00 p.m.             

            Friday                21      Early Release Day; Senior Prom at the Copley in Boston 8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.

            Saturday             22

            Sunday               23     

            Monday             24     

            Tuesday             25      Senior Final Exams Math, Foreign Language, Business Technology; Instructional Support Team Meeting - Period 6 in Principal’s Conference Room        

            Wednesday        26      Senior Final Exams Math, Foreign Language, Business Technology;      

            Thursday            27      Senior Final Exams; Science, FCS, IA and Music

            Friday                28      Senior Final Exams Science, FCS, IA and Music         

            Saturday             29

            Sunday               30

            Monday             31      Memorial Day – No School                          

 

June 2010

                                                           

                                                 

            Tuesday               1      Senior Class Meeting 9:00 a.m. in the Auditorium; Distribution of Caps and Gowns and Tickets, Temporary Records from Guidance Final Meeting of Student/Principal Advisory Council 7:00 a.m. or 2:10 p.m. in Principal’s conference room

            Wednesday          2      Class of 2013 MCAS Test STE (Science/Technology/Engineering); Class Night 7:00 – 10:00 Auditorium

            Thursday              3      Class of 2013 MCAS STE Tests; Graduation rehearsal at Frothingham Park 9:00 – 10:00 a.m., distribute report cards and mini-diplomas; OAHS School Council meeting 2:25 p.m.

            Friday                  4      Graduation Rehearsal 9:00 – 10:00 at OAHS; Rain date for graduation rehearsal at Frothingham in the event of rain on Thursday.

            Saturday              5                              

            Sunday                 6      Graduation Day!  Seniors assemble at EMS by 12:30 p.m. to line up for march to Frothingham; Graduation 2:00 p.m.;

                                                Safe Grad Night 11:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m.

  Monday               7     

            Tuesday               8     

            Wednesday          9                 

            Thursday            10      Last day of classes before final exams  

            Friday                11      Final Exams 1 & 2; Annual Faculty and Staff Cookout 11:45 – 12:45 p.m. Broadway Night – 7:30 p.m. OA Auditorium                 

            Saturday             12     

            Sunday   13      Father’s Day

Monday             14      Final Exams 3 & 4

Tuesday             15      Final Exams 5 & 6; OAHS Department Head Meeting and                          Luncheon – 12:00 –1:00 p.m. in cafe            

            Wednesday        16      Final Exams 7 and Make-Up; Last Day for Students (if no weather/flu days)                         

            Thursday            17      Last Day for Teachers (if no weather/flu days)

            Friday                18     

            Monday             21                                         

            Tuesday             22     

            Wednesday        23    

            Thursday            24

            Friday                25

            Monday             28

            Tuesday             29

            Wednesday        30      Please Be Advised that with emergency school closings for                                                                    weather or pandemic flu cases, school could be in session until this                                             date.  Summer plans should be made with this understanding.

 

* Parents please be aware that final exam days are part of the regular school calendar and family vacation days are not a valid reason for asking to take exams early.