Hello.  We hope you are enjoying your summer break.  As we gear up to get ready to back to school, we have collected back to school information that we hope you will find helpful.  As the school year begins, we will be adding restaurant nights, selected accomplishments, PTSA events and much more.  Here's to a great year!

Thank you,
Sandy Cederbaum, Village Manager 
Brigitta Warren, Events and Administrative Coordinator

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Oakland Mills School Happenings

                   BACK TO SCHOOL EDITION

  August 15, 2016         Issue: 1

Oakland Mills High School (OMHS)
 Website  
 
Fall Athletic Tryouts: Please click  here .  

OMHS PTSA: Please click  here.
OMHS Boosters: Please click  here.

Oakland Mills Middle School (OMMS)

Please be sure to add OMMS to your School Messenger subscription.
Thursday, August 25th at 1:30pm - Sixth Grade and New Student Orientation
Thursday, September 8th at 6:30pm - Back to Music Night
Thursday, September 15th at 6:30pm - Back to School Night

OMMS PTSA: Please click  here.


Stevens Forest Elementary School (SFES)

Back to School Nights:
  • August 25, Pre-Kindergarten, 5:30 p.m.
  • August 25, Kindergarten, 6:30 p.m
  • September 6, Grade 1, 5:30 p.m.
  • September 6, Grade 2, 6:30 p.m.
  • September 7, Grade 3, 5:30 p.m.
  • September 7, Grades 4 & 5, 6:30 p.m
SFES PTA: 
Please click here.

Talbott Springs Elementary School (TSES)

Back to School Nights:
  • August 25, Pre-Kindergarten, 1:00 p.m.
  • August 25, Kindergarten, 6:30 p.m.
  • September 19, Grades 3-5, 6:00 p.m.
  • September 19, Gifted and Talented, 6:30 p.m.
  • September 20, Grades 1 & 2, 6:30 p.m.

TSES PTA: Please click  here
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Thunder Hill Elementary School (THES)


Back to School Nights:
  • September 20, Kindergarten - Grade 2, 6:30 p.m.
  • September 21, Grades 3-5, 6:30 p.m.
THES PTA: Please click  here.

OMCA Education Committee Updates

The ten Villages of Columbia will sponsor a Board of Education Candidates' Forum for the six candidates running for the Howard County Public Schools Board of Education.  The forum will be held on Wednesday, October 13, 2016 beginning at 7:00 p.m. at The Other Barn, Oakland Mills Village Center, 5851 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia, MD. 
 
Sponsoring villages include Oakland Mills, Dorsey's Search, Harpers Choice, Hickory Ridge, Kings Contrivance, Long Reach, Owen Brown, River Hill, Town Center and Wilde Lake.

If you would like to be a part of the OMCA Education Committee, please contact Jonathan Edelson, Co-Chair or Jon DiTomasso, Co-Chair.

Howard County Public School System 
  • Kindergarten, Here We Come!, Aug. 1-25.  Click
    here for more information.
  • Safe Driving Presentations, August 2016 - January 2017 - To register, please click here.  
  • 2016 Community Youth Summit, Sept. 24th, 8am to 2pm, Wilde Lake High School. Learn More...
  • Register Now for the 2016 HCPSS 5K and Fun Run, October 16!
     

Volunteer Opportunities

Make a difference!  Help enhance the academic and social development of identified students in schools near you through a consistent, supportive relationship with a child. 
 
A-OK (Assist Our Kids) Mentoring -Tutoring Inc. is actively seeking adult volunteers to mentor and tutor students in local Howard County schools for next school year.  Volunteers must be available weekday, daytime hours, to meet one-on-one with an assigned student during the school day or with students in small groups in after school programs.  A minimum commitment of one school year is required.
 
Learn more about AOK's volunteer opportunities at an Information Session August 10th OR September 21st at 1pm at the Hawthorne Center, 6175 Sunny Spring, Columbia. 
Sign up via email to [email protected]

Prepare for Success School Supply Donations Needed

Once again we are holding the summer long drive to collect school supplies and backpacks for Howard County students as part of the annual "Prepare for Success" school supply drive.  Please take a moment to read about our campaign and   PLEDGE  to do your part by making a contribution.  Contributions can made by donating supplies or as a monetary donation to   "Prepare for Success".
Donations will be collected through August 15th at The Other Barn.  Thank you.