Third grade is learning about motion. They planned, built, and tested our tracks using classroom materials and a marble.
Thank you to Mrs. Craft and Mrs. Drews for their hard work on decorating OSR's booth at the MCPSS Career Fair.
Dr. Byrd, Mrs. Corley, Mrs. B. Daigle, and Mr. Ludgood enjoyed meeting applicants for MCPSS.
The last day to turn in any Kids Heart Challenge donation money is Friday, March 20. All students who participate with a donation of $5 or more will attend our Kids Heart Challenge Celebration on April 3rd during students' scheduled PE classes. We are so grateful to our students and families who are able to help others in our community and thankful that we have organizations like the American Heart Association to provide opportunities for us to help!
Hats off to READING!
OSR celebrated Read Across America Week! We love encouraging our young authors to read, write and illustrate!
The Old Shell Road Choir performed in Montgomery on Thursday for the Capitol Tunes program, a collaborative project of the Alabama State Department of Education, the Alabama Music Educators Association, and the Alabama Institute for Education in the Arts. Dr. Mackey, our State Superintendent of Schools, wore his Old Shell Road Magnet School shirt for the performance. We are proud of each student who participated. Many thanks to our choir parents who attended and helped with our students.
Please see the link to the Alabama Reading Initiative's Spring Newsletter. We would love to see our families participate in the Spring Break Challenge: Get Caught Reading.
ARI would like to provide families with meaningful tools to support learning at home during Spring Break. It’s that time of year again for our Spring Break Challenge: Get Caught Reading! Join in the fun by snapping a photo of your student engaging in one of the activities from the ARI Family Spring Newsletter and emailing it to arimedia@alsde.edu. The participation window is open March 2 – April 30, and submissions will be featured weekly on ARI’s social media platforms!
ARI Spring Newsletter
Our character trait for the month of February was Integrity. A student who displays this trait was chosen by their peers and teachers in each class. Congratulations to our February Characters of the Month!
We are looking forward to seeing our class of 2026 graduates for a final walk at OSR.
We are celebrating Read Across America Week!
Please pay close attention to the requirements for dressing out of uniform.
Please pay close attention to the requirements for dressing out of uniform.
Our Red Ribbon leader, Bly Phares, would like you to join her for her service project.
Please join us for Literacy Night on February 24th at 6pm.
Please help support our Red Ribbon Leader's Service Project.
Hello OSR Families,
The PTO meeting scheduled for tomorrow night has been postponed to Tuesday, February 24 at 6:00 PM. As a reminder, 1st and 2nd graders will be singing at the meeting.
Thank you,
Dr. Byrd
The PTO meeting scheduled for tomorrow night has been postponed to Tuesday, February 24 at 6:00 PM. As a reminder, 1st and 2nd graders will be singing at the meeting.
Thank you,
Dr. Byrd
Please help NEHS collect beads for the Augusta Evans School. Beads will be collected until February 24th. Thank you in advance for any donations!!
We were proud to have Piper Turner, 4th grade, represent OSR today at the 99th Mobile County Spelling Bee. She was in the top 12 students out of 52! Way to go, Piper!!
Attention 3rd through 5th grade parents! Please see the attachment for a FREE art workshop for 3rd through 5th graders.
Mobile Chamber Music Young Concert Artists on Tour visited our school today and performed for the entire student body. It was a treat for us to hear beautiful music from such outstanding young musicians.
Jessica Gonzales spent three years as a roving visual arts teacher with Mobile County Public Schools before getting settled at Old Shell Road School of Creative & Performing Arts for the last two years. While she loves lessons that introduce students to art with simple crayon drawing, being at one school has allowed her to develop more extensive projects, like working with clay and completing finished projects in a kiln. Helping students discover a love for creativity is important, she said, but so are the problem-solving skills they develop in the process. "They're learning that when they make a mistake, they can take that and use it to create something even better," she said. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
Macklinee Major already knows she wants to be an artist. The second-grader at Old Shell Road School of Creative & Performing Arts loves to be creative and is also learning violin and piano. She's also an honor roll student who likes math and takes gymnastics. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
Parents,
MCPSS has been monitoring the weather all weekend and has been in discussion with Mobile County emergency officials regarding the forecast for Monday. Based on the most recent updates, we will have school on Monday, January 26, on our normal schedule. Students are expected to wear their uniforms, but to stay warm, they will have the option of layering either under or over their uniforms.
We can't wait to see all of our students tomorrow!
Dr. Byrd
MCPSS has been monitoring the weather all weekend and has been in discussion with Mobile County emergency officials regarding the forecast for Monday. Based on the most recent updates, we will have school on Monday, January 26, on our normal schedule. Students are expected to wear their uniforms, but to stay warm, they will have the option of layering either under or over their uniforms.
We can't wait to see all of our students tomorrow!
Dr. Byrd