Oak Valley Middle School

The Huron Valley Titans United Middle School Cheer Team competed in Brighton's Best last week. They looked very professional and did a great job! The girls represent all three middle schools in HVS.

Congratulations to the cast and crew of The Alibis, as they presented a fabulous mystery play last night! Their hard work was evident in this wonderful production! Thank you to Mrs. Samuels and our volunteer parents for making this possible!

Students had fun decorating their classroom doors before break. Mr. Snow's seminar won the contest with "The Grinch," Ms. Giannotta's seminar came in second place with "Chillin' with My Gnomies," and Mrs. Samuel's seminar captured third place with "Singing Loud." We enjoyed seeing all the creativity and collaboration involved in this project!

The Huron Valley United Swim Team competed successfully with Waterford and Walled Lake Geisler/Banks last night. Twelve students from OVMS participate in this united middle school team. We are proud of our skillful and spirited swimmers! (Photo credit M Woolace)

Cast members from The Alibis gave a sneak peek of the play today! The students have done a wonderful job preparing for this murder mystery, featuring seven short crime comedies. The show begins at 6:30 pm tomorrow (Thursday, January 11) at OVMS! Tickets are $3 for students, $5 for adults, with a $15 maximum per family.

Our winter pep assembly was the best way to end the week! Shout out to all the students & staff that participated in the events. Have a great break Hornets!

In our Spanish classes, we learned about the Caga Tió. Mrs. Chwalek brought in her Tió de Nadal to show us this interesting Spanish Holiday Tradition.

Congratulations to Mrs. Samuels and her choir students on a beautiful winter concert last night! A big thank you to the LHS choir students for their performance, and for joining our Hornets on a few songs!

Oak Valley art students in grades 6-8 are creating with clay! After their pieces are finished, they will dry and bake in the kiln. Then students will add finishing touches with glaze in January. We love to expand our experience with various mediums in art class!

In a lab for sixth grade science, we saw the sparks fly when we exploded gummy bears! This is created by heating potassium chlorate to a liquid, and combining it with the sugar and gelatin in the gummy bear. We love active learning in the science lab!

The HVS middle schools came together last week to perform a holiday concert at Oak Valley Middle School. Students from Muir and White Lake joined the Oak Valley choirs to collaborate on songs and perform for a packed house. The festive event ended with a family fun sing along!

The OV Bands presented a fantastic concert last night! It's amazing to see all that our musicians can do! The audience enjoyed listening to two 7th/8th Bands, Beginning Band, Jazz Band, and the Huron Valley Marching Band! Congratulations to Don Hogaboom, our band director. Way to play, Hornets!

In the science lab, sixth graders investigated how a liquid mixture can undergo a phase change and turn into a solid mixture, which we know as ice cream!

Our 7th Grade Pre-Engineering students designed and built unique roller coasters, with the goal of slowing down the roll of the ball. Using creativity with calculations, they were quite successful!!

The Oak Valley 7th and 8th Grade Bands enjoyed a wonderful opportunity to march in the Milford Holiday Parade on Saturday. They worked together to stay in sync and create a great sound! Way to go, Hornets!

Students in Mr. DeBono's 7th Grade Social Studies planned and performed skits about social classes in Ancient Egypt!

6th graders had another great day tie-dying t-shirts and enjoying time together! Thank you to our wonderful parent volunteers - we couldn't do it without you! Remember to wear your new shirts for Class Color Day on Monday, November 27th.

The smiles say it all! We had the BEST time at the Michigan Science Center today with all of the 6th graders! A big THANK YOU to the chaperones who made this trip possible.

Boy's Basketball is underway here at the hive! Our Hornets were welcomed by OVMS basketball alumni to LHS last week to play in the big gym against a district rival, the White Lake Warriors. We are so excited to see all that they accomplish this season! Their schedule can be found on our website. As always, GO HORNETS!

The Oak Valley Middle School Robotics Teams competed at Freeland Middle School on Saturday. The Buzzin' Bots finished in 9th place and the STEAM Stingers finished in 17th place out of 36 teams. With a lot of hard work, the teams created robots that were able to score points in every category. Together the teams won 7 of 10 matches. In addition, the teams presented their robot to judges in order to express what they have accomplished. For fun the robotics teams gave out homemade awards, like Awesome Pit Display and Great Team Mascot, to their favorite competitor schools. The STEAM Stingers and Buzzin' Bots are looking forward to competing at Novi Middle School on November 18. Matches run between 11-3:30 and entry is free if you’d like to come cheer them on for a few matches!