Good morning Grizzly Familes. This is Tracy Marchionda, your Interim Superitnednet calling with an update on our busses this morning. Unfortunately, we are short on drivers this morning and need to ask for your help and patience. Bus 55 which picks up students on Route 224 and Alpine is without a driver this morning. This affects Bus 55 only.If parents are able to transport their students this morning, we greatly appreciate your help. If you are unable to transport and your child will need a ride, please call the district office at 594-3341 extension 4100 and leave your name, child’s name and address. Once the first run is completed, we will send a bus out to pick up your child around 8am.
We greatly apologize for this inconvenience and we appreciate your understanding and help. We continue to recruit, hire and train bus drivers on an ongoing basis. If you are someone you know are interested in joining our transportation team, please contact us.
Congratulations to the Schuyler Storm Boys Swimming for winning the IAC Championships!
Thank you to all of our Mental Health Faculty for all you do!
We are collecting parent input on technology use at Odessa-Montour CSD. Please take the time to fill out the survey below. If you don't have access to a device and would like to take the survey, please contact the district and we will work out a way for you to take the survey.
https://www.omschools.org/forms/parent-technology-survey-23-24
Just a reminder that we are seeing parent and community input for our 7-12 Principal search. The survey will close this week so please share your thoughts. Link to the survey: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=KtLKIY3tDEGU4Az1zjSEeMO4fwQ61JhClQoVQQ0hU_9URFRCWlRVQ1dJSzZPTUJOVjlBNkIxRkw4SS4u
The Odessa-Montour Central Schools Board of Education is pleased to announce that OMCSD B.C. Cate Principal, Jim Nolan, has been selected as our next Superintendent effective January 1, 2025 .
Mr. Nolan will transition on July 1, 2024 to a temporary Deputy Superintendent position while Dr. Tracy Marchionda continues to serve as our Interim Superintendent through December 31, 2024. This transition period will enable Mr. Nolan to work with Dr. Marchionda to ensure a seamless transition of leadership.
Mr. Nolan grew up in the Adirondack Region of New York. He attended Corning Community College and went on to pursue a career in law enforcement as a state trooper for several years. Mr. Nolan then attended Elmira College, State University of New York at Cortland and Brockport University for his education and administration degrees. Prior to his five years as the B.C. Cate Principal, Mr. Nolan was an elementary teacher in Odessa-Montour and Elmira Heights. Mr. Nolan, his wife Amber and their three children live in Montour Falls.
This message is intended for all 7th through 12th Grade Odessa-Montour students.
As a result of today's school closure, the ELA Regents has been rescheduled for Friday, January 26th with a start time of 8:15am. Due to this reschedule, school will be holding a Regents only day on Friday. This means that only students taking the ELA Regents and/or the Earth Science Regents will be in attendance. No other students in grades 7-12 should attend.
Odessa-Montour will be closed today, Tuesday, January 23rd due to the predicted snow and ice later today. Today's ELA Regents is cancelled and we will be rescheduling it for later this week. We will be in touch later today with those students scheduled to take the exam.
Congratulations to Adam Rounds you are the winner of 2 tickets to the Syracuse vs North Carolina State Men's Basketball game on Saturday night! Varsity O would like to thank everyone for your support!
5th and 6th Graders in the REACH robotics club participated in the regional robotics competition in Bath on January 17th, 2024. Congratulations to all who participated!
Our afternoon BOCES students will not be traveling to their programs today due to road conditions. They will be provided an in school schedule for the afternoon. We will continue to monitor the weather for all afternoon Activities.
Dear Odessa Montour Parents and Guardians,
The Social Emotional Team has put together a brief survey that will help us determine what topics our community may benefit from. The information from this survey will help guide our team regarding the planning and implementation of community nights, presentations, and seminars. Please take a few minutes and complete the survey at the following link: https://www.omschools.org/forms/parentguardian-survey
The OM Grizzlies Faculty and Staff Basketball Team took on the Harlem Wizards in a PFO fundraising event this week. Although the home team fell to the Wizards, it was a great game. Many thanks to our spectators, PFO, volunteers and or players.
UPDATE: We apologize for the issue with the survey link. It has now been fixed.
OMCSD is interested in parent and community input as we begin the search for our next 7-12 Principal when Mr. McCarty retires at the end of this school year. Please complete this form to provide us your thoughts and if you are interested in being a part of the interview committee, you can add that information here too. You can find the form on our district website at www.omschools.org
Power has been restored in the district. The Harlem Wizards game against the OM Grizzlies is on as scheduled. Doors open at 5:30pm. GO GRIZZLIES!!
Due to power outages, road clean up and road closures, all Odessa-Montour Schools are closed today. As of right now, the Harlem Wizard game scheduled for this evening will continue as planned. We will update you later this afternoon.
Odessa-Montour Schools are on a two hour delay due to the need for our road crews to clean up from downed wires, limbs and trees.
Due to the impending weather including predicted snow, rain and high winds, all afterschool activities for OMCSD are cancelled for Tuesday, January 9, 2024.
Congratulations to our boys Varsity basketball team and Coach Thomson for their tournament win at the Colwell Street Holiday Classic in Addison. Go Grizzlies!
Today the Interact Club bagged 960 backpacks for local schools and loaded 5 skids of food.
