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Jun 18 - Garrett Symes and Relay for Life

Garrett Symes is doing his part to wipe out cancer. Garrett has been visiting the elementary classrooms with a large CANCER board, a handful of sticky notes, and the message that OPS students can do their part to help prevent cancer. The idea was to have... (read more)

Jun 18 - Bunch of Munsch book club wind up

A group of very excited students arrived in character for the Bunch of Munsch Ball. We had fun guessing which student came out of the pages of the different Robert Munsch books. Mrs. Robertson came dressed as the teacher from Thomas's Snow Suit. The stu... (read more)

Jun 18 - Safety Patrollers

Oyen Public staff and students would like to thank the school safety patrollers for their important service they provided to promote the safety of our students. Don't forget the windup on Monday, June 28. Bring your swimming gear and golf clubs. (read more)

Jun 15 - Exam Week

The junior high students will start their exam week on Monday, June 21. The schedule looks as follows: Monday, June 21- Grade 9 math teacher final Tuesday, June 22- Social studies teacher final grades 7-9 Wednesday, June 23- LA teacher final grades 7-8... (read more)

Jun 15 - Grade 9 farewell

The grade 9 class held their farewell on Friday, June 11. Everyone looked great, had an awesome meal, and shared memories that took place over the last 10 years. Thanks to Mrs. Coates and Miss Chmillar for all their organization and hard work they put in... (read more)

Jun 15 - ECS grade 1 orientation day

The ECS class will have their grade 1 orientation day on Monday, June 21. Remember grade 1 students that you get to stay home this day. (read more)

Jun 15 - School BBQ/elementary celebration/Jr. High awards day

OPS will be having a school BBQ on Tuesday, June 29. The BBQ will start around 11:30 and the entire school will participate in the BBQ. As well the elementary will be having their tabloid day in the morning, and the junior high awards will start at 12:30... (read more)

Jun 4 - Esplande of the Arts

Congratulations to the band students for their awesome performance at the Esplande of the Arts held in Medicine Hat on May 29. Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Orr for taking them to the event. Also thanks to Mr. Allen Chiliak for driving the bus, and Mrs. Deb... (read more)

Jun 4 - South Central Zone track championship

Congratulations to all the OPS athletes that competed at zones and represented our school with great character and determination on Wednesday, June 2. The following athletes received top 6 finishes: Kira Smigelski- 1st in triple jump, 3rd in 400 meter, 6... (read more)

Jun 4 - Womens' hockey Olympic head coach

OPS was fortunate enough to have Melody Davidson, head coach of Canada's womens hockey team, come to the school and speak on Thursday, June 3. She inspired and motivated the entire student and staff population. As well we had a number of parents that att... (read more)

May 31 - Successful bottle drive

OPS would like to thank all the citizens and businesses for their support of the annual OPS bottle drive. We raised $2400.00 thanks to you. The money from the bottle drive will be used to put sod behind the basketball court in the elementary end. (read more)

May 31 - AISI project

OPS had their AISI project (government initiated program) of Just Write approved by the school division last week. This means $16,000 will be coming to OPS to use towards this program. The program will have all students in grade 1-9 participate in a writ... (read more)

May 27 - OPS does great at Acadia track meet

Oyen Public students from grade 4-7 participated in the Acadia track and field day on Wednesday, May 26. All students participated to the best of their abilities and enjoyed the day. We would like to congratulate the junior high boys for winning the bann... (read more)

May 26 - Parent Information meeting ECS to grade 2 pareents

All parents of students who are going to be in grade 1, 2, and 3 next year are invited to attend a parent meeting on Monday, May 31 at 6:30. The meeting will be about double grading in the elementary next year. We are currently looking at a grade 1/2 and... (read more)

May 6 - Congratulations to Kira Smigelski

Congratulations to Kira Smigelski who won the gold medal at the South Central Zone Badminton Championships. This is the second year in a row that Kira has won the girls singles badminton championship. (read more)