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Oak Mountain Elementary School opened in the Fall of 1990. It was built to handle the overflow of children from Inverness Elementary School and Valley Elementary School. Oak Mountain Elementary grew rapidly, and in 1995, went from serving students in grades K through 5 to a K through 3 elementary school. Oak Mountain Elementary is now a feeder school for Oak Mountain Intermediate School which houses 4th and 5th graders. These students then go on to the Oak Mountain Middle School, and from there, to the new Oak Mountain High School. The Oak Mountain Schools offer strong community support and outstanding teachers. It all begins right here at Oak Mountain Elementary; where we are realizing dreams daily! |
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| Oak Mountain Elementary School has many sources of pride and honors. In 1994 OMES was selected as a National Blue Ribbon School. An awards ceremony was held in Washington, D.C., and the school received a special flag to be flown and a plaque commemorating the achievement. OMES has a collection of fine-art reproductions and original works of art. This collection was made possible by a cooperative project, "Art in the Learning Environment", with the Institute of Language and Culture. The school's Physical Education Department is a demonstration center for other schools in the state. OMES also has school wide enrichment and our own backyard wildlife habitat. |
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| Oak Mountain Elementary School currently holds 800+ students in Grades K through 3. The average pupil/teacher ratio is 18 to 1. 65% of our professional staff have a master's degree or higher. |
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| Alabama Reading Initiative (ARI) is a statewide movement anchored by educational leaders from across the state. It is dedicated to significantly improving reading instruction and ultimately achieving 100% literacy among public school students. It defines students as "literate" when they can read fluently and with comprehension materials typically encountered in their classrooms. The Alabama Reading Initiative avoids quick-fix proposals that bypass the teachers with commercial packages or environmental changes. Instead, a Report on the Review of Research (Alabama Department of Education, 1998b) defines research-based, effective instruction and forms the basis for the intensive teacher-development program that is the heart and soul of the initiative. In the summer of 2001, OMES became an ARI school. The faculty spent two weeks working and learning together how to better meet the needs of students to facilitate their reaching their highest reading potential. In the summer of 2004, the faculty participated in the week long ARI Recertification Program to continue learning the best ways to help all students achieve to their highest potential. |
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| In the summers of 2007 and 2008, OMES faculty trained to become an AMSTI site school. The faculty spent two weeks both summers working and learning together. The instruction focused on inquiry-based, hands-on teaching, utilizing research-based curriculum that was developed with support of the National Science Foundation. The curriculum is highly aligned with both national and state standards. AMSTI sites provide AMSTI school teachers with essentially all of the equipment, supplies, and resources needed to effectively engage students with hands-on, inquiry-based learning. |
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With the help of our PTO, many parent volunteers, generous donations from the Shelby County Board of Education and other OMES business supporters, we created and built two handicapped accessible playgrounds. OMES has accomplished quite a lot and gone through many changes in the past 20 years.
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OMES Stanford Test Scores for 2005-2006