2019-06-27

Oak Grove High School, 9-12 Oak Grove High School students learn c ol le g e a nd c a r e er r e ad i ne s s t h r ou g h relevant, intriguing and rigorous activities and challenges in every classroom. In 2009, OGHS earned designation as an A+ school, which entitles students who complete certain requirements to community college /vocational-technical school tuition money after high school graduation. Since 2009, 560 students have participated, saving $5,524,500. OGHS has established a Hall of Fame to recog nize students with outstanding academic achievements, such as National Mer it S chola r, Br ight F l ight rec ipient, advanced score on at least four EOCs and a 4.0 GPA, or score of 5 on at least two advanced placement exams and a 4.0 GPA. Students may enroll in weighted classes that are more challenging than a normal college preparatory curriculum and provide increased rigor for advanced students who wish to challenge themselves. OGHS allows students the opportunity to take advanced placement classes in numerous disciplines. Dual credit courses are offered so students can earn college credit in addition to credit toward high school graduation. Students may take classes at the Fort Osage Career and Technology Center during their junior and senior years. Students can earn a college prep certificate. The Sound of Panther Pride marching band participates in local competitions including Carrollton and Odessa where they consistently finish on top. The choir department represents the school at various events in the school and community and makes an annual trip to Branson in the spring. Theatre productions for the 2019-20 school year are the musical, Mama Mia ; the one act, The Mental State ; and the spring play, Clue . The speech and debate program hosts a tournament in February each year and participates in Reader’s Theatre. The high school sports program includes football, volleyball, girls softball, boys and girls cross country, wrestling, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls track, baseball, boys and girls golf, and boys and girls soccer. 2019-2020 Focus on Oak Grove City Guide Page 21 Schools Oak Grove R-6 District contacts Central Office 601 SE 12th Street Phone: 690-4156 Fax: 690-3031 Superintendent : Dr. Bryan Thomsen bthomsen@ogr6.org Assistant superintendent : Tom Huffington thuffington@ogr6.org Director of special services : Lorri Boydston lboydston@ogr6.org Technology director : Ryan Word rword@ogr6.org District Activities Office 605 SE 12th Street Activities Director: Darin Sehlke dsehlke@ogr6.org High School Grades: 9-12 605 SE 12th Street Phone: 690-4152 School Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 2:20 p.m. Principal : Adam Salmon asalmon@ogr6.org Assistant principal : Jeremy Covey jcovey@ogr6.org Middle School Grades 6-8 401 E 12th Street Phone: 690-4154 School Hours: 7:40 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Principal : Tracy Kemp tkemp@ogr6.org Assistant principal : Ty Hames thames@ogr6.org Maple Elementary Grades: 3-5 501 E 12th Street Phone: 690-4153 School Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. Principal : Peggy Tiffany ptiffany@ogr6.org Primary School Grades: K-2 500 SE 17th Street Phone: 690-8770 School Hours: 8:40 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Principal : Laura Oyler loyler@ogr6.org Early Childhood Center 1205 S Salem Street Phone: 690-3762 School Sessions: 8:25 a.m. - 11:25 a.m. 12:25 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. Principal : Lorri Boydston lboydston@ogr6.org Adam Salmon, High School principal