2020-08-12

Oak Grove High School, 9-12 O a k G r o v e H i g h S c h o o l h o u s e s approximately 650 students and has a staff/ faculty of approximately 60. Oak Grove High School students learn col lege and career read iness through 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. OGHS has established a Hall of Fame to recognize students with outstanding academic achievements, such as National Merit Scholar, Bright flight recipient, advanced score on at least four EOC’s 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 either through advanced placement or dual credit classes which allow students to earn college credit in high school. Students may take classes at Fort Osage Career and Technology Center during their junior and senior years. Students can earn a college prep certificate. In 2011, OGHS implemented the High Schools That Work program, a school-wide improvement initiative designed by the Southern Region Educational Board to assist states in transforming their pubic high school into places where all students learn at high levels. The Sound of Panther Pride marching band participates in local competitions including Carrollton where they consistently finish on top. The 2020 show is Civil War: America’s defining conflict. 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 2020-2021 school year are the musical, The Little Mermaid; the one act, Kindertransport; and the spring play, The Diviners. 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, boys and girls golf, and boys and girls soccer. 2020-2021 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 : Buffie McConville bmconville@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 : Jacob Newman jnewman@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 : Misti Raney mraney@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 : Buffie McConville bmcconville@ogr6.org Adam Salmon, High School principal