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SENIOR MEETING–

Information and Preparation

March 27th, 2026

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Please Welcome Special Guest, Sgt. John Wilkerson

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A+ Updates

with Dr. Gillespie

*A+ Meeting coming up soon………!

*Check Your A+ Attendance with me if you are concerned.

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Students and Parents-

Join Student Square/ParentSquare

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OTC New Student Orientation Appointment for OHS ONLY!

  • FRIDAY APRIL 10th

9 am to Noon, FIELD TRIP

  • 3 Things: Application, Calendly, Survey–EASY!
  • Must Request Your OHS Transcript to be sent via Naviance to OTC

  • Limited to 45 students; first come, first serve basis
  • Will help w/Apps if Needed

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April 7th -SENIOR “Spring Toward Your Future”

Job and Hiring Event eFactory, Springfield

Date: Tuesday, April 7th, 2026

Location: eFactory Robert Plaster Free Enterprise Center, 405 N. Jefferson Avenue, Springfield, MO

Time: 9:45 am to 12:15 pm

I can take up to 40 students on this FIELD TRIP. It will NOT COUNT AGAINST your OHS ATTENDANCE.

If you decide to attend, you must be ready to:

a. Actively engage with business hosts (talk, shake hands, ask questions)

b. Prepare a short verbal introduction

(your name and your career interests)

c. Be dressed in business casual clothing

(nice shirt, nice pants, and clean shoes).

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SENIOR DECLARATION DAY!

Friday, May 1st—After Senior Meeting to 10 am

OHS Auditorium Stage

TODAY After the Senior Meeting!

Students doing the OTC Orientation Field Trip Today

Go First Please!

We Will Supply the PENNANTS we currently have in the OHS Counseling Office for this Event.

Pictures Will Be Provided Via an Email Coming After Senior Week Where You Can Download!

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SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT

�There are NINE SCHOLARSHIPS (some with multiple winners) that OHS Students are going to win and be awarded. You cannot win if you don’t try.

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IMPORTANT “HOW TO’s”:

  1. Getting Your HS Transcript to Your College,
  2. Transferring Your HS College Credits to Your College,
  3. The MO Seal of Biliteracy Option
  1. Getting Your HS Transcript to Your Attending College

  1. Login to Naviance (clever.com-Google account)
  2. Colleges Tab
  3. Dropdown Menu–’Colleges I’m Applying To’
  4. Add in your College if it is not already there (use the + Sign to Add Your College. It Should be there if we’ve sent your HS Transcript!)
  5. Scroll down the Screen Mid-page to find “College That I’m Attending”

Do THIS Task NOW if you know where you are going next year without a doubt.

This is the ONLY WAY we’ll send your

Transcript Out to Colleges/Universities. If it’s NOT Requested here, it will NOT BE SENT.

2. Transferring Your HS College Credits to Your

ATTENDING College

ONLY YOU CAN DO THIS!

**This is for both Dual �Credit Taken at OHS as well as OTC College Now courses.

  1. Login to your college portal:

For OTC, MYOTC Website

For MSU, BEARPASS Website

  1. Locate Transcript Request Option

  1. Send your COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT to your ATTENDING COLLEGE

  1. It is ALWAYS WISE to get a copy of your DUAL CREDIT for Yourself as well.

DO NOT DO THIS UNTIL ALL GRADES HAVE FINALIZED IN MAY!!!

3. MO Seal of Biliteracy Option

If you are student who has taken at least 3 consecutive years of a foreign language or you are fluent/literate in another language beside English, you have the option to take this assessment to earn COLLEGE CREDIT at many MO colleges/universities and a Graduation Honor Cord.

Information about completing this option and testing will be provided in

your Counseling Email being sent by

Mrs. Jennings after this meeting.

(Google Form Checklist)

You will have to PASS the MO Seal of Biliteracy in order to gain the college credit/cord.

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Missouri Seal of Biliteracy

The Missouri Seal of Biliteracy is an endorsement that students can add to their high school diploma. The Missouri Seal of Biliteracy indicates that a student has attained proficiency in English and at least one other language before high school graduation.

Requirements:

  • Demonstrate proficiency in English via EOC, ACT, or ACCESS scores
  • Demonstrate proficiency in other language via AP or AAPPL test

If you think you might qualify and want to take the AAPL test, please fill out the Google form via the QR code above.

Please note: AP testers will automatically be considered and do not need to fill out the form.

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Progress Reports are available for all seniors.

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BLESSINGS and GRATEFULNESS

Today, we focus on the past, present, and future.

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Monday, MAY 11th

  • Last A Day – Senior finals

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Tuesday, MAY 12th

  • Last B Day – Senior finals

  • Must turn in Computer and Books
  • Pay fines and fees
  • Must have all grad credits completed
    • Then, pick up cap, gown, and cords/stoles– starting at 3:15 (meet in auditorium)

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Wednesday, MAY 13

$50 Branson Breakfast and Track ($77 value)

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Thursday, MAY 14

SDC- $50 (a $92 value)or use a season pass

*If you have a season pass, you must sign up for a bus seat. Sign up is on the senior class page(see next slide).

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Google form link to sign up for a bus seat for SDC season pass holders on senior class page.

Myschoolbucks examples:

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Friday, MAY 15

Free! Must sign up on senior class page to choose the elementary school and to have a seat on the bus

* Mandatory practice for graduation and optional elementary walk

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**YOU CANNOT DRIVE YOURSELF TO or FROM ANY ACTIVITIES IN BRANSON OR THE ELEMENTARY MARCH!

You must ride the bus to and from each activity.

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Sunday, MAY 17

Graduation!!

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What to wear…

  • Dress clothes
    • Awards night, baccalaureate, and graduation
    • Females: Dress, skirt/blouse, or dress pants/blouse, dress shoes or dress sandals
    • Males: Collared dress shirt with tie. Dress pants (khaki type is fine). Dress shoes.
    • NO SHORTS, TENNIS SHOES, CASUAL SANDALS, FLIP FLOPS, ETC.
    • Let us know if you need help with clothes ASAP

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What is “Grad Bling”?

You cannot decorate your cap like they do in college.

Grad Bling is OZARK issued cords, medals and stoles.

Examples:

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Want to be one of the

Speakers at Graduation?

  1. Read the Graduation Speaker Candidate Instructions posted on the senior class webpage.
  2. Sign up to audition using google form located in the “Graduation Speaker Candidate Instructions” on senior class webpage by Friday, April 12th.
  3. Write and submit your speech by April 12th to Mrs. McCoy
  4. Auditions will be held on Friday, April 17th.
  5. Read directions and complete sign up here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mSinJS3BCUJ_07LE-c-4wqG2tT88p7Rw/edit

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Conflicts with OTC finals and Senior Week?

  1. Look at the OTC Spring Finals schedule on the OTC website.
  2. If there is a conflict with Senior week activities , then OTC has requested that the student submits a WRITTEN request by April 12th to their OTC teacher.
  3. Make this request sooner rather than later.

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REQUIRED…

  • EVERYONE must electronically sign the Graduation Agreement to participate in any graduation events including walking at graduation
    • Google form is on the SENIOR CLASS PAGE (must be logged in to the graduating students google account)

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Optional: SIGN UP AND PAY FOR GRAD WEEK BY APRIL 12

    • Myschoolbucks - Pay anytime (March 27-April 12)

    • Cash payments to Julie Wood in the business office will only be accepted from March 30-April 2.

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Other optional items…

  • 13 Year Senior form- if you have attended Ozark Schools all 13 years (K-12th grade)- This google form is on the senior class website

  • Order your brick – outside the red hall entrance (optional)

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Order a YEARBOOK

Order your yearbook (order by May 31)

www.jostensyearbooks.com

***Yearbooks are available for pick up in August (we include spring

sports, prom, graduation, and Project Graduation!)

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DIRECTIONS FOR MYSCHOOLBUCKS

  • Myschoolbucks- Online payment link
  • Log in or create a new account (for purchase, you must have an account)
  • Go to school store…view all

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Go to the SENIOR class page on the High School website for ALL your graduation questions!

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PROJECT GRADUATION

Special Guests:

Courtney Davis

Crissy Kappedal

FREE CELEBRATION!!

Sponsored by OHS Senior Parents

Email -ozarkhighschoolpta@gmail.com with any questions.

Sample of the Events from Last Year!

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Project Graduation Details….

When: Sunday, May 17th, 2026

Where: Pat Jones YMCA, 1901 E. Republic Road, Springfield, MO 65804

Departure: Graduation ends around 8 pm. Students will have time to drive home, change, grab their bag, and then will need to be at the OHS Parking Lot at 10 pm. At OHS Parking Lot before every student gets on the bus, OHS SROs will be searching all bags and student’s bodies before entering the bus. ALL STUDENTS MUST TAKE THE BUS TO THIS EVENT. Once you board the bus, you are there for the duration of the event. SROs will watch your cars at the OHS parking lot while you are attending this event.

Return: We will leave the Pat Jones YMCA at 3:00am with an estimated return time of 3:30AM on Monday, May 18th.

What to Bring: Swimsuit & towel if swimming, nothing else! This is a FREE event. Food, activities, and prizes will be provided. We will have a place to store your bag if needed for safekeeping. The facility has a swimming pool and we will have water activities, so be sure to bring a swimsuit, towel, and have a dry change of clothes for afterward. Bag items will be limited to swimming items and medically necessary items only. (These will need to be listed in the contract below as necessary prior to admission into the event. Examples are emergency meds such as insulin, inhalers, etc.)

This contract is due by Friday, May 1st, 2026!!!!

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Project Graduation Dodgeball Tournament!

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SENIOR WEEK�

Join Student Square/Parent Square with an App on your PHONE!

March 27th, 2026

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13 Year Senior Photos

Has Ozark been the ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT you have ever known for your K-12th Grade education?

If so, please STICK AROUND for the 13 Year Senior Photo!

We want to celebrate your commitment to Ozark Schools!!