The Zoom-a-thon is NOT Over!

The Zoom-a-thon run itself may be over, but the work is not yet done.  It's time for everyone to contact all their pledgers to collect their pledge money.  You have until October 14th to get all your pledge money back to OMIS.  Prize levels 4-10, as well as the overall top pledge 4th / 5th grade and overall top ledge classroom prizes will be awarded based on pledges collected by October 14th.  These prizes will be awarded October 15th and after.

In the 4th grade, Mrs. Smith's class is in the lead, but Mrs. Pate's class is less than $100 behind her in pledeged money.  Which class wins the overall top 4th grade class is a real toss up.  If Mrs. Pate's class does a better job at collecting their pledges, they have a shot at winning that top prize - 30 minutes of recess, a pizza party, and a $75 gift card for the teacher to the Parent / Teacher Store or Office Depot.

Good luck, OMIS.  Let's bring in ALL our pledges.

Make Good Choices Offers Additional Prizes to Top Earners!

Our friends, Make Good Choices, in addition to their help with ordering Zoom-a-thon prizes and t-shirts has decided to provide some additional support to the Zoom-a-thon fundraiser in the form of a bonus prize pack for the boy and girl who bring in the most pledges and for the teacher of the top pledge earning classroom overall.

This bonus prize pack is a Make Good Choices sports bag filled with goodies, including a t-shirt, boxer shorts, stickers, mousepad, and other items vallued at over $50.00.

If you get a chance, be sure to click on over to the Make Good Choices website and take a look at their fine products.

It Slices! It Dices! It Makes Tasty Snacks! It's Zoom-Wow!

SHE'S YELLING REALLY LOUD, BUT SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHY!!!

What sort of prizes can you win by raising money with Zoom-a-thon?  Find out at the Pep Rally on Thursday, September 16th and again in this Zoom-Wow! video on Friday at school

Zoom-a-Thon Prize Chart

The Kick-Off for the Zoom-a-Thon is nearly here. We thought you might like to know a little bit about the prizes and the prize levels, so we've put together this handy dandy reference chart.  Click on it for a bigger version.

Top Earner Prize 4th / 5th Grader:  Flip Video Camera

Top Class Earner Prize 4th / 5th:  30 min of recess, a pizza party and $75 gift card for the teacher from either Office Depot or the Parent-Teacher Store.

Prize Levels 1, 2, and 3 will be distributed to the students prior to the Zoom-a-Thon on September 30th.  Prize Levels 4 - 10 and the overall top earner prizes will not be distributed until after all pledged money has been collected.  Students will be recognized at a couple of Zoom-a-thon assemblies, but will not receive their additional prizes until after October 15, 2010.  As your child achieves each new Prize Level, he / she will have earned that new Prize Level prize, in addition to all previously earned prizes.

In order to make it easier to understand, this year our "Money Raised" levels will be based on flat donations.  In years past, the whole per-lap versus flat donations thing made it difficult for parents and students to understand what prize level they were at.  We hope this new system will clarify things.  If your child has recorded largely per-lap pledges, just multiply the per-lap pledges by a total number of 35 laps for your "Money Raised" amount.  If your child has only flat donations pledges, it should be very simple to find your child's Prize Level.

All pledged money is due no later than October 14, 2010.  Money collected after that date will still be accepted but will not count towards prizes.