• Ozark School District Purchases Facility as Part of Long Range Plan

    SLS Audio Products - Dolby Laboratories now has a new neighbor as Ozark School District closed on the purchase of the commercial property known as the Fasco building located at 1600 W. Jackson St. in Ozark on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. The $4.1 million purchase is part of Phase 1 of the District's Long Range Plan, which the Board of Education approved in March, and will serve as an extension of the main Ozark High School campus and a new location of District Office.

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  • Back to School Information

    From school supply lists to start and release times to important dates - find all your Back to School information for the 2019-20 school year.

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  • Amanda Disseler Named Assistant Principal of Ozark Junior High School

    The Ozark Board of Education voted to hire Amanda Disseler as the Ozark Junior High School assistant principal for the 2019-2020 school year during the Thursday, June 27 board meeting.

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  • Dead Week

    The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) requires every school to have a designated "dead period" where no contact takes place between school coaches/directors/sponsors of MSHSAA-sponsored activities and students.

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  • Ozark Summer School Students on an EDventure

    Over the past few weeks, have you seen Ozark Zoology students at the Finley River exploring? Or maybe you saw OHS students in the Personal Finance class comparing prices at Cash Saver. Or you could have seen students in the Leadership Through Writing class talking to residents and cleaning the courtyard at the nursing home. That's because Summer School is in full swing and offers students the opportunity to participate in unique, hands-on activities.

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  • Summer Athletic Camps

    Spring and summer sports and activity camp information and registration is now available.

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  • Ozark New Shooter League goes Undefeated for the Season

    The Ozark High School AJROTC Rifle Team completed their season undefeated with an 8-0 record averaging 1053 points per match.

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  • Tiger Drill Team Brings Home National Trophies

    It wasn’t easy, but the 40 members of the Ozark JROTC Battalion Drill Team agree it was worth it. The team placed in the top 10 in all of their events at the U.S. Army Drill National Competition March 30 in Richmond, Virginia, bringing home a second-place overall finish for Armed and a ninth-place overall finish for Unarmed.

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  • FCCLA Students Headed to Nationals

    Ozark High School juniors Meagan Smith and Eliza McComas earned a gold rating at the Missouri FCCLA State Leadership Conference March 17-19 and will now represent the state in California this summer at the National FCCLA Conference.

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  • OJH Speech & Debate Place 2nd in Home Tourney

    Ozark Junior High hosted the Ozark Speech & Debate Tournament Feb. 23 with nine schools and more than 1,000 entries.

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  • FBLA Students Heading to State

    Ozark Junior High and High School students competed in a variety of events — ranging from objective tests, skills tests, and performance events — at the FBLA District Leadership Conference Feb. 5 at the Plaster Student Union on the Missouri State University campus.

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  • Travel Training Teaches Valuable Life Skills

    Ozark High School sophomore Noah Estes said he always looks forward to the travel training trips — partly because he gets to leave school for a field trip, but also because he knows he is learning valuable life skills.

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  • OJH Students Place 2nd at History Bowl

    About 30 Ozark Junior High School eighth and ninth graders competed in a History Bowl Dec. 6 in Morrisville.

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  • Acts of Random Kindness Club Surprises Staff with Thankfulgrams

    Ozark Junior High employees were surprised Nov. 19 with thankfulgrams — handwritten notes from students.

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  • Pride of Ozark Marching Band has Successful Season

    Ozark High School Pride of Ozark Marching Band had a successful fall season, placing in various competitions, hosting a competition and, of course, performing at the home football games.

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  • OJH Teacher Plans Digital Breakout to Engage Students

    In today’s world filled with technology at our fingertips, it can sometimes be difficult to find ways to engage students in an ancient poem — like Homer’s 8th century B.C. Greek poem, “The Odyssey.”

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  • A Historic Economics Lesson

    What do the following businesses have in common: Strawberry farming and shipping, cheese factory, garment manufacturing factory, lead and zinc mines, tobacco factory, and coinage of silver dollars? They are all past businesses of the Ozark area. Ozark Junior High and High School students in Michelle Lindsey’s Introduction to Business class recently learned about this and so much more, thanks to OHS graduate and local historian Dr. Elise Crain. Over the course of two days, Crain talked to four different business classes about the history of Ozark and how it impacts economic development.

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  • Ozark School Staff Participates in Behavioral Risk Assessment Training

    Ozark School District is continuing its focus on mental health awareness as eight District employees participated in a Behavioral Risk Assessment training Aug. 24.

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  • OJH Teachers Surprise Students with New Coffee Cart

    Students in Tamara Jackson’s life skill class at Ozark Junior High have been brightening the days of teachers and staff by going from room to room with coffee and flavored creamers in the mornings and iced tea in the afternoons. Jackson, a special education teacher, thought it was a chance for students to give back to the staff while learning job skills. On May 21, however, teachers turned the tables — or in this case, the cart — surprising students with a brand new cart, personalized aprons and towels, and a money box.

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  • Finding a Nutritious, Delicious Lunch isn’t Always Easy

    Director of Nutrition and Food Services Jo Haraldson said it’s often a struggle to offer students the foods they like and comply with nutrition standards. The taste testing events help introduce new foods and gain valuable feedback.

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