Orono Middle School
Orono Middle School (OMS) is the newest of all the schools in the Orono School district. It was built in 2000 and houses grades 6 through 8. The principal of OMS is Dr. Patricia Wroten and the associate principal is Ms. Kimberly Harder. The hours of the school day are 8:00 am to 2:40 pm. There were 630 students that attended OMS in the 2006–2007 school year with a student to teacher ratio of 17.9. The average class size is 26 students and the total number of staff is 64. There are five exploratory programs at OMS. They consist of Art, Computer Applications, General Music, Performing Arts, and Technology Applications. The Music Department consists of band and choir. The middle school has a special layout of "up" and "down" houses for each grade level.
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