Friday\u2013 February 19, 2021<\/p>\n
Oak Ridge High School Daily Bulletin<\/p>\n
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The 2021-2022 Oak Ridge High School Academic Planning Guide (APG) is now available on our school\u2019s website under Curriculum in the Academics tab.\u00a0 You may also access it via this link<\/a>.\u00a0 The guide is also now on student and teacher desktops.<\/p>\n This document contains all you need to know about the new block schedule, graduation requirements, academic policies and procedures, and the course catalog.<\/p>\n There will be a virtual Town Hall meeting to discuss block scheduling in general on Thursday, February 25th<\/sup> from 6:00 to 7:30 pm.\u00a0\u00a0 Be on the lookout for more information on how to register coming soon.<\/p>\n Starting this week, teachers are having conversations with students about course offerings and their recommendations for students for next year.\u00a0 Counselors will meet with students during the first two weeks of March to go over how to register for classes, graduation requirements, and course offerings.\u00a0 Students will receive registration forms during these meetings.\u00a0 We will host a Q&A session for parents via Zoom on Thursday, March 11th<\/sup> from 6:00-7:30 pm.<\/p>\n Students will meet with counselors to turn in their registration forms with their course selections during the two weeks following Spring Break.\u00a0 If you have questions about 2021-2022 registration, please contact your school counselor.\u00a0 2\/15-2\/23) \u2013 A. Roberts<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Today is the last day!!\u00a0 Calling all Visual Artists and Poets:\u00a0 Oak Ridge elementary, middle and high school students are invited to create works of art & poetry inspired by the Scarboro 85 and honoring the 65th<\/sup> anniversary of the Historic Oak Ridge School Desegregation.\u00a0 The Competition theme is: \u201cHonoring the Struggle, Celebrating the Triumphs & Inspiring the Future\u201d.\u00a0 The entry form and guidelines will be available to print from the Wildcat Daily Bulletin (you can find a link to these in your school email).\u00a0 All entries due by February 19, 2021.\u00a0 (M, Th \u2013 2\/19)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Oak Ridge High School Student Council will be hosting an event to interview members of the Scarboro 85 on February 24th. The interview will include ten of the Scarboro 85 along with ten Oak Ridge High Student Council members. The zoom meeting will be an open formatted discussion where the students will ask a series of questions to gather a better understanding of the 85\u2019s experience. The event will be recorded and then published later that day on the school\u2019s website and the Canvas Hang Out Page for students following the zoom. Oak Ridge High School has expressed that the story of the Scarboro 85 cannot be shared enough and should be broadcasted for others to hear. (2\/19-2\/26) \u2013 A. Wagner<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The term 3 School Wide Student Council meeting will take place in the second period on Thursday February 25th for all representatives. Be sure to bring your class concerns and make your voices heard! (2\/19-2\/25) \u2013A. Wagner<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Oak Ridge High School Student Council presents Wildcats\u2019 Got Talent! On February 26th, Oak Ridge\u2019s virtual talent show will be livestreamed on STUCO\u2019s YouTube channel and through the Wildcat Hangout Canvas page at 7:00 PM. Come virtually and support your multi-talented peers and MCs Jaxon Adams, Trent Howe, Blake Pinchback, and Vinny West. You\u2019ll also get the opportunity to vote live on the People\u2019s Choice Award. (2\/19-2\/26) \u2013 A. Waner<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our Spring AP exam payment collection will be from March 1 to March 5.\u00a0 We will be set up in the food court during lunch to accept your payment.\u00a0 During this time you will be able to pay off your remaining balance for any exam you have already ordered.\u00a0 You will also be able to order an exam for the first time for any Spring semester AP course.\u00a0 You will also be able to order an exam for any other AP course if you missed the order deadline in the Fall.\u00a0 If you missed the Fall deadline, College Board will charge an additional $40 late fee for each exam.<\/p>\n Exams remain $95\/exam.\u00a0 If you are taking four or more exams, the fourth and subsequent exams are $40\/exam.\u00a0 Research and Seminar exams are $143 each.\u00a0 If you are on free and reduced lunch status, exams are $15\/exam.<\/p>\n Please make checks payable to Oak Ridge High School.\u00a0 Please put the student name and the exam name(s) on the Memo line to ensure that the payment is applied correctly.<\/p>\n If you have any questions at all, please reach out to our AP Coordinator, David Foust at djfoust@ortn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Current Juniors: If you have taken Business Academy courses and are interested in Work-Based Learning (Co-op) for the 21-22 school year, please see Mrs. Ledden in CS347. (Th,F,MT) \u2013 T. Ledden<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n ATHLETIC INFORMATION<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Friday evening, ORHS Lady Wildcats will be hosting the Lady Dragons from Clinton @ 7:00 in the Wildcat Arena.\u00a0 Lobby doors will open @ 6:00. The Arena will open @ 6:30.\u00a0\u00a0 Tickets are $6.00 for all attendees.\u00a0\u00a0 The Lady Wildcats will also play on Monday, February 22 @ 7:00.<\/p>\n On Saturday, ORHS Wildcats will be playing the winner of Thursday night\u2019s game between Karns and Campbell County.\u00a0 Tip-off is @ 7:00.\u00a0 Lobby doors will open @ 6:00. The Arena will open @ 6:30.\u00a0\u00a0 Tickets are $6.00 for all attendees.\u00a0\u00a0 The Wildcats will also play on Tuesday, February 23 @ 7:00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n COUNSELING INFORMATION <\/u><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n The Counseling Office is an excellent resource for scholarship opportunities!! There are scholarships specific to ORHS students, through the East Tennessee Foundation and other local groups.\u00a0 Private corporate scholarships and scholarship search engines that will help you find opportunities for nearly every interest and post-high school education option.\u00a0 There is even information on career exploration and summer opportunities at some amazing schools.\u00a0 Stop by the Counseling Office and check out our Scholarship Section or visit our website:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/highschool\/academics\/school-counseling\/testing-scholarship-and-career\/<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Friday\u2013 February 19, 2021 Oak Ridge High School Daily Bulletin \u00a0 STUDENT INFO The 2021-2022 Oak Ridge High School Academic Planning Guide (APG) is now available on our school\u2019s website under Curriculum in the Academics tab.\u00a0 You may also access it via this link.\u00a0 The guide is also now on student and teacher […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulletin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/highschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/highschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/highschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/highschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/highschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/highschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/highschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/highschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/highschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}