Comet CourierOakwood High School September 19, 2014
Volume II, Issue 4
It’s great to be young and a Comet!
CometCalendar
September 24Booster Club Mtg.
September 27Homecoming Kickoff
September 30Soccer Sr. Night
October 31:40 DismissalHomecomingParade 3:30Game 7:00
October 4Dance 8:00
October 10No SchoolCounty Institute
October 13No SchoolColumbus Day
October 17End 1st Quarter
SWAP Day tradition continues at OHS
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Comets ready for Homecoming ‘14
If you would like to sell or buy a used Homecoming or Prom dress, Rainbow of HOPE will allow you to sell/buy them from 12 -3 p.m., Sat., Sept. 20.
If you are selling, just put a price on your dress, drop it off and leave
your phone number, then come back at 3 to pick up your money or your dress if it did not sell.
If you want to buy a dress, just come between 12 - 3 p.m. and look around. You can try them on at Rainbow.
Cash sales only and all sales are final.
If you have questions, please feel free to call or text 217-497-0498. Rainbow of HOPE is located at 2201 Kickapoo Drive, Danville, IL.
Buy or sell your Homecoming dress on Sept. 20
Members of the junior class work on last year’s Homecoming float. Float building will begin this year at 3:30 p.m. on September 27.
The OHS Student Council has made the plans for Homecoming 2014. The following comes from them.
Homecoming Week begins on Sat., Sept. 27 with the Homecoming Extravaganza at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the official commencement of class float building at 3:30 p.m.
The days of the week dress-up days are as follows:Monday: SuperheroTuesday: Twin Tuesday Wednesday: DisneyThursday: Class Color Day *(Fr.=Green; So.=Orange; Jr.=Blue; Sr.=Red)Friday: Purple Spirit Day Friday’s pep assembly is in the gym. We will an-
nounce the King and Queen, and there will be no 6th hour class!
Parade – The theme this year is “Cartoons.” The parade grand marshal is Lynn “Juice” Anderson. En-try forms for the parade should be in to Ms. Cooper by Thur., Oct. 2. The parade begins at 3:30 p.m.; par-ticipants should be lined up no later than 3:15 p.m. No vehicle other than entered parade vehicles will be al-lowed to turn east on Collett street. The parade will end at OGS east parking lot.
Football Game – Oakwood Comets vs. Westville Ti-gers begins at 7 p.m. on Fri., Oct. 3. At halftime, there will be a mini-parade of the floats and the court. The float winners will also be announced at this time.
Homecoming Dance – The dance is on Sat., Oct. 4, from 8 - 11 p.m. Coronation is at 9:30 p.m. Parents will be admitted to the gym beginning at 9:15 p.m.
Dance tickets will be sold during lunch hours begin-ning Mon., Sept. 29 and continue through Fri., Oct. 3
of Homecoming week. All tickets must be purchased in advance. Ticket prices are $15 for a couple and $8 for a single. Only OHS students and their dates are permit-ted to attend the dance. Any students with any financial obligations to classes or organizations will not be al-lowed to purchase tickets until those obligations have been cleared.
No students will enter the building before 8 p.m., and all students must stay in the building during the dance. If a student leaves the building, he or she will not be allowed to re-enter.
Students must be off the school property promptly at 11 p.m.
Pictures will be taken by Simply People Pics this year. A price list will be made available in the office prior to the dance.
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If you like to keep up on events and activities at Oakwood High School, there are more options now.
OHS has their own Twitter page that you can follow at @OakHS76 for updates. Please follow to help us get information to you as quickly
as possible.If you want to read up on student stories and
opinions, The Oakwood Times is online at oak-wooddailytimes.com.
The district also has its own Facebook (www.facebook.com/OakwoodSchoolDistrict) and
Twitter feed (@OakwoodCUSD76).Other Twitter feeds that will provide valuable
information about the high school are:Music Department @Oakwood76MusicSchool Counselor @OakHSCounselorSome teams and organizations also provide their
own private Twitter feeds for information specific to those teams.
Twitter and Facebook pages provide info
The Oakwood FFA Chapter is once again giving one lucky winner a whole hog! FFA members are sell-ing tickets to win a hog, processed however the winner would like.
Tickets may be purchased through any FFA member, or at home var-sity football games. They are $1 per ticket, or six tickets for $5.
The winning ticket will be drawn at halftime at the Homecoming foot-ball game on October 3. Winners do not need to be present to win.
The Oakwood FFA Chapter would like to thank Shepherd Farms of Fithian for donating the hog and Allen's Farm Quality Meats of Homer for donating the processing.
If you're looking to fill your freezer inexpensively, get your win-ning ticket today!
FFA selling hog tickets
The Oakwood Post Prom Committee will be putting on color splash run in Oakwood.
The race will be held at 2 p.m. on October 26 in the Oakwood Grade School east parking lot.
All proceeds will go to-wards the 2015 OHS Post Prom, which is padi for ONLY through generous donations and fundraiser. Volunteers are still needed for the event.
A color splash is a popular 5K race that is similar to a crayon box exploding. As participants make their way through the course volun-teers cover them in colored cornstarch-based powder.
Post Prom commitee to hold a color splash run This fun run welcomes all ages and athletic abili-
ties. Runners should protect their eyes and mouth with glasses and bandannas.
Entry forms are available at all of the Oakwood school or by contacting Chris Ashikyan at 217-918-4104. Forms can also be downloaded from the school website. Registration will start at 1 p.m. on race day, but no T-shirts will be available with late sign-ups.
Adults can run for $25. Children under 15 can run for $10 as long as they are accompanied with a paid adult.
Forms can be mailed to:Oakwood Post Prom Committee Attn: Chris AshikyanPO Box 492Oakwood IL 61858
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No School on October 10 and 13!
Oakwood High School stu-dents can still order portrait packages.
View and order online at simplypeoplepics.com. Or-ders can also be turned in at school with the order form that was given to your stu-dent.
Sep. 19 FB GRF (H) 7 pmSep. 20 VB @ Clifton Inv. 9 amSep. 20 G @ Paris Inv. 9 amSep. 22 G BH @ Harrison Park 4:30 pm Sep. 22 JVFB @ GRF 6 pmSep. 23 XC @ North Verm. 4 pmSep. 23 SOC Salt Fork 4:30 pmSep. 23 VB @ BH 6 pmSep. 25 G SF @ Wolf Creek 4 pmSep. 25 SOC @ Schlarman 4:30 pmSep. 25 VB @ Salt Fork 6 pmSep. 26 G @ BH Invitational 1 pmSep. 26 FB @ BH 7 pmSep. 27 JVSOC@ Blue Ridge Tour 8:30 amSep. 27 XC @ Spartan Classic 9 amSep. 29 G @ Hoopeston 4:30 pmSep. 29 JVFB BH 6 pmSep. 30 SOC Hoopeston Area 4:30 pmSep. 30 VB AP 6 pmOct. 2 G VVC Tournament 9 amOct. 2 SOC @ BH 4:30 pmOct. 3 FB Westville 7 pmOct. 4 XC Oakwood Invite 9 am
Upcoming Athletic Events
Portraits can still be purchased
Get your purple be-fore Homecoming!
Make sure your stu-dent has a purple shirt for Homecoming Fri-day!
OHS is selling Oak-wood Athletic Depart-ment hoodies and crew-necks. They can be purchased in the front office.
Hoodies are $35 and crewnecks are $25.
Comet sweatshirts for sale
The Oakwood Unit 76 Board of Education is soliciting interest to fill a vacancy on the Board of Edu-cation. The term for this position will be until the Spring of 2015, at which time elected Board members will be seated.
Board members are expected to attend meetings and take an active role in all duties of a Board mem-ber.
Qualifications can be found on
School board looks to fill vacancythe District website in the Board va-cancy announcement.
For questions or to submit your name for consideration in this po-sition, please contact Sue Johnson, Board President, at 217-474-5198 or via email at [email protected] no later than 5 p.m., Fri., Sept. 26.
Your name, address and phone number(s) are required in order to be considered.
Go Comets!
Information for students (scholarships, ACT, college visits) is being sent via student email accounts. If you would like to receive the information too, please send your email address to [email protected] and I will include you in future mailings.
During the month of September, college application fees are being waived at Indiana State University. If your student is considering applying to ISU, you might want to encourage them to take advantage of this op-portunity!
DACC is hosting an ACT prep class on Saturdays (September 20-October 25) from 9:00-12:00. The cost is $150.
College Admission reps from Eastern Illinois Uni-versity and Illinois State University will be here next week. Juniors and Seniors may sign up to meet with them.
Guidance Corner
The Oakwood Area Food Pantry is holding a fundaiser called “Recycle For Food.”
They are asking interested people to save all steel cans (vegetable, fruit, soup, tuna, etc.). If a magnet sticks to it, they’d like for you to save it.
The food panty will be col-lecting the cans at the Oak-wood Food Pantry from now until November 1.
Rinsed out cans may be dropped off at the fenced in porch off the new food pantry at 202 South Scott Street in Oakwood.
Food pantry needs your help recycling steel cans
The Class of 2015 will be paint-ing “Comets” or the Comet logo on driveways along the parade route as a class fundraiser on Wed., Sept. 24.
The cost of the painting will be $10, and either purple or white paint will be used.
Junior class to paint Comet logos on drivewaysIf anyone is interested in having
their driveway painted, they can call the high school.
The class will also be going door-to-door before that evening to see who would like their driveway painted.
Grade scale changesThe OHS faculty has made adjustments to the grade
scale for this school year.The grade scale was adjusted to match the rest of the
district. It also was suggested by a staff committee to coincide with the introduction of the Common Core Curriculum.
The new scale is a straight 10-point scale and took effect at the beginning of the year. The first progress reports should reflect the new scale as well as the up-coming first quarter grades.
Here is the new scale:A 100-90B 89-80C 79-70D 69-60
Cheer, cheer for old Oakwood’s fameWake up the echoes cheering her
nameSend the volley cheer on highShake down the thunder from the skyWhat though the odds be great or
smallOld Oakwood High will win over allWhile her loyal sons are marchingOnward to victory!
OHS Fight Song
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