Tuesday – November 10, 2020
Oak Ridge High School Daily Bulletin
STUDENT INFO
The Fall Play “Twelfth Night” starts this Thursday! Do you have your tickets for this classic comedy? Shows are Nov 12-15: Thursday at 7, Saturday at 7, and Sunday at 2. Advance tickets are $6 and are available online. Find a poster and use the QR code on it. Posters are found all around the school and outside Mr. Moreno’s room. Tickets will be available at the door for $9 for students and $10 for adults. Don’t miss this high school tradition!
USA Biology Olympiad registration is now open for all ORHS students. Please register at https://www.usabo-trc.org/ before 12/4. See Dr. Thomas if you have any questions.
All through the month of November, come to the library to decorate a rock – keep it to remind you of what grounds you, give it away to someone who needs a pick me up, leave it in the library to encourage everyone who sees it – your choice. (M,F – end of November) – C. Milloway
There’s a new section in the library curated especially for you. Come check it out. (11/6, 11/10) – C. Milloway
ATHLETICS
This Friday night, the Wildcats will travel to Rhea County to take on the Eagles in the 2nd round of play-offs.
Tickets can be purchased online or at the gate. Tickets are $8.00 KICK-OFF 7:00
Tickets will go on sale to the general public Tuesday at Noon central time at https://tssaasports.com/sports/football/playoffs/.
COUNSELING INFORMATION
Seniors and Parents: this is a friendly reminder that we have our second FAFSA Completion Night coming up this Tuesday evening, November 10th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the ORHS Amphitheatre across from the ORHS Counseling office. We had a great turnout two weeks ago so please join us for assistance with completing the FAFSA needed for the TN Promise, Hope lottery and other financial aid in general. You’ll need a laptop and your 2019 tax information.
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. Private corporate scholarships and scholarship search engines that will help you find opportunities for nearly every interest and post-high school education option. There is even information on career exploration and summer opportunities at some amazing schools. Stop by the Counseling Office and check out our Scholarship Section or visit our website: https://www.ortn.edu/highschool/academics/school-counseling/testing-scholarship-and-career/
The Tee Higgins “Be The Change” Scholarship is designated for an African-American senior at Oak Ridge High School who is a Wildcat student-athlete and understands the importance of being ”All In” in order to achieve their dreams. All applicants should have a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher and a minimum ACT score of 19. Application can be picked up in the Counseling Office. Submit your form and writing prompt to Mrs. Taylor in the Counseling Office by Friday, December 4, 2020.
UT Promise is a last-dollar, undergraduate scholarship that will guarantee free tuition and mandatory fees to qualifying Tennessee residents enrolling in an undergraduate degree at UT campuses in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Martin and Memphis. This innovative scholarship will cover a student’s last-dollar amount of tuition and mandatory fees after other financial aid is applied (such as Pell grants, HOPE Scholarship or other institutional scholarships) to students who qualify for HOPE and whose family household income is under $50,000 a year. UT Promise is a student-success oriented scholarship program that requires students to complete volunteer service hours and meet with a volunteer mentor each semester to ensure a successful student experience. Visit https://tennessee.edu/ut-promise/ for more information.
The online application for the Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship is available now at jackierobinson.org. Through the JRF application, more than 4,000 talented young minority high school students apply to become JRF Scholars and carry on the civic-minded legacy of the foundation’s namesake, Jackie Robinson. The deadline to submit the application for a JRF Scholarship is February 1, 2021, 5 p.m. ET.
East Tennessee Foundation (ETF) is happy to announce that ETF 2021 Scholarship Applications will be AVAILABLE on NOVEMBER 1st on our website, http://www.etf.org/scholarships. There are two scholarship opportunities solely for Oak Ridge High School (ORHS) graduating seniors: Oak Ridge Rotary Club Brad Sturm Memorial Scholarship/Essay Contest and the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge College Founders Scholarship. Scholarship information, including detailed descriptions and application instructions, for these and the other scholarships, are now available, http://www.etf.org/scholarships. The scholarship application must be completed and submitted online. The application deadline for 2021 is February 15, 2021.
Senior Information
Attention all ORHS seniors November 21st is the last day to transform the lot. If you would like to paint a parking spot, pick up an application from Ms.Sobek in room LC217 or a senior steering member. We can’t wait see all your amazing designs! (11/10-11/13) – D. Sobek
Seniors, do you want to graduate with the Work Ethic Distinction? This distinction will be useful for presentation to future employers for work-based learning, apprenticeships, and employment in a chosen field after graduation. Employers throughout Tennessee have indicated that students who present a document such as this, indicating desirable work habits, will be given preference for interviews. In order to earn such a distinction, students must exhibit certain characteristics by earning points on a Work Ethic Form. The application form is available in the school counseling office or via this link: www.ortn.edu/Curriculum/CCTE/Work_Ethic.pdf
Students who attain at least 20 points on this form may deliver it at any time before April 1st, 2020 to Dr. Holly Cross at Oak Ridge High School, room CS244.
For the TN Promise standard, for practicality, there is a statewide COVID-19 exception to the expectation to earn the volunteer hours before earning the Work Ethic Distinction this year.
Most areas selected on the form can be verified in-house by Dr. Cross, once submitted. For those items that cannot be found in Skyward, students must present written verification of items selected. A signed certificate of completion will be provided by Dr. Cross for students to present to potential employers, once earned.