January 26

Tuesday – January 26, 2021

Oak Ridge High School Daily Bulletin

STUDENT INFO

Dear ORHS Students,

If schooling during a pandemic has taught us anything, it is that we must constantly monitor and adjust!  Please forgive me, as we learned this week that our MAI plan was in need of improvement.  Therefore, we are changing things up, and we will begin this new plan next week on Wednesday, January 27^th.

Midweek Academic Intervention (MAI) is held every Wednesday from 8:00 a.m. to noon.  For now, in order to maintain a safe learning environment, only students who meet certain criteria should attend MAI, and those students are strongly encouraged to attend.

Midweek Academic Intervention

• When: Each Wednesday 8:00 a.m. to noon
• Who: Any student who has an F for Term 2 or currently has an F for Term 3.
• What: Students will enter through the main lobby doors and be assigned a location.  There, you will meet with an Academic Coach who will assist you in making a plan of action to improve your grades.  Academic Coaches will then help you stay motivated and complete your missing assignments.  Students will have until midterm of Term 3 (Friday, February 5) to repair their Term 2 grades.  The last day to submit work for Term 3 is Friday, March 5^th.

If you do not meet the current criteria for MAI, please know that individual teachers are available for office hours on Wednesdays, and many teachers hold separate tutoring sessions in person or on Zoom on those days, as well.  Please contact your teachers if you would like to request a meeting on a Wednesday.

Breakfast and lunch are available free of charge; however, reservations are required by noon on Tuesday before MAI.  If you would like to order breakfast and/or lunch, please follow this link to do so:  https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=vdNYGNb6YE61OeUm8KqiP7rCP1M8hxRGrEaMv6jACnJUQlJPTlZURVRBNEY3Sk9JWlE1SDFWU1lMTS4u

If you have questions about MAI, please contact Mrs. Roberts at ahroberts@ortn.edu   (M, T – 2/5) – A. Roberts

ACT Prep:  Coach Etheridge will hold an ACT Strategies Session on Wednesday, January 27, from  8:30-9:30 AM in CS 336. Please email (AEtheridge@ortn.edu) if you would like to attend. There is room for 12, but if more are interested, I can add more sessions. Seniors have priority for this one, which will focus less on academic content than it does on how to play the ACT game to win. I will hold more sessions in February for juniors, who take the statewide test on March 2 at ORHS. I’ll post that information weekly. Some of those will focus on academic content as well as on ACT strategies. (F,M,T) – A. Etheridge

Calling all Visual Artists and Poets:  Oak Ridge elementary, middle and high school students are invited to create works of art & poetry inspired by the Scarboro 85 and honoring the 65^th anniversary of the Historic Oak Ridge School Desegregation.  The Competition theme is: “Honoring the Struggle, Celebrating the Triumphs & Inspiring the Future”.  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).  All entries due by February 19, 2021.  (M, Th – 2/19)

Student Council is hosting all new virtual talent show- Wildcats Got Talent! We will be allowing acts of 1-3 people, and they can involve any talent that you’d like to showcase. Audition submissions will be required to be turned in by January 29th, and the lineup will be announced on February 1st. The show will be livestreamed on Friday February 26th. Visit the Wildcat Student Hangout page for more info and submissions!

ATHLETIC INFORMATION

Wildcats in Action

COUNSELING 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/

Senior Information

Seniors: if you have any questions regarding senior signature items or would like to be added to a waitlist for an item, see Mrs. Ledden in CS347 or email tledden@ortn.edu as soon as possible.