Tuesday– February 16, 2021
Oak Ridge High School Daily Bulletin
STUDENT INFO
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. The last day to submit work for Term 3 is Friday, March 5th.
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
Our Spring AP exam payment collection will be from March 1 to March 5. We will be set up in the food court during lunch to accept your payment. During this time you will be able to pay off your remaining balance for any exam you have already ordered. You will also be able to order an exam for the first time for any Spring semester AP course. You will also be able to order an exam for any other AP course if you missed the order deadline in the Fall. If you missed the Fall deadline, College Board will charge an additional $40 late fee for each exam.
Exams remain $95/exam. If you are taking four or more exams, the fourth and subsequent exams are $40/exam. Research and Seminar exams are $143 each. If you are on free and reduced lunch status, exams are $15/exam.
Please make checks payable to Oak Ridge High School. Please put the student name and the exam name(s) on the Memo line to ensure that the payment is applied correctly.
If you have any questions at all, please reach out to our AP Coordinator, David Foust at djfoust@ortn.edu
**Deadline is THIS week!!! 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 65th 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)
The 2021-2022 Oak Ridge High School Academic Planning Guide (APG) is now available on our school’s website under Curriculum in the Academics tab. You may also access it via this link. The guide is also now on student and teacher desktops.
This document contains all you need to know about the new block schedule, graduation requirements, academic policies and procedures, and the course catalog.
There will be a virtual Town Hall meeting to discuss block scheduling in general on Thursday, February 25th from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. Be on the lookout for more information on how to register coming soon.
Starting this week, teachers are having conversations with students about course offerings and their recommendations for students for next year. 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. Students will receive registration forms during these meetings. We will host a Q&A session for parents via Zoom on Thursday, March 11th from 6:00-7:30 pm.
Students will meet with counselors to turn in their registration forms with their course selections during the two weeks following Spring Break. If you have questions about 2021-2022 registration, please contact your school counselor. (2/15-2/23) – A. Roberts
ATHLETIC INFORMATION
To all returning ORHS Lady Wildcat soccer players and any student interested in trying out for the 2021 fall season, there will be an important informational meeting after school on Thursday Feb 18 at 3:45 pm. Weather permitting, we will meet on the bleachers of the soccer field in front of the concession stand. Any questions feel free to call or email head coach Donnie Green at 865-712-0390 or doubledg@comcast.net (2/10-2/18)
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/
LMU will host a virtual college visit on Tuesday, February 16th at 11:25am. Anyone interested in attending can email Ms. Campbell (akcampbell@ortn.edu) for the link. (2/12-2/16) – A. Campbell