February 25

Friday, February 25, 2022

Oak Ridge High School Daily Bulletin

STUDENT INFO

The Spring Musical “Into the Woods” is a week away!  Do you have your tickets for this beloved story? Shows are Mar 4-6:  Friday at 7, Saturday at 2 and 7, and Sunday at 2.  You are running out of time to buy Advance tickets.  Advance tickets are $8 and are available from a Masquer, Mr. Moreno’s class, or the Bookstore.  Tickets will be sold at the door but will be $1 more.  Don’t miss the biggest show in Masquer History!

FAFSA Updated Info  –  Two important deadlines are approaching for seniors who applied for the TN Promise.  First, file your FAFSA by the new deadline March 1st at 11:59 PM.  Second, watch the mandatory webinar in your TN Achieves account by March 1st.  Failure to complete either of these tasks will result in losing the TN Promise scholarship.  See Mrs. Thompson if you have questions or problems. (W,F – 3/1) – S. Thompson

Do you want an opportunity to win a cash award and investigate the Scarboro 85 during Black History month?  The local chapter of the NAACP is sponsoring a Black History Month Trivia Contest.  Mrs. Thompson has sent contest information to your school email.  Submissions will be due to the Counseling Office by March 11th. (Ms. Thompson)

CLUB INFORMATION

The ORHS Key Club is hosting their annual diaper drive to support TORCH, a local charity that works with homeless individuals. To donate, see Mr. Schoolcraft in LC224 or a Key Club member.

The ORHS Key Club, in partnership with other schools in the area, is hosting a donation drive for the Ronald McDonald House in Knoxville. The Ronald McDonald House is in need of items such as cereals, breakfast bars, ranch dressing, non-dairy creamers, Ramen noodles, chips, and various snacks. For the list of other items to donate, there will be flyers posted around the school. To donate, see Mr. Schoolcraft in LC224 or a Key Club member. (Tu,Th  – 2.25)  J. Schoolcraft

Join Philosophy Club after school on Friday in Mr. Pickering’s room (LC322) for a discussion on nihilism and existentialism. (2/24-2/25) – A. Pickering

AP EXAM INFO

We will be taking payments for AP exams the week of February 28 to March 4 during lunch.  This is the final window to pay your exam balances as well as order exams for your Spring semester courses.  As a reminder, each exam is $96.  Seminar and Research exams are $126 each.  If your student is taking 4 or more exams, the first three exams are full price and the fourth and subsequent exam is $40.  Please make checks payable to Oak Ridge High School.

If you have decided that you want to add an exam for a course you were in during Fall semester only and you didn’t place an order in November you may still do so, however College Board will charge a $40 late fee in addition to the price of the exam.  Additionally as a reminder, if a student decides they no longer wish to take an exam that they ordered in the fall College Board will charge a $40 fee to cancel their exam.

Please make sure that you have entered join codes for ALL AP courses that you are in, even if you do not plan to take the AP exam.  Mr. Foust is unable to order an exam for a student, even if they have paid, if they have not entered the join code for the course.

You can find the AP exam schedule at the link below.  In April, Mr. Foust will be in contact with those students who have exam conflicts and work to get any conflicts scheduled on the makeup exam dates.  Like in years past, we are working with Roane State Community College to administer all of our AP exams at the Oak Ridge campus of Roane State.  More information on that to come.

https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/exam-administration-ordering-scores/exam-dates

If you have any questions regarding AP exams, please email Mr. Foust at djfoust@ortn.edu for assistance. (MWF – 3/4) – D. Foust

ATHLETIC INFORMATION

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