Wednesday, January 10th, 2024

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Oak Ridge High School Daily Bulletin

STUDENT INFO

Winter Formal is February 3rd this year, and Snow Court applications will soon be open! 2024 Applications will open on Tues January 16th and will be due Fri Jan 19th. At Winter Formal, one snow king and queen will be crowned from the Snow Court. The Snow Court will consist of one boy and one girl from each grade. Scan the QR code found on the winter formal fliers or go to the Wildcat Student Hangout page in Canvas to apply. The Snow Court will be announced on Monday Jan 22nd, and voting with your spare change begins along with ticket sales on Tues Jan 23rd . Vote for your favorite candidate by donating money to their jar in the arena kiosk or top of the cafeteria during lunch. All voting proceeds this year go to Second Harvest.  A. Wagner

Fire Safety Awareness:  Heating appliances in the home – Electric Space Heaters

A: Turn heaters off when you go to bed or leave the room.

B: Have at least 3 feet “ kid-free zone” around space heaters.

C: Use only listed space heaters.

D: Purchase space heaters that automatically shut off if they are tipped over.

E: Plug space heaters directly into a wall outlet and never into an extension cord or power

tap.

If you need any smoke alarms or additional information, please call (865) 425-FIRE (3473) or email smokealarms@oakridgetn.gov V. Viruet

Students—there is a run-off vote for several Teacher Superlative categories. Who will win fastest grader—Moreno or Feuer? Who will win best dressed—Hale or Barry? Please log in on Wednesday only and finalize the votes that are currently ties between multiple teachers. You’ll find the link in Skyward messages! R. Hale

All books checked out before break are due back to the library now. Please return or renew them to avoid overdue notices and lost book fines.  C. Milloway

Masquers is recruiting for all of our technical positions. If you are interested in learning to run the light board, a spotlight, audio and other sound elements, to build sets, to run deck crew for a show, to fly curtains and set pieces on and off stage, or to create props used to bring the show alive, we need you. Please pick up a permission slip from the Masquers office door down by the auditorium or contact Mr. Lloyd @ malloyd@ortn.edu or Amber Latham @ lathaamb000@ortn.edu and come join us after school on Wednesday backstage.  T. Lloyd

CLUB INFO

FBLA members who have chosen to participate in the testing tournament may come to CS347 after school TODAY to take one or more tests.T. Ledden

If you are going on either of our ski trips this year, please attend a brief meeting immediately after school in LC 217 TODAY, Wednesday January 10th. If you are not able to attend, keep an eye out for a meeting summary on the ORHS Ski and Snowboard Club Remind. J. Strating

Youth Leadership Oak Ridge, YLOR, will be meeting TODAY, Wednesday, January 10^th, at the Chamber of Commerce. Please arrive at the Chamber by 2:15pm.  T. Seals

FBLA members please meet after school on Wednesday, January 17, in CS347.  T. Ledden

SENIOR INFO

CANCELLED!!  The FAFSA Help Session scheduled for TODAY, Wednesday, January 10^th, is cancelled due to technical difficulties with the new FAFSA website. The Help Session for February 13^th is still on the calendar. H. Foster

Seniors, now is the time to submit your senior quotes and memories for the yearbook. From January 8 through January 19 at 3:07, you may use the Skyward link to submit your senior quotes and memories. The word limit for each is 80 words and remember that any and all quotes and memories are subject to exclusion based on decency, content, and school appropriateness. Should your quote be determined to be inappropriate, you will NOT be notified and given the opportunity to resubmit, so please make sure it is in good taste and appropriate the FIRST time you enter it. Any quotes that are not from individual seniors must be credited to the authors of the quotes. After the deadline, no more submissions will be accepted. R. Hale

ATHLETICS