December 18

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Oak Ridge High School Daily Bulletin

STUDENT INFO

The ORHS Choral Department is selling cookbooks with recipes collected from ORHS Choral students, ORHS Choral Boosters, ORHS Faculty and Staff, and friends of the ORHS Choral Department.  These cookbooks make great Christmas presents for the cook in your family.  The cookbooks are $10.  They can be ordered directly from the ORHS Choral Boosters President, Karen Vacaliuc  (kvacaliuc@gmail.com )  or purchased from an ORHS Choir Member.  (MWF,12/11-12/20) – A. Ragan

Calling all crafty kids.  The holidays are expensive but not when you DIY holiday crafts or a gift for your favorite person!  Come by the makerspace in the library as quickly as you can to get started – supplies are running out! (12/17 – 12/19) – C. Milloway

Do you have a lot of friends, but not a lot of money to buy them all Christmas gifts? Senior Steering is here to help! For just one dollar, you can write a personalized note to be delivered, along with a sweet candy cane, to your friends during homeroom on Thursday. See any Senior Steering member by lunch on Wednesday to let your friends know you care!  (12/17-12/18) – E. Hondorf

ORHS begins our Spring 2020 ACT series after the Winter Break as we lead up to the March 31 Schoolwide ACT for juniors. On Wednesday, January 8, at 2:00 PM in the Amphitheatre we will focus on the Reading sub-test in a session that should last for about 90 minutes. Sessions this spring will look a little different from the fall sessions: we will first learn about a high-value ACT standard, then we will take the sub-test, and then we will examine the results during that session.  Please sign up (so that I have a test and answer sheet for you) by emailing AEtheridge@ortn.edu and indicating your interest. Although we want to draw as many juniors as possible, all ORHS students are welcome to participate. (12/17-12/18) – A. Etheridge

CLUB INFO

The YuGi-Oh! Club will meet in Dr. Colquitt’s room, CS 235, on Friday until 5:00 pm. Please note that we will leave at 5:00, not 6:00. (12/17, 12/19,12/20) – R. Colquitt

COUNSELING INFO

If you took the PSAT in October, the scores have arrived.  Come by the counseling office before school, during lunch or after school to pick up your Score Report. (12/16-12/18) – A. Campbell

SENIOR INFO

The Oak Ridge Rotary Club Brad Sturm Memorial Essay Contest (Merit Based on Essay) and The Rotary Club of Oak Ridge College Founders Scholarship (Need and Merit Based) applications are now open.  Both scholarship applications can be completed online at the East Tennessee Foundation Website.  www.easttennesseefoundation.org/scholarships-grants/scholarships/how-to-apply

Both scholarships will require an in-person interview with a selection committee and award winners will be invited with their families to attend an awards presentation at the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge around graduation time in 2020.  Deadline for applications is February 15, 2020.  Award amounts have not yet been finalized, but should be similar to what was awarded last year (up to $6,600 for the College Founders Scholarship and up to $5,200 for the Brad Sturm Memorial Essay Contest).  We typically give out multiple awards for each scholarship, so scholarship amounts per person usually end up a little over 2k, with a minimum award of 1k.  Finally, the Brad Sturm Memorial Essay Contest requires a book to be purchased for the essay, so for those students unable to purchase the book off Amazon, two copies of this book will be available for check out in the counseling office. Mrs. Bauman’s economics class will also be provided two copies of the book.  We will be using the same book from last year…….A Capitalist Manifesto:  Understanding the Market Economy and Defending Liberty by Gary Wolfram.  (W – 11/20-12/20) – A. King

The Elizabeth L. Phipps Scholarship is in honor of a charter member of the Oak Ridge Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. The purpose of ORAC Elizabeth L. Phipps Scholarship is to provide financial support to an African American female high school graduating senior of Oak Ridge High School.  You can find application information on the Counseling Office Scholarship website.  The deadline for applying is January 18, 2020. (MWF, 12/16-12/20) – A. Campbell

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