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Oakwood High School January 19, 2018<br />
Comet<br />
Calendar<br />
January 25<br />
Wrestling<br />
Senior Night<br />
It’s great to be young and a Comet!<br />
Comet Courier<br />
Volume V, Issue 12<br />
January 26<br />
OJHS Night and<br />
Spaghetti Supper<br />
January 29<br />
Girls Basketball<br />
Senior Night<br />
January 30<br />
WYSE Regional<br />
February 2<br />
11:30 Dismissal<br />
February 3<br />
Europe Trip<br />
Trivia Night<br />
February 7<br />
Booster Club<br />
Meeting<br />
February 13<br />
Boys Basketball<br />
Senior Night<br />
Nash named<br />
ICCA All-State!<br />
Freshman Mia Nash became the third<br />
Comet ever to be named to the Illinois<br />
Cheerleading Coaches Association All-<br />
State Team.<br />
Nash is part of the cheer team that<br />
recently qualified for ICCA State.<br />
“Mia is a great all around cheerleader<br />
but particularly excels in tumbling,<br />
jumps and versatility in stunting,” said<br />
cheer coach Kacie Jones. “She is willing<br />
to try anything asked of her so she<br />
is constantly pushing the limits of what<br />
she is capable of.”<br />
Mia is the only freshman on the All-<br />
State team.<br />
Comets to play for County title<br />
The Comet girls and boys basketball teams will play for the County championship<br />
games. The girls will play tonight at 8 p.m. against BHRA, and the boys will play<br />
Saturday night at 8 p.m. against Salt Fork.<br />
OHS is hoping to become the first school to win all three County competitions<br />
(cheerleading included) in the same year.<br />
The cheerleading competition will be held on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. Doors<br />
open at 9. The team will perform two routines in front of the judges. The winners<br />
will be announced at halftime of the boys championship game on Saturday night.<br />
On Thursday night, the Comet pep band and Comettes performed.<br />
On Friday and Saturday nights, the County sportsmanship nominees for volleyball<br />
and football will be honored. Kelsey Blackford will be honored for volleyball on<br />
Friday night before the girls championship game and Chase Vinson will be honored<br />
for football on Saturday night.<br />
Admission for all events at the County tournament will be $4. The events are put<br />
on by the Vermilion County Principals Association.
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OJHS Night is January 26 at OGS<br />
Parent team will host spaghetti supper<br />
The Oakwood Junior<br />
High Parent Team will be<br />
hosting a spaghetti fundraiser<br />
before the start of<br />
the varsity boys basketball<br />
game vs. Milford on January<br />
26. That game will be<br />
played at Oakwood Grade<br />
School.<br />
The free-will donation dinner will<br />
Juniors to bag groceries<br />
The Class of 2019 will be bagging groceries at<br />
Tilton County Market on Super Bowl Sunday from<br />
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at least.<br />
It is a fundraiser for Prom.<br />
The Super Bowl is February 4. If you need groceries<br />
for your parties please come and shop to support<br />
the class between those times!!!<br />
Thanks!<br />
Class of 2019<br />
Art adding a kiln<br />
OHS recently received the good news that we will<br />
be getting a new addition to the art program ... a kiln.<br />
Art teacher Amanda Nichols is excited about all the<br />
things that the kiln will add to the program.<br />
“I am wanting to do items that can be considered<br />
decorative, like clay characters, animals, sea life, flowers,<br />
etc.” said Nichols. “I am also looking into getting<br />
some glazes that are considered “dinnerware” safe so<br />
that we may make functional items - such as cups,<br />
bowls and plates, etc.”<br />
“I am also considering having the students create a<br />
shoe that could be used as a pen/pencil holder (or candy<br />
dish-depending on the type of shoe created).”<br />
start at 4:30 p.m. in the grade school<br />
cafeteria and will include spaghetti,<br />
bread, dessert and a drink.<br />
They will also provide<br />
to-go containers.<br />
The proceeds will go towards<br />
helping the parent<br />
team and students of OJHS.<br />
The dinner will coincide<br />
with junior high athletic<br />
night at the high school.<br />
Various junior high sport teams<br />
will be recognized that evening.<br />
Preparing for Prom<br />
To parents of potential Prom attendees,<br />
A meeting for junior and seniors was held in the gym<br />
on Thur., Jan.18, to go over some pertinent Prom rules.<br />
1. To attend Prom, a student must meet IHSA scholastic<br />
standing requirements<br />
- passing four classes. (Third<br />
and fourth quarter average)<br />
2. Students will not be allowed<br />
to leave Prom until 11<br />
p.m. No exceptions!<br />
3. Any students who owes<br />
any money to any club, sport,<br />
Prom<br />
Sat.,<br />
May 12<br />
etc. will not be allowed to<br />
purchase a ticket until they are<br />
paid up. This also includes turning in uniforms for a<br />
sport.<br />
We will send home a form in May, but the grades are<br />
the important thing for now.<br />
Juice<br />
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Girls basketball game<br />
times subject to change<br />
Due to many teams in the area having low numbers<br />
this year, varsity game times may be affected.<br />
Some teams in the area have decided not to play<br />
JV at all this year which means varsity games<br />
would start at 6 p.m.<br />
Other teams have decided to play shorter quarters,<br />
so the varsity games could start a little earlier.<br />
Here is the remaining list of games that there<br />
will be NO JV game and varsity is scheduled to<br />
start at 6 p.m.:<br />
1/22 vs. Chrisman (NO JV)<br />
1/24 at Hoopeston Area (NO JV)<br />
1/25 at Westville (NO JV)<br />
1/29 vs. GRF (NO JV) -- 7 p.m. start<br />
These are subject to change as injuries or illnesses<br />
sometimes happen. We try our best to post<br />
on our Facebook page and Twitter account if there<br />
are any last minute changes.<br />
Counseling<br />
calendar<br />
January 19 -- Marine recruiter lunch room visit.<br />
January 23 -- Army recruiter lunch room visit.<br />
January 26 -- College Express Informational Presentation<br />
for sophomores and juniors.<br />
January 31 -- EIU College Rep visit.<br />
February 5 -- Apprenticeship Informational meeting<br />
for sophomores.<br />
February 13 -- National Guard recruiter lunch room<br />
visit.<br />
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Preparing for winter<br />
cancellations<br />
Sometime over the next couple of months, we are<br />
sure to get severe winter weather that threatens to cancel<br />
school. You are encouraged to tune in to local radio<br />
and TV newscasts for<br />
updates.<br />
If school is cancelled,<br />
the district<br />
office will send out<br />
phone and email messages<br />
over the School<br />
Messenger system.<br />
We will be using<br />
the numbers and email addresses that you gave us at<br />
registration. If one of those has changed, you will need<br />
to contact OHS, 354-2358, and correct it.<br />
Upcoming Athletic Events<br />
Jan. 20 WR LeRoy Invite (A) 9 am<br />
Jan. 20 CH VC Competition (A) 9 am<br />
Jan. 20 FSBB Unity (A) 10 am<br />
Jan. 22 GBB Chrisman (H) 6 pm<br />
Jan. 23 WR No. Verm. (A) 5:30 pm<br />
Jan. 23 BBB AP (A) 6 pm<br />
Jan. 25 GBB Westville (A) 6 pm<br />
Jan. 25 WR BHRA (H) 6 pm<br />
Jan. 25 FSBB Westville (H-OGS) 6 pm<br />
Jan. 26 BBB Milford (H-OGS) 6 pm<br />
Jan. 27 CH IHSA Sectional (A) TBA<br />
Jan. 27 WR EI Invite (A) 9 am<br />
Jan. 27 FSBB Hoop. Area (A) 10 am<br />
Jan. 29 GBB GRF (H) 6 pm<br />
Jan. 30 BBB Hoop. Area (A) 6 pm<br />
Feb. 1 GBB Schlarman (A) 6 pm<br />
Feb. 1 FSBB BHRA (H) 6 pm<br />
Feb. 2 CH IHSA State (A) TBA<br />
Feb. 2 BBB Salt Fork (A) 6 pm<br />
Feb. 3 CH IHSA State (A) TBA<br />
Feb. 3 WR Regional (A) 9 am<br />
Feb. 3 FSBB Salt Fork (A) 10 am<br />
11:30 Dismissal on February 2
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