There will be a drive-by celebration to honor graduates at Oak Ridge High School this afternoon (Tuesday, May 26).
The drive-by celebration is scheduled from 3 to 3:30 p.m. on Providence Road. It’s a student-led event, not an official school event.
There are some rules for the celebration:
[Read more…]Note: This story was updated at 5:35 p.m. March 15.
Oak Ridge Schools has cancelaed an elementary school Safety Patrol trip to Washington, D.C., but the Oak Ridge High School winter guard and percussion trip to Suwanee, Georgia, is still scheduled to occur.
Update: The WGI has canceled all future events, and the ORHS Indoor Percussion will not be traveling to Georgia. But they did perform at the Oak Ridge Civic Center on Friday. It’s not clear if the status of the band and orchestra trip mentioned below has changed.
Regarding another trip, the Oak Ridge Board of Education did not vote in a meeting on Wednesday to cancel the ORHS band and orchestra trip to New York City at this time. But school officials plan to keep monitoring conditions in New York City.
The school board was considering the status of the trips because of concerns about COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus.
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By Bob Fowler, Roane State staff writer
One wants to be a doctor. Another, a lawyer involved in immigration cases. Two plan to become engineers, another wants to be involved in mission work, and one intends to work as an ultrasound technician.
They are among 14 Oak Ridge High School students who are members of the first Roane State Community College Middle College class, and they’re getting ready to graduate this spring, both from high school and college.
Although they have varying career goals, they have several things in common. They all say they have enjoyed their Middle College experiences, they’ve all been accepted to colleges and universities to continue their educations, and they’re fans of their advisor and English instructor, Assistant Roane State Professor Margaret “Maggie” Bouldin.
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Henry Shen of Oak Ridge High School is one of four students who will represent Team USA at the International Biology Olympiad in Hungary next week.
Shen was one of four gold medalists at the USA Biology Olympiad, or USABO, at the University of California in San Diego on July 3. That’s the premier biology competition for high school students in the United States.
“After two rounds of challenging exams, 20 finalists are invited to a residential training program where they learn advanced biological concepts and exacting lab skills at the USABO National Finals,” the organization said on its website. “Ultimately, four students earn the right as Team USA to represent the USA at the International Biology Olympiad, a worldwide competition involving student teams from over 70 countries.”
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Oak Ridge High School freshman Henri Scott is one of three state championship qualifiers from the high school for the state chess championship at Tennessee Tech on Feb. 16, 2019. (Submitted photo)
Note: This story was updated at 6:05 p.m.
Three Oak Ridge High School students have qualified for the state chess championship on February 16 at Tennessee Tech University.
The three ORHS students took home trophies and qualified for the state championship during the Region 1 scholastic at Oak Ridge High School on Saturday, January 26, a press release said. More than 109 students from across East Tennessee attended that event.
ORHS juniors Justin Blanchard and Bear Moran took third and seventh, respectively, in the high school division, the press release said. Freshman Henri Scott also qualified for the K-9 championship by taking sixth in that division. [Read more…]
The Oak Ridge High School Homecoming Court for 2018 is pictured above. Top left, Kaitlin Valenzuela, Abigail Gerlock, Hailee Ladd, Makiya Garrett, and Kaylynn Eastridge; and top right, Thomas Peplow, Dillon Nowatchik, Javonte’ Thomas, Quentin Viau, and Alex Baker. (Photo courtesy Diana Homan)
The 2018 Homecoming Court has been selected for Oak Ridge High School, and Homecoming is today (Friday, October 19).
The Homecoming football game starts at 7:30 p.m. at Jack Armstrong Stadium. The Oak Ridge Wildcats (7-1, 4-0 Region 3-5A) will play the Powell Panthers. Powell is 1-7 overall and 1-4 in the region but had to forfeit six wins due to an ineligible player.
Here is information on the members of the Homecoming Court, provided by Diana Homan, ORHS math teacher.
Photos by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today
Here are photos from the last chance track meet at Oak Ridge High School on May 4, a week before the sectional at Science Hill in upper East Tennessee, which determined which athletes and teams advanced to the state track and field meet this week.
Members of the Oak Ridge Wildcats track and field team are competing in the state meet in Murfreesboro on Thursday.
Photos by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today
Here are photos from the last chance track meet at Oak Ridge High School on May 4, a week before the sectional at Science Hill in upper East Tennessee, which determined which athletes and teams advanced to the state track and field meet this week.
Members of the Oak Ridge Wildcats track and field team are competing in the state meet in Murfreesboro on Thursday.
Selena Piercy (Photo by Oak Ridge High School Orchestra)
Note: This story was updated at 1 p.m. April 15.
An Oak Ridge High School violist has earned first chair in the Tennessee All-State Orchestra, ORHS Orchestra reported on Twitter.
That means Selena Piercy is the top high school violist in Tennessee, ORHS Orchestra said.
Piercy will be the first chair viola in the All-State Orchestra. This is a first for Oak Ridge High School, according to Oak Ridge Schools.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
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Static Engine Team: Jack Borchers, Brian Dittner, Matthew Thompson, Matthew Powers, and Brooke Bigi (Submitted photo)
On Friday, October 27, the Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair classes from Oak Ridge High School competed for the second time in the Top Wrench competition at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base. The students had their first experience in this competition in April 2017.
Now in its 27th year, Top Wrench Competition hosts 17 area schools, including more than 600 instructors, students, and other attendees.
Oak Ridge students entered the following competitive events: Static Engine Challenge, Pit Crew Challenge, and Computer Control Car Challenge. ORHS teams placed as follows:
Besting 17 schools to take first place in the Static Engine Challenge (repairing an ailing 427 Chevrolet engine to running status), the team completed the task in two minutes even. (The next closest time was 2:45.) [Read more…]
There will be a community town hall meeting at the Oak Ridge High School Auditorium on Thursday, October 19, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
The purpose of the meeting is to get feedback from the community about the current ORHS course schedule and possible alternative scheduling models.
There will be a brief presentation by ORHS staff regarding the current schedule and plans for a schedule review process occurring this fall.
This press release was submitted by Amber Roberts, assistant principal at Oak Ridge High School.
Amber Roberts, vice principal of Oak Ridge High School, will give a talk on “Oak Ridge High School’s Vision for 2020” at the general meeting of the AAUW (American Association of University Women) on Monday, September 25, at 11:30 a.m. in Room 102 of the Activities Building of First Presbyterian Church, 1051 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
Roberts joined the staff of the high school as vice principal in 2009 after teaching eighth grade in the Atlanta metropolitan area for 11 years, a press release said.
She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Agnes Scott College, a master’s degree in middle grades science education from the University of West Georgia, and an educational specialist degree in educational administration from Lincoln Memorial University.
Her talk will be first for the 2017-2018 year for AAUW. New presidents for the year are Mayme Crowell and Fay Martin, the press release said. [Read more…]
