Many North Carolina colleges and universities will be participating in Free College Application Week, which begins on October 21 at 7:30 a.m. and ends on October 27 at 11:59 p.m. Students can apply to colleges listed for FREE! For additional resources, visit the College Foundation of NC (CFNC).

UPCOMING OCS PARENT ACADEMIES

(attendees can access via Teams at https://bit.ly/parentacademy24-25)

Tuesday, October 22 (5:30-7:00 PM)

CACRAO College Fair @ Sturgeon City

Thursday, October 24 (5:30-7:00 PM)

NCSSM Overview Session @ FEPD 1 (North Carolina School of Science and Math)

Thursday, November 14 (5:30-7:00 PM)

Scholarships (Online Only)

Tuesday, November 19 (5:30-7:00 PM)

Military Benefits for College @ FEPD 1

Thursday, November 21 (5:30-7:30 PM)

ECU Let’s Connect College Fair @ Jacksonville HS Cafeteria

A representative from Jostens came to the Ragsdale lobby this past week. Jostens has a wide array of rings and graduation paraphernalia for sale. Students are reminded that they do not need to order a cap, gown, or tassels as they will be provided in May. Class rings should be ordered by October 31st at jostens.com or students can pick up an order packet in the Ragsdale lobby.

Over the past few years, we have not had an official Senior Trip. Instead, groups of students (and their parents) organized those on their own. If we are to have an official Senior Trip this year, we will need to form a committee, gauge interest, and then begin planning. If you are a parent or guardian of a senior at OECHS and would like to join this committee, please fill out the form below.

OECHS and Senior Parents have organized a Senior Celebration for our graduates every year. They have ranged from lock-in events to evening events in several different locations. If you are a Senior Parent/Guardian and you would like to help organize the Senior Celebration for the Class of 2025, please fill out the following form:

It is time to start planning for the 2025 Junior-Senior Prom! If you would like to help plan, organize, fundraise, and have a great prom for our juniors and seniors, then we need your help! Please fill out the following form:

For the past several years, parents have volunteered to sponsor one staff lunch per month as a way to show their appreciation for the best staff in North Carolina! If you would like to either make or purchase lunch for our staff, please click on the link below. We have 14 (full-time and part-time) staff members that all each lunch together and the school has plates, cups, cutlery, and napkins.

Thank you for your continued support for our staff!

During the Spring 2025 semester, CCCC will have a chorus class for our OECHS students on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:00pm. If you are interested, please fill out the form in Teams!

Senior Seminar and EPF Honors- Seniors have their last economics assignment due this Wednesday! This week also marks the end of the high school grading period (2nd six-weeks), so any make-up work is due for credit! This week, we will look at some of our submissions from our economics assignment and look at how we can leverage supply, demand, and marketing in our favor as consumers.

Seniors have begun submitting their college applications in Common App. If you have not submitted yours yet, keep an eye on the early action deadlines! Many are due by November 1st!

We will have Senior Seminars on Wednesday and Thursday only this week as I have make-up PreACT on Monday and observations on Tuesday.--Mr. Strope

Junior Seminar-We will continue our study of the ACT English section. All juniors have a NoRedInk assignment and access to ACT practice questions. It has been stressed that they need to treat the ACT as if it is a class with at least an hour of homework/practice per week!

We will have Junior Seminars on Wednesday and Thursday only this week as I have make-up PreACT on Monday and observations on Tuesday.--Mr. Strope

English I Honors (Ms. Hendrix)-Next week, we round out Unit 2: Research & Rhetoric with a test on 11/01. Next up—Unit 3: Shakespeare & Verse Play!

On Wednesday, October 30th, by 9:25 AM, students must turn in the final draft of their Honors Project 2: Poetry Analysis Essay to turnitin.com. This is a six-weeks long project, written mostly in class, whose due date students have known (and have been listed within the course syllabus) since the first day of instruction. In addition, students have been granted a 24-hour extension, as its original due date was 10/29.

Parents, please check in with your student, especially Tuesday (10/29) night, to ensure that they have turned in their essay to the correct location.

Late work for Honors Project 2 will not be accepted for any reason.

A detailed daily lesson plan is provided to each student every day within the course. These agendas also include links to most all materials referenced in class. Parents and students alike can, at any time, access the following link to view all the details of the course in the following link:

Daily Lesson Plans: Honors I English

All student due dates, deadlines, and other important dates can be viewed by accessing the following link at any time:

Honors I English Calendar

Parents can view any extra details about the assignment (its location for turning in, the websites used to complete the assignment, etc.) by clicking into each event within this calendar.

English III Honors (Ms. Meyer)-This week we continued our study of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. Students examined the working and living conditions of the time in connection with the novel. In conjunction with this, they examined excerpts and photographs from Jacab Riis’ How the Other Half Lives to further immerse themselves into the lives of the characters within the novel. To end the week, students began working on a group presentation on The Jungle which is due on Monday, Oct. 28. Next week, we will conclude our study of Unit 6 and The Jungle with a test on Wednesday, Oct. 30. We will then begin our study of Unit 7: Modernism. 🎃

Civics Honors (Mr. Marsh)-We have concluded our study of political parties and party politics and tested Chapter 9 on Tuesday. Students then began work on Chapter 10: Voting and Elections. We will examine how Americans vote and how candidates campaign for various political offices.

AP World History (Ms. York)-This week we finished Cultural Consequences of Connectivity and Environmental Consequences, and students will test on Tuesday, October 29, 2024.This next week they will began our new unit of Land-Based Empires. They will do the reading Guide 3.1 and 3.2. They will do a class activity with a Samurai Webquest and a case study on the Ottoman Empire. They will also be aside the Unit long assignment of Monumental Architecture, Art, and Religious Sites.

American History Honors (Ms. York)-This past week we looked at the common factors in the American Revolution and other World Revolutions and completed interactive notes on the Anatomy of a Revolution. The each picked a world Revolution to create their own Anatomy of a Revolution Diagram which will be due November 1, 2024. This next week they will finish the American Revolution and began the Road to a New Nation and George Washingtons Presidency. They will also finish their book study on the Scarlet Letter.

Math II Honors (Ms. Seaman)-We will continue working in the Quadratic Unit. We will solve quadratics using the square root method, quadratic formula, and completing the square. We will compare the different methods of solving quadratics. Quiz Friday. We will continue to do the Spiral Reviews three days a week and students should continue to work on ALEKS.

Precalculus Honors (Mrs. Walsh)-Currently the average grade in precalculus is an 88.7! Students are wrapping up the second six weeks with a quiz on right triangle trigonometry. Please encourage your student to attend tutoring to prepare for assessments or to get assistance on assignments.

Biology Honors (Mr. Springfield)-This week in honors biology we concluded the unit on Ecology finishing the conservation Chapter on Friday. Next week we will take the unit test and begin the Classification Chapter. Have a great weekend.

Chemistry Honors (Mr. Stallard)-We just finished Unit 7 Chemical Equations and Reactions and have now started Unit 8 Stoichiometry.

-Stoichiometry Lab (will be done toward the end of the week dependent on weather, due Monday Nov 4)

AP Environmental Science (Mr. Stallard)-We are studying Unit 4 Earth Systems and Resources, please see below for next weeks due dates.

-Soil Texture Triangle Activity due Thursday Oct 31 (A-day) and Friday Nov 1 (B-day)

School Cash Online is an easy to use and safe way to pay for your children’s school fees from your own home. All you have to do is register an account, attach your children and in no time you will be able to make payments online. We accept many different payment forms so come on and check us out! https://onslow.schoolcashonline.com/

Along with Blackboard, emails, the OECHS website, and social media, our school uses Remind to inform parents of weather bulletins, weekly newsletters, and more. If you are the parent or guardian of an OECHS Owl, please join the appropriate Remind group!

Class of 2025: https://www.remind.com/join/bf83fg

Class of 2026: https://www.remind.com/join/fkf7d67

Class of 2027: https://www.remind.com/join/7ag9b99

Class of 2028: https://www.remind.com/join/3944fh

During the Governor's emergency declaration during the pandemic, many rules, and regulations were waived. Now many of those same regulations have returned. One of those deals with high school GPAs, driving permits, and drivers licenses.

"North Carolina House Bill 769 became effective December 1, 1997 and reflects a coordinated statewide effort to motivate and encourage students to complete high school. This legislation requires that a student's driving permit or license be revoked if a student is unable to maintain adequate progress or drops out of school. Adequate progress is defined as passing 70% of all courses and is determined by first semester grades and second semester grades for schools on block scheduling. For schools on a traditional six-period day schedule, grades are determined by first semester grades and end-of-year grades."

Students need to maintain "adequate progress" to remain eligible for permits and licenses while in high school. Each semester, we are to notify students (and the district) when any students are not making adequate progress at the end of a semester/year. Students will then have to earn back the ability to have a permit or license after the next semester's grades are complete (and pay $50 to the DMV to have their permit or license reinstated). Bottom line: Keep your grades up in your high school and college classes or you will lose your driver's permit or license!

October 30th- Make-up yearbook photos

November 11th- Veterans Day

November 27th-December 1st: Thanksgiving Break

December 19th-January 5th- OECHS Christmas Break

January: SAT Inc volunteer hours due for Class of 2025

February 28th- OECHS Workday (no high school classes)

February 28th--March 2nd- No Homework Weekend (high school classes)

March 15th- Tentative Prom Date (Juniors/Seniors)

March 18th-20th- ACT (Juniors)

April 14th-21st- Spring Break

May 16th- OECHS Graduation (7:00 pm at WOHS Auditorium)

May 17th- CCCC Graduation (at CCCC)

Email: james.strope@onslow.k12.nc.us
Website: https://oec.onslow.k12.nc.us/
Location: CE109, 444 Western Blvd., Jacksonville, NC 28546
Phone: 910-938-6702
Twitter: @OnslowECHS