As Artificial Intelligence becomes an increasingly important aspect in our daily lives, Onslow Early College High School will be the first school in our district (and state) to train students in the appropriate and productive usage of Microsoft CoPilot and MagicSchool. Permission slips went home with all 9th and 10th graders on Friday for parents to review. Please send those signed permission slips back in, whether you elect to give or deny permission to learn and use these two AI tools.

OECHS students interested in attending the North Carolina School of Science and Math will have a chance to meet with Rob Andrews, a representative of the school, on October 23rd at 3:45 in R105 (the Big Room). Mr. Andrews is also having a parent meeting on October 25th (5:00PM-6:30PM) at the Onslow County Schools Central Office in FEPD 1. FEPD is the triple-wide trailer that is at the front corner as you approach the central office.

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 send an email to james.strope@onslow.k12.nc.us.

Senior Seminar and EPF Honors- Seniors should be getting close to clicking the submit button on their applications (if they have not done so already!)

We looked at economic indicators and the factors of production during the past two EPF classes. Quite a few seniors have yet to turn in assignments from last week (three articles/questions and quickwrite). Those need to be completed for partial credit!

I have meetings on Monday and Tuesday, so we will only have Senior Seminar/EPF on Wednesday and Thursday! We will work on scheduling for our final semester of CCCC classes Wednesday/Thursday.

Junior Seminar-Juniors that have not completed their NoRedInk or math practice exam need to get caught up by Wednesday/Thursday seminar!

I have meetings on Monday and Tuesday, so we will only have Junior Seminar on Wednesday and Thursday! We will go over our math practice work on scheduling our CCCC Spring 2025 semester.

English I Honors (Ms. Hendrix)- Next week, we begin Unit 2: Rhetoric & Nonfiction! .

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 began our study of Henry James’ novella, The Turn of the Screw. To begin this section, students conducted a mini research assignment on the Victorian Era and presented their findings to the class. We also examined the elements of suspense in writing and put them into practice with writing an original short story utilizing these elements. Students were also assigned a specified role in a roundtable discussion on The Turn of the Screw. This was a small group discussion in which each student was responsible for a particular role. To finish the week, students were also assigned a group presentation on a specific aspect of Victorian society. This will be presented on Tuesday, October 1. Students should continue working on their Annotated Bibliography/Literature Review. Checkpoint 2 for this assignment is due next Thursday, Oct. 3 and the final draft is due Friday Oct. 18. More information on this can be found on the class OneNote page. 🍂

Civics Honors (Mr. Marsh)-We have completed our study of the US Constitution and tested on Tuesday. Next we will examine the Bill of Rights with emphasis on how it applies today. One of our assignments will be for students to research current events and how they are affected by the Bill of Rights and make judgements as to their relevance in today’s society. We will also continue to discuss the upcoming election and how each candidate and their respective parties interpret the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

AP World History (Ms. York)-This week we worked on the Byzantine Empire, Life in the Middle Ages from 1200-1450, and our next unit on Network and Exchanges, we discussed How Dark Were the Dark Ages and Guided Reading 2.1, This Silk Roads, and started preparing for our Trade Routes Simulation. This next week we will conduct the Trade Routes Simulation and learn about the Mongols. They will complete Reading Guide 2.2 and The Brutal Brilliance of Genghis Khan.

American History Honors (Ms. York)-This week tied up our Unit with the Commercial North and the French and Indian War This next week we will be testing on October 3, 2024. We will begin our next unit, Rationalism and the Road to Revolution. They will continue reading the Scarlet Letter with Chapter Reading Guides and Class Discussions on Chapters 4-6 and 7-9.

Biology Honors (Mr. Springfield)-This week in Honors Biology we finished the Genetics Unit and started the Evolution unit. We did a lab on "Survival of the Fittest" on Friday. Next week we will continue with the Evolution unit covering the history of the Earth and Human Evolution. Have a great weekend!

Chemistry Honors (Mr. Stallard)-We just finished Unit 5 Speaking Like a Chemist and will be starting Unit 6 on Monday.

AP Environmental Science (Mr. Stallard)-We just completed Unit 2 The Living World Biodiversity and will be starting Unit 3 Populations.

Math II Honors (Ms. Seaman)-We will start the Function Unit coving function notation, domain and range, and inverse functions. We will quiz on functions on Thursday and test the following week. We will continue to do the Spiral Reviews three days a week and students should continue to work on ALEKS.

Precalculus Honors (Mrs. Walsh)-Students are allowed to stay for tutoring and make corrections on their Chapter 2 test until Friday, October 4th. So far, 23 students have taken advantage of this opportunity! This coming week students will learn how to solve exponential and logarithmic equations. The quiz for Chapter 3 will not occur until the week of October 7th.

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 11th-15th- No Homework Weekend (high school classes)

October 11th-15th OECHS Fall Break (no high school classes)

October 14th-15th CCCC Fall Break (no college classes)

October 9th: PSAT (Juniors)

October 23rd: PreACT (Sophomores)

October 23rd- Senior Portrait (make-up pictures)

October 23rd- CCCC Fall Fest

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