Diplomas are available for pickup on Monday in the Main Lobby from 8:30 - 2:00. If this time doesn't work for your family, diplomas can be picked up anytime in the Counseling Office during normal business hours. We request either the graduate or parent pick up diplomas. Please remember all accounts must be settled in order to receive your diploma.

NHS seniors, please come by the main lobby the week after graduation during lunch to return your hood and pick up your deposit.

Pictures were taken by McEacheren's Photography. They will be posted on their website by the end of the week for ordering. Bob McEachern Photographers | Loudon, TennesseeBob McEachern Photographershttps://www.mceachernphotos.com

Senior Seven Pettus 100/200/400

Dylan Job 800

Senior Sophia Hughes Shot Put

Mason Greenhalgh 800/4X4 Relay

Dallas Frendt 4X4 Relay

Tyree Porter 4X4 Relay

Senior Trey Branson 4X4 Relay

Senior Ini Abiodun-Adenyi – 4X4 Alternate

Senior Olivia Land – Support for Sophia

It is a rolling schedule after 4X8 Relay starts at 4 pm CST

Sophia Hughes Throws at 9 am CST

The Final Exam Schedule is set for May 28th and May 29th. The last day of school for students is May 29th. Students who do not take their final receive a zero on the exam. Please keep that in mind when making plans for summer break.

AP Testing Make-Ups

If you missed your AP exam during the regular testing window. Make-Up testing will be held Wednesday, May 22nd -Friday, May 24th at Roane State Community College’s Goff Building. Please see the schedule below to determine the day and time you need to report for your make-up exam.

Wednesday, May 22nd (8am)

• Statistics
• U.S. History (APUSH)

Wednesday, May 22nd (12pm)

• Macroeconomics
• English Literature
• Environmental Science (APES)

Thursday, May 23rd (8am)

• Human Geography
• English Language

Thursday, May 23rd (12pm)

• European History
• Seminar

Friday, May 24th (8am)

• Calculus AB & BC

Friday, May 24th (12pm)

• World History Modern
• Physics 2

As you may know, The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) announced that the 2024-2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) deadline for all eligible TN Promise students has been EXTENDED to May 31, 2024! You can find a copy of the press release attached to this email if you did not receive it.

We hope the deadline extension will provide your students and their families the necessary time to submit the FAFSA application and remain eligible for the TN Promise scholarship. While the deadline has been extended, it is extremely important that students make it a priority to complete the 2024-2025 FAFSA as soon as possible. We have notified students and their families of the deadline extension and we will continue to push targeted communication out to those who have yet to complete this crucial requirement.

PTSO would like to send our staff out for the summer with a breakfast. Help us celebrate the ORHS staff for a fantastic year. PLEASE use sign up genius for the last teacher breakfast on Tuesday, May 21st.

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Congratulations to Dakota Forelle the 2023-2024 recipient of the $500 Oak Ridge High School English Department Scholarship

The ORHS Class of 1970 Scholarship Committee proudly announces our scholarship awardees for the 2023-2024 academic school year. Special thanks to Ron Edmond (pictured right) who organizes this endeavor and commits tons of hours to the process.

To a person, the Scholarship Committee was impressed by the diversity of students, their desire to continue their education, and the strength they exhibited in overcoming challenges to graduate from ORHS! We are extremely proud of them as well as the time, effort, and resources ORS invested in these students. With your staff's guidance and dedication, these students now have the self-confidence to not only dream about their goals and aspirations but to achieve them!

This year we awarded 13 students over $16,000 to attend either vocational school (TCAT), community college, or four-year institutions of higher education. This represents the largest number of scholarships and recipients over our 12-year history. Awardees will receive half of the scholarship for Fall 2024. If they exhibit success during Fall 0f 2024, they will potentially be awarded similar amounts for Spring 2025.

Congratulations to: Beau Boucher, Ta'Riq Frazier, Edson Gomez, Taylor Haun, Aviana Hodges, Calleigh Leighner, Joseph Lowery, Vashawn Nalls, Noah Price, Keileigh Richey, Nhu Quyhn Tran, Emily Salko and Connor Wilson.

Congratulations to the Class of 2024 recipients of the Volunteer State Seal of Biliteracy in French, German, Spanish, and Russian.

These students demonstrated proficiency in all four language domains (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) using a national language proficiency exam. In addition, they also proved to be on-track in English for their entire high school career.

The Seal of Biliteracy award programs builds upon strong research about the benefits of mastery of two or more languages for individual students, and the increasing awareness of the need in our communities, state, nation, and world for people with biliteracy and cross-cultural skills. It will benefit learners in the labor market and the global society while strengthening intergroup relationships and honoring the multiple cultures and languages in a community. The Seal of Biliteracy is a testament to the students’ love of languages and cultures and to their dedication to continued study of world languages.

This is truly an incredible honor, and the ORHS World Language Department is so proud of these students!

Congratulations to Mia signing to play college soccer for Warren Wilson College next year.

It is time to return ALL library books to close out the 23-24 school year. Please check under the bed, the trunk, the backseat of the car and the bottom of backpacks for books belonging to the ORHS library. Books that do not return will be added to the student debt list.

SENIORS - Books must be returned or paid for in order to participate in Graduation.

If you have any students who may be interested in beginning robotics, ORAU is offering a free summer camp for rising 10th-12th graders from June 3-7, 8:30AM-4:30pm at ORAU in Oak Ridge. If any students are interested, please share the QR code or send them to Dr. Hutson's room (CS247) for more information and how to register.

Last day to pick up is May 24th. Anything left after that date will be discarded.

Per school board policy, parents are the only ones who can pick up the medications. NO medications can be sent home with students.

In order to stay on track for graduation and fill in learning gaps, students will need to complete summer credit recovery for courses that they have not passed this year (fall and spring semesters). Students have four years plus a summer to graduate from high school so it is important that they earn their credits each year to stay on track. We are excited to offer an expanded summer school this year to accommodate every student who may need to recover credit(s). Daily attendance is required for summer school. All students will be enrolled in the AM Session for their first course. They will be enrolled in the PM Session if they have an addtional course to complete. Students may stay for both sessions each day in order to complete their courses more quickly.

Summer Credit Recovery will be offered at NO COST this year, and we are excited to be able to offer transportation for our summer recovery students. If you sign up for the bus, please make sure to check the routes once they are posted. The bus stop for summer school may be different from the student’s regular school year bus stop.

Dates: Monday, June 3 through Friday, June 28

Times: 7:45 to 10:45 (AM Session)

11:15 to 2:00 (PM Session)

Click Here to Sign Up for Summer School 2024

Students must attend summer school in person. There is no work from home option for summer credit recovery. Summer school is self-paced, so they may finish before the final day. We will offer online credit recovery for our courses. Students may sign up for two courses for summer recovery but may seek admin approval to take a third course if necessary.

Students who are attending summer school will keep their laptops at the end of the school year.

Students must have earned a 50% or better in a course to be eligible for summer credit recovery. If a student has not earned a 50%, they must repeat the entire course the following school year.

If you have questions about your child’s eligibility for summer school, please reach out to his/her teachers, school counselors, or grade level administrators.

The deadline to sign up for summer school is May 29th.

The Driving Center of Oak Ridge has openings for summer driver education classes. Register at Students who participate in the classes receive six driving sessions and will be given the opportunity to take the driving test with the instructors. Upon completion of the program, many families save up to $300 per year on car insurance so the class practically pays for itself in only one year. Call Matt Reedy at 865-719-1816 if you have questions.

In order for a student to take their permit test, a form is required from the school. Mrs. Thacker, our attendance secretary, prepares these forms. Requests are accepted through the link below. When school is in session, a completed form may be picked up in the Attendance Office. However, if school is NOT in session, the form will be mailed home by USPS.

Any 9th, 10th or 11th graders that are interested in trying out for the 2024-2025 ORHS Boys Basketball Team should plan on attending tryouts on Monday, May 20 and Tuesday, May 21st from 3:30-5:30pm in the Wildcat Arena. You must have an updated physical in order to tryout. Please see Coach Green if you have any questions.

Follow the ORHS Wildcats Athletics page on Facebook and check out all the pictures taken by our sports media team!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/6540858256032220

Last Thursday the ORHS Wildcat and Lady Wildcat tennis teams celebrated their accomplishments at First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge. A total of seventy-three players, family, and friends enjoyed pizza provided by the ORHS Tennis Booster Club, watched a slideshow documenting the players' performance on the courts, and then cheered on the players receiving a variety of athletic and academic awards. Coach Joanne Bowman shared "David and I are very proud of the players' work in the classroom and on the courts. Twenty-five of our thirty-three players comprising both teams had a GPA of 3.5 or greater (on 4.0 scale) and received a TSSAA Student-Athlete Award of Merit." The Wildcats completed the District 4 spring season with a 3-6 record, while the Lady Wildcats finished strong at 5-4. The ORHS player advancing the farthest in the state tournament was Billy Bennett in the District 4 semi-finals for boys singles. Coach David Bowman stated "ORHS was lucky to have two good players and their families move to Oak Ridge this past school year. Billy is a sophomore and freshman Ben Mugnier were both in the starting lineup and that bodes well for the Wildcats next season. The Lady Wildcats had a new player too, junior Lily Shelton. She played ORHS volleyball in past years, but this spring she teamed with junior Sydney Blanchard to play #1 doubles. Lily, Sydney, plus sophomores Christian McGinnis and Ellie Nash will help Oak Ridge continue its winning ways in 2025. All four players will be taking lessons and playing on USTA teams this summer in the Knoxville League." The banquet culminated in six special awards being given to players who demonstrated exemplary sportsmanship, improved their won/loss record dramatically compared to last season, and finally the most valuable player on both teams. ORHS lost eleven seniors and they all will be sorely missed. Almost a third of the total players on both teams, several seniors were captains of their respective teams and provided invaluable leadership on and off the courts.

#1 Special Award Winners pictured LtoR: Coach David Bowman, Most Valuable Players=Sydney Blanchard (C) & Billy Bennett, Sportmanship Awards=Christian McGinnis & Jacob Proffitt, Most Improved Players=Ellie Nash and Brady Fuson (not available ORHS Chorus Concert), Coach Joanne Bowman

#2 Seniors pictured LtoR: Diana Ascencio (C), Emily Barber, Sidney Bunch, Aaliyah Herron (C), Walter Nash (C), Jacob Proffitt (C), Yulianna Taylor, Layne Wesley (C), Natalie Williamson, Ahna Wurm (C), Faya Nijdam (not pictured)

David Bowman/ORHS Tennis Coach/865.389.5176

This is our last newsletter of the 2023-24 school year. What a year! I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did!

Open this newsletter if you want to see all of the Masquers major events for the 2024-25 school year. We have included dates for our auditions, shows, mandatory meetings, and booster meetings. There is also a link to our Draft Master Schedule that has all of our rehearsal dates, build days and more - this document is a work in progress, but is close to being complete. The newsletter is full of information you need for next year!

There is also a link to information about the Jimmy Awards - and a link should be posted there for the livestream of the show.

Highlights:

What’s Happening this Week at a Glance

• • Marquee Award - We did it!
  • Thursday, May 23rd - Interest Meeting for the 2024-25 Production of Puffs! - essential for anyone helping with Props, Costumes or set.
  • 2024-25 Masquers Show Season - WITH DATES
  • Thank you Boosters and Parents!
  • Join the Boosters
  • New Officers

  • Notes from the meeting
  • DATES FOR ALL MEETINGS NEXT YEAR & LINK FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS
  • New Form for next school year
  • Updated Officer and Team information
  • Costume Application Available
  • IMPORTANT DATES FOR MASQUERS 2024-25 School Year - Put these on your calendar!!

If you have not done so already, please follow ORHS Wildcat Scholars on Instagram and Facebook. See what's going on in our group!

Instagram: orhswildcatscholars

Facebook: Oak Ridge High School Wildcat Scholars

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Executive Principal - Drayton Hawkins dshawkins@ortn.edu

Seniors - Stephanie Thompson sathompson@ortn.edu

Juniors - Russ Wise rewise@ortn.edu

Sophomores- Beth Estep kestep@ortn.edu

Freshman- David Foust djfoust@ortn.edu

Curriculum Principal - Jennifer Milligan jmmilligan2@ortn.edu

Counselors:

Seniors - Class of 2024 Heidi Foster - hafoster@ortn.edu

Juniors - Class of 2025 Ashley Bennewitz abennewitz@ortn.edu

Sophomores - Class of 2026 Paige Taylor - hptaylor@ortn.edu

Freshman - Class of 2027 Brianna Ottinger - bottinger@ortn.edu

Social Worker: Alison King aking@ortn.edu

Registrar: Rhonda Garrison rsgarrison@ortn.edu

Counseling Administrative Assistant: Amy O'Rourke akorourke@ortn.edu

Link to Website: https://www.ortn.edu/highschool/academics/school-counseling/

Follow our team on Instagram:

Watch for announcements on Twitter: @ORHSCounseling

As a reminder, this year our administration and Counseling Department moved to grade level teams to serve students for their scholastic careers at ORHS. In order to provide families with the swiftest and most accurate information, we encourage reaching out directly to the grade level administrator and/or counselor team when questions arise with students.

9th Grade team: David Foust djfoust@ortn.edu and Brianna Ottinger bottinger@ortn.edu

10th Grade team: Beth Estep kestep@ortn.edu and Paige Taylor hptaylor@ortn.edu

11th Grade team: Russ Wise rewise@ortn.edu and Ashley Bennewitz abennewitz@ortn.edu

12th Grade team: Stephanie Thompson sathompson@ortn.edu and Heidi Foster hafoster@ortn.edu

Parents, please submit changes needed for contacts, addresses and phone numbers on Skyward to Rhonda Garrison, with appropriate documentation. Phone numbers and email changes can be sent to your student's administrator, or call Amy O'Rourke at 425-9607, in the Counseling Office.

Parents, every time a student is absent, please send a note the day they return. Failure to send a parent note/doctor's note/court note within three (3) days will result in the day being unexecused. Parents can write 7 parent notes per year. Notes can be dropped in the attendance office, or in the "mailbox" in the Visual Arts hallway.

Students have or will be issued an ID badge. This badge is a keycard to the building. Badges also provide access to the library, OR, printers, lunch accounts, etc. Students have access to the building beginning at 7:00 am. Badges are turned off at 7:50 when the tardy bell rings.

Students are not allowed in the building before 7:00 am when staff is available for supervision. Students are expected to vacate the premises by 3:20 daily if not under the direct supervision of a teacher or coach. Students will NOT be allowed to remain in the Food Court to wait on a parent or a ride home. No supervision is provided after this time.

Parents, students are NOT allowed to carry medications on their person at school. All medications must be registered with our nurse, Lori Gupton. Registration requirements are in the form below. This includes over the counter medications such as Tylenol, Ibuprofen, Benadryl or any type of allergy medications, etc. S

Students must register for transportation services via Skyward. The form is located in the Skyward FAMILY ACCESS ACCOUNT not the student access account. Families were sent instructions to email accounts on file throughout the summer. Paper forms will no longer be accepted.

Questions?? Click below to access the Oak Ridge Schools Transportation Website

FACEBOOK (New) - Oak Ridge High School Athletics. https://www.facebook.com/groups/6540858256032220

X F/K/A Twitter: @AthleticsOrhs

Instagram: @orhswildcatsathletics

Did you know your teen will have their driver's license suspended due to poor grades and/or poor attendance?

Parents should review this information with their teen drivers!!

THIS MONEY SUPPORTS OUR CDC CLASSROOM!

Registration begins September 1, 2023 with points starting to accumulate on September 7th and cards have to be registered by December 31st to count for this year. The program runs through May 10, 2024.

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How Can I Link My School Online?

• Visit http://www.foodcity.com/schoolbucks
• Click the blue “Login” button under Customer Login
• Enter your username and password for your Food City online account.
• At the top of the page click, “My Account”. This will load the customer dashboard page.
• Below the Fuel Bucks section, you will find “My School Bucks” section. (The total school bucks earned will show here as well)
• Click the “Update School” link listed below. Select the school and click, “Save”

School Bucks-Store Level Enrollment

• Stores can enroll schools from VC Enroll for customers who do not have access to the internet. (Only HRCs and HCs have authorized access.)
• To do so they enter the customers ValuCard number, selected “Look UP” and select the school the customer has chosen in the School Bucks field.

Common Questions

• Why is my school not on my receipt? Schools are no longer listed on receipts but can be managed anytime from their online account.

• When does this begin/end? The program runs from SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH MAY 9, 2023.

Deadline to register is December 31, 2023.

Total awarded amount: $700,000

**PLEASE HELP OUR CLASS RAISE $$ BY REGISTERING!! Share w/ everyone you know!

• Sign into your Kroger account at Kroger.com or set up an account with your Kroger card if you haven’t registered your card before

• Click on your name to access your information (“My Account”)

• Choose account summary

• At the bottom of the page, you will see “community rewards”

• Click “Enroll”

• You are now officially linked to our account to earn money for the school through your purchases.

If you are using the app to enroll, click the three bars and choose "Rewards" then

"Community Rewards."

If you have any problems, please call Kroger at 1-800-576-4377

It is our desire to keep our families informed of all of the activity and awesome news coming from Oak Ridge High School. We have multiple platforms for connection. We encourage you to explore the many ways and provide feedback!

Website - http://www.ortn.edu/highschool/

Daily Bulletin - http://www.ortn.edu/highschool/daily-bulletin/

Channel 15 at 7:50 AM - Watch the announcements each morning by our Crew! YouTube Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL9N_azmWeQByrIW6pWLBlQ

Live in Knox/Anderson/Roane - If you live throughout Anderson/Roane/Knox counties and have ATT Uverse you can find us on Channel 99 – just select the Oak Ridge Schools option.

INews - http://www.ortn.edu/highschool/news-events/news-links/

Skylert Messages and Emails - Please make sure your current email address and phone numbers are up to date!!!

PTSO Newsletter - PTSO distributes a VERY detailed quarterly newsletter to inform parents of upcoming events and LOTS of counseling information! This comes to your email! They also have a presence on the website: http://www.orhs-ptso.org/news-information with tons of information! PTSO also has a Facebook presence, and we encourage you to "LIKE" their page! https://www.facebook.com/ORHSPTSO/

Twitter - Follow the accounts listed below

Website: http://www.ortn.edu/highschool/
Location: 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Phone: 865-425-9600