WILDCAT INEWS

IMPORTANT STEPS FOR MONDAY MORNING!

• Arrive on time!
• Have maks ON when getting out of vehicle.
• Temperature checks - there will be 10 stations - find one!
• Move to the Food Court to find name for schedule and group number
• Auditorium - Students will sit in homeroom groups with Wildcat mentor for assembly and then move to tour.

Masks will be ON SALE Monday morning at Freshman Orientation! Bring $10.00 cash or check made payable to the ORHS Football Boosters!

A new payment method for the cafeteria is being introduced at the high school this year after a successful implementation at Robertsville and Jefferson Middle Schools last year. Students will purchase lunch by scanning their fingerprint rather than ID badges. This new technology will improve the accuracy, speed and cost effectiveness of this daily process.

It is important to understand, the technology DOES NOT store the student’s fingerprint. A full explanation regarding the process is included in the online permission form.

Rising freshman who did this last year, do not have to complete this registration again. Please log into the parent Skyward account so we can accomplish this task along side issuing our laptop computers the first week of school.

Thank you

Laptop distribution will take place Wednesday (A - E), Thursday (F - N), and Friday (O - Z). Students who do not have their AccessOR Technology Agreement electronically signed by a parent in Skyward will be unable to retrieve their computer during Week 1.

2020-2021

Oak Ridge Schools Athletics Compliance

Welcome to Oak Ridge Schools Athletics for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Each student who wishes to participate in athletics must fill out the form below PRIOR to participation.

Please DO NOT PRINT. Clicking submit at the end will ensure forms are submitted correctly. Computer users may use your mouse to sign and initial required boxes. Mobile and touch screen users may sign and initial on your screen for required boxes.

In addition, you will need to submit a copy of a physical dated AFTER APRIL 15, 2020. This can be turned in to the main office of your school. Those forms will be provided at the Free Physical Event.

For questions or help with this form email: ORwildcatsAT@gmail.com

All student athletes are required to have a athletic medical form. If your student athlete did not have their physical completed on our free physical day, please download the attached form as submit it as soon as possible.

Here is a One Stop Shop for District/School Handbooks and Reopening Safety Plans

District Reopening Plan: https://www.ortn.edu/COVID19/2020_Parent_Reopening_Guide.pdf

ORHS Reopening Safety Plan: https://www.smore.com/q1ead

ConnectOR Handbook: http://www.ortn.edu/ORHS/FY_21_ConnectOR_APG.pdf.

ConnectOR Application: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=vdNYGNb6YE61OeUm8KqiP2Oz2qvUyvVNvrYWhtzgeydUMjQ3MTdGRVRWVlpXSE5LUVdUWVlLWjRXOC4u

Communicable Disease Protocol: https://www.ortn.edu/COVID19/2020_Communicable_Diseases_Protocol.pdf

Mask Protocol: https://www.ortn.edu/update-about-masks/

Parents, if you believe you are missing messages and emails from ORHS and/or Oak RIdge Schools, we recommend checking the following:

1. Check your "spam" or "junk" folders. If emails are not opened from certain addresses, Google, Yahoo or other providers, use artificial intelligence to reroute those items to junk, spam or promotion folders. Highlight the email and "move" it to your inbox to retrain the provider on where you want emails from the district to go.

2. Secondly, it may be necessary to update your current email address in Skyward. Parents may send an email to Mrs. Rhinehart cmrhinehart@ortn.edu to have the email address updated immediately.

3. Finally, just as an FYI - ORHS monitors emails that are "kicked" back and routinely make attempts to contact families to update addresses.

Parents, text messages are a feature in Skyward which could be enabled on your Skyward account. If this is a service which would better serve the communication needs of your family, please complete the survey below. Thanks!

The National Award winning Oak Log staff is ready to get back to work! Last year, this team did a fantastic job celebrating the 75th Diamond edition of our yearbook. We ran out of copies! Don't miss out on a copy for your student this year. Buy it now at the lowest cost all year at $65.00. A scaled price increase will be published soon! Books can be purchased by clicking the link below or picking up a form from Mrs. Hale in CS 319

Wildcats for Change, Wildcat Mentors, and ORHS staff have been working on a Student Hangout course for all ORHS students. The "course" will be a portal for daily student centered information and will provide a live, online, interactive community for students and staff. Stay tuned!

Masquers Students Sorta' Shakespeare Camp:

The show must go on! ORHS Masquers drama club students have delved and delighted in Shakespeare this summer at their week long zoom day camp! In the morning and early afternoon, students learned about scansion (look it up, it's cooler than you're thinking) and how to analyze Shakespeare texts. Late afternoons students rehearsed their own Shakespeare scenes. Evenings were spent comparing and discussing performances of scenes from different Shakespeare productions with our beloved Ben Fowler. On the last evening of camp students held a live zoom performance for the community. The coolest thing? Even though it was on zoom, it felt like a real camp!

• Building entrances will not open until 7:00 AM. Students will have to wait until this time to enter.
• Temperature checks are required for all students and staff upon entering the building- please encourage your drivers to adjust their arrival times! Students will be counted tardy at 7:50
• Only 3 entrances will be open: Main Entrance (Turnpike side), Bus Loop, and Arena
• Do NOT drop students in the bus loop prior to 7:25
• No students may enter from the teacher parking lot on the east end of the building by the technology portables
• Music students accustomed to using the private practice rooms will not be able to do so during the pandemic due to the lack of ability to ensure these rooms are properly sanitized in between students.
• Students will be required to vacate the building by 3:20 so disinfection can begin

• Visitors will be severely limited and by appointment only
• Whenever possible, parent meetings will be held through Zoom.
• All visitors will be required to wear a mask and have a temperature check upon entrance
• Visitors must check in the Main Office and show driver's license
• Visitors are required to wear their visitor tag in a visible location

• Sign the Technology User Agreement - REQUIRED! Detailed information below.
• Check phone numbers and email addresses in Skyward to ensure they are correct. Notify AMorris@ortn.edu or cmrhinehart@ortn.edu to make a change
• Drivers - All students must register their vehicle and obtain a tag - PDF below
• Masks - Mask are required. (See ORHS football options for masks below)
• Medication - students needing medication - PDF Below
• School Supplies - https://www.ortn.edu/highschool/academics/supply-lists/
• Bus Transportation - click here for info! https://www.ortn.edu/district/bus-routes/
• Driver's Permit - SF1010 - information below
  
• District Calendar: https://www.ortn.edu/Leadership/2021_2022_ORS_Calendar.pdf

Approximately 200 students do not have online parent signatures as of Friday afternoon, July 24th. Students will be unable to pick up their device the first week of school if the device is not signed.

Below are specific challenges and to whom to address your challenge!

Challenge 1 - If you do not know your parent login to Skyward, email Carrie Harvey at charvey@ortn.edu and she will send it to you.

Challenge 2 - If you believe you have signed it and are still getting messages, email Mrs. Thompson at sathompson@ortn.edu. I will check your Skyward account and correct any errorrs.

Challenge 3 - If you require individual support to walk through the process, contact Carrie Harvey at charvey@ortn.edu and provide a time and a phone number convenient for her to help you over the phone.

Challenge 4 - If you do not have a computer. Two options are available for this challenge. One, you may call Mrs. Rhinehart at 425-9604 and schedule a time to come to the building for assistance. If you cannot come to the building, contact Mrs. Harvey at 425-9611 for additional support.

Due to the adjustments made to our school week, we are in the process of rescheduling the underclassman pictures. Senior pictures will remain the same at this time.

Seniors will have pictures taken on September 14th & 15th. More information will come in the mail directly from McEachern's Photography in Lenoir City. Please watch your USPS for this info!

Make up pictures will be taken on October 21st for underclassmen and Seniors..

There will be no changes regarding off-campus lunch for juniors and seniors. Off-campus lunch is a privilege that is earned! Students failing to meet the academic, attendance, tardy and/or behavioral standards may have this privilege revoked.

Due to COVID, the area churches who have been so faithful to feed our Juniors and Seniors will be unable to do this during the pandemic. Once it is safe to do so, they are committed to bringing this service back to our kids. We are so thankful for the MANY, MANY years in which they have served thousands of meals to thousands of kids!

Sophomores and Freshman who may make a choice to skip and go off-campus at lunch time have harsh penalties for doing so.

The next time you are at Bojangles, please tell them THANK YOU for supplying the ORHS faculty and staff breakfast the first week of school! What a huge blessing!!!

Need to order rather than obtain it face to face?? Email sathompson@ortn.edu. I promise we will get your card to you!

Check out the amazing new swag!

https://bairprints.com/collections/orhs-wildcat-swag?page=4&fbclid=IwAR3xGhXixoL7ruxZMAx_HQgr-EgChdzmFvwcIjS2NKByatMDcirsDhGnnIU

Cash and Carry Shirts At the Oak Ridge Pharmacy: Stop by Oak Ridge Pharmacy to buy one of our cash and carry shirts! Shirts By: Bair Prints Cash and Check only! Checks made payable to Oak Ridge Football Boosters. $10, Small - X-large & $13, 2X - 4X

The National award winning Oak Log for 2020 arrived after school was out! The remaining books will be distributed to students during the 2nd week of school by the Oak Log Staff. There are NO MORE BOOKS to purchase!

The City of Oak Ridge has purchased a new badging system. Students will receive a brand new badge for the 2020-21 school year. It is the expectation students are to wear badges, especially in light of the mandatory face coverings. All students will receive a lanyard and holder for their badges.

To help save some $$$$ in back to school shopping, Tennessee's annual Tax Free Weekend is July 31 - August 2nd. Here are local headlines with guidelines to assist you!

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/two-sales-tax-holidays-aim-to-boost-back-to-school-shopping-and-restaurants/51-d0b8cb11-92da-4650-bcac-06f85595646d

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.

https://forms.gle/zZYGgTLZq4rEefnN8

CLASS OF 2021: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1127014304326666

CLASS OF 2022: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265859534437549

CLASS OF 2024: https://www.facebook.com/groups/197134894660295

Class of 2021 - Amber Roberts ahroberts@ortn.edu

Class of 2022 - Beth Estep kestep@ortn.edu

Class of 2023 - David Foust djfoust@ortn.edu

Class of 2024 - Stephanie Thompson sathompson@ortn.edu

Executive Principal - Martin McDonald mgmcdonald@ortn.edu

Counselors:

Paige Taylor - hptaylor@ortn.edu Last Names beginning with A-De

Ashley Bennewitz abennewitz@ortn.edu Last Names beginning with Di-I

Brianna Ottinger - bottinger@ortn.edu Last Names beginning with J-M

Kelly Rowland - ksrowland@ortn.edu Last Names beginning with N-Sh

Heidi Foster - hafoster@ortn.edu Last Names beginning with Si-Z

Rising seniors will NOT have a change in counselor. For the Class of 2021, we will use the previous distribution of:

Paige Taylor: A-C

Ashley Bennewitz: D-H

Brianna Ottinger: I-M

Kelly Rowland: N-R

Heidi Foster: S-Z

Social Worker: Alison King aking@ortn.edu

Registrar: Audrey Morris amorris@ortn.edu

Guidance Administrative Assistant: Amy Campbell akcampbell@ortn.edu

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

Follow our team on Instagram:

Watch for announcements on Twitter: @ORHSCounseling

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

Our goals include celebrating students and increasing our communication to families! Twitter is an avenue by which we try to accomplish these goals! Just try it! Follow these accounts!

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