Student of the Quarter

This morning was our 1st quarter recognition of Students of the Quarter.  What a great way to start my Thursday!  Parents and students got to hear from the teachers and staff members that nominated students and the reasons why.  Students received a healthy round of applause, some breakfast, and a certificate.  Each division in our school nominated one student, including the counselors, SIDS, Student Activities and Athletics!   Congrats to the following students:

• Kevan Casson- Math
• Thomas Herner- Visual Arts
• George Brennan- Business Ed
• Majesty Gunn- English
• Taylor Varnado- Science
• Oluwatosin Adeyemi- World Languages
• Samantha Linde- PE
• Mera Iniques-Rojo- History
• Will Dunne- Athletics
• Michaela Fritsch- Consumer Sciences
• Kenzo Murray- Counseling
• Emma Mascaro-Romine- Student Support Services
• Amaris Flores- Student Activities

Will you be nominated for 2nd Quarter??????

Best Meeting of the Day

On Tuesday, I met with Emma Thompson and Erin McGuire regarding a potential OPRF Google App that they are developing in their Computer Apps class.  How cool would it be for us to have an app just for students that would allow you to have all of your favorite info from OPRF in one place?  Emma and Erin- thanks for making my day!  Can't wait to see the final product!

New Teacher Group Discussion

Mr. Bill Young, Special Education Teacher, facilitates a Q&A discussion with our new teachers on Tuesday after school regarding student discipline at OPRF.  Our Student Intervention Directors responded to questions that our new staff members had.  The good news was that the conversation focused on the importance of relationship building and trust, NOT writing referrals:)

I Love Geometry!!!

Had a chance to to hang out with Ms. Hardin's 3rd period Geometry Class as they were taking "shortcut quizzes".  I've never heard Geometry sound so congruent:)  Look at all of those students wearing their IDs and check out Erica's face paint game!  Another great day to be a Huskie!  

Girls Tennis State Send Off.....

Girls Tennis

Best of luck to Doubles team Maya Trinka and Audrey Angelos who qualified for STATE this weekend at the IHSA Sectional, and will begin the State Tournament on Thursday.  WE are soooo proud of you!  

      

Special Olympics Field Hockey

Please congratulate these awesome Special Olympics Floor Hockey athletes who competed in the District Floor Hockey Skills Tournament this past Saturday!

Jack Butler 1st place

Erik Cox 1st place

Matt Cox 4th place

Katrina Jeffries 1st place

Ben Newbury 2nd place

Jon Ramp 2nd place

Jenna Ricks 1st place

Richard Rogers 1st place

Nick Sawyer 4th place

 

Athletes who won 1st place will advance to the State Floor Hockey Skills Tournament on Saturday, November 14th at Northeastern University!

 

GO HUSKIES!

  

Global Glimpse...Do you want to travel abroad?

Calling all Juniors....here is a potential chance for you to travel abroad.  Check out these videos to learn more about Global Glimpse:

 

http://www.globalglimpse.org/

 

https://vimeo.com/75061802

 

We need to have about 100 students nominated by teachers next week. Once students are nominated, we hold a parent meeting, students fill out the application and then we start our 6 afterschool workshops.  One of the workshops is on fundraising that will help all the students pay for their trip.   The cost varies from student to student per their family income.  The minimum is $600 and the max a student would pay is $3800. 

Parent Teacher Conferences Schedule

Parent-teacher conference days schedule
This information also is posted on our homepage and intranet slides.

·       Wed., Oct. 21

Classes in session with 10 a.m. start time*

Conferences 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. (by appointment only)

*Bell schedule:

Period 1	10:00	10:33
Period 2	10:38	11:16
Period 3	11:21	11:54
Period 4	11:59	12:32
Period 5	12:37	1:10
Period 6	1:15	1:48
Period 7	1:53	2:26
Period 8	2:31	3:04

·       Thurs., Oct. 22
No classes for students
Conferences 11:15 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. & 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. (by appointment only)

·       Fri., Oct. 23: No classes, building closed

Parent-teacher conference menus
For those working parent-teacher conferences, dinner will be available 3:15 – 4:15 p.m. in the South Cafeteria. 

·       Wed., Oct. 21: Taco bar buffet, which includes chicken and beef with all the side trimmings, refried beans, Spanish rice, water, soft drinks, and dessert.

·       Thurs., Oct. 22: Tossed salad, red beans and brown rice, collard greens, roasted and lightly fried chicken, cornbread, water, soft drinks, and dessert.  

Students Presenting to the Faculty

Earlier this week we asked Seniors Will Zimbler, Jahmari Moore, Jay Heininger, and Grace Fox to present to the faculty at our after school meeting about Leadership and Launch, our new freshman mentorship program.  We will have four faculty meetings after school this year so that we can get together and hear about the really cool programs that are going on in the school.  They did an outstanding job!  

District Leadership Team Budget Retreat #2

On Tuesday, October 6 Dr. Isoye convened our District Leadership Team to have preliminary discussions regarding potential staffing needs for the 2016-17 school year.  What does that mean?  We were looking at student enrollment projections (we have a report that gives us an idea of how many students will enroll at OPRF in a given year) to determine where we may need to hire new staff.  Mr. Altenburg, our Chief Financial Officer is a heavy hitter in these meetings because it's his responsibility to make sure that we remain within our budget parameters!  We have about 4 of these ALL DAY meetings per year!

Mr. Rouse is 44 Today! Here are a few throwback pics....

6th Grade Graduation Pic (Student of the Year!)

Mr. Rouse at ages 9,10,12,14,18 & 23!

Congrats Senior Girls Tennis Players!!!!

This was really clever!

HuskiePalooza IS COMING!

Have you heard of HuskiePalooza?  Well it's coming soon...Friday, November 20 to be exact!  Here is Ms. Topf and some students who were planning all of the fun, games, and excitement!  Perhaps we can get a little student vs. staff  basketball going- You think you could take us?

Ms. North-Hamil & Company

Here's a pic of Ms. North-Hamil  and her class before leaving for their field trip earlier this week.  I used to teach with Ms. North-Hamil many moons ago at West Leyden High School (Mr. Dennis & Ms. Hill were there then as well)!

Northwestern vs. Minnesota

Had a chance to go and checkout Northwestern last Saturday vs. Minnesota- Good Times!

OPRF and New Zealand sharing their experiences before the Koha ceremony

Students waiting for our Koha last Friday as our friends from New Zealand departed

What a Time to be Alive! Homecoming 2015

The All Blacks

Our guests from New Zealand (Luke and Ralph) really got a kick out of American Football.  As you can see by their jerseys, they are huge Rugby fans and are representing their national team the All Blacks.  Emily Richardson posed for a quick picture with them during the Homecoming game.

OPRF Class of 1995 @ the Homecoming Game.....