Comet CourierOakwood High School March 20, 2015

Volume II, Issue 16

It’s great to be young and a Comet!

CometCalendar

March 23, 24, 25PARCC TestingEnglish III

March 23, 24, 26, and 28Cheer Tryouts

March 271:40 Dismissal

March 27, 28, 29Nostalgia Tourney

March 30 to April 3Spring Break

April 10Progress Reports

April 11VVC Art Show

April 18, 19Spring Play

April 22School Board Mtg. Spring Break -- March 30 to April 3

Sportsmanship honor goes to Comet girls

The Comet girls basketball team won the 2015 John Dickson Sportsmanship Award for the second straight year. The honor is given out by a committee each year to the program (team, coaches, fans, and parents) who best exemplifies good sportsmanship.

Not only did the team win, but senior Delaney Durst was the individual sportsmanship winner for the entire County.

Congrats, girls!

Great sports!

Members of the girls basketball team, back row, Coach Ford, Ellie Huchel, Briana Verhoeven, Brenna Durst, Kelsey Blackford, and Coach Marsh. Front row, Jenna Ford, JoEllyn Weaver, Delaney Durst, Sadie Edwards, and Kylie Harden. Not pic-tured Shaelyn Turner.

Durst

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Check out the athletics web page at ohsathletics.weebly.com

Booster Club Golf

Outing* June 20

at Harrison Park* This is a change from past years

Sophomores or juniors requesting Col-lege Express classes at DACC next year should turn in their applications by March 23. If they are approved by the high school administration, they will be submitted to DACC for final approval.

Forms can be picked up in the counsel-or’s office.

College Express apps due March 23

Senior Parker Lee was chosen as Comet of the Month by the OHS Stu-dent Recognition Com-mittee. Lee recently scored his 1000 point in basketball.

Seniors Steve McDon-ald and Rachelle Brown were selected by the staff as the winner of the monthly character trait of Creativity.

Two win for CreativityLee named March Comet of the Month

VVC Art Show set for Apr. 11 at OHS

The Vermilion Valley Conference Art Show and Competi-tion is being hosted this year by OHS. It will be held on Sat., April 11 and will be open to the public from noon until 3 p.m.

The winners will be acknowledged at 3 p.m. for Best Of Show, Best Technical Skill and Best Design 2D and 3D. There are 45 categories award-ing 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Honorable Mention for each category.

The VVC Show will have work from all 10 schools in the VVC and will be judged by area artists. The show has been a spring event since the formation of the conference.

OHS Art students from all levels will have work on display prepared for judging. OHS has dominated this show for many years, taking over half of the ribbons given and two of the four medals.

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March 21 BT Charleston Indoor 8:15March 24 BB @ Urbana 4:30March 25 SB @ Fisher 4:30March 25 BB @ Fisher 4:30March 26 SB @ Villa Grove 4:30March 26 BB Monticello 4:30March 27 GT/BT Prep Top Times MeetMarch 27 BB Tuscola 4:30March 30 SB Unity 4:30March 31 GT/BT @ BH 4:00March 31 SB Shiloh 4:30March 31 BB PBL 4:30April 1 SB Blue Ridge 4:30April 1 BB Blue Ridge 4:30April 2 GT/BT @ Tuscola 4:30April 2 SB @ Arthur 4:30April 2 BB @ Heritage 4:30April 2 JVBB Unity 4:30April 4 BB @ Covington 10:00April 6 SB @ Hoopeston Area 4:30April 6 BB @ Hoopeston Area 4:30April 7 SB Seeger 4:00April 7 BB Seeger 4:00April 7 GT/BT @ PBL 4:30April 8 SB Salt Fork 4:30April 8 BB Salt Fork 4:30April 9 JVBB Westville 4:30

Upcoming Athletic Events

Nostalgia basketball returns to OGS

The Booster Club will host their annual Nostalgia basketball tournament on March 27, 28, and 29.

The tournament is for alumni of local schools to take the floor again with their classmates.

The tournament is held at Oakwood Grade School. Competing teams are Oakwood, Chrisman, Potomac/Armstrong, Georgetown-Ridge Farm, Catlin, ABL, and Westville.

McNamara wins OHS’ Golden RulerMrs. Katie McNa-

mara has been named the recipient of the 2015 Golden Ruler Award for OHS.

McNamara will at-tend the 25th annual Golden Ruler Banquet on April 23 at Bis-marck-Henning High School. The dinner will be prepared by the Bis-marck United Methodist Women’s

Organization.McNamara was

selected by the other staff members for her dedication to the stu-dents of OHS and her creativity in the class-room.

McNamara arrived at OHS as a French teacher but has added the ability to teach Span-ish to help her students. She is also

an assistant softball coach and can be seen in a variety of capacities around OHS.

Each school in Vermilion County gets to choose one winner from its staff each year.

Other recent past winners of the award for OHS have been:

2014 -- Lynn Anderson2013 -- Brenda Ludwig2012 -- Darcy Nekolny2011 -- Ed Mattis

Drama to present murder-mystery

The OHS drama department is proud to present An Inconvenient Corpse by Pat Cook (Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. Englewood, Colorado).

The students will perform on Sat., April 18, at 7 p.m. and Sun., April 19, at 2 p.m. Both performanc-es will take place in the OHS gymnasium.

We're bringing back the humor with this hilarious murder-mystery. The cast is busy practicing their southern accents and unique characters.

Engage Educate Empower

1:40 Dismissal on March 27

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Comets earn winter honors

The following Comet athletes earned All-Ver-milion County or All-Vermilion Valley Confer-ence honors for their winter sport.

WRESTLINGALL-VERMILION COUNTY and ALL-VVCRen Dazey, Freshman, 113 poundsDalton Fox, Sophomore, 120 poundsAntonio Alvarez, Senior, 145 poundsAustin Shelton, Senior, 152 poundsCody Ayers, Junior, 195 poundsGevin Ashikyan, Senior, 285 pounds

HONORABLE MENTIONSteven Mackiewicz, Senior, 138 pounds

GIRLS BASKETBALLALL-VERMILION COUNTY and ALL-VVCBrenna Durst, Freshman

SPECIAL or HONORABLE MENTIONDelaney Durst, SeniorSadie Edwards, SeniorKylie Harden, Junior

BOYS BASKETBALLALL-VERMILION COUNTY or ALL-VVCParker Lee, Senior, All-VVC, All-CountyLee Mascari, Junior, All-County

SPECIAL or HONORABLE MENTIONKyle Girton, SeniorLee Mascari, JuniorLandon Turner, Senior

Conklin, Walker headed to State!

Five Oakwood FFA members represented both the school, and Section 18 FFA at District IV Proficiency Award Interviews.

Members were: Cheyenne Kent in Agricultural Ser-vices; Kira Conklin in Equine Placement; Chelsey House in Outdoor Recreation; Clayton Walker in Poul-try Production; and Jade Hixson in Specialty Animal Production.

In order to advance from district to state competi-tion, FFA members must prove the ability to accurately maintain time and financial records, in addition to an-swering questions during an interview with at least four adults from District IV.

There are no more than five candidates vying for dis-trict winner in each of the 55 proficiency areas.

This year, Kira Conklin and Clayton Walker won their proficiency areas at the district event. They are in the top five in the state for their respective proficiency areas.

"I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to in-terview in the poultry production area after raising chickens for 10 years. There was stiff competition, and knowing that I won, makes me feel excited," said Clay-ton.

Both will go onto the State Proficiency Award Inter-views on Saturday, March 28 at the University of Il-linois.

Good job to all district competitors, and good luck to Kira and Clayton!

May 12 -- Senior Honors NightMay 20 -- Seniors’ Last Day/ Senior ExamsMay 22 -- Graduation PracticeMay 24 -- GraduationMay 25 -- No SchoolMay 26 -- Underclass AwardsMay 26 -- End 4th Q/7th ExamMay 27 -- 1:40 Dis./1st, 3rd, 5th ExamsMay 28 -- 1:40 Dis./2nd, 4th, 6th ExamsMay 29 -- No School/Inst. DayJune 1 -- 11:30 Dis./Last Day

End of Year Dates

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Blood drive a success

Many thanks to the OHS blood donors! Community Blood Servic-es of Illinois was able to collect 58 units of lifesaving blood on March 6! This has the potential to touch 174 patients’ lives!

This was one of the most suc-cessful blood drives that OHS has had in recent years.

Comets in March!