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Your Community Brief from Oak Ridge High School
Friday, November 2, 2018
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It is hard to believe, but today already marks the end of 1/3 of the
2018-2019 school year. In fact, this week was one of the more important weeks of the school year as we released report cards for the first nine-week quarter on Monday. If you have a student attending Oak Ridge, please be sure to review their grades with them as soon as possible if you have not already. Keep in mind that Oak Ridge offers free tutoring for our Pioneers throughout the school year if any student needs extra help (after-school schedule and details listed below). We want all of our students to take advantage of these academic support opportunities and achieve the grades they are capable of.
I hope this issue finds your November off to a great start. Thank you for all your support so far this year and best wishes for a safe and relaxing weekend.
Mrs. Jennifer Bellinger
Principal
Pictured very top: "Prevent Bullying - Unity Day"
On October 24th, the K.I.C.S. Mentor Group were accompanied by Ms. Bellinger to celebrate Unity Day! Oak Ridge is a NO BULLY ZONE!
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Dates to Remember
Friday, November 2
Varsity Football vs. Apopka at Apopka - 7:00PM
Saturday, November 3
Apopka Fall Festival, Noon - 3:00 PM
Sunday, November 4
End of Daylight Savings Time (set your clocks back 1 hour)
Monday, November 5
Boys Soccer vs. Eustis (Pre-Season Game) at Evans HS - 5:30PM
Wednesday, November 7
Boys Soccer vs. South Lake (Pre-Season Game) at Evans HS - 5:30PM
SAC meeting (revised date) - 6:00PM
Thursday, November 8
Fall Play - "Numbers" - 7:00 PM
Saturday, November 10
CLEP Administration at ORHS - 8:00AM
Monday, November 12
Veterans Day (observed)
Tuesday, November 13
JV & Varsity Boys Soccer vs. Edgewater at Home - 5:30PM
Wednesday, November 14
Teach-In 2018 - Campus-Wide - 7:00-10:00AM
JV & Varsity Boys Soccer vs. Tohapekalia at Toho HS - 5:30PM
Friday, November 16
Progress Reports for the Second Nine Weeks
JV & Varsity Boys Soccer vs. Osceola at Home - 6:00PM
Monday, November 19 thru Friday, November 23
Thanksgiving Break - School Closed
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School Advisory Council (SAC)
Date changed to next Wednesday, November 7th
Due to Election Day on November 6th, our next scheduled SAC meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 7th at 6pm in the Media Center. We look forward to seeing you there!
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2018-2019 Teacher and Support Person of the Year
Dr. Harold Border, Chief of OCPS High Schools, stopped by ORHS to congratulate our support person of the year and teacher of the year. Congratulations again to
Ms. Chandersingh and
Ms. Monteiro!!
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Pioneer Athletics
Lady Pioneer Bowling Team - District Champions!
Congratulations to our Lady Pioneer Bowling team!!! They are the 2018-2019 Class 1A District Bowling Champions! We made history -
so proud of these ladies! They are now headed to the State Finals - wish them luck! #thisisoakridge
Pictured from left to right: Essensia Beasley, Coach Leonie Chandersingh, Kennedy Logan, Taneishalee Cruz, Emily Zerbe and Sarah Glenn
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Snapshot: "Rigor in the Classroom"
Socratic Seminar with Ms. Evans
In Ms. Evans' College and Career Class, students recently participated in their first Socratic Seminar of the year and it was a huge success. Ms. Evans also incorporated CLOSE Reading with audio text and a Kahoot game! The text that was discussed was "What's Your Life's Blueprint?" - a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Pioneer Vital Signs
Note: Includes excused and unexcused absences as both represent lost valuable in-class instructional time that cannot be recovered.
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College & Career Center
College Fair
Our first College Fair was a huge success! Our goal is that every Pioneer graduates college or is career ready.
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College Door Decorating Contest Winner
Ms. Gena Evans
Congrats to our winner, Ms. Gena Evans! Thank you to all of our participants! #thisisoakridge #collegeweek
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Community Support
Teach-In 2018: "Be a teacher for part of your day!"
Wednesday, Nov. 14th
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Community: Special Recognition and Remembrance
Ms. Kathy King, Senior Vice President of Junior Achievement of Central Florida
It is with profound sadness to share that Kathy Beck-King, Senior Vice President of Junior Achievement of Central Florida, passed away after battling cancer in a way only a "Wonder Woman" could.
Since 2010, Kathy has transformed JACF through her passion for student success, business/community partnerships and innovation that impacted hundreds of thousands of K-12 students throughout Central Florida. Her greatest testament to the mission of JA resulted in the nation's first ever JA Academy for Leadership & Entrepreneurship located at @oakridgehs in Orlando, Florida.
Kathy King made it her mission to change the lives of countless students and inspired each one to be greater than the script that life handed them. Please join us in celebrating and honoring the life of such an influential leader and entrepreneur. While our hearts remain heavy, we know that Heaven has welcomed its newest angel, and she's already painting the walls the perfect shade of JA green.
On Tuesday, October 30th, several graduates of the JA Academy for Leadership & Entrepreneurship at ORHS were honored to be asked to stand as pallbearers to celebrate the Life of Kathy Beck-King (below, top right). Her dedication and impact will stay with them and all of the JA Academy students forever.
Rest in Peace Mrs. King.
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Friday's Motivational Moment!
THE COMMON DENOMINATOR OF SUCCESS
Herbert Grey, a businessman, conducted a long-term study searching for what he called "the common denominator of success." After eleven years, he finally concluded that the common denominator of success was that "successful people make a habit of doing the things that unsuccessful people don't like to do."
And what were these things?
What Grey found was that successful people are more concerned with "pleasing results," whereas failures were more concerned about "pleasing methods." Successful, happy people were more concerned with the positive, long-term consequences of their behaviors, whereas unsuccessful people were more concerned with personal enjoyment and immediate gratification.
The lesson for our Pioneers? It turns out that the things that successful people don't like to do are the same things that failures don't like to do either. But successful people do them anyway because they know that this is the price they have to pay if they want to enjoy greater success and rewards in the future.
"Do something you hate every day
just for the practice."
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Enjoy your weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone back on campus Monday morning!
Mrs. Bellinger, Principal
Oak Ridge High School
Friday, November 2, 2018
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