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Tuesday, April 5

• TUTORING, 2:30-4:30pm
• Flag Football vs. Olympia, 6/7pm
• Softball vs. Wekiva, 6:30pm
• Boys Volleyball vs. Liberty, 5pm
• Baseball vs. Windermere
• Tennis at Lake Nona
• Guitar Ensembles, 7:15pm in the auditorium (a free special event for our community)

Wednesday, April 6

• Extended Wednesday - NO EARLY RELEASE
• Beach Volleyball at Apopka

Thursday, April 7

• TUTORING, 2:30-4:30pm
• FSA ELA Writing exam (9th & 10th grades)
• Flag Football vs. Boone, 6/7pm
• Baseball vs. Conrad, 7pm
• Tennis vs. Edgewater, 3:30pm
• Boys & Girls Lacrosse at Olympia
• Softball at Apopka

Friday, April 8

• Registration deadline for the May 7 SAT
• Baseball vs. Tavares, 4:30/7pm
• Softball vs. Horizon, 6pm
• Registration deadline for the April 20 OTC Career Internship Fair (flyer below)

Saturday, April 9

• Track at Metro Championship

Please come out and support our guitar ensembles this week, Tuesday, April 5th at 7pm in the auditorium. It is FREE so come see all of our hard work pay off! If you have not seen our posters hanging around, we have included a copy just below. Thank you to Sethia and Ricky (OHS Yearbook students) for making the poster look so good! 

April 7 – FSA Writing for 9th and 10th graders

April 19 – ACT CBT for 11th graders

April 25 – Aice General Paper

April 26 – English Language Part 1 & Aice Psychology Part 1

April 27 – Global Perspectives & Aice Marine Science Part 1

April 28 – Aice English Language part 2

April 29 – Psychology Part 2 & Aice Marine Science Part 2

Special recognitions from the Winter Sports Extravaganza last Wednesday:

Coach Spencer - Winter Coach of the Season:

Chris Chambers - Winter Coaches Choice:

Eric Gilreath - Winter Best Male Athlete:

Cierra Young - Winter Best Female Athlete:

Leilany Laureano - Best Winter Sports Moment:

Jacob Munoz - Winter Breakout Male:

Jayla Weiser - Winter Breakout Female:

We have 7 scholarships that are designated for Ocoee High School students only due in April! This means the application pool will be much smaller – giving you a higher chance at earning one of these scholarship opportunities. Please take a look to see which you qualify for and apply by the deadline!

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Ms. Wolfgramm. 

1. Aerojet Rocketdyne Scholarship: Due April 13th - The Aerojet Rocketdyne Foundation, on behalf of Aerojet Rocketdyne in your community, is pleased to offer 6, $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors at Ocoee High School for study at a four-year university or two-year college. The Aerojet Rocketdyne Scholarship will be awarded to students who plan to pursue a career in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics and is offered as part of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s commitment to education.

2. Animal Sciences/Veterinary Medicine Scholarship: Due April 20th - Scholarship opportunity for Ocoee High School students who live in the City of Ocoee and plan to pursue post-secondary education in Animal Services or Veterinary Medicine. This $5,000 scholarship opportunity will be sent directly to the recipient's college or university and can be applied towards tuition, room and board and meal plans.

3. EMT or Paramedic Scholarship: Due April 20th - Scholarship opportunity for Ocoee High School students who live in the City of Ocoee and interested in becoming an EMT or Paramedic through Valencia Colleges Allied Health Program to earn an EMT certificate. This $5,000 scholarship opportunity will be sent directly to Valencia College to be used towards tuition.

4. Public Services Scholarship: Due April 20th - Scholarship opportunity for Ocoee High School students who live in the City of Ocoee and plan to pursue post-secondary education in Public Services. This $5,000 scholarship opportunity will be sent directly to the recipient's college or university and can be applied towards tuition, room and board and meal plans.

5. Biology, Nursing, Health Services, or Pre Medicine Scholarship: Due April 20th - Scholarship opportunity for Ocoee High School students who live in the City of Ocoee and plan to pursue post-secondary education in Biology, Nursing, Health Services or Pre Medicine. This $5,000 scholarship opportunity will be sent directly to the recipient's college or university and can be applied towards tuition, room and board and meal plans.

6. Vandergrift Scholarship: Due April 25th - Scholarship opportunity for Ocoee High School students. This $1,000 scholarship opportunity will be awarded directly to the recipient to use towards college expenses.

7. Health Central Auxiliary Academic Scholarship: Due April 25th - Scholarship opportunity for Ocoee High School students provided by Orlando Health Central Hospital Auxiliary for students who plan to pursue a career in the medical field. This $2,000 scholarship opportunity will be awarded directly to the recipient to use towards college expenses.

Show our teachers and staff at OHS some love by nominating them for AdventHealth’s Teacher Appreciation Contest for a chance to receive a celebration for all teachers and staff at our school.

Use the link below to submit your nomination. The contest nomination period will run from March 21^st through April 15^th. The school with the most votes in each county will win a celebration for teachers and staff at their school, provided by AdventHealth! 

Submit your nomination here

1) Unemployment rates by level of education (just released Friday, April 1 — lower numbers are more favorable in this case):

Sources: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; US Department of Labor

Footnote for our Knights: The line chart above shows the monthly unemployment rates from Jan. 2000 through Mar. 2022 for those who never finished high school (green), those with a high school degree only (blue), and for those with a 4-year college degree (red). In the long-run the basic pattern changes very little — those with higher levels of education have better odds of getting or keeping a job even during periods of economic recession (those time periods shaded in grey). 

2) WISDOM TO LIVE BY

Beyonce On Confidence

When you love and accept yourself, when you know who really cares about you, and when you learn from your mistakes, then you stop caring about what people who don't know you think.

~ Beyonce, award-winning performer

Barbara Sher On Action

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.

~ Barbara Sher, author

James Hunter On Effort

If you don't give that 100% you're not going to succeed in anything.

~ James "Catfish" Hunter, pitcher

Bryan Cranston On Passion

I will pursue something that I love — and hopefully become good at it, instead of pursuing something that I'm good at — but don't love.

~ Bryan Cranston, actor 

Helen Keller On Adaptability

A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.

~ Helen Keller, author

Remember Knights:

No matter how you feel, 

get up, dress up, and show up, 

but never give up.

Have a great week!

Dr. Karcinski, Principal

Ocoee High School

Sunday, April 3, 2022

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