Monday, August 21, 2023
Knights Find A Way!
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Ocoee Community Member
This edition captures several of the overall successes we enjoyed during this past week—our first five-day school week of 2023-2024. As you will see in the pictures, Knight spirit shines through and we are certainly off to great start in the classrooms, in athletics, and with several of our student organizations. Of course there is always a bit of a learning curve in the early days of a new year for both students and their families, but we hope to get any of those wrinkles ironed out this week. Kindly remember that all of our OHS policies and procedures we have in place can be tied back in some fashion or another to a vital strategic objective: the safety of our students and staff when the campus is open.
Parents, if you have yet to complete the required annual Parent Consent Forms (PCFs), we do need them back right away. Of major importance is the student emergency contact form. If you have already completed the PCFs, thank you, but if not, here is a short video to help you complete them this week. These are very important documents so thank you for making the PCFs for your student a priority. |
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2023-2024 Cheer Team!
Please remember Black and Gold Fridays! Make sure to wear your black and gold this coming Friday. This could be a shirt, your Ocoee jersey, or an Ocoee hat.
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Giving these inflationary times pretty much anywhere you look, when it comes to quality entertainment and the value for your dollar, a Knight sports season ticket this year is pretty tough to beat. And the sooner you purchase your season ticket the greater the value it holds; especially now with football season getting underway! |
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Thank you for your support!
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Our Knights will be playing a tough opponent in the Apopka's Blue Darters this coming Friday evening. In fact, today the Orlando Sentinel carried an article written by. J.C. Carnahan with these lines:
With six returning starters on a relatively young team that still has some depth, the Knights will likely be a work in progress during the early weeks.
“Last year we had to build a brotherhood, and we want to keep that attitude and tradition going into this year,” senior defensive tackle Ezekiel Brinson said. “It’s just a culture thing now with us wanting to get better every day and striving to be as good as we can be.”
Therefore, we are looking for a strong showing from the community and please remember this is a BLACK OUT football game!
Thank you very much for reading and for your support over these past few days. We are poised for quite a successful school year!
In Knight Pride,
Dr. Karcinski
Principal
Ocoee High School
Pictured very top: Congratulations to our Knights on their 27-13 victory played away on Oak Ridge's football field Friday evening. The Knights will now have a string of three home games in a row starting this Friday vs. Apopka's Blue Darters at 7:00pm.
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Aug. 25: Black and Gold Spirit Friday
Aug. 25: BLACK OUT GAME - Varsity Football at HOME vs. Appoka
Sep. 04: Labor Day Holiday
Sep. 06: Homecoming ticket sales end
Sep. 09: Homecoming Dance, 8pm-12am
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Students were welcomed back this past week to their home away from home. School shirts were passed out, graduation class meetings were held, and our annual first day of school photo was taken. |
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Our student body president, Daniel Gonzalez, and Vice President of Student Life, Bayleigh Castle, put on an amazing first day of school pep rally! |
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Knightmare was asked to Hoco during the pep rally to announce the theme this year! |
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Our cheerleaders, band, and Mr. Hendricks put in all the works to get the students in the spirit for this school year. |
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Knight Spotlight
Varsity Football Team
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Ocoee 27, Oak Ridge 13
Ocoee led 27-13 in the fourth quarter. The Knights took a 13-0 first quarter lead and were up 13-6 at halftime. Congratulations to our new head coach, Sheddrick “Buck” Gurley, and to the entire varsity team on their win over the Pioneers!
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Dr. Karcinski, Dr. Paduano (High School Office), and Mr. Gonzalez (principal of Oak Ridge High School) under the Friday Knight Lights! |
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Keeping Ocoee an A!
Our amazing educators got their students off to a quick start for 2023-2024!
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Ms. Powell’s biology class was broken up into smaller groups where they were assigned a different microscope article to annotate with each member being assigned a role. Student groups were tasked with working together to create a poster highlighting the critical content they learned. |
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Ms. Pierre’s business education class worked in teams to assemble the tallest paper structure without toppling while only using two resources. Students were challenged to correlate the five functions of management within the learning task. |
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Homecoming
"A Knight Under the Stars"
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Ocoee's Knight Kennel is Back! |
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Ms. Anderson and her students welcomed back some of our four legged students on their first day of school! Knight Kennel allows students to get an insight into the career path of being a vet tech, groomer, animal trainer, or an animal biologist.
Knight Kennel In the News!
A new daycare program aims to pamper pooches while giving students in animal sciences classes a chance to interact with animals on a smaller scale.
Credit: Amy Quesinberry | September 7, 2022
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Weekly Superintendent's Message
"Monday's with Maria" for Aug. 21st
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This week Superintendent Vazquez talks about the resources available to families at the OCPS Parent Academy, which is holding its first session this Saturday, Aug. 26. Click here for more information.
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OCPS Parent Academy this Saturday! |
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This Week in Knight Athletics: |
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Cross Country had their first meet last weekend: |
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Ocoee plays Apopka at home this Friday!
Some things to remember: this is a Black Out game, wear all black! As well, Ocoee has claimed back its home side of the field, so make sure you sit on the side with the press box (or just look for the band!)
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Local business support for our Knights: |
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Interested in becoming a sponsor? Email Mr. Alderman at Billy.alderman@ocps.net for details. Thank you for supporting our Knights!
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1) Knight cyber safety alert / social media parent reminder: |
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2) Financial Education - This is especially for our Knights in the Class of 2024 thinking about college or for any student worried about their finances soon after high school: |
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This chart shows what is on the mind of college students when it comes to money... |
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...while this chart illustrates the money topics they could use some help with.
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Source: The Wall Street Journal - "25 Financial Tips for College Students: A lot of students aren’t prepared to manage money on their own." Aug. 14, 2023 Read full article
Excerpt from the Aug. 14, 2023 Wall Street Journal article-
"Many of this fall’s college freshmen will be managing their own finances for the first time. And a lot of them won’t be ready."
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3) WISDOM TO LIVE BY: Week of August 21, 2023 |
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Lou Holtz On Mindset
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
~ Lou Holtz, football coach
John F. Kennedy On Predicaments
When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
~ John F. Kennedy, 35th U.S. president
Benjamin Mays On Ambition
The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
~ Benjamin Mays, educator
Michael J. Fox On Optimism
Optimism is sustainable. If you can find something to be grateful for, then you can find something to look forward to.
~ Michael J. Fox, actor
Taylor Swift On Attitude
Happiness and confidence are the prettiest things you can wear.
~ Taylor Swift, singer-songwriter
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Knights Find A Way!
Dr. Karcinski, Principal
Ocoee High School
Monday, August 21, 2023
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Ocoee High School Senior Leadership Team |
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Ocoee High School
1925 Ocoee Crown Point Parkway,
Ocoee, FL 34761
Phone 407-905-3000
Fax 407-905-3099
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