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A gif depicting how to register to volunteer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

How to volunteer during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hunter Keaster, Graduated Opinion Editor September 10, 2020

That dreadful feeling of hopelessness — if you’re like me, it’s a feeling that keeps crawling and scratching its way back to you during the COVID-19 pandemic. It all just seems to be out of our...

The 2008 Democratic National Convention nominates and confirms former President Barack Obama and former vice president John McCain

COVID-19 affects voting

Juliette Setudeh-Nejad, Graduated Online Editor-in-Chief May 10, 2020

The COVID-19 outbreak has caused changes on a national level interfering with the democratic process and raising many concerns. Perhaps the greatest concern is how COVID-19 will impact the 2020 November...

International students return home

Isabella Alves and Payton Sitarz May 10, 2020

Foreign exchange students who attended the last semester at Oak Park High School had to return to their home countries early due to the danger posed by COVID-19. According to junior and foreign exchange...

California beaches and parks to close

Ellie Hand, Graduated Online Editor May 8, 2020

On Sunday, March 29, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered all California state parks closed to vehicle access because of continued violations of social-distancing rules put into action to slow the spread of COVID-19....

The diagram outlines the positions and responsibilities of the OPUSD technological hierarchy.

Teachers familiarize themselves with technology for remote learning

Oliver Carter, Editor-in-Chief May 8, 2020

Not every teacher is comfortable with technology or feels the need to use it as a tool in their brick and mortar classroom. However, recent technologies have been of vast help in the last few decades,...

OPHS sports eligibility rules to change

Alex Goldbeck and Atmika Iyer May 7, 2020

For the 2020-21 school year, Athletic Director Tim Chevalier has proposed a change in the academic requirements for Quarter 1 and Quarter 3 10-week grading period. According to the proposal, any student...

Adjusted Summer Conditioning for OPHS Athletics

Adam Helfstein, Alex Gaspar, and Eric Yeung May 7, 2020

Significant changes are being made to OPHS athletics summer conditioning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We would have started this Monday [April 27] with three weeks of spring ball. Then,...

Local family raises money for struggling families

Daisy Calderon and Dani Becerra May 7, 2020

What started as a small gesture to help families struggling amidst the COVID-19 pandemic quickly became a large fundraiser, reaching communities as far as New Jersey and the Bay area. Big Brothers and...

Spirits soaring high at home

Bailey Andera, Graduated Editor-in-Chief May 7, 2020

As beaches, schools and dine-in restaurants closed statewide, other things began to open in the homes of Oak Park High School band members: their instrument cases. About a week before spring break,...

El Taco Chicos tacos available to pick-up in Oak Park.

El Taco Chico opens during the COVID-19 pandemic

Leonie Humig, Graduated Senior Staff Writer May 7, 2020

Tacos Dorados, Huarache Tamales Grandma Style and Churros — courtesy of El Taco Chico. On April 22, El Taco Chico opened at the former location of Baba’s Cafe on Lindero Canyon road — an opening...

College Board hosts free AP review lessons

Matthew Sun, Staff Writer May 7, 2020

In order to prepare for the upcoming online AP exam, students can review with the College Board’s free, ongoing lessons on Youtube. According to the College Board’s released daily schedule, the...

Oprah Winfrey will be commencement speaker for Class of 2020

Mina Jung, Editor-in-Chief May 7, 2020

Talk show host and billionaire philanthropist Oprah Winfrey has signed on to be the featured commencement speaker in a virtual graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020, hosted by Facebook and Instagram....

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