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Secondary schools prepare to shift to hybrid learning

Bailey Andera, Graduated Editor-in-Chief March 5, 2021

After nearly a full year of learning material through a computer screen, students attending Medea Creek Middle School and Oak Park High School will likely soon be allowed to return to campus for hybrid...

New principal of Medea Creek Middle School appointed

Emily Francis, Graduated Editor-in-Chief March 5, 2021

A new principal, Jenny DaCosta, Administrative Director of Instruction at Granada Hills Charter, has been appointed for Medea Creek Middle School, following current MCMS Principal Brad Benioffs’s shift...

Class of 2021 sign displayed in the parking lot of OPHS in front of the Pavilion.

Lawn signs distributed to Oak Park seniors

Jay Dugar, Graduated Managing Editor March 5, 2021

The class of 2020 was the first year to be offered lawn signs, but they were not free of charge. This is the first year lawn signs were ordered and offered to all seniors for free. “We even ordered...

OPHS teachers start preparing for Hybrid Model teaching.

Teachers prepare to potentially return to in-person instruction

Jay Dugar and Bailey Andera March 5, 2021

As the potential beginning of the hybrid model of instruction for secondary schools approaches, many teachers are updating their classrooms for the new set-up. “[The district] worked with me to set...

Administration aims for in-person graduation

Charlotte Nicks, Graduated Senior Staff Writer March 5, 2021

The administration has updated its commencement plan, stating that its ultimate goal for the ceremony, tentatively scheduled for May 26, 2021, is for it to be traditional and in-person. According to a...

The vaccine is out and being administered and what its like to get it

The vaccine is out and being administered and what it’s like to get it

Angie Bleau, News Editor March 5, 2021

Now that the vaccine is out, it is being administered to a variety of essential workers, such as nurses, doctors and now, teachers.  “Healthcare workers providing direct patient care and doing high...

College Board drops the Subject Tests and optional SAT essay

Amanda Dermott and Olivia Dods March 5, 2021

The College Board officially announced the termination of SAT Subject Tests and the optional essay component on Jan. 19. The AP exams, which have recently been made feasible for students of all financial...

Administration responds to homophobic posts made by students

Emily Francis and Charlotte Nicks March 4, 2021

Following homophobic posts on Instagram made by a small group of Oak Park High School freshmen, the OPHS administration sent out a StudentSquare blast addressing the posts.  Other students with “Oak...

Oak Park High School is nominated as an Exemplary Achievement Gap Closing School

Oak Park High School is nominated as an Exemplary Achievement Gap Closing School

Amanda Dermott and Hayden Brown March 3, 2021

For the first time since 1993, Oak Park High School has been nominated as a prestigious National Blue Ribbon School and is officially recognized as an Exemplary Achievement Gap Closing School. Only 35...

English teacher Caitlin Fowler receives first COVID-19 vaccine at county Rose Ave Site in Oxnard. Ventura County teachers became officially eligible for the vaccine March 1, although some were able to get vaccinated late last week.

California begins plan to vaccinate teachers

Bailey Andera and Amanda Dermott March 3, 2021

Teachers, day care workers and others involved in education will soon be able to access 10% of all vaccinations that California receives. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this plan to begin the return to in-person...

Screenshot of the ASL Society 2021 inductees

OPHS students inducted into ASL Honors Society

Emily Francis, Graduated Editor-in-Chief March 1, 2021

American Sign Language Honors Society announced its newest members during the Friday Connect period on March 5. This is a national honors society that recognizes students who excel in ASL and encourages...

New ethnic studies class in discussion as graduation requirement

Mina Jung and Lucy Anne Heine-Van Fossen March 1, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill in September 2020 that would serve as the framework to have ethnic studies as a California high school graduation requirement. According to Newsom “hundreds of individual...

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