Under usual circumstances, student attendance and engagement would be assessed in-class by teachers. However, due to the shift to distance learning implemented during March, teachers and administrators...
Sophia Lippel, Social Media Manager
• November 4, 2020
All Oak Park Unified School District’s students were sent home in late March of 2020 due to impending threats of COVID-19.
Students and staff members left their schools with the hopes of returning...
A yearbook is meant to show the whole school year through photos of events that took place, and the seniors are featured with a senior photo and quote. Oak Park High School yearbooks have thousands of...
Emily Francis, Graduated Editor-in-Chief
• November 4, 2020
Following an Executive Order issued by Governor Gavin Newsom in May, every California resident was sent a vote-by-mail ballot by their county election officials.
“Elections and the right to vote are...
It doesn’t take long to find the signs. One drive around the Oak Park neighborhood and you’ll likely spot a parade of political posters urging residents to vote for a local candidate. Yet nestled...
Leila Kohn, Senior Staff Writer
• October 23, 2020
Creativity is still alive at Oak Park High School, although the classes may look different. Distance learning has forced the visual arts programs, including drawing and painting, 3D design, photography...
Emily Francis, Graduated Editor-in-Chief
• October 23, 2020
A blueprint for the return to on-campus learning with a hybrid model was approved by the Oak Park Unified School District Board of Education on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Ventura County is now located in...
It’s that time of year again. The moon rises in painful deliberation, barely hiding behind that shadowed tree. Just faintly, in a distance, a wolf lets out a small cry from its lips. It rings louder...
Charlotte Nicks, Graduated Senior Staff Writer
• October 23, 2020
A positive COVID-19 test for an Oak Park High School athlete has been confirmed. The last day the student who tested positive was at practice was Oct. 8, 2020. This is one of the four OPHS-related confirmed...
Bailey Andera, Graduated Editor-in-Chief
• October 23, 2020
Instead of the usual Luc Bodden Day, the week of Sept. 14 through Sept. 18 was deemed Luc Bodden Week, and was hosted by the LucStrong Foundation.
Bodden was born with sickle cell anemia and later received...
Sign ups for the Dual Enrollment program through Moorpark College (beginning in the Spring of 2021) begin now. High school students can elect to take Intro to Race and Ethnicity or Intro to Nutritional...
Hayden Brown, Graduated Digital Media Manager
• October 23, 2020
With the current shift to online learning, the Oak Park High School Associated Student Body has had to adapt their events with the times. While large gatherings and in-person events are still off the table,...
