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OPHS students can help the Red Cross combat blood shortages

OPHS students can help the Red Cross combat blood shortages

Evan Rubenstein, Senior Staff Writer February 14, 2025

In July 2024, the American Red Cross reported that the blood supply dropped by 25%, resulting in a blood shortage. Type O blood has the highest shortage, so it is vital for those with Type O blood to donate....

Students and parent volunteers worked hard to set up the stage for the choir performers.

Music and Melodies

Dylan Boyd and Jade Wolff February 10, 2025

Jazz, Mixed and Treble choirs took to the Pavilion stage on Jan. 30 for the Choir Variety Show. This annual event proved itself anything but repetitive, every singer adding an entertaining twist to the...

What the class of 2026-2028 need to know for next year

What the class of 2026-2028 need to know for next year

Justine Picard, Features Editor February 4, 2025

After three years of district discussions on how to implement the new ethnic studies curriculum mandated by the state of California, Oak Park Unified School District has finalized its pilot program for...

Photo by Max Steinberg

Club Spotlight: Seeds of Service

Sophie Casazza, News Editor February 4, 2025

Gardening experienced a boom during the pandemic resulting in a five-year high in 2022. Now, in 2025, a group of Oak Park High School students are working to keep gardening alive right here on campus through...

Club spotlight: Math Circle

Club spotlight: Math Circle

David Ross, Business and Communications Manager February 4, 2025

The Math Circle Club at Oak Park High School offers students a community interested in exploring mathematical ideas above and beyond the standard high school classroom curriculum. It's not about memorizing...

OPHS participates in the Great Kindness Challenge

OPHS participates in the Great Kindness Challenge

Natalie Baghdanian, Managing Editor February 4, 2025

The Great Kindness Challenge is a dedicated week every year to focus on bringing positivity and joy to others. The initiative began with a group of high school students but soon turned into a global campaign....

Clean Up: An organization dedicated to protecting our environment

Clean Up: An organization dedicated to protecting our environment

Emily Gluskin, Opinion Editor February 4, 2025

The Palisades and Eaton fires have had an incomprehensible impact on Southern California. Many current students at Oak Park High School were still in elementary school during the Woolsey Fire in 2018,...

iFlurtz changes to go online

iFlurtz changes to go online

Evan Rubenstein, Senior Staff Writer February 4, 2025

IFlurtz is a fundraiser where each student fills out a questionnaire and then can pay $2 to get a sheet of their results of who they have compatibility with. The proceeds of the fundraiser goes to the...

Club members listen to alumni, Michelle Bi, at a club meeting

Club Spotlight: College Connect

Leonardo Castaneda, Staff Writer January 27, 2025

During college application season, many juniors and seniors found themselves stressing over the difficult college application process. After considering scholarships, costs, moving away and SATs, students...

OPHS revokes plan for a ‘math redemption’ class

OPHS revokes plan for a ‘math redemption’ class

Evan Rubenstein, Senior Staff Writer January 27, 2025

Towards the end of last semester, a Google form sent out to Oak Park High School students proposed a chance to retake their first semester of Algebra 1 or Geometry if they failed the first semester of...

In the thick of its season, a team plays short-handed

In the thick of its season, a team plays short-handed

Evan Rubenstein, Senior Staff Writer January 21, 2025

The average basketball team has 12 players. However, Oak Park High School’s girls basketball team only has six this season.  The varsity team started with eight players, but after two girls left the...

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