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Advanced Peer Counseling brings harmony to OPHS

Rachel Driggs and Rebecca Zait December 11, 2019

The 2019 Awareness Week hosted by Advanced Peer Counseling featured presentations given by guest speakers including Gracie Fisher, therapist Evan Simmons, the identity coexistence student panel and the...

Oak Park High School continues to improve already high scores.

Oak Park CAASPP scores higher than surrounding schools

Sawyer Nicoll and Aidan Scott December 10, 2019

After half a year, it was announced that Oak Park High School placed within the top 1% of California schools on the standardized California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress testing, more...

Sustainable education curriculum developed for second semester

Atmika Iyer, Graduated Editor-in-Chief December 10, 2019

Math teacher Robin Midiri contacted the teachers, administration members, and district employees of Oak Park High School and Oak Park Unified School District over summer in an effort to promote a cross-curricular...

The Teen CERT team successfully completed the first combined drill. Members were placed into search, rescue, fire and medical teams. CERT members on the medical team give medical attention to victims of the drill.

First combined adult and teen CERT drill

Leonie Humig, Graduated Senior Staff Writer December 10, 2019

Cal Fire deemed Santa Ana winds, single-digit air moisture and dry brush as conditions that make for perfect fire weather. Fire season is here, and the Community Emergency Response Team is preparing.  At...

ADL presents “Hate & Harmony”

Atmika Iyer, Graduated Editor-in-Chief December 10, 2019

The Anti-Defamation League will come to Oak Park High School to present a program called “Hate & Harmony.” The program, requested by school administration, comes from the ADL’s A World of Difference...

Students from all OPUSD schools join administrators and district leaders in planting trees of gratitude throughout the community.

OPUSD plants roots for remembrance

Atmika Iyer, Graduated Editor-in-Chief December 10, 2019

“Tree of Thanksgiving  Planted on the One Year Anniversary  of the Woolsey Fire in Oak Park  November 2019” That is what the band around six sycamore trees freshly planted on each school...

Students at OPHS come to school wearing chudidhars, kurtas and other pieces of Indian clothing in celebration of the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali.

The festival of lights comes to OPHS

Atmika Iyer, Graduated Editor-in-Chief December 6, 2019

Lamps decorate households. Spicy snacks and sweets fill kitchen counters. Traditional designs made of colored rice powder are laid on the ground. These are but a few ways the Hindu population celebrates...

Annual Day of the Dead Festival at the Hollywood Cemetery

Daisy Calderon, Graduated Photo Editor December 4, 2019

Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, is a Mexican holiday celebrated on Nov. 1 and 2 to honor children and adults, respectively, who have passed away. The holiday, according to an article by History.com,...

Under the Sea Homecoming Dance, ASB sells out

Hana Chizzo and Rachel Driggs December 4, 2019

Record ticket sales were hit for the homecoming dance, which happened earlier than usual this year. The Associated Student Body adopted the theme: “Enchantment Under the Sea Homecoming Dance.” The...

Behind the scenes of “Mamma Mia”

Brynn Gorney,, Leila Kohn December 3, 2019

Oak Park High School’s past fall musical, "Mamma Mia,” a tale of family, love and life set to the tunes of ABBA, opened its curtains on Thursday, Oct. 24 and closed on Saturday, Oct. 26. The storyline...

Student opens fire at Saugus High School

Atmika Iyer, Graduated Editor-in-Chief November 15, 2019

A student at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita opened fire at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14. Two students were killed and three were injured, according to the Associated Press. The gunman shot himself...

Family involved in murder-suicide

Lucy Anne Heine-Van Fossen and Mina Jung November 7, 2019

A man, woman and dog were found dead in a Wood Ranch home on the evening of Nov. 7. The gunman killed his mother, who was visiting from the Las Vegas area, before turning the gun on himself. He lived...

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