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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...

ACT changes their policies regarding test-taking beginning the 2020-21 school year. New policies will affect current juniors and younger.

Changes made to ACT

Blake Hanlon, Graduated Food Manager November 4, 2019

Three changes to the ACT are coming next year that could change the entire process of college entrance exams. These changes are, allowing students to test on individual sections, superscores and the...

Students pledge to combat stigma at an awareness event about mental health sponsored by Advanced Peer Counseling.

Advanced Peer Counseling organizes mental health awareness event

Loren Yona, Graduated Digital Features Editor November 4, 2019

In an attempt to raise awareness about mental health, Advanced Peer Counseling organized a campus-wide event during the week of Oct. 4. Senior Megan Johnson and junior Amber Arquilevich, alongside Oak...

Students follow Greta Thunbergs lead by walking out of their classes with hand-crafted signs and chants.

OPHS students partake in national climate strike

Loren Yona and Lucy Anne Heine-Van Fossen November 4, 2019

Keeping pace with Greta Thunberg’s climate change activism, schools all over the world walked out of class to bring attention to the growing climate change crisis. Thunberg’s activism began in August...

Students participate in a volleyball game during their PE classes.

Students advocate for new policy

Sam Barney-Gibbs and Preston Green November 4, 2019

Two stress fractures and deep compartmental syndrome developed in the legs of junior Jordan Julius after two years of participating in cross country and track. After months of rehabilitation strategies...

The Wilderness Outdoor Leadership Foundations Camp Brandeis has been reserved fo OPHS seniors in January to engage in various bonding activities

New senior activity to replace Life Skills retreat

Felipe Andrade and Havi Rubenfeld November 4, 2019

In place of the traditional Life Skills retreat, Oak Park High School seniors will be given the opportunity to participate in a new one-day “retreat” in January of 2020. After several conflicts...

California working to lower the voting age to 17

Juliette Setudeh-Nejad and Brooke Yungfleisch November 4, 2019

Assembly Constitutional Amendment Eight (ACA-8) is a new proposal that would allow 17-year-old residents of California to vote in all state elections.  (ACA-8) passed in the state Assembly on Aug....

Possible options for locations of the trip include the east coast and the southeast, which center around locations of important events in Americas history.

U.S. History trip being planned

Bailey Andera, Graduated Editor-in-Chief November 4, 2019

Independent study teacher Kellie Gross, in collaboration with Education Foundation Tours, is working to bring a custom U.S. History tour to the students of Oak Park High School, which will be held over...

Accused Oak Park parent livs near both Medea Creek Middle School and Oak Park High School. Teenagers often frequented her home, according to police repors.

Oak Park mother accused of felony offences

Emily Francis and Lucy Heine-Van Fossen November 3, 2019

An Oak Park mother has been accused of committing lewd acts upon a minor, oral copulation of a person under 16, furnishing marijuana to minors over 14, and maintaining a place for selling or using controlled...

Californian residents lose power in PG&E and SCE outages

Shoshana Medved and Emily Francis November 1, 2019

Over 2.3 million people lost electricity in Northern California on the evening of Saturday, Oct. 26, becoming the biggest outage in PG&E history. Two days later, more blackouts occurred in Southern...

Teacher turned TikTok star

Sam Barney-Gibbs, Graduated Ombudsman November 1, 2019

“Look, I’m embarrassing the children,” she said with a smile on her face and a thumbs-up, surrounded by her supportive students. Science department chair and teacher Winnie Litten uploaded her...

Students rock the stage with ABBA favorites like Dancing Queen, and Waterloo, in OPHS production of Mamma Mia.

“Mamma Mia!” debuts as OPHS fall musical

Havi Rubenfeld and Brooke Yungfleisch November 1, 2019

Here we go, again! Musical season has arrived for the Oak Park High School Drama Department as they debut their first performance of the 2019-20 school year with “Mamma Mia!” on Oct. 24, 25 and 26. The...

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