Life skills are a central aspect of the learning process for many teenagers. Learning skills with everyday uses after high school helps teenagers understand how to move forward adequately prepared for...
Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand and manage the emotions of oneself and those around oneself. According to Mental Health America there are 5 key elements of emotional quotient, or EQ:...
After an undefeated season last year, the Oak Park High School girls golf team starts their new season this week. The girls golf team had their first tournament of the season last Tuesday, Aug. 23, resulting...
As the sun rose on Aug. 29, the senior class was bundled up on the football field with blankets, coffee and doughnuts. Senior Sunrise is the kickoff to the senior activities for this year. Many of the...
As OPHS finished their third week of the new school year, APC welcomed new students with a pizza party in the Pavillion. APC hosts this event every year to make new students here at OPHS feel more at ease....
For years, our parents have tried to convince us that video games are a waste of time. However, research has proven that the time you spend dodging banana peels and throwing colored shells at your friends...
WARNING: spoilers ahead for seasons one through four of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.”
A TV show about kids who uncover government secrets and a hidden parallel universe? Completely unheard...
Hayden Lynch, Graduated Sports Editor
• August 25, 2022
It was Sept. 2021 when Brenda Pasqua, part-time teacher and athletic trainer at Oak Park High School, received grave news. She was diagnosed with stage 2/3 breast cancer. Breast cancer is a type of cancer...
The year is 1973. Due to the ruling on the court case Roe v. Wade, it is legal for women to get an abortion at their own discretion nationwide. This ruling also provided women with easier and safer access...
The so-called “Senior Prank” is a yearly tradition for OPHS seniors. The whole point of the Senior Prank is to have fun and let loose after a stressful academic year — or years.
However, on...
Zoey Mortazavi, Graduated Editor-in-Chief
• April 29, 2022
On Friday April 22, Oak Park High School students held a memorial service for the late Brian Wolverton, a 2006 alumni who was lost in combat in Afghanistan in 2009.
An active member of OPHS track and...
There has been an advancement in the open space of the Oak Park High School campus: the inclusion of ping pong tables near the Student Store.
“I like to play during Nutrition and Lunch everyday with...
