The Owl
The Newsletter of OECHS -- March 14, 2020
Owl of the Week
Last week, Angel was awarded our coveted Owl of the Week award. Angel's nominating teachers said:
"Angel is an enthusiastic student that enjoys learning and has a positive attitude. Recently, Angel turned in an awesome essay and project in English 2. He is also an active member of Math Team, Chess Team, and Outdoor Sports."
Congratulations Angel! We will announce our next award recipient on Monday!
ACT
Our OECHS Juniors will take the ACT on March 17th (Tuesday) at 8:30 in the Ragsdale Building. If the test needs to be postponed, or the venue needs to be moved to another location, we will notify students and parents via The Owl, Remind Messages, texts, Teams, and school website.
Coronavirus Information
OCS continues to closely monitor information from the CDC and work closely with the Onslow County Health Department on COVID-19.
Current guidance from national, state and local health officials does not recommend school closures at this time. You can view the CDC guidance for schools here: CDC Guidance for Schools. The latest guidance from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services can be found here: NCDHHS Guidance for Schools.
Thank you for your support as we take preventive measures to support the safety and well-being of our students and staff. We would like our school community to know we will remain in close communication with them as this situation continues to evolve and will notify parents of any developments which may impact our schools.
For the most accurate and up-to-date school-related COVID-19 information, please visit OCS Coronavirus (COVID-19) Info & Updates.
Continuity of Instruction
As of this moment, OECHS students still have classes on the CCCC campus. If and when any decision is made that will affect the daily operations of the school, we will send the information via The Owl, Remind texts, the OECHS website, Teams, and Blackboard messaging system.
Cancellations
As we learn more information about future event cancellations or changes, we will pass them along in The Owl.
Sophomore Scheduling
Due to family illness, Mrs. Padilla was not able to meet with sophomores this past week. We will try again this week!
Please contact Mrs. Padilla at 910-938-6703 or email padillah@coastalcarolina.edu if you have any questions.
Organizational Meeting for OECHS Parent Group
Junior/Senior Prom
The Jr/Sr Prom Committee met this past week. The prom will be held on April 17, 2021 at the Regional Skills Center. Prom tickets will cost $25 for OECHS Juniors/Seniors and $35 for their guests. The theme is a masquerade ball.
With the successful fundraiser complete, the committee will now focus on the details of photographer, decorations, decorating/clean-up committees, etc... Since prom is over a year away, the next committee meeting will be early in the next school year. The next meeting will be advertised in The Owl.
Senior Trip
Juniors: PTK Membership
OECHS also plans to offer additional scholarships for those students that are unable to secure one from CCCC. The scholarship application is due by April 4th and can be found below.
Esports: Rocket League
On Thursday both teams played matches. The B Team defeated Clintondale High School from Michigan and evened their season record to 2 - 2. The A Team went up against the number 3 ranked team on the east coast and were unable to get a victory. The A Team currently has a record of 3 - 1. Both teams are scheduled to play again this coming week on Thursday at 4:00 pm.
Should OECHS switch to online learning, Esports will still continue, with players logging in at their homes!
Greece and Italy Trip
We have a few more remaining travel spots on the upcoming Greece and Italy Trip 2021. If you are interested in traveling with OECHS on this Private Tour, please see the itinerary here. You can email the Group Leader, Rebecca Huggins @rebecca.huggins@onslow.k12.nc.us if you have any other questions concerning the trip.
Yearbook
If you have not purchased a yearbook yet for the 2019-2020 school year, it's not too late! Purchase your copy today! Yearbook purchases are due by March 22. Simply order here, and they will be delivered to the school and distributed at our Yearbook party in May.
OECHS Class Updates
Counseling News
While character education is often taught in elementary school and re-enforced
through middle school, we often lose site of the importance of these traits in high school
by focusing on leadership.
For the month of March, I will be planning some activities that bring attention back to Responsibility and Trustworthiness and how they are part of good leadership. I will be encouraging the students to submit a brief essay defining one or both of these traits with an example of how these traits are crucial as a young adults in high school.
The short writings will be due March 17, voted on by the staff and the winner will receive lunch with friends.
English
English II Honors: This week, students began their study of Shakespeare's classic tragic hero, Hamlet. Students will continue to analyze the tragic hero next week as we move into our analysis of Goethe's Faust. We will continue to work on our comparative analysis of the tragic hero next week, with a graded peer review on Thurs. March 19, and the essay due on teams by Fri. March 20 @11:59 PM.
Students will have a test on the tragic hero unit which covers Oedipus Rex, Kafka's Metamorphosis and Hamlet on Friday, March 20.
English IV Honors: This week, students completed their study of Geoffrey Chaucer's, The Canterbury Tales. Students presented their projects in groups, and we will continue presentations on Monday. Projects were wonderfully creative and ranged from puppet shows to picture books, to animated videos. Next week, students will begin their study of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and will begin their second formal research project for the class, a Research Proposal and Annotated Bibliography. The Proposals will be due on March 27, and we will be working on them in class next week.
Students will have a test on Unit 2, Middle English on Friday, March 20.
*Parents are encouraged to check regularly students' OneNotes to see what they are currently working on in English II & IV Honors. All course materials are available there for viewing.
*Coastal tutoring for English students has also begun in the afternoons from 3:30-4:30 p.m. The Writer's Center will be available for both Freshmen and Sophomore students, for writing support. Students are encouraged to utilize these services as they work on their formal writing.
Math
Honors Math 3:Students will continue learning about circles Monday - Wednesday next week. Students will have several online assignments using deltamath, IXL, and Study Island. The test on circles will be on Thursday and there will be a notebook check on Friday.
Honors Math 4: I know these are uncertain times, but we will continue moving forward as best we can. Monday we have a quiz scheduled on Basic Trig Identities, and Verifying. The rest of the week we will work on Solving Trigonometric Equations, and then cover the Sum and Difference Identities.
Social Studies
Civics and Economics: We have finished up our study on Political Parties this week. We will have our test on Monday. Friday we took some class time to talk about the 2020 Census, which is available this year for the first time online. Next week we will talk about Political Campaigns and Voting.
AP WH: We finished up our DBQ this week and wrapped up our study of the Industrial Revolution. A and B Day will test together on Wednesday. Our next Unit will be about the Consequences of Industrialization including Imperialism and Global Economic Development.
American History Honors: This week we completed and tested Unit IV: Religion & Reform. Students also completed their Unit IV Projects which were submitted to CCCC for their Women’s Rights Display/contest.
The CCCC History Department was very impressed with our work! Today we began our study of Unit V: Manifest Destiny. Students have been given their study guides, maps, short answer questions (SAQ’s), Eyewitness to History articles, and their textbook questions. Unit V resources will be loaded into TEAMS and students are encouraged to check TEAMS for updates.
Science
Biology Honors:This week in Honors Biology, we started Ecology. We had an introduction to Ecology followed by learning about Habitats and Niches, Community Interactions, Symbiotic Relationships, and Ecological Succession. Next week we will continue with Biomes, and Human Interaction Effects on Ecosystems.
Chemistry Honors: We are working on finishing up Unit 7: Chemical Equations and Reactions. We are planning on a test on Wednesday of next week and a Chemical Reaction Lab on Friday.
APES: We are working on Unit 8: Aquatic & Terrestrial Pollution & Human Health. Students Progress Checks are due on Wednesday for Unit 8 by midnight. They are also collecting their personal waste (trash) for two days to complete a lab. We will be measuring our waste and collecting data on it on 3/17 for A day and 3/19 for B-day.
CCCC One Book, One Community Event
On behalf of the 2019-2020 One Book, One Community committee we are beyond pleased to be able to announce that Abdi Nor Iftin, author of Call Me American will be coming to Coastal Carolina Community College on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Abdi will be speaking at 2:00 pm in Bodenhamer Auditorium followed by book signing at 3:00.
He will also be speaking to the Jacksonville community at Northside High School Auditorium at 7:00 pm that evening followed by another opportunity for book signing. For more information be sure to check One Book, One Community from the Coastal Carolina Community College library website.
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Free and Reduced Lunch Program
You can apply for free/reduced meal prices at https://www.lunchapplication.com/. If your family qualifies for free/reduced lunch, you also qualify for special benefits from ACT and The College Board. With free/reduced lunch status, both organizations will send your test results to the schools of your choice for free! Even if you are unsure if you will qualify, it is a good idea to go ahead and apply!
If you had free and reduced lunch last year, you still need to re-apply every year!
You can also track your child's meal account and make payment to Food and Nutrition Services at https://www.k12paymentcenter.com/.
Key Dates Coming Up! (More dates and events to be added)
March 17th: ACT for OECHS Juniors
March 17th: Jostens Class Ring Orders
April 2nd: CCCC Math Contest
April 10th-19th: Spring Break
May 4th-8th: CCCC Final Exams
May 8th: Academic Awards; End of CCCC Spring Semester
May 11th: APES Exam
May 14th: APWH Exam
May 13-19: OECHS Final Exams
May 19th: Orientation for rising OECHS 9th graders
Onslow Early College High School
Email: james.strope@onslow.k12.nc.us
Website: https://www.onslow.k12.nc.us/onslowearlycollegehs
Location: CE109, 444 Western Blvd., Jacksonville, NC 28546
Phone: 910-938-6702
Twitter: @OnslowECHS