Hello Wildcat Families,

One of the many things that makes Oak Harbor High School a special place is the substantial amount of student-initiated and led after-school clubs catering to widespread student beliefs and interests. Many of these clubs are service-oriented, but others were created based on political, social, or religious views. We have received questions lately about our student clubs. Our high school students have federally-protected rights under the First Amendment. These rights are also documented in School Board Policy 3220BP, which protects student speech and activities under the First Amendment, provided they do not "substantially disrupt school operation."

The school can either provide equal access to all student clubs, regardless of their political or religious views, or ban all clubs. A federal law known as the Equal Access Act (EAA) prohibits schools from allowing some student organizations to raise money and/or meet on school grounds and then deny the same opportunities to other non-curriculum-related student groups based on the content of their political or religious views. Multiple court decisions and legal opinions supporting the EAA are available online. We believe in the value of free speech and teaching our students how to have civil dialogue on issues that matter to them.

Thank you to our students and their advisors and how they are engaged in our community.

Go Cats,

Nate Salisbury

Principal

Just like we did in the fall, the high school is doing Parent-Teacher Conferences a bit differently. We will be offering Google Meet Conferences with your students’ Term 4 (periods 2, 4, 5) teachers.

Conferences will be held from 7:30-11:30 and 12:00-2:00 on both Wednesdays.

You have the ability to sign up for one session with each of your student's Term 4 teachers.

To schedule your conference slot, you must first log in to Family Access (Skyward) with your parent/guardian account. If you need assistance or account information, please contact us at 360.279.5800.

To access the Conference Scheduler, select Teacher Conferences from the Family Access menu.

1. Click All Conferences and under the Status section, click Select a Time to pick a time

slot for a student’s class.

2. Click Select to the right of the Conference Time Slot you wish to sign up for.

3. Click Save.

If you would like more complete details on using the conference scheduler or need to change your conference time, please click here.

Please keep in mind that parents who have concerns can call or email teachers at any time and request a meeting in addition to these conferences.

We look forward to meeting with you and discussing your student’s progress.

Reminder: Get your Parent signed attestation agreements turned in to the front office as soon as possible.

Click here to download and print the form.

Strategies for Supporting & Connecting with your Teen

Parents will experience mindfulness practices and learn how these will benefit the entire family.

Date: March 2 - 6:30-8 pm

Click here to register

FREE

PHOEBE TERHAAR
Program Manager

Forefront in the Schools

Next Year’s Course Requests - Course request selection will start after spring break. After course requests are finalized, the master schedule will be built. Schedules will be auto-scheduled this year and should be available in June.

Family Discussion:

Find a story where courage is the focal point (movie, book, news story, etc.) Discuss the point where the main character chose to become courageous and what their actions were.

Commit to Change:

Make one goal for school and home that would help you be more consistent in mood and action.

If you've seen some strange, yet vaguely familiar, dressed students hanging around Fort Nugent, you may have caught members of the Oak Harbor High School Drama Club filming portions of the play Space Princess Wars by Don Zolidis.

When Archer becomes a captive audience for her dad's latest masterpiece, it feels pretty familiar. Wars, in the stars. Brides of the princess variety. But once Archer gets pulled into the absurd mashup tale of a princess with a secret agenda and some space wizards destined for greatness, she wonders: Could this be so much chaos it's actually... genius?

Due to ever-changing guidelines, the show was rehearsed via Google Meet, then recorded individually and in small groups over the last two months, and is now being edited for the final version. The free stream of it will be from March 19-27 on Broadway on Demand: https://www.broadwayondemand.com/series/R8fePzOtBTC8-space-princess-wars--oak-harbor-high-school-drama-club

Drama Club donations will be accepted after March 4th

https://payments.efundsforschools.com/v3/districts/55816/

On Wednesdays this year, you will have school, but it will be asynchronous.

Asynchronous refers to a school day without live online learning. You will still be meeting with your Advisory Teachers from 9:50 am-10:20 am. This will be the only live meeting on Wednesdays. What you do need to get done, however, is the work that is posted on each teacher’s Google Classroom page. That is how you will both be counted for attendance, and do the assignments that will earn you that grade that you work so hard for. So make sure that you are getting on to the Classroom page, complete, and submit those tasks on Wednesdays.

Resources are available

National Honor Society

Students are available for tutoring assistance, by appointment only. Please allow 3-5 days' notice. If interested, contact Jeff Laiblin at jlaiblin@ohsd.net

Sno-Isle Library

HelpNow is Live Homework Help, Skills Building, and Writing Workshop for grades 3-12. One-to-one online tutors are available from 1-11 pm, seven days per week.

Tutor.com

Offers round-the-clock professional tutors who can assist with homework, studying, test preparation, resume writing, and more. Active-duty service members, National Guard, and Reserve personnel on active duty in a deployed status, Defense Department civilians in a deployed status and their dependents are eligible to participate.

Please visit OHHS Website for more information on these resources and more.

Hello, My name is Taylor.
Starting March 1st, 2021, I will be your new School Nurse.
I graduated from OHHS in 2002, so being back here is a little nostalgic.
I have been a nurse for about 12 years. Most of my career has been in Emergency Medicine, which will always be my baby. I will continue with that in the summers.
I have three children, 12, 7, and 5. I have two dogs, a german shepherd, and a lab, chickens, a cat, and a bunny. In my free time, I enjoy fishing, crabbing, quilting, gardening, canning, kayaking, and camping.
I am happy to be part of the Oak Harbor Public Schools. Feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns I could help you with.
Taylor Little BSN, RN
Tlittle@OHSD.net