Comet CourierOakwood High School December 21, 2018

Volume VI, Issue 11

It’s great to be young and a Comet!

CometCalendar

January 3WrestlingSenior Night

January 7School Resumes

January 12-19Vermilion Co. Tour.

January 16School Board Mtg.

January 21MLK DayNo School

January 31Girls BasketballSenior Night

February 111:30 Dismissal

February 6Booster ClubMeeting

2018 Yearbooks Arrive!

Counseling Corner

Cancellation preparations Sometime over the next couple of months, we are sure to get severe

winter weather that threatens to cancel school. You are encouraged to tune in to local radio and TV newscasts for updates.

If school is cancelled, the district office will send out phone and email messages over the School Messenger system.

We will be using the numbers and email addresses that you gave us at registration. If one of those has changed, you will need to contact OHS, 354-2358, and correct it.

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Engage Educate Empower

A student survey will be admin-istered at your child’s school called the Illinois 5Essentials Survey. Stu-dents in grade 6 through 12 will participate in the survey. This is the

seventh year the Illinois State Board of Education will implement this survey across the state.

This survey is based on 20 years of research at the University of Chi-cago. It asks students about their experiences in school, giving school leaders critical student input to help develop school improvement plans.

Parents across Illinois will have an opportunity to participate in the 4th annual statewide Illinois 5Es-sentials Survey. This survey is de-signed to generate a detailed pic-ture of the inner workings of your school.

As a parent, this opportunity will allow you to share your thoughts on the important elements of school ef-fectiveness in a survey about your child’s school.

Please visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/?target_name=parent to begin. Parent surveys need to be completed by February 15, 2019.

5Essentials Survey is open to parents

Helka signs with DACC

Senior Cam-eron Helka signed to run cross coun-try at DACC. He is pictured with DACC Coach Acklin, OSF Coach Suprenant, his parents Den-nis and Tammi, and DACC Coach Winkler.

Upcoming Events:• Jan. 8 – Career Adviser meet-

ings with sophomores.• Jan. 11 – ISAC Scholarship

presentation to seniors.• Jan. 15 – PSAT Scores/Khan

Academy set up for Junior English classes.

• Jan. 16 – Lakeview College of Nursing Rep visit during home-room.

Scholarship Applications Due in January:

Check the website for more in-

formation.* University of Illinois Children

of Veterans Tuition Waiver* GE-Reagan Foundation Schol-

arship Program* Illinois Association Of Aggre-

gate Producers (IAAP) Education Foundation Scholarship

* Vermilion County Association of Educational Office Professionals Scholarship

* Helena Acre HomeGrown Scholarship

* I Have a Dream Scholarship

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Due to many teams in the area having low numbers this year, varsity game times may be affected. Some teams in the area have decided not to play JV at all this year which means varsity games would start at 6 p.m.

Other teams have decided to play shorter quarters, so the varsity games could start a little earlier.

Here is a list of games that there will be NO JV game and varsity is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.:

1/21 vs. Chrisman (NO JV)These are subject to change as inju-

ries or illnesses sometimes happen. We try our best to post on our Facebook page and Twitter account if there are any

last minute changes. Please feel free to call OHS (217-354-2358) and

check on game times if you have questions. We apolo-gize for the inconvenience.

Girls basketball game times subject to change

Upcoming Athletic EventsDec. 21 BBB SJO Toyota Tour. (A) 6:30 pm Dec. 26-29 GBB State Farm Holiday ClassicDec. 26-28 BBB Monticello Holiday HooplaDec. 28-29 WR New Years Challenge (A) 9 amJan. 3 WR West/GRF, Dan. (H) 6 pmJan. 3 GBB Milford (A) 6 pmJan. 4 BBB BHRA (A) 6 pmJan. 5-6 CH ICCA State (A) TBAJan. 7 GBB Hoop. Area (H) 6 pmJan. 7 FSBB SJO (A) 6 pmJan. 8 BBB Salt Fork (A) 6 pmJan. 10 GBB Salt Fork (H) 6 pmJan. 12-19 GBB Verm. Co. Tour. TBDJan. 12-19 BBB Verm. Co. Tour. TBDJan. 13 CH Oak Forest Inv. TBAJan. 15 WR Hoopeston Area (A) 6 pmJan. 19 WR LeRoy (A) 9 amJan. 19 CH Verm. Co. Comp. 10 amJan. 19 FSBB Unity (A) 11:30 am

The boys will play in the Monticello Holiday Hoopla basketball tournament after Christmas on Dec. 26, 27 and 28.

Those game times are:Dec. 26 11:30 vs. MonticelloDec. 26 6:00 vs. RidgeviewDec. 27 2:00 vs. PBLDec. 28 TBD The girls will be playing in the State Farm

Holiday Classic Tournament in Bloomington/Normal. This will be an 16-team tournament on Dec. 26 to 29.

Here is the information that we know:Dec. 26 6:30 vs. Camp Pt. Cent.Dec. 27 2:00 or 4:00 TBADec. 28 TBA TBADec. 29 TBA TBA

Holiday hoop scheds for the basketball fan

No School on January 21

Have a merry

Christmas!