Comet CourierOakwood High School August 21, 2015

Volume III, Issue 2

It’s great to be young and a Comet!

CometCalendar

August 21 VolleyballScrimmage, 5 pm

August 21FootballScrimmage, 6:15

August 24Students First Day

August 31 Student ID Pictures Taken

September 7Labor DayNo School

September 9Late Start

September 16SWAP Day11:30 Dismissal

September 19Homecoming Kickoff

Parking changes for football gamesIn the interest of safety and liability

issues, parking will be minimized inside the track at football games.

Only 12 cars will be allowed along the south endzone. They will be allowed in after purchasing a permit from the school. Permits will be $10 per game or $50 for the season.

If a family chooses, they can put a tent in their spot instead of a vehicle.

Money must be paid to the high school office and must be received the day be-fore the game to reserve a spot.

Tents and cars should remain at least six feet away from the fence. Grills or cookers are not allowed.

Also, to reduce congestion in front

of the locker room and rest room areas, all traffic that is parking inside the gates will be routed along the east side of the grounds behind the visitors sideline. (A map is attached on the last page.)

Cars will be parked along the south edge of the property with the practice field being used as overflow. Cars may park in the regular school lot.

Before the game, traffic will flow in a clockwise direction and the attendants will begin parking cars on the south end of the field. Following the game, cars will exit the same side that they came in.

Cars with a handicap permit will be al-lowed to park on the practice field near the ramp for the bleachers.

Staff ready for opening day!

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School lunch accounts

Lunches may be purchased by completing a payment through E-Pay on our website (www.oak-wood.k12.il.us) or sending mon-ey with your child to the school.

If you are sending a check, please put the child’s name on the memo line of the check. Checks should be made payable to “Oak-wood High School.”

We encourage payment by check when sending money to the school because it serves as a dated record of payment.

If you must send cash, please

enclose it in an envelope with the student’s first and last name on the envelope.

Free and reduced lunch appli-cations will be available at reg-istration and in the school office throughout the school year.

FOOD SERVICE CHARGESDaily $ 2.55Weekly $12.75Extra Milk $ 0.30

Any extra food will be sold to students in the second lunch if they have money available in their account.

The OHS Booster Club is ready to begin another year supporting the ath-letic teams and they could use your support.

The group meets just once a month, at 7 p.m. on the last Wednesday of the month in the high school library. The next meeting is August 26.

In the past few years they have provided assis-tance to each of the school’s programs.

They have bought golf bags, re-surfaced the soccer field, helped purchase the gym score-boards, purchased training equipment for foot-ball, and uniforms for softball, patches for cham-pionships, pins for letterwinners, among many other things.

This is a worthwhile group that could use your help.

Booster Club could use your help

SWAP Day is set for September 16

Parents will get the chance to attend school for their students on September 16, an 11:30 dismissal day. This is called SWAP Day.

This day pro-vides parents the opportunity to see exactly what their students do during a normal day of school.

Only one parent is needed to attend, even for multiple children. They are encouraged to attend for the entire morning but must attend at least four class hours. If a parent attends, then the student is excused from attending on that day.

If a parent can not come, the ONLY acceptable substitutes are a grandparent or a sibling who graduated before 2011.

Parents are responsible for any homework due and taking any assign-ments to be done by students for the following day.

This will be the 38th annual SWAP day at OHS.

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Aug. 21 VB Scrimmage 5 pmAug. 21 FB Scrimmage 6:15 pmAug. 24 SOC SJO (H) 4:30 pmAug. 24 VB LeRoy (A) 6 pmAug. 25 G Westville (HP) 4 pmAug. 25 SOC Watseka (A) 4:30 pmAug. 25 XC STM (A) 4:30 pmAug. 26 VB SJO (A) 6 pmAug. 27 SOC Unity (H) 4:30 pmAug. 28 FB Heyworth (H) 7 pmAug. 29 SOC Uni Shootout (A) 9 amAug. 29 FrFB SF Jamboree (A) 10 amSep. 1 SOC Fisher (A) 4:30 pmSep. 1 XC Kickoff Classic (H) 4:30 pmSep. 1 VB Heritage (H) 6 pmSep. 2 G Bis-Hen (HP) 4 pmSep. 3 SOC Rantoul (H) 4:30 pmSep. 3 VB Uni High (H) 6 pmSep. 3 FrFB Clinton (A) 6 pmSep. 4 G Viking Inv. (A) 1 pmSep. 4 FB Clinton (A) 7 pmSep. 5 XC Cowchip Classic (A) 9 amSep. 5 SOC Judah Chr. (H) 10 am Go to the link below to see all the Comet schedules: http://www.oneschoolstreet.com/sports.php?school_id=434

Upcoming Athletic Events

Engage Educate Empower

Student ID photos taken on Aug. 31

All students and staff will have their ID photos taken during Homeroom on August 31.

The photos are used for their identification cards as well as for publication in The Acorn.

Students should dress appropriately for the photo-graphs.

If a student is absent or is unable to get their photo taken at that time, there will be a makeup day.

The photos will be taken by Sharon Richardson.

If you like to keep up on events and activities at Oakwood High School, there are more options now.

OHS has their own Twitter page that you can follow at @OakHS76 for up-dates. You can also follow @ADOakwood for athletic information. Please follow to help us get information to you as quickly as possible.

OHS will also be starting its own Facebook page soon.

If you want to read up on stu-dent stories and opinions, The Oakwood Times is online at oakwooddailytimes.com.

The district also has its own Facebook (www.facebook.

com/OakwoodSchoolDistrict) and Twitter feed (@OakwoodCUSD76).

Other Twitter feeds that will provide valuable information about the high school are:

Music Dept. @Oakwood76MusicSchool Counselor @OakHSCounselorSoccer Team @OSF_SoccerGirls Basketball @GirlsBBall_OHSComettes @OHSComettesVolleyball @VolleyballOHSStudent Council @OakwoodStuCoFootball @OakwoodFootballSuperintendent @GaryLewisSupt

Social media sites provide information

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It’s class ring time!The freshmen will be able to

order their Jostens class rings in September.

There will be a meeting dur-ing Homeroom on September 10 for the freshmen.

Orders will be taken from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sept. 15, in the East Lobby. Parents are wel-come at that time to see sam-ples and ask questions of the Jostens representatives.

Jostens would like to be able to send out information to freshmen parents via emails and mailings. They would get this data from us but only with your approval.

They would only use this in-formation four times:

1 -- Prior to the meeting with information regarding depos-its, order dates, and payments

2 -- After the order date, they will send out confirmation of the order and a reminder for those that did not order.

3 -- Notification of the de-livery date and payment infor-mation

4 -- Last chance notification to order

If you want us to provide Jostens with this informa-tion, then contact the high school and we will put your name on their list.

No School on Monday, Sept. 7 -- Labor Day

OHS welcomes new staff

Wes BrabeckBand/Chorus

Janice KnightArt

Mary KashLibrarian

Marke Hatfield

Asst. PrincipalLuann Grimm

Aide

Danielle GillCook

Eileen Eichelkraut

Spanish

Matt VogelBusiness

Ciara MarquisSpecial

Education

Cathy GoodnerBiology

Paul WaitkossSpecial

Education

Gary LewisSuperintendent

FOOD, FUN & FOOTBALL @ OHS

2015 S.O.A.P. GAME 6pmÑ8pm 6:00 pm Concessions Open (Provided by Oakwood MenÕs Club) 6:15 pm High School Football Team, Cheerleader, & Comette Introductions 6:30 pm High School Freshman/JV Scrimmage 6:40 pm Punt, Pass, & Kick Competition (All levels of Youth FB, boys & girls) 7:10 pm Youth Football Players/Cheerleader Introductions 7:30 pm OHS Cheerleader & Comette Performance 7:40 pm High School Varsity/JV Scrimmage 7:55 pm Final Announcements & Pics of Punt, Pass, & Kick Winners

DIRKSMEYERJ@OAKWOOD76.ORG

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* Cash  dona*ons  for  admission.  All  proceeds  go  to  the  football  program.  

* RAIN  OR  SHINE  

“MUSICIANS FOR MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS”

We are looking for sponsorship for an upcoming event sponsored by Obie’s Arctic Chill, Oakwood IL. This even will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2015 at the David S. Palmer Arena. The event will showcase musicians and bands to raise money for the music and art departments within all area Vermilion County public school districts. Featured artists include local bands Cast Iron, Heel Dragger, Dodi Bone and Big Guns, local talent Kendall Olivia, with speed painting by John Jansky. Entertainment could be subject to change. All proceeds of the ticket sales and donations will go into a fund to be split between the school districts for their music programs.  

Sponsorships are needed to ensure we can donate as much monetary donations as possible to this amazing cause. The follow levels of sponsorship are listed below, monetary donations will also be greatly appreciated. If interested in being a sponsor, please fill out and return the following slip with your choice on sponsorship level and or donation by August 10, 2015. Return to: Bryan Obenland, 9179 E 1530 North Rd, Oakwood, IL 61858 (Owner of Obie’s and sponsor of this event). Contact number for Bryan 217‐304‐4151. 

Silver or Gold level sponsors will receive wristbands at will call, at the ticket window, for the event, these will be used for entry into the event. You must check in at the box office before entering the event. This is a general admission event. 

Together we can help preserve the music programs in our school districts. Please consider being a part of this amazing upcoming event. 

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS: 

$100.00 Bronze Level: Advertising on the flyer distributed all over the county and local businesses for this event. 

$250.00 Silver Level: Advertising on the flyer, listed as a sponsor on the radio and all media, free admission for 2 into the event. 

$500.00 Gold Level:  Advertising on the flyer, listed as a sponsor on the radio and all media, free admission for 6 into the event. 

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Business or Corporation Name:______________________________________________________ 

Contact Name:____________________________________ Phone:_________________________ 

School District Represented:________________________________________________________ 

Sponsorship Level: 

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