Comet CourierOakwood High School January 23, 2015

Volume II, Issue 12

It’s great to be young and a Comet!

CometCalendar

January 24Saturday School

January 30Progress Reports Come Out

February 4FAFSA Completion Night

February 5Girls BasketballSenior Night

February 5Scholastic BowlSeason Begins

February 611:30 Dismissal

February 6OJHS NightSpaghetti Dinner

February 16No SchoolPresidents’ Day 11:30 Dismissal, February 6

Juniors across the state were required to take the Prairie State Achievement Exam (PSAE), measuring their achieve-ments in reading, math, science and writ-ing. This data is used to determine how Oakwood students’ achievements com-pare to the rest of the state.

In order to recognize their accomplish-ments and efforts on the PSAE, Oakwood High School has an incentive program. Those students who meet and exceed-ed the expectations of the PSAE were awarded shirts on January 15 with their last name and an “I’m a Comet” logo on

the back emphasizing the “I met” to sig-nify their work.

Students who received these shirts, now seniors, will be treated to extra re-wards and trips each month for the re-mainder of the school year, but they must wear the shirts on those reward days.

Twenty-seven seniors qualified this year, making them one of the largest groups to meet the requirements.

The following students of the 2015 class have scores which met or exceeded the PSAE standards.

Carli BurrisMariah Carnahan

Greyson CarpenterCameron CawleyAlyssa CornettMitchell DayDelaney DurstSadie Edwards

Jared Evans

Preslie FletcherAbby FosterLesli Frye

Kyle GirtonKendra Gonzalez

Austin GreenKelsey Grimm

Parker LeeSteven Mackiewicz

Dathan MathewsSteven McDonald

Eilis NicholsonAustin Shelton

Kerrick SweetlandKathleen Townsley

JoEllyn WeaverLiam WhiteCory Woods

Seniors meet!

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Sophomore Katie Schell was chosen as Comet of the Month by the OHS Student Recognition Committee. Schell is a member of the Art and Drama clubs.

Senior Delaney Durst was selected as the Most Self-less Student. Durst is a member of the basketball team.

Both awards were chosen by the OHS staff.

Durst wins for Selflessness

By Liam White(From dailyoakwoodtimes.com)OHS senior Lexi Hernandez, an

employee of the Oakwood McDon-ald’s, won the golden ticket cour-tesy of her place of work. It was ac-tually two tickets Hernandez won, and those tickets will admit her to Super Bowl XLIX in Phoenix.

This stroke of luck for Hernandez did not start out as luck. The Oak-wood McDonald’s won a contest among other McDonald’s restau-rants to have the best rating overall.

This contest meant that the Oak-wood McDonald’s would be receiv-ing 11 prizes to give to random em-

ployees and this is when the luck began.

The final prize was the Super Bowl trip for two.

Hernandez said that “at least 20” people had asked her for the second ticket to the game.

She decided to bring her mother along with her.

The game to be played on Febru-ary 1 is not the only perk Hernan-dez receives with her prize. The trip is all-expenses paid. This includes two first-class plane tickets, three nights in a five star Phoenix hotel and $500 for shopping and dining.

Hernandez and her mother will also get the chance to have a meet and greet with the players of both teams.

Hernandez wins trip to Super Bowl!

Lee scores his 1000th career pointBrian Moore 1975-79 1689Monte Hazelbaker 1972-75 1625Justin Jones 2004-08 1468Andy Powell 1997-2001 1228Darrin Fletcher 1982-84 1106Tom Divan 1992-94 1090Cameron Lee 2009-12 1026Nick Monson 1994-97 1023Parker Lee 2011-15 1021Brett Fathauer 1985-87 1010J.D. Hibler 2000-04 1004

Comet boys scoring leaders

Comet senior Parker Lee scored his 1000th ca-reer varsity point on Janu-ary 13 against Salt Fork.

Lee became the 11th boy to cross the 1000-point mark as a Comet. The last person to do it was his brother Cameron.

He signed the ball in the east lobby trophy case,

which has the signature of the previous 1000-point scorers.

Lee has played varsity since his freshmen year and has been a starter since he was a sophomore.

Lee scored 427 points as a junior, 321 points as a sophomore, and nine points as a freshman.

Schell named Comet of the Month

The Oakwood Com-munity Education Foun-dation will hold their 9th annual banquet on Febru-ary 21 at the Turtle Run Banquet Center.

The format of the ban-quet will be different from past years but will include

dinner, a basket auction/raffle, and dancing with

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live music by Rhinestone Cowgurl.

The event will begin at 6 p.m.

If you are interested in being a sponsor for the event, a sponsorship form is attached to the back of The Comet Courier.

WYSE hopes for another titleThe OHS WYSE

team will begin competition at the Regional level on February 3 at DACC.

The Comet WYSE team has won eight straight Regional competi-tions and is hoping to win #9.

The team will consist of nine seniors, four juniors and one sophomore. They will compete in seven different categories.

The 2015 WYSE team roster will look like this:Carli Burris -- Biology and SpanishMariah Carnahan -- Physics and MathKira Conklin -- Chemistry and EnglishDelaney Durst -- Biology and PhysicsPreslie Fletcher -- English and MathAbby Foster -- Biology and EnglishDalton Fox -- Chemistry and Engineering GraphicsKyle Girton -- Math and PhysicsAustin Green -- Computer Science and Engineering GraphicsLee Mascari -- Chemistry and Computer ScienceShelby Mascari -- Chemistry and BiologySteve McDonald -- Computer Science and Engineering GraphicsKyle Weise -- Computer Science and Engineering GraphicsLiam White -- Math and Physics

OHS still will be trav-eling to Europe this sum-mer!

We will be seeing the big sites of Europe by vis-iting London, Paris and Bruges. The trip starts on July 13 and lasts nine days.

If you are interested in going, it is not too late to sign up! Please contact Ms. McNamara at mc-namarak@oakwood76.org for information.

As a fundraiser, the Eu-rope trip students will be holding an international dinner before the boys basketball game on Feb. 20. The dinner will start at 5p.m.

The food will be a taste from around the world, featuring food from Eu-rope, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The cost for the potluck will be $10, and all proceeds will help fund the students’ trip.

Group plans Europe trip

FAFSA Completion Night is February 4 from 5-7 p.m. in the Computer Lab. ISAC Representa-tives will be available to help parents/students complete their online fi-nancial aid applications.

FAFSA night

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Jan. 23 GBB Verm. Co. Tourney 8:00Jan. 24 WR @ LeRoy Invite 9:00Jan. 24 Cheer Verm. Co. Tourney 10:00Jan. 24 BBB Verm. Co. Tourney Jan. 24 FSBB @ Unity 10:00Jan. 26 GBB @ Chrisman 6:00Jan. 27 WR @ North Vermillion 5:30Jan. 27 BBB AP 6:00Jan. 29 GBB Westville 6:00Jan. 29 WR @ BH 6:00Jan. 29 FSBB @ Westville 6:00Jan. 30 BBB @ Milford 6:00Jan. 31 WR @ EIU Invite (Cumberland) 9:00Jan. 31 FSBB Hoopeston Area 10:00Jan. 31 BBB Judah Christian 6:00Feb. 2 GBB @ GRF 6:00Feb. 3 BBB Hoopeston Area 6:00Feb. 3 GBB @ Milford 6:00Feb. 5 GBB Schlarman (Sr. Night) 6:00Feb. 5 FSBB @ BH 6:00Feb. 6 BBB Salt Fork 6:00

Upcoming Athletic Events

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Cheerleaders ready for County competition

The OHS Comet cheerleaders will aim for a five-peat in the Vermilion County cheerleading competition on Sat, Jan. 24, at the Palmer Arena in Danville.

The competition will begin at 10 a.m. (the doors open at 8:30 a.m.) and the teams will have to perform two routines in front of the judges.

The winners will be announced at halftime of the boys championship game on Saturday night.

OHS to host junior high

The Oakwood Junior High Parent Team will be host-ing a spaghetti fundraiser before the start of the varsity boys basketball game vs. Salt Fork on February 6.

The donation dinner will start at 4:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria and will include spaghetti, bread, dessert and a drink.

The proceeds will go towards helping the parent team and students of OJHS. The dinner will coincide with junior high athletic night at the high school.

Various junior high sport teams will be recognized that evening. The students who are introduced will get in free that evening.

The Comet girls basketball team will play at 8 p.m. this evening in the County championship game. They are 3-0 in the tourney and will play Salt Fork tonight.

The boys basketball team will play Saturday night.Admission for all events at the County tournament

will be $4.The events are put on by the Vermilion County Prin-

cipals Association.

Girls to play for title!

9th Annual Celebration Saturday

February 21, 2015 6 p.m. (CST) Turtle Run

Banquet Center

Sponsorship Levels Presenting Sponsor: $2,500 (one only) — Name above event title in advertising, table of eight at

Celebration, name of business in Celebration program, and banner at Celebration

Purple: $300 and up — Table of eight at Celebration and name of business in Celebration program

White: $200-$299 — Two tickets to Celebration and name of business in Celebration program

Silver: $100-$199 — Name of business in Celebration program

Raffle Basket — Name of business in Celebration program

Celebration Tickets: $30 individual/$60 couple

Featuring

100% of the money raised benefits the kids and their teachers by providing academically enriched programs and equipment that otherwise would not be available to our students.

For tickets and information, contact any OCEF board member or call Lara Conklin at (217) 354-2725. Return sponsorship to: PO Box 654, Oakwood, IL 61858. To contact the Board Member who gave you this form, please call _______________________________

Yes, we will support the OCEF Celebration Banquet!

Sponsor Name: (as it should appear in program)

Sponsorship Amount:

Sponsor Address:

Sponsor Phone:

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