 | End of Third Quarter We are quickly approaching the end of third quarter, Friday, March 15. Please be sure that you and your student are checking PowerSchool for updated grades, as well as fees and fines. Grades will be finalized after Spring Break by March 28. Please encourage students to take advantage of resources in the Foundry to finish third quarter strong.
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 | Agora Parent Meeting for Current 10th & 11th Graders Recently your students attended an assembly regarding Agora 2024. All juniors and seniors will be given the opportunity to travel or participate in campus workshops during Agora 2024 which will take place November 18-22, 2024. Please plan to attend a parent meeting regarding Agora on Wednesday, April 3 at 6:00pm in the main gym. We will then split off into specific trip meetings and campus opportunities. These specific meetings will provide details, prices, itineraries, and deposit dates. Please direct any Agora questions to Ben McMurray or Jasa George. |
 | Online Safety We want to keep you informed about an important update regarding our school’s internet safety measures. Recently, we introduced the GoGuardian platform, a comprehensive solution designed to enhance web filtering, classroom management, and student safety. Here are the key points you need to know: - Why GoGuardian?
- While our existing platform, Securly, has served us well, it lacks certain features essential for our district’s needs.
- GoGuardian offers advanced capabilities that go beyond basic web filtering, including classroom management tools and student well-being features.
- What Does GoGuardian Aim to Achieve?
- Student Internet Use: GoGuardian ensures that students use their devices appropriately while browsing the internet.
- Classroom Focus: With GoGuardian Teacher, we can monitor and encourage on-task behavior during class.
- Deployment Progress:
- We have already deployed GoGuardian and GoGuardian Teacher.
- Our next step is to lock students down to using the Google Chrome browser exclusively. They must sign in with their OH school email account as their primary account.
- Instructions for these settings will be sent to students this week.
- Upcoming Features:
- Parental Controls: These controls allow you to manage your child’s online activity outside of school.
- For now, Securly remains active at home, giving you control over their browsing activity.
- Once GoGuardian is fully deployed, we will provide detailed instructions on managing your child’s browsing activity at home.
Thank you for your cooperation as we enhance online safety and classroom productivity. |
 | Lourdes University Lacrosse Over the next few months, Ottawa Hills will be hosting several Lourdes University Men's Lacrosse games beginning tomorrow, March 11. These games will be open to the public and free of charge. Feel free to enjoy a game! |
 | Tickets Available Tickets are now on sale for the spring musical, Chicago. You can read the synopsis and view the cast list on the Ottawa Hills Music and Theatre website here. Show-times are: - Friday, April 12 at 7 p.m.
- Saturday, April 13 at 7 p.m.
- Sunday, April 14 at 2 p.m.
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 | Senior Assembly Tuesday, April 2 2:00pm Auditorium All seniors will be required to attend an assembly during 8th period. Jostens will be here to distribute cap and gown orders. |
 | Update Regarding JHHS Leadership Structure Change for 2024-2025 School Year In order to continue with our efforts to reduce costs and be fiscally responsible, as well as to continue to support our students in the best way possible, we have decided on a leadership structure change to begin at the start of the 2024-25 school year for the Junior/Senior High School. This structure, pending Board of Education approval on Wednesday, includes naming Jasa George the new assistant principal. Her major responsibilities will include assistance with PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention and Support), student discipline, staffing, school safety, teacher evaluations, and supervision of extracurricular activities. This takes us back to a similar administrative structure in place prior to the building of the Foundry in 2021. Darrin Broadway will take on a new non-administrative leadership role and will continue to direct the work in the Foundry but will also assume teaching responsibilities in the English department. With this structural change and the savings gained, Rebecca McLean (currently funded by grant dollars) will be able to remain in her position as lead tutor/tutor coordinator in the Foundry and assist with interventions during study halls and after school. The structure change was a collaborative effort of all involved and with the best interest of our students’ needs at the forefront. |
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Honoring Sean Mercer The Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association recognized coach Sean Mercer on with the prestigious Bob Arnzen Award. This award is presented to any basketball coach who has devoted 20 consecutive years or more of service to the same school at any level and has been an active member of the association for at least the past five years. This year’s presentation of the girls’ coaches’ awards took place at the girls’ state basketball tournament on Saturday, March 16 at halftime of the championship game. Congratulations, Sean! |
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Lai Starts New OHHS Origami Club Junior Twayne Lai recently started the Origami Club at OHHS which now includes more than two dozen members. The group meets in advisor Tim Adkin’s room a couple of times a week. Their first project was to create a thousand paper cranes in honor of Sadako Sasaki, a young Japanese girl who died of Leukemia at the age of ten after being exposed to radiation from the bombing of Hiroshima. Twayne and the other members of the group chose this project to tell her story and promote peace. |
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Romantic Idol Sophomore English teachers Karen Fischer and Sara Eisenbaum and their students carry on the Romantic Idol tradition that started at Ottawa Hills tradition twenty-three years ago by now retired teacher James Kinkaid to celebrate the meaning of poetry from the literary movement known as Romanticism. The works of Mary Shelley, John Clare, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Through three rounds, the contestants were narrowed to eight finalists. The contestants will bring these timeless themes and their interpretations to the stage on Friday at 10:40 in the auditorium. They include Ian Densmore, Nina Clark, Autumn Lee, Josef Duley, Sahil Parikh, Caitlin McCarthy, Karis Connelly, and Hannah Chow. Congratulations to our Romantic Idol 2024, Josef Duley!
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Play Ball! More than 30 members of the OHHS baseball team and their families spent the week in sunny Sarasota, Florida for their annual spring training. The team scrimmaged teams from all over the United States. As usual, the team enjoyed incredible weather, competitive baseball, and fun. This was the Green Bears 36th trip to Sarasota with Coach Hardman. Many thanks to coach Hardman for organizing the trip for the Green Bears. Weather permitting, the team will face off against St. John’s on Wednesday at Hardman Field. Best of luck this season! |
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Strong Finish for Quiz Bowl at State Championiship Advisor Tony Torio and the OHHS Quiz Bowl Team are competing at the NAQT Small School State Championship today on Saturday in Upper Sandusky. The team placed in the top ten with a sixth place finish. However, Ottawa Hills gave Miami Valley, the new state champs, their only loss this past weekend. Ali Sediqe received 1st Team All Ohio and both Sahil Parikh and Rohan Padye were recognized as All Ohio Honorable Mention. Follow @ohquizbowl and Twitter/X for more details. Many thanks to advisor Tony Torio for his leadership and the Ottawa Hills Schools Parent Association for their ongoing support for this extracurricular. |
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Top STEM Student Researchers Heading to the 2024 State Science Day One Hundred Thirty-five students representing thirty-four public and private schools from all over Ohio competed in The Ohio Academy of Science District 18 Virtual Science Day in March 2024. Students submitted projects in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics which they worked on from September through February of this year. The Science Day (Fair) program has been in Ohio since 1949. “I am incredibly proud of our students and their ability to think-critically, problem-solve, and apply their knowledge and skills to real world problems,” shares science teacher Nicole Silvers. There were 62 students who received Superior (the highest) ratings at the District 18 Virtual Science Day. Seventeen Ottawa Hills High School students received superior ratings. They are all eligible to proceed to the online State Science Day competition held in April where projects from across Ohio will be judged virtually for ratings, awards and scholarships valued at more than $300,000. Scholarships awarded included: College of Wooster – Buckeye Women In Science, Research & Engineering (B-WISER) Camp. Ten summer camp scholarships valued each $100 to Alizabeth Dominguez from St Benedict Catholic School, Amelia Bleiler from St. Vincent de Paul, Shivani Pindiprolu from Ottawa Hills, Evelyn Wiget from Zane Trace MS, and Leah Wiseman from Zane Trace MS. Congratulations to our Science Day participants. Special thanks to OHHS Science Fair organizers and teachers Liz Puskala and Nilcole Silvers. Special thanks to the Ottawa Hills Parent Association and the Ottawa Hills Schools Foundation for their generous support of STEM related activities. |
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Save the Date: March 27 Board Meeting April 2 Senior Assembly 2:00pm Josten's Orders April 2 DC Trip Parent Meeting (seventh grade parents only) April 3 Agora Parent Meeting (sophomore and junior parents only) April 8 Early Release: Eclipse Day April 12-14 Chicago Spring Musical April 17 Board Meeting April 25 smART Show May 1 NHS/NJHS Induction |
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