Sophomores Win First Annual Class Commercial Competition Homecoming 2015

     The first annual themed class commercial competition was held during home coming week at OHS in conjunction with Eagle Olympics. The theme was: "Why is your class the Best Class."     

     This idea was spearheaded by senior leader and student council president, Andrew Burival. Andrew wanted to see change brought to the spirited week of festivities that take place during homecoming week at OHS. For years past classes were given time during the school day to decorate their respective hallways. The hallways were then judged and points awarded to classes with the best decorated hallways. Andrew said, “Let’s do away with this tradition and have a 21st century competition-- after all we are an Apple Distinguished School!" Second year principal Corey Fisher replied, "Who can argue with that?"So he turned it over to Andrew, the class sponsors, and the students in grades 9-12.

     Students took the bull by the horns. Each class wasgiven approximately 90 minutes from start to finish to plan, record and edit their commercials. To kick off Eagle Olympics each commercial was played for the student body and judged by a panel of judges. Spirit points were awarded based on places received in the commercial competition. Guidelines are listed below. All in all this was a great event, and a great way showcase the creativity, leadership and "can-do" attitude of students here at OHS!     

      Congratulations to the Sophomore class for 

their first place finish in this years event!  We all

can't wait to watch this event cultivate in the 

Eagle Olympics Commercial Guidelines

FOCUS—

“Why is your grade the best at OHS?”

Each class will create a video about why their class is the best class to be in at OHS.

60-90 seconds

Can plan before but cannot film before. Have to stay on campus/the city block during filming.

JUDGING---

25 points Participation & Class Chant or Song

25 points School & Class Spirit Demonstrated in the Commercial

25 points Creativity

25 points Appeals to the Student Body Audience & Shows Why Your Class is the BEST

The Student Council is sponsoring a Spirit Contest for Homecoming Week. GRADES 9-12 will compete against each other for the spirit award. Points will be accumulated by each class for:

1. Eagle Olympic Commercial –
1. 20 points for 1st
2. 10 points for 2nd
3. 5 points for 3rd
2. Dress Up Theme Days –
1. 2 males & 2 females – 10 points each
2. Extra credit points are awarded for each class sponsor who dresses up. 2 points for each sponsor, each day with a max of 2 sponsors per day
3. Judging will be in the gym at 7:50 a.m. Monday-Friday
3. Powder Puff/Iron Man Games –
1. 20 points for 1st
2. 10 points for 2nd
3. 5 points for 3rd
4. Eagle Olympics –
1. 20 points for 1st
2. 10 points for 2nd
3. 5 points for 3rd

Newly published student authors at OHS

Several OHS 7th Grade students have recently joined the ranks of published authors as they successfully authored, submitted, and were accepted for publishing on Apple's iBooks Store.

Their original books, authored in 7th grade English class, were the result of a nonfiction writing project entitled "My B-side".  Students chose a personal passion, hobby, or talent-- something that was the "flip-side" to their well-known personality-- and wrote about it. The objective was informative/technical writing, and by choosing a topic that students personally knew so well, they could focus on communicating this real life skill/talent/or interest through their first-person writing, rather than external research.

Students worked through the writing process to compose their drafts and utilized digital tools such as Google Docs, Pages, and iPad apps throughout the process. Each was also encouraged to create original media to accompany the writing. Many students created videos, animations, illustrations, photography, and widgets to bring their writing to life once assembled in iBooks Author.

Out of all the 7th grade authors over a dozen were selected to submit for publishing on Apple's iBooks Store.  Students could choose whether to submit via Mrs. Morrow's Books account under their own name as author or if they wanted to go through the process of creating their own Books account for the iTunes Store.

While we are still waiting on approval on several books, the following titles have already successfully been approved and are live on iTunes!

• How to Penny Board by Andrew Alder
• Showing Sheep by Taya Rainforth
• Softball: Catching and Batting Tips by Chloe Scott
• Cattle Hauling by Sierra Matschullat
• Launching Model Rockets by Samantha Bowland
• KBRX: Running the Board by Michael Poese
• Gymnastics by Makayla Hilker
• Cleaning Your Room by Rosie Nelson
• Volleyball Outside Hitter by Jackie Gonzalez

Congratulations to each and every OHS 7th grade English student... you ARE AUTHORS!

'Our Community: O'Neill' on the iBooks Store!

Mrs. Pistulka’s 3rd Grade Reading class has been busy learning about communities and how they change over time.  As a culminating project, the class researched the history of our community, O’Neill, and created a multimedia book to share what they learned.  

As a result of research from books, local experts, and a field trip to the Kinkaid Museum, each student reported on key events from a historical timeline of our community.  With the help of Mrs. Morrow they compiled their stories in iBooks Author and created a Multi-Touch book that can be experienced in iBooks on the iPad.  

You can see an overview of the book's contents by viewing the class Introduction video here:

Or, better yet, just proceed directly to the iBooks Store to download the book for free and read in the iBooks app!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/our-community-oneill/id953365005?ls=1&mt=11 

Get a Glimpse inside the OHS English Department

From a recent school board presentation, get a glimpse into the O'Neill High School English/Language Arts Department and the progression of curriculum at OHS.

Announcing OHS's new digital magazine entitled "The EDGE"

Experience a variety of monthly articles, all written by OHS students in the Digital Publishing Corps, along with media they have produced.  You can currently experience the digital magazine in one of three formats.  To learn more visit http://tinyurl.com/followtheedge

Extra! Extra! Looking for a Digital Publishing Corps

 We’re looking for a few good

 MOBILE JOURNALISTS

If you like to write, 

have an interest in journalism, 

and LOVE technology,

Then you should apply to become a part of OHS’s Digital Publishing Corps

Ten students from grades 7-12 will be selected for the 2014-2015 school year. 

The primary responsibility of the group will be

producing a monthly newsletter entitled 

“The EDGe” (Educating the Digital Generation)

This newsletter will be distributed in a variety of formats

and will feature technology and learning 

at OHS at and beyond

In exchange for your contributions to the group, 

you will be issued an iPad mini 

to use along with your MacBook

all school year long. 

With it you can:

• capture photographs, 
• plan story ideas, 
• or even create media 

to be included in our EDGe publishings. 

To apply to be considered for one of the 10 spots you are encouraged to:

Complete the Google form at http://tinyurl.com/EdgePub by a JUNE 1st deadline to be considered for the 2014-2015 school year.  

You will receive an email by June 15 letting you know of your acceptance status.  

If you have any questions, you can email mrsmorrow@me.com.

**This project is being funded through a grant from Century Link/NETA awarded to O'Neill Public Schools in April 2014

OHS Technology Committee Update: March 2014

The following presentation was shared with the Board of Education at the March 2014 O'Neill Public Schools' School Board Meeting.