The administration awarded Academic Letters to students who earned at least a 3.75 grade-point for both semesters of the 2012-13 school year. The first year students received chenille "OL" lettermen patches embroidered with the "honors" distinction. Students who achieved the honor for a second or third year, were presented with certificates and gold chevron pins for their honor patches.

First year recipients - Lamees Abdallah, Jamilla Abdeljaber, Deya Abdeljaber, Fiona Agapito, Rakan Al-Adwan, Danielle Allen, Bridget Ayres, Brea Brennan, Melissa Buss, Brianna Castrogiovanni, Kaeley Clark, Alyssa Contino, Nicholas Dellorto, Daniel Dore, Natasha Ehrlicher, Shania Enriquez, Marcus Favila, Hannah Featherstone, Michael Felton, Kaylee Gattone, Jessica Gavras, Samantha Germann, Marissa Goliszewski, Aleksandra Gronski, Athmar Ibrahim, Xavier Jacquez-Flores, Jacob Janicke, Paige Jarzabkowski, Natalie Kaminski, Aseel Khatib, Kurt Kuzur, Kaylee LaCoco, Amanda Largent, Marisa Loya, Mia Loya, Nathan Lupescu, Kara Melvin, Val Molloy, Kennedy Moore, Ashanti Murillo, Kellie OConnor, Kaitlyn Osipczuk, Tariq Ouri, Molly Pajor, Tomasz Parzadka, Parth Patel, LeAnn Peschel, Ryan Quinn, Ahmed Ramadan, Jorge Ramirez, Steven Raybould, Linda Reyes, Stephanie Rieck, Michael Rodriguez, Matthew Roti, Ayman Salah, Taylor Schaar, Eric Sciaky, Markelle Scott, Javier Serna, Madilyn Seyller, Sophia Shader, Ahmed Shehata, Richard Sheppler, Khaloud Shuaibi, Danielle Smith, Trevor Spreadbury, Rebecca Suarez, Alexis Suarez, Justin Swatek, and Kelly Touchie.

Second year recipients - Ahmad Abdulla, Stiljan Agolli, Laura Akouris, Ciara Berry, Piotr Bilek, Marisa Castrogiovanni, Joseph Cosenza, Matthew Dunne, Elise Fetzer, Jamie Fionda, Noah Goebel, Mitchell Gonsch, Kali Graziano, Dana Greene, Melissa Greiman, Kelly Jalbert, Mustafa Kanan, Lukasz Kopec, Megan Kusturin, Andrew LaRusso, Gabriel Lira, Nicholas Minnella, Lauren Montesano, Cassandra Moustis, David Nejdl, Emmet Nugent, Sean Nugent, Sadik Odeh, Kristyn Oliver, Anna Oswald, Brian Pfister, Kathleen Plutz, Megan Pripusich, Mark Procter, Alyssa Radoicic, Nicholas Raymer, Richard Saldivar, Kenneth Schlesser, Elizabeth Stepp, Senad Sweis, Klaudia Swigon, Natalie Taylor, Casandra Teodoro, Juliet Torres, Afreen Yasin, and Matthew Zwolinski.

Third year recipients - Mohammad Abuosbie, Jacob Allen, Natalia Bak, Melissa Barragan, Stephanie Barragan, Musaab Bashir, Stephanie Brito-Miranda, Julia Bugaj, Jeffrey Burzinski, Nicholas Chovancek, Martin Cisneros, Clarissa Dean, Jarad Fleming, Natalia Gawelda, Bushra Hamad, Jordan Hepburn, Haley Hiljus, Tara Hill, Morgan Jozsa, Daniel Kalinin, Kamile Lazauskaite, Amanda Leone, Rebecca Mackowiak, Maynard Dane Madriaga, Kathleen Mancillas, Kristen OConnor, David Oliver, Andrea Pacetti, Megan Pacetti, Kayla Reichert, John Saldivar, Emily Salomone, Adam Smith, Jason Snyder, Mitchell Swatek, Nayfah Thnaibat, Kelsey Townsend, Shelby Trybula, Isabel Valle, and Kamila Zaremba.  <<read more>>

OLCHS treated the students who had perfect attendance during the 2012-13 school year to breakfast and awarded prizes at a before-school gathering. Along with previous raffles, the students were provided a hot breakfast, gift certificates, and personal acknowledgements from the attendance/deans office. 

The Athletic Department established the Spartan Screamers as a way for students to increase numbers, volume, and involvement during sporting events. The Spartan Screamers were on full display as the girls basketball team took on South Suburban Conference opponent Lemont for its annual Pink Out Game to help raise awareness and funds to fight cancer.

Two members of the OLCHS Class of '69 have decided you're never too old to make a difference. And they are trying to do it in a big way: they want to dig a water well in Uganda-raise the money to have someone else dig it, that is. Their kids can't believe that their mothers not only created their own web page, but are using social media to get the word out.