Media Center Aides Present at Maker Faire
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Media Center aides Anthony Lopez and Wojciech Zacherek, both sophomores, presented at District 123 Hometown School's Maker Faire Program. Numerous local organizations and clubs showcased new tech tools and projects to over 150 interested parents and students at the evening event on January 20.
Lopez and Zacherek highlighted Sphero, one of the Media Center's three small programmable robots, and MaKey MaKey, simple invention kits. Both fielded questions and promoted upcoming STEM Club events at OLCHS.
The "Maker Movement" is quite popular in libraries and schools across the country. The concept builds upon the idea that students create, collaborate, and construct to make a wide variety of products and projects. OLCHS Media Center's Makerspace includes a 3D printer, Apple TV, sewing machine, as well as loads of art supplies and a seemingly endless supply of duct tape for crafts. STEM, an acronym for Science Technology Engineering Math, focuses on increasing skills and knowledge in these areas. Careers in these fields are deeply intertwined in the real world and in how students learn most effectively. << read more>>
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Softball Program Plans to Crown Ultimate Spartan -Saturday, January 23
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Excellent high school athletes always seem to get attention, and outstanding academic students get their share of the spotlight as well. However, it is rare that students excelling in both get to show the community who they really are. The Oak Lawn Community High School softball team is planning on letting these seniors show what they've got in a competition to crown the top senior boy in the school with the fourth running of the Ultimate Spartan.
This year seniors Liam Blake, Vinnie Caprio, Alexander Kenny, Miles O'Brien, Lucas Palacios, Jorge Ramirez, and David Ward will battle it out for the title as they compete in Formal Wear, Beach Wear, Talent, Interviews and Audience Appreciation. The competition is Saturday, January 23, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. in the Spartan Gymnasium at OLCHS. Tickets are available at the school for $5 in advance. They cost $7 at the door.
These guys embody what high school students are as they participate in sports and activities while maintaining top grades. The event will have three local judges with OLCHS teachers Lauren Klenn and Kate Mellone along with Secretary Jill Malkowski. Past winners of the Ultimate Spartan include Bobby Kametas, Kyle Kuzur, and Peter Ruane. <<read more>>
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O'Brien Grapples Tough Competition for Second Place at Geneva
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OLCHS is continuing to put athletics in a brighter light on campus. As a result, Athletic Director Kevin McKeown and the Student Athlete Leadership Team have combined to select a Spartan Athlete of the Week. The recipient for the week of January 4 is Miles O'Brien.
In order be the best, one needs to beat the best. And for senior wrestler and team captain Miles O'Brien, that moment came in early January at the Geneva Tournament. O'Brien battled hard and finished the tournament with an 8-2 record and a second-place finish. His only two losses came at the hands of top-ranked opponents.
"Miles is our team captain and he is 23-5 so far this season," said head coach Steve Long. "The tournament was very tough." O'Brien continues to contribute to the school in more ways than just wrestling though as he is a member of the Spartan Athletic Leadership Team, Cross Countries, and will compete in this Saturday's Ultimate Spartan competition.
Other nominations for Spartan Athlete of the Week include Samantha Yaber (Cheer), Jon McLawhorn (Bowling), and Sierra Reyes (Dance). << read more>>
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Spartans to Host Paint the Gym Purple -Thursday, February 11
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OLCHS will host its Paint the Gym Purple this year for Spartan cancer survivors. The goal is to to raise money for a senior class student who has been directly impacted by cancer. Students who have been diagnosed with cancer or whose parent/legal guardian has been diagnosed with cancer are eligible for the scholarship. Cancer survivors within our community will also be honored at the game. Paint the Gym Purple will take place on Thursday, February 11, 2016, from 5:00 p.m -9:00 p.m. Spartans will take on the Reavis Rams and the Lady Spartans will take on the Eisenhower Cardinals. Come out for a fun night of basketball and to honor those affected by cancer in the Spartan family. << read more>>
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Message from Athletic Director Kevin McKeown
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The athletic department would like to once again passionately encourage our athletic program parents to get actively involved in our Booster Club. We meet on the last Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. for about an hour to discuss upcoming events, organizing parent volunteers for the concession stand, and deciding together how to best give back our revenue to our athletic programs. Right now we have two Vice President executive positions vacant as well as several department chairperson positions including concession stand and fundraising. The overall strength of our athletic department is dependent mostly on the commitment of our athletes, coaches, and parents. We strongly encourage all program parents to please attend our meetings and get involved as much as your schedule allows you too. Thank you for your time and consideration and we hope to see you at our next meeting on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. We will be discussing what direction to take our scholarship essay that we give out at every Spring Awards ceremony. Thank you again, and Go Spartans! << read more>>
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First Semester Perfect Attendance
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The Attendance Office would like to congratulate the following students on their perfect attendance for the First Semester. Seniors: Fiona Agapito, Brian Baldwin, Sean Baldwin, Sean Beattie, Cristian Calderon, Kayla Cartolano, Cynthia Cervantes, Luz Cruz, Nicholas Dellorto, Jacquelin Dominguez, George Duran, Kara Egan, Marcus Favila, John Figus, Jessica Gavras, Sandra Gonzalez, Aleksandra Gronski, Jack Hassett, Lamarious Hobbs, Andrei Hurduc, Natalie Kaminski, Megan Kupres, Pawel Las, Kara Melvin, Yasir Muhammad, Nathan Nauseda, Zachary Norris, Kaitlyn Osipczuk, Brian Prymon, Alexander Pytka, Jon Repetny, Linda Reyes, Anthony Rocco, Nova Rudd, Angel Sanchez, Michael Sheehan, Richard Sheppler, Danielle Smith, Garrett Tameling, Jonathon Toczek, Michael Trybula, Kalyn Vasser, Stephanie Zavala, and Franco Zuniga. Juniors: Fatima Akili, Alexandra Aldape, Islam Ali, Adam Baniewicz, Hayley Barnhouse, Giovanni Barragan, Johnae Bocanegra, Holly Bulthuis, Joshua Cash, Lilian Chico, Jessica Colesby, Michaela Daniel, Raul Esparza, Cody Figus, Piotr Galas, Stephanie Gasca, Matthew Glavin, Derek Gonsch, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Kailey Greene, Brenden Haw, Yulieanna Hernandez, Michaela Horvath, Samantha Izaguirre, Tasneem Jaber, Klaudia Janik, Rashad Johnson, Brett Kendall, Ryan Kielar-Mcnamara, Aleksandar Koprivica, Mylinh Le, Zachary Mackovitch, Maggie Madden, Clover Malone, Jennifer Marciniec, Michael Martinez, Mateusz Marusarz, Sean Murphy, Alexander Nauseda, Jaden Novak, Emma Palhegyi, Mariel Perales, Ruby Perez, Leah Peterson, Rachel Pierzynski, Natalia Rafacz, Eimmery Irish Recio, Jesus Rueda, Erica Ruiz, Jade Ryerson, Crystal Saavedra, Joshua Sanchez, Steven Searcy, Sergio Serna, Patrick Skupien, Gina Snyder, Olivia Stelter, Thomas Stritch, Samantha Tablada, Allison Templin, Amelia Unger, Joel Velazco Jr., and Jacob Williams. Sophomores: Nevin Abdelghani, Sulieman Ali, Francisco Alicandro, Damien Arellano, Adelina Arteaga, Sebastian Bednarz, Abigail Bell, Jacqulyne Carvelli, Citlalli Chavez, Alexander Dellorto, Blessing Egbulefu, Mario Esparza, Rogelio Esparza, Karolina Galica, Jennifer Gonzalez, Allison Hebel, Citlalli Hernandez, Hailee Horvath, Stephania Izaguirre, Rosemary Jepsen, Anna Komperda, Brad Kozlowski, Kayla Luznicky, Mario Maka, Felicity Maldonado, Juan Martinez, Kelly McCon, Ryan McGrath-Barnett, Alyssa Mellas, Mateusz Mleczko, Donal Nugent, Tyler Orel, Thomas Panek, Karoline Para, Jignesh Patel, Litzy Pena Bello, Luis Puente, Ramiro Ramos, Lily Rizleris, Michael Rollberg, Nicole Seremet, Javaris Shorter, Dalianis Sierra, Brittany Strong, Patrick Tomaszek, Pamela Urchel, Jonathan Vargas, Justin Wisniewski, and Wojciech Zacherek. Freshmen: Leasia Agee, Trinidad Arteaga, Dillon Berry, Rafal Bilek, Bernadeta Buikyte, Emily Cabada, Melany Cadenas, Michael Campos, Alexandra Chavez, Anthony Chavez, Alondra Corral, Angel Corral, Ricardo Cortes, Alexandria Demas, Mariel Diaz, Faith Dixon, Marlene Favila, Mariano Gonzalez, Cathriona Heneghan, Grace Heneghan, Cassandra Hernandez, Joel Hernandez, Angelica Huerta, Sabrin Jaber, Yousef Jaber, Michael Jankiewicz, Sabestian Kanan, Jacob Kerwin, Salaam Khater, Michal Landa, Alyssa Lizotte, Paola Magana, Hannah Martinkus, Morgan McDonnell, Heather McFann, John McGowan, Mia Menzel, Itzel Mondragon, Abigail Moore, Sandra Mullane, Sozan Nassan, Miguel Navarro, Henry Nguyen, Alexis Norris, Kameron Oesterreich, Ian Palacios, Oskaras Patasius, Marissa Perales, Matthew Plutz, Angelica Rafacz, Bartlomiej Rafacz, Guillermo Regalado, Nathalie Rodriguez, Austin Rueda, Anthony Scarnavack, Melanie Schlesser, Brenda Serna, Russell Sheppler, Emily Simmons, Noah Swanberg, Matelda Sweis, Patryk Szuba, Hope Unger, Angel Valencia-Ibarra, Darien Wair, and Claire Walsh. Reminder! Attendance...Every Day Matters. << read more>>
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Bowling Benefit Raises Money for Scholarship Fund -February 6
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Family and friends will gather to honor the late Megan Hurckes with a birthday bowling benefit at Arena Lanes on Saturday, February 6, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. The friends and family of Megan Hurckes are honoring her birthday by participating in one of her favorite past times - bowling.
Megan is the late daughter of former Oak Lawn trustee Jerry Hurckes. Since Megan's death at age ten in 2009, the Hurckes have celebrated Megan's birthday by raising money for a good cause. The Hurckes Family is taking over Arena Lanes to raise money for the Megan Hurckes Scholarship Fund. Rather than mourn her death, the family started the fund as a way to celebrate Megan's life and keep her name and memory alive. "When Megan passed away we asked people not to give flowers but donate to a memorial fund," Jerry Hurckes said.
The family has raised over $40,000, which has gone to high school students continuing on to college, grammar school students going to high school, the Children's Museum and Westside Baseball. Megan Hurckes would have been 17 this year. She died after an ATV accident in 2009. Megan was a straight-A, fifth-grade student at Kolb Elementary School, a member of a champion girls' softball team for Westside Baseball, and an actress in the Oak Lawn Park District theater program.
The bowling benefit/birthday party kicks off at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 6, 2016, at Arena Lanes Bowling Center, at 4700 W. 103rd St. (103rd Street and Cicero Avenue). Those who are unable to attend but wish to make a donation can send checks payable to the Megan Hurckes Scholarship Foundation, c/o 7036 W. 96th St., Oak Lawn, IL, 60453. For more information about Megan's candlelight bowling birthday party and benefit, call 708-599-7302.
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Mission Statement. Oak Lawn Community High School exists to: inspire, challenge, and empower students and staff in a safe, supportive environment; maximize individual potential through academic and personal growth; and graduate students who attain the high standards set forth by our community.
Board of Education:
Matthew Egan, President
Robert Loehr, Vice President
Kathleen Berry, Secretary
Timothy Burke, Member
Stephen Greene, Member
Daniel Janik, Member
Margaret Nugent, Member
Administration:
Dr. Michael Riordan, Superintendent/Principal
Richard Hendricks, Assistant Superintendent
Joseph McCurdy, Assistant Principal
Dr. Jeana Lietz, Assistant Principal
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