This past semester, fifty-nine students were inducted into the National Honor Society. The ceremony was conducted by the Chapter President David Oliver, Vice-president Jason Snyder, Corresponding Secretary Emily Salomone, Recording Secretary Kyle Hayes, and Treasurers Shelby Trybula and Jacob Allen. Superintendent/Principal Michael Riordan and Chapter Advisor Jessica Nickless presented the awards.

The inductees were selected by a faculty council for meeting high standards of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. They will serve Oak Lawn Community High School as National Honor Society members on various service projects in the school and throughout the community.

The guest speaker was William Gerny, English Teacher and Baseball Coach. William reflected upon his years of service. Mr. Gerny challenged the NHS members to play an active role in planning their futures. His words inspired the members to always do their best and to provide the Spartan community with service and leadership. Mr. Gerny's words of encouragement provided motivation for all to take an active role in promoting Spartan PRIDE.

The following students were inducted: Ahmad Abdulla, Mohammad Abuosbie, Laura Akouris, Jamie Alberts, Stephanie Barragan, Musaab Bashir, Ciara Berry, Crystal Cabada, Elisabeth Childers, Joseph Consenza, Rachel Costello, Olivia Dankowski, Gina Dymit, Michael Felton, Elise Fetzer, Mary Garbacz, Jasmine Gerena, Natalie Glab, Kali Graziano, Dana Greene, Vincenzo Gudino, Kaleigh Hayes, Paige Jarzabkowski, Mustafa Kanan, Paulina Kotwica, Jacob Kupres, Megan Kusturin, Kurt Kuzur, Hayden Landingham, David Le, Gabriel Lira, Rocky Martin, Alexis Martinez, Abby Mendoza, Nicholas Minnella, John Neubauer, Emmet Nugent, Sean Nugent, Kristyn Oliver, Tariq Ouri, Michael Pajor, Tomasz Parzadka, Alyssa Radoicic, Nicholas Raymer, Ibrahim Samra, Kevin Scardina, Kenneth Schlesser, Markelle Scott, Nariman Shehaiber, Riley Spreadbury, Elizabeth Stepp, Senad Sweis, Jacqueline Taylor, Juliet Torres, Kelsey Townsend, Daniele Vanderwarren, Naihal Wajid, Cassidy Ward, and Afreen Yasin.  <<read more>>  

Over thirty members of Student Council and National Honor Society helped host a very special holiday party for the Keyser Family Pediatric Cancer Center patients and their families.

Student volunteers, all dressed as Spartan Elves in red and green, assisted with food service, craft tables, and mingling. Additional entertainment was provided by CMT Productions as DJ, Tom Repetny as photobooth operator, as well as numerous professional photographers on hand to take free portraits for families. The highlight of the evening was the arrival of Santa himself who read a story to the children, took photos, and listened to holiday wishes before returning to the North Pole.

Leann Kooyenga, a registered nurse at Hope Children's Hospital commented, "I just can't say enough good things about the way the students helped at the party and made it a very special evening for all the families...The party was a huge success and I was extremely impressed with the attitudes, enthusiasm, willingness, and politeness that these students exhibited. They are to be commended for all that they did."

The Keyser Family Pediatric Cancer Center at Advocate Hope Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn is an 8,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility developed to deliver high quality outpatient care in a comfortable and healing environment. The physicians and team there are dedicated to the mission of treating all children with pediatric cancer and hematologic diseases with the goal of cure. The Keyser Center assures that all children, their families and loved ones are cared for from the moment they enter Hope Hospital and throughout the transition to adult medical care. OLCHS event organizers were Brian Clifton, Jessica Nickless, and Jennifer Sidlow.  <<read more>>  

The athletic department has teamed up with the Spartan Booster Club to host its inaugural, "Spartan Friends & Family Candlelight Bowl" fundraiser. This event will take place at Palos Lanes, located just northeast of 111th and Southwest Highway in Palos Heights, on Saturday, January 11, 2014, starting at 6 p.m. 

The event will include three games of bowling, a dinner buffet, and great raffle prizes. There will also be a special drawing for our athletic programs where the winning program will take home a portion of the night's proceeds (approximately $400-$500). Every person who comes to the event will enter their program in the drawing, and at the end of the night, we will pull the winning program's ticket. If any program has fifteen supporters at the event, it will have that program entered in the drawing fifteen times. If a child represents multiple sports, he/she will represent all of them.

This event is a 21-and-over event with a cash bar. For thirty-five dollars participants will enjoy the bowling, dinner, and a complimentary raffle ticket. For twenty-five dollars participants will enjoy the dinner buffet and raffle ticket. There is a six-person limit per lane, so please reserve a lane quickly. In order to reserve a lane, there must be a deposit of at least one-hundred and five dollars, which covers half of the total lane cost. Any remaining open lanes on the night of can be purchased at the door as well as all non-bowling tickets. Please contact athletic director, Kevin McKeown, at 708/741-5623 for more details pertaining to the event. All proceeds will go to Spartan athletic scholarships, uniform and equipment upgrades, as well as athletic facility improvements. Copies of the registration form and flyer are available on the Spartan athletic Facebook page as well as the Oak Lawn Community High School webpage. Thank you for your time and consideration and, GO SPARTANS!  <<read more>>