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Curriculum

Ocoee's Math and History classes take advantage of the professional development trainings taught this summer by using "Gallery Walks" and goal setting to keep students engaged and goal oriented in their classes.

Mr. Cook our theater teacher representing Indiana University

Dean Morris showing her FAMU love and Dean Croskey proudly supporting his daughter by representing Princeton.

Interested in some clubs? Student involvement in clubs strengthens college applications and job resumes.

NHS application due Sept. 2

Uplift application due Aug. 22

Ms. Watters

Our Psychology teacher

Where is your hometown?

● My father was in the Air Force. After he left the Air Force, we still had a propensity to move around a lot. I am from Boston, Massachusetts - that is usually the easier answer.

Where did you attend college and what is your degree?

● AS General Studies at Valencia College & BS Social Sciences minored in Women & Gender Studies, Political Studies & Sociology at University of Central Florida

How long have you been teaching?

● I started teaching August 2021. Started at OHS February 2022

Do you have any hobbies?

● Yes, of course. I’m interested in “I’m into Resting”. I do love espresso & dessert, going to the movies on opening nights, camping/glamping, going to Disney/Universal and spending time with friends playing board games.

Tell us something about yourself that would surprise us.

● I have a 20 year old who graduated in 2020 and I lived in South Korea in 1989.

What is on your bucket list?

● To visit all of the “New” 7 Wonders of the World – I visited Chichén Itzá last year so I have 6 more to do. Who wants to take a trip to Machu Picchu?

FREE Hotspot Requests

Current qualifying OCPS students are eligible for FREE hotspots with a monthly data allowance through generous partnerships with the T-Mobile EmpowerED and Spring 1 Million projects.

Qualifying students receive a hotspot with 2GB of data monthly and qualifying high school students receive a hotspot with 10GB of data monthly.

To qualify students must:

- be a current OCPS student

- be in an OCPS school that is not a charter school

- not have wireless internet at home wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) at all or not have wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) at home strong enough to have everyone connect their devices at the same time and still be able to complete your homework without websites loading slowly or being kicked offline.

Available hotspots are limited in number and available on a first-come, first serve basis to qualifying students. Fill out the hotspot request using this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUHJKcZNNgBKJAQX6oDhESFhAF0aVN2eMZdMRxxJuZ9Nsf8Q/viewform

Student use of the OHS Health Clinic this year (required form):

Reference sheet for parents on how to access online forms including the Health Services form for the Clinic (larger view here):

Free and Reduced Meal Application:

Student Counselor and Dean contacts by student name:

Girls Volleyball Home Opener this Wednesday!

Interested in joining a fall sport?

Varsity Football Schedule:

Knoisy Knights:

Seniors! Please review the requirements to earn a senior shirt! Shirts will be distributed to eligible students mid-late September. Emails were sent to students needing to register for the SAT and ACT with links. Please contact your counselor if you have any questions.

Ocoee Youth Council:

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

For years, Monterey, California, was a pelican's paradise. The town was the site of many fishing canneries. In fact, it was the home of the Cannery Row, a street popularized by Nobel Prize winning author John Steinbeck in his novel of that name.

Pelicans loved the town because fishermen cleaned their catch, discarding the offal, and the pelicans would feast on those scraps. In Monterey, any pelican could be well fed without having to work for a meal.

But as time went by, the fish along the California coast were depleted, and one by one, the canneries all shut down. That's when the pelicans got into trouble. You see, pelicans are naturally great fishers. They fly in groups over the waves of the sea, and when they find fish, they dive into the water and scoop up their catch. But these pelicans hadn't fished in years. They had grown fat and lazy. And now that their easy meals were gone, they were actually starving.

Environmentalists from the area wracked their brains to figure out a way to help the pelicans, and finally they came up with a solution. They imported pelicans from another area, ones that were used to foraging every day, and they mixed them in with the local birds. The newcomers immediately started fishing for their own food, and it wasn't long before the starving native birds joined them and started fishing for themselves again.

The lesson for our Knights? If you ever find yourself starving for success, one of the best ways to get things going in your life is to be around people who are achieving success. Spend time with them. Watch how they work. Learn how they think. You inevitably become like the people you are around.

Knights Make it Happen!

Have a wonderful week!

Dr. Karcinski, Principal

Ocoee High School

Sunday, August 21, 2022

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