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- DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Seniors: It’s the time of year when you will begin receiving “GOOD NEWS” from colleges, universities, & other scholarships! Please remember to bring a copy of your Award Letters to the Career Center as you receive them. We will need them AHEAD OF TIME to verify information for our Senior Recognition & Awards Ceremony which will be May 6th. Thank you! - Ms. Stein
- ACT Workshop by Andrea Clark: It will cover all subjects and test taking skills and will be every Tuesday beginning February 21 through April 10 (excluding March 13) 5:00-7:00 PM in Room B113. The cost is $200. Sign up in the counselors' office by Feb. 20.
- ATTENTION sophomores, juniors, and seniors: Attend William Carey University's Healthcare Symposium Saturday, March 3, and learn about the various healthcare careers and programs of study at WCU. Click here for more information.
- ACT Review class with Dr. Acosta on Mondays beginning March 5 through April 19 5:30-8:30. The cost is $140. Sign up with Mr. McNelis in the counselors' office by March 2.
- AP Exam Registration will be March 1st and March 2nd from 8:00-11:00 am at OGHS in the counselors' office. Exams are $87 each, payable in cash or money order. Exam dates can be found by visiting http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/ap/about/dates .Questions regarding AP testing can be answered by calling the counseling office at (601) 264-3623.
- 2013 Europe trip info: Please visit http://www.eftours.com/preview-tour.aspx?pt=SW-1183268. All information you need to sign up for the trip is on this site! Please contact me at carmen.swilley@lamarcountyschools.org with other questions!
- ATTENTION 9TH-12TH GRADERS: The Hattiesburg Optimist Noonday Club is excited to offer a wonderful opportunity in the Optisimist International Essay Contest. This year the topic if "How My Positive Outlook Benefits My Community." The essay must be 700-800 words. They will be judged locally and winning essay will be submitted to the District level for an opportunity to win a $2,500 college scholarship and a plaque. All students who participate locally will be presented with a certificate and a medallion, and the first, second, and third winners will also receive additional gifts during the Annual Essay Dinner and Awards Night. Participants must have the application and essay submitted to Jennifer Ducksworth by Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012.
Send to Jennifer Ducksworth
221 Sam Rayburn Drive
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
You may also email hattiesburgoptimist@gmail.com if you have questions.
- The deadline for new Distinguished Scholar proposals is Thursday, March 1st.
- TALK YOUR WAY TO COLLEGE! The American Legion High School Scholarship Program is sponsoring "A Constitutional Speech Contest". Students must be in grades 9-12 to be eligible. For more information go to www.legion.org (Oratorical). Register online or contact Oratorical Chairman Joe Kersh at 601.544.0804 or by email at legion24@comcast.net.
- American Foreign Service Association's National High School Essay Contest is sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton & the Semester at Sea program. Winner receives $2,500, a trip to Washington, D.C., and a full scholarship for a Semester at Sea voyage! Don't miss a first-class opportunity to learn about Foreign Service! The deadline is April 15, 2012. Visit www.afsa.org/essaycontest for more information.
- CALLING ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: Sign up at WiseChoice.com for a chance to win $2,500 for theWiseChoice "Find the Right College" Scholarship. Get started today at www.wisechoice.com/scholarship. You must be a U.S. student from high school in 2012-2015 are eligible. For complete details, including eligibility requirements, entry instructions and prize details, please see the Official Rules. Online scholarship application must be completed by 5/31/12.
- Great Opportunity for Juniors and Seniors - The Citizens Bank is helping students who diligently work hard to earn top grades with their Reward A's Scholarship program. It is for juniors and seniors, each "A" earned on a report card gives them one chance to win one of ten Reward A's Scholarships. The more "A's" a student earns during the school year, the great the chance to win. Each of the ten Rewards A's Scholarships is worth $1,000. The schools attended by the recipients will be awarded $500. Students bring in their report card to the Hattiesburg branch located at 6222 Hwy 98 and fill out a registration form for each "A" on the report card. Scholarship winners are determined by a random drawing of names.
- The Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies is offering several Saturday Gifted Studies programs (for Pre-K through 12th). Applications & descriptions of the courses are available in the OGHS Career Center or at www.usm.edu/gifted.
- ACTIVE PARENT: If you have an active parent account that has been already ACTIVATED and you are having a problem logging on, please call the Counselor's Office.
- SENIOR DUES are $110 if paid during November and December. Dues will go up to $120 if paid during January and Februrary and then go up again to $140 if paid during later than March 1st. Please bring your money to Ms. Theresa Robertson in the Counselors' Office before 11:30 a.m. daily. December Grads owe only $39.00 since they do not walk. CASH OR MONEY ORDER ONLY! Senior dues cover the cost of:
- Cap/Tassel and Gown-Senior keeps cap and tassel but turns in rental gown to get diploma.
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Diploma and Case-Senior keeps
- Stole-Senior keeps
- Senior Dues-Gift to school
- 2011-2012 LCSD Calendar
- RECIPES NEEDED! The OGHS PTO is excited to announce the publishing of a NEW cookbook, The Taste of Warrior Cooking. You can download a recipe form here. You may submit your recipes online by following these simple steps:
1. Go to typensave.com
2. Click on login
3. Click on contributor and enter your name as you would like it to appear in book
4. Click on group login and type in ogwarriors
5. Click on password and type recipe
6. Click submit
7. Click on add recipe
If you have any questions, please contact Sherry Duff at 601.408.6032 or Morris Press Cookbooks at 800.445.6632.
- BRING THE INTERNET HOME FOR JUST $9.95 A MONTH! Comcast is now offering Internet Essentials, an affordable home Internet to certain households with children receiving free school lunches under the National School Lunch Program. If you are interested or for more information, please visit internetessentials.com/partner and sign up or contact Frances Smith at 601.321.2006.
- BIRTHDAY MESSAGES ON SCHOOL MARQUEE: Money must be paid in advance in order to have your student's birthday placed on the marquee. $15.00 cash must be brough to Mrs. Robertson in the Counselors' Office. Turn money in the day BEFORE the birthday so it can be programmed to be on sign prior to start of school so everyone can see it on their way on campus. If the birthday falls on the weekend and you want it on Friday, bring money in on Thursday. If the birthday is on a Monday, bring money in on Friday.
- PARENTS, a new online education course – The Role of the Parent in Sports – by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) is now available! Click here for more information.
- STUDENTS: Copies of transcripts, report cards, and other records can be picked up and/or purchased in the Counselors' Office. Click HERE for a breakdown of these fees.
- Oak Grove Warrior car tags are always available at the Tax Collector's office for only $31.00.
- The OGHS Library would like you to join Friends of the Library at Oak Grove High School! We have many goals to help our library become a 21st Century Library Media Center and you can be a part of making that happen. If you are interested in joining Friends of the Library, please contact Mrs. Becky Sanders at ext. 6043.
- Check your child's grades, attendance, and discipline anytime on Active Parent. Set up an account at http://mslamar.activeparent.net. You must present identification in the school counselor's office to activate your account.
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- President's Day (NO SCHOOL)
- Baseball @ PRC, 4:00 & 5:30 |
| Tuesday, February 21 |
| - Fastpitch Softball Meet the Warriors |
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| - FAFSA Day for OGHS Seniors |
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- 39 Steps OG Drama production @ OGP, 6:00
- LCSD School Board Meeting @ OGUE, 6:00 |
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- Baseball vs. Perry Central (Home), 5:00 & 7:00
- 39 Steps OG Drama production @ OGP, 6:00 |
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- Baseball Tournament at OGHS
- Fastpitch Softball vs. St. Patrick (Home), TBA |
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