Jia Nair - Podcast Editor
Giving thanks: Panthers share gratitude through various Thanksgiving celebrations
With Thanksgiving around the corner, OH’s community is more than ready to feast on their favorite holiday traditions. “[[Thanksgiving is]] about spending time with others and just being with one another,” said OH junior Mia Gasper. Throughout the building and in the community, students and staff participate in local Thanksgiving celebrations. Whether that be student-led events, food drives, or debating the best dish, everyone is trying their best to get involved in this fall season of gratitude.
Picture Perfect: Top spots for Hoco photos
It has become a tradition for students to take photos before Homecoming. Whether it's with friends, siblings, or their dates, OH students are determined to find the perfect picture spot. But where is that in the Oswegoland area? OH junior Stella Tarmann said, “We’re gonna take [[pictures]] on the Fox River… It's really close to my best friend's house.” The homecoming theme can influence photo spots, and this year's theme was Enchanted Garden, chosen by OH’s Student Council.
Panther pride prevails even through change in pep assembly schedule
This year, due to the surprisingly high early October temperatures, the annual OH pep assembly was moved from the afternoon to the morning. “It was a little last-minute... but it ended up being a positive change,” said Student Council sponsor and social studies teacher Anne Sweeney, who is in charge of planning the pep assembly.
Senior support: As freshman acclimate, seniors answer their questions
Toward the beginning of the school year, freshmen are flooded with an overwhelming amount of new things. They only ask for one thing: answers. Some freshmen are unsure of whom to turn to with these questions. Luckily, that is where OH seniors can step in. Two in particular supported the responses to frequent-freshman questions: OH seniors Olivia Krupinski and Jwirya Abouhiba. Specifically, OH freshman Autumn Moe wondered a common question posed by her fellow new Panthers: what is the high school workload is like? Krupinski, who has earned a 4.0 GPA, said that the workload is dependent on how you handle it, and “if you do not do your homework, [[or]] if you hold it off for so long, you're gonna have a bigger workload.”
The classroom canvas: The value of room decor in learning environments
For many students, the classroom environment becomes more familiar to them than their own bedrooms. Some students are taught in classrooms that lack decoration, but many teachers do take the initiative to decorate their classrooms. Which raises the question, good-looking room or not, what difference does it make? OH Multi-lingual teacher, Karen Ferguson, answers that teachers decorate their classrooms because “it just feels good to be in a space that [[is]] positive [[and]] inviting.”