As the school year comes to a close, OH students find themselves with more free time, and they are planning what they’re going to do with it.
Sleep? Hardly. Students report aiming to use their time to practice a new skill, taking in concerts, or soaking up the leisure time with friends.
“With Color Guard, I'm gonna try to audition for it next week, and I'm going to, hopefully, make the team, and practice and perform with everybody," said OH freshman Teaghan Cooley.
Culinary and Restaurant Management courses have been popular at OH for many years as students put their skills to use for others. And there is a reason why they're popular: the results are delicious.
Students in these courses have served teachers, staff, and students a variety of meals throughout the year.
Just yesterday, students in Restaurant Management served up the end-of-year barbeque for teachers, which included hot dogs, hamburger patties, grilled corn-on-the-cob, a variety of desserts, and more.
To celebrate National Poetry Month, both OH and OE teamed up to host Pop-Up Poetry in the Park.
The event, held at Hudson Crossing Park in downtown Oswego, featured student poetry from both OH and OE. Different poems were put up on signs; some were award-winning from the recent Literary Festival, such as poetry from OH senior Emily Chorvat.
“I was really happy with the recognition I felt my poem deserved," Chorvat said. "I really worked hard on it and thought outside the box when writing it. I believe it's the best poem I have written.”
Below are the poems displayed in the park, all written by OH students.
Every year in May, the Oswego Marching Band and Color Guard concludes its year with the Memorial Day parade. This parade means a great deal, for both the holiday and the final marching band event of the school year.
“The Memorial Day parade not only displays remembrance for all of our troops, but gives the marching band one last chance to perform with each other,” said OH senior drum major Heidi Glaser.
The marching band and color guard performs on the way to the cemetery, and the season ends on a good note.
As the graduating class of 2026 spends their final days at OH, many of them have already committed to their next steps after high school.
To help them find that path prior to May 1's national commitment day, many used the OH College and Career Center.
“I usually ask [[students]] to pick five things that they think will make them successful in college that have nothing to do with the major and nothing to do with the finance," said OH Head of the College and Career Center Tracey Kroger. "How far away do you want to be? Do you want to be in the city? Do you want to be in the country? Do you want to be at a big school, at a small school?”