s gather early in the morning before dawn, watching the sun come up together on their “last first day” of school, celebrating the milestones to come and showing off their creativity.
“Senior sunrise is on the first day of school around two hours before it starts," OH senior Aubrey Reding said. "All of the seniors gather at the stadium to watch the sunrise, eat, take pictures, and have fun on their last first day. I heard about it mainly from previous years, but also from the Orange Crews' post.”
For seniors, this isn’t just another sunrise, but a symbol of the dawning of their final school year.
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.