The former Honor Society hallway near Door 38 will be changed to a student academic achievements hallway as a way to recognize more OH students, according to OH Assistant Principal of Operations Brian Cooney.
“The area where those cases were located, [[it hasn't]] been updated in a while,” Cooney said. “I just don’t think it was as functional as it would otherwise could have been.”
This hallway, once used to display Honor Society information and cords in wooden cases made by the OH Woods Department, will be replaced with a more graphic display from Bannerville, according to Cooney.
On Sep. 16, the OH Varsity Girls Flag Football team beat Yorkville 19-6.
This was the newest chapter with their rivalry with YHS, which started 0-41 in their regional game, and their victory exemplified the training and collaboration that the team has been working on since the start of the season.
“We play really well, it's a lot of communication while playing with other teammates,” OH senior and player Amiah Roberts said.
During the game, the team got to show the skills and improvement that they’ve made since playing Yorkville last year.
“I’m very excited," said senior Captain Thalia Aburto. "Knowing that this is my senior season makes every game and every moment with my teammates feel even more meaningful.” Aburto, a 2026 Chicago Bears High School All-Star, has two total points and one safety this season according to MaxPreps.
On March 16, OH students earned first place in three categories at the Southwest Prairie Conference (SPC) Art competition at Joliet West High School
“The students did a nice job," said OH Fine Arts Department Chair Michael Skura. "They rose to the occasion.”
The SPC Art competition includes many schools in the area in the visual art department. There are many separate categories for 14 in total that compete. Students submit 10 works within those categories before they go to Joliet West.
Moving into the spring season, OH baseball is in full swing, and seniors, like Andrew Zwemke and Aiden Jaquez, are ready to take the field for one last season with OH baseball.
On the mound, pitchers Zwemke and Jaquez have played baseball all four years of high school. At the same time, both are competing to perform on the mound.
42Fifty's resident cartoonist Pierre Vargas shares a Valentines'-inspired cartoon with an important message for readers: Everyone deserves to be loved.
Even eldritches, meaning scary creatures, or cryptids, who are mythological "skinwalker" creatures originating from Navajo legends, who are depicted in this cartoon sharing a romantic moment together in a dark forest at night. Cartoonist Vargas shows that romance can blossom anywhere and that love truly is for everyone.