Our 8th grade Lady Tigers won the first round of Regionals against St. Anthony this evening! They play again tomorrow night at Hutsonville.
Carmine Azzato is a former professional wrestler and spoke with Junior High and High School students about his story and making positive choices in life. We appreciate him coming to speak to the students!
OHS is excited about the upcoming Young Women LEAD Conference! All sophomore and junior girls will be attending the event at LTC on March 9.
All sophomores will be attending Career Day at LTC on March 8. They will have the opportunity to learn from experts in a variety of career fields. Career Day is sponsored by Twin Rivers CTE System and Lincoln Trail College.
New job postings for the 2023-24 school year
The Oblong Lady Tigers won tonight in the 7th gr regionals!! Come out tomorrow at 4:30 to watch them play for regional champs!
OHS Math Team has won Regionals!!! We are so proud of you!!
There will be a fire truck escort through town approximately 3:00-3:30. Way to go Math Team!
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The OPH track and field athlete and fan gear store is open! Check out all of the items at fancloth.shop/hanff and help support the new team! Orders are due by March 1st so everyone can wear gear before the outdoor season. Thanks!
On Monday we will begin our "Bikes for Books" program for grades 1-5! This program is sponsored by Oblong Masonic Lodge #644! Each time a child reads a book from the library they will receive an entry for the bike drawing! We will draw the lucky winner on March 20.
Help support OHS Post Prom!
⭐️Early dismissal - Friday, February 17th at 11:30 (no lunch)
⭐️No school- Monday, February 20th- Presidents' Day 🇺🇸
OPH wrestler, Austin Hargrave, will be receiving a police escort through Oblong on Wednesday, February 15th, at 2:00 p.m., as he leaves for the IHSA wrestling state tournament in Champaign. The send-off will leave Dollar General at 2:00 p.m.., pass the grade school, turn onto Range St., and pass the high school. Please come out and support OPH wrestling and wish Austin good luck at the state tournament.
Fifth grade is out of this world! Fifth grade students recently wrapped up a unit on the solar system. They had to demonstrate a mastery of the content, so they were assigned a planet and had to research facts about it. Students then had to transfer that information to an illustration. Abby Davis is shown with her poster that was picked as "People's Choice"! 🪐🌎💫☄️
A great time was had by all who attended Swinging with Your Sweetheart on Saturday night! This event was put on by the Oblong Music Boosters. 💞💃🏼🕺🏻
OPH Wrestling Send-Off
OPH wrestlers, Ian Rosborough, Brandon Thacker, and Austin Hargrave, will be receiving a police escort through town on Friday, February 9th, at 9:00 a.m., as they leave for the IHSA wrestling sectional in Carterville. The send-off will leave Dollar General at 9:00 a.m., pass the grade school, turn onto Range St., and pass the high school before heading south. Please come out and support our OPH wrestlers and wish them good luck at the sectional tournament.
Mrs. Weck and our junior high students caught a picture of something interesting in the sky today and sent a picture to Kevin Orpurt and asked him what it was. He answered it tonight in his evening forecast! You can check it out at wthitv.com/weather/
Menu change for Tuesday, January 31:
Ham & cheese sandwich
Chips
Vegetable
Fruit
Milk
Cancellations due to weather for today, January 30:
*No High School girls basketball game for tonight
*No Junior High volleyball game for tonight
*No practices for High School, Junior High, or 5th/6th this evening
Oblong Schools will be closed today, Monday, January 30th due to road conditions.
Time is running out to order your OES Yearbook! Order by January 31st!
Go to jostens.com/y23 to place your order!
