The Owl

All students enrolled in tenth grade are required to take the PreACT®, a test designed to measure academic progress and help identify the knowledge and skills students may need to strengthen as they prepare for college and career opportunities. Your child is scheduled to take the PreACT® on October 20, 2026.

The PreACT provides students with an opportunity to experience a test that closely mirrors the ACT®, which they will take as eleventh-grade students. The test includes four multiple-choice sections: English, mathematics, reading, and science. The questions are similar to those found on the ACT, helping students become familiar with the testing format and expectations.

It is important to note that as part of the PreACT testing experience students will have the opportunity to create an optional MyACT account. When students opt-in to a MyACT account they will be asked to provide personal information that includes date of birth, mailing address, email address, parent or guardian name, and parent or guardian email address. ACT allows students to enter additional information within the MyACT website beyond what is required to create an account. Any information a student voluntarily provides may be collected and used by ACT. Students and families who choose to provide additional information are encouraged to review and understand the PreACT terms and conditions and the PreACT privacy policy on the ACT website before doing so.

If you have questions about the PreACT administration at our school, please contact Mr. Strope or Ms. Leyble.

Walsworth is now taking orders for the the OECHS yearbook! This initial cost is $55 and will increase in November. Click on (or scan) the QR code below to order!

Women's Tennis:

Six of our Owls represented our school well n the North Carolina 1A Eastern Regional Tournament. Congratulations Elli Stallard for finishing in second place for singles! Elli will compete in the NC State Tournament this week! Good luck, Elli!

Men's and Women's Cross Country:

The Boy's and Girl's Cross-Country teams will compete at the 1A East Regional Cross Country Championship held at Manteo HS on Oct 31st with races beginning at 10am.

Men's and Women's Wrestling:

There will be a mandatory meeting on Oct 23rd at 2:45 in the Big Room for all individuals in wrestling this year for the OWLS. Please be sure you have all the necessary paperwork finished and completed by Oct 31th. Practices will begin on Nov 2nd.

CFNC Free College Application Week begins October 19th for many colleges and universities in the state. It is time to submit our applications!

CCCC Fall Fest is Wednesday!

There will only be EPF on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.

We will look at more resources for college and career planning in seminar this week.

CCCC Fall Fest is Wednesday!

We have a busy week ahead, so we will only have seminar on Monday and Thursday.

English I Honors (Ms. Hendrix)-Next week, we continue Unit 2: Rhetoric & Research!

Please note that there are upcoming deadlines for Honors Project 2: Poetry Analysis Essay coming up in the next week. The final due date is/was listed within the syllabus provided to students on the first day of school. No late work will be accepted for the rough draft, peer review, or final draft deadlines.

All class due dates and upcoming events can be viewed at the following link:

Honors I English:

Parents can click on any events/due dates within the Calendar to view any additional information and details.

English III Honors (Ms. Meyer)-This week we continued our study of Unit 4: The American Renaissance with an examination of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden. We also began our study of Romanticism with Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Next week, we will continue our study of Romanticism. 🎃

Upcoming Due Dates:

- Unit 4 Test – Fri. Oct. 30 (A Day), Tues. Oct. 27 (B Day)

- Notebook Check 4 – Fri. Oct. 30 (A Day), Tues. Oct. 27 (B Day)

Math II Honors (Ms. Seaman)-We will finish the Quadratic Unit with Quadratic applications (word problems). Students should continue to work on their Skills Assignment in DeltaMath. Major grade this week: TEST Friday, October 23rd.

Precalculus Honors (Mrs. Walsh)-Students are covering some of the most difficult material in precalculus this week. Students will have a quiz on verifying and solving trig equations on Wednesday. There will also be a weekly assignment due on Friday. The test for this unit will be on Tuesday, October 27th.

Biology Honors (Mr. Springfield)-This week in biology we started the Ecology Chapter. We did an introduction into the field of Ecology, food webs, food pyramids, symbiotic relationships, etc. When we return from fall break, we will continue with populations and biomes. Have a great fall break!

Chemistry Honors (Mr. Stallard)-We are continuing to work on Unit 7 Chemical Equations and Reactions. Students will have the Pre-ACT test on Tuesday morning from 9:30-12:30. Please ensure your child charges their laptop on Monday night in preparation for the test.

-Tuesday Oct 20 Pre-ACT for all sophomore students

-Friday Oct 23 Chemical Reaction Lab

AP Environmental Science (Mr. Stallard)-We are working on finishing up Unit 3 Populations. Students will have the Pre-ACT test on Tuesday morning from 9:30-12:30. Please ensure your child charges their laptop on Monday night in preparation for the test.

-Monday Oct 19 Unit 3 Quiz and Practice FRQ (B-day)

-Monday Oct 19 Ecological Footprint Lab due (B-day)

-Tuesday Oct 20 Pre-ACT for all sophomore students

-Wednesday Oct 21 Carrying Capacity Lab due (A-day)

-Thursday Oct 22 Carrying Capacity Lab due (B-day)

-Friday Oct 23 APES Unit 3 Test (A and B day)

Civics Honors (Mr. Marsh)-Students have been working in Chapter 4: The Bill of Rights. Next week, we will examine the Bill of Rights and it’s limitations along with the other amendments to the US Constitution. The Chapter 4 TEST will be on Friday, October 23.

AP World History (Ms. York)-This week, we continued the Writing Workshop on DBQ’s and LEQ’s. This upcoming week they will learn about the Indian Ocean and the Trans-Saharan Trade Routes. They will read and compare two writings from Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo. They will continue working on building arguments for our DBQs and LEQs

American History Honors (Ms. York)-This week and next, we will work and finalize The Scarlet Letter. They will continue working on the Road to Revolution, which is to draw a visual representation of the 11 items that contributed to the American Revolution, and they will read and annotate a selection from Thomas Paine’s Common Sense.

Looking for some OECHS merch? If so, you have come to the right place as our online school store is now open! Click on the following link or use the QR code in the flyer below to shop today!

https://teamlocker.squadlocker.com/stores/onslow-early-college-high-school

Along with Blackboard, emails, the OECHS website, and social media, our school uses Remind to inform parents of weather bulletins, weekly newsletters, and more. If you are the parent or guardian of an OECHS Owl, please join the appropriate Remind group!

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"North Carolina House Bill 769 became effective December 1, 1997 and reflects a coordinated statewide effort to motivate and encourage students to complete high school. This legislation requires that a student's driving permit or license be revoked if a student is unable to maintain adequate progress or drops out of school. Adequate progress is defined as passing 70% of all courses and is determined by first semester grades and second semester grades for schools on block scheduling. For schools on a traditional six-period day schedule, grades are determined by first semester grades and end-of-year grades."

Students need to maintain "adequate progress" to remain eligible for permits and licenses while in high school. Each semester, we are to notify students (and the district) when any students are not making adequate progress at the end of a semester/year. Students will then have to earn back the ability to have a permit or license after the next semester's grades are complete (and pay $50 to the DMV to have their permit or license reinstated). Bottom line: Keep your grades up in your high school and college classes or you will lose your driver's permit or license!

October 12th-13th- OECHS/CCCC Fall Break (No HW Weekend for high school classes)

October 16th-17th- Girl's Tennis Regionals

October 19th-25th- Free College Application Week

October 20th- PreACT (Sophomores)

October 21st- CCCC Fall Fest

October 30th-31st- Cross Country Regionals

November 11th- Veterans Day (No OECHS/CCCC classes)

November 25th-29th- Thanksgiving Break

December 15th-17th- OECHS Final Exams and Biology EOC

December 18th-January 6th- Winter Break

January 18th- Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

February 19th- OECHS Workday (No high school classes and No HW Weekend for high school classes)

March 22nd-29th- Spring Break/Easter Holiday

April 23rd- OECHS Workday (No high school classes)

May 6th- AP World History Exam (8:00AM)

May 11th- CCCC classes end

May 13th- AP Environmental Science Exam (12:00PM)

May 14th- OECHS Graduation (7:00PM @ WOHS Earl Taylor Performing Arts Center)

May 15th- CCCC Graduation (10:00AM @ CCCC)

May 18th-21st- OECHS Final Exams and EOCs

Email: james.strope@onslow.k12.nc.us
Website: https://oec.onslow.k12.nc.us/
Location: R109A, 444 Western Blvd., Jacksonville, NC 28546
Phone: 910-938-6702
Twitter: @OnslowECHS