The Owl

It is time to select new officers and members of our Student Government Association! Applications will be available in the office, beginning Tuesday morning. Potential candidates should complete the front page of the application before getting a teacher recommendation (back page). Teacher recommenders will turn in the completed application to Mr. Marsh.

As you consider running for office, please consider the following:

-Two Senators will be chosen from each grade level.

-The Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary can be from any grade level.

-Only Sophomores are eligible to be President.

Applications are due by 4:25 PM on Wednesday, September 16th. Elections will be held on Microsoft Teams on Friday, September 18th.

Make-up senior pictures and yearbook photos for 9th-11th grade will be on September 30th.

We had a successful initial meeting of our Prom Committee and chose our Prom date, April 3rd, 2027. Students are now voting on a prom theme (in Teams) as we work behind the scenes to secure a venue.

We would love to have you join our committee! Our next meeting will be September 9th at 5:30 in Ragsdale 105 (The Big Room).

Girls Tennis

• 9/8 Home match vs. Jones Senior High School (4:00 pm)

• 9/10 Home match vs. Northside High School (4:00 pm)

More online assignments have been loaded from Edmentum. Their weekly homework is due at 11:59PM on Sundays, but they can always work ahead!

We received and reviewed transcripts this past week. This is important as CFNC will pull all transcripts this upcoming week for their CollegeConnect program. CFNC is where students also complete RDS, Residency Determination Service. Students were instructed to fill out RDS this week to ensure they are charged in-state rates for any public university in North Carolina.

We also began the first steps in crafting our CommonApp essays. Students should have a rough draft started before the next class.

The juniors have a NoRedInk assignment this week on appositives. Students have PSAT practice sites and also have access to Bluebook, the testing platform for the PSAT. They should be practicing for the test outside of seminar.

This past week, we looked at SAT reading and writing tips and took a practice test. We will begin our transition to SAT math this week. We will have Junior Seminar only on Wednesday and Thursday this week!

English I Honors (Ms. Hendrix)-Next week, we continue Unit 1: Epic Verse & The Odyssey!

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

Honors I English:

Please note important due dates coming up this week concerning Honors Project 1 (HP1): Personal Narrative Essay. Deadlines regarding HP1 have been communicated to students on a daily basis since the first week of school and listed within the course syllabus. Major deadlines for HP1 (i.e., Rough Draft Due Date, Peer Review Due Date, & Final Draft Due Date) will not accept late work for any reason. Please consult the course syllabus for more information.

Parents can click 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 2 with an in-class reading of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. We will continue our reading and analysis of this work next week. Students have also been assigned a project to go along with this text, the Salem Witch Trials Project. Students were also assigned their first essay of the year, the Literary Analysis. More information on both the project and the essay can be found in the Content Library of the class OneNote page. 🍂

Upcoming Due Dates:

- Unit 2 Test – Wed. Sept. 23 (A Day), Fri. Sept. 18 (B Day)

- Notebook Check 2 – Wed. Sept. 23 (A Day), Fri. Sept. 18 (B Day)

- Salem Witch Trials Project – Fri. Sept. 25 (A Day), Tues. Sept. 22 (B Day)

Major Assignment Due Dates:

- Checkpoint 1- Wed. Sept. 9

- Final Draft, Literary Analysis – Fri. Sept. 18

Math II Honors (Ms. Seaman)-We will finish the Triangle Unit this week with PROOFS. No Skills Assignment in DeltaMath. Major grade this week: Quiz Wednesday, September 9th and TEST Friday, September 11th.

Precalculus Honors (Mrs. Walsh)-Students wrapped up Chapter 2 with a test on Thursday. Those grades are in Infinite Campus. Next week students will review how to solve and graph exponential and logarithmic equations.

Tutoring is available with Mrs. Propst in the afternoon or with me most mornings between 8:45am and 9:15am. Students also have access to an online tutor platform on Magic School.

Biology Honors (Mr. Springfield)-This week in Honors Biology we finished the unit on Cells. We also got introduced to the first chapter of Genetics; Mendel and Meiosis. When we come back from our little break, we will continue with the genetics unit. Have a great long weekend.

Chemistry Honors (Mr. Stallard)-We are finishing up Unit 3 and will test this coming week and then begin Unit 4. Please see the due dates below.

-Wednesday Unit 3 Worksheet due

-Wednesday Unit 3 Test

AP Environmental Science (Mr. Stallard)-We finished Unit 1 last week and are now beginning Unit 2 The Living World: Biodiversity.

Civics Honors (Mr. Marsh)-Students completed Chapter 1 coursework and tested very well. Next, we are doing some diversity research projects which include creating a family crest and discussing family and cultural traditions.

AP World History (Ms. York)-This past week, we worked on the development of Dar-al-Islam and did a gallery walk on the Islamic Empires. We also continued working on writing quality SAQs. This upcoming week, we will read and annotate the travels of Ibn Battuta and several other travelers from the 13th to the 15th centuries. They will read and prepare for another Socratic Seminar on Dar-al-Islam medicine and Science. They will also complete Guided Reading 1.4 & 1.5

American History Honors (Ms. York)-This past week, we worked on the World around 1492 and the first European encounters with the New World. This coming week, we will begin working on the Europeans who arrived in the United States and the creation of the Thirteen original colonies. The assignments this week will be The Lost Colony and the English Settlement in Jamestown. They will continue working on their "Create a Colony" Project, which is due on September 18, 2026.

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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!

September 1st-24th- Driver's Ed

September 9th- Prom Committee (5:30 in the Big Room)

October 9th- OECHS Workday (No high school classes)

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

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