Jared Juenger, Staff Writer
April 26, 2019
Filed under News
On Thursday, March 28th, 2019, the American Red Cross and the OHS Student Council teamed up to host a blood drive in the Luechtefeld Gymnasium. OHS holds two blood drives each year. One in the fall which was earlier this yea...
Nicholas Rulevish, Editor-in-Chief
April 13, 2019
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The Okawville Rockets baseball team has gotten off to quite the hot start. They had won their first four games of the season against some pretty tough teams. They beat Pinckneyville, Rockford, Wesclin, and Trico. After that, they los...
Autumn Heberer, Staff Writer
April 13, 2019
Filed under News, Showcase
After Jane Ford and Carol Brockmann retired, Amy Welch and Susan Hagan took responsibility for the club in order to keep the Drama Club in Okawville alive and thriving. When asked why they chose to take over Drama Club, Mrs. W...
Izabella Loquasto, Staff Writer
April 13, 2019
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On Friday, March 30th the High School music program held a lock-in for choir and band students from grades 9 to 12. It was held from 8 pm to 6 am. They did a number of activities including school-wide hide-and-seek, a Smash Bros tou...
Nicholas Rulevish, Editor-in-Chief
April 13, 2019
Filed under News, Sports
The Rockets in year’s past have been very successful and added on to that success this season. Even though they didn’t make it to State, it’s still quite impressive what they were able to accomplish. They pulled off ano...
Cameron Rohde, Staff Writer
April 13, 2019
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Levi Hart has a good story to tell. He left us with two lessons “It is ok not to be ok” and “It’s ok to be not ok it’s not ok when your not ok.” He stated that he always tried to fit in. He had his house raided by ...
Autumn Heberer, Staff Writer
January 15, 2019
Filed under News, Showcase
Every year, the juniors have to write a Voice of Democracy paper. The purpose of this paper is for the students to voice why they believe their vote matters. The Veterans of Foreign Wars are the sponsors.
Mr. Smith is the a...
Autumn Heberer, Staff Writer
November 9, 2018
Filed under Features, News
Another school year brings another new band director for Okawville. This year, the role has been taken over by Mr. Reed Recker. Mr. Recker attended SIU-C for four and a half years and taught for two years in Pinckneyville befo...
Briley Rhodes, Staff Writer
November 1, 2018
Filed under Features, News, Showcase
On Friday, November 9th at 12:15 at Okawville Jr. Sr. High School there will be a Veterans’ Day assembly, where students will learn more about Veterans’ Day. Our own Mr. Gaebe, who is one of the teachers who organized t...
Hannah Miller, Staff Writer
November 1, 2018
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FCA participated in an event called See You at the Pole. What even is see you at the pole? See you at the pole is a world wide event. Kids and teachers gather at their flagpole. Some people choose to pray out loud over their sch...
Hannah Miller, Staff Writer
November 1, 2018
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The Okawville FCA collected supplies for the people affected by hurricane Florence in North Carolina. They accepted donations such as water bottles, canned food, cleaning supplies, etc. It could be dropped them off in the fron...
Kymberly Schmitt
September 30, 2018
Filed under Features, News
With the start of a new school year, our principal, Mr. Senior, has come up with a new idea. This year, he is having teachers take more pictures or videos when students are doing interesting projects or activities. With promoting o...