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Prom hosts Spirit Week

April 23, 2021

The Prom theme this year is Fairytale Under the Stars, so the Junior Class Officers have created a Spirit Week for the week of April 26 to 30. Monday-Match Your Date Tuesday-Fairytale Character ...

FCCLA qualifies for nationals, places Gold at State

FCCLA qualifies for nationals, places Gold at State

April 23, 2021

At the FCCLA STAR events state competition in March, several of the FCCLA members placed in their competitions. Senior Emily Morrison competed in FCCLA State STAR Events in the state competition...

Theater takes 11 Blue Star Nominations

Theater takes 11 Blue Star Nominations

April 23, 2021

Starlight Theater's Blue Star Awards just released their nominees for awards this year. Oak Park received 11 nominations this year.   Nominations are: Brenden Blue- Technical Achievement...

Introducing Kings and Queens for Prom 2021

Introducing Kings and Queens for Prom 2021

Kelsey Abunga, writer April 13, 2021

    Your prom nominees have been chosen.  For the spring season of 2021, the prom king candidates are Logan Linard, Ethan Smith, Bently Taulbert, Gabe Todtenhausen and Logan Willmann....

Senior Brenden Blue and junior Cameron Burns played father and son in Yellow Boat, a play for this year’s theatre for a cause in hope to raise money for Children’s Mercy Hemophilia Center. Blue played a young boy name Benjamin, who was born with hemophilia and died in 1987 at the age of 8. “Playing a young boy with such a wild imagination has been an outlet for my own creativity. Benjamin is not like any role I’ve done before; I have to really dig deep and be expressive with this character, and be as creative as I can.” Said Blue.

“The Yellow Boat” opens tonight

Staff February 25, 2021

The Oak Park Theatre Department premieres "The Yellow Boat" tonight, Friday and Saturday as this year's Theater for a Cause. This year's production benefits the Children's Mercy Hospital Hemophilia...

Riot at the Capitol touches Oak Park

Riot at the Capitol touches Oak Park

Kayleonah Trumble, Managing Editor January 10, 2021

In the early afternoon of Wednesday, Jan. 6, protesters stormed the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The members of the Senate and House of Representatives were in the middle of certifying electoral...

Lights on to celebrate senior class of 2020

Lights on to celebrate senior class of 2020

Nathan Nance, photographer May 20, 2020

On the original graduation date of Friday, May 15, the Oak Park fields were lit at 6:30 p.m. to celebrate the Class of 2020. Several students in caps and gowns came.    

Construction underway at OP

Construction underway at OP

Nathan Nance, photographer May 8, 2020

Burdolski and Bennett earn Band awards

May 7, 2020

Band Awards were presented this evening to recognize their top seniors: Patrick Gilmore Award – Nick Burdolski John Philip Sousa Award (the top Band Award) – Jacquelyn Bennett Pat White...

AP Testing Changed Due to COVID-19

AP Testing Changed Due to COVID-19

Hannah Butts, writer April 22, 2020

As the end of the school year rolls around, this means a lot of different things for high school students. For AP students specifically, it’s time to really start studying and preparing for the AP test...

Free for all: This or that

Kelsey Abunga, writer April 20, 2020

Stores are crowded, resources are thinning, and chaos is spreading. Every mother, father, aunt, uncle and guardian are rushing to get to the toilet paper before one another. It’s the end of the world...

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