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OCHS Hosts Car Show Fundraiser for Grad Party

OCHS Hosts Car Show Fundraiser for Grad Party

Patrick Masaki, Contributing Writer May 27, 2025

Oregon City High School hosted a Car show over the weekend of May 10 to fundraise for the graduation party. The event was a spectacular show that benefitted the Oregon City High School Class of 2025. The...

Explainer: Department of Education

Explainer: Department of Education

Matilda Newby, Contributing Writer May 27, 2025

The Department of Education is on President Donald Trump's chopping block- but what does that mean for students? The US Department of Education provides funding and protections through federal laws...

Kylee Turner poses with her award-winning art piece. From her artist statement: "This piece questions why, in a nation that prides itself on freedom, those who don't meet the "American" standards are denied basic rights."

Senior Kylee Turner Wins Awards For Meaningful Art Pieces

Cora Kennedy, Contributing Writer May 27, 2025

Kylee Turner walked away with two awards from the Clackamas ESD Regional Art Competition for her piece “The 28th Amendment”. Twenty-seven schools and nearly two-hundred students participated. She won...

In the photo there is a Kansas City Chief's flag on the left and a Philadelphia Eagles flag on the right. At the 59th NFL Super Bowl Kendrick Lamar performed at the Apple Music Halftime Show. via Unsplash.com

Kendrick Lamar’s Apple Music Halftime Show

Jordyn Snider and Emerie Jennings March 4, 2025

So why Kendrick this year? On top of the fact that Kendrick won 5 Grammys for his song, “Not Like Us”, only a couple weeks before, and the fact that Kendrick has risen in popularity a lot recently....

BSU advisor Marcus Goodwin is pictured (4th from left) surrounded by BSU members grades 9-12th, May 29, 2024.

BSU Beginning at OCHS

Annie Quintana, Contributing Writer June 4, 2024

Recently, OCHS students in the Black Student Union participated in a volunteer event for the local middle school; Tumwatta. This was a significant event for BSU, as educating the minds of future students...

Every student at Oregon City High School is issued a laptop and an account with a system called Classlink. These laptops and systems form the backbone of how technology is used in the classroom.

Student Technology Use at OCHS

Brennan Duman, Technical Editor May 31, 2024

As the pandemic raged throughout the world in early 2020, Oregon City School District (OCSD) made a commitment to continue providing education, even when everyone was stuck at home. In an announcement...

Tobias Read answers questions from the interview panel, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Patrick McDonald’s classroom at Oregon City High School. Read came to the school after being prompted by an email sent by students.

Tobias Read Visits Oregon City High School

Ben Springer, Staff Writer May 30, 2024

Students at Oregon City High School (OCHS) were greeted on May 17 by Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read during their 5th period, days before voters elected him for the Democratic nominee for the Secretary of...

With elections coming soon in Oregon, National Honor Society works to register voting-age students. This also includes registering for the presidential primaries, giving students a voice in our electoral system.

National Honors Society Hosts Voter Registration Drive

Ben Springer, Staff Writer May 17, 2024
OCHS National Honors Society helps students register to vote.
The Oregon City High School (OCHS) mascot, Pioneer Pete, engages students at the annual prom assembly, Friday, April 5. 2024. Hosted annually, this year's prom was held at NW Events & Environments in Hillsboro, Oregon. Photo Source Flickr

Oregon City High School Hosts Prom Assembly

Ben Springer, Staff Writer May 2, 2024

Additional Reporting by Brennan Duman, Technical Editor.   Students and staff at Oregon City High School packed into the school’s main gymnasium  for an April 5th assembly; the subject: the...

Soren Bergstrom performs as Zeus in Metamorphoses, Feb 22, 2024. 
Bergstrom is an 11th grader at OCHS, and this is their first performance with the theater department.

OCHS Theatre Brings Ovid’s Greek Myths to Life

Kody LaCrosse and Farrin Reisfar March 12, 2024
Advanced Theatre Classes Perform the Greek Epic 'Metamorphoses'
Cast members cower behind a table as lead actors Annika Wells, Kaity Sue Stangeland, and Angela Saltenberger are introduced as The Plastics, during the opening night of “Mean Girls”, Nov. 16, 2023. This was taken in Act 1, during the song “Meet The Plastics”, where we are introduced to the main antagonists of the story.

Opening Night of ‘Mean Girls: The Musical’

Farrin Reisfar, Lead Photographer December 2, 2023
Lights, Curtains, Action!
Orion Wright, Nathan Bone, Presley Zarfas, Elise Ascura, and Ahren Peterson pose as “The Mathletes” at the end of the song “Do Your Thing” during the opening night of Mean Girls, Nov. 16, 2023. “Do Your Thing” is an upbeat victory song that takes place after the Mathletes win a math competition near the end of the musical.

‘Mean Girls: The Musical’ Opens

Emerie Jennings, Managing Editor December 1, 2023
The highly awaited production opens to a full crowd.
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