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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...

The Health Center announced new policies on how long students can stay out of class. The School Based Health Center at the high school is only one of seven in Clackamas County.

Health Center Changes Policies to Provide More Access

Matilda Newby, Staff Writer May 12, 2025

     Health Center rules now state that students can only stay there longer than 10 minutes if they are throwing up or have a fever.       Health Office Secretary Mary Ann Smith believes the...

Field Trip to a Literary Arts Event

Field Trip to a Literary Arts Event

Vitaliy Holovko, Contributing Writer May 4, 2025

AP Literature students went on a field trip to a Literary Arts event featuring Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate The Odyssey. Orchestrated by Mr. Springer, the event was hosted at Arlene Schnitzer...

Third period HCAP students Evie Kirkpatrick, Sophia Allee, Alexis Rogers, and Hailey Arellano (left to right) take a picture before a lab dissection on cow eyeballs, September 17, 2024.

Class Brief: Honors Comparative Anatomy and Physiology

Bliss Baxter, Editor-in-chief December 10, 2024

Honors Comparative Anatomy and Physiology (HCAP), is a junior and senior elective class offered by Biology teacher, Ms. Scully. HCAP teaches students about evolution of the animal kingdom through dissections...

Students and staff alike share their own thoughts about OC and moments of their lives.

20 Questions: In the Halls

Layla Hibpshman, Contributing Writer June 10, 2024

Contributing writer and journalism student, Layla Hibpshman, travels through the hallways of OCHS to learn more about the students around us. In this new addition of 20 Questions, she gets the inside scoop...

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...

Black Student Unions are beneficial for students who don't feel seen in their communities via Unsplash.com

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Why BSU’s Are Necessary in Predominantly White Institutions

Annie Quintana, Contributing Writer June 4, 2024

Oregon City High School as a whole, lacks diversity. This is something that causes black students to feel uncomfortable and unwanted within their school community. This is in addition to the fact that...

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...

Nicholas Bertram is a teacher at Oregon City High School. Among other things, he teaches an elective course called "Perspectives in US History".

20 Questions: Mr. Bertram

Ash Binns, Contributing Writer May 23, 2024

The following are a series of questions that were answered during an interview with Mr. Bertram, a teacher in the Social Studies department.   Q: How long have you been teaching? A: 20 years Q:...

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...

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