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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
The Oregon City High School (OCHS) mascot, Pioneer Pete, engages students at the annual prom assembly, Friday, April 5. 2024. Hosted annually, this years prom was held at NW Events & Environments in Hillsboro, Oregon. Photo Source Flickr
Oregon City High School Hosts Prom Assembly
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
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’
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
Oregons standardized testing scores have been falling since the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a continuation of a trend thats been affecting our state for decades.
Taking a Look at Oregon’s Education Crisis
Oregon City High School has an impressive roster of AP Tests, and a sizable part of the student body takes at least one over the course of their high school career. Any improvement to the test-taking protocol is an improvement for anyone.
Dear OCHS: Regarding AP Tests
While not a part of the Standard Response Protocol followed by OCSD, these actions may not be the worst additions to the procedure. A recurring issue in our community is the lack of communication following a safety alert.
OCSD Needs Better Emergency Communication
While I couldn’t find images of the kind of engine the Willamette Valley Southern used to move freight, many other local electric railroads such as the Oregon Electric Railroad used engines termed “steeplecabs”. They have a striking appearance, and don’t resemble the steam locomotives that were produced at the same time.
Stuck in the Siding: The History Below Our Feet
The Siemens Charger is the newest addition to Amtraks locomotive roster. Its an excellent example of the new Pepsi livery (as its referred to by railfans) and Amtraks newest branding as they enter the 2020s.
Stuck in the Siding: Because Railroads Break the Law
While not a part of the Standard Response Protocol followed by OCSD, these actions may not be the worst additions to the procedure. A recurring issue in our community is the lack of communication following a safety alert.
OCSD Needs Better Emergency Communication
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Union Workers are Bargaining for a Better Future
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The Oversexualization of Women has Become a Big Problem
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Unreasonable Standards Women Face Daily
While I couldn’t find images of the kind of engine the Willamette Valley Southern used to move freight, many other local electric railroads such as the Oregon Electric Railroad used engines termed “steeplecabs”. They have a striking appearance, and don’t resemble the steam locomotives that were produced at the same time.
Stuck in the Siding: The History Below Our Feet
The Siemens Charger is the newest addition to Amtraks locomotive roster. Its an excellent example of the new Pepsi livery (as its referred to by railfans) and Amtraks newest branding as they enter the 2020s.
Stuck in the Siding: Because Railroads Break the Law
The Union Pacific Big Boy is one of the largest steam locomotives in North America. Built in the 1940s to help with wartime pressure on the nations railways, one member of this majestic class still travels today: Union Pacific #4014
Stuck in the Siding: Big Boy #4014
The blue covers of both the book and movie for the Polar Express give me a great sense of nostalgia, and they helped inform the creation of the Stuck in the Siding title graphic. Published/released in 1985 and 2004 respectively, both covers portray a Berkshire as the locomotive pulling the Express.
Stuck in the Siding: The Polar Express
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
The Oregon City High School (OCHS) mascot, Pioneer Pete, engages students at the annual prom assembly, Friday, April 5. 2024. Hosted annually, this years prom was held at NW Events & Environments in Hillsboro, Oregon. Photo Source Flickr
Oregon City High School Hosts Prom Assembly
OCHS has many different kinds of people, and they all hold different opinions on the questions and issues that exist in our school. Photographers (top left to bottom right): Rachel Hibpshman, Hibpshman, Bennett Springer, Samuel Young, Hibpshman, Young
People of OC
OCHS Strategizes for Increased Student Safety
OCHS Strategizes for Increased Student Safety
Posted on every external door, students are constantly reminded of possible security risks. These signs are part of an effort to prevent students from letting people in from outside, forcing everyone to enter through the primary entrance. Photo taken Nov. 17, 2023
School Security: A Look into Oregon City School District
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Title IX: 50 Years and Counting
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OHV Closures and Restrictions
Pioneer Pete
OCHS Fall Sports Slowly Comes to An End
Third and fourth grade football players throw candy to homecoming parade watchers, Oct 20th 2023.
Homecoming Season of OCHS is Here
OCHS varsity football players play against Tualatin at their homecoming game, Oct 20th, 2023.
2023 Homecoming Parade & Football Game
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Roe v. Wade & Adoptions in Oregon
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The Problem With Food Insecurity
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Portland’s Housing Supply Problem
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Emerald Ash Borer in the United States
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Gas Emission Vehicle’s Impact on Oregon’s Climate
The sign dedicating Highway 213 in memory of Tyrone Woods. Put up in 2014, it has been honored by Oregon City residents since then.
Tyrone Woods: OCHS Alumni and National Hero
OCHS has many different kinds of people, and they all hold different opinions on the questions and issues that exist in our school. Photographers (top left to bottom right): Rachel Hibpshman, Hibpshman, Bennett Springer, Samuel Young, Hibpshman, Young
People of OC
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Bliss Baxter (she/her/hers) is an 11th grader at OCHS and the current editor-in-chief of The Elevator. She’s going into her fifth year of journalism, and in her free time she loves to read, explore nature, and hangout with friends and her pets.

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The sign dedicating Highway 213 in memory of Tyrone Woods. Put up in 2014, it has been honored by Oregon City residents since then.

Tyrone Woods: OCHS Alumni and National Hero

Bliss Baxter, Editor-in-chief
May 2, 2024
OCHS’s theatre class rehearses a choreographed dance during the song “Where Do You Belong?” for Mean Girls: The Musical, Nov. 6th, 2023.

Meet the Plastics

Bliss Baxter, Editor-in-chief
November 15, 2023
Pioneer Pete

OCHS Fall Sports Slowly Comes to An End

Bliss Baxter, Editor-in-chief
November 15, 2023
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