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BSU advisor Marcus Goodwin is pictured (4th from left) surrounded by BSU members grades 9-12th, May 29, 2024.
BSU Beginning at OCHS
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
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
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 year's prom was held at NW Events & Environments in Hillsboro, Oregon. Photo Source Flickr
Oregon City High School Hosts Prom Assembly
An open letter addressing the "beef" between popular western rappers known as the big three. Photo via Unsplash.com
Dear Drake: Big Three Beef
Black Student Unions are beneficial for students who don't feel seen in their communities via Unsplash.com via unsplash.com
Why BSU’s Are Necessary in Predominantly White Institutions
Live shows offer an experience like nothing else. Unfortunately, there's not a space in Oregon City to host them. via pixabay.com
We Need More Live Shows in OC
The Artemis rocket on its way to the moon, taking a step to bring space into our grasp.
Astro Alert: A Trip Through Space
The way you have become majorly successful in an industry that is normally not too kind to women is a big inspiration to me. You have shown me that hard work and learning to try over and over again will lead me to success.
Dear Taylor Swift: Your Accomplishments
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
The Artemis rocket on its way to the moon, taking a step to bring space into our grasp.
Astro Alert: A Trip Through Space
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 Amtrak's locomotive roster. It's an excellent example of the new "Pepsi" livery (as it's referred to by railfans) and Amtrak's 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 1940's to help with wartime pressure on the nation's 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
Students and staff alike share their own thoughts about OC and moments of their lives.
20 Questions: In the Halls
BSU advisor Marcus Goodwin is pictured (4th from left) surrounded by BSU members grades 9-12th, May 29, 2024.
BSU Beginning at OCHS
Black Student Unions are beneficial for students who don't feel seen in their communities via Unsplash.com via unsplash.com
Why BSU’s Are Necessary in Predominantly White Institutions
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
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
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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
Tons of plastic pollute the world's oceans, leading to a global pollution problem. Photo via unsplash.com
The Problem with Plastic
Today's consumer culture is attracting a younger and younger audience, leading to parents spending more and more on their kids. via pexels.com
Is Consumerism Affecting our Youth: The Receipts
Housing and homelessness is becoming a big problem, and drugs are a factor in making it worse. Photo via pexels.com
How Does Drug Addiction Contribute to Housing and Homelessness?
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Roe v. Wade & Adoptions in Oregon
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The Problem With Food Insecurity
Students and staff alike share their own thoughts about OC and moments of their lives.
20 Questions: In the Halls
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
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
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Farrin Reisfar, Lead Photographer

Farrin Reisfar (she/her/hers) is a 9th grader at OCHS who works as a photographer for The Elevator. She loves music, playing guitar and bass, taking pictures, reading, and horror movies.

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The sign at Tyrone S. Woods Memorial Park in Oregon City, OR off of Meyers Road. Opened in 2021 in the memory of Tyrone for his community.

[Photo] Tyrone Woods: OCHS Alumni and National Hero

Bliss Baxter, Editor-in-chief
May 2, 2024
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
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
Ava Haskett and Ahren Peterson each hold Kaity Sue Stangeland’s hands while she introduces herself as Regina George in the song “Meet The Plastics”, Nov. 16, 2023. This was Haskett’s first show, and Peterson has been in previous shows “Music Man”, “The Alibi's”, and “Shakespeare in Love.”

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.

[Photo] 'Mean Girls: The Musical' Opens

December 1, 2023
Damian Hubbard played by William Corwin and Cady Heron played by Presley Zarfas stand atop a table as they end the song “Where Do You Belong?” by holding out cafeteria trays in “Mean Girls”, Nov. 16, 2023. Corwin was in the previous show “Shakespeare in Love”, and this was Zarfas’ first show.

Regina George, played by Kaity Sue Stangeland, is held above other cast members while performing the song “Someone Gets Hurt”, during the opening night of “Mean Girls'', Nov. 16, 2023. Stangeland has been in previous preformances “Music Man” and “Shakespeare in Love”.

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.

[Photo] ‘Mean Girls: The Musical’ Opens

Emerie Jennings, Managing Editor
December 1, 2023
Kaity Sue Stangeland, playing Regina George, stands confidently on a table while rehearsing the song “Meet The Plastics” for "Mean Girls: The Musical", Nov, 6th, 2023.

Cast of ‘Mean Girls’ Takes to the Stage

Farrin Reisfar, Lead Photographer
November 16, 2023
OCHS theatre performers rehearse crowding excitedly around Cady Heron, played by Presley Zarfas, during the song “Where Do You Belong?” for "Mean Girls: The Musical," Nov. 6th, 2023.

William Corwin, playing Damian Hubbard in the "Mean Girls: The Musical" performance, is gracefully lifted off a table by his fellow actors during a rehearsal, Nov. 6th, 2023.

OCHS’s theatre class rehearses a choreographed dance during the song “Where Do You Belong?” for "Mean Girls: The Musical", Nov. 6th, 2023.

[Photo] Meet the Plastics

Bliss Baxter, Editor-in-chief
November 15, 2023
OCHS varsity football players play against Tualatin at their homecoming game, Oct 20th, 2023.

2023 Homecoming Parade & Football Game

Farrin Reisfar, Lead Photographer
November 15, 2023
Emerie Jennings and Bliss Baxter read issues of “The Elevator” from the early 2000’s, Oct. 10th, 2023, in room B107. Today, the journalism club had their first meeting of the year. They looked at old issues of our school’s newspaper, and studied the websites of other student led newspapers, with the main goal of coming up with ideas to improve The Elevator and its website.

First 2023 Journalism Meeting

Farrin Reisfar, Lead Photographer
November 15, 2023
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