The National FFA awarded Orangefield High School a $3700.00 grant to purchase welding equipment for the CTE program. We appreciate the National FFA helping prepare our students for the workforce.
Pictured: Timothy Tremont, CTE Director, Sunshine Copeland, District Librarian/Grant Writer, and Tim Singleton, Department Head of Agriculture, Welding Instruction, and FFA Advisor.
OHS had a nice surprise today as the Admissions Counselor from Lamar University brought goodies to the counselors. He also announced that since we are always present at the annual Southeast Texas Counselor Update, we are able to be part of Lamar University's centennial birthday celebration gift. We received four $1000 one-time scholarships to award to four of our OHS students that have committed to attending Lamar University in the fall.
Orangefield High School FCCLA teamed up with Interact for a joint community service project. They spent the first Thursday of December volunteering. They started the morning at the annual Granger Food Drive, loading and unloading cans to stock the pantries at the Salvation Army and Orange Christian Services. After spending the morning at Granger Chevrolet, they moved over to downtown Orange to tour the beautifully restored home of Kenneth and Beth Wheeler and the historic Miss Laura's Schoolhouse. They collected and donated over 75 toys benefiting The Service League of Orange 67th Annual Toy Coffee.
Holly Jolly Week
On November 30th, Dalyn Miller, Katelynn Copeland and Landon Dickens travelled to Huffman Hargrove High School to compete in the pre-area round of TMEA All State contes. Congratulations to Katelynn for qualifying to go to the Area round in January.
The OHS Honors English I class went to the Lutcher Theatre to see the Texas Shakespeare Festival Roadshow Tour’s rendition of "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" to view a live performance for their drama unit in class.
Mrs. Bellard's Business Information Management students have completed more certification exams this month. Congratulations to these students on earning their certifications.
Our band students had ATSSB region auditions at HJ this Saturday. We had 12 students make the band and 8 are advancing to Area in January. Congratulations to all students that auditioned.
Jocelyn Casares, Winnie Ou, Adam Tsan, Madison Meyer (Area), Blaine Lenard (Area), Evan Pinkston (Area), Kennedy Watson (Area), Leland Conley (Area), Breckin Hanley, Embrie Manshack (1st Alternate), Josh Eckerle (Area), Mason Fitts (Area) and Owen Meyer (Area).
Congrats to the following Orangefield Bobcat football players on being named to the THSCA Academic All State Team.
Logan Cheek- 1st Team
Mason Houghton -2nd Team
Jacob Worthy- Honorable Mention
Orangefield Bobcats Big Sandy Tournament pool play results from Friday.
The Bobcats took on the Onalaska Wildcats and came away with a victory by a score of 74-63. Leading the Bobcats in scoring were Jaden Scales with 34 points (5-9 3 pointers) and Zane Wrinkle with 30 points (6-10 3 pointers). Scales also contributed 4 assists and 2 steals while Wrinkle pitched in 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals. Kane smith also had a very well rounded game with 5 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals. Orangefield played for the Championship Saturday and came away with the win!
The Orangefield Bobcats took home the championship trophy this weekend in Big Sandy. The Bobcats took on the host school, #14 state ranked team in class 2A, Big Sandy Wildcats. The game would prove to be a battle of two stout defenses as open shots were hard to come by. Orangefield outlasted the Wildcats by a final score of 36-26. The Bobcats were led in scoring by Zane Wrinkle with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Kadyn Rucker also played well, turning in 8 points, 6 rebounds and 4 blocks. Kane Smith had a great all around game contributing 4 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals. Jaden Scales also pitched in an impressive 6 rebounds from the point guard spot. The Bobcats went 4-0 over the weekend bringing their overall record to 8-1. Orangefield will be back on the court Thursday as they host the Bill Tennison Memorial Basketball Tournament on 12/7-12/9.
OHS Choir invites everyone to their Christmas concert.
OHS students in the Child Development and Patient Care Technician courses traveled to LSCO for some hands-on learning. Students were able to participate in the simulation of a delivery and infant care after birth, as well as pediatric and adult simulation scenarios. The students greatly enjoyed the opportunity to put some of their classroom learning to the test. Thank you to the LSCO Nursing Department for welcoming us and investing in our students!
🎄Christmas on the Farm🎄
𝙊𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙏𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚
Abby Slaughter, Ethan Welch, and Gracie Bickham attended the Youth Leadership Southeast Texas Conference today at LIT. Several surrounding school districts along with community leaders spent their day discussing how to best serve our community and what it means to serve others. They were paired with students from Bridge City and will collectively work on a service project over the course of the school year.
Last night, at the November board meeting, the board and Dr. McAlpin recognized our November Students and Employee of the Month.
Lydia Hennigan - OES Kindergarten
Jaxon Cook - OES 3rd Grade
Natalie Bickham - Orangefield Junior High
Jackson Droddy - Orangefield High School
Donna Sonnier - OISD Employee of the Month
Congratulations to Orangefield High School congressional debaters for placing at the UIL Region Meet on November 8, 2023. Sidney Holderman-2nd place; Calvin Kelly-3rd place; Major Copeland-4th place; Colton Myers-5th place; and Cooper Dorman-8th place. The contestants debated various student-created pieces of legislation for 6 hours. Alternates were Kimber Carpenter, Adam Myers, Aiden Taylor, and Emmanuel Zepeda. Holderman and Kelly will advance to the UIL State 3A Congressional Debate Contest at UT-Austin held in January 2024 and Copeland and C. Myers will attend as alternates. The legislation authored by Copeland will be debated at the state meet: "A bill to cease funding Ukraine to focus on issues at home." The OHS Debate Sponsor is Bridget Luna Trahan.
It's Game Day for Bobcat Football!
Bi-District Playoff at Lumberton High School
Orangefield is the visiting team
Tickets sold online only!
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OHS Health Science students would like to extend a big thank you to Tower Medical for sponsoring our new student organization, HOSA - Future Health Professionals. This organization enables students the opportunity to advance knowledge and skills of the healthcare industry, promote career opportunities, and enhance delivery of quality healthcare. Mr. Humphrey and Mr. Garcia, Nurse Practitioners from Tower Medical, made an appearance at today's HOSA meeting so students could thank them personally for their sponsorship of our t-shirts.
Congratulations to these students for passing the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Word Associate exam. These students are members of Mrs. Bellard's Business Information Management class.
1st Period
Back row: Abby Slaughter, Cesar Castro, Simon Dotson, Elyse Gunter, Blake Steele
Middle row: Blaine Lenard, Caroline Braneff, Johanna Lieby, Audrey Sonnier
Front row: Madelyn Burleigh, Harley Beaudoin
2nd Period
Back row: Alexi Collazo, Mattie Owens, Drake Sonnier, Ethan Davidson, Mason Menard
Front row: Nathalie Alvarez, Madison Trammell
6th period
Back row: Cameron Clark, Jermiah Smith, Mason Robinson
Front row: Kim Tsan, Carmen Cordero Valero, Maysie Carpenter, Montana Davis, Kamryn Kelley
7th period
Back row: Jessica Lecea, Ma'Kayllyn Gilbreath, Rilei Hass, Katie Guyote, Camden Ply
Front row: Emma Sanders, Madison Moore, Ava Stephenson, Natalie Roach, Erica Sanborn
8th Period
Back row: Jackson Droddy, Devin Flory, Jake Hogg, Madison Gryder, Kolby Randall
Middle row: Carter Zambardino, Madison McCormack, Payton Marze, Cadley Gaudet
Front row: Kyleigh VanWright, Shelbi Burwick, Jocelyn Casares, Kyler Sarver
