Oviedo High School Principal’s Weekly Update April 5, 2021

Congratulations to the JV Winterguard for placing 4th at the Daytona Beach Ocean Center for FFCC State! Congratulations to the Oviedo Varsity Winterguard for placing 3rd at FFCC State! Great job and season to both teams!

The Snapshot Survey is now open for parents to fill out and give feedback to OHS. Results from this survey will help us to improve our school and will be used to create a more transparent school report card called the Snapshot Report. The Snapshot Report features a snapshot of parent and student perceptions as well as other critical data points.

Parents, please assist us by participating in this very short survey that will allow you to provide input in your own words about Oviedo High School. The survey will ask how likely you are to recommend our school to others and will provide an opportunity for you to tell us about your experience.

Please click on the link to access the survey. 2020-2021 Parent Snapshot Link

All responses are collected anonymously and no personally identifiable information will be included as a part of the survey. The survey will be open through April 25th.

Summer School this year will be face to face at OHS. The summer school principal is Assistant Principal, Nancy Diaz. Ms. Diaz has been communicating via School Messenger. If you have questions, please email her at [email protected].

Any person interested in serving on next year’s School Advisory Council (SAC) should email Dr. Jason McDonald at [email protected] no later than April 16, for inclusion on the ballot. The SAC meets in the evening on the 4th Monday of the Month 8-9 times per year.

OHS Athletic Boosters has board member openings for next year. If you are interested in serving, please email [email protected]

The Little Lions Preschool is now registering children who will be ages 3-4 for the 2021-2022 school year. This program is operated by the Early Childhood Education program at Oviedo High School where the high school students plan and implement lessons in a working preschool. If you have a preschooler or know someone that would be interested, please contact Brittany Rogers at 407-320-4189 or [email protected] for more information and to schedule a tour. Operating hours will be Monday - Thursday 8:15-11:45 and the tuition will be $100 per month mid-October through early May. There is a $25 nonrefundable registration fee. Please note that the program fills quickly, and it is on a first come first serve basis.

Class of 2021 Announcements

Senior Week Monday, April 5th Dress up day: 10 years back Tuesday, April 6th Dress up day: 10 years forward Wednesday, April 7th Dress up day: Childhood Movie or TV Show Character Thursday, April 8th Dress up day: Senior Citizen Day After school activity: Lundy’s Awards at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium Friday, April 9th Dress up day: College day Saturday, April 10th The Class of 2022 presents the OHS Senior Garden Party Date: Saturday, April 10, 2021 Time: 5 pm to 9:30 pm Location: The Great Lawn and Amphitheater at Oviedo on the Park Attire: formal or semi-formal; no jeans, t-shirts, shorts, flip flops or cutoffs please Cost: $50 per person from Tue. 3/23 - Fri. 4/2 Prices increase to $60 Mon. 4/5- Wed 4/8 Admission includes:

o exclusive access to multiple areas for couple and group photos - Starts at 5pm (entrance to the event area begins at 6) o sit-down dinner and Jeremiah's dessert (full menu on registration form) Starts serving around 6:15 pm o beautiful outdoor seating o prom court ceremony (approx 8:30 pm) o lawn games for groups and couples

Students must register online via the link on the Class of 2021 eCampus page. Payments may be made through this form online via GoFan, or payments can be made in-person by cash to check to Mrs. Finnegan in room 8-220. Checks should be made payable to Oviedo High School. https://forms.gle/RQRQsqGFvM1B5pQeA

Senior CTE Awards Night Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium

Senior Awards Night Thursday, April 29. 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium

Don’t be left out! 130 Seniors still have not purchased their caps and gowns. See the link below. https://herfforlando.com/

Did you know that the sale of PG’s Senior Signs funds the majority of senior events? Purchase your student’s sign to celebrate your senior and support senior events. Last delivery is only a few weeks away. Final day to purchase is FRIDAY - 4/9. Don’t miss out on your chance! https://ohslions.memberhub.store/store/items/231071

We are still working on the details regarding graduation. You will receive an email through School Messenger when the plans are finalized.

Congratulations to our Teacher of the Week Congratulations to our Teacher of the Week Ms. Nicole Davis! Ms. Davis has done an excellent job with her students on Achieve and Reading Plus. She also tutors at Boys Town and in our PRIDE program. We are proud of you!

Congratulations to our Students of the Week Ms. Savage nominated Ayden Cobb for student of the week. She says, “Ayden is crazy smart, but what is so remarkable is that he is also incredibly humble. And I have never had a student who is so supportive and helpful of his peers than Ayden. Ayden is a natural teacher and is incredibly patient when helping those around him. He is literally my volunteer teaching assistant and the students in his class are lucky to have him there, as am I. He is the best academic team player I have had in all my years of teaching.” Congratulations Ayden!

Ms. Krupica nominated the following students who earned their MTA (Microsoft Technology Associate) certifications:

Randal Davis – Java Programming Bryn O’Donnell – Java Programming Caleb Bondar – HTML and CSS Phoebe Knudsen – HTML and CSS Benjamin Ross – HTML and CSS

Athletics Update from Athletic Director Jen Darty

JV beat Lake Brantley 15-7 in 4 innings. The team was led by Ava Gelm with a Grand Slam. Varsity fell 10-0.

Boys Weightlifting competed in the SAC Championships. The team finished 7th overall. Nick Williams finished 5th in his weight class and Garrison Sonner 6th. Congratulations to Dominic Charcap who was SAC Champion in the unlimited weight class.

The boys and girls track had a great outing at the Raymond Gaines Invitational at : Girls 4x800 2nd Grace Davis Maya Cabal Caroline Hickey Ryleigh Holcomb Boys 4x800 2nd Ashton Fields Sam Henery Rey Permaul Jack Campbell

Boys 1 Mile(At Dunbar Classic) - Sam Austin New School Record 4:18:03

Girls 1600 -3rd In a come from behind photo finish Ellen Cocurull

Girls 4x100 2nd Kanya Smith Eliana Nemasango Sarah Kanbara Courntey Latimer Boys 4x100 3rd Peter Gaffney Josh Joy Cam Anderson Matt Rucker Girls 4x400 3rd Maya Cabal Lilly Johnson Courtney Latimer Ryleigh Holcomb

Girls 300 Hurdles - 2nd Eliana Nemasango

Girsl 800 4th 2:43 PR Nikki Owji 15 3:08 Bailey 16 Shams 3:10 Boys 800 9 Luke Haddad 2:17 13 Connor Kracht 2:22 Alex Newman 2:26

Girls 3200 3rd Sophia Johnson Boys 3200 2nd Ashton Fields 3rd Jack Campbell

Girls Discus - 3rd Kiana Scott Girls Shot - 3rd Kiana Scott

Girls Javelin - 1st Sarah Kanbara New School Record! 27.95 Meters 2nd Kiana Scott Girls High Jump - 2nd Lilly Johnson

Boy's won the SAC championship on Friday with a 6-5 double overtime win over #12 Nationally ranked Lake Mary Rams. Senior Attackman Kevin Croteau led in scoring, tallying three goals, including the game winner. Senior Midfielder Cole Gehring had one goal and the game winning assist. Senior Goalie Cody Uttich had an incredible 13 saves including 3 in overtime. The lions remain undefeated 7-0.

Boys Varsity lost 21-25, 15-25, 24-26 to Lake Mary last night. JV also fell in straight sets.

Girls Lacrosse fell to Hagerty at both levels last night. Varsity lost 12-1 – junior Riley Finnegan had 10 saves in goal & sophomore Avery Anderson won 10 of 14 draw controls. JV lost 12-2 – freshmen Maddie Love scored two goals.

JV won 7-6 over Lyman.

Varsity Softball won 4-3 over Windermere in 10 innings.

Boys Varsity Volleyball fell in five sets to Lake Howell, 25-18, 20-25, 25-21, 21-25, 11-15. JV fell in two sets.

Water Polo won in the District Semifinals on both sides over Timber Creek last night. Girls won 14-8 & Boys won 19-7.

Varsity Baseball won 13-4 over Lake Mary last night. TJ Wayne pitched four innings and go the win & Diego Diaz pitched three. The team had strong play by Isaiah Barkett, Kade Faircloth, Eric Day, Daniel Baez, Gian Flores, Michael DiLella, Eli Fleming, and Hudson Cullen. JV fell 9-5 to Lake Mary.

Boys Varsity Lacrosse won 17-0 over Apopka.

Softball won on both levels last night with JV beating Windermere 16-6 and Varsity defeating Heritage 17-1.

Girls JV Lacrosse beat Lake Howell 8-0 on Wednesday night. Freshmen Annabelle Godwin and Gianna Fernandez both had two goals. Freshmen Maddy Love won 6 of 8 draw controls and gathered 8 ground balls.

Boys Weightlifting competed in the District Meet and came away at 5th place. Dominic Charcap finished 1st as the Individual District Champion in his weight class, Aiden McNamara was 6th in his weight class and Bryce Lesser was 5th in his weight class. All three will advance to the Region Finals!

Congratulations to the Boys & Girls Water Polo team for winning the District Championship last night on both sides! The Girls defeated Hagerty 12-5 behind goalie Laurel Cupit’s 11 saves while top scoring came from Marissa Watkins with five goals and Carlie Rose and Eleanor Duffy with three each. Other goals were scored by Karsen McKee and Marin Rose. The assist leader was Caitlin Kim. The Boys won a hard fought battle, with seven lead changes, and the team pulling ahead with 1 minute left to hold on 14-13. Daniel Salcedo had 8 saves in goal and Dominic Vizzarri led the Boys with 5 goals. Brady Vaiarella and Josh Howell had three goals each and Neil Dash, Trevor Francis, and Joey San flip each scored once. The assist leader was Neil Dash with three.

Girls defeated Hagerty 5-2 after starting the match down 1-2 in a rain-out a month ago. Standout performances from No. 1 singles Chloe Pinkston (8-2), No. 2 singles Allison Bell (8-4), and a come-from-behind-victory at No.3 singles by Daniela Orjuela (8-6) propelled them to 9-1 on the season. The Boys fell 0-7 against the Huskies on the afternoon with No. 2 singles Carson Wood falling 8-2.

Beach Volleyball opened up their season with a 5-0 sweep over Lake Howell yesterday. Strong wins came in the No.3 pair with Alani Long & Sara Ferrer and the No.4 pair of Stephanie Geber & Mackenzie Cox.

Varsity Softball defeated Apopka 10-1. The team was led on the mound by Catherine Buckner with 13 strikeouts. Offense tallied 11 hits with Alyssa Tossi going 4-for-4, Maddie Slavik going 3-for-4, and Angelee Bueno contributing a home run! JV Softball won over Apopka 8-1. Kennedy Gibson took the win on the mound. Sophia Vanderkooy and Carolina Dovali both led the offense with a homerun a piece.

Varsity Baseball fell 5-1 to Bishop Moore.

Boys Varsity Lacrosse won 9-3 over West Orange. Cole Gehring scored three goals while Kevin Croteau & Nick Griffith each scored two, and Jacob Thelen & Mitch Campbell both scored one.

Varsity Baseball won 5-4 in an exciting 8-inning thriller over Lake Mary on Friday. JV Baseball fell 4-0 to Lake Mary.

Girls Lacrosse beat Winter Park at both levels on Friday. Varsity won 19-8 and the team was led by seniors Abby Greene with 5 goals, Mandy Turner with 4 goals & 3 assists, and Natalie Cyrkel with 3 goals. Sophomore Carly O’Donnell had 9 assists & sophomore Avery Anderson had 4 goals. JV also won over Winter Park with a score of 4-1. Sophomore Grace Lum and freshmen Payton Parker, Annabelle Godwin, and Maddy Love all scored goals for the team.

Both the Boys & Girls Track and Field Teams had great showings at the Bob Mosher Wildcat Open on Saturday taking 2nd Place overall. The team had 4 school records broken (the 600 meter twice) and a U.S #1 time for Sam Austin in the 800 at 1:49.991. Sarah Kanbara broke the school record again in the Javelin and both Maya Cabal and Ryleigh Holcomb broke the 600 meter record with Ryleigh taking the win. The team had top finishes in the following: Girls 2000 Meter SteepleChase 1st Caroline Hickey; 3rd Bailey Shams, Girls 100 Meter Hurdle 2nd Eliana Nemasango; 3rd Jessica Nolte, Girls 100 Meter Dash - 2nd Courtney Latimer, Boys 100 Meter Dash 2nd Matt Rucker, Boys Fresh/Soph 1600 1st Marc McDonald 4:49; 3rd Myles Egerton 4:59, Girls Varsity 1600 - 3rd Sophia Johnson, Boys Varsity 1600 - 3rd Ashton Fields 4:39, Girls 400 Meter - 2nd Maya Cabal, Girls 300M Hurdles - 1st Eliana Nemasango; 3rd Jessica Nolte, Boys 800 - 1st Sam Austin 1:49.991 New School Record - 1st in the Nation; 7th Connor Kracht; 9 Theo Crouch, Girls 200 Meter - 2nd Courtney Latimer, Boys 200 Meter - 1st Matt Rucker going Sub 23 - 22.99, Girls 600 - both Ryleigh Holcomb and Maya Cabal broke the school record; 1st Ryleigh Holcomb; 4th Maya Cabal, Boys High Jump - 2nd Caleb Barr, Girls High Jump - 1st Jessica Nolte, Boys Shot - 3rd Ethan Manning, Girls Shot - 1st Kiana Scott, Girls Discus - 1st Kiana Scott, Boys Javelin - 2nd Michael Padron; 3rd Caleb Barr, Girls Javelin - 2nd Sarah Kanbara, New School Record; 3rd Kiana Scott.

Senior Girls Lacrosse Players. *Seniors removed their masks for a few seconds for this picture.

How to Buy Athletic Tickets This school year all events in Seminole County are cashless. The Seminole County & FHSAA online ticketing provider is GoFan (www.gofan.co). All tickets will be purchased through GoFan and redeemed electronically on your smart phone at the gate. Upon purchasing tickets, please make sure you do NOT validate them prior to entering the gate. There will not be paper tickets available at the gate. All Fall athletic events, with the exception of Varsity Football, at Oviedo High School are currently available for purchase in GoFan through this link: https://gofan.co/app/school/FL1808. For our home Varsity Football games, tickets for general admission will go live online on Monday at 8:00am the week of the home Varsity Football game. Please note, all venues are at limited capacity with a set number of tickets. Once tickets are sold out, we cannot admit any more fans into the stadium. Tickets for our away games in Seminole County will also be available in GoFan when released by the opponent. For our away games in Orange County for Winter Sports, they will be moving to GoFan and limiting their capacity to 25%.

For all athletic events, masks are required by SCPS. The administration has the authority by FHSAA to stop the game and require everyone to wear a mask and wear one appropriately meaning covering the nose and mouth area. Please refer to the guidelines for further details.

Stop the Spread

How can you help?

1. If your child is feeling ill or displaying any potential symptoms, please err on the side of caution and keep them home. Every student does have 10 absences that a parent can write a note for making them excused. This is per semester, so you don’t have to worry. Also, at home a student can log into eCampus/Canvas and stay up to date on the class material.

2. If your child has recently been tested for COVID-19 due to symptoms, has symptoms, or potential exposure, please contact Tanya Cameron at 407-320-4008.

3. If your student tests positive, please immediately contact Tanya Cameron at 407-320-4008 or call the school at 407-320-4050.

Scholarships for the Class of 2021 Organized by the Month

Please see the link below.

Email [email protected] with questions.

Updated scholarship listing: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DLQkus27616UyZs_Y_ZQZCoO5DZeB6UX sgDKNEcaVpM/edit#gid=1292535822

Who is my counselor? A-Deb Lightsey Dec-Ha Reilly Hb-Mea Byrd Meb-R Washington S-Z Vosburg ESE Valentine

Support the OHS PTSA by shopping at Amazon! OHS PTSA is now officially registered as a charity option with Amazon Smile. Below is our unique link for people to select us as their charity. The key is when shopping on Amazon you have to go through the AmazonSmile site (smile.amazon.com), not just Amazon.com - but there is absolutely no difference; your account is all still there. You can bookmark AmazonSmile to make it easier. Thank you for your support. https://smile.amazon.com/ch/51-0203538

Calendar of Events

Monday, April 05 5:30 PM Flag FB Practice (Other) 5:30 PM Girls Junior Varsity Lacrosse Lake Brantley High School Home 6:00 PM Boys Junior Varsity Baseball Lake Brantley High School Away 7:00 PM Girls Varsity Lacrosse Lake Brantley High School Home

Tuesday, April 06 3:30 PM Coed Varsity Tennis Olympia High School Girls Tennis Only Away 4:30 PM Boys Varsity Volleyball Tri-Match @ Seminole Away 5:00 PM Girls Junior Varsity Softball Sanford Seminole HS Away 5:30 PM Boys Junior Varsity Lacrosse Winter Park High School Away 6:00 PM Boys Varsity Baseball Sanford Seminole HS Away 6:00 PM Boys Junior Varsity Baseball Sanford Seminole HS Home 7:00 PM Girls Varsity Softball Sanford Seminole HS Away 7:00 PM Boys Varsity Lacrosse Winter Park High School Away

Wednesday, April 07 TBA Boys Varsity Water Polo OPEN Region Semifinals @ TBA Away TBA Girls Varsity Water Polo OPEN Region Semifinals @ TBA Away TBA Boys Varsity Weightlifting OPEN Region Meet @ TBA Away TBA Coed Varsity Track OPEN Seminole Athletic Conference Championship @ Lake Brantley Away 3:00 PM Coed Varsity Tennis Sanford Seminole HS Away 3:15 PM Girls Varsity Volleyball Lake Mary High School @ Lake Mary Away 5:30 PM Flag FB Practice (Other) 5:30 PM Boys Junior Varsity Lacrosse Lake Nona High School Home 6:00 PM Girls Junior Varsity Lacrosse Timber Creek High School Away 7:00 PM Boys Varsity Lacrosse Lake Nona High School Home 7:30 PM Girls Varsity Lacrosse Timber Creek High School Away

Thursday, April 08 3:30 PM Coed Varsity Tennis Geneva School Away 5:30 PM Boys Junior Varsity Volleyball Lake Brantley High School Away 7:00 PM Boys Varsity Volleyball Lake Brantley High School Away 7:00 PM Lundy Awards (School)

Friday, April 09 Knights Dance Recital (Other) 5:00 PM Girls Junior Varsity Softball Hagerty High School Home 6:00 PM Boys Varsity Lacrosse Viera High School Away 6:00 PM Girls Varsity Lacrosse Lake Mary High School Away 6:00 PM Boys Varsity Baseball Sanford Seminole HS Home 6:00 PM Boys Junior Varsity Baseball Sanford Seminole HS Away 7:00 PM Girls Varsity Softball Hagerty High School Home

Saturday, April 10 AP Calc Review (School) Drama Rehearsal (School) TBA Boys Varsity Water Polo OPEN Region Finals @ TBA Away TBA Girls Varsity Water Polo OPEN Region Finals @ TBA Away 3:00 PM Antioch Orlando Church (Other) 5:00 PM Senior Event (School)