For safety reasons, PLEASE call OHS at 407-320-4050 and make an appointment before arriving on campus unannounced.

Oviedo High School Principal’s Weekly Update November 2, 2020

We just finished our Spirit Week this past week. SGA did a wonderful job organizing and advertising the days. We had a lot of participation by the student body. Even though Homecoming has been delayed until second semester, we will still celebrate a court during our November 6th Home football game halftime. We all felt strongly about keeping in tack as many activities as possible for our seniors.

We will be selling Holiday Trees again this year. Please consider buying one from Oviedo High School in order to support our athletic programs. We will publish dates and times soon. Thank you for your support.

Congratulations to our Varsity Football team for winning the Mayor’s Cup on Friday! Most likely we will replay HHS in the play-offs on November 20th at home. Stay tuned for more information.

This past week we have seen a decrease of positive COVID-19 cases and the amount we have had to quarantine individuals that have been exposed. At any time, anyone is able to access the COVID-19 Dashboard for Seminole County Public Schools. The numbers reflect the cumulative unduplicated total of positive staff and student cases reported for all Seminole County Public Schools. The link is https://www.scps.k12.fl.us/covid19/dashboard.stml.

Congratulations to Justin Rockaway! Justin was named Seminole County’s Spectrum Scholar Athlete for the Class of 2021! Justin represents all Seminole County high schools!

• National Merit Semi-finalist (application has been sent for “Finalist”) • National Hispanic Scholar • National AP Scholar • AP Scholar with Distinction • 14 AP classes • GPA: 4.60 weighted / 4.00 unweighted • Class rank: Top 10 (8th of 627) • SAT 1560 (out of 1600) • Principal’s Honor Roll (all years) • Math Honor Society, member / tutor • Top 10 in County Math Competition • Model UN, member / leader • Brain Bowl Team • Varsity Swim Team, four years • Two-time & Diving Team State Champion • Repeat Finalist at State Championship meet • Team Captain • All American Swim Team (National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association) • First Team All-Conference • Student Athlete Certificate of Academic Excellence

Congratulations to Alessandra Dunoyer! She has been selected as a finalist for Seminole Arts Alive. She is a senior on the Mane Attraction Dance Team. Over 100 performers auditioned, and the judges selected Alessandra!

Rishika Podarala, Cassidy Conte, Adelaine Agnew, and Amina Hasan created the following presentation on the “Pandemics Epidemiology: Societal Impacts and Strategic Response within South Korea”. It was the most educating presentation I have seen on mitigation of COVID from a country level perspective. https://pioneeracademics.com/portfolio/curiousminds/

Congratulations to the 2020-2021 Homecoming Court: 2024 Trevor Lane Diego Lara Miranda Adams Amelia Martinez 2023 Luke Haddad Ehren Towle Natalye Trent Marin Rose 2022 Noah Sharp Neema Owji Maiya Robinson Felicia Wilks 2021 Tyler Wampole Tyler Kantrowitz Carlos Chavez Ramirez Tayvon Coleman Bryson Dunsworth Fade Faircloth Alexa Colon Courteney Latimer Vivian Towson Leola Broitman Oliva Jaffry Alb Del Barco

You must complete the Homecoming form and return it to Ms. Delong by Wednesday, November 4th at 1:30 p.m. Practice for Homecoming Court will be Friday, November 6th at the beginning of 6th period. Please meet in the front office. If you have any questions regarding Homecoming Court, please email [email protected].

Seniors – Class of 2021

The Leonards' Orlando studio will be open Saturdays for the next two weeks, 10/31 and 11/7 for seniors to get their pictures taken. This will ensure your senior is included in the yearbook. Don't delay! https://new.leonards.com/

Congratulations to our Teacher of the Week Congratulations to our Teacher of the Week Jen DiPietro! Ms. DiPietro is an excellent teacher always helping her students. She teaches with Ms. Lynn Algebra I. Thank you for all you do!

Congratulations to our Students of the Week Our Student of the Week is Olivia Garcia for her 3-D model set for Drama.

Athletics Update from Athletic Director Jen Darty

Last Varsity Football fell 22-21 to Timber Creek. The Wolves converted a game-winning two- point conversion with 1:06 to go.

Swimming & Diving won the District Championship on both the Boys & Girls side over the weekend. The girls defeated Winter Park in a close one, with our three divers giving us the edge in score with a total of 578-569. The Boys team dominated Winter Park with a score of 583-463. For Girls Swim, Kaylin Herbet won the 50-Freestyle with a 0:24 and Marin Rose won the 500- Free with a 5:04. The Boys won the 200-Medley and the 400-Freestyle relays, Ryan Reynolds won the 200-Free with a 1:45, Luca Oliva won the 200 Individual Medley with a 1:57 and the 500-Free with a 4:42, Tyler Hanley won the 100-Butterfly with a 0:51 and the 100-Backstroke with a 0:52, and Lukas Boaz won the 100-Breaststroke with a 1:02. Next up for the team, is the Regional Meet on Saturday at Lake Brantley High School.

Girls competed in the District Tournament and finished as District Champions!! Congratulations to Coach Waters & the team! Congratulations also to Jacqueline Gonzalez as she won the individual championship as well!

Boys Bowling competed in the District Tournament and finished as District Champions!! Congratulations to Coach Waters & the team! Congratulations also to Brendan Carney as he won the individual championship as well!

Freshman Football defeated Hagerty in their final game of the season 31-6. Kevin Watson had three touchdowns & Trevor Lane led the team in tackles.

JV Football fell to Hagerty last night 28-0. Garrett Harrison, DeJuan Lewis, and Jacob Thelen led in rushing. Jacob Resendez led in tackles.

On Friday, Josh Stewart competed in the Boys State Championship over the weekend and finished tied for 5th place overall in Class 3A. He shot a 72 & 73 on each day. Congratulations to Josh, Coach Howell & the team on a great season!

Varsity Football won over Hagerty on Friday night 20-14 to keep the Mayor’s Cup for the fourth year in a row! DJ Scott ran for all three touchdowns for the team. Congratulations to Coach Tackett & the team!

On Saturday, Swimming & Diving competed at in the Region Meet. The Girls team finished third overall & the Boys came away as Region Champions! With the finish, the team will advance to the State Meet on Saturday in Stuart, . Good luck to Coach Rose & the team!

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, they are only permitting two spectators per student-athlete and providing an allotment of tickets to each school that will be distributed by the coach.

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 or potential exposure, please keep them home until you’ve received the results of your test and know they are negative.

3. If your student tests positive, please immediately email [email protected] or call the school at 407-320-4050.

Scholarships for the Class of 2021 Organized by the Month

Thank you so much to parent, Laura Slogar, for her work building an electronic database of scholarships for our seniors. Please see the link below. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DLQkus27616UyZs_Y_ZQZCoO5DZeB6UXsgDKNE caVpM/edit?usp=sharing

Questions Contact [email protected]

A message from Guidance Director Sarah Reilly 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, November 02 6:00 PM Band Rehearsal (School)

Tuesday, November 03 3:00 PM Dance Practice (School) 5:00 PM Boys Varsity Soccer OPEN Preseason Classic @ Winter Park Away

Wednesday, November 04 TBA Coed Varsity Bowling OPEN State Tournament @ TBA Away 4:00 PM Girls Varsity Weightlifting Winter Springs High School Away 6:30 PM Girls Varsity Soccer Edgewater High School Preseason Classic @ Bishop Moore Away 7:30 PM Girls Varsity Soccer Bishop Moore High School Preseason Classic @Bishop Moore Away

Thursday, November 05 TBA Coed Varsity Bowling OPEN State Tournament @ TBA Away 3:00 PM Dance Practice (School) 7:00 PM Boys Varsity Soccer OPEN Preseason Classic @ Winter Park Away

Friday, November 06 7:00 PM Boys Varsity Football IMG Academy Home

Saturday, November 07 CFCYL (Other) TBA Coed Varsity Cross Country OPEN Class 4A Region 1 Championship @ Sante Fe College Away TBA Coed Varsity Swimming OPEN State Tournament @ Stuart, FL Away 7:00 PM Band (School)