Congrats to Amber, Ian, Fiona, & Gabriele who have won recognition at the highest Ambassador level for over 100 hours of community service to our school and our community! We are lucky to have you working so hard on our behalf! #TheBengalWay @cityofoakforest #BengalPride
Bengals, if you don't have plans for your weekend, we do! Come to Jazz Night @ OFHS on Sat night at 7! It will be a great time! #TheBengalWay #JazzNite @cityofoakforest
#FutureBengals: Baseball Camps are live! Make sure to sign up for them before your summer vacation gets too booked up! We are attaching the information in the QR code below! #TheBengalWay #Americaspastime #Baseballcamp
A great assembly today with #MP2Day! Phil & Matt talked about being awkward while in high school, self-confidence & focusing on the positive. What crazy stories they told and then they showed us with the Awkward Olympics! What did you like best? #TheBengalWay #BengalsAssemble
Snowball had a blast last weekend at Camp Sullivan! #TheBengalWay #Snowballweekend
#Classof2025, have you thought about your #collegeadmissionsessays? We have a special workshop for you Aug. 5-8 at OFHS that will teach you what you need to include in this important paper! Sign up now! #TheBengalWay #College #PPSDept
We're so proud of Abigail Visser, who was the 1st OFHS student to qualify to compete in the individual national tournament for Scholastic Bowl from her performance statistics during the SSC conference season! Nice job, Abigail! #TheBengalWay #BengalPride #ScholasticBowl
Are you following your Bengal #PrideWeek schedule? Tomorrow we're making a rainbow of different colors so wear your favorite color to school! #TheBengalWay #BengalPride
Bengals, wanna learn more about the ethical applications of AI? You don't have to have computer science experience to apply for this opportunity taught by Stanford and MIT students! Talk to your counselor for more details! #TheBengalWay #AI
OFHS went out to the football field to watch the eclipse yesterday. Thanks to the BHSD228 Educational Foundation for helping to provide our cool eclipse glasses! What a gorgeous day! #TheBengalWay #totaleclipseofhs
You're gonna want to mark your calendars for one of our fav authors, Ian Ryan, appearing at Acorn Public Library on April 10 at 7 pm! He was recently one of our featured authors at our Sr. Lit Fest & our Bengals loved him! Don't forget to pre-reg! #TheBengalWay #BengalPride
Did you see this awesome @DailySouthtown coverage of our Sr. Lit Fest? We had a great time with our 2 OF authors, @bridgemorrissey and @ian_m_ryan_writing! https://bit.ly/OFLitFest24 #TheBengalWay #BengalsRead
OF Juniors descended on the @TeenBridgeCenter yesterday to focus on a leadership & communication workshop. Then our Bengals helped with a service project: organizing items for the TBC thrift store! Thanks for helping out at the Teen Bridge Center, Juniors! #TheBengalWay
March may be over but March Madness is definitely NOT! The championship round is Udziela vs. Stevens and the winner is decided THIS FRIDAY! Who will win supreme in our attendance March Madness? We'll see this Friday! Stay tuned......#TheBengalWay #MarchMadness #Attendancematters
Our Bengals love to help our school & our community! We've traveled to Feed My Starving Children to help pack food for others, we've traveled to NY to entertain, we've raised money for our community and @JuliasLegacy of Hope, & MORE! We love you, Oak Forest! #TheBengalWay
On Saturday, April 6, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) will host a Youth Opportunities Fair at Hillcrest High School to connect students with year-round and summer opportunities - including employment, internships, volunteering, and various service programs for youth of all ages. The event is free for all attendees, and is open to the public.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/22byjpnh
Have a wonderful Spring Break!
Thank you, Paxton Patterson, for inviting us to your warehouse where we heard about job opportunities available. Our OF CTE Students liked choosing an area of interest and spending 45 minutes "working." Some students even filled out applications! #TheBengalWay #Workinglife
Friday, members of frosh, soph, jr, and sr class student councils packed 150 boxes, & 32,400 meals at Feed Our Starving Children, enough to feed 89 children meals for a year. We are proud of Bengal Nation students who used their hands to help hungry children. #TheBengalWay
Spring Break Assembly found the "winners" of the Pie in the Face Raffle for Julia's Legacy! A full school game of heads or tails was great fun too! Congrats to all clubs, teams & organizations honored! #TheBengalWay #SpringBreak
