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
Senior Lit Fest is live at OFHS! We are hosting OF Alum authors Bridget Morrissey and Ian Ryan today and celebrating literature in all forms! #TheBengalWay #BengalsRead
We are doing March Madness all over OFHS; this time Grilled Cheese style! Faculty judges rated the grilled cheese sandwiches and tried valiantly to pick a winner. Don't they all look good? #TheBengalWay #Grilledcheeseandtomatosoup
We want to congratulate Princess Sofiyea for taking home the coveted Eleanor Ferraro Fine Arts Scholarship from the 50th Annual D228 Keith Anderson Fine Arts Festival held this past weekend! Our other feature photos are from our artists who won in several categories (though not necessarily shown in that order): Best of Show, Ceramics: Logan Birnbaum; Best of Show; Photography: Kayla Collins; Best of School: Inahmi Soto; Honorable Mention, Best of School: Andrea Huizar; Honorable Mention, Best of School: Gwen Nayman; Honorable Mention, Best of School: Addysen Jakubowicz; Honorable Mention, Best of School: Gwen Napier; and Honorable Mention, Best of School: Millie Redican. Nice job, Fine Arts Bengals! #TheBengalWay #BengalPride #OFfa
Deans Pluhar & Thormeyer and Dr. Boniface had the treat of reading to Ms. Wortel's 2nd-grade class at @KerkstraCougars recently! Looking forward to continuing to encourage our #FutureBengals to read! #TheBengalWay #BengalsRead
The Senior Citizens Breakfast is back! After a COVID-19 hiatus, it's a pleasure to have the seniors back at OFHS again to hear our jazz band & VoSho Choir & the terrible joke stylings of our retiring Assoc. Principal, Dan Dunne! #TheBengalWay #Wemissedyou
Don't forget to wear your crazy, mismatched socks tomorrow to support our fellow Down Syndrome Bengals on World Down Syndrome Day! We are PROUD to show our support! #TheBengalWay #worlddownsyndromeday
Don't forget to attend the Classical Choir concert in the Cafe tonight at 7pm! You are going to be treated to some wonderful music! #TheBengalWay #offa @Ofhs_Choir
Congrats to the Hillcrest Hawks who won the1st ever #D228 Battle of the Books, MC'ed by Dr. Sikora! They competed against the Titans, the Braves and our Bengals to take home a really great trophy! Well done! #TheBengalWay #Bookbattle
Good luck to the cast of the Group Interp as they compete with their drama "Coraline" at the Group Interpretation Sectionals tomorrow on Saturday, March 16 at Richards HS. We're so proud of your perseverance and your hard work and we know it will pay off! #TheBengalWay #Offa