OHSU Happenings
Call for Mascot Logo
The Open High School of Utah is thrilled to announce that our new mascot is the Trailblazers. Thank you to each student who submitted fantastic name ideas. There were so many to choose from!
We are now looking for a graphic design of an OHSU Trailblazer that can be used for the school logo.
Requirements for school logo:
Include school name
Include a graphic of a Trailblazer
Be representative of the vision and mission of the Open High School of Utah
Timeline:
October 12th-Graphics Due. E-mail to delaina.tonks@openhighschool.org
October 14th-Board Members will select two that they feel best represent the mission of the school
October 15th-students will vote and determine the final school logo
BYU Independent Study Reminder & Fee Policy
Please make sure that your students are consistently working on their BYU Independent Study Courses so that they are able to complete them on the same schedule as their OHSU courses.
Also, please be aware that effective October 10th there will be a $20 fee charged to you for withdrawing from a BYU IS course, or for switching from class to another.
Class Officer Elections
Congratulations to all of our students who ran marvelous campaigns for class office!
OHSU is thrilled to announce its very first group of Freshman Class Officers:
Class President: Rachel Shearer
Class Vice-President: Corinne Parry
Class Secretary: Alora Cheney
Class Historian: Savannah Stacey
Student Directory
When you registered your student for OHSU part of the information included using your student’s name and e-mail address for a Class Directory. Our Class Officers are currently putting together this directory, so please watch for it! If you do not want to have your student’s name and e-mail published, let me know as soon as possible.
Trustlands Committee
We will be having our annual elections for our Trustlands Team on Monday, October 12th. Every year, each public school receives money from federal trustland money. This money must be used to improve the academic quality of the school and must be tied to student achievement. Our committee will have five members, three of which must be parents. The parents must be elected by the parent body. If you are interested in being on the committee, please provide me with a summary of why you believe you would a contributing member of the committee by Friday, October 9th, 2009. To view the video of the Trust Land organization, go to www.schoollandtrust.org.
Parent Organization Elections
OHSU’s Parent Organization President will be announced soon! In the meantime, if you are interested in being elected to the Parent Organization Board, please submit to me a brief summary of why you are interested in the position, by October 9th. The open positions are President-Elect (this is a two year position! The President-Elect will be President for 2010-2011), Secretary and Treasurer. Elections will be held on Monday, October 12th, at the same time as the Trustlands Committee Elections.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
DeLaina Tonks, MA
Acting Director
Open High School of Utah
delaina.tonks@openhighschool.org
801.725.3396
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