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OHS Clubs: created with a rationale or for resume?

By EMERSON LIHN Copy Chief

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By JAMES MOFFITT Staff Writer

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Opinion: winter activity guide for OHS students

By KARALYNN MORA

Staff Writer

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Government shutdown shutdown:: D.C. on ICE

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6 December 2025

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The “Wingspan” community: keeping it classy

By JAMES MOFFITT

Staff Writer

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Cordael Eley

Freshman

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It’s important to remember that your grades don’t define you, your attitude does.

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Architechture is interesting to me because I think it’s inspiring to build things that people are going to live in and be a part of.

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Ava Sabyan Senior

December 2025

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Croix Rolfes Sophomore

“ I like flying

because it gives me the freedom of seeing the world from a different perspective.

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Mrs. Corponi

English Teacher

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I’ve always had a love for art, since I was young, and I think English blends itself really well as far as being an artistic medium.

Whether it’s painting or it’s with words, I think it’s a form of expression.

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OHS theater’s comedic horror story: Arsenic and Old Lace

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