Students Keep Striving
Students who shine through the crowd and show their hard work get recognized here at Orcutt Junior High School. These amazing Mustangs get rewarded with Student of the Month! "Student of the Month is a way to recognize just kids that we appreciate. So it could be for different reasons such as classroom behavior, somebody turning it around and doing their homework when before they weren't a good student. It could be a citizenship, people are nice to other people. So it just depends on what teachers want to nominate for," exclaimed Mrs. Johnson our eighth grade math teacher and leader of SOM.
The fantastic students of the month for March are eighth graders: Delanie Duran, Emily Lopez, Ryan Thomas and Cooper Wood! Along with are marvelous seventh grade choices who are: Jack Allen Hinkle, Shivani Panchal, Oliver Ries and Melina Urias! Congrats on all your hard work Mustangs! These students get chosen at the beginning of the month when Mrs. Johnson sends out a nomination form to all the teachers to nominate boys and girls in their classes. After the nominations come in there is a ballot for eighth grade boy and girls and seventh grade boys and girls. At the end result of nominating and being put into a ballot the Students of the Month are chosen and rewarded with a free movie ticket provided by the PTSA, their picture is taken, and a cool article is put in the newspaper about them!
This tradition of rewarding our hard working Mustangs has been effect for over 15 years! Mrs. Johnson, our 8th grade math teacher, has currently been in charge of this program for around 2 years and is doing a fantastic job at it! If you're wondering how maybe you can receive this reward all you have to do is do your best in all classes and have a positive attitude.
Shivani Panchal, an enthusiastic seventh grader, exclaimed that her favorite class here at OJHS is Mrs. Jackson's math class because she likes math and because she has a fun time in her classroom. Shivani's favorite thing to do outside of school dancing! "In ten years I would probably be in college learning so I could become a doctor," confidently stated Shivani, the loving OJHS student.
The positive seventh grader, Melina Urias, loves singing along to her favorite band Twenty One Piolets! When Melina is working hard at OJHS the class she enjoys the most is math because she expresses that it's easy for her. "Just Melina" loves hanging out with friends and watching movies in her free time. In ten years this fantastic mustang sees herself attending a university!
"Room 1, Mr. Harris, I like working in the various modules, along with no homework!" Jack Allen Hinkle, an intelligent seventh grade Mustang, exclaimed when asked what his favorite class is. Jack is very open minded student who loves all music because, "All music is great!" In his free time Jack likes to play video games, read, and hang out with friends. In ten years Jack Hinkle expects to be in college doing marine biology!
Oliver Ries also known as, "Ollie" or "Brick" the mighty seventh grader loves to play baseball, speed cube, paintball, camping, hunting, and fishing! Ollie's favorite class here at Orcutt Junior High is math in Mrs. Jackson's because he loves math and Mrs. Jackson is funny and nice! "Being a lawyer and a pro baseball player and being bumped to the Supreme Court," expressed Oliver Ries when asked what he'll be doing in ten years. Also Oliver's fastest speed cubing time is 9 seconds and Ollie likes physics as well! "If I am president or in the government I will make things greater," confidently exclaimed Ollie.
Our hyper eighth grade Mustang, Delanie Duran also known as, "Lanie" loves the band Fall Out Boy and our Journalism class here at OJHS! In Lanie's free time she loves to participate in basketball and softball! This successful student sees herself going to college in ten years. Fun fact Delaine happens to be left handed in writing!
Ryan Thomas, a focused eighth grade student, loves history here at Orcutt Junior High! Ryan's favorite things to do in his free are riding his bike, reading, building models, and playing video games. Ryan's future is still undecided but will be successful either way.
"Coop," also known as Cooper Wood is a very positive Mustang who is currently in eighth grade. Cooper's favorite class here at OJHS is Physical Education because there is no homework. When asked where he thinks his future will lie in ten years Cooper replied, "In the army." Coop enjoys going camping in his free time as well!
The savage eighth grader Emily Lopez also well known as, "Yemily," loves to play hockey in her free time in the adult and high school leagues. Yemily happens to be the only girl and youngest one on her team! In ten years she expects to be graduated from college and hopefully pursuing the job she loves. "My favorite class is Journalism because I get to improve and show my writing skills to the school. Also you do the video news announcements," exclaimed Emily. Yemily lastly is very happy she got rewarded with Student of the Month!
Congratulations to all of these mighty Mustangs! All of your hard work has truly been recognized and appreciated. Keep up your great work students of Orcutt Junior High and maybe you'll get chosen for Student of the Month soon!