Owsley County High School

It was a great afternoon at OCHS as middle and high school students enjoyed snow cones and recess at PBIS behavior Celebrations and MAP growth rewards including grade level outdoor egg hunts. Teachers and staff sponsored candy for the eggs, included some bonus points and "drop an assignment" coupons and more. Also, a special thanks to the Owsley Co. Public Library and the Lesa Marcum family.for sponsoring several of the special egg prizes. We are proud of all of our Owls and Happy Easter!

OCHS students: We have moved up our Spring OCHS Egg Hunt/Celebrations for middle and high school students to tomorrow (Thursday). Students, feel free to bring a basket/bag for collecting eggs!

Today at OCHS, Seniors completed training to become CPR/AED/First Aid Certified!

Congratulations to our OCHS middle and high Math Pi Day Contest winners. Students received prizes for reciting the most digits of Pi., beyond 3.14. Middle School 3rd place-Issac McKelvey, 2nd Place-Bradey Byrd, and 1st place- Jinger Marshall with 118 digits! High School 3rd place-Noah Shouse, 2nd place-Katie Shipman, and 1st place-Irish Neace with 122 digits! Great job, Owls!

Mrs. Hall's Biology students are working on projects to demonstrate their understanding of Cellular Respiration. "Student choice" was included for the project, giving students options such as writing/recording a rap song, a skit, or a story book using the lesson's vocabulary and key concepts.

Today at OCHS, Mrs. Campbell's freshmen English students completed an Adolescent Literacy Model literacy strategy, working with each other to organize the plot sequence from Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.

Today at OCHS, several reading and math students completed MAP station activities, specifically designed to improve students' focus instructional areas such as literature, vocabulary, algebraic thinking and statistics. The goal is to use student MAP data to better drive personalized instruction, and lead students to higher confidence and higher performance.

A few scenes of the Lady Owls practice and regional tournament preparations today on B.B. King Court at the Morton Combs Athletic Complex, Knott Central High School. The Lady Owls are set to play Tuesday evening at 7:45 against the Knott County Central Lady Patriots. We hope that you are able to come out and support the Lady Owls in the 14th Region Tournament next week!

2026 OCHS Senior Prom--Saturday, April 25th at 6 pm. More details to come in the spring.

2026 56th District Tournament Information (Hosted at Lee County): Our Owsley County Lady Owls will play the Estill County Lady Engineers tonight at 7:00 in the championship game.

Tickets for tonight's game are $7.00 and can be purchased using the following link: https://gofan.co/event/6210548?schoolId=KY2781

It is recommended to purchase tickets using the GoFan mobile app. A fan bus will be available for students, which will be leaving from the OCHS gym parking lot at 5:45. If you plan to travel on the student fan bus, please make sure you are there by 5:30 with your ticket purchased via the GoFan app or bring your $7.00.

We hope you are able to attend tonight's championship game to cheer our Lady Owls on!

2026 56th District Tournament Information (Hosted at Lee County): The Lady Owls will play tonight at 8:00 versus the Lady Pirates of Powell County. The Owls will play the Lee County Bobcats tomorrow night at 8:00. Tickets for tonight's game are $7.00 and can be purchased using the following link: https://gofan.co/event/6191004?schoolId=KY2781 It is recommended to purchase tickets using the GoFan mobile app. A fan bus will be available for students, which will be leaving from the OCHS gym parking lot at 6:45. If you plan to travel on the student fan bus, please make sure you are there by 6:30 with your ticket purchased via the GoFan app or bring your $7.00. Best of luck this week to our Lady Owls, Owls, and Cheerleaders as they compete in the 56th District Tournament!

These girls came and played with hope, heart, and hustle! 💪🏐🦉 The Lady Owls Middle School Volleyball Team pulled off a win against Jones Fork and then went on to win three different sets throughout the day in the Queens of the Court Tournament. The team showed great teamwork, growth, and dedication throughout the tournament.

To show appreciation to the OCHS faculty and staff, administrators covered classes while teachers and other staff members enjoyed a short "cake break" earlier this afternoon.

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Senior Day at the Palace!

Come out today and show support for all of our seniors who will be recognized during the senior day ceremony for their dedication to our athletic programs.

Senior Day Schedule:
1:00 - Lady Owls JV vs. Pike County Central JV
2:00 - Lady Owls vs. Pike County Central
3:30 - Senior Day Ceremony
3:45 - Owls JV vs. Model JV
4:45 - Owls vs. Model

Photos from the Winter Dance at OCHS!

Just a reminder to our 6th-12th grade students of the Winter Dance later this week, sponsored by the Class of 2026!

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Here's a link to the award-winning documentary "The Shiners" which followed our OCHS theatre program in 2023 and has aired recently on KET. https://ket.org/program/shiners-voices-from-owsley-county-650f2a/

This afternoon, OCHS middle and high school students enjoyed some celebration time and treats for their growth on the winter MAP assessments. Great job, students!