Huge congratulations to Adam Tsan! 🎉 We're incredibly proud to announce that Adam has been awarded the prestigious Southeast Texas Legends Scholarship from Lamar University! This is an extraordinary achievement, especially considering this full ride scholarship is only awarded to four students each year! This is a testament to Adam's hard work, dedication, and outstanding academic achievements. We can't wait to see all that Adam accomplishes as a Lamar Cardinal!
Congratulations Sadie and Ashtyn!
All District Picks
The Sophisticats competed in the American Dance and Drill Team Galveston Island Festival Contest this past weekend and received the following awards in the extra small/small team division:
OFFICERS
🏆Sweepstakes and Gussie Nell Davis Award
🏆Judge’s award for Jazz, contemporary and novelty
🏆Best in class and overall platinum winner
🏆Best of the Best 3rd runner up
TEAM
🏆Sweepstakes and Gussie Nell Davis Award
🏆Judge’s Award for jazz, contemporary, novelty and pom
🏆Best in Class 1st runner up and overall silver
🏆Academic Winner for extra small/small team
SOLOS
🏆Third runner up tie: Chloe Manuel and Brenda Torres
🏆1st runner up: Tyia Mcknight
🏆Winner: Blair Butler
Congratulations to our 2025-2026 OHS Cheerleaders!
The Orangefield ISD Education Foundation presented grant checks to deserving OHS teachers on Friday, recognizing their dedication to our students' education. Congratulations to Simone Oregel (pictured), Denise Batchelor (pictured), Ashley Wilbur, and Jessica VanHuis! Their innovative projects will greatly benefit our students. Additionally, the campus received a grant for a brand new laminator, a valuable resource for both teachers and students. We're incredibly grateful for the foundation's unwavering support!
Track Meet is at Bridge City today! Flight 1 - 2:45pm - Boys HJ, Girls LJ, Boys TJ, Girls Shot Put, Boys Discus, 2:00pm - Girls PV Flight 2 - Boys PV, Girls, HJ, Boys LJ, Girls TJ, Boys Shot Put, Girls Discus 3200m - 3:30pm Running Events start at 5:15pm
Congratulations Ladies!
Health Science classes welcomed guest speaker, Amy Quinn, DNP, APRN, FNP-C this week. Mrs. Quinn spoke on her education and career pathway to obtaining her Doctorate of Nursing Practice, and her current leadership role within the Christus Trinity Clinic organization. She left students excited and motivated to begin their journey in the healthcare world. We would like to thank her for taking time out of her busy schedule to educate, motivate, and inspire our future health professionals at OHS.
The OHS Student Council traveled to Ford Park for Spring Convention. The council was recognized and awarded in the following categories:
-Pride and Patriotism
-Energy + Environment,
-Drug,Alcohol, Safety, and Healthy (D.A.S.H.)
-Community Service
These students are a huge part of what makes OHS only the best!
Congrats to Lincoln Parks on his 3rd place finish at the Nederland Invitational at Babe Zaharias, shooting 78 (+6)! L.Parks (78), P. Revia (86), Z. Morrow (93) Looking forward to seeing the team at Sunset Country Club next week for the Bridge City Invitational.
Congratulations to the Academic UIL competitors who placed at the Atascocita Invitational Meet!
Six students from the Orangefield chapter of Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) represented OHS at the Teach Tomorrow Summit on February 17-19, 2025 at Moody Gardens, in Galveston. These young women put in countless hours to prepare, plan, and execute presentations worthy of a place among competitors from all over Texas. They all did outstanding, but one team of competitors was recognized for their hard work and was invited to the Educators Rising National Conference June 26-29 in Orlando, Florida. Congratulations to Kiley Nichols and Madison KC for this amazing accomplishment.
All of the teams received certificates for their accomplishments and are as follows:
National Qualifiers: Kiley Nichols and Madison KC; Project Visualize - Service
Gold Award: Madison KC and Alysen Vincent; Teacher Created Materials
Silver Award: Emmerson Rodriguez and Alysen Vincent; Interactive Bulletin Board
Bronze Award: Hayden Nichols and Kiley Nichols; Interactive Bulletin Board
Congratulations to all the teams on for their hard work and diligence.
West Orange Stark Powerlifting Meet
Thursday, February 13, 2025
The next meet is Girls Regionals on Thursday, February 27the at Bay City (4PM)
The Bobcats opened their season in Nederland at the Bulldog Relays. A lot of the young Bobcats got their first taste of a varsity track meet. Some of the young cats that stood out were Koa Sides running a leg in the 4x100m relay, 4x200m relay, and the open 100m. Gage Lucas ran the open 100m and 4x200m relay.
The high spots for the bobcats were Steyle Spurlock, Caden Knott, and Zach Morrow.
Steyle competed in the Long jump, the 4x100m Relay and placed 7th in the 100m.
Caden Knott put together good performances in the shot put and discus.
Zach Morrow had a great day at the track placing 5th in the triple jump, 4th in the long jump, 7th in the 110m hurdles, and 4th in the 300m Hurdles.
The Track team will be at PNG this Thursday for their next meet.
⛳️ Larry Paine Memorial Invitational Golf Tournament 🏆
This Thursday, local golf teams took to the fairways at Bayou Din Golf Course in Beaumont for the Larry Paine Memorial Invitational. 🏌️♂️🏌️♀️ Congrats to Lincoln Parks for finishing in the top spot with a 1 over par 72! 👏
Orangefield team totaled 341, with notable performances from:
L. Parks: 72
Z. Morrow: 87
G. Gravett: 97
Next up is the Lumberton Invitational at Homberg in Beaumont, next week!
Members of the HOSA - Future Health Professional student organization at OHS collected items to distribute to residents at Oakwood Manor in Vidor. The students were able to visit with residents and deliver Valentine wishes, blankets, socks, and activity books. We would like to thank the Floral Design classes, who made the visit even sweeter with their donation of individually wrapped flower stems and arrangements for the residents.
On Monday, the Orangefield JV boys golf team competed in the Silsbee Invitational, held at the Silsbee Country Club. The Bobcats were led by Logan Anderson, who finished as the 2nd Place medalist, with a score of 89. The team also consisted of Davey Hogg (97), Andy Rutledge (103), and Noah Gleason (104).
It's TWIRP Week at OHS! FCCLA hosted the annual TWIRP Olympics on Monday. Participants competed in 5 events: Sack Race, Basketball Free-throw Shootout, Scooter Race, Red Light Green Light, and the Egg Toss. The Sophomores, Class of 2027, came away with the victory!
Sophomore team:
Owen Sims, Carson Gonzales, Gunnar Griffin, Rylan Agerton, Kale Spears, Paisley Reeves, Brynn Borel
Front: Ansley Toohey, Mikayla Locke, Eliese Gravett, Cadley Gaudet
The OHS Sophisticats attended Crowd Pleasers' Bridgeland Showcase in Cypress, TX this past weekend and won the following awards:
Classic Large Officers:
🏆Contemporary 1st runner up
🏆Jazz 2nd runner up
🏆Novelty 2nd runner up
Classic Large Team:
🏆 Best in Class High Point Novelty
🏆 Best in Class High Point Pom
🏆 Best in Class High Point Jazz
🏆 Best in Class Contemporary
🏆Team Grand Champion Winner for Classic Large
🏆Officer Grand Champion 2nd Runner Up
🏆Overall Classic Grand Champion 1st runner up
