Osceola Fundamental High School

Osceola Fundamental High School

9751 98th Street North Seminole, FL 33777
727.547.7717 | 727.545.6412 (Fax)

   

 

 

A Fundamental Experience

Welcome

Welcome to Osceola High School, home of the Warriors. We are pleased that you are interested in our school and hope that our website has much to offer you. If you are new to Osceola and its fundamental program, we trust that you will find our school to be academically rigorous, uniquely progressive, caring and helpful to our students and parents. Osceola is the first fundamental high school in Florida and is among only a handful of fundamental high schools in the country.

Latest News & Updates

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The announcements for this week are the following:

 

Congratulations to our Senior Class of 2013

On Monday, June 3rd at 6:00 PM the senior class of 2013 will be graduating at Tropicana Field.   Congratulations to our seniors and their families.

Cheerleading Tryout Results

Congratulations to the 2013-2014 Osceola Fundamental High cheerleading teams. If you would like to decline the position, please email Mrs. Griggs at griggsr@pcsb.org

Please contact Ms. Wier if you are a varsity football cheerleader and would like to cheer both varsity football and varsity basketball in the 2013-2014 seasons. Ms. Wier. (727) 222-9839 (text or email at  coachmom9839@gmail.com

Varsity Football
3, 7, **8, 9, 10, 11, 12, **14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32

JV Football
4, 33, **35, 40, 43, **44, 46, 47,50,51,53, 54, 55, 59,60, 62, 67

Varsity Basketball
1, 2, 5, 6, 13, 18, **19, 20, **21, 25, 29, 31, 36, 42, 45

JV Basketball
34, 37, 38, **39, 41, 49, 52, 56, 57, 58, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, **69

** denotes captain for each team

SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS & INFORMATION

Final Exams

Any teacher who has a class of all seniors is expected to proctor in the auditorium during this class period/exam.

The highlights are below:

All seniors taking exams need to report to the auditorium at 7:05 on Tuesday and Thursday, and report to the Cafeteria on Wednesday at 7:05.  Remember, periods 3 and 4 exams are on Tuesday, period 5 exam on Wednesday, and Periods 6 and 7 on Thursday.  Seniors will report to their first period teacher on Friday for their final day of exams.

  • Seniors will take the following exams early: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th.
  • All exams will be in the Auditorium – Mr. Martens will coordinate this.
  • Seniors will have about an hour in the mornings for exam review/study hall. This will take place in the auditorium.
    Dual Enrollment, etc. will be over by the time exams begin. Students are expected to stay for the entire school day and will not be dismissed from exams until the exam period is over. OJT students MUST make arrangements with their employers ahead of time, due to district policies, we cannot make any exceptions or allow anyone to leave during an exam period.
  • Any questions or concerns about early exams should be directed to Mrs. Campbell
  • Seniors will take their 1st and 2nd period exams following the regular school exam schedule which begins on Friday, May 31
  • The last day for seniors is Friday, May 31. Seniors do not report to school on Monday, June 3rd or thereafter.
  • Graduation is 6PM Tropicana Field, 6/3.

Exam Schedule for 9th - 11th Grade Students

Volleyball Summer Conditioning - Click Here For More information

GOLF Tryouts

Any incoming freshmen boys and girls interested in trying out for the OFHS Golf Team contact Coach Hill at hillja@pcsb.org.

Senior Transcripts

  • Seniors should put in a request for FINAL END OF THE YEAR Transcripts to be sent to the University they will be attending.  Please see Ms. Valdes, our Data Management clerk located in Guidance to learn how to request them.  The fee is $2 per official transcript and the FINAL Transcripts will be sent electronically or mailed if not able to send electronically mid-June after all the final grades have posted. If you have requested, but not paid for your transcripts please do so by June 5th.

Summer and Fall Dual Enrollment at SPC

  • Students who want to participate in summer or fall Dual Enrollment at SPC- the final deadline to see your counselor for paperwork is June 4

FLVS Deadlines

  • The registration deadline for summer Florida Virtual classes or Fall FLVS release periods is June 4th.
  • students who plan to participate in Florida Virtual School courses over the summer or have FLVS courses built into their schedule for a release periods in the Fall are encouraged to sign up for their class selections now.  The deadline to sign up is June 5.  You must sign up before the end of the school year for both summer classes and fall release period classes.  The earliest start date you can list for Fall release period classes is August 1st, 2013.  Visit flvs.net to sign up.
  • Registration is also now open for Pinellas Virtual School for release periods for the Fall of 2013- visit their website at virtualschool.pcsb.org

Class of 2014

  • Class of 2014 students, you will soon be receiving appointment cards from Leonard’s Photography for your senior sitting dates.  All senior sittings are done at Osceola.  The first sittings will be June 6th and 7th.  The next opportunity will not be until August 5th and 6th.  You must be photographed on one of these days to appear in the 2014 yearbook.

Cheerleading Tryouts

  • All cheerleading packets including the application, physical, and proof of insurance is due by 2pm on Fri., May 31st. Bring your paperwork to Mrs. Griggs in portable 6.

AP Exam Scores Online

  • With AP Exams taking place, we want to remind you that students will receive their AP scores online this year. Students' online score reports will contain scores for all AP Exams they have taken. Paper score reports will no longer be mailed.
  • All students will be able to view scores as of 5 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 8. However, to allow for those students who need to send scores to colleges by July 15, there will be early access to view and send scores at scheduled times from July 5 to July 7, based on a student's location. Students will receive an email shortly before early access begins with reminders about how and when to access their scores.
  • For more information, click here to visit the CollegeBoard website.

Dance Team Tryouts

  • 2013/14 Dance Team tryout practice - June 10-13 from 9:30-12 noon in the auditorium. Dress - black dance shorts or dance pants, pink t-shirt or tank, dance shoes (ballet, jazz, FootUndeez), hair pulled up (pony tail or bun). BRING WATER!
  • Tryouts will be June 17th 10-12 in the auditorium. Same dress code. BRING WATER!
  • Parent meeting - May 6th, 7 p.m.

SPC Dual Enrollment

Registration for Dual Enrollment at SPC is currently open for Juniors who would like to enroll into summer courses.  For current sophomores and juniors who plan to Dual Enroll in the Fall term, registration opens at SPC on April 24th. The deadline to turn in your permission form to your guidance counselor for both summer and fall sessions is June 5th.

SAC Parent Survey

Parents, please take the SAC school survey that is posted on Osceola's web site. We need your responses to effectively evaluate the school.  After accessing the site, you need to click on the Resources tab and then on the Parents link. You will see "parent survey" under the SAC column.  This survey is anonymous; web based, and will remain open until the end of this school year.  Thank you in advance for you participation.

Student Parking and Drop Off Concerns

Parents, we are still having issues with people dropping off and picking up their students in front of the administration building.  This is not…I repeat…is not an authorized drop off/pick up area.  The front of the administration building needs to be kept cleared for emergency vehicles.  Please cooperate with us by utilizing the student parking pickup area or the south student car circle next to the auditorium.

Student’s over- flow parking area is the north lane of the teacher’s parking lot.  Any students parking in an unauthorized parking area will result is a disciplinary referral and possible revoking of driver’s privileges.    Parents please help us by reminding your student of this expectation.

Universal Breakfast Program

Please be reminded that Osceola Fundamental High School follows the” universal breakfast program” that all students are allowed 1 free breakfast daily regardless of their lunch status.

Summer School Drivers Education

Summer Drivers Ed

Variety of Scholarships Available:

There is a variety of scholarships available to Pinellas County students through the Pinellas Education Foundation. Many of these scholarships use the same application process. The deadline to apply is approaching. Please visit the Pinellas Education Foundation website and apply for these scholarships.

Parents & Seniors!

Need information regarding post-secondary planning, graduation requirements, Bright Future’s Scholarship, etc? You can now watch senior seminars for the c/o 2013 online at: http://www.schooltube.com/channel/guidancedepartment/

Safety Concerns

Parents we are having some serious safety concerns in the parent drop off car circle in the mornings. Numerous complaints have been brought to administration’s attention that some students are being dropped off on the left side of the car circle with is used as a passing lane. This is extremely dangerous maneuver! Please only let you student out on the far right next to the sidewalk.

Traffic Short-Cuts

Parents we have received concerns about vehicles using the Lake Seminole Village neighborhood as a morning shortcut and U-turn.  Please be mindful of traffic laws and possible safety and property damage by making such a maneuver. 

OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL 2012-2013  MEETING DATES

Click here to download a .pdf of all OFHS meeting dates for the school year. This includes all dates for the School Leadership Team, Faculty Meetings, Department meetings, School Advisory Council, PTSA, Intervention Appeals Committee, Booster Meetings, and Back to School Night.

 

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Discovery Information

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Students participate in Adolescents of Memory Dalí Docent Tour!

OFHS Freshman selected as finalist in Largo Library Short Story Compeition!

Brenna Garcia received an Honorable Mention certificate and fifty dollars for her story “On a Chilled Winter’s Day.”   It was one of eighteen stories chosen from among over 300 submitted from middle and high schools all over Pinellas County.

OFHS STUDENTS ENJOY RINGLING MUSEUM AND ASOLO THEATRE

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OFHS students visited the John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota.  They also toured the art conservation lab and the Ringlings’ art library.  Students from Mr. Stewart’s Literature the Arts and AP Art History classes had studied the art in the museum and were docents for the other students on the trip.  In the evening the students saw Clybourne Park, a play based on Lorraine Hansberry’s classic A Raisin in the Sun, which many of the students had read.

Osceola on CNN
Student News!

Three OFHS students were highlighted on the April 8th newscast of CNN Student News.

Pinellas Education Foundation's
Next Generation Entrepreneurs Program WINNER!

OFHS Student Joey Sleppy wins $10,000 to start his own business thanks to the Pinellas Education Foundation.

 

 

 

 

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