No school due to icy road and parking lot conditions. Stay safe!
No school on Monday, January 22 due to icy road and parking lot conditions.
Happy Snow Day! Stay safe!
No school today due to slick road conditions and and falling windchill temperatures throughout the day.
Lady Tiger Basketball will face Paris tonight - January 18 - at 6pm in Lawrenceville. This contest will determine the third place finisher in the LIC Tournament. Admission for adults is $5 and $3 for students. Come on out and cheer on the Lady Tigers!
Thursday, January 18 RCHS Scholar Bowl will host Lawrenceville and Paris. Competition will begin at 5pm in the RCHS Science Wing. Come on out and support these OTN students!
GRIT Award winners for 1/8-1/14 are: Cheerleading - Lyndsey Akes, Girls Basketball - Rylee Bloomer, Boys Basketball - Carsyn Ameter, and Wrestling - Kaeden Davis. The GRIT Award is awarded to an athlete that demonstrates hustle, teamwork, and dedication. This award isn't necessarily always the highest scorer or top performer, but one that shows drive and passion to make the team better!
RCHS is extremely grateful to the following local businesses who brought eclipse glasses for the students to safely observe the upcoming solar eclipse in April. A big thank you goes out to (as pictured left to right, with RCHS principal Mr. Houchin, center): Citizens National Bank (Amy Kirby), TrustBank (Gina Kocher), Carle (Tara Lemke), and First National Bank (Herman Zuber).
The RCHS Marching Band Color Guard performed during halftime of the boys varsity game. OTN comes out for one another! Great work, Color Guard!
Tiger Basketball is heading into tournament play Saturday, January 20. The #1 seeded Tigers will go head-to-head with the #8 seeded Paris Tigers in the first round of play at the 2024 Little Illini Conference Tournament. The Tigers will take to the court at 1pm. The tournament will be held at Newton High School. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students. Make the trip north to Newton and cheer on the Olney Tigers!
This week is chocked full of potential to see Olney Tiger Athletics in action. Lady Tiger Basketball will continue with LIC Tournament play until elimination. Check back for updates regarding their game times through the week. Monday evening Tiger F/S Basketball is on the road to Cumberland with a 6:15pm start time. Tiger Basketball will host Casey-Westfield on Tuesday night with the JV game starting at 6pm and varsity at 7:30pm. Tiger Wrestling will host the Paris Tigers on Wednesday at 6pm in RHG. Thursday evening Tiger F/S Basketball will hit the court at home in Ron Herrin Gymnasium against the Flora Wolves at 6:15pm. Olney Tiger Wrestling will be hitting the mats while hosting the Olney Duals on Saturday, beginning at 9am in RHG. Also, #1 seeded Tiger Varsity Basketball begins LIC Tournament play in Newton with a game against #8 seeded Paris at 1pm. Tiger Cheerleading is also in competition that day at the Carterville Invite. Best of luck to all our OTN athletes this week!
Mrs. West's and Mrs. Kerr's Culinary I and Culinary II classes held a special competition with important visitors recently. The classes held a Chopped competition using MREs as the ingredients. Their dishes were then judged by members of the US Army. The students really seemed to enjoy the task and many of their dishes came out quite well!
Due to potentially hazardous weather, Friday's Tiger Basketball contest at Mt. Carmel has changed times. The JV game will start at 5pm with the Varsity game immediately following.
Olney Duals are taking place Saturday, January 20 in Ron Herrin Gymnasium at 9am. The FCS Shirt Shop is taking pre-orders for tournament shirts. If you pre-order, for only $5 extra you can get your name and weight class added. If you wait until the day of the duals, it will be $5 extra for weight class only - no names will be added. Use the posted QR code or print the order form and return to the RCHS Main Office if you are interested. Please reach out to Mrs. West if you have any questions.
The 2024 Illinois State Scholars were introduced prior to the varsity basketball game against Fairfield. OTN is proud of these students and their academic achievements over the last four years!
Freshman-Sophomore Tiger Basketball Coach Josh Brown had some fans at the game recently! Complete with cutouts of Coach, future Tigers from RCES and SJS cheer on the team!
Tiger Basketball has added a freshman-sophomore game to tomorrow's lineup against the Fairfield Mules. This makes the night a triple header, giving fans three opportunities to cheer on the Tigers at home!
Dagan Stocks, a proud representative of Sullivan University's College of Hospitality - renowned for its cutting-edge culinary arts program, paid visits to Mrs. West's Culinary Arts II class and Mrs. Kerr's Culinary Arts I and Family & Career Relations classes . Stocks has been a professional chef all over the United States for the past 20+ years, from the mountains of Colorado to the beaches in Miami, and was excited to share his experiences with young culinarians. The FCS Department is grateful that the students had an opportunity to speak with Stocks!
Students in Mr. Powell and Mr. Dunn’s biology classes are working with termites to learn about the concepts of the scientific method as well as the behaviors of termite colonies and how they respond to different variables.
Tiger F/S Basketball against Casey-Westfield scheduled for Monday, January 8 has been cancelled.
