Before we left on break, NHS was extremely busy putting the final touches on our food drive. They were able to feed 35 families from OGHS! Staff and students were extremely generous with donations this year along with Orchard Church which donated 40 turkeys to our event! Thank you all so much for helping to collect food items, counseling for helping with our list, those who helped us promote, and a huge thank you to our drivers who gave up part of their Friday before break to help us with this wonderful event.

Come check out our fall play in the PAC - I Hate Shakespeare! December 6, 7, & 8th at 7pm. December 7th matinee show at 3pm.

On Friday before break, Dean Kramer and Mrs. Copeland were able to take 29 OG students to hear Secretary Robert Reich speak about his book the Common Good. Secretary Reich is a political economist who has worked under three presidential administrations and is currently a Professor at Berkeley. Olga Diaz, City Council member and Interim Dean of Counseling at Palomar, supplied copies of his book for each of our attending students at the Escondido Center for the Arts. They received a shout out at the onset of his keynote address, got their books autographed by Secretary Reich and photos taken with him. It was a rich learning experience.

Our young men in blue beat the Francis Parker Lancers last Friday night to clinch the San Diego CIF Championship title. This means that our Patriots have advanced to the State Championship game, which will be held this Saturday, December 1st at 6:00 PM at OGHS.

We hope you will all join us to cheer for our champions!

Orange Glen was featured in KUSI News for our Division V Championship! Click the link to read the article.

Big thanks to Martha Sarabia, her volunteers, and Culinary Arts for providing coffee and cookies for our families this morning. Our student and parent volunteers did a wonderful job passing out the goodies to our delighted families as they dropped off their students in the front of the school.

Our OGHS Patriot Band and Colorguard competed in the California State Band Championships Semi-Finals this past Saturday at Capistrano Valley High School and won 3rd Place in their class out of 9 total bands. Additionally, our color guard members received the HIGHEST SCORE out of all 9 ensembles that competed in our class, earning them the Class 1A High Auxiliary award.

This Saturday, the OGHS Patriot Band and Colorguard will travel to the California State Band Championships Finals at Newport Harbor High School. They will perform at 9:39 a.m. Please wish our students "Good Skill" as they finish their season with PRIDE! GO BIG BLUE!!!

As we adjust to the time change and the change of seasons, we hope you enjoy catching up with all of the happenings for the month in the counseling department!

Please come support our Football Team this Friday playing in the CIF Playoffs (Semi-Finals). The game starts @ 7:00PM. Click to see the KUSI's Prep Pigskin Report Videos.