Established 1962

Although it may have been a shortened season and it may not have looked like it usually does, the high school winter sports season came and went but not without many shining moments for Oak Lawn Community High School athletes. And topping the list of achievements was the girls basketball team, who won the South Suburban Conference Red championship. 

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Help transform a life and donate blood! Oak Lawn Community High School is hosting a blood drive on Saturday, April 10, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Auditorium Gym 127. By appointment only. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 877-258-4825 or visit vitalant.org and use group code OL94. Masks are required. Vitalant is offering antibody testing for everyone that donates. 

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The Oak Lawn Theater Program won state championships in both Drama and Group Interpretation. Led by coaches TJ Kahriman, Annie Truffa, Bob Beland, Mike Olsson, Tim Sipple, Matt Capriola, and Erika Johnson, this marks the second time in school history that the Spartans have won both Drama and Group Interpretation in the same year, a feat only accomplished four times in the IHSA history of Drama/Group Interpretation. Both Drama and Group Interpretation were Sectional Champions this year. This is the 7th State Championship for Drama and the 7th State Championship for Group Interpretation, who also won in 2019, making this a pandemic back-to-back win.

The drama production of The Insanity of Mary Girard included student actors Jada Jackson (All-State Cast), Daniel McLawhorn, Jake Majerczyk (All-State Cast), Grace Sievers, James Walsh, Emma Mathews, Tori Prause, and Edward Quinn Haywood. Crew members included Haven Rupsch, Abigail Sodaro, Joyce Reising, Michael Reising, Maggie Hernandez, Olha Huska, Monica Nowak, Jenny Granados and Matthew Perry.

The Group Interpretation of Solutions and Other Problems included student performers Emma O’Malley Galvan (All-State Cast), Omar Alqazaq (All-State Cast), Alondra Camacho, Layla Nemri, Ella Moore (All-State Cast), Hailey Rabideaux, Emma Faucault-Miller, Maya Quinonez, and Orlando Ramirez.

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The Chicago Ridge Park District’s Ivy League Summer Camp Program for children in Kindergarten through 8th Grade takes place June through August and creates opportunities for kids to learn new skills, make new friends and explore new places. With new safety and sanitation measures in place, the Park District keeps the risk factor low and the fun factor high.

Camp is held at the Freedom Activity Center, 6252 W. Birmingham Ave., Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Drop off is at 8 a.m. with pick-up at 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

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