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The Spartan Speaks

The Student News Site of Orono High School

The Spartan Speaks

Wednesdays will now follow an alternate schedule.

New Wednesday schedule

Gracie Hornbaker, Editor in Chief February 5, 2021

This past week students in grades nine and twelve have returned to the school’s hybrid learning model. Students continue to be split into group A and group B. Group A attends school in person every Monday...

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Coronavirus Disrupts 2020-2021 School Year In The Orono District

Cate Challgren, Features Editor October 5, 2020

It is well known that the Coronavirus has disrupted a variety of people's everyday lives, one of the more prominent aspects being education. High School English teacher Sarah Cole and 8th grader Cameron...

Lunch assignments are according to each students spartan hour teacher.

New finals week schedule allows for less interruptions during testing

Grace Hornbaker, Features Editor January 16, 2020

Gracie Hornbaker Features Editor As students’ stress inclines as finals week gets closer, students are also concerned about the new schedule being implemented for the end of semester finals. There...

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Students feel squeezed by new club schedule

November 20, 2012

The school has implemented a new club meeting schedule in which all clubs are allotted one week a month to hold a meeting during Spartan Hour, and it is limiting student involvement. With this schedule,...

More structured schedule implemented at OHS

October 28, 2011

Flex was a unique characteristic of Orono High School. It was an hour every other day where students could branch out to other interests in school or use the time as a study hall to complete assignments,...

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