Ottawa Township High School

Student Support

Find all kinds of information to support you during this new school year.

We are connected. We are here. Only an email away.Sophomore Counselor Jenny Rios jrios@ottawahigh.comScholarships

Junior Counselor Melissa Basil mbasil@ottawahigh.comDual Credit, Jobs/Career

Senior Counselor Michelle Schoolman mschoolman@ottawahigh.comNCAA, Military

Freshman Counselor Lauren Yates lyates@ottawahigh.comCollege, Financial Aid, ACC, Homebound

Department Chair/Special Needs Kim Swords kswords@ottawahigh.comTesting, AP

Social Worker Kim Hiland khiland@ottawahigh.comHaleigh Zorn hzorn@ottawahigh.com

School Psychologist Dr. Tyson Holder tholder@ottawahigh.com

Make sure to stay informed of all the latest news and announcements:

OHS Pirate NationOttawa Township High School OTHS Homepage

OTHS Counseling WebpageOTHS Counselors

Have Access to the Following Apps:

Let’s Get to Class!Skyward•Check your grades•Schedule•Fees (how much money is in your lunch account, double• check if you ordered a yearbook, etc)

•Messages •Skyward can be downloaded as an app on your phone.

•Log in: Student ID numberPassword: school assigned

Microsoft Office 365•Hub to access Teams, Outlook, and OneDrive•Teams: the central location for remote learning•Outlook: email system•OneDrive: virtual file cabinet (like google drive but the Microsoft version)•Teams, Outlook, and OneDrive can be downloaded as apps on your phone and added as shortcuts on your computer desktop.

Teams Outlook OneDrive•Log in: StudentID@student.ottawahigh.com•Password: a 3 letter and 5 number password that was provided by OTHS

Skyward and Office365 can also be found online: www.ottawahigh.com Student Resources Student Skyward Access www.ottawahigh.com Student Resources Office 365 Log-In

EMERGENCYCall 911

Crisis, Support, LGBTQThe Trevor Project: Call (866-488-7386) Text: START to (678678)

Drugs and Alcohol Education, Treatment and ReferralNational Drug Helpline: Call (844-289-0879)

Physical and Mental HealthSuicide Prevention Lifeline

1-800-273-TALK Youth Service Bureau

815-433-3953

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Mental Health Resource List

Things to do while away from school

Learn Something New From a Podcast!

(Click the hyperlink!)For Mental Health: Ten Percent

For Science Lovers: RadioLab or Science Friday

For History Buffs: Forever AgoFor Biographies: Goodnight Stories

for Rebel GirlsFor Storytelling: This American Life

Things to do while away from school

Things to do while away from school

● Journal!● Write a Letter to a Friend or Family

Member!● Make a List of Things You’re

Grateful For!● Read a Book or Magazine...for fun!● Have a Dance Party with Friends via

FaceTime!● Disconnect from Social Media...even if

it’s just for 30 minutes!

Things to do while away from school

Join 30 Days of Kindness.We are capable of widespread compassion.

We must demonstrate abundant hope.We can make the world a little more bright.

30 Days of kindness

Take a virtual college tour!(For all grade levels)

● While many colleges are cancelling their campus tours, open houses, and preview days, you can take a virtual tour on their site.

● Look at their majors...do they have what you are interested in? What are the costs? Any scholarship opportunities?

● You Visit College Tours● Campus Tours

Explore your Future(For all grade levels)

● Check out Big Future● Explore your options on the ISAC Student Portal● Explore Career Options- Claim Your Future● Take an enneagram test- 16 personalities● Research Potential Majors- Help Finding A Major

find scholarships!(For all grade levels)

● Start or your continue your scholarship search!● FastWeb & College Green Light● OTHS Scholarship Database

SenIorS- Early Grads

● Heading to IVCC Apply If You Haven’t! ● IVCC Admissions● File your FAFSA! ● FAFSA● Need help with Financial Aid? ISAC or text 815-242-4630 to

answer your financial aid questions!● Check with your future college/university about commitment

deadlines! Many have pushed back the date to June 1st!

Brag Sheet/Résumé(For all grade levels)

● Work on your brag sheet/résume! Think about what you’ve done in your high school career and get it on a Google Doc so you can edit year after year.

NCAA/NAIA(For all grade levels)

Student athletes who want to continue sports in college...create your accounts for NCAA/NAIA.

● NAIA○ https://www.naia.org/student-athletes/future-student-

athletes/index● NCAA

○ https://web3.ncaa.org/ecwr3/

Above all else, Remember to:

Take care of yourself.Take care of your family.

Do something kind for someone else.Reach out for help when you need it.

We are all in this together.We are Pirates.