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| Robin Hood | FFA -State Honors | Fall Festival | Field Placement | |
| Blood Center | 2011 Homecoming | Art Rocks at OBI | ||
| UK Class of KY | 2011 Graduation | Christmas | ||
| Japan Relief | Thanksgiving | |||
| Senior Night | Chapel Roof | |||
| Culture Fair | ||||
| BCM to G.L.O.W | ||||
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OBI Runners Compete at State Cross Country Meet
The OBI cross country team had two runners who qualified for the state meet held on November 12 in Lexington, Kentucky: Eric Grant and Matthew Tedla.
Grant (left), an eighth grader completing his second varsity season with the OBI team, finished second overall at the regional meet. This was his second year in a row at state. He placed 68th of 215 runners and improved both his time and placement since last year.
Tedla (below right) is a junior in his second year as a student at OBI. This was his first year to compete in cross country which he joined to get in shape for basketball. He finished in 108th place at the state cross country meet.
OBI Choir Members Sing in All Festival Regional Honor Choirs
On November 22, five OBI choir members sang in the All Festival Choir concert held at the First Baptist Church in London, Kentucky. The singers auditioned for a spot in the regional honor choir, an annual event hosted by the Southeastern Kentucky Music Educators Association. After numerous evening rehearsals with the OBI choir director, the singers attended three days of intensive rehearsals with their All Festival Choir guest conductors.
Photo Left: OBI Choir Director Tim Cochran with the Oneida singers who made the All Festival Choirs.
Below Left: OBI singer Jasmine Yeung poses with her SSA All Festival Choir guest conductor Deborah Kidd. Kidd is the Executive Director of the Richmond Area Arts Council in Richmond, Kentucky.
Below Right: OBI singers Thomas Hamilton, Beth McBride, Savannah Fallis and John Simpson with SATB All Festival Choir guest conductor Dr. Richard Waters. Dr. Waters is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Eastern Kentucky University.
Student Council Sponsored Fall Festival
The annual Fall Festival was held on October 29, 2011. Students enjoyed a beautiful fall day outdoors with activities like pumpkin painting, flag football, face painting, hay ride and a petting zoo.
Oneida Baptist ACT math scores exceed state average
Each year, OBI receives a summary of the ACT (American College Test) scores earned by our students as well as the state averages. In the area of mathematics for the 2011 academic year, the average score for Oneida Baptist students who took the ACT exceeded the state average.
Six years ago, the Kentucky Board of Education mandated that all Kentucky graduates, beginning with the Class of 2012, must complete four years of math while in high school. The Oneida Baptist Institute administration immediately made adjustments in the math program at Oneida to ensure that OBI graduates were prepared.
As the 2011 ACT scores reflected, Oneida Baptist graduates are not only meeting but exceeding state expectations.
“Our math teachers and tutors have worked diligently and tirelessly in order to better equip our student body to use and understand the importance of mathematics in daily life,” said OBI principal Dan Stockton.
Stockton honored the OBI math department by reporting the news from the ACT summary during a chapel service in August.
“I was elated to learn our students had a higher school average than that of the state. ... I am entirely humbled and impressed with the work these folks have been willing to do, and I just wanted to show how much we appreciate them,” Stockton said.
OBI SOPHOMORE NAMED TO UK CLASS OF KENTUCKY PROGRAM
Anna Davidson, a sophomore at Oneida Baptist Institute and the daughter of OBI teachers Paul and Diane Davidson, was named to the 2011 Class of Kentucky program. She joined approximately 200 of her peers from across the Commonwealth at the University of Kentucky campus on July 15.
The program, now in its eight year, recognizes academically talented and community-oriented high school sophomores from throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky and is facilitated through UK's Office of Undergraduate Admission and University Registrar.
Class of Kentucky seeks to honor one top sophomore from each high school in Kentucky. Students are chosen by their respective schools and must demonstrate strong leadership and academic skills.
At OBI, Davidson serves as the Student Council president and has earned the Highest GPA and the Most Outstanding awards of her class each year since the sixth grade. She is active in sports including volleyball, swimming and tennis, and she competed at the 2011 state tennis tournament. Anna was also a member of the OBI choir for three years.
For the official UK press release:
http://uknow.uky.edu/content/top-high-school-sophomores-honored-class-kentucky-0
2011 Homecoming
Great weather, great food and great friends made the 2011 Homecoming at Oneida a special day for nearly 400 visitors. After the Hymn Sing at Oneida Baptist Church and barbecue lunch, OBI alumni and friends gathered in the chapel for special recognitions of the 50th anniversary class of 1961, which included this year’s Athletic Hall of Fame inductee Winston Kilgore, and the unveiling of a portrait of Martha Coldiron Hogg, who donated the land on which our school was built.
See more 2011 Homecoming pictures in our facebook album.
OBI Celebrates 103rd Commencement Service
The Class of 2011 Oneida Baptist Institute graduates completed graduation exercises on Saturday, May 14, 2011. The Baccalaureate sermon was delivered by guest speaker, Rev. Brad Glover, Youth Minister at High Street Baptist Church in Somerset, Kentucky.
At the afternoon Commencement service, OBI graduates were recognized for their achievements. Oneida's highest faculty-
voted honors were bestowed on Liz Nash Pittman, winner of the John Michael Davis citizenship award, and Julia Harmon, recipient of the William A. Evans award for excellence.
OBI Board of Directors Chairman Rev. Kenneth Bolin, Pastor of First Baptist Church in Manchester, Kentucky, presented diplomas to the 52 Class of 2011 graduates beginning with valedictorian, Nahom Muluneh, and salutatorian, Evan Bracewell.
Showers of Blessing--Require A Well Maintained Roof!
We are well accustomed to rain here in Southeastern Kentucky and mostly very thankful for it as we enjoy the lush greenery which surrounds our campus. Rain buckets placed strategically around the Melvin Davidson chapel has also been something we are used to seeing when the rains come. It was a strange sight but a worthwhile sacrifice to see Sylvia Russell Hall, better known as the "chapel building," without its steeple and cross which had to be removed while contractors made repairs to the roof for about a week in June.
First Annual Kentucky Blood Center Scholarship Awarded to OBI Senior
Al Bangura was the recipient of the first annual Kentucky Blood Center scholarship, an award of $1000 to be applied at a college of his choice. Schools which host blood drives may choose a senior for the award. The amount of the scholarship depends on the number of units donated for the year. Oneida Baptist Institute staff and students (age 16+) donated a total of 119 units in three blood drives during the 2010-2011 school year.
Silent Auction: Japan
On April 27, OBI’s Baptist Campus Ministry hosted a Silent Dessert Auction to raise funds for relief work in Japan. Homemade treats were donated by OBI staff. After an hour of not-so-silent bidding, our students had raised $642 which was sent to the Samaritan’s Purse organization.
OBI Seniors Earn State Certificates for Field Placement Program
Similar to the School-To-Work programs at other schools, the Field Placement program at Oneida Baptist Institute is recognized by the 
Kentucky Department of Education. Of the 29 seniors who participated in the program during the 2010-2011 school year, its 12th year at OBI, 13 completed all the requirements and received their state certificates.
Seniors may work up to two class periods per day and choose from a variety of on campus employment situations. The needs of our day 
students are taken into consideration and relationships with off campus employers are established where appropriate. All student supervisors complete and submit a weekly evaluation of their employee(s). During the program, students complete various requirements including a daily work journal, a resume and a mock interview. For more information about Field Placement or enrolling next year, contact Connie Belcher at the OBI Guidance Office: 606-847-4111 ext. 215.
The Oneida Players' Spring 2011 Production
Fairy tale costumes, a multi-leveled forest scene, a fight scene (or two), dim-witted merry men and a torture scene involving music by Justin Bieber made this energetic spoof of the Robin Hood story an entertaining experience for both actors and audiences. The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood, by Mary Lynn Dobson was performed March 31, April 1 and 2.
Our diverse cast included 17 dorm students, four ‘staff kids’ and one day student with ages ranging from seventh to twelfth grades. Of the 22 cast members, 10 were from Kentucky and three from 
Alabama. The states of Florida, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee and New York were also represented as well as the countries of Senegal, Canada and Japan.
Robin Hood was portrayed gallantly by OBI freshman Jacob Bortell from Oneida, Kentucky, who also had a leading role in the fall 2010 production and who received the 2010-2011 Best Actor award. Veteran "power house" actors Michael Geddes Skelding of Canada and Thomas Hamilton from Alabama portrayed the dastardly duo of the Evil Prince John (boo hiss!) and his warty side-kick the Sheriff of Nottingham. Skelding received the Oneida Players' Best Newcomer award and Hamilton was named Best Supporting Actor.
ART ROCKS!
OBI art classes have been studying environmental art this quarter. One of their projects was to create an outdoor display for their peers. The four classes decided on a location—by the student entrance to the chapel. OBI art teacher Erica Baker explained that each class was instructed to incorporate a gold ball and a gold thread in their design and that the paintings were to be abstract in form "to give a sense of unity from one rock to the next and from one class to the next." A video camera was set up to record the reactions of their audience to the display. The art students viewed the video the next day in class. "It's important to know how your art affects people and how they respond," Baker added.
Senior Night
February 15, 2011 was Senior Night for the OBI Mountaineers, Lady Mountaineers and cheerleaders.
FFA OBI Chapter Honored
On January 27, the OBI chapter of the FFA attended a press conference held at the Kentucky National Guard headquarters in Frankfort, Kentucky where the results from the state-wide Support Our Troops fundraiser were announced. For the second year in a row, the OBI chapter was honored as the highest fund raiser in the state of the participating FFA chapters. The OBI chapter hosted a bake sale which raised over $2,000 for the Support Our Troops project this year.
Culture Fair
The annual Culture Fair, sponsored by the OBI Student Government Association, was held on campus on January 22. This event gives our international students the chance to prepare the kinds of dishes they would normally eat at home and share them with their friends and teachers. 
The Oneida Players 2011 Fall Production
Congratulations on a job well done, Oneida Players! The fall play, "Murder by Indecision" by Daniel O'Donnell, was October 27-29. Instead of their usual final dress rehearsal on October 26, the cast performed a matinée for a group from a neighboring public elementary school.
CHRISTMAS CHEER
Several students volunteered to help decorate the chapel for Christmas the day before our Thanksgiving break. On 12/13, students involved in music classes and Creative Ministries presented the annual chapel Christmas program.
CELEBRATING THANKSGIVING ON CAMPUS
The OBI kitchen staff prepared the annual Thanksgiving Dinner, served family style at decorated tables for approximately 285 students, staff and guests.
BAPTIST CAMPUS MINISTRY SPECIAL EVENTS
