Oak Park High School (abbreviated OPHS ) is the main high school in the Oak Park Unified School District , taking ninth through twelfth grade students. It is a National Blue Ribbon School and a 2019 California Distinguished School, and received an Exemplary Distinction Award from the California of Education for its Career and Technical Education program which includes career pathways in Engineering Design, Media Arts, Production Management, and construction technologies. The 2012 Academic Performance Index (API) was 929, which is among the highest in California. In 2015 the school was awarded the California Gold Ribbon School Award from the California Department of Education. The 2016 Newsweek Ranking of America's Top Schools ranked Oak Park High as #51 in the nation and #7 in CA.
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28-718: A 63% share in the United States, 44% share in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and 47% share globally. In 2011, Smart employed about 1,700 people. In April 2012, amid a declining stock price and sales resulting from decreased school board spending, both Martin and Knowlton resigned from their executive roles at Smart before leaving the board in April 2014. On December 11, 2012, Smart Technologies announced it would begin corporate restructuring. The company proceeded to lay off 25% of its employees. Then-CEO Neil Gaydon stated that it would save
42-573: A new floor, a new rubberized track, a turf football field, a stadium sound system, science labs, a student services building, modernized art classrooms, and computer labs. Additional work, to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act , improved access to the baseball and softball fields. Five drinking fountains were installed in the summer of 2013. In 2016, Oak Park's AP program placed it at 51st in Newsweek's Top High Schools. Oak Park High School added
56-521: A two-story bungalow-style set of classrooms in 2005. The school has a pavilion building that houses a large theater stage, several classrooms, high-ceiling band, choir rooms with acoustic paneling, and a solar array as shade structures in the school's lunch and parking areas. OPHS received the California Distinguished School Award in 2019 with special distinction for its Exemplary Career and Technical Arts pathways. School modernization
70-477: Is a Canadian company headquartered in Calgary , Alberta , Canada and wholly owned by Foxconn . Founded in 1987, SMART is best known as the developer of interactive whiteboards branded as the "Smart Board" (styled as SMART Board) popularly used in education and business. Smart was founded in 1987 by husband and wife David Martin and Nancy Knowlton. In 1991, Smart introduced its interactive whiteboard , branded
84-539: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Oak Park High School (California) As the construction of subdivisions proceeded in Oak Park during the 1970s and the population increased, schooling arrangements became increasingly frustrating for residents. Students had to be bused to high schools in Simi Valley , 23 miles away by road, and back again each day, despite
98-519: The Coastal Canyon League . Erik Affholter played football at Oak Park High School. As a 16-year-old place kicker during his junior season he broke a national record with a 64-yard (59 meter) field goal in 1982, which at the time was the longest field goal kicked at any level. A sportswriter at the game estimated it could have gone 74 yards (68 meters). Asked about his kick, Affholter said: "I'd much rather catch touchdown passes." At
112-702: The U.S. District Courts in New York and Illinois. Filed on behalf of the purchasers of the Class A Subordinate Voting Shares in Smart's IPO in July 2010, the complaints alleged that the company did not disclose important information prior to the IPO. A settlement was reached in March 2013. As of the 2011 fiscal year end, Smart Board interactive whiteboards led the interactive whiteboard category with
126-661: The "Smart Board". In 2003, Smart developed and later patented DViT (Digital Vision Touch) technology which was an important feature of the SMART Board. In 2009, Smart filed a patent infringement lawsuit against New Zealand-based NextWindow before acquiring the company outright in 2010. On July 15, 2010, Smart Technologies placed an initial public offering on the NASDAQ stock exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), raising upwards of $ 660 million. Later that year, several class action complaints were filed against Smart in
140-637: The fact that schools of the nearby Las Virgenes Unified School District stood in proximity. With Oak Park lying in Ventura County, California and Las Virgenes in Los Angeles County , though, Oak Park students were not allowed to attend. Seeking to deal with the problem, Oak Park residents petitioned for annexation to Las Virgenes but were rejected in 1974. In 1977, they created the Oak Park Unified School District and broke ground for
154-426: The high school in 1978. Students were housed in trailers from 1979 to 1980 until the school began admitting students at its present site in 1981. It functioned as both middle and high school until 1992, when nearby Medea Creek Middle School began educating sixth through eighth-grade students. Campus expansion has continued in recent years with the addition of a library, a performing arts center, an updated gym including
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182-494: The time, as a wide receiver he had caught more touchdown passes than any player in his high school conference. Oak Park offers many sports, like football, basketball, girls' and boys' golf, girls' and boys' soccer, and tennis. The following graduated from Oak Park Independent School: 34°10′48″N 118°45′56″W / 34.180131°N 118.765619°W / 34.180131; -118.765619 SmartBoard Smart Technologies (styled as SMART Technologies )
196-479: Was completed in 2015, and the projects completed include modernized classrooms including science labs, student services building, gym, turf field, and Arts and Technology building (summer of 2013). Over 95% of classrooms are equipped with SmartBoards . In the 2019-2020 school year, OPHS implemented a one-to-one Chromebook program school-wide with ubiquitous Wi-Fi and unlimited student access to Google Apps for Education. For all sports at Oak Park High School competes in
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