Hey High Schoolers!

Looking for Community Service hours for school?

Good at computers?

Want to gain valuable job experience i.e. working with people, commitment to a schedule, or reliability?

then you should...

Volunteer as a computer helper at the OPPL!

Duties include: 
*releasing print jobs
*assisting children and teens with basic Internet and Microsoft Office questions.  

Volunteers must be able to commit to one 2 hour shift per week for 4 weeks.

Mandatory training meeting on  March 31 at 4:00 pm in Room 105

Grades 9-12

  Have a calendar ready to write down your dates!

Good Idea for These Cold Days!

 This is not your average hot chocolate mix — using both cocoa powder and finely ground bittersweet chocolate makes it intensely chocolatey, and adding powdered coconut milk gives it extra flavor and creaminess. What is extra brilliant about this recipe is that you can make the mix ahead of time so that when you come home, chilled to the bone, a soul-warming drink is just a heated cup of milk and a stir away. Consider your winter blues cured. 

Serves 10 to 12

Hot Cocoa Mix

3 1/2 ounces bittersweet chocolate
2/3 cups Dutch Process cocoa powder
3/4 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup powdered coconut milk, powdered milk, or malted milk powder
1 pinch salt
2 teaspoons cornstarch

1. Break the chocolate into large chunks and blend in a food processor until mealy.
2. Add the cocoa, sugar, powdered milk (whichever kind you’re using), salt, and cornstarch to the food processor. (If you don’t have a food processor, finely grate the chocolate instead — then stir in the rest of the ingredients by hand)
3. Blend until combined.
4. Scoop the mixture into a jar (make sure you scrape around the edges of the food processor bowl to dislodge any chocolate that may be stuck there) and screw on the lid.

For one serving of hot chocolate:

1 cup milk
2 heaping tablespoon cocoa mix

1. In a small pot combine the milk and hot cocoa mix.
2. Whisk together gently over a medium heat until well mixed and steaming. Pour into a mug and serve.

This recipe originally appeared on Food52.com

Valentine"s Day at the OPPL!!

Do you like Valentine's Day?

Do you like cupcakes?

Do you like to create "art" with candy?

Cupcake Wars: Valentine’s Day Special

Friday, February 14

You’ll get 30 minutes and an unfrosted cupcake to create a unique masterpiece!  Cupcakes will be judged on originality and creativity!

Grades 6-12.  Registration not required but space is limited!!

Sochi Opening Ceremony!

Did you watch the ceremony last night?

check out the images from the 2014 Winter Olympic Opening Ceremonies from Yahoo!

Click on link below...

http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/sochi-2014-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony-1391780324-slideshow/

Emma Watson Fans...Check it Out!

Online article from Yahoo! Celebrity by Jenny Depper

Emma Watson is apparently just as handy with a paintbrush as she is with a wand.

A self-portrait of the "Harry Potter" star has surfaced that showcases her artistic talent.

Credit: emmawatsonfan.net

In the colorful painting, Watson is shown pointing a camera at the viewer and looking at them with a glassy yet inquisitive gaze. After more than a decade of being swarmed by cameras due to the colossal success of the Potter franchise, perhaps she wanted to show people what she experiences every day of her life.

The British starlet's interest in art is nothing new. In 2013, Watson told Marie Claire U.K. that she enjoys many forms of art, but has never published her writing. "I paint and I draw and I write and I do other things too, and recently some people at school were asking if I'd ever publish any of my [written] work. But I almost feel like I would have to publish it under another name because there's a definition of me out there that feels kind of stuck in the moment when it was formed. I was 15 or 16 then, and I'm now 23."