Every day, OVS students come to school, go to class, attend their sports, and then head home or to their dorm rooms. It is a cycle that happens without fail, and it is one in which much is taken for granted.
We, as a school, too often ignore some of the most valuable members of our community. They are the backbone of our campus, waking up early and arriving before sunrise to clean and cook and reset the campus so that teachers can teach and the rest of us can learn. For many of us, these workers are anonymous, and their efforts often go unnoticed and underappreciated. But we profit from their toil, and without them, OVS simply would not be able to run.
May 1 is a significant day for OVS seniors because it is National College Decision Day. But more importantly, it is a day celebrated around the world as International Workers Day. On that day, On The Hill reporters and photographers Eugene Fisher, Hannah Little, Ella Schuette, Emanuel Zagata-Jacobson, and Zimo Zeng joined these workers as they performed their important tasks, shadowing them from the early morning darkness to the start of the first class at 8:10 a.m. This is a day in their lives.
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