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Blueprint
The student news site of Downers Grove South High School

Blueprint
Jonah Ocuto

Jonah Ocuto, Video News Director

Jonah Ocuto is a senior at DGS and the Video News Director for the Blueprint. He has been a member of the Drama Club for four years and is going into his third year with the Speech team. Ocuto loves movies and theater, and he wants to go to college to study acting and journalism.

Ocuto placed 2nd in Dramatic Duet Acting at the IHSA State Speech Tournament and has also placed top 15 and top 30 respectively at the national level for Prose Reading and Expository Speaking. He has received multiple IJEA awards for his review writing, and placed 4th in Headline Writing at the IHSA State Journalism Tournament.

One of his life goals is to travel to New Zealand to visit the set of the Shire from Lord of the Rings. His favorite movie is "2001: A Space Odyssey," and his favorite TV shows are "Game of Thrones" and "Twin Peaks."

All content by Jonah Ocuto

Issue 3

Andrea Davenport, Srushti Desai, Jaqueline Sumida, Alex Miranda, Emmanuelle Copeland, Tatum Mitchell, Kelly Jankowski, Sarah Barber, Colin Dodd, Sam Perkins, Ina Barashka, Phillip Pakowski, Miles Little, Jonah Ocuto, Marc Alvarez, and Rachel Ley
January 25, 2019

May 18, 2018

Jonah Ocuto, Lindsay Valero, and
May 18, 2018

Issue 5

Barbara Collins, Katie Anthony, Srushti Desai, Rhaya Truman, Donte Reed, Andrea Davenport, Sarah Major, Jayna Bardahl, Lindsay Valero, Jhenevie Oca, Sydney Hall, Emmanuelle Copeland, Marc Alvarez, Kendall Brost, Vince Vena, Matt Hollendonner, Will Miller, Jonah Ocuto, and Elizabeth Szpytek
May 18, 2018

May 11, 2018

Jonah Ocuto, Lindsay Valero, Katie Anthony, Sherwin Thomas, Jayna Bardahl, Sarah Major, Sydney Hall, and Barbara Collins
May 11, 2018
Katie Anthony: DGS first-ever All-State journalist

Katie Anthony: DGS’ first-ever All-State journalist

Jonah Ocuto, Head Video News Director
May 4, 2018
Online Header with DGS label

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Online Header with DGS label

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Online Header with DGS label

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[Video] Administration holds open-discussion forum

Katie Anthony and Barbara Collins
April 23, 2018
Top ten Tuesday: words I use excessively but dont know the meaning of

Top ten Tuesday: words I use excessively but don’t know the meaning of

Jonah Ocuto, Video News Director
April 17, 2018
Jonah Ocuto documentary: What is most important is what is invisible

Jonah Ocuto documentary: What is most important is what is invisible

Jonah Ocuto
March 23, 2018

March 23, 2018

Lindsay Valero, Jonah Ocuto, Marc Alvarez, Jhenevie Oca, Calvin Herion, and Srushti Desai
March 23, 2018
This is the safety flier that Taylor shared with students via email on March 14.

[Photo] School safety forum leaves students with unanswered questions

Barbara Collins, Katie Anthony, and Lindsay Valero
March 19, 2018
622 DGS students turn out for nation-wide walkout

622 DGS students turn out for nation-wide walkout

Katie Anthony, Kora Montana, Lindsay Valero, Elizabeth Rose Szpytek, and Jonah Ocuto
March 14, 2018

The Case of the Crush Canz

Jonah Ocuto
February 26, 2018

Feb. 14, 2018

Jonah Ocuto, Lindsay Valero, Barbara Collins, Jayna Bardahl, Andrea Davenport, Donte Reed, and Jhenevie Oca
February 14, 2018

Taco Bowls: a DGS Tragedy

Jonah Ocuto
February 6, 2018
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[Photo] Discover DGS: fitting in

Lindsay Valero, Barbara Collins, Katie Anthony, and Kora Montana
February 5, 2018

Issue 3

Barbara Collins, Jayna Bardahl, Sarah Major, Lindsay Valero, Rhaya Truman, Srushti Desai, Calvin Herion, Elizabeth Rose Szpytek, Jonah Ocuto, Katie Anthony, Donte Reed, Kendall Brost, Vince Vena, Andrea Davenport, Emmanuelle Copeland, Jhenevie Oca, Katie Anthony, and Natalie Casas
January 29, 2018
With his opponent captured in a headlock, Abd looks to pin her and earn a victory.

[Video] El Minya to Downers Grove: Girgis Abd finds home on wrestling mat

Sarah Major, Print Co-Editor-in-Chief
January 26, 2018
Haywood heads Illinois High School Theatre Festival

[Video] Haywood heads Illinois High School Theatre Festival

Barbara Collins, Online Co-Editor-in-Chief
January 12, 2018

A Jonah Ocuto Short: The Issuez

Jonah Ocuto and Marc Alvarez
January 12, 2018

A Jonah Ocuto short: commas go inside quotations

Jonah Ocuto
December 22, 2017
The confidence conundrum

The confidence conundrum

Jonah Ocuto, Video News Director
December 15, 2017

December 15, 2017

Jonah Ocuto, Lindsay Valero, Matthew Hollendonner, Kora Montana, Emmaneulle Copeland, and Will Miller
December 14, 2017

November 21, 2017

Jonah Ocuto, Lindsay Valero, Andrea Davenport, Srushti Desai, Rhaya Truman, and Barbara Collins
November 21, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Zach Kuhn

Throwback Thursday: Zach Kuhn

Jonah Ocuto, Head Video News Director
November 16, 2017
Thor ragna-rocked my world

Thor ragna-rocked my world

Jonah Ocuto, Head Video News Director
November 6, 2017

November 3, 2017

Jonah Ocuto, Lindsay Valero, Vince Vena, Jayna Bardahl, Sherwin Thomas, and Natalie Casas
November 3, 2017

Issue 1

Barbara Collins, Sydney Hall, Elizabeth Rose Szpytek, Katie Anthony, Jayna Bardahl, Natalie Casas, Calvin Herion, Vince Vena, Emmanuelle Copeland, Andrea Davenport, Rhaya Truman, Sarah Major, Jonah Ocuto, Kendall Brost, Lindsay Valero, Vince Vena, Srushti Desai, Donte Reed, and Jhenevie Oca
October 26, 2017
Halloween fun fair fast approaching

Halloween fun fair fast approaching

Jonah Ocuto, Head Video News Director
October 24, 2017

Oct. 11, 2017

Jonah Ocuto, Lindsay Valero, Calvin Herion, Kora Montana, Kendall Brost, and Donte Reed
October 11, 2017
2017 Homecoming court announced

2017 Homecoming court announced

Marc Alvarez and Jonah Ocuto
September 27, 2017

Broadcast News: Sept. 22

Jonah Ocuto, Lindsay Valero, Emmanuelle Copeland, and Katie Anthony
September 22, 2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues Marvels success

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” continues Marvel’s success

Jonah Ocuto, Reporter
May 10, 2017
The perfect movie theater for people that dont care about movies

The perfect movie theater for people that don’t care about movies

Jonah Ocuto, Reporter
May 1, 2017
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