Loud speakers blasting upbeat music and the voice of a female announcer set the backdrop for robots facing off in an enclosed competition area. The objective is to transport plastic rings from the edge of the floor to three rows of pegs on a board in the center through manual control of the robot or pre-programming. Fifteen OHS students discuss strategy around their robot.
The inaug…
Chief Joey East officially became the new chief of the Oxford Police force in February. With this new chief, new changes have come along, including a reshuffling of the Oxford School District Student Resource Officers.
Officer Harper Thomas says that the changes to the SRO force haven’t been “huge,” but they have included the addition of a new SRO and an officer swap. Office…
When a teacher needs a helping hand or a thoughtful note, the Sunshine Club is there for them. At the beginning of each year, the Sunshine Club collects $20 from each teacher who chooses to contribute. Then, throughout the year if a teacher or staff member has an event such as a death in the family or a birth or sickness, the Sunshine Club kicks in. English teacher Kristin Kallahe…
Diaper changes. Sleepless nights. Baby formula. Baby food. Baby products. Baby crib. Baby, baby, baby.
That’s the new reality for history teacher Chris Bush and math teachers Chris Baughman and Chris Cutcliffe, who have each welcomed new baby boys since Christmas.
Bush’s son, Case Alexander Bush, was born December 26, 2012, weighing 6 pounds, 5 ounces, which…
Recently, district administrators and teachers have been attending “Capturing Kids’ Hearts” workshops with the Flippen Group in Jackson, Miss. February 26-28 will be principal Michael Martin’s turn to attend the workshop.
According to Martin, the “Capturing Kids’ Hearts” workshop is “training to help increase relationships between students and collea…
Many parents enroll their little girls in dance class. To build an active and social lifestyle, but sophomore Annaleigh Kurr said she was enrolled in dance classes for her health.
“When I was younger I complained about my back hurting,” Kurr said. “My parents then took me to the doctor, and they found out that I was born with child arthritis.”
Kurr’s parents were advi…
In his garage “semi-studio” at home, sophomore Grady Tollison spends four hours a day, playing music on the piano, guitar, bass, and even occasionally saxophone.
Tollison’s interest in music began in 3rd grade, when he started learning the piano. His teacher, Andrew Gordon, with whom he has studied for the past two years in a studio at Oxford University United Methodist Ch…
Special education teacher Dabney Hobart has always had a dream of riding and horses.
“I did not grow up on a farm,” Hobart said. “I bought my first horse when I graduated from college.”
She had to board that first horse at a nearby stable because she did not have her own stable to keep it in yet.
She began in barrel racing after college when she purchased her first show horse, Ben,…
Pots, pans, whisks, and spatulas may not seem like things that history teacher John Mistilis would be too familiar with; however, cooking is a skill that Mistilis has turned into a hobby. Growing up around kitchens in his family’s restaurant, Mistilis Restaurant, which was located where the Oxford Eagle …is currently located, has allowed Mistilis to acquire the skills needed t
Eight months ago, assistant principal Kathy Howington began a new hobby with the help of her 25 year-old daughter and younger sister: she opened her own booth in Sugar Magnolia.
“My daughter wanted to do a booth in an antique shop, and she got me involved with it,” Howington said. “I got my sister involved in it, and now we have a booth called ‘Mad Décor’: M for Mom, A for Aunt…
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