Archive for category: News

  • Seniors Say Final Goodbyes

    News May 15, 2013 1:16 PM no comments

    OHS had its annual senior parade and field day this morning for this year’s graduating students. The parade let the seniors dress out and wave a final goodbye to their teachers and underclassman friends. After the parade the seniors were swiftly swept away to Stone Park where they were able to enjoy the day with their fellow seniors. At Stone Park the seniors constructed a mak…

  • Golf Wins State Tournament

    News May 7, 2013 3:42 PM no comments

    The golf team competed at the Golf State Championship in Oxford, Miss. Wednesday and Thursday, May 1 and 2. With 13 teams from around the state competing for the title of the 2013 5A State Golf Champions, OHS’s top five golfers stepped up their game, coming in first place overall. Coach Steve Herring says the team worked hard leading up to the competition and played great, even thou…

  • Future Scientists Program

    News May 2, 2013 12:14 PM no comments

    Scientists are including students of the Oxford School District in their real-world agricultural research efforts through a specialized science research program.
    Dr. Craig Wilson, director of the United States Department of Agriculture/Hispanic-Serving Institutions National Program (USDA/HSINP) and Senior Research Associate at Texas A&M University, runs the Fu…

  • Rain Rain Go Away: Senior Field Day moved to another day

    News May 2, 2013 8:46 AM no comments

    On Thursday morning OHS principal Mike Martin announced Senior Field Day has been moved to Wednesday May 15.  This decision was made due to a high possibility of inclement weather which would result in Field Day being moved inside the high school; this seemed to be unpopular with many students of the senior class.  The scheduled Senior Parade, which begins at Avent Park, will sti…

  • Eat Wings. Raise Funds.

    News April 30, 2013 12:27 PM no comments

    Oxford’s Buffalo Wild Wings is helping the Science Olympiad, for one day only, by donating 10 percent of all pre-taxed food sales from any guest who presents a fundraising ticket or a picture of it. Each ticket, which is free, allows one person’s meal to credit the OHS Science Olympiad. The fundraiser helps raise money for the OHS Science Olympiad group to go to the Science Olymp…

  • Band performs spring concert

    News April 30, 2013 12:00 PM no comments

    The month of April was busy for the OHS band. Practicing for their spring concert, learning marching music, and preparing for graduation have left the band with little spare time.
    The band has prepared since they got back from Winter Break on their spring songs, with each section of the band taking time to perfect each song.
    On April 22, the band debuted its spring selection of music.…

  • Administration keeps an eye on Wi-Fi usage

    News April 30, 2013 12:00 PM no comments

    Recently, the presence of technology in the classrom has increased. Students surf the web with their cell phones, teachers check-out laptop and IPad carts to incorporate technology into their lessons, and the school district provides a Wi-Fi network for all of the devices. What some students and teachers don’t know is that the administration can view what people access when t…

  • State, Advanced Placement testing coincide

    News April 30, 2013 12:00 PM no comments

    Test anxiety is not only for students. Before AP students take their Advanced Placement exams in May, guidance counselor Mike McLarty must find a suitable testing location.
    In years past, AP exams were conducted at OHS the week after state testing. Now, AP and state testing will overlap.
    “The state has decided to move the state tests one week later which means the first week of AP t…

  • Students present research at inaugural science symposium

    News April 30, 2013 12:00 PM no comments

    Who would have thought that worms and free Chick-Fil-a would get students out of school? That’s what happened for seniors Eloise Tyner and Plicca Watt who presented a zoology class project for the Future Scientists Program.
    Corn Earworms, a “devastating creature” that costs the country $1 billion dollars in crop loss annually are the targets of research in the Future Scie…

  • Musical date set to change

    News April 30, 2013 12:00 PM no comments

    With the move to the new high school building set to take place this year, a number of changes are coming.  One of these changes involves the theater department’s lineup of productions for next year’s season, with the biggest change involving the annual musical.
    Theater teacher and director John Davenport said that the change is related to the upcoming move to the new facilit…