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sophomores Sophie Quinn and Jupiter O’Donnell do the warmup dance at Moving Metaphors. The event was held on Feb. 6 in the library.

Moving Metaphors brings students together for poetry, dancing

Grace Logan, Staff Writer February 20, 2018

The “Moving Metaphors” program recently made its appearance at Oxford High School allowing many students to experience the arts in a new, more direct way. This program reached Oxford High School through...

Oxford mourns loss of teacher Sherry Buford

Oxford mourns loss of teacher Sherry Buford

Molly Archer, Editor-In-Chief, News Editor February 16, 2018

Oxford School District mourns the loss of intermediate school math teacher Sherry Buford, 46. Buford started teaching with the school district in 2005. “I remember when I was starting to struggle...

Senior Taylor Ross won a gold key for her senior portfolio named Tribulations that included this photo titled Tell Me Im Pretty of senior Emily Toma. Rosss portfolio that will now be moving on to compete in a national competition investigated peoples troubles and suffering.

Art students honored at Brooks Museum ceremony

Eve Gershon, Features Editor February 16, 2018

On the weekend of Feb. 10, students who won awards in the Mid-South Scholastic Art competition were honored at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. “I submitted about seven pictures, and I got a gold...

Sophomore Spencer Norris plays Fortnite on his console. An Esports club where students can play the game was started at OHS by junior Matthew Swales.

Fortnite rises in popularity, students play game in new Esports club

Edward Brown, Staff Writer February 7, 2018

With over 45 million users playing and many Oxford High School students taking part, Fortnite has quickly become one of the most popular multiplayer games of 2018. The game incorporates a “last man standing”...

Senior Keaton Calhoon goes for the ball during the teams game against Lafayette. He broke the season scoring record which was previously 26 goals during the game against Tupelo.

Calhoon breaks season scoring record

Grace Logan, Staff Writer January 31, 2018

Oxford soccer player and senior Keaton Calhoon broke the season record for most goals scored by a single player during the Jan. 9 game against Tupelo High School. “Going into the game versus Tupelo,...

Tabitha Beard teaches Algebra 2 students. She took over the class after Allison Wally got the new position of OSDs business manager.

Wally takes job as district business manager, Beard takes over classes

Eve Gershon, Features Editor January 30, 2018

When a new position opened up at Oxford School District’s main office, Algebra II and AP Statistics teacher Allison Wally decided to take the job and become the new business manager for the school. “The...

BREAKING: Former OSD business manager arrested

BREAKING: Former OSD business manager arrested

Molly Archer, Editor-In-Chief, News Editor January 25, 2018

The former business manager for the Oxford School District was arrested Wednesday and charged with one count of embezzlement. Charles Rainey, 46, allegedly embezzled $1,800 from the district and the...

Dresses were hung around the girls fitness room for students to pick from during the dress event for Winter Formal. The event was held on Jan. 22 and continued during Power Hour Jan. 23.

Dress event offers girls free dress rental for their Winter Formal apparel

Eve Gershon, Features Editor January 24, 2018

Some girls at OHS may find getting a dress that they like or can afford for school dances to be difficult, but girls' fitness teacher Rose Hickey wanted to change that with her Winter Formal Dress Event...

School bus gets covered in ice and snow during days out of school. Students did not have to go to school from Jan. 12 through Jan. 18.

District receives unexpected week out of school due to icy roads

Lauren Bial, Staff Writer January 23, 2018

Due to recent inclement weather, Oxford schools were out Friday, Jan. 12 through Thursday, Jan 18. The snow days fell right around Martin Luther King jr. Day, which means students received a seven day...

The Orchard Churchs karaoke float passes by everyone watching the parade. Their float was covered in Christmas lights, and they performed different Christmas themed songs.

Oxford prepares for holiday season with annual Christmas parade

Lauren Bial, Staff Writer December 9, 2017

The city of Oxford hosted its annual Christmas parade Dec. 8. The parade featured floats from many different clubs such as Cub Scouts and school groups like the OHS band. Many students such as senior...

Senior Hiram Wadlington dribbles the ball on the court the the game against Calhoun City Nov. 7. The team has remained undefeated during this season so far.

Boys basketball team remains undefeated, gains last minute win against Ashland

Grace Logan, Staff Writer December 8, 2017

OHS boys basketball is in full swing, and the team has remained undefeated with six wins to start out their season. According to head coach Drew Tyler, he had a few concerns about this year’s team...

The library ran out of loaner computers for students because too many people had technological issues. There are only 10 laptops that are able to be given to students.

Increasing issue with damaged computers along with limited amount of loaner computers leaves some empty handed

Grace Logan, Staff Writer December 3, 2017

This school-year, several OHS students have had to experience the pencil and paper method due to the ongoing issue with breaking computer screens. Sophomore Alexis Barlow’s laptop was one example...

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