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Logan Dodson poses with his wife, Kelsey, and son, William Still after a football game. Dodson recently got married and had a child.

Teacher Feature of the Month: Q&A with Logan Dodson

Wesley Warrington, Staff Writer February 13, 2019

The Charger staff sat down with math teacher, Logan Dodson, who was recently married and had a child, to learn more about his life and the new life changes he has.  Q: Where are you from? A: I went...

Amanda Gulledge poses with her kids, Fisher and Emory. Gulledge is new to the school district this year, and she and her children commute from Bruce, Mississippi each morning.

Teacher Feature of the Month: Q&A with Amanda Gulledge

Rosie Frugé, Staff Writer August 30, 2018

The Charger staff sat down with art teacher Amanda Gulledge, who is new to the school district, to learn more about her life and what she did before teaching at OSD. Q: Where did you grow up? A:...

Sami Thomason talks to the members of the book club during their first meeting. Thomason has returned to OHS to revive the book club that she was a part of when she was an OHS student.

OHS alumnus returns to revive book club

Ellis Farese, Staff Writer August 25, 2018

Sami Thomason, a 2011 graduate, has returned to OHS to revive a book club in association with Square Books, Jr. Thomason is a book seller and the social media coordinator at Square Books, Jr. When she...

English Teacher Amanda Witt always dreamt of having a horse, and at the end of the fifth grade, when she moved, that dream came true. Her horse Patchy was an Appaloosa..

Teacher Feature of the Month: Q&A with Amanda Witt

Nadeen Al-Ostaz, Staff Writer May 9, 2018

The Charger staff sat down with English teacher Amanda Witt, who has been teaching for 13 years, to learn more about her and about her stay at Cambridge, her love for writing children’s novels or her...

Sophomore Hannah Spillers submitted her photograph Mississippi Dame to the Photographers Forum and became a finalist for her work. She is looking forward to having the picture shown in the Photographers Forum magazine.

Student artists win top prizes for photography

Emmie Stevens, Staff Writer April 19, 2018

Several OHS students have competed and succeeded in different art competitions like the National Scholastic Art and Writing Competition, the Photographer’s Forum competition and the Oxford School District...

Junior Siena Cizdziel stands in front of her award-winning science fair project. For the project, she studied the effects that small pieces of plastic can have on the ecosystem.

Sibling duos compete at regional, state science fairs

Eve Gershon, Features Editor April 16, 2018

Siblings are often compared to each other, but for these siblings, science seems to run in the family. At the both the regional and state science fairs this year, many different siblings took the top prizes. “I...

Junior Khyan Freelon won a gold key in a national competition with his drawing I TOO Am America. This photo will be exhibited in Carnegie Hall along with other gold key winners across the country.

Freelon wins gold key in national art competition

Lauren Bial, Staff Writer March 22, 2018

Junior Khyan Freelon won a gold key, the highest award, at the National Scholastic Art and Writing Competition. His work will be on display at Carnegie Hall in New York. Students can enter in seventh...

French teacher Chelsea Shaffer takes a picture with her French students at Université de Pau in 2012. Shaffer made many trips to France and lived in Pau, Rouen and Argentan.

French teacher travels world, shapes personality

Nadeen Al-Ostaz, Staff Writer March 9, 2018

French teacher Chelsea Shaffer comes from a family that has travelled all over the world, and she decided to do the same herself. Shaffer has lived in France, Austria, Colorado, Arizona and California...

Junior Anna Claire Franklin recites her poem in the Regional Poetry Out Loud contest. She won first in the competition and will compete in the state competition March 6.

Franklin wins first in Regional Poetry Out Loud contest

Edward Brown, Staff Writer February 27, 2018

Oxford High School student and junior Anna Claire Franklin won the Regional Poetry Out Loud contest on Feb. 5. Poetry Out Loud is a contest where students memorize and recite poems, which helps them master...

More Than A Coach: The reality of living in the spotlight as the child of a coach

More Than A Coach: The reality of living in the spotlight as the child of a coach

Merrick McCool, Contributing Writer February 1, 2018

Life is different with a coach as a father.  For many current and former students at Oxford High School, this is a reality. “It's my lifestyle. I’ve been born into it,” Ole Miss head basketball...

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...

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