BREAKING NEWS: Sinkhole appears behind OHS football stadium press box
Walker Bailey, sports writer
April 17, 2018
A sinkhole has appeared behind the press box at Bobby Holcomb Field on the Oxford Middle School campus. The sinkhole is directly underneath the press box and was caused by water runoff from higher ground. “We will meet with an engineer and assess the damage,” OSD Athletic Director Michael M...
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 won the Justice Manning Award for Environmental Excellence, it’s just like an environmental...
Softball recognizes Lowe in annual “Strike Out for a Cure” game
Grace Logan, Staff Writer
April 12, 2018
The annual “Strike Out for a Cure” softball game against Lafayette Commodores honored Oxford School District’s very own Dr. Barbara Lowe. The “Strike Out for a Cure” game is hosted every year at Lafayette High School by head coach Katie Jenkins and her team. This is softball head coach Tabitha...
2018 Spring Movies
Anna Barrett, Staff Writer
April 6, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Home
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Scrap the trash, put the recycling where it belongs
Eve Gershon, Features Editor
April 4, 2018
The lack of recycling at Oxford High School has gone on for long enough. It is time that we make a change and start putting the plastics where they belong. Everyday at school, I watch in dismay as students in my classes place their water bottles and cardboard boxes straight into the trash without ...
Students link arms in remembrance, unity after Parkland shooting
Nadeen Al-Ostaz, Staff Writer
April 4, 2018
Oxford High School students linked arms in the hallway in order to commemorate the lost lives of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida that took place earlier this year. At exactly 10 A.M. on March 28, it was agreed that students and teachers could step out of their classrooms...
New class schedule implemented for 2018-19 school year
Nadeen Al-Ostaz, Staff Writer
April 2, 2018
As the year comes to a close, many students are beginning to sign up for classes, but a new schedule has been put underway for the 2018-19 school year, bringing with it new challenges and benefits for students and teachers. The leadership team at Oxford High School has been working on this new schedule...
Student debt is constantly increasing issue, follows students for lifetime
Karina Patel, Staff Writer
March 29, 2018
As the end of the year approaches, seniors and juniors are looking at their futures after high school. While many students plan to attend college, how are they are planning to pay for the amount of student debt that many are bound to have throughout their college experience? Some students don’t think...
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 grade up until 12th. The competition is judged by honorable mention, silver key and gold key. “They ...
Seniors show off their knowledge of Medieval times at annual fair
Lauren Bial, Staff Writer
March 20, 2018
Every year seniors at Oxford High School are given the opportunity to show off what they have learned in their English IV classes about Medieval culture and literature. Students from both the high school and Della Davidson came to the fair visiting all of the booths and activities set up in the courtyard...
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 while also visiting other countries and states, but she started her world journey in Riyadh, Saudi...
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