Come watch RoboCats kick off season

All those interested in joining the RoboCats are invited to watch Oxford High School’s robotics team kick off the upcoming season of competition at Kettering University on Saturday, Sept. 19. The team wishes to display what the world of robotics is like as they compete against 41 other teams at the 2009 Kettering Kickoff in […]

District pursues $9.6 million state grant to implement ‘innovative ideas and plans’

Superintendent Dr. William Skilling announced during Monday’s board of education meeting that Oxford Community Schools has applied for the ReImagine Grant from the Michigan Department of Education. ‘They are looking for innovative ideas and plans…I think that when you look through this grant, you will see that everything that we are doing is innovative in […]

Goddard School to host open house Sept 17

A new all-day daycare and preschool is opening in Oxford with a mission to bring structure and education into a young child’s daily activities. Located at 55 Gateway, west of M-24 behind the Flagstar Bank and POH Medical Center, the Goddard School for Early Childhood Development is hosting an open house on Thursday, Sept.17 from […]

Volleyball coach says her spikers are ‘tenacious’

‘Tenacious.? That was the one word that Coach Kristi McDevitt used to describe her Varsity Volleyball team as they prepare for the upcoming season. ‘They all just went out there and sacrificed body parts to get the ball up,? claimed Coach McDevitt after seeing the girls practice for the first time this year. Heading into […]

Addition of JV team re-sparked interest in golf

After struggling to get girls to come out for the Varsity Golf team, the addition of JV Coach Gretchen Gabler has re-sparked the interest in the game. Varsity Golf Coach Terry Kelley was very grateful to the new athletic director, Mike Watson, for re-establishing the JV coaching position. ‘We’re sure in a short time it […]

Coach wants swim/dive team to rewrite school records

One of the goals that Varsity Girls Swim/Dive Coach Jackie Boswell has is rewriting the record board on the pool wall. ‘With some of the girls that left the team this year, it leaves alot of room for improvement on that record board,? she said. Coach Boswell wants to see the team continually improve year […]

Relationships are key to cross country’s success

The preseason for the Oxford Varsity Wildcats Cross Country teams begins with a four-hour car ride north with family and friends to Crystal Lake. Once there, the members of the boys and girls varsity teams compete against each other in mini-golf and cherry-pit spitting contests, all in the name of team building. In the midst […]

Chinese learn about American schools

Oxford Superintendent Dr. William Skilling and English teacher Dr. Marsha Chapman went on a week-long trip to China to teach a group of Chinese college graduates about the American education system. Skilling was asked by Executive Director Yong Zhao of the Confucius Institute of Michigan State to come over and speak to a group of […]

Plans for cell phone tower in park clear first hurdle

Watershed Preserve could become home to a 190-foot monopole cellular tower that will ultimately generate funding for Addison’s primary public park. On Monday, the Addison Township Board voted 7-0 to approve, with a list of conditions, the general terms of a land lease agreement with Verizon Wireless for a 10,000-square-foot parcel on which to locate […]

Another successful summer for reading program

The Oxford Public Library Summer Reading Program enjoyed one of its most successful summers as 568 children signed up to participate in the summer long event. ‘The purpose was to keep the kids reading over the summer for pleasure,? said Head of the Youth Program Shae Smith. With no official required reading list of books […]

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