Exactly 175 years ago, the first settler laid down roots in what is now known as the Village of Lakeville. To commemorate and honor that historic local event, Michigan State Representative James Marleau (R-Lake Orion) and Oakland County Commissioner Bill Patterson (R-Oxford) presented three proclamations to Addison Township officials during their May 16 meeting. One […]
Nicholas Lopez, a senior at Oxford High School, was recognized this week by the College Board’s National Hispanic Recognition Program as a Scholar. Eastablished in 1983, the National Hispanic Recognition Program is a College Board program that provides national recognition of exceptional academic achievement by Hispanic high school seniors and identifies them for college. The […]
Barbara Johnston and Sherry Sikov’s fourth-grade classes at Oxford Elementary have been studying lighthouses in Michigan and came up with a project to help the students learn even more. Students had to construct a lighthouse, write a report and even a poem about their lighthouse. Take a look at some of the homemade lighthouse projects […]
‘It’s just a big, giant, glob of wonderful.? That’s how Vicci Salerno, the director of Holy Cross Christian Preschool, describes her job. Although she’s been on staff for 32 years, she never woke up one day and decided it was what she wanted to do with her life. Salerno, a devout Christian, said it just […]
Oxford High School art and band students may have more of a choice of classes to take in the next couple of school years. The school board approved a revision of Oxford’s fine arts curriculum at their meeting May 10 in an effort to give students more of a choice when it comes to art […]
When Andy Forte, a senior at Oxford High School, was selected to play on the varsity soccer team as a freshman, his mother Mary Forte, knew he had a promising future. ‘The athletic director sat all the parents down and said ‘don’t expect your kid to go on and play any kind of sport for […]
By Casey Curtis Leader Staff Writer Oakland County students who don’t live in the Oxford school district, but still want to attend its schools are out of luck next year. For the second consecutive year, he Oxford Board of Education May 10 decided to not participate in the out-of-district Schools of Choice program. The Schools […]
Oxford High School has yet another achievement to notch on its already full belt thanks to its DECA Club members. OHS sent 31 marketing students to help represent Michigan at DECA’s 59th Annual International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, California from April 26 through May 1. DECA stands for Distributive Education Clubs of America and […]
After 21 successful years in the field of education, Pat Richardson, assistant principal at Oxford High School, has decided it’s time to do some travelling. Richardson, along with many other district employees, will be retiring in June. And like many others, she has strived to leave a lasting impression on her fellow colleagues. Although she […]
‘Mommy, I love you,? sang a group of Clear Lake Elementary first-graders to their mothers on the Thursday before Mother’s Day. As a part of their unit on etiquette and manners, teacher Deborah Morse organized a Mother’s Day Tea Party, complete with finger sandwiches, cookies, punch and chocolate covered strawberries. Students were dressed to the […]