Senior Ashley Rini and juniors Tanna Thronson and Krystal Tucker represented Oxford High School at the second annual SkillsUSA Dinner and Fashion show Wednesday May 9. They joined over 65 students from across Oakland County to demonstrate the skills they’ve been learning as part of the curriculum at the Oakland Schools Technical Campus Northeast (OSTC-NE) […]
Terry Stevens has the cure for what ails ? or ales ? you. Stevens, owner and operator of the revamped Bear Paw Cafe on the banks of Lakeville Lake, wants you to know that his establishment now delivers food to your boat and beer and wine could be soon to come. This new delivery service […]
Oxford Ornamentals, Inc., a landscape contracting company owned and operated by Tom Lepping of Oxford, was verified for the second time by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) and the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP). MAEAP is a pollution prevention program started in 1998 by a partnership between agriculture, environmental, commodity, […]
Oxford High School’s own Cassie Edgemon has signed a letter of intent to play softball for Macomb Community College. She joins Coach Joe Cavataio in the Fall 2012-2013. Edgemon was an infield standout for Coach Kristi McDevitt at Oxford High School, starting at third base for four consecutive years. Along with her stellar third base […]
The Oxford High School girls lacrosse team brough their 2012 season to a close. On May 24, in a playoff game against Cranbrook, the Oxford girls lacrosse lost decisively, 22-1. Emma Kimmel was the lone scorer for the lady Wildcats. Coach Andrew Bausack said that ‘Cranbrook was a monster. They were the best team we […]
Th Oxford High School girls soccer team lost a very close away game to Groves 1-0. Coach Larry Ferris said that the game was close the entire way, with no score until late in the day. After the defensive standoff, ‘a shot from outside the 18 box got through the hands of keeper Darien Bandel,? […]
While other school districts in Oakland County are flashing pink slips around, that’s one color you’ll not see in Oxford Schools this spring. According to Nancy Latowski, deputy superintendent for human resources at Oxford Schools, no layoffs are expected in the Oxford school district anytime soon. As reported in The Citizen, nearly 45 teachers could […]
Derek Linville, of Lake Orion, was honored by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department for the good citizenship he exhibited last summer. In July 2011, Linville, a 2005 graduate of Lake Orion High School, was on lunch break with friends at Jimmy John’s in Oxford. While finishing his sandwich, Linville noticed a police cruiser in the […]
Oxford Elementary School was officially accredited as an International Baccalaureate (IB) School May 11. The accreditation ‘marks the end of the journey of planning . . and begins the journey of transforming? the educational experience offered at OES, said Curriculum and Instruction Assistant Superintendent James Schwarz. This long term investment, Schwarz reasoned, speaks to the […]
It has been a busy week for the Oxford varsity softball team. OHS swept the Berkley Bears on May 21, and finished with a strong second place showing at the Clio Mustang Invite May 19 after dropping two against visiting Clarkston May 16. At the Clio Invitational, Oxford began with a victory over North Branch […]