By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer ssoldan@mihomepaper.com OXFORD TWP. — During its regular meeting on April 9, the Oxford Community Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a switch for board policy services from Neola to Thrun Law Firm. “I thought this was great, I like the policy,” said board member Colleen Schultz. “I like […]
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer ssoldan@mihomepaper.com OXFORD TWP. — During its regular meeting on April 9, the Oxford Community Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to add three courses to Oxford High School. The added courses are a regular statistics course, the Personal Inquiry Project course, and a change to economics to include the state-required […]
Oxford loses to Clarkston in first OAA Red meet of the season DAVISON — The Oxford Track and Field team finished in second place at the 10th Annual Shake Off The Rust Invitational at Davison High School on Saturday. The Wildcats finished with a score of 267 in the Large School division with Davison finishing […]
Team makes it to semifinals in Michigan State Championship By Morgan Kindermann Special Contributor to the Leader SAGINAW, Mich. — Oxford High School’s FIRST robotics competition team, Team 2137 the Oxford RoboCats competed over the weekend at the FIRST in Michigan State Championship at Saginaw Valley State University, making it to the semifinals. The FIRST […]
OXFORD TWP. — Ten teams of fourth graders representing Oxford’s elementary schools competed in Battle of the Books on April 2 at the Oxford High School Performing Arts Center. The 4th graders read five books on their own time in preparation for the Battle. Competition was fierce, but Oxford Elementary School’s The Smart Bookies were […]
By Jim Newell Managing Editor jnewell@mihomepaper.com OXFORD TWP. — The Oxford girls varsity soccer team lost its season home opener 2-1 to Midland on Saturday at Wildcat Stadium in a back-and-forth battle that came down to the final minutes of play. The Chemics got on the board in the first five minutes of the non-conference […]
By Wendi Reardon Price Staff Writer wprice@mihomepaper.com INDEPENDENCE TWP. — The Oxford Boys Varsity Lacrosse team kicked off the spring season with a trio of games last week, going 1-2 to begin the year. The Wildcats opened the week with their home opener against Linden with a 13-3 win, April 2. “Our home opener was […]
(From left) Clara Umscheid, Zofia Williams, Catherine Willoughby, Ana Ambrosio and Alexandria Firth. Clara, Zofia, Ana and Alexandria helped fold more than 300 paper cranes for Oxford Middle School librarian Catherine Willoughby to take with her to Hiroshima, Japan and place on the Children’s Peace Monument in Hiroshima Peace Park. Photos by Jim Newell. Oxford […]
Next round of interviews slated for April 2 By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer OXFORD TWP. – After five interviews over three nights, the Oxford Community Schools Board of Education has decided to move three superintendent candidates to the second round of interviews. Candidates Cormac Lynn, David Raleigh and Tonya Milligan will each have a tour […]
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer OXFORD TWP. – During the Feb. 27 Oxford Community Schools Board of Education meeting, food service director Patty Silorey gave the board an update on the food service department for the district. “Now we have operating kitchens in all seven of our buildings,” she said. “We feed Bridges High School […]