With the regular season over and state individual competition looming ahead, there’s not much left in between for the members of Oxford’s Track Team, right? Wrong. This past week the Wildcat runners took on some of the toughest competition in the state at the Oakland County Track and Field Competition and the Flint Metro League […]
The Lakeville Cemetery Auxiliary Society sponsored Addison Township’s Memorial Day Celebration on May 29, 2004. The event honored area veterans with a flag raising, special readings, 21-gun salute and Taps. Mr. and Mrs. John Sutphin and representatives from the Auxiliary placed memorial wreaths in honor of our soldiers. The Auxiliary would like to thank everyone […]
Parents and students of Clear Lake Elementary were alerted by letter on May 20 about a suspicious person, spotted by one of the school’s teachers, hanging around school grounds. According to the letter from Principal Jim Schwarz sent home with students, the staff member alerted office personnel around 8:15 a.m. that there was a ‘suspicious […]
The Oxford Rotary is once again encouraging a new generation of leadership. The service organization sent four Oxford High School students ? Rob Cerato, Tom Peter, Ellen Martin and Jacqueline Magdaleno ? to the 19th Annual Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Conference on May 7-9 at Ridgetown College in Ridgetown, Ontario. ‘It’s just a good thing […]
Members of the Lakeville Student Council have been busy-little-bees this school year reaching out to their teachers, their fellow students and their community. ‘We were a very active Student Council,? said Kim Kreilach, student council sponsor. ‘My goal as student council sponsor was to make the children accountable to be active in their school, their […]
Nothing beats the smell of freshly baked bread. That is unless it’s freshly baked bread made by someone else such as Oxford High School senior William Cole. On April 24, Cole took second place in the State Competition for Commercial Baking through SkillsUSA-Vica, a national industry-based student organization providing technical programs and skill competitions. The […]
Oxford Area Community Schools is anticipating yet another budget shortfall for the 2004-2005 school year ? as much as another $1,573,000 ? and the district will most likely have to access its fund equity for the first time since cutbacks began. In a presentation at the May 11 regular board meeting, Superintendent Virginia Brennan-Kyro informed […]
Oxford Schools Curriculum Director Karen Eckert is pleased that almost every score on the elementary and middle school MEAP (Michigan Educational Assessment Program) exams went up for the 2004 school year, but don’t expect her to toot her own horn or start shouting the numbers from the rooftops. ‘I’m very hesitant to place too much […]
‘Strange things happen.? That’s Oxford Schools Curriculum Director Karen Eckert’s assessment of the seventh grade 2004 MEAP results. The seventh graders in Oxford Schools were the only class to drop in percentage points from the previous year: in writing from 55.5 to 52.4 percent, in reading from 71.1 to 60.6 percent and in English Language […]
The Addison Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously at a May 17 special meeting to amend their employee manual and cafeteria plan so that part-time employees promoted to a full time position can receive benefits sooner. The employee manual originally stated that full-time employees, their current spouse and dependent children could receive group health insurance […]