With soil, seeds, tools and vegetables in tow, an expert organic farmer came to visit the Clear Lake Green Team along with some Girl Scouts and Daisies on April 18 after school. Dr. Fay Hansen or, as she asked the kids to call her, Farmer Fay, is an associate professor of biology at Oakland University, […]
A group of seven fifth-graders from Kingsbury Country Day school will pack their bags and head to the global Destination Imagination (DI) competition next month. DI brings schools from all over the world together to compete in STEM-related, science, technology, engineering and math, challenges. Kingsbury has had a DI team for just two years, and […]
The Wildcats now lead their boys lacrosse league undefeated thanks to a four-game winning streak. Rochester and Avondale are the latest on Oxford’s list of defeats. Oxford celebrated its first shutout win of the season on April 18 with a 14-0 victory over Avondale. “Tonight, the defense didn’t let a shot in,” Head Coach Shawn […]
Talk of art, history and literature will fill the Oxford Public Library on April 29 as local author Iris Underwood and illustrator Joyce Harlukowicz visit to speak on “The Mantle.” Underwood penned the novel last fall and Harlukowicz illustrated it. In telling the story of the fictional Mahari people, Underwood did a great deal of […]
The Wildcats were still tied 4-4 with the Clarkston Wolves 10 innings into their game on April 22. Then senior Joe Good stepped up to the plate and gave his team one of those rare, satisfying walk-off wins. Good hit a double at the bottom of the tenth to send junior Garett Hiler to home […]
Two Wildcats cemented their decisions to continue to be student-athletes on April 17 when they go to college this fall. Liam Hillary will continue as a wrestler at Davenport University and Anna Trbovich signed to play volleyball at Oakland Community College. During the ceremony, Oxford Athletic Director Jordan Ackerman congratulated the two soon-to-be graduates. Hillary, […]
Over $500,000 will be put toward security initiatives in Oxford Schools thanks to a grant from the Michigan State Police (MSP). At the April 9 board of education meeting, Superintendent Tim Throne announced the district had received a $442,773 reimbursement grant from the MSP. As part of the grant, the district must match 25 percent, […]
“You’re listening to Jack Attack Facts, where I attack you with facts about science and more.” Jack Collins, a second-grader at Daniel Axford Elementary, is a talkative eight-year-old who will enthusiastically tell you about whatever is on his mind. True to his personality, the talkative little guy hosts his own podcast focusing on what piques […]
Oxford’s track and field athletes took on the Clarkston Wolves and participated in a Davison invitational last week. At both events, a number of athletes continued to top the leader board. At the Shake Off the Rust Invitational in Davison on April 12, many Oxford athletes were invited to compete. From those who went, the […]
Before their April 11 game against Clarkston was cancelled, the girls soccer team pulled off a 1-1 tie against their cross-town rivals at Lake Orion on April 9. The Dragons took the lead early on, but freshman Carly Boyd, in Head Coach John Thaler’s words, “rocketed a great ball” near the net, where sophomore Mackenzie […]