Things are going swimmingly for Oxford team

The Boys Varsity Swim & Dive have kicked off their season with a 1-1 record, so far after defeating North Farmington 108-78 last week. As far as what to expect the rest of the season, Head Coach Jackie Rank isn’t quite sure. ‘But the athletes are excited and willing to learn, and I think we […]

Cheer team has ‘pretty tough? season ahead

After placing third in their first competition and seventh out of eight teams in their league, Coach Shari Russell says the Varsity Competitive Cheer team is going to have a ‘pretty tough season? ahead of them. ‘Because our league, (OAA Red) is probably one of the toughest leagues in the state of Michigan, so that […]

School board changes rules governing public comment

Members of the public who wish to address the Oxford Board of Education regarding an agenda item during a meeting will no longer have to arrange to do so three days in advance or wait until the end of the meeting to speak their piece. That’s because the school board voted unanimously Dec. 17 to […]

Addison supervisor gives overview of proposed budget

Since 2008, Addison Township has continued to effectively meet its budgeted expenditures without having to raise taxes, according to Supervisor Bruce Pearson. It’s been that frugal mindset that has carried them forward. Pearson is looking for that trend to continue as he presented the board with an overview of the proposed 2015-16 budget. ‘I just […]

DECA students use Jeopardy format to teach financial literacy

Clear Lake third-graders got some practical knowledge when sophomore Alex Schultz and seniors Savannah Fullmer and Olivia Hale spent four weeks teaching them about financial literacy as a part of their marketing research project for DECA. ‘The lessons consisted of saving and spending, money knowledge such as coins and bills, budgeting, and credit, interest, and […]

Direct deposit in Addison

‘A penny saved is a penny earned,? that’s the philosophy Addison Township officials live by, which is why they approved to go the way of direct deposit for their employees, which would save the township approximately $316 a year. ‘As far as I am concerned, $316 is another way of saving some money for this […]

Appointments to Addison boards

After Erich Senft was appointed Addison Township Trustee last September, it left an open seat on both the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) and the Fire Board. After some searching for replacements, Supervisor Bruce Pearson brought forth a recommendation at the Dec. 15 regular board meeting. Pearson recommended resident Bob DeWitt for the job. DeWitt, […]

Fifth-graders learn how to become entrepreneurs

What’s it like to let your creative juices flow, start your own business and become an entrepreneur? Jackie Wiscombe’s fifth grade class at Clear Lake Elementary got to find out. Oxford High School students Grace Cleland, Jade Schramm and Christina Medici from the DECA program spent a few weeks teaching the students about how to […]

New board discusses options for supt. search

The newly-seated Oxford School Board got right to work on superintendent search discussions at the Jan. 7 regular board meeting. ‘Today, we’re just going to talk (about) how we want to go about that process,? said President Jim Reis. ‘Then we’ll decide which direction we want to go.? Trustee Joyce Brasington said she’d like to […]

Community leaders mingle with Weiming

Community leaders had the chance to get the latest scoop in the Weiming Education Group partnership with Oxford Schools and get specifics of location as well as a chance to meet Weiming’s new North American CEO at the Jan. 9 Community Leaders Breakfast held at the Oxford Schools Administration Building. The project After being unable […]

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