Shows at OHS start tomorrow By Don Rush Since Disney first brought to life the The Little Mermaid as an animated musical in 1989 the film was labeled a classic love story. Starting tomorrow, Thursday and running through Sunday, March 19, Oxford High School Theater will present the musical. “The Little Mermaid is a beautiful […]
On March 7, students from Lakeville Elementary Leadership team made a special delivery. “The Lakeville Leadership Team has been thinking of ways to thank the heroes in our community,” said Nora Krol, Spanish Teacher/Student Leadership Team Advisor. “With funds they earned from running the School Store, the team decided to buy items to fill two […]
Oxford High School’s FIRST robotics competition team, Team 2137 The Oxford RoboCats, competed last Friday and Saturday at the FIRST in Michigan District Kettering University Event #2 presented by Ford at Kettering University, where the team won the Engineering Inspiration Award and made it to the semifinals with their robot. The Engineering Inspiration Award celebrates […]
Over 50 students from Oxford High Schools Leadership classes attended a Leadership State Conference in Grand Rapids, two weeks ago and left with multiple awards. According to Chloe Bachman, Communications Specialist for the school district, over 2,000 students from across the state attended. OHS won the Award of Excellence and 2023 Conference Host School. OHS […]
By Morgan Kindermann Special to The Leader Oxford High School’s FIRST robotics competition team, Team 2137 The Oxford RoboCats, returned to hosting their annual Week Zero event the weekend of Feb 18 and 19, at Oxford High School. Teams from across the state were provided robot assistance and could try out their robots on the […]
Feb 2 fun at DA By Don Rush Oxford has a long relationship with Groundhog Day. In the early 2000s the Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a number of Groundhog Day celebrations with Noah, the one-eyed groundhog making the prognostications for a number of years. In 2004, the Oxford Leader even published a “Groundhog […]
Oxford Varsity Competitive Cheer finished in first place in the OAA White after their meet at Troy High School on Saturday. While there they also broke the school record for round one with 232.8 points. They finished round two with 210.4 points and round three with 286.6 points, for a total of 729.44 points for […]
It just goes to show you never know until you try. On Dec. 16, at the Oxford Tractor Supply Company (TSC), the Oxford High School band program received a donation of not one, but two, brand new Bighorn Powersport utility terrain vehicles (UTV). The vehicles have a combined value of about $18,000. They will be […]
On the last week of school bags of presents were delivered to all the classrooms at Leonard Elementary School, and not only the kids loved them. Here kindergarten teacher Beth Lane shows her excitement for her classroom’s new, indoor recess toys. All the classrooms received similar presents. According to Leonard Parent Teacher Organization (PTO), these […]
On December 9, Leonard Elementary 4th graders had a blast learning about government while touring Michigan’s capitol in Lansing. According to Leonard Elementary teacher Jennifer Coggins, some students even had a glimpse of Governor Gretchen Whitmer. “They had a fabulous tour guide who reviewed the three branches of government with the students, explained what happens […]