Screech Owl houses for Eagle Scout

Screech Owl houses for Eagle Scout

In February, Peter Burean, 17, completed his Eagle Scout project. He is a Life Scout in Troop 366 and currently serves as the Troop’s Senior Patrol Leader. His project was to construct and place screech owl houses along the Polly Ann Trail. Five houses were hung, three in the section of trail between Drahner and […]

Wildcats’ season ends in district semifinals

By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer The Oxford Wildcats boys’ basketball team wrapped up their 2019-20 season with a 79-38 loss to the Clarkston Wolves in the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) District No. 5 semifinals at the Dan Fife Fieldhouse at Clarkston High School on March 11. The Oakland Activities Association (OAA) Red […]

Kids Count Coloring Contest winners

Kids Count Coloring Contest winners

Launched by communications and grants manager C.J. Carnacchio, the Charter Township of Oxford held their first ever “Kids Count Coloring Contest” to encourage and promote participation in the 2020 United States Census. Reminding residents all children count when it comes to gathering census information, the contest was open to all kindergarten-fifth grade students at Oxford […]

Hi ho, Silver. And, away!

Students to benefit from Oxford Lone Ranger Scholarship A permanent Oxford Lone Ranger Scholarship is now established at Oxford High School thanks to a $50,000 donation from the Elaine and Leo Stern Foundation. The scholarship is for any Oxford High School graduating senior who is a resident of Oxford Area Community Schools District and is […]

7th grader/Howe wins National Patriot’s Pen essay contest

For the first time in its 48-year history, a student from Michigan has won the national Veterans of Foreign Wars Patriot’s Pen essay contest. That student is Ruby Howe, a seventh grader at Kingsbury Country Day School, representing VFW Post 334 North Oakland. Each year, more than 110,000 students in grades 6-8 from across the […]

Oxford’s Student of the Week

Student Name: Sean Stockert Parents/Guardians: Colleen Baran Grade: 11 GPA: 2.8 Favorite Subject(s): Forensics, chemistry and auto. Extracurricular activities: I work two jobs. Hobbies/Interests: Mixing electronic music, cooking, and playing with my brothers. Student is proudest of: Being able to balance home, school, and work at once and still have time to do things. Student […]

Green Team test rides new electric bus

Green Team test rides new electric bus

A gentle, steady hum emanates from a school bus idling outside Daniel Axford Elementary. “That’s the heater you hear running,” explained Oxford Schools’ Transportation Director Ann Weeden, “not the bus.” A moment later she turned the heaters off. Then all that could be heard was the excited chatter of DA’s Green Team. But the bus […]

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