She tells her staff that she’ll never ask them to do something in the kitchen she hasn’t done herself. Because of the work she and her team have done in food service for Oxford Schools, Karen Bissett was named the Student Nutrition Association of Michigan’s (SNAM) Director of the Year. Bissett has been Oxford’s nutrition […]
The people have spoken, and now it’s time to listen. Near the end of every academic year, parents and staff are issued two surveys. One focuses on their experiences with Oxford Schools overall, and the other deals with building-level experiences. Just after this semester’s classes kicked off on Aug. 27, board of education officials went […]
Oxford’s board of education voted unanimously Oct. 9 to approve moving forward with an Oakland County grant to establish a lab for cognitively-impaired students that will teach them life and jobs skills. The lab will be provided through a company called Talent Assessment Inc. Assistant Superintendent for Student Services Denise Sweat informed board members of […]
Police determined there was no foreseeable threat to students following an Oct. 12 investigation that resulted from a teacher finding five bullets laying in one of the hallways at Kingsbury Country Day School in Addison Township. It is unclear where the bullets came from. Kingsbury considers itself a “green” school, and routinely shuts hallway lights […]
It’s time to set the record straight. Louis Burgess, an official with the Michigan Department of Education, issued an Oct. 2 correction letter to Kallie Roesner and Oxford Superintendent Tim Throne clarifying that, in Roesner’s correspondence with the state, she never explicitly stated that Oxford operates a boarding school. “Due to misinterpretation of information provided […]
Aside from his day-to-day job responsibilities serving Oxford Schools, Superintendent Tim Throne will now be a member of the board of directors for Illuminate Education. Throne has also served during the past in advisory capacities with Cisco and PowerSchool. Illuminate Education is a company staffed heavily by former educators who use technology to try and […]
Leonard Elementary students took a break from their work in the classroom Friday morning to help raise money to improve their school. Grinning from ear to ear, the kids braved the chilly fall weather to run round and round as part of the school’s annual Fund Run, a fund-raiser for the Leonard PTO. For more […]
Leonard Elementary School students practice all year for a big night of acting, dancing, singing, costumes and showing off what they’ve learned to family and friends during their yearly play through the Leonard Elementary Theater Club. Though the group’s production for this school year, “The Jungle Book,” is still pretty far off, the kids are […]
The ongoing tariffs being presented to other nations by United States President Donald Trump have come closer to home for Oxford Schools. The HP Chromebooks used by the schools recently increased by about 15 percent on Sept. 28 due to the tariffs put on China that targeted automotive and electronic products. The state of Michigan […]
Teachers are ready. Substitutes are ready. School administrators are ready. Now, it’s parents’ turn. Parents who volunteer with Oxford Schools now have the option to take ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate) active-shooter training. Superintendent Tim Throne decided to give the option to parent volunteers after board of education trustee and Oxford parent Heather […]