‘Carnegie Hall comes to Oxford?

Oxford High School Choir Director Christopher Card is calling the upcoming musical performance at the high school ‘Carnegie Hall comes to Oxford.? On Saturday, Feb. 25, select students from the high school choir program, along with Grand Haven Choral Ensemble and Rochester College Chorus will present ‘Sunrise Mass,? an unpublished work from Norwegian pianist-composer Ola […]

Boy bowlers take 2nd in OAA tourney

The Oakland Activities Association league tournament was kind to the varsity boys bowling team as they brought home a second place finish. Needing to place sixth out of 11 teams in order to advance to the elimination round, the boys qualified in sixth, setting up a match-up with the third seed North Farmington. Oxford would […]

11 wrestlers qualify for state finals

What a week for the wrestling program. In addition to advancing to state finals for the fifth consecutive year by avenging an early season loss to Rochester, the Wildcats qualified a school record 11 wrestlers to the individual state finals next month at the Palace of Auburn Hills. The week got going when Oxford and […]

Icers fall short in semifinals

Despite losing in the semifinals of the Oakland Activities Association Red Division tournament to Clarkston, varsity head coach Dave Hague was pleased with how well his team performed in the tournament. Oxford would lose 5-2 to the Wolves on Saturday, Feb. 18. ‘That game could have (gone) either way…a couple bounces that didn’t go our […]

Cheer squad advances to regionals

It’s on to regionals for the varsity cheer squad following a third place finish during districts at Davison High School on Saturday, Feb. 18. Oxford finished with 711.8104 points, five-and-a-half points behind second place Herbert Henry Dow High School. Davison captured the district title with 723.5866 points. The Wildcats started strong by placing fourth after […]

Hoopsters dunk Hazel Park 69-40

The Wildcats strengthened their hold on the Oakland Activities Association Gold division with a 69-40 victory over Hazel Park on Friday, Feb. 17. Oxford put the game away by halftime as they outscored Hazel Park 17-8 in the first quarter and 24-15 in the second, taking a 41-22 lead into halftime. ‘Sometimes you run into […]

MEAP results mixed bag

The district’s MEAP scores came in Tuesday morning with a mixed bag of results. According to Dr. James Schwarz, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction for Oxford Community Schools, the district saw proficiency scores decrease across all grade levels in math, writing and social studies, while reading and science proficiency scores varied depending on grade […]

Pet therapy dog makes difference at OHS

Oxford High School’s newest student is immediately carving out a hole in the entire student population’s heart. Gracie can be seen at the high school four days a week strolling the halls and visiting classrooms, helping calm students and offering hugs, unconditional love and affection for everyone she meets. But the big difference between Gracie […]

Enrollment unofficially down

All the data might not be back yet, but the preliminary results of Count Day on Feb. 8 shows the district’s student population fell from the previous count in September. According to data from Kathy Absher, who oversees the district enrollment for Student Services, the district is unofficially down 14.49 students from the September count […]

OHS student will use health skills, knowledge to compete

Add another Oxford High School student who will be heading to a state final competition in April. OHS junior Natalie Jones won the bronze medal in physical therapy during the Health Occupations Students of America regional, which took place Feb. 4 at Fraser High School. ‘I had to take a test of about 50 questions […]