Colonel Spencer, Living Legend
March 25, 2010 • Ronnetta Zack-Williams
Filed under News
Here’s an interview with one of Oxon Hill’s JROTC Instructors; Colonel Curtis Spencer. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of North Carolina A&T University and the First African-American to serve as the US Defense and Air Attache to Nigeria. RW: Can you start off by telling us a little about... Read more »
The long-awaited return of International Night
March 21, 2010 • Carina Arboleda
Filed under Student Life
A night dedicated to giving Oxon Hill High School students not only a glimpse, but even a taste of the cultures of the world. International Night is hosted by OHHS International Club and the teachers of the Foreign Language Departments. Student organization-sponsors include French Honor Society, Italian... Read more »
Team Dynamite encounters trouble at Robotics Competition
March 21, 2010 • Tia Pulliam
Filed under Student Life
On Thursday, March 4th through Sunday, March 7th, Oxon Hill High School’s Team Dynamite competed in the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics Competition. During the competition, the team endured a major setback . The team’s robot was wrecked and shattered... Read more »
What is Globe Club?
March 19, 2010 • Dominique Tecson
Filed under Student Life
Oxon Hill High School’s Globe Club has been participating in an academic marathon called the Maryland Envirothon for three years now and has won every single year. Sponsors Mr. Witko and Ms. King have been preparing the team for several months now and are determined for another win. What is the... Read more »
Annual Science Fair Brings Out the Amateur Scientist in Students
March 18, 2010 • Carina Arboleda
Filed under Student Life
The results of the 2009-2010 Oxon Hill High School’s annual Science Fair are in. Overall winners: first place, Lauren Highsmith for her project “Needs More Salt: Testing the Ability and Its Acquired connection to the TAS2R38 Gene”; in second place, Ligaya Narabay for her project “Stem Cell Healing”;... Read more »
Boys’ Basketball Wins County, Falls Short in Playoffs
March 18, 2010 • Danyelle Stroud
Filed under Sports
County Championship After winning the regular season championship the boys’ basketball team faced the Gwynn Park Hornets in the County Championship game at Dr. Henry A. Wise HS. People from across the county came out to see which team would be victorious in the infamous “Battle of the Black and... Read more »
Models Will Be Missed
March 18, 2010 • Rachel Howard
Filed under Opinion
New Generation Models, or NGM, are members of Oxon Hill High School’s modeling club. This dynamic and trend setting organization, won the ‘Cat Walk Classic’, a prestigious annual event held locally in Prince George County Maryland, at the Comcast Center on the University of Maryland Campus, two... Read more »
Drama Club Plans Shows in April
March 18, 2010 • Talaya Heard
Filed under News
Oxon Hill High School was first introduced to Drama in 2007. Not the drama that occurs on a daily basis; Oxon Hill has always been full of drama itself. The other drama, Drama Club is looking to do special things this year. Ms. Hutchinson, Oxon Hill’s very own English 10 teacher introduced Drama Club... Read more »
NBA Rookies Impressive So Far
March 17, 2010 • Robert Hampton
Filed under Sports
Every NBA draft is different. Some years are awesome such as the 1985 draft in which Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon (combined eight championships) were picked numbers two and three, respectively. Other years, such as the 1999 draft, the NBA ends up with journeyman and injury prone Michael Olawakandi... Read more »
Chile Earthquake Alters Time
March 17, 2010 • Donnel Lopez
Filed under News
Chile was hit by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake and killed hundreds of people on March 1, 2010, and according to NASA it also changed the length of the Earth’s day, which is now shorter by 1.26 microseconds. NASA says that Chile’s massive earthquake altered the distribution of the Earth’s overall... Read more »
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