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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »

