OHHS Varsity Wrestling. Two-Day Tournaments

January 29, 2011 • Stephen Poblete  
Filed under Sports

The Oxon Hill High School Varsity wrestling team is making great leaps in terms of winning matches. As a whole the team is great, but 2-day tournaments are turning out to be more difficult then the match opponents themselves. The struggle of school and sports is always a common conversation around any... Read more »

From the Beginning

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January 29, 2011 • Erica Williams  
Filed under Sports

Anybody can try out for a sport, but not everyone can make the team. Even fewer people have the dedication to stick with a sport from their freshman to their senior year. The longer you participate in a sport, the better you become at it; the well-known saying “practice makes perfect” actually holds... Read more »

Uniform Policy Reception

January 29, 2011 • Nebil Ali  
Filed under Student Life

No year at Oxon Hill is the same as the last; this year more so aesthetically. Recently becoming a uniform school, Oxon Hill students previously had a choice of dress between black or khaki pants and a white, black, or yellow polo shirt. However, this year, Oxon Hill High students’ choice of apparel... Read more »

Senior Adoption Program

January 29, 2011 • Lindsay Laster  
Filed under Student Life

Oxon Hill High School strives to provide the best resources for students to move forward in earning an education. The Senior Adoption Program allows senior students to find a teacher who will act as a parent. The teacher will push the student to successfully complete the 2010-2011 school year some of... Read more »

New Zodiac Sign, “Ophiuchus”

January 29, 2011 • Jaron McDougal  
Filed under Student Life

On January 13th, 2011, reports rang out about the “discovery” of a new constellation, which alters the Eastern zodiac’s readings. This alteration causes the new sign, Ophiuchus. Also, the other Zodiac signs were shifted (date-wise) in order to accommodate the new addition to the “family.” To... Read more »

Abstinence, Do Teens believe in it?

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January 29, 2011  
Filed under Opinion, Student Life

Ever wonder whether teens actually listen to their parents when they tell them to wait until they are married to have sex? The answer that comes to most people’s mind is no. Adults think that today’s generation of teens are worse than the generations before and there is a lot more going on especially... Read more »