Oxon Hill Cluster Concert
February 21, 2011 • James Darby
Filed under Student Life
For the past two years here at Oxon Hill High School, about three hundred elementary school and middle school students swarm the main lobby of OHHS. All of them with instruments in hand, dressed in black and white. This year, the Oxon Hill High School Instrumental Music Department hosted their second... Read more »
Open Mic-Spotlight on Poet Brandon Johnson
February 7, 2011 • Robyn Harper
Filed under Student Life
“Pretty Broken Girl” A beautiful girl trapped in an ugly world Can’t quite seem to figure out where she’s going But she’s too proud to beg so she goes through life without knowing Who she can trust and who just wants to abuse her Which men really care and which ones want to use... Read more »
College Bound
February 7, 2011 • Miah Green
Filed under Student Life
It’s January now and this is the last stretch for seniors on the road to an even higher education. Either acceptance letters are being anticipated or some of the last applications are going out. Assessment scores are being mailed and the scholarship hunt has begun. It’s been a long time coming, yet... Read more »
Abstinence, Do Teens believe in it?
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Winter Homecoming
January 27, 2011 • Jourdyn Alli
Filed under Student Life
At the conclusion of the fall homecoming at Oxon Hill High School, Principal Jean Paul Cadet announced that he approved a Winter Homecoming. Many of the Oxon Hill students were very surprised to hear this because they have never experienced a second homecoming. Unlike the fall homecoming, the winter... Read more »
One, Two, Three…One, Two, Three
January 13, 2011 • Imani Brown
Filed under Student Life
Anatole France once said, “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves. We must die to one life before we can enter another.” The Student Government Association is currently planning a week similar to that of homecoming, which... Read more »
Permanent Substitutes: The New Trend at Oxon Hill
December 20, 2010 • Miah Green
Filed under Student Life
Normally when the teacher is out, and a sub has been sent in their place, there’s much jubilation on the students’ part. When a sub enters the equation that means easy sub-work and plenty of leisure time to talk, maybe listen to music, and catch up on other work. But this tends to not be the case... Read more »
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