January

Influx of student-run social media accounts troubling

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December saw an influx of anonymous student-run social media accounts, posting photos of students and staff parking their cars, eating, sleeping, and even using the restroom.

$4.50 credit card service charge on vending machines

Photo by Advisor

The school has 11 vending machines on their campus, all capable of accepting credit cards, with a $4.50 service charge attached.

Campus restroom vandalism forcing their closure

Photo by staff editor Ethan Donahue

The vandalism has ranged from graffiti, such as tagging with spray paint, pencil, and pen to destroying school property, including soap dispensers, paper towel dispensers, sinks, and stall dividers. There was also disgusting and unhealthy vandalism, including lining the walls with toilet paper and human excrement.

Substitute teachers in short supply

This substitute teacher shortage, on top of teacher absences, has forced action at the state level. The Oregon Teacher Standards and Practice Commission made a temporary rule to loosen requirements for substitute teachers.

Substitute teacher Kent Billingham fills in for social studies teacher Joe Cornett’s Global Studies class. Photo by Farhiya Mohammed

Oxford High School students return to class after November shooting

“I am so proud to say that we are reopening our high school this Monday, January 24, and we are reclaiming our high school back. We know it’s going to be really difficult for our students and our staff to come back, because we’re still grieving.” -Oxford school principal Steve Wolf

Photo courtesy Rolling Stone

Sophia Day awarded $180,000 scholarship

Senior Sophia Day was one of four recipients in the Pacific Northwest to be awarded the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship by the United States Marine Corps on Dec. 9.

Photo by staff editor Natalie Hebert

Senior stands out for voice work in musical

Senior Denzel Menjivar has been noted and complimented for his stunning performance as the voice of Audrey II in "Little Shop of Horrors"

Photo by staff editor Ethan Donahue

Will Roe v. Wade be overturned?

For decades, the conservative right in the U.S. has been campaigning to overturn the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling in Roe v Wade, which legalizes women’s rights to have an abortion.

Photo by staff reporter Farhiya Mohammed

Plans for old pool unclear, currently used as storage

“Long term, eventually that building will probably be torn down and replaced by a new structure for student use, but right now it is unknown when or what that use would be.”

-District facility coordinator Dan McCue

A picture paints a thousand words

Enjoy the work of the Photography classes

DECEMBER STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

Senior Qualiyah Hunter

Senior Kenan Osmic

Junior Dora Hussein

Junior Olivia Eyestone

Sophomore Jazzlynn McNack

Sophomore Lincoln Satterthwaite

Sophomore Freddie Elliott

Freshman Micah Chadwick

Freshman Edgar Avila Guerrero

Freshman Nevayah Samuels

CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST OF DECEMBER NOMINEES

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