From left, Brianna Farrar, Morgan Cobbett and Taylor Aspinall stand with Michele Wood, a social studies and writing teacher at Oxford Hills Middle School who leads a one-hour elective block called #QuestForCommunity, which allows students to organize events that will benefit others in the community. Wood said that Farrar and Cobbett — both seventh-graders — […]
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Swingin' Bears dance Nov. 11
SOUTH PARIS — Don Bachelder from Bernardston, Massachusetts, will be the caller for the Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club dance from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Oxford Hills Middle School cafeteria. Bachelder will call two mainstream level tips and one plus level tip. The cuer will be Maine’s own Al Hipkins. […]
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Former Oxford Hills educators hired in Cape Elizabeth
CAPE ELIZABETH — New principals will welcome students back to Pond Cove Elementary School and Cape Elizabeth Middle School at the start of the school year on Sept. 5. Last week, the Cape Elizabeth School Board approved hiring Troy Eastman of Norway as principal of the middle school, and Jason Manjourides of Windham as principal […]
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String Fling
Oxford Hills Middle School student Ashlee Farrar performs during the annual String Fling held at Mark Eastman Auditorium in Paris on March 16. In the background is Sasha Larsen.
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Oxford students get geared up at Engineering Expo
OXFORD — From a LEGO Starburst to lava lamps, bridge-building and slime-making, the Maine Engineering Expo allowed 38 Oxford Elementary School students to learn about engineering and what engineers do. The school was one of 16 to receive a transportation grant from the Maine Engineering Promotional Council so students could attend the Expo at the University […]
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Oxford Hills Middle School students engineer chairs
PARIS — Sitting on a chair out of newspapers and tape can be comfortable. At least that’s what some Oxford Hills Middle School students think. With the assistance of the Sun Journal, which provided the newspapers to the class, the students built chairs as part of the Quest project in Zac Knight’s science class. “On […]
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Teacher, students sleuth for clues in old photos
PARIS — Two Oxford Hills Middle School students and their teacher are on a quest to identify the names and places depicted in dozens of old photographs found in an album found in an antique store in Bridgton. Eighth-grade English language arts teacher Jolene Twombly-Wiser and eighth-grade students Thomasina Lester and Quinn Hartnett are spending hours […]
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Kenneth K. Bryant
1983 – 2015 HARRISON — Kenneth K. Bryant, 31, of Harrison died Monday, Aug. 10, in Harrison as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Kenneth was born in Norway on Aug. 21, 1983, a son of David and Gail (Taylor) Bryant. He attended Harrison schools, Oxford Hills Middle School and was a […]