“Read the room.” During advisory on most days, this verbal sentiment echoes through Anne Golding’s classroom as her freshman advisees make rambunctious remarks. Upon first meeting Golding, a special education teacher and the varsity field hockey coach at Oyster River High School (ORHS), students and players alike sometimes often find themselves intimidated by her... Continue Reading →
Sitting in Mike Troy’s room for advisory almost every day of school, I always find myself looking at the wall behind his desk. The wooden surface is covered floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall with photographs. Pictures of people, cars, kids, and dogs, of tardy slips, bumper stickers, newspaper clippings, and more: each of these has a story.... Continue Reading →
After ten innings of head-to-head softball, the Oyster River High School (ORHS) varsity softball team (7-4) defeated rivals Coe Brown Northwood Academy (CBNA) (10-2) 3-0 in an away game last Monday, May 8th, 2023. Heading into the game, the pressure was on. Having lost to CBNA 10-0 in their home opener, ORHS was ready to... Continue Reading →
While working on a project, you glance down at your phone. Instead of ignoring it, you think to yourself: It’s only 7:00 pm, I can take a break. You open Instagram. You open TikTok. You open something. You like the first video, then the second. Not the third, but maybe the fourth. Fifth. Sixth. Seventh.... Continue Reading →
The Oyster River High School (ORHS) varsity baseball team is eager to start their season after being trapped inside watching the snow melt. Despite some players on the ORHS boys’ varsity baseball team recovering from injuries, and despite having a younger team than normal seasons, the team is confident that their chemistry and versatility will... Continue Reading →
Whether waiting for a call from school, watching WMUR to see your school’s name pop up on the cancellation list, or simply clicking refresh over and over in Outlook on a snowy morning, students and parents alike have experienced the anticipation of a snow day. But what goes into the decision we all await whenever... Continue Reading →
On the wall just outside of the gym at Oyster River High School (ORHS) is a board labeled ‘1000 Point Club.’ Listed second on that board, commemorating the 18 Oyster River basketball players who achieved 1000 points in their high school careers here, is Randy Kinzly. An Oyster River alum and former coach, a... Continue Reading →
Upon turning in their first papers for Anatomy and Physiology this year, students were presented with three different grades: ‘Structure and Function,’ ‘Systems and Interactions,’ and ‘Nature of Science.’ There was no mistake, however. Teachers had begun changing how they report grades. Beginning this year, some teachers at Oyster River High School (ORHS) have... Continue Reading →
On the first day of school, students were caught off guard when their teachers informed them that personal laptops were no longer allowed to be used during class time. For students that had brought personal laptops to school with them for the past year, this meant a fundamental change in their access to technology... Continue Reading →
Where were you on Valentine’s Day in 2012? Colleen Fleming, now attendance secretary at Oyster River High School (ORHS), was carrying out an arrest warrant in Brunswick, Maine for Jessica Bartlett and Mark Judd, who were indicted on 3 counts of both Social Security fraud and aggravated identity theft. As I would soon find... Continue Reading →
Mouth of the River 