Image courtesy of the New Voices of New Hampshire Facebook page. “Know your rights!” has been plastered across protest signs and repeated in social studies classes for as long as I can remember. But what does it mean for students? A typical student retains most of their First Amendment rights when they walk into the... Continue Reading →
You carefully position yourself as far as possible from the other people on the sidewalk. When your name is called you walk up, accept your food, and do your best to pay without touching the counter or stepping too close to the cashier. You use hand sanitizer the moment you reach your car and scrub... Continue Reading →
Over the past few weeks, I’ve become well acquainted with what it really feels like to be bored. I’ve found that one of the most effective tools to fight that feeling has been books. I love to read, so I feel confident presenting this list of books to help you break your cycle of boredom. ... Continue Reading →
Artwork by Jane Schwadron. Unfortunately, DHOP is temporarily closed in the interest of slowing the spread of Coronavirus. This article was written in February for Issue 3 of Mouth of the River and appears as it would have in the magazine. If you grew up in Durham, you’ve probably grown up eating pizza from DHOP,... Continue Reading →
Written by Susanna Serrano and Joe Morrell. Featured artwork by Charlotte Hambucken, Originally for "Growing Pains," by Jordan Zercher in Issue 1, 2018. The 2010s saw Oyster River High School evolve in many ways. They saw the schedule change (twice), the highs and lows of school dances, an increase of more than 200 students, and... Continue Reading →
Dear Readers, We hope that this finds you safe, healthy, and at least six feet away from other people. We hope that you’ve read Emily Hamilton’s article, written with a number of students in Journalism 1, about remote learning at the high school for the most up to date information. Given the circumstances, MOR has,... Continue Reading →
This past Tuesday, March eleventh, the Oyster River-Portsmouth (2) girls hockey team took on Berlin-Gorham (3) in a fierce competition in the NHIAA semifinal playoff game. The game was tight. Berlin-Gorham scored two goals early in the first period, but the ClipperCats fired back; Kelly Zhang (‘23), assisted by Kate Schultz (PHS ‘20), scored at... Continue Reading →
There are days that I, and I’m sure many of my classmates, will check PowerSchool obsessively waiting for a teacher to put in a specific grade. Even as I scroll through, barely looking at anything except that grade, I see my Grade Point Average (GPA) looming above my quarter grades. Represented in PowerSchool by four... Continue Reading →
At a time when the Oyster River Cooperative School District (ORCSD) is reexamining several facets of education, including the effectiveness of the traditional grading system and the role of technology in education, the world language department is exemplifying the reexamination mentality by implementing a series of changes to the way they teach world language. At... Continue Reading →
Have you ever been frustrated by your inability to vote? Wanted to find another way to influence our government? Or wondered if you could do more to support your favorite candidate? The good news is you don’t have to be eighteen to have a say in politics, and your say in our democracy doesn’t have... Continue Reading →
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