Hi Oyster River, you might be wondering what this is! Student of the week will be a short weekly profile of a random Oyster River student. The profile will feature some basic information about the student, followed by a Q and A section with new questions every week. I came up with this idea because I wanted to hear about people I maybe wouldn’t know about otherwise. I hope people feel the same […]

“It’s almost impossible to explain to someone what it feels like to struggle with mental health. Many people thought they knew what I was going through and made assumptions about me, which was really hard. I thought about killing myself a lot, and would Google ways of how to, but I never had it in me to go through with it.” says Claudia, who was diagnosed with depression her junior year of high school […]

“You get to know the people you’re giving your money to, and also the money stays in the community. We pay our local workers, and they in turn will spend their money at your restaurant, or your shop. It cycles around and stays local, compared to going on Amazon.com and sending your money to who-knows-where,” says Bill Bixby, owner of Ganesh Imports […]

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Below is MOR’s first ever interactive article. We give our thanks to the Soggy Po’ Boys for giving us permission to use their music. All songs are from their album, Perhaps It’s Time to go Home. Photos by Chris and Nick Dundorf.

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“Lawrence has helped me see things differently in my artwork. He doesn’t try to be superior and talk to us [students] like we’re just kids. It’s kind of hard to put into words how he’s impacted me as a person because he’s very inspiring and influential, and unlike any teacher I’ve ever had,” says Emma Sassaman, who is taking advanced art class this year […]