Every year in the cold March morning air, a small troupe of actors, fresh from college, pile out of two vans with their set and costumes at the doors of Oyster River High School (ORHS). These actors are responsible for the annual Shakespeare performance that is most widely known as an event for the freshman... Continue Reading →
Saturday, November 9th, 6:30 AM A barely awake Courtney George (’25) typed in the address to Harvard University’s engineering building in my phone’s GPS. She sat passenger, with Shreya Joglekar (‘25) and Maya More (‘25) in my backseat, all of us wearing our business-casual-est outfits. We’d be spending the next two days at Harvard for... Continue Reading →
“Do what you must, be wise, cut your vines/And forget about hope. Time goes running, even/As we talk. Take the present, the future’s no one’s affair.” Reciting these final lines from Horace’s “Ode I. 1 1,” Ada Gerard (‘28) secured first place in the 2025 Oyster River High School (ORHS) Poetry Out Loud (POL) recitation... Continue Reading →
Hundreds of students from across the New England region gathered at Saint Anselm College to discuss philosophical issues ranging from artificial intelligence in relationships to the nutritional implications of what we feed our pets. On January 25th, the College hosted the 2025 National High School Ethics Bowl (NHSEB) regional competition. The Oyster River High School... Continue Reading →
Returning students to Oyster River High School’s (ORHS) orchestra program have grown used to performing in a large ensemble in a location that constantly changed from room-to-room. This year, however, is different. Headed by ORHS and Oyster River Middle School (ORMS) orchestra teacher Andrea von Oeyen, the orchestra class has undergone several changes this year.... Continue Reading →
*Name changed for anonymity Last spring, Rachael Blansett, the Diversity Equity Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) Director for the Oyster Corporative River School District (ORCSD), created a group for the parents and caregivers of LGBTQ+ students. The purpose of the space was to give parents the opportunity to ask questions and connect with others through shared... Continue Reading →
The Oyster River High School (ORHS) Indoor Track team is gearing up for yet another big season according to Coach Nick Ricciardi, the ORHS Track coach. “We're pretty confident in what we're doing and we're going to continue doing what we always do,” said Ricciardi. What they have been doing a lot of is winning. ... Continue Reading →
When astrophysicist Carl Sagan saw Earth as an illuminated pixel in a photograph taken by Voyager 1 from 3.7 billion miles away, he reflected on humanity’s place in the universe in his book Pale Blue Dot (1994): “The aggregate of our joy and suffering. Thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines. Every hunter and... Continue Reading →
Midnight in Paris, 7 AM in Tokyo, 3 PM in Los Angeles, 6 PM in Durham, New Hampshire. That was the moment on August 27th when Oyster River High School (ORHS) students received an email from principal Rebecca Noe that was set to change the way they went about their school day. Directly before the... Continue Reading →
All across the world, as the sun reaches its highest point in the sky, employees, employers and students alike take a lunch break. They use the time eat, relax and rest before returning to work with a renewed mindset. However, as the students at Oyster River High School (ORHS) say, lunchtime at ORHS is quite... Continue Reading →
Mouth of the River 