Basketball games at Oyster River High School are home to a raucous student section, all there to watch a dozen high school boys play their hearts out. Every whistle for the other team creates chaos, every alley-oop dunk, a roar. But without the high-flying action, where does that leave them? The boys' varsity basketball team... Continue Reading →
For Julia Hernández (‘26), an exchange student at Oyster River High School (ORHS), the shift from her casual club track in Salamanca, Spain to the rigorous hurdle practices of ORHS Track and Field Coach Nick Ricciardi was jarring. The high intensity and frequency of practices, as well as the guidance she received in her training... Continue Reading →
It’s 1973 and Billy Jean King, winner of 39 major tennis titles, stands at the edge of the court, her focus unwavering as the energy of the crowd buzzes in the stands behind her. The score is close, and the pressure is building; Every stroke of her racket is made not just for herself, but... Continue Reading →
La vida es un viaje, and for Fiona Grove, the new French and Spanish teacher at Oyster River High School (ORHS), son voyage a été très intéressant. For those who haven’t taken Spanish or French with Grove: life is a journey, and her journey has been very interesting. Grove, a former ORHS student, spent her... Continue Reading →
How do I play sports in college? This is a question that I faced when I first got started on my recruitment journey. I spent many nights sitting at the computer with my mom, sending emails and creating profiles on various recruiting websites. In the end it all paid off, as I have now verbally... 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 →
Sitting in the library on a quiet Monday morning in early December, I waited to interview Assistant Superintendent Suzanne Filippone about Oyster River’s cheating culture. My palms were sweating and my mind was racing a million miles a minute. I wasn’t sure how she was going to react to the information I was about to... Continue Reading →
Mouth of the River 