I walked into the door of the sixth grade English Language Arts classroom at Oyster River Middle School (ORMS) on my first day of Peer Instructing. Fifteen tiny heads turned towards me, confused looks on their faces. Their teacher introduced me to them, telling them why I was there. “So, you want to be a... Continue Reading →
I walked into Oyster River on the first day of freshmen year and read the sign above my head, “It’s a great day to be a Bobcat.” Is that what I was now? The past eight years of my life spent as a student in Barringtoon, my peers and I were always Bulldogs. Now as... Continue Reading →
Over the clank of weights and the bass of the music playing in the Oyster River High School (ORHS) weight room, Mackenzie Macleod (‘28) heard the question that changed the trajectory of her high school experience. “Oh, hi, Mackenzie. Do you want to do wrestling?” asked Carson Imperio (‘26). Now consisting of Macleod, Imperio, and... Continue Reading →
From answering a quick math question in the hall between classes to putting up cafeteria chairs during FLEX overflow, Greg Spiers, Oyster River High School (ORHS)’s newly appointed substitute coordinator is always willing to help. “When I’m here, I want to be available to help in the way that I’m most useful,” says Spiers. 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 →
This is my third time writing this article. When I first sat down in front of my laptop at the end of my weeklong social media hiatus, I was stumped. I had been anticipating this moment all week - this was when I was supposed to return from my completely stress-free and productive week of... Continue Reading →
As the bell rang, signaling the end of the school day, seventeen-year-old Megan Thompson quickly ran out of the doors of her small K-12 school and jumped into her car. With excitement traveling in her veins, she drove up to the Pats Peak Ski Area, the ski resort that she had been teaching at since... 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 →
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 →
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