Browse past news stories for Oxford Elementary School in Oxford, ME.

• M.C. Helsabeck: Ready for a Turkey Trot? (York Daily Record)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 01:38:24 am
  It is that festive time of year again, and I know local runners are salivating at the prospect of another go at the York YMCA Turkey Trot.
• Foot Power: Winter Series races ready to roll (York Daily Record)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 07:09:04 am
  Don't let this great weather fool you, the York Road Runners 2009-10 Winter Series is right around the corner. In fact, the eight-race series gets started Sunday with the Dover 10-Miler.
• Oxford Elementary reopens after closures for H1N1 (Portage Daily Register)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 05:48:00 am
  Oxford Elementary School reopened Monday after two closures for H1N1 flu in the last two weeks.
• Marquette health officer likely has H1N1 (Portage Daily Register)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 04:49:04 am
  After assisting in the decision to close Oxford Elementary School on Monday, Nathan Luedke went home sick. "Ironically, it's probably H1N1, so I'm taking it easy today," said Luedke, of Ripon, who is the Marquette County health officer.
• Flu again closes Oxford Elementary School (Portage Daily Register)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 04:49:03 am
  Oxford Elementary School reopened for a few hours Monday, but students were sent home at noon and the school will remain closed the rest of the week because of a continued 30 percent absentee rate and fears of spreading the H1N1 flu virus.
• $1.1 million renovations near complete (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 04:10:31 am
  OXFORD — Classrooms at the Agnes Gray School in West Paris now have huge white ventilators bringing in fresh air and heat to classrooms. They take up a lot of space, but at least one teacher has found a way to make the unit a less obtrusive part of the classroom. &quo...
• Oxford Elementary School closes for N1H1 flu (Portage Daily Register)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 07:34:10 pm
  Marquette County Health Department and the School District of Westfield have made the decision to close Oxford Elementary School at noon today.
• Oxford Elementary School closes for H1N1 (Portage Daily Register)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 09:18:04 pm
  Oxford Elementary School in Marquette County is the latest school closure due to the H1N1 flu. The Marquette County Health Department and Westfield School District made the decision to close the school Thursday and Friday in order to reduce the spread of H1N1, according to a press release.
• H1N1 Flu Closes Oxford Elementary School (WBAY Green Bay)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 08:03:33 pm
  Oxford Elementary School in the Westfield Public School district will be closed Thursday and Friday.
• Fairhaven tests emergency response with simulated accident (The Standard-Times)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 04:03:27 am
  Fairhaven and six other area communities conducted a lifelike exercise Tuesday morning, giving emergency personnel an opportunity to evaluate and improve their response.
• Enrollment declining in Oxford schools (The Arkansas City Traveler)
  posted on October 7, 2009 at 07:35:37 pm
  OXFORD — Nine fewer students enrolled in the Oxford school district, compared with the official figures for 2008-09, superintendent Deborah Hamm announced.
• School fire alarm systems upgraded (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 04:12:37 am
  OXFORD — New fire alarm systems have been installed and tested at Oxford Hills School District elementary schools. "Everything went well," said Director of Facilities Dave Marshall of the tests last week in the Agnes Gray Elementary School in West Paris, Rowe Elementary School in N...
• News in brief, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 (The Evening Sun)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 05:11:42 am
  A 31-year-old Mount Holly Springs man committed suicide Wednesday at Hampton Inn, 1280 York Road, Straban Township. State police and the Adams County Coroner were called to the hotel after the man was discovered in his hotel room by hotel staff at 2:15 p.m.
• New Oxford Elementary School will be Dismissed at 11 a.m. (FOX 43 Harrisburg)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 01:50:47 pm
  The Conewago Valley School District will close New Oxford Elementary School at 11 a.m. due to electrical issues. There will be no p.m. kindergarten.
• Early Dismissal (WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 01:38:23 pm
  New Oxford elementary School will be dismissing at 11AM.
• Educators prepare for new state tests (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
  posted on August 25, 2009 at 04:03:24 am
  OXFORD — Classes for SAD 17 students will resume this week, which is earlier than some years, to get students ready for new state testing that begins later this fall. Elementary students and those in grades seven and nine return Wednesday, Aug. 26; grades eight and 10 through 12 r...
• SAD 17 schools meet MEA standards (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
  posted on August 20, 2009 at 04:01:11 am
  OXFORD — Student test scores in math and reading confirm that Oxford Elementary School and Oxford Hills Middle School have made annual progress and will be placed on monitor status. "It is our first year to get off the list," said Curriculum Director Kathy Elkins of the continued i...
• Cammie L. P. Hooks (The Daily Commercial)
  posted on July 17, 2009 at 12:06:44 pm
  Cammie Loise "Doonie" Peeples Hooks passed on to be with her Lord on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. She was born in Sawyer, Miss., on Oct. 27, 1907 and lived ...
• Ecology camp promotes conservation (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
  posted on July 9, 2009 at 09:42:24 am
  For more information on the Field Station and its educational and research programs, go to http://baysprings.olemiss.edu. OXFORD - The University of Mississippi's Ecology Day Camp is a five-day immersion into hands-on study of trees and other plants, bugs and other beings.
• Campers use imagination to invent (The Evening Sun)
  posted on June 18, 2009 at 02:43:17 pm
  Camp Invention at New Oxford Elementary School teaches students about science, math, technology and engineering through hands-on activities.
• Oxford voters OK $3.2M budget (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
  posted on June 14, 2009 at 09:06:50 am
  OXFORD - Voters at Saturday's annual town meeting approved a $3.2 million budget but were unable to make the fire chief's position an appointed post. About 60 voters swiftly approved the fiscal 2009-10 budget in the meeting held at Oxford Elementary School.
• Oxford voting on fire chief's position (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 09:07:20 am
  OXFORD - Voters at Saturday's annual town meeting will be asked to approve a $3.2 million budget and make the fire chief's position an appointed post.
• Voters approve SAD 17 budget (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
  posted on June 10, 2009 at 09:08:35 am
  Voters in SAD 17 approved the proposed $36.5 million school budget for fiscal 2009-10 on Tuesday. "It reflects the citizens' support of the hard work the Budget Committee did to bring this in at zero percent increase overall," said Superintendent Mark Eastman of the unofficial 1,353 to 546 vote.
• SAD 17 budget quickly accepted (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
  posted on June 5, 2009 at 09:06:50 am
  PARIS - SAD 17 voters Thursday night unanimously approved a $36.5 million budget for fiscal year 2009-10. The swift action by about 75 voters came without debate. Last year, 160 voters debated the budget for two hours.
• SAD 17 budget vote Thursday (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
  posted on June 3, 2009 at 09:07:01 am
  PARIS - Voters from the eight towns in SAD 17 will deliberate and vote on a proposed $36.5 million budget Thursday night. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the Forum at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris.
• Learning is no accident for Catawba County Schools' top teacher (Hickory Daily Record)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 05:30:27 am
  Erin Mackie of Bandys High School was named Catawba County Teacher of the Year on Tuesday night.
• New principal coming to New Oxford Elementary (The Evening Sun)
  posted on April 25, 2009 at 03:02:22 pm
  Conewago Valley School District will see some changes in administration next fall. At Monday night's meeting, the school board approved hiring Misti Wildasin as the new principal of New Oxford Elementary School.
• Technology is new, students stay same (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
  posted on April 7, 2009 at 09:15:38 am
  RUMFORD - When Phil Merrill locks up his classroom and lab at the end of the school year, he will end a 39-year teaching career. "It's been a good gig," said the 61-year-old teacher of industrial arts, technology and drafting at Mountain Valley High School.
• SAD 17 eyes cutting special services job (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
  posted on March 24, 2009 at 09:06:50 am
  OXFORD - A plan to eliminate the assistant director of special services will save SAD 17 $40,000, Superintendent Mark Eastman said. "We need to rethink how we're doing everything and be as efficient as we can," Eastman told directors at their meeting last week.
• History on the stage (Berkeley Voice)
  posted on March 19, 2009 at 04:51:24 pm
  Forty six fifth graders at Oxford Elementary School in Berkeley staged a play Thursday about the importance of ancestors and African-American history for the seventh year in a row.