By: Kent McCarty One of the highest honors given to students at Oak Grove High School is being selected as a member of the Hall of Fame. This year, lucky recipients of the award are Scott Weathersby, Shelby Sims, Kayla Purvis, Amy O’Steen, Jordan Papas, Blair Jackson, Gwen May, and Anne Caroline Lovitt. To receive [...]
Entries from March 2010
March 4, 2010
LCSD plans to make up schoool cancellations
By: Taylor Rigney On Friday, January 8, Lamar County Schools were closed as a precaution to anticipated wintry weather resulting in icy roads. A little over a month later, schools were cancelled again due to the snow storm that occurred on February 12. These two back-to-back school cancellations brought about the issue for district administration [...]
March 4, 2010
Students show heart and donate blood
By: Will Bedwell Twice every school year United Blood Services holds a blood drive on campus. One is held in the fall and one in the spring. This year, during baseball season, Oak Grove is competing with Petal High School to see who will donate the most blood. The winner will be announced at a [...]
March 4, 2010
School recycling program promotes environmental responsibility
By: Sara Sanner This semester Oak Grove schools will have a recycling system that will be executed at all five schools. Sumrall Recycling will administer the recycling program, which consists of a detailed and efficient process. The company will provide enough recycling bins for each classroom to have their own, as well as additional bins [...]
March 4, 2010
Suzie Welch: A mathematical phenomenon
By: Arik Shams There is probably only one name in the Oak Grove School District that is synonymous with the words “math,” “calculus,” and “trig.” WELCH… Suzie Welch is the head of the Math Department at Oak Grove High School, and teaches Pre-Calculus, Trigonometry and AP Calculus. She has been teaching at Oak Grove for [...]
March 4, 2010
Heir McNair: Making his own way
By: Sydney Sanders Oak Grove High School has long enjoyed the benefits of a winning baseball team. We’ve celebrated numerous State titles and graduated players like Donnie Bridges, Kyle Logan and Grant Hogue who went on to play professionally. But only in our recent history have we witnessed a winning football team, and now some [...]
March 4, 2010
Warrior baseball begins season swinging
By: Taylor Herring At the beginning of a new season of baseball, both the players and the coaching staff are excited to begin. After weeks of rigorous practice, the team’s hard work is about to finally pay off. The team is still adjusting to a new coach, but they feel confident about this year’s season. [...]
March 4, 2010
Should schools consider moving to a four-day week?
YES By: Taylor Rigney Wouldn’t it be great to enjoy a relaxing three-day weekend every week? Due to the high cost of fuel and energy, that idea may not just be wishful thinking anymore. Over 100 school districts in 17 states across the country have adopted a four-day school week in order to conserve money [...]
March 4, 2010
Don’t be afraid to jump on the bandwagon
By: Sara Sanner Anytime someone or some group does well at a sport or competition, an interesting phenomenon is presented for everyday people. This phenomenon is known simply as the “Bandwagon.” The bandwagon effect, also known as “cromo effect” and closely related to opportunism, is a phenomenon that people often do and believe things merely [...]
March 4, 2010
Upgrade/Downgrade
By: Kent McCarty Upgrade After eight seasons of American Idol, everyone’s getting tired of it, myself included. For eight years the American public has watched the same kind of singers take the stage and belt out the same kind of songs over and over again. With the exception of Carrie Underwood and a few others, [...]
