Education

Lafayette County Literacy Council receives grant from local teenagers

The Lafayette County Literacy Council received a grant for $441 from the Northeast Mississippi Youth Foundation (NEMYF) as ...

Education

UM music department acquires instruments from Ghana

By Christina Steube University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi Department of Music has acquired several instruments from ...

Education

Learning Center teacher honored

Math isn’t easy for everyone to grasp, especially for middle-school students when they start learning about algebra and ...

Education

Combining music and local food

Kale Yeah, Yam Right! Those were the words printed on $10 T-shirts for sale at an Oxford event ...

Education

OHS now LEED green building certified

Oxford School District The Oxford School District celebrated Earth Day in a big way today: school district officials ...

Education

Holland gets president honor at MVSU

Tony Holland, a freshman of Mississippi Valley State University, recently received the president’s Distinguished Scholar medal for the ...

Education

Mims inducted into Alpha Chi society

Sara Mims of Oxford was recently inducted into Harding University’s chapter of Alpha Chi National Honor Society. Mims, ...

Education

Chickens teach life lessons at LES

By Michael Quirk michael.quirk@oxfordeagle.com The hallways of the kindergarden ward of Lafayette Elementary School continually echo with the ...

Education

LHS senior named a STAR student

Samuel A. Meals has been named a STAR Student for the 2015-2016 school year by the Mississippi Economic ...

Education

A fresh, new hit debuts on OSD lunch menus

Oxford School District Students throughout the Oxford School District are enjoying a new local product that is now ...

Education

UM law professor chosen Teacher of the Year

By Jenny Kate Luster University of Mississippi John Czarnetzky does more than teach the law, he infects his ...

Education

OHS team advances in envirothon

On March 23, 17 Envirothon teams participated in the North Area Competition at the University of Mississippi Biological ...

Education

OSD’s Hamilton gears up for retirement

By Michael Quirk michael.quirk@oxfordeagle.com One of the mottos for the University of Mississippi has been, “It’s like coming ...

Education

Student artwork highlighted at event

Oxford’s youngest school students will display their art masterpieces at the Powerhouse Community Arts Center on Thursday, April ...

Columns

Finding a dream far away, making it happen at home

On July 1, 2015, bleary-eyed and sleep deprived, I slowly stumbled off the plane I had been on ...

Education

OMS student claims state geography bee title

By Michael Quirk michael.quirk@oxfordeagle.com An Oxford Middle School student stands above the rest. Seventh-grader Edmund Doerksen bested 51 ...

Education

OSD shifts assistant superintendent duties

By Oxford School District As Oxford School District Assistant Superintendent Bill Hamilton’s retirement approaches, school district officials are ...

Education

Ole Miss students chosen for Seaside Writers Conference

Two University of Mississippi students have been selected as scholars for the Seaside Writers Conference, coming up this ...

Education

Abbeville native receives national recognition

Two Mississippi State seniors are among those receiving prestigious recognition by a premier national scholarship organization. Senior aerospace ...

Education

OPD shares dangers of distracted driving with OHS students

In today’s ever-changing world, busy schedules and life events keep teenagers on their toes and their attention in ...

Education

LES second-graders learn about Mexico’s food, culture

Lafayette Elementary School second-grade teacher Sandy Brown took her students to Mexico this year. They didn’t physically cross ...

Education

Lafayette County School District Board of Directors 4/4/16

Lafayette County School District Board of Directors Monday, 5:30 p.m. Lafayette High School Library 1. In the matter ...

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