The Henry Mancini Musical Theatre Awards have been held every year since 1994.  Each time, a number of high schools in the Beaver, Butler, and Lawrence Counties are nominated for awards in categories from Best Actor/Actress to Best Execution of Direction. This year our own Oklahoma was nominated...

By Sammy Jo Barnes   Room 021, 020, 514, and 311 have something in common--they will be inhabited by four different teachers next year.  Why?  Their usual occupants are retiring--Mrs. Geist, Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Voltz, and Mrs. Wargo.  Their everyday presence will be dearly missed, and I think...

For kids growing up in a world surrounded with technology, most have heard the warning, “Don’t talk to strangers on the internet.” In the wave of the social media take over, ‘internet friends’ have turned into a recent phenomenon. People who have never met or spoken in person are developing...

“The choices you make today shape your world tomorrow.” ~ Mr. Tibit. After four long years, the class of 2019 is finally graduating. Students are ready to go into the real world and chase their dreams. We may be the underdogs to the class of 2020, but we are still the seniors. We finally put our...

It’s 7:37 and you are late to school for the hundredth time.  You are just trying to get to your parking spot and get into it as soon as possible.  When you are walking away from your car you realize that you parked extremely close to the car next to you, but there is no time to fix it. This is...