Goodbye Canvas!

HCPSS to Switch Learning Management Systems This year will be the final year Canvas will be active in the Howard County Public School System. The Board of Education has decided against using the educational assistance tool, and plans for what comes next have yet to be announced. Canvas was used as a streamlined service for many school related tasks like assignments, quizzes, and accessing grades. … Continue reading Goodbye Canvas!

No More Phones? New Dress Code?

Take a look at OMHS’ Newest Set of School Rules In the beginning of each school year, students and faculty are reminded of the school policies that are in place to keep an orderly and safe learning environment. As this school year has progressed, it seems many of us have lost sight of some of those rules and strayed away from the orderly learning environment … Continue reading No More Phones? New Dress Code?

Oakland Mills Will No Longer Run on Dunkin’

It’s Lights Out for the Local Dunkin’ Donuts It comes as a surprise to the Oakland Mills community, and a major blow to Oakland Mills High Schoolers, that the Oakland Mills Village Center’s Dunkin Donuts will be permanently closing on April 4th. This is a result of OMHS parents and community members urging a petition to have the location closed, because of the proximity it … Continue reading Oakland Mills Will No Longer Run on Dunkin’

Unidentified Flying Object at OM

Are aliens among us? On the 13th of February, an unidentified flying object crashed on Oakland Mills High School’s baseball field. Authorities refuse to call it a UFO and the whole situation was initially hidden by the U.S. Air Force. Here is what we learned from our secret information network. Around 2:00 am on the 13th of February, residents of Oakland Mills heard a loud … Continue reading Unidentified Flying Object at OM

The Global Impact of the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Over the past year, it has been very easy to think of the war in Ukraine as a far off conflict that only impacts eastern Europe. Unfortunately, that’s just not true. The war in Ukraine has impacted many lives. Some impacts are big, some are small, but none of them are good. At the beginning of this conflict, there was a sharp increase in gas … Continue reading The Global Impact of the Ongoing War in Ukraine