Skip to Main Content
The school newspaper of Oakville High School

myOHSonline

The school newspaper of Oakville High School

myOHSonline

The school newspaper of Oakville High School

myOHSonline

New Librarian, Familiar Face

New Librarian, Familiar Face

Katie Schroeder, Reporter October 3, 2022

Jessica Betz has been an English teacher at OHS for 10 years but has always wanted to be a librarian, so when the position opened up last school year, she jumped toward the opportunity and got the...

OHS Library reorganizes their genres. Here, Science Fiction and Fantasy are combined, but soon, they will have their own section thanks to efforts of the librarians at Mehlville High School.

Library switches genres

Kaitlyn Blanton, reporter February 11, 2020

Libraries in the Mehlville School District have had the same genres for as long as we can remember. But new book shipments happen every semester, making it a lot harder for students to find books that...

Mrs. Colburn in the library.

Mrs. Colburn retires after 25 years

Kathleen Seithel, Reporter December 19, 2018

Thirteen years ago, OHS’s library underwent major renovations; the walls, originally gold, were repainted, and all new furniture was put in. That was also the year Mrs. Bonnie Colburn began working as...

Ms.Pfeifer instructs her students as they use the new vision glasses on Sept. 29.

OHS students get to see real world through new technology

Lexi Onder, reporter October 5, 2017

With a fresh start to the school year, OHS welcomes new technology into the library. In addition to the new login system that began last school year, the library is now home to new virtual reality vision...

Caroline Roah (11) checks into the library on May 16.

Library implements new sign in program

Sydney Stern, news editor May 16, 2017

Thanks to a suggestion from the OHS leadership class, the library has implemented a new sign in/ sign out system making it easier for teachers to track their students during travel time. The Leadership...

New year, new books

Sydney Stern, news editor January 23, 2017

Ready. Set. Read. With 916 new books in the OHS library, the 2016-2017 school year has shown to offer a surplus in reading possibilities for students. The budget for new books was released at the...

Book tags are now color-coded by genre.

Library reorganizes for easier book discovery

Dallas Carter, opinions editor April 13, 2016

The OHS librarians made the decision to unite the district libraries this spring by changing their system for categorizing books. Genrefication is a way of organizing books by genre instead of alphabetically...

Library helpers celebrate the holidays

Jacob Kauffmann, webmaster December 15, 2015

The library is getting in spirit by decorating for the holidays. Two students regularly help the library staff as part of the school’s Supervised Office Experience program. During some downtime, Cassidy...

OHS participates in banned book week

Dallas Carter, opinions editor September 29, 2015

From Sept. 27- Oct. 3, the American Library Association spends its time promoting and taking part in Banned Books Week. Libraries, booksellers, publishers, and teachers participate in this nationwide...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
library