Oakland Middle School recently took 43 students to the Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta. The students performed a 15 minute excerpt from the musical Shrek, Jr. The students were adjudicated by Broadway professionals where they earned the Dance in Excellence award. Students Evelyn James and Gavin Pearson were chosen as All Stars by the adjudicators…
Jacoby Stevens, LSU alumni, giving back to alma mater Jacoby Stevens, Oakland Patriot alumni class of 2017 and former Sixth Round NFL Draft Pick, is eager to learn from LSU Head Football Coach Brian Kelly and others on the coaching staff. Stevens recently accepted a role with the LSU Football Team. Stevens has high praise…
Oakland High School Nurse Rebecca Fuqua has earned national certification with the National Board for Certification of School Nurses (NCSN). The NCSN credential reflects a high level of competence and professionalism, and the registered nurse must demonstrate a commensurate education, clinical practice experience and knowledge to earn the certification. The mission of the NCSN is…
Oakland senior Emma Clonan has been awarded the 2023 Play Like A Girl Trailblazer Award. The Trailblazer award is given to women and businesses who are pioneering the future and changing the face of leadership in Nashville and the surrounding area. This year’s honors include Play Like a Girl alumna Emma Clonan. Emma is an…
Oakland High School Senior Naomi Summey has been selected as a University of Kentucky Singletary Scholar. Naomi was selected for one of 25 awards from a pool of over 2600 students. The award is a full tuition scholarship along with a two-year housing stipend. Naomi is an International Baccalaureate diploma candidate and is the all-student…
Congratulations to Ashton Reed, Hannah Harrell, Annabelle Alexis who competed in the Mid-State FFA Speaking Contest hosted by Oakland High School on Jan. 19, 2023. These students placed in the following categories: creed speaking, extemporaneous speaking, and employment skills speaking.
A perfect football season is hard to come by. Three senior students-athletes at Oakland not only appeared at the championship game each year of their high school career, but also walked away with the state title for each of the past three. Freshman year was the only year Max Lovinski, Nathan Hepborn and Mason Bell…
The Oakland High School Spanish Honor Society students recently participated in Día de los Muertos Festival at Cheekwood and helped to paint the mural that was on display at the Frist Center at Cheekwood. Mural: Ashna Shah Evan Hayes Maria Hernandez Regan Hudson
Fernanda Morelos-Gomez is an Oakland High School senior whose artwork Like Yesterday, was selected for the 2022 TN Young Artists Show. Five students were selected to have their artwork be a part of the show, which is now on display at Frist Art Museum until February 2023. Frank Baugh, Visual Arts instructor at Oakland, describes…
Oakland High School IB student Fernanda Morelos-Gomez had a work of art selected for the Young Tennessee Artists show at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville. The Frist Art Museum’s ninth biennial Young Tennessee Artists exhibition will showcase some of the finest two-dimensional artwork by students in Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) studio…