by Hailey Parker As fall turns to winter, the sport focus transitions from tossing around a football to the bouncing basketballs on a court. The Oak Hills basketball team will take on a much different look this season.  The most noticeable is the loss

By Leah Lindemann As the holidays are in full force, spending time with family and eating good amounts of food is a must.The big debate these past few weeks is which way to cook a turkey tastes better; roasted or fried? There are different advantages and

By Katelyn Powers Jim Rohn once said, “Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.” For the past five years, Oak Hills High School has hosted a Leadership Retreat, as the legacy was left behind by former students, Charlotte

 By Nathan Brown   Typically, it’s very easy to celebrate traditional holidays without possessing any knowledge of why we do it. This problem affects all major holidays like Christmas, Thanksgiving, Veterans Day, and so on. Our school

by Alli Auel Andrew Schille once walked the crowded hallways of Oak Hills High School. But when he graduated in 2014, he traded in his highlander kilt for viking gear and became a Northern Kentucky University Norse. During his time at Northern Kentucky

By Makayla Head    Lately, the world has experienced terrible hurricane forecast. In the past two months, two major hurricanes have occurred, which caught everyone by surprise. They both have affected people in horrible ways. While some of the

by Leah Lindemann Ever since the first-day-of-school pep rally, drumline seems to be the hottest topic within the student body these past few weeks.The drumline phenomenon has constantly been growing since with features on Snapchat and even a request for a

By Nathan Brown    Recently, a new adaptation of Stephen King’s IT made its way to cinemas on September 8th, 2017. The film has exploded in popularity and shows no signs of stopping. Every year, studios churn out horror movies that tend

By Katelyn Powers and Ben Murray On Friday, September 29th, 2017 the student of Oak Hills kicked the day before homecoming off with our 5th annual Challenge Day. The mission of Oak Hills was to work with the students on developing an understanding of global

Oak Hills Homecoming Court Couples 2017!

by Molly Florimonte Some people have heard of them, others have not. Some people know what they do, others don’t. Sports managers are people that don’t get talked about or appreciated enough in our school. Olivia Brown is the sports manager for

by Morgan Higgins In this day and age, everyone has a phone. Toddlers are playing with devices at the early ages of two or three, which makes them ready to have a phone by age seven. Parents offer phones to their ten and eleven year olds 60% of the time,

by Hailey Parker As senior year approaches, college visits become an essential part of your final year of high school. Knowing what your future holds starts with knowing where you want to go to school. One rather interesting school has to be Miami Oxford.

by Alli Auel Most of the students at Oak Hills High School are unaware of how severe the heroin epidemic has become in the Cincinnati area. For Challenge Day, which focused on global health, Oak Hills invited writer and reporter Dan Horn, from the Cincinnati

by Tartan Staff On a balmy night in Betz Memorial Stadium, tensions were high as the Junior and Senior girls squared off in the 44th edition of the Oak Hill’s Powder Puff game.  As time was running out in the second overtime, Senior Kami Fleming

by Alli Auel Many westsiders, including Oak Hills High School students, have little experience and knowledge of the outside world. Most individuals are ignorant to the hardships faced just minutes down the road from them and especially the ones thousands of

by Alli Auel With Halloween just around the corner, everyone is excited for haunted houses, cold weather, scary movies, and much more. But Halloween isn't the only thing on everyone's minds. For the juniors and seniors of Oak Hills High School, college is

Grim Reaper Day 2017

2017 Prom Court

By Sydni Crass    Julia Brennan recently released her spiritually moving EP Inner Demons. The small collection of songs from the 18-year old Minneapolis singer-songwriter stands well as a first breakout from a talent whose lyrics and tone are

by Ethan Cundiff Oak Hills has dominated the sports world this year. The women’s soccer team, led by a senior core, made a run at the playoffs. The boy’s basketball team dominated with another great season. This spring season we can see some of

Thanks to National Honor Society’s executives Elizabeth Cron (junior) and Cara Roche (senior), Oak Hills’ annual Penny Wars was a huge success. Through the selling of t-shirts and daily class collections, they raised a grand total of $2,800. Mr.

by: Abby Dye Do you want your voice to be heard? Do you have a passion for writing? Do you think creatively? If so, The Tartan is the perfect class for you! The Tartan is a class where students can be fully immersed in writing. In this class, you will be

by Sydni Crass      Just like almost every child, you were blown away when hearing about the first flight to the moon. Being that it was considered one of America’s greatest achievements, it gave our country renowned pride to say we were

by Ethan Cundiff  Here at Oak Hills, there are special types of students. Ones who not only strive for greatness in the classroom, but who strive to drive school spirit into everyone’s heart. These students want to show the community, city, even