Breaking News
The Student News Site of Orono High School

The Spartan Speaks

The Student News Site of Orono High School

The Spartan Speaks

The Student News Site of Orono High School

The Spartan Speaks

At the end of February will be the 78th annual showing of the Golden Globe Awards.

The Annual Golden Globes are Just Around the Corner

Jillian Cook, News Editor February 22, 2021

On Feb. 28, the annual Golden Globe Awards will take place for the 78th time. And as with most events in the past year, the Golden Globes will be virtual. On the East Coast, Tina Fey will be hosting from...

Kehret is Selected for Teacher Research Fellowship

Kehret is Selected for Teacher Research Fellowship

Lisa Suerken, News Editor April 27, 2017

Baja, Mexico, to many people, it may seem like the perfect vacation spot. However, in the science community, it is home to one of Ecology Project International’s, or better known as EPI, field research...

Michelle Swenson, Hank Seward and Kira Reymann after the awards ceremony with a large contingent of Orono supporters.

Swenson Earns Volunteer of the Year Award

Kayla Kaveney, Visuals Editor October 31, 2016

Michelle Swenson is a hard working high school math teacher with a heart full of 300 students. Swenson first became involved with Special Olympics in the fall of 2013 when Orono created its first flag...

OHS staff member Alec Morin’s article is featured on Best of SNO

Zach Wagner, Graphic Designer March 31, 2015

Best of SNO is a website that features and showcases the work of student journalists from all around. Because it is so difficult for a student to have their work featured on Best of SNO, the OHS newspaper...

ExCEL Award Winners

ExCEL Award Winners

Will Dittrich, Sports Editor December 15, 2014

Orono High School has received some terrific news. On Friday Dec. 12,  juniors David McCuskey and Rachel Fay were nominated as ExCEL award winners. This is a tremendous honor which is designed exclusively...

Orono Grad honored with Merrill Presidential Scholar Award

Madi Arends, Editor in Chief Print May 19, 2014

Thora Bjornsdottir, OHS grad, will be honored by Cornell University as a Merrill Presidential Scholar.  Bjornsdottir will receive this recgonition because oh her scholastic achievement, leadership ability...

OMS student receives national award

OMS student receives national award

Margeaux Dittrich and Jack Ellis, Editor in Chief Content and Sports Editor March 20, 2014

Inspired by her passion for reading and the desire to provide books to children who do not have the means, Orono Middle School eighth grader, Maria Keller, is the founder of the non-profit organization...

High school artists earn scholastic artist awards

March 19, 2012

“It was an honor,” senior and art enthusiast Ozzie Secundino said upon receiving a Silver Key and two honorable mentions by The Alliance for Young Artists. Secundino was not the only one to receive...

Load More Stories

Comments (0)

All The Spartan Speaks Picks Reader Picks Sort: Newest