OHCHS tells it's tale

Norway and South Paris, the biggest rivalry in the county. In the 1950's the Norway Rams and the South Paris Cardinals, each their own respective high schools, were cross town rivals that one could walk to and from within fifteen minutes. When 1961 came around the two rivals joined forces and became one mega school. Why might they do such a thing? The state wanted the smaller schools to consolidate and form one school to improve course offerings. By 1967, all the towns joined the new high school, which include; Norway, South Paris, Oxford, West Paris, Hebron, Harrison, and Otisfield.

The name for the school was widely debated on. Some wanted Hanible Hamlin High School, and the others Pleasant Valley High School. Until one man thought of something different, these were the ones to be voted on. One man did though. He mentioned Oxford Hills High School, and the committee lost their marbles. When voted on, it was a sure fire winner. The colors of the school and the mascot was also an issue. They can't favor blue or red because those were the colors of the old schools. The furthest off of those colors were green and gold, and since Norway had a history of Scandinavian settlers they decided to have the mascot of the school the Vikings. An intimidating name to say the least since they were ruthless on the battlefield.

The first athletes who wanted to put on Viking  jerseys for the first time could play football, field hockey, cross country running and golf in the fall. Basketball, wrestling, skiing and gymnastics in the winter. Softball, baseball and track in the spring. Later in the years gymnastics was cut and soccer was put in place. Then lacross, hockey and tennis followed.

Oxford Hills had it's own technical school in the years previous to 1998. Kids would take a bus over to Vocational Region 11 and learn their classes their. When 1998 came around, the school was bigger and had access rooms, so they combined the two locations and the Comprehensive part of the school came into play.

Some fun facts about the school is that it is shaped as a dog. The first principal of the school was Kieth Cunningham. Some alumni of the first graduating class of the new school refer to the class as "going to different high schools together".