About 10 local restaurants, cupcake wars and a new flavor of student-made soda highlighted the fourth-annual event at the Oak Creek Community Center.
The fourth-annual event, a fundraiser for scholarships and classroom grants, will be held Thursday at the community center.
The winter storm has forced the closure of schools in Oak Creek and throughout the area.
Administrators are proposing new classroom door locks throughout the district, additional cameras at the high school and middle schools.
The meme that has taken the Internet by storm the last few weeks made its way into the OCHS gymnasium.
The city is exploring a federal grant program that could allow for the construction of sidewalks in areas where kids often walk or bike to school.
About $200,000 worth of improvements will be made in time for the girls swim season in the fall.
Nearly 100 students competed at Briggs & Stratton Corp. Thursday in the Junior Achievement Business Challenge. Check out some of the team photos!
State Superintendent of Schools Tony Evers visited Oak Creek High School to highlight Career and Technical Education Month. He heard about the Knightro Fusion soda and the school's partnerships with Caterpillar and Wheaton Franciscan.
A new Oak Creek High School group, the Alliance of Aspiring Engineers, isn't wasting any time pursuing an ambitious project.
Hundreds of middle and high school students traveled to Oak Creek High School Saturday for a Future Business Leaders of America regional conference.
West Middle School students donated money it raised through a candy cane sale to Newtown teachers, rather than its end-of-the-year festival.
The school district wants to use money from the Wispark land exchange for much-needed improvements to the Oak Creek High School pool.
With this year's flu season the worst in five years, Oak Creek has seen a sharp increase in the number of influenza-related hospitalizations.
Some are apparently willing to test their luck, however.
Patch surveyed Milwaukee-area school districts about security measures in place at their schools. See how Oak Creek compares with other Milwaukee-area districts.
As sales of Knightro Fusion pass the 1,000-case mark, the school district says another soda flavor is in the works.
Those gathered for a candlelight vigil Sunday night at the Sikh temple expressed frustration at more violence and resolve to make things better.
School Board members Frank Carini and Paul Mason will be on the ballot April 2; no other candidates have yet filed nomination papers.
The school’s PTO raised $15,000 for the first phase of the school’s playground project and looks forward to more equipment this summer.
The marching band has more than 200 students this year and could grow to 300 in the next five years.
A host of class additions, subtractions and changes at Oak Creek High School were approved for the 2013-14 school year.
The Pittsburgh-based company, which has a plant in Oak Creek, has awarded grant money to Oak Creek High School and Deerfield and Shepard Hills elementary schools.
Grading scales and procedures have come under scrutiny over the past few months.
Local administrator salaries are mostly in line with other Milwaukee County districts. Use our interactive database to see which school administrators are the highest and lowest paid throughout the state of Wisconsin.
The school had a short ceremony Thursday in which students contributed items to the capsule.
The tax levy in the 2012-13 Oak Creek-Franklin School District budget, approved by the school board earlier this week, will rise less than 1 percent.
Teachers, administrators and parents discussed a variety of grading practices in Oak Creek Monday night. Here's a recap of some of the most-discussed issues.
State Rep. Jeff Stone and state Sen. Chris Larson will represent their parties at an Oct. 31 debate sponsored by Young Democrats and Young Republicans of Oak Creek High School.
Parents are invited to a meeting to learn about controversial changes to the Oak Creek-Franklin grading policy, and to tell the School Board how they feel about it.
The marching band performed in front of Noodles and Company as part of a fundraiser.
A team of 75 Deerfield teachers, students and family members raised nearly $8,000 for Walk Now for Autism Speaks, held last spring at State Fair Park.
The Oak Creek-Franklin School District property tax levy will stay about the same thanks in part to an increase in state aid. A majority of Wisconsin school districts saw a decrease.
Conferences at Oak Creek High School will be held Oct. 17 and Oct. 23.
After finishing third in the state marching band competition, the band is scheduled to perform Monday outside Noodles.
The Oak Creek-Franklin School Board approved two measures related to teacher pay.
Teachers would get a one-time, $550 bonus under a proposal in front of the Oak Creek-Franklin School Board.