Oxford High School Auditorium

September 5, 2007 was an historic day for the over 200-year old Town of Oxford, Connecticut. On that day, 267 students attended the first high school in the Town´s history. In prior years, students heading to high school found themselves separated from many of their peers as they were spread among half a dozen area high schools. But on this day, the Oxford students were united as this former farming community, which experienced large increases in the number of affluent residents arriving from surrounding wealthy counties, was able to build a new high school based on its increased tax base growth. The positive impact that completing a project such as this can have on community cannot be overstated. Previously the children of Oxford went to one of two elementary schools in Town, continuing into one middle school. Upon reaching high school age, Oxford sent half of its students to private high schools and the other half to public schools. Completing the high school provided a new sense of community by allowing continuity of the student class all the way to high school graduation. This benefit became all too obvious in the smiles of the Freshman Class as they entered the facility chanting, in chorus, “We are the Oxford High Class of 2011.”