Articles About Mills Lawn Elementary

• District breaks ground on facilities upgrade projects

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 24, 2025

  

  The $55 million project includes renovation at the Mills Lawn campus and a combination of renovation, demolition and new construction at the East Enon Road campus of McKinney Middle and YS High schools.

• Architect firm chosen for school facilities project

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 26, 2024

  

  Ruetschle Architects, and in particular firm Vice President Mike Ruetschle, worked with the district in 2022 and 2023 as a consultant to create a master facilities plan to put before voters.

• Grandfriends Day

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 12, 2023

  

  On Tuesday, Sept. 12, Mills Lawn Elementary School held the first iteration of what is sure to be a beloved annual tradition: Grandfriends Day.

• YSHS senior brings back cheer camp

  By Jessica ThomasFebruary 2, 2023

  

  Senior Sophie Clouse-Taylor and the Yellow Springs High School cheer team hosted 37 Mills Lawn Elementary students for a three-day mini cheer camp. Clouse-Taylor organized the event for her senior capstone project.

• 2022 In Review | Education & Sports

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 2, 2023

  

  This year in education and athletics around Yellow Springs: The Facilities Committee was formed, young thespians staged a number of blockbuster performances, 30 students graduated from Antioch College, The Antioch School celebrated its centennial and more.

• School’s ghouls: Mills Lawn School Halloween parade

  By YS News StaffNovember 3, 2022

  

  After a three-year hiatus, the long-loved Mills Lawn School Halloween parade and town-wide trick-or-treating returned Monday, Oct. 31.

• YS Schools receive state ratings

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 28, 2022

  

  The district’s highest average proficiencies across all tested subjects were social studies, English language arts and science. The lowest-scoring subject in achievement was math, which averaged 54% across grades three through eight and high school algebra and geometry.

• Author Gaia Cornwall visits Mills Lawn

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 16, 2022

  

  On Monday, Jan. 31, students in Heidi Hoover and Debra Mabra’s second grade classes at Mills Lawn Elementary School got a special virtual visit from author Gaia Cornwall.

• 2021 in Review | Village Schools

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 7, 2022

  

  The Yellow Springs public school district began 2021 with students set to continue learning remotely, through online instruction, in response to the ongoing pandemic.

• Looking ahead after school levy loss

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 13, 2021

  

  At a 61%-39% spread, Yellow Springs district voters last week rejected a combined 6.5-mill, 37-year property tax and a 0.5% income tax increase with no end date to build a $35.6 million K–12 school at the location of the current middle/high school on East Enon Road.