Articles About academic achievement

• High school honors top academics

  By YS News StaffMay 23, 2013

  

  Yellow Springs High School recognized many of its students, especially its seniors, at the annual scholarship awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 15.

• Three students recognized as National Merit Scholars

  By Lauren HeatonJanuary 25, 2012

  

  Three Yellow Springs High School students were honored by the National Merit Scholarship Program this year.

• National Merit Scholars, 2010

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 25, 2010

  

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• 142 students make the grade

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 16, 2010

  

  Each quarter the secondary schools in the Yellow Springs district commend students in grades seven through 12 who have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or above. The following is the list of students at McKinney Middle School, Yellow Springs High School and the Greene County Career Center who have attained that goal for […]

• Dance with distinction

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 16, 2010

  

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• Schools earn highest honor

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 9, 2010

  For two consecutive years Yellow Springs students showed continuous academic improvement, which raised the school district’s designation from a school of excellence to a school of excellence with distinction, the highest rating in the state.

• Achievement gap complex, but true

  By Brooke BryanFebruary 18, 2010

  

  When Joyce McCurdy accepted a teaching position in the Yellow Springs School District, there was a black chief of police, a black member of Council, and a black member of school board. The principal of the high school was black, and three of McCurdy’s colleagues were also black — and actively involved in the social issues of the day. The year was 1965.

• Math initiative adds students

  By Brooke BryanFebruary 4, 2010

  To clarify what administrators fear might be villagers’ misperceptions regarding math performance at Yellow Springs High School and McKinney School, Principal John Gudgel and Interim Superintendent Tony Armocida presented information on the district’s five-year-old math initiative at the Nov. 12 school board meeting.

• MLS drops rank to ‘effective’

  By Brooke BryanSeptember 24, 2009

  This year Mills Lawn School has dropped a tier in the state ranking system, from “excellent” to “effective,” because of lower demonstrated proficiencies on the Ohio Achievement Test. According to school report card information published online by the Ohio Department of Education, or ODE, at http://reportcard.ohio.gov, McKinney Middle School and Yellow Springs High School are […]

• New art, math is the focus at MLS

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 20, 2009

  As summer break comes to an end next week, students may not be aware that staff has been back for several weeks already preparing for an energetic return to school. With 359 students anticipated, the school is at near full capacity, Principal Christine Hatton said in an interview last week. First and fifth grades are […]