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36 GUIDE TO YELLOW SPR INGS | 2021– 2022 FEARLESS THINKERS: FROM ACHIEVEMENT DAY TO EXHIBITION NIGHT By JESS ICA THOMAS S ince at least the 1960s, Yellow Springs schools have held their staff and students to a high standard, focusing on community engagement and experiential learning. Those foci have cre- ated a culture of excellence and gained Yellow Springs schools state and national rec - ognition. Following are some highlights of school programs and awards throughout the years, culled from the archives of the Yellow Springs News. In 1964, the Ohio Depart- ment of Education asked Yellow Springs schools to give a report on innovative teach - ing practices and programs in the district. Specific programs include the lay readers pro- gram, a program that “invited well-qualified volunteers to read and comment on stu- dents’ English papers,” accord- ing to a 1964 News article. Yellow Springs Schools were also asked to report on their team teaching strate- gies in American government classrooms and a physics teaching method developed by the Physical Science Study committee. The News also documented Yellow Springs schools’ achievement night, a night where students displayed projects they had worked on throughout the school year. In the 1980s, students collaborated with Yellow Springs businesses as a part of the Community Experience program. Community Experi- ence invited students to gain knowledge from local experts. Attempted in the late ’70s, the program “placed students in an apprentice-type situ - ation,” according to a 1980 News article. Different from programs that taught students 1975: The Great Biosphere with its many environments — mountains, desert, tropic, arctic, aquatic — has been the science project of 21 middle school students and their teacher and student teacher, Hazel Latson and Jeanne Simmons. The students involved in the project were Carolyn Christian, Victor Harris, Amy Malone, Joey Robinson, Lisa Ford (who initiated the project), Jeff Jackson, Mike Malone, Lyn Messner, Danny Whitesell, Elizabeth English, Susie Wilburn, Leah Wing, Tracey Walker, Jilonda Johnson, Catherine Crosby, Adrienne Simmons, Brian Baker, Elizabeth Freeman, Johnny Rowlinson, Kevin Milligan and Kyla Thomas. | YS NEWS ARCHIVE PHOTO YS SCHOOLS 937-767-1144 / 215 XENIA AVE / WWW.WINDSCAFE.COM LUNCH 11:30AM - 2PM DINNER 5PM - 10:00 PM BRUNCH 10AM - 3PM TUESDAY- SATURDAY SUNDAY CLOSED MONDAY HOMEGROWN IN YELLOW SPRINGS, KEEPING IT LOCAL FOR OVER YEARS. 937-767-9441 / 215 XENIA AVE WWW.WINDSCAFE.COM/WINE-CELLAR 11AM - 9PM TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY 11AM - 9PM THURSDAY - SATURDAY CLOSED MONDAY & SUNDAY LARGE SELECTION OF CRAFT BEER, CIDER AND HIGH QUALITY WINES EMPHASIZING INDEPENDENT WINEMAKERS WITH ARTISAN SPIRITS AND OLD WORLD WINE VALUES. Music that motivates and inspires our communities towards justice, diversity and equality as we strive for peace and build our web of mutuality. Catherine Roma 513.560.9082 worldhousechoir@gmail.com www. worldhousechoir.org www.facebook.com/ worldhousechoir 937-767-2981 or 937-767-2162 More than 30 Years Planting and Caring for the Urban Forest and Tribute Trees in Yellow Springs TheYellowSprings TreeCommittee