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• 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 […]

• Bulldog Sports Round-up

  By YS News Staff

  The YSHS football team lost 51–6 to Toronto High School on Friday, Sept. 18.

  Bulldog Roland Newsome brought down Toronto’s kickoff at their 30-yard line, but the visitors scored in the first three minutes of the game. That was followed by four touch downs in the first quarter.

• Bulldog Sports Round-up

  By YS News StaffSeptember 3, 2009

  The Yellow Springs High School girls soccer team lost 3–0 to Miami Valley on Saturday, Aug. 29, and then fell hard at 9–0 against Tecumseh on Monday, Aug. 31. The scores did not tell the whole story, however, and Monday’s game appeared more balanced than Saturday’s. The girls start their season off 0–2.

• New dean, home room at YSHS

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 13, 2009

  

  When students arrive for their first day back to Yellow Springs High School and McKinney Middle School on Wednesday, Aug. 26, the first thing they will notice is a spritely young woman they don’t recognize greeting them at the door. They don’t know her yet, but by the end of the week they might feel like they’ve known Julie Speelman all their lives.

• Pam Conine retires—A lifelong learner, lifelong teacher

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 4, 2009

  

  One of Pam Conine’s favorite sayings is that, if you find a career you love, you never have to work a day in your life. By that standard, Conine figures she’s spent almost no time in her adult life actually working. By most standards, though, Conine has worked long and hard.

• YS schools rated ‘Excellent’

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 20, 2008

  At the Nov. 13 meeting of the Yellow Springs Board of Education, Jane Sonenshein of the Ohio School Board presented the board with a banner honoring the district’s having earned an “Excellent” ranking by the Ohio Board of Education.

• So what’s new at YSHS, Gudge?

  By Virgil HerveyAugust 28, 2008

  

  If you follow, at Yellow Springs High School/McKinney School, the glistening, new, Bulldog-blue floor as it circles the gym and flows like a river past the art room, the weight room and a host of other venues on the first floor and peek into the rooms…

• It takes a village to raise a ‘Roof’

  By Susan GartnerApril 24, 2008

  

  Randomly select anyone from the extensive list of participants — parents, students, staff, store owners, volunteers and professionals — who contributed to this year’s Yellow Springs High School spring musical, Fiddler On the Roof…