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• Mills Lawn School’s Project Peace— Kids learn to make art, not war

  By Anisa KlineMarch 21, 2013

  At the beginning of the school year, Mills Lawn principal Matt Housh and school counselor John Gudgel got together to discuss their school-wide goals for the year. Number one on Gudgel’s list was addressing the issue of bullying, which he defines as “ongoing, intentional behavior to cause physical or emotional harm.”

• Mills Lawn kids tip hats to 1940s

  By Megan BachmanDecember 13, 2012

  

  The silly laughs and sensational songs heard on 1940s radio will be re-performed live in the Mills Lawn biennial all-school musical, The Albert Brown Show, featuring some of the era’s comedy routines, music and dance numbers and celebrity knockoffs.

• Mills Lawn puts on 1940s radio show

  By Megan BachmanDecember 12, 2012

  

  The silly laughs and sensational songs heard on 1940s radio will be re-performed live in the Mills Lawn biennial all-school musical, The Albert Brown Show, which opens Friday.

• Making dough

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 29, 2012

  

  The fourth-grade class at Mills Lawn school proudly presented a check to the Yellow Springs Food Bank this week for $182.92. (Photo by Lauren Heaton)

• A Monumental Event!

  By Suzanne SzempruchNovember 23, 2012

  

  Last Friday was the Mills Lawn Spelling Bee. There were 21 students involved and they all did a fantastic job! Congrats to all of them!

• Reed quintet delights students

  By Megan BachmanNovember 21, 2012

  Members of the Amsterdam-based reed quintet Calefax treated Mills Lawn students to a music workshop on Monday.

• Little Egypt filled with facts and artifacts

  By Matt MindeNovember 16, 2012

  

  Mills Lawn School was teeming last Friday with mascaraed, robed and loinclothed sixth graders who presented the fruits of their studies at the annual Egypt night, Thursday, Nov. 15.

• Mills Lawn Halloween Parade

  By Suzanne SzempruchNovember 1, 2012

  

  Yesterday wasn’t the best day for a parade but the staff and kids at Mills Lawn School were able to squeeze in a short and sweet one between the rain drops.

• At Mills Lawn, inquiry is king

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 13, 2012

  The new buzzword in the Yellow Springs School District this school year is “inquiry-based learning,” and at Mills Lawn Elementary School the effort to guide learning around student interest and problem-solving is already under way.

• Mills Lawn School traditional sixth-grade clap-out

  By Matt MindeJune 5, 2012

  

  The tradition of “clapping out” graduating sixth-graders involves them walking a friendly gauntlet through the school halls past clapping, hooting and cheering kids, on their way back to their MLS classrooms for the last time.