Mills Lawn School Section :: Page 8

• VIDEO — New climber at Mills Lawn School

  By Matt MindeAugust 9, 2013

  

  The beloved wooden Big Toy was partially destroyed by a falling silver maple during a storm last July. In its place last week arose a mighty, multi-piece structure.

• Guest learned by teaching

  By Megan BachmanMay 23, 2013

  

  While the district will begin so-called project-based learning (PBL) next school year, Ellen Guest has been exploring similar methods for decades, squeezing in projects wherever she could. That’s one reason her retirement at the end of this school year is tinged with sadness.

• Young authors sign books

  By YS News StaffApril 14, 2013

  

  Mills Lawn fifth graders participating in a project-based learning unit have put out an informational book about Glen Helen. The authors will hold a book signing and party in celebration of the completion of the book on Sunday, April 21, 4 p.m. in the Glen Helen Auditorium.

• Mills Lawn Book Fair this week

  By Suzanne SzempruchMarch 25, 2013

  

  Mills Lawn Elementary School is excited about the upcoming Book Fair. An amazing selection of books is headed our way!

• 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.