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  • Scholarships to be awarded for agricultural, environmental studies

    By YS News StaffFebruary 19, 2018

    Greene County Farm Forum and OSU Extension Office to award scholarships to students planning to study fields related to agricultural and various environmental sciences.

    The Greene County Farm Forum and Master Gardeners will offer scholarships for students planning to focus on an assortment of agricultural and plant-based environmental studies.

  • Community input sought for future PBL projects

    By YS News StaffFebruary 14, 2018

    Isaiah Search used a tree identification guide to help his team chart and name the trees near the tennis court at Mills Lawn school in 2014. The second-grade class mapped the campus to help the district figure out which trees were at risk for emerald ash borer disease. (Photo by Lauren Heaton)

    Yellow Springs Schools is requesting ideas from the community for future project-based learning projects.

  • Bulldog Sports events for Feb. 9–26

    By YS News StaffFebruary 9, 2018

    Bulldog Sports events for Feb. 9–26: Cheer on the teams as winter sports come to a close!

  • Bulldog Brigade puts skills to work

    By Carol SimmonsFebruary 8, 2018

    Making some dough: As a member of Yellow Springs High School’s Bulldog Brigade, junior Harper Mesure has completed a variety of temporary job placements around town, including at The Winds Cafe, above, where owner Mary Kay Smith was so impressed with his work, she hired him part time. (Submitted Photo by Sylvia Ellison)

    Sierra Miller, a senior at Yellow Springs High School, says her “dream job” is to be  a voiceover artist, working in television and radio. In the meantime, she’s getting a variety of job experiences, for wherever her dreams take her, through a distinctive district program.

  • YS teacher named finalist for national award

    By Carol SimmonsFebruary 3, 2018

    McKinney Middle school English teacher Jaime Adoff is a top-10 finalist for the biennial Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching, a national award sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

  • Typographical error forces special meeting

    By Carol SimmonsFebruary 1, 2018

    A typo in the bond and tax levy resolution approved by the Yellow Springs school board earlier this month forced the board to call a special meeting Tuesday, Jan. 23, to replace the incorrect resolution with the corrected version.

  • School board approves May levy

    By Carol SimmonsJanuary 25, 2018

    At its regularly scheduled meeting Thursday, Jan. 11, the Yellow Springs School Board approved a “resolution to proceed” to place a 4.7-mill permanent improvement levy and a 0.25 percent income tax levy on the May 8 ballot.

  • YS Schools cancelations, postponements and rescheduled events

    By YS News StaffJanuary 12, 2018

    YS Schools cancelations, postponements and rescheduled events for Jan. 12–20, 2018.

  • Mills Lawn fourth-graders eye affordable housing via PBL

    By Carol SimmonsJanuary 11, 2018

    The fourth graders in Shannon Wilson’s class at Mills Lawn are tackling the issue of affordable housing in the village as a year-long Project-based Learning unit. They met with members and supporters of Home, Inc. just before the winter break to learn about the nonprofit’s work and to share their research. Above, Trevor Roberts and Jonah Simon engage Home, Inc. Executive Director Emily Seibel, while Ryan Thomas confers with a peer in the background. (Photo by Carol Simmons)

    Finding an affordable place to live in Yellow Springs can be a challenge. That’s a conclusion reached by Mills Lawn fourth graders as part of a project-based learning unit.

  • 2017 Year in Review: village schools

    By Carol SimmonsJanuary 4, 2018

    Layla Walland, 5, was ready for her first day of kindergarten. Her father, Matt Walland, and 2-year-old brother, Finn, looked on. (Photo by Carol Simmons)

    2017 Year in Review: village schools

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