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Village Schools Section :: Page 64

  • School board forum— Candidates address safety, governance

    By Diane ChiddisterNovember 7, 2013

    The appropriate role of school board members in regard to school administrators was a focus at both school board candidates’ forums this week and last, as villagers heard candidates speak about their reasons for seeking office, and answer questions.

  • Mills Lawn School brings out Halloween spirits, and more…

    By Matt MindeNovember 1, 2013

    Bursts of color and activity filled the Mills Lawn School gymnasium as kids cavorted in costumes. (Photos by Matt Minde)

    Although Beggars Night was rescheduled, Mills Lawn School’s annual Halloween Parade did take place, albeit in the slightly more accommodating confines of the school gymnasium.

  • YSCAPE funds school change

    By Lauren HeatonOctober 24, 2013

    When in 2011 the local school district established its 10-year strategic roadmap for modernizing public education in Yellow Springs, leaders didn’t yet know how they would fund the change.

  • Toot sweet: a fundraiser to replace aging recorders

    By Matt MindeOctober 10, 2013

    Come to the Mills Lawn School Busking Booth tent this Street Fair weekend and hear some great performances for a great cause.

    Mills Lawn School students will help offset the cost of replacing the recorders in the music room by performing for cash on the street in the MLS PTO Street Fair “Busking Booth.”

  • Leading Yellow Springs Schools a delicate balance

    By Lauren Heaton

    Maintaining a leadership team in the Yellow Springs Schools that always agrees is seldom possible; the schools struggle at times to balance the shared authority granted by the state to both the local school board and the school administration.

  • YSI Inc. immerses kids in water

    By Megan BachmanOctober 3, 2013

    Mills Lawn Elementary School fifth and sixth graders took a field trip last week to YSI Inc. (a Xylem brand) to learn about local and global water issues as part of a collaboration with the water-monitoring equipment manufacturer. YSI/Xylem has also purchased water test kits for the school to commemorate World Water Monitoring Day. Here students in Dionne Barclay’s fifth-grade class work together to keep a giant model of the earth afloat, symbolizing the need for everyone to chip in to save the planet. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    On a recent field trip, the Mills Lawn Elementary School fifth and sixth graders spent a day at YSI Inc. (a Xylem brand), learning about local and global water issues, and bounced a giant model of earth to symbolize the need for everyone to chip in to save the planet.

  • Help feed the school’s PBL beast this weekend

    By Lauren HeatonOctober 2, 2013

    Yellow Springs school’s first annual Homecoming Pig Roast is happening at Peifer Orchards this Saturday as a fun fundraiser for the schools.

  • Anything on Wheels rescheduled due to bike path repairs

    By Lauren ShowsOctober 1, 2013

    The Antioch School held its recently-revived Anything On Wheels fundraising event Sunday, Sept. 23, where students, both present and past, ride from the school on Corry Street to Xenia and back for a total of about 15 miles on bicycles, unicycles, skateboards — anything on wheels. Experienced riders can choose to go the whole distance, while those new to wheels can ride around the path surrounding the school playground. Pictured above are, from left, graduate Jorie Sieck, Sam Linden (obscured), graduate Zack Brintlinger-Conn, Evelyn Potter, graduate Samantha Bold and Zenya Hoff-Miyazaki. Sieck and Brintlinger-Conn rode the entire 15 miles on unicycles, accompanied by Bold and Hoff-Miyazaki. They were met in the last stretch by their peers who had finished and circled back to bring them home. (Photo by Matt Minde)

    The Antioch School fundraiser Anything on Wheels, originally scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 6, has been re-scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 13, to accommodate repairs being made to the Little Miami Scenic Trail.

  • Yellow Springs School District allows service dog

    By Lauren HeatonSeptember 26, 2013

    Jonah Kintner, a Mills Lawn elementary student, has a service dog named Clank who helps him with everyday life skills. Jonah wants Clank to be able to come to school with him.

  • Service dog to help Mills Lawn student in question

    By Lauren HeatonSeptember 13, 2013

    The Yellow Springs school district is deliberating on whether to allow one of its students to bring a service dog to school.

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