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• Teachers Winks, Lemkau look back

  By Lauren HeatonMay 19, 2011

  Yellow Springs High School teachers Shanna Winks and Phil Lemkau are retiring this year.

• A magical ‘Aladdin’ at the Antioch School

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 18, 2011

  

  At the Antioch School, things get done a bit differently, and that includes the school musical. As befits a school that advocates a holistic approach to learning, the children are involved in all phases of the production, from choosing the play to picking their character, from designing their costume to decorating the set.

• Teachers reflect on fulfilling careers

  By Lauren HeatonMay 12, 2011

  

  Five teachers from Mills Lawn Elementary School and Yellow Springs High School are retiring this year after more than 30 years in the district.

• YSHS kids ready to rock ‘Chicago’

  By Megan BachmanMay 5, 2011

  

  If any high school could perform the edgy, somewhat risqué musical Chicago, it’s Yellow Springs. The show’s vaudevillian song and dance numbers are difficult, its despicable characters challenging — but for the talented group of young actors, it’s simply fun.

• Schools broaden elective choices

  By Lauren HeatonApril 28, 2011

  Teachers and administrators of Yellow Springs High School and McKinney School met last month to compose a new class schedule for next school year, which allows students greater flexibility and leverages teachers’ time to create more core electives.

• Schools open to a new future

  By Lauren HeatonApril 14, 2011

  Especially when it comes to the education of the community’s children, change is scary. But it is also an enormous opportunity to turn the things in the Yellow Springs schools that currently don’t work very well into academically stimulating experiences.

• ‘Potterluck’ pushes fun, literacy

  By Kelsey Cundiff

  

  The senior project requirements given to every senior at Yellow Springs High School state that each student’s project should “reflect a meaningful purpose that is either geared toward social action and community, self-education and growth, or education and facilitation.” This year’s group of seniors has taken those ideals to heart to produce a number of projects that could benefit the community.

• Board approves school cuts

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 24, 2011

  At the Yellow Springs school board meeting Thursday, March 10, five Yellow Springs High School students spoke in support of their orchestra teacher, whose position was one of many slated to be cut that night.

• Education film series concludes with “Two Million Minutes”

  By Megan Bachman

  

  “Two Million Minutes,” a documentary comparing high school students in the United States with their counterparts in China and India, will be shown as the last film in the Yellow Springs School Board’s series on Saturday, March 26, at 1 p.m. at the Little Art Theatre.

• Village schools host final Future of Education speaker

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 22, 2011

  

  Matt Fischer, the final guest in the Future of Education Speaker Series, will appear at Antioch College’s Herndon Gallery (South Hall) next Tuesday at 7 p.m.