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• A petrifying parade of grade-school ghouls

  By Matt MindeOctober 31, 2010

  

  Last Friday, Oct. 29, Mills Lawn School students once again set out to spook downtown via the annual Halloween Parade.

• School’s 5-year forecast in red

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 28, 2010

  The current school district budget picture, as presented by district Treasurer Dawn Weller at the school board’s Oct. 14 meeting, shows that expenditures are increasing at a greater rate than revenues, and the local district will begin running a negative cash balance at the beginning of the 2013 school year.

• Teacher surprised by national win

  By Megan BachmanOctober 14, 2010

  

  Last week Mills Lawn teacher Ben Trumbull was in the middle of a math lesson when Principal Matt Housh and representatives from a local Office Max store walked into his classroom with a surprise — a giant box filled with more than $1,000 in classroom supplies.

• Bulldog Sports Round-up

  By YS News Staff

  

  Girls soccer battles back to win The girls soccer team triumphed over visiting Stivers on Wednesday, Oct. 6 by a score of 2–1. Just five minutes into the game, Stivers went up 1–0. But the Lady Bulldogs fought back, taking 12 shots on goal in the first half and allowing only one. YSHS freshman Sharde […]

• Antioch School kids feel the beat

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 30, 2010

  Kids love drums. Performer and educator Eric “The Fish” Paton thinks he knows why. “There’s this sense of personal expression that’s possible,” Paton said in a recent interview, comparing introducing drums to a group of children with introducing oboes, a process that would take considerably longer. “Everyone can find their voice quickly.”

• Everything on wheels

  By Aaron ZaremskySeptember 28, 2010

  

  The Antioch School organized a bike riding event to raise money for its scholarship fund last Sunday.

• Basora puts schools to task

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 16, 2010

  Taking the first action step toward turning the Yellow Springs district into a model for 21st century education, Superintendent Mario Basora presented a four-page goal chart and timeline for the current school year to school board members at their meeting on Monday, Sept. 9.

• Students, teachers jam to their own success

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 11, 2010

  

  During Friday’s all-school assembly, Principal Tim Krier asked all the teachers to stand and be recognized for their hard work over the past two years of continuous improvement for the district.

• Schools earn highest honor

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 9, 2010

  For two consecutive years Yellow Springs students showed continuous academic improvement, which raised the school district’s designation from a school of excellence to a school of excellence with distinction, the highest rating in the state.

• Village schools earn top rating from state

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 4, 2010

  

  The Yellow Springs Village School District achieved an excellent with distinction rating, the highest possible grade, on the 2009–10 report card from the Ohio Department of Education last week.