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• Class of 2010 encouraged to seek lives of value

  By Lauren HeatonJune 3, 2010

  Presiding over his last Yellow Springs High School commencement, Principal John Gudgel congratulated the 56 members of the class of 2010 on their graduation day. The class made fond and frequent reference to their senior trip to New Orleans and their corresponding class motto, “Laissez les bons temps roulez!” They were serenaded by senior Molly […]

• A stormy but jubilant eighth-grade promotion

  By YS News Staff

  

  A gym full of proud moms, dads, grandmas, aunts, uncles and friends attended the McKinney Middle School eighth-grade promotion ceremony on Wednesday, June 2, at the high school gym. Even a fierce thunderstorm and close lightning strikes couldn’t darken the mood of the 47 eighth-graders who received certificates of promotion that marked the passage from […]

• A YSHS principal who ‘gets us’

  By Lauren HeatonMay 27, 2010

  

  Of the thousands of youth he has mentored over the past 30 years and the stories that go along with each individual kid, there are a few that stand out in clear relief for Yellow Springs High School Principal John Gudgel.

• Community Summit sparks ideas on how to make schools better

  By Diane Chiddister

  Students, teachers and community members arrived at four main recommendations during a meeting in March at a “Community Summit for Yellow Springs Schools,” an event aimed at “using respectful and innovative methods of discussion to build a successful future for Yellow Springs schools.

• Farewell to Gudgel

  By Megan BachmanMay 24, 2010

  

  Departing Yellow Springs High School Principal John Gudgel greeted a steady stream of current and former students, parents, teachers, colleagues and friends at a farewell reception on Sunday at the Glen Helen building. Gudgel spent 30 years in the school district as a teacher, guidance counselor and principal, a position he held for the last […]

• Two seek radical change

  By Lauren HeatonMay 20, 2010

  

  Friends and classmates since they were in elementary school at Mills Lawn, the Yellow Springs High School class of 2010 valedictorian John Michael Malone and salutatorian Dylan Amlin have plans. But they’re not plans in the typical sense. In fact, beyond college, their plans hinge precisely on not having a defined path with goals that would lead them to a job, a house and “settling down.”

• YSHS students recognized for achievements

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  As is the tradition in May of every year, Yellow Springs High School recognized many of its students, especially its seniors, at the annual National Honor Society scholarship awards ceremony.

• Bulldogs finish second, times two, at league meet

  By Nick DudukovichMay 16, 2010

  

  The YSHS boys and girls track and field teams placed second and third, respectively, in the  Metro Buckeye Conference meet at Troy Christian High School on Friday, May 14. Both squads turned in strong individual performances and used the contest to prepare for district qualifiers, which begin Tuesday. The 4×800 relay team of Josh Meadows, […]

• Sundog Film Festival this Saturday

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 13, 2010

  

  The Sundog Film Festival, which features student-made films, will take place this Saturday, May 15, at the Little Art in Yellow Springs.

• Girls win first at Bulldog Invitational

  By Nick DudukovichMay 8, 2010

  

  Both the YSHS girls and boys track and field teams stormed the Bulldogs’ 10th annual Invitational meet on Friday, May 7, taking first place out of the 12 teams that competed.