Village Schools Section :: Page 97

• At Mills Lawn School, a penny saved is a penny learned

  By Susan GartnerJanuary 29, 2009

  

  The ad hoc public relations team hurried down the hall, snaking their way past the lobby where colorful flags from 20 different countries hung from the ceiling. The group quickly grew in number as they stopped to collect more members en route to the 10:45 a.m. press conference. Sometimes a quick hug with a new […]

• Revised school board policy supports artistic freedom

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 22, 2009

  Almost a year after a censored high school student-written play sparked a community controversy, the Yellow Springs Board of Education on Jan. 8 approved a revised board policy that clarifies that audience members will be given notice and the opportunity to leave if a play is deemed potentially offensive.

• Plucky harpists learn some string theory at Antioch School

  By Susan GartnerJanuary 15, 2009

  

  The children sat on a rug in a semicircle around the visiting harpist in the art/science room at The Antioch School, each hugging her or his own child-sized harp, their faces pressed close to the strings.

• Youth, elders dialogue about drug dogs, trust

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 25, 2008

  According to several Yellow Springs youth, the schools and the village are not as supportive and inclusive of youth as they should be, and the youth need more of a voice in making the decisions that affect them.

• YS Promise moves ahead

  By Virgil HerveyDecember 4, 2008

  What if someone told you that if your child goes through the Yellow Springs Schools, he or she will be eligible to receive a scholarship to attend college? Wouldn’t you want to move here and send your kids to school here?

• Rwandans open up world for YS

  By Susan Gartner

  

  It was an ordinary night in the village. Traven was showing Tony — both Yellow Springs High School students — how to make Rice Crispy treats. Another student, Kelly, was doing homework alongside her brothers and sisters.

• Football to continue in ‘09

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 27, 2008

  Yellow Springs High School will field a football team next fall, YSHS Principal John Gudgel announced at the Nov. 13 meeting of the Yellow Springs board of education. “We feel confident that we will have enough players,” Gudgel said.

• Zagory gets a kick out of football

  By Virgil Hervey

  

  As the argument about the value of retaining a football program at Yellow Springs High School raged on in the community forum pages of the News in recent weeks, one of the school’s graduates was steady as a rock, kicking field goals and extra points for the Stanford University football team.

• Drug dogs may come to YSHS

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 20, 2008

  At their Nov. 13 meeting, members of the Yellow Springs Board of Education discussed bringing in trained dogs to search for drugs in Yellow Springs High School.

• YS schools rated ‘Excellent’

  By Diane Chiddister

  At the Nov. 13 meeting of the Yellow Springs Board of Education, Jane Sonenshein of the Ohio School Board presented the board with a banner honoring the district’s having earned an “Excellent” ranking by the Ohio Board of Education.