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Basketball game to benefit Heart Association
The Madison boys high school varsity basketball game, set for Dec. 14 at Madison High School between the host Mohawks and their Southwestern Buckeye League Buckeye Division rival the Carlisle Indians, will be a red vs. white game.T-shirts, selling for $10, are available for pre-sale order at Madison High School. ...
Monroe school board to meet Monday
The Monroe Local School district will have a regular board meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, in the Monroe Elementary Cafeteria located at 230 Yankee Road.A reception will be held before the meeting at 6:30 p.m. to recognize the Levy Campaign Committee.All meetings are open to the public. To ...
Life Skills Center celebrates state rating
The Life Skills Center is a tiny school at 631 S. Breiel Blvd., tucked between a barber shop and a beauty school in a strip mall. It doesn’t have an auditorium to hold assemblies so students and staff packed the hallways Friday to celebrate as principal Chuck Hall unveiled the ...
Schools changing texting policies
At a time when many school districts are crafting stricter regulations about teachers text messaging with students, Franklin Local Schools is embracing texting as an effective means of engaging its students.District officials sent permission slips home to parents of Franklin students this year asking if they would allow teachers to ...
School districts turn tragedy, need into opportunities to help
Several Middletown-area schools are turning the holiday season and Hurricane Sandy into opportunities to teach students about giving back.Middletown City Schools’ district-wide initiative to help Hurricane Sandy victims took place Nov. 8-14.Some schools collected paper items, cleaning supplies and personal hygiene items, according to district spokeswoman Gracie Gregory.“Rosa Parks Elementary ...
Marching band’s success sparks school spirit
Shawn Lenney has created a new kind of excitement at Madison High School.In just a few years, he has turned Madison’s once non-competitive marching band into one of the area’s best, and one of the school’s most popular extra curricular activities, with about one-fourth of the high school’s 1,500 students ...
Student faces assault charges for kicking school principal
An 11-year-old Highview Sixth Grade Center student is facing assault charges after he allegedly kicked and injured the school’s principal while he was being disciplined Tuesday.The boy is scheduled to appear in Butler County Juvenile Court on Dec. 4 and has been suspended from school for 10 days, his mother ...
Accounting policies create transparency in district finances
Monroe Local Schools officials have instituted new accounting policies to prevent falling again into fiscal emergency and state control. Last fall, an independent review of the district’s financial records showed that Monroe was in a “significant deficit situation” that may have been ongoing since 2009. The district’s five-year forecast showed ...
Hunter Elementary represented at school board conference
COLUMBUS — Hunter Elementary shared one of its outstanding programs during the 14th annual Student Achievement Fair Nov. 13 at the 2012 Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA) Capital Conference and Trade Show. OSBA showcases 100 innovative programs at this year’s fair, held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in downtown ...
Middletown Christian names Students of the Month
The following Middletown Christian Schools students were named November’s Students of the Month:Hayley Lovin, freshman; Adalee Wagner, seventh grade; Reagan Reeve, eighth grade; Addison Swope and Rebecca Johnson, kindergarten; Zion Combs, first grade; Brianna Ratliff and Brandon Ronan, second grade; Emma Hill and Andrew Humphreys, third grade; Bradley Allen and ...
City, school district study possible office move
School and city administrations are expected to decide next month if they will become roommates.The city and Middletown Schools announced in late October the possibility of moving district offices into the city building at One Donham Plaza. The city currently occupies all or portions of every level in the city ...
District mulls May ballot initiative to replace oldest school
Middletown City Schools officials say they might not wait for millions of dollars in state funding to come through before moving ahead with a plan to construct a new middle school in the East End.And a tax levy to help pay for it might not be too far away.Replacing Middletown ...
Carlisle council meeting location changed
The location for Tuesday’s Nov. 13 council meeting has been changed. The meeting will now be held in the Carlisle High School choir room, in order to honor the area veterans at 6 p.m. with the council meeting to follow.
Madison presents 209 fairytales
The Madison Thespians club will host “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon” tonight, Saturday and Sunday in the Madison High School theater.In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the original Brothers Grimm fairy tales, “Spectaculathon” mashes 209 Grimm fairy tales into one story.With Ashley Wagner and Dylan Bolen as your hosts, the ...
Fenwick open house Sunday
Bishop Fenwick High School will host its annual open house for parents and future Falcons from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the school, 4855 Ohio 122 Franklin.Meet faculty, current parents and students to learn about the school’s programs and activities. Campus tours will also be available. No pre-registration is ...
Schools collecting donations for Sandy victims
The Middletown City School District is getting involved with the Superstorm Sandy relief effort.The district is collecting items through Nov. 14 to aid in Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.Donations needed are: personal care items (including infant care); cleaning supplies; paper items; and non-perishable food items (pull tabs only due to the ...
Hispanic Heritage contest winners announced
Wildwood Elementary recently announced the art and literary contest winners from its recent Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.The winners are:Essay Contest: Xiarymar Correa-Rosario, first place; Jacob Dameron, second place; and Arissa Riley and Madina Westerman, third placeArt Contest: Sophia Whitt, first place; Ashley Cano-Castillo, second place; Yecenia Benitez, third place
Middletown Schools hosts Veterans Day events
Two Middletown schools will host events to honor veteransCentral Academy will host a Veterans Day brunch at 9 a.m. Friday at the school, located at 4601 Sophie Ave.Middletown High School’s Veterans Day Observance will take place at 1 p.m. Monday in the MHS auditorium. First Sgt. John Botts and Middletown ...
Monroe voters send message with levy passage
Voters were sending a message when they passed Monroe Local Schools’ five-year, 7.05-mill emergency operating levy Tuesday, district officials said the day after.“The vote count shows that we have to be responsible for what we do in the future,” Monroe Board of Education President Brett Guido said of the final, ...
Carlisle considering another levy in May
Carlisle Local Schools could be back on the ballot in May with another tax measure unless enough provisional votes were cast to change the outcome of Tuesday’s narrow levy defeat.The district’s five-year, 4.9-mill emergency operating levy was rejected by voters in Warren and Montgomery counties 2,247 to 2,103, according to ...
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