Students and their families are preparing to head back to school. As the 2014-2015 school year approaches, local administrators are gearing up for what they hope are successful academic years.
Tim Tarvin, superintendent of Shelby City Schools, said, “We’re really excited and feel that we’ve been riding the waves of success and we want to just keep that going.” He added, “We’ve got great kids and a great community and we’re proud to serve them and we’re going to continue to serve them well.”
He noted that the district has welcomed new staff members, each of whom have been working throughout the summer to prepare for the upcoming year.
Similarly, staff at Mansfield City Schools have been working diligently to get ready for the new school year, noted Superintendent Brian Garverick.
“We’ve gone through passing a double-digit levy, entered fiscal emergency, had numerous staff cuts, closed a school building, and have had to reorganize our district in terms of serving our families, so with that in mind, the administration and support staff have worked hard over the summer to prepare for the upcoming year and prepare for the changes that had to be made as a result of entering into fiscal emergency,” Garverick said.
He continued, stating that although the school has had to “scale down” its operations at Springmill Learning Center, “we have a committee in place working diligently to resurrect the programming out there. We’ve entered into a partnership with OSU-Mansfield that should help us move Springmill forward,” he said, “Student achievement will be at the front of our workload.”
Kicking off the back-to-school movement was Plymouth-Shiloh Local Schools, which began Monday, Aug. 18. Shelby City Schools will begin Tuesday, Aug. 19. Many other schools will begin the following day, Wednesday Aug. 20, including Ontario Local Schools, Lucas Local Schools, Clear Fork Valley Local Schools, Discovery School (kindergarten – 8th grade), Madison Local Schools and Mansfield Christian School.
Grades one through nine at Crestview Local Schools will also begin Aug. 20, and grades 10-12 will start the next day, Aug. 21. Crestview Elementary’s Opening Day Celebration will be held Aug. 20 at 8 a.m.
Preschool students at Discovery School begin Monday, Aug. 25. Lexington Local Schools also starts Monday, Aug. 25. Galion City Schools begins Tuesday, Aug. 26. Mansfield City Schools and St. Peter’s School will both begin Wednesday, Aug. 27. New student orientation for St. Peter’s High School and Junior High students will be held Thursday, Aug. 21 from 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Open house for the St. Peter’s Elementary students will be held Monday, Aug. 25 from 6-7 p.m.
The open house schedule for Mansfield City Schools is as follows:
Aug. 21 from 6-7:30 p.m. – Prospect, Woodland and Sherman elementary schools. Sherman’s will be for grades one, two, and three.
Aug. 28 from 6-7:30 p.m. – Sherman for kindergarten only.
Sept. 11 from 6-7:30 p.m. – Mansfield Middle School, Mansfield Senior High School, Alternative School.
Sept. 18 from 5:30-7 p.m. – Malabar Intermediate School.
Sept. 25 from 5:30-7 p.m. – Spanish Immersion School.
Sept. 25 from 5:30-7 p.m. – Pre-kindergarten classes located in the Spanish Immersion School.
Click on the title of the school to see the school’s calendar of events: Clear Fork, Crestline, Crestview, Discovery, Galion, Lucas, Lexington, Madison, Mansfield, Mansfield Christian School, Ontario, Plymouth, Shelby, St. Peter’s and Temple Christian School.
