MANSFIELD — By 8:20 Friday morning, Spanish Immersion third-grader Abraham Evans was busy filling paper cups and making sure the plastic lids were secure. It was almost time for Coffee on the Curb. As they do each Monday and Friday, weather permitting, Spanish Immersion students serve free coffee to parents and others as they drop […]
Larry Gibbs, Special to the Richland Source
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Hundreds celebrate education at Mansfield Senior event
MANSFIELD — MECCANO, a robot that could spin around, tilt its head and wave its arms was a crowd favorite at Thursday evening’s Celebration of Education in the Mansfield Senior High commons. Hundreds of parents, grandparents and others turned out for the annual Mansfield School Employees Association event. The program, whose theme was “Wild About […]
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Math becomes a family activity in Springmill Learning Center exercise
MANSFIELD — A mathematics workshop for parents and grandparents of children in kindergarten through third grade began with a story Thursday morning at the Springmill Learning Center. The two-hour workshop, “How to Raise a Mathematician,” focused on the way children can have fun with math and see it in everyday activities around the home. The […]
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Mansfield Schools earns award for financial reporting
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Schools has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for the district’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. The award commends the district’s “spirit of full disclosure” in financial reporting. In a letter to Superintendent Brian […]
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Three co-chairs spearheading Mansfield renewal levy campaign
MANSFIELD — A retired bank president, a longtime principal and a woman active in school issues are leading the campaign to win passage of two Mansfield City Schools renewal levies on May 2. The school system emphasizes the levies would not increase taxes, only maintain what voters approved in 2013. Serving as co-chairs of the […]
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Altrusa’s donation of school supplies benefits 200 homeless kids in Mansfield City Schools
MANSFIELD — A Mansfield service club has come through in a big way to aid Mansfield City Schools’ support for students who are homeless. Altrusa International of Mansfield has donated thousands of school supplies – book bags, colorful markers, folders, pencils, glue sticks and much more – to the district’s S.A.F.E. (Student Achievement Through Family […]
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Mansfield’s Spanish Immersion School earns national honor
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Schools’ Spanish Immersion School is one of only two schools in Ohio – and 100 nationally — to receive the 2016 National Title 1 Distinguished School Award. The honor recognizes Spanish Immersion’s success in closing the achievement gap among students in all subgroups, as defined by state and national education officials. […]
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Strong work ethic leads 2 Mansfield students to full-time manufacturing jobs — before graduation
MANSFIELD — Machining skills, a strong work ethic and pleasant personalities have earned two Mansfield Senior High students full-time state-of-the-art manufacturing jobs four months before their graduation. Sam Shank and Travis Mills have been hired by Ohio Valley Manufacturing of Mansfield, a leading supplier of first operation steel blanking, stampings, transfer and value-added parts to […]
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Mansfield teacher takes new position as district coach mentor
MANSFIELD — Pat Gordon’s passion for developing literacy initiatives that improve student achievement burns as intensely as it did when she first began working with the Ohio State University in Columbus more than 20 years ago. Gordon is filling a new position in Mansfield City Schools, two years after she ended a nearly 30-year career […]
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Mansfield Schools earn perfect score on Ohio rating of special education services
MANSFIELD — A perfect score on the state’s annual rating of the district’s special education services is much more than a number to Jonathan Burras. “It is a representation that Mansfield City Schools is doing right by the community in serving our students with disabilities and those with diverse needs,” said Burras, now in his […]