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Smaller campuses like OSU help students make waves in their programs
Editor’s Note This story is part of an ongoing partnership between The Ohio State University Mansfield and Richland Source. For more, click here. When looking to further their education, many students crave the comfortable, caring and personal environment a smaller-scale college can provide. The Ohio State University at Mansfield community offers these qualities and many […]
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Leadership in action: Madison teens teach Black history at Eastview Elementary
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Maxwell Carroll and Myla Davis stood at the front of the classroom with a slideshow pulled up on the screen between them. To their left was a selection of Black history-themed children’s books. A cheerful bulletin board with third grade vocabulary words was on their right. The students in Kathy Jansen’s third […]
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Mind games: school chess clubs foster friendships, critical thinking
MANSFIELD — Alim Rawls does his best to stay focused on school, but sometimes he’d just rather play chess. A sophomore at Mansfield Senior High, Rawls has taught multiple friends how to play using a foldable board he carries around in his backpack. He typically plays during lunch. He’s also admitted to the occasional game […]
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Madison Choral Dept. to present Into the Woods Jr. March 17 to 19
MADISON TOWNSHIP — The Madison Choral Department has announced it will present the musical Into the Woods Jr. with a cast of high school students March 17-19 in the Middle School Auditeria. The shows are at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 17 and Saturday, March 18 with a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Sunday, March 19. […]
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Clear Fork BOE votes to re-employ Supt. Wyckoff for one year
BELLVILLE — The Clear Fork school board voted 5-0 Thursday to re-employ Supt. Janice Wyckoff for one more year, despite widespread criticism of the district’s leader. Board president Lori McKee said the agreement between Wyckoff and the board will allow the district to transition to a new superintendent while avoiding potentially lengthy and expensive litigation. […]
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MOESC’s summer teacher manufacturing boot camps set for June
MANSFIELD – Educators from districts in Crawford County, Morrow County, and Richland County will have the opportunity to participate in the first Teacher Business Boot Camps this summer. Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center’s Business Advisory Council and Economic Development and Chamber of Commerce partners in each county organized these programs to show teachers what goes on […]
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Tygers hone business skills in entrepreneurship CTE program
MANSFIELD — Grayson Foster isn’t afraid to hustle. Since 2019, the Mansfield teen has sold limited-edition tennis shoes through an Instagram page called 419.kickz. “What inspired me to start my own business was not having a limit to what I can make,” Foster said. “Although it takes more time to get a business up and […]
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Richland County schools receive additional state security funding
COLUMBUS — Additional state funds are headed to Richland County schools for security upgrades. More than 900 schools across the state will receive funds in the fourth round of Ohio’s K-12 School Safety Grant Program, Gov. Mike DeWine’s office announced Feb. 2. Mansfield City Schools received a total of $218,852, including allocations for Malabar Intermediate […]
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Apprentices advance their careers & education in journeyman program
MANSFIELD — Kam Vanderpool knew he had a good opportunity to learn career skills as a 17-year-old student at Pioneer Career and Technology Center. “At our orientation night, I signed up for precision machining and ended up loving it,” he said. “Even coming from a hands-on background, there was a lot of stuff I didn’t […]