MANSFIELD — The Richland County Foundation announces its college and career technical education scholarship applications for the 2022-2023 school year are now available online at richlandcountyfoundation.org. The Foundation has 89 scholarship funds. Last year the scholarships ranged from $250 to $6,000 with 266 awarded totaling $531,300. New applicants and high school seniors must have at […]
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Mansfield Senior High and Middle School goes remote this week due to increased COVID absences
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Senior High and Middle School will switch to remote learning at least through the end of the week due to an increase in COVID-19 cases at the two schools. The district released a statement on their website on Monday announcing the change. “Due to an increase in illness, we have reached a […]
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Ohio assistant AG informal opinion: Fredericktown school board members-elect in conflict of interest
FREDERICKTOWN – An informal opinion from the Ohio attorney general’s office states two board members-elect for Fredericktown Local Schools cannot serve as local school board members while being employed by the joint vocational school — Knox County Career Center — that serves the local school district. Assistant Attorney General Byers Emmerling offered that opinion, written […]
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Stingel staff hosts coffee at the curb to promote reading
ONTARIO — On Thursday, Jan. 6, Stingel Elementary hosted a special event in conjunction with the American Federation of Teachers. Staff of Stingel served parents who dropped their children off “coffee at the curb” and gave them some information about the importance reading from AFT and their Reading Opens the World campaign to encourage good […]
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Area Agency on Aging 2022 scholarship program announced
ONTARIO — The Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging, Inc. has announced its 2022 Scholarship Program. The Area Agency on Aging Board of Trustees elected to provide three scholarship awards this year to individuals for higher education or classes benefitting the field of aging. Scholarship award amounts for the academic year 2022/2023 are as […]
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Loudonville students benefit from Trees to Textbooks program
COLUMBUS — Loudonville is among 16 rural Ohio school districts, their corresponding counties, and townships that will share $1,579,111 from the harvest of timber from Ohio’s state forests through the Trees to Textbooks program, which operates as part of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry. “Thanks to ODNR’s good stewardship of […]
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Richland County Foundation accepting Summertime Kids grant applications
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Foundation is accepting grant applications from nonprofit organizations for its Summertime Kids (STK) grant program. The grants allow nonprofit agencies to provide safe, fun-filled activities for Richland County children during the summer months. Grant amounts range from $300 to $2,500. Last year, a committee that included Foundation Board of Trustee […]
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Hillsdale FFA Advanced Parliamentary Procedure team finishes 3rd in Ohio
JEROMESVILLE — On Dec. 18, the Hillsdale FFA Advanced Parliamentary Procedure team finished third in Ohio’s state competition at the Delaware Area Career Center. Students participating in the Parliamentary Procedure Leadership Development Event (LDE) are evaluated on their ability to conduct an orderly and efficient meeting using parliamentary procedure. Parliamentary Procedure is a competition in […]
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Hybrid homeschooling program offers a classical education
MANSFIELD — Rebekah Beasley and Kristin Herzberger each homeschooled their children for over a decade when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. When schools went remote in March 2020, other families began to ask them about the process. “So many people were looking on how to homeschool and didn’t know what to do,” Beasley recalled. “We saw […]