MANSFIELD — Lined around the entrance to the library of Malabar Intermediate School are notes written to school librarian Maxine Johnson. She died last month at the age of 67, and the school will name the library in her honor on Feb. 21. “Many mornings, the library would be filled with children who had issues […]
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Scholarship available through Daughters of the American Revolution
MANSFIELD — The Jared Mansfield Chapter local scholarship is open to all students who will be attending OSU-Mansfield, NCSC, or Dwight Schar College of Nursing, Mansfield. The scholarship is also open to any student currently enrolled at any of the above schools. All scholarship application information can be found at each student’s high school scholarship […]
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Mansfield City Schools kindergarten registration begins Feb. 7
MANSFIELD — Kindergarten registration for the 2017-18 school year will begin on Feb. 7 throughout Mansfield City Schools. Children must be 5 years old by Aug. 1. Registration will be based on residents’ addresses at Prospect Elementary School, 485 Gilbert Ave.; Sherman Elementary School, 1138 Springmill Road, and Woodland Elementary School, 60 Davis Road. Kindergarten […]
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Special needs students grab responsibility through new program at Mansfield Sr.
MANSFIELD — Five students at Mansfield Senior High School can be seen walking around the hallways collecting paper from classrooms and dumping it into large brown bins on a typical Thursday. Three years ago, Connie Zhu and and her multiple disabilities program took over the weekly responsibilities from the KEY Club. “We thought this would […]
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Art exhibit of OSU-Mansfield faculty opens on Feb. 20
MANSFIELD — The Pearl Conard Gallery at Ohio State Mansfield will present an exhibition of recent works by faculty members from Ohio State University’s Department of Art. The exhibition will run Feb. 20 through March 10 at the Pearl Conard Art Gallery (Room 145 Ovalwood Hall, 1760 University Drive, Mansfield, OH 44906). The Gallery will host […]
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Lexington, Ashland elementary schools claim academic challenge honors
MANSFIELD — Fifty-six teams from elementary schools in Ashland, Crawford, Morrow, Richland, and Wayne counties recently participated in the Winter Elementary School Academic Challenge Tournaments sponsored by and held at the Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center. Schools participating included Ashland Christian, Colonel Crawford, Crestview, Crestline, Foundation Academy, Galion, Lexington, Mansfield City, Mt. Gilead, Northwestern, Shelby City, […]
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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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Mansfield grad creates app to alleviate student loan stress
MANSFIELD – Student loans are the bane of many a college graduate’s existence, but one Mansfield native has created a way to make student loans less of a headache. Scott Keefer, a 2008 Mansfield Senior High graduate, is a co-creator of the app GradLoan, designed to help people manage their student loans in a way […]
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Plymouth pushes back against state graduation estimates
PLYMOUTH – The majority of Plymouth High School’s class of 2018 is on track to graduate, despite statistics from the Ohio Department of Education that say otherwise. In a report in The Plain Dealer on Dec. 13, 2016, data from the Ohio Department of Education suggested that of Plymouth’s 58 junior students, zero had already […]
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Illness forces closure of St. Peter’s, Crestline schools
MANSFIELD — Two area schools were forced to close this week due to the spread of illness among students. On Monday, St. Joseph Catholic School in Crestline announced school would be closed both Tuesday and Wednesday this week. On Tuesday, St. Peter’s Elementary and Montessori Preschool followed suit by announcing school would be closed on […]