MANSFIELD — State Senator Mark Romanchuk (R-Ontario) has announced that more than $7.2 million is coming to Richland County to support career-technical education programs. Both Ontario Local Schools and Pioneer Career & Technology Center will use the funds to prepare Ohio’s students for future careers. “Ohio’s economy is booming, and we are in need of a well-developed and […]
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Attendance tracking program helps combat chronic absenteeism
ONTARIO — For Chris Miller, the principal of Ontario Middle School, attendance has been one of his job’s biggest duties — and challenges — for the better part of 11 years. One of the biggest challenges Miller faced were attendance tracking programs that didn’t offer an easy way to see when students were reaching concerning […]
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Students test their skills at Bruce Weirich Cardboard Boat Regatta
ONTARIO — Austin Chartier could barely see past the front of his boat. The homemade cardboard vessel bowed in the middle, sending the edges of the bow and the stern above his head. Chartier, a seventh grader at Ontario Middle School, didn’t let it stop him. Armed with a plastic oar, he rowed tirelessly across the […]
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Ontario Schools awarded record-breaking grant to expand Career Tech
ONTARIO — Supt. Keith Strickler is about to build the STEM lab of his dreams. Ontario Local Schools was recently awarded a $642,849 grant from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce. The department’s Career Technical Education (CTE) Equipment Grant Program is aimed at helping schools establish or expand CTE programming and gives priority to schools […]
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Ontario Middle School students raise $360 for South Sudanese water charity
ONTARIO — Jonathon Winans and Mason Wilkerson both felt a bit shaky as they stood in front of the board of education Tuesday night. The two eighth graders, joined by their classmate Adelina Hines, presented their latest English Language Arts project. They also told the board about a class-wide service initiative. “I felt really nervous. […]
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Ontario, Shelby pilot high school math course
ONTARIO — Scott Kreger has taught high school math for more than 20 years, mostly geometry and lower-level algebra. But in Kreger’s newest course at Ontario High School, students focus more on applying math to real-world scenarios. Mathematical Modeling and Reasoning (MMR) was developed by educators across the state. Schools began piloting a modified version as […]
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Lucas student wins Richland County Spelling Bee title
MANSFIELD – The Richland County Virtual Spelling Bee started strong despite a few schools having delayed starts to their school day. The Bee took place on Thursday, Jan. 25 where 40 students from nine districts competed to be crowned champion of the bee. After nine rounds, only three spellers remained. Tyrin Kirst, a 4th grader […]
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Former Madison principal opens Clover Hill Early Learning Center in Ontario
Parents of children ages 18 months through 5 years old will soon have a new option for childcare and education in Richland County.
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Hiner & Baxter re-elected to Ontario school board
ONTARIO — Incumbents Amy Hiner and Brett Baxter have both been re-elected to their Ontario school board seats as of Nov. 7.
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Ontario STEM program offers hands on learning opportunities
ONTARIO — Hunter Olar set the four-wheeled robot on mat, pressed a button on the attached control box and leaned back in his computer chair. The machine spun to the right a sharp 45 degrees and lurched forward. The robot traveled 447 millimeters exactly, knocking a red plastic ball towards the edge of the mat, […]