Covid-19 Vaccinations will be administered February 4 to all interested employees. 

Mrs. Snider attended the elementary Spelling Bee. Congratulations to Joseph Taylor on his first place victory. 

The monthly administrators’ meeting was held. 

The Board of Education held a Special Meeting to revise the District Covid Start-up Plan. The board voted to allow students to attend five days a week. The plan can be adjusted if warranted. 

Collaborative review of student achievement scores

Annual reviews within special education were held.

Mrs. Harding has been in contact with Pay Schools and will meet with administration concerning expanding online payment of fees, admissions and fundraisers.

Mrs. Harding will meet next week with Strategic Solutions concerning scanning and storage of obsolete files as well as additional programs for further automation related to the payroll department.

Across the state of Ohio there has been a data breach causing fraudulent unemployment claims. The fiscal department has been keeping staff updated and answering questions.

Tablets from old high school are set. Work continues on softball field.

Boys’ Basketball vs. Olmsted Falls

On Saturday, January 16th, our varsity boys’ basketball team competed against Olmsted Falls at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Although they fell short of a win, the score being 76-54, it was a memorable experience to play on such a well-known court. Senior Kobe Mitchell reached his 2,000 point mark as well. Congratulations Kobe! 

- Nadia Tweedy

District Spelling Bee

The District Spelling Bee was held in the auditorium on January 25, at 6 pm. Congratulations to the following students who are moving on to the Regional Spelling Bee on March 13th, with a chance to earn a spot in the National Spelling Bee. The students are as follows: front row from left to right: 2nd alt- Katie Cumings (5th), 1st Alt Chace Byers (6th), 8th- Lance Rupp (5th), 7th- Emma Palmer (5th), 6th- Ethan Carpenter (7th), and back row from left to right; 5th-Isabelle Brown (7th), 4th- Charley Miller (6th), 3rd- Joseph Taylor (6th), 2nd- Pierce Sobleski (7th), 1st- Mikiahla Davenport (8th). Congratulations and thank you to all!

- Esther Lopez

Senior Career Exploration

Service Learning seniors worked to complete a career exploration project to research in lieu of job shadowing for this school year. The students investigated career fields they were planning to enter and presented information to the class. Lexi Ferguson explained about the field of nursing after conducting research and interviews with current professionals.

- Thea Haney

French Class

Mrs. Wood’s French 2 class works through 5 station activities covering various lingual topics. 

- Karlea Thompson

Upcoming Events

Monday, February 1
• Girls’ Varsity Basketball vs. Martins Ferry 6:00
• Varsity Bowling vs. TCC (Valie Lanes) 4:00

Tuesday, February 2
• Boys’ Varsity Basketball vs. East Liverpool 6:00 
• Varsity Bowling vs. St. Clairsville (JR Lanes) 4:00

Wednesday, February 3
• Boys’ Varsity Basketball vs. River 6:00
• Girls’ Varsity Basketball @ St. Clairsville 6:00
• Boys’ Junior High Basketball @ Steubenville Catholic Central 6:30
• Girls’ Junior High Basketball @ Steubenville Catholic Central 5:30

Thursday, February 4
• Varsity Wrestling (Buckeye 8) 5:00
• Varsity Bowling vs. St. John Central (JR Lanes) 4:00
• Boys’ Junior High Basketball vs. Barnesville (Stephenson Center) 5:30

Friday, February 5
• Boys’ Varsity Basketball vs. Indian Creek 6:00 

Saturday, February 6
• Girls’ Varsity Basketball vs. Buckeye Local 11:00
• Boys’ Freshman Basketball vs. Shadyside 2:00

Peeking into Preschool

This week in Miss Ashley’s preschool, we learned about the letter R, practiced writing our names, and worked on cutting skills.

Soaring in Second

Second graders have been busy reading. Check out the AR STARS below!

Here is Everli Sall, pictured with her ribbon for earning over 50 AR points.

Wyatt Zeroski is pictured with his ribbon for hitting the 75 point mark!

Jace McAfee is being recognized for earning 50 or more AR points.

Upcoming Events

Thursday, February 11
• Valentine’s Day Class Parties

Friday, February 12
• Parent Teacher Conferences, No School

Monday, February 15
• President’s Day, No School

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