Published in Westerville News and Public Opinion newspaper Thursday July 16, 2015 9:34 AMThe Westerville City School District has hired five new teachers and reassigned five others in preparation for the launch of all-day kindergarten this fall.Full-time teachers were hired both because of the new kindergarten offering and higher enrollment numbers, according to Executive Director of Elementary Academic… Continue reading Teachers hired, trained as part of kindergarten prep
Wednesday March 11, 2015 11:53 AMWesterville City Schools' renovation and expansion of Pointview Elementary School will take an estimated 18 months to complete and cost $5.5 million, district officials said.The renovation and expansion, carefully designed to create "inspirational learning environments," should be complete for students' return to class for the start of the 2016-17 school… Continue reading Renovated, expanded Pointview to welcome students in fall 2016
Wednesday February 11, 2015 11:08 AMSee it on ThisWeekNews.comMore than 330 Genoa Middle School sixth-graders participated in National Novel Writing Month -- NaNoWriMo for short -- collectively writing 1,211,471 words.Deanna McDaniel, Genoa's media specialist, helped lead the NaNoWriMo writing challenge.Traditionally, NaNoWriMo is an annual, Internet-based creative writing project where any adult can challenge themselves to… Continue reading Genoa students become published authors
Originally published in ThisWeekNews Wednesday January 21, 2015 7:10 PMAt the first Dublin Board of Education meeting of 2015, the Board President and Vice-President were re-elected and online school board meeting agendas were debuted.The district will no longer distribute hard copies of agendas. Instead, community members are invited to go online to view the agendas, minutes,… Continue reading Board elects officers, hears task forces updates
See original story here Wednesday December 17, 2014 4:18 PMBob Scott recognizes Heidi Wess and Scott Nimmo at the board meeting for Exemplary Service in a Medical Emergency(from Dublin City Schools Twitter)On Mon. Dec. 8, the Dublin School Board met for the last time this year. The Gifted Education task force created a service model draft… Continue reading Elementary size findings to be unveiled Jan. 12
OLDE SAWMILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL(Original ThisWeek News article can be found here)By DEBBIE GILLUMWednesday December 10, 2014 8:59 AMPhoto from Janet DiSilvestroFor the fourth year, Olde Sawmill Elementary students are learning the importance of helping those in need through a year-long service learning project. It’s called the Penny Harvest and it is a three-phase program from the… Continue reading Students learn about giving back to community
DUBLIN VILLAGERBy DEBBIE GILLUMWednesday December 3, 2014 9:36 AMWritten for The DublinVillager weekly newspaper and ThisWeekNewsOriginal article can be found by clicking hereAt the Dublin Board of Education Meeting Nov. 13, several task forces provided board members with updates. The district is working toward meeting its goals for the year by getting updates from the respected… Continue reading Task forces supply updates board of education
By DEBBIE GILLUMTuesday November 25, 2014 9:07 PMWritten for ThisWeekNews Dublin Villager newspaper Dublin City Schools is one of 547 school districts in the U.S. and Canada to be honored by the College Board with placement on the 5th Annual Advanced Placement District Honor Roll for increasing access to AP course work and improving scores.This is… Continue reading Dublin’s advanced placement programs receive honor
Work progressing on preparing recommendationsBy DEBBIE GILLUMTuesday November 25, 2014 8:50 AMWritten for ThisWeekNews Dublin Villager newspaper At the Dublin Board of Education meeting, discussions continued about elementary school additions. Throughout the month of November, representatives from the engineering architectural firm of Garmann/Miller Architects are scheduled to visit all 12 elementary schools with the goal of… Continue reading Elementary School Additions
Karrer's Turkey Bowl tradition to continue Nov. 25By: Debbie GillumFormer OSU basketball star Scoonie Penn talks strategy to students of Dublin Karrer Middle School during the annual Turkey Bowl fundraiser Nov. 25Wednesday November 19, 2014 9:29 a.m.Written for ThisWeekNews Dublin Villager newspaper Local sports stars will play flag football with Karrer Middle School students to raise money… Continue reading Karrer’s Turkey Bowl tradition to continue Nov. 25
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