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Campbell teacher uses $5,000 grant to create music program
Holding horns that were nearly as tall as they are to their lips, a group of third-graders from Campbell K-7 School unleashed a wall of sound during their morning music class.
11 Ursuline students plan trip to Nicaragua
From April 2-8, during Ursuline’s spring break, students will travel to the Central American country to help the locals fulfill what some may say are basic needs.
Prayer matters in West Branch
Community members surrounding West Branch Schools are sporting “Prayer Matters” shirts in support of a long-standing tradition that has come under fire
Read Aloud Day focuses on importance of literacy
Josh Batchelor reads from “Tiki and Ronde Barber: Teammates” to Shelly Culp’s fifth-grade class at Austintown Intermediate School Thursday for World Read Aloud Day. Culp bought the book for Batchelor to spark his interest in reading when she had him as a third-grade student at Watson Elementary.
Drawing goes digital at Canfield
In Pete Graff’s art classes at Canfield High School, tablets and shared cloud storage have been integrated into his day-to-day lessons.
West Branch gets flak for praying at athletic events
Having nothing in place of prayer during any school-sponsored event is the best course of action for West Branch Schools, Freedom From Religion Foundation’s legal director says
‘Life’s tough,’ but drugs no answer, speaker tells students
“Life’s about choices,” he said. “I ran around with a crowd that didn’t make the same choices that I did. I was always lucky enough, or I think I feared my mom enough not to do what they did,” he said. “They’d go one way. I’d go the other way.”
Ursuline High School will participate in a capstone diploma program
Ursuline High School will participate in a capstone diploma program
Ryan nominates 11 area students to military academies
The 11 recommended have excelled both academically and personally as leaders in their communities.
Former Fitch football star headed to prison for robbery
Tyler Hewlett appeared to be on the right track.
Lowellville “superheroes” teach students good character
Slightly more than 250 Lowellville kindergarten through sixth-grade students erupted into cheers as the “Character Avengers” – high-school students portraying superheroes exemplifying good character traits – burst into the school’s gym.
Early dismissal miscommunication for Y'town schools
About 20 Youngstown City Schools children had to be taken to the bus garage Friday because parents were unaware of an early dismissal