Regina Sackman doesn’t hide her enthusiasm for her new role as principal of Springmill STEM Elementary or her gratitude for being chosen for the job. “How lucky I am to be working with our nation’s most valuable resource, helping to shape the futures of young children and planting the seeds for them to be successful,” she said. More…
A flower and vegetable garden that supplements learning at Prospect Elementary School was a first-place winner this summer in Mansfield’s Seventh Annual Take Pride Earth Stewardship Contest.
Amy Burns, a Prospect occupational therapist who conceived the garden idea, presented a trophy to Prospect Principal Jason Douglas on Thursday. The trophy recognizes Prospect’s success in the schools division of the contest. More…
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Mansfield City Schools are ready for another year of learning and fun. Students at Mansfield Senior High School and Mansfield Middle School will pick up their 2018-2019 schedules next week. Meanwhile, all schools have set open house dates and times.
Senior High and middle school students may pick up their schedules on the following dates: More…
Additional safety – in the form of child restraints for very young students – is built into the two new special needs buses recently delivered to Mansfield City Schools. The 60-passenger buses, which also feature wheelchair power lifts, each has 16 of the child-restraint seats. More…
Parents and supporters of Mansfield City Schools will have the opportunity to put a face with a name this week as new administrators meet the public.
Milton Folson, Ph.D, newly appointed grades 7-12 principal and his assistant principals will meet the community during two open sessions next week at Mansfield Senior High School. More…
Maintenance and cleaning work continues at Mansfield City Schools buildings in preparation for the return of students in just under four weeks.
“There’s a lot to do but we’re on track,” operations manager Bob Booth said Tuesday, as he watched district maintenance worker Fred Horton operating a backhoe at Sherman Elementary School at the point where buses drop off students. More…
Mansfield City Schools will share a strong anti-bullying message during the Ocie Hill Community Block Party from 12 to 4 PM this Saturday, July 28.
Several other community groups will participate. Oasis of Love Church Charities will distribute free school supplies. A bouncy house and a rock climbing wall will be part of the free event. More…
An assistant principal at Thomas Worthington High School last year will fill the newly created position of grades 7-12 principal at Mansfield Senior High and Mansfield Middle School.
Milton V. Folson, Ph.D. was appointed to the post Thursday evening on a 5-0 vote of the Mansfield City Schools Board of Education. More…
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A couple with connections to Mansfield City Schools is searching for daffodil bulbs – thousands of them – to plant this fall as part of Mansfield in Bloom. More…
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The Mansfield City Schools Board of Education has approved the hiring of two elementary school principals and three assistant principals for grades 7-12. All five administrators received two-year contracts. The action came during a special meeting Thursday afternoon at the Raemelton administration building. More…
The Mansfield City Schools Board of Education will act on several administrative and teaching appointments when it meets in special session at 4 PM on Thursday.
The Board also will hear a presentation by representatives of Project SOAR (Students on an Alternative Route) and finalize a job description for director of Career Tech Education. More…
The original gym floor at Malabar Intermediate School — once the floor of the Malabar High School Falcons — is gone, soon to be replaced by its brighter, more colorful, more durable hardwood successor. More…
For many elementary-age children, the term “summer slide” means gliding down a colorful plastic chute to splash into a swimming pool. For Mansfield City Schools Superintendent Brian Garverick, however, it means the erosion of reading skills that can occur between May and August.
“There are summer reading opportunities in Mansfield – the Big Red Bookshelf is a great example — but we wanted something more to combat summer slide,” Garverick told the board of education earlier this month. “So we approached the North End Community Improvement Cooperative.” More…
Seven Mansfield City Schools teachers were back in the classroom last week, participating in 30 hours of specialized training for working with children who have difficulty with reading, spelling and writing of the type associated with dyslexia.
The Monday-Friday sessions at the Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center focused on the Orton-Gillingham approach to teaching. Training was led by Victoria Jones of the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education. More…
