During the week of March 22-27, Walsh University will celebrate World Week to promote and raise awareness of important global issues such as health, education, environment, justice.

Registration is now open for Goodyear’s 10th annual "Engineering Career Day for Young Women," which will be held at Firestone High School  April 17, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The purpose of the event is to encourage female students in grades 6 through 12 to "picture themselves as an engineer."

Volunteers are needed for the District 13 Science Day and Engineering Fair that will be held on Saturday, March 27 in Bracy Science Hall on Mount Union’s campus.

 

Jackson High School's Spanish honor students have become the teachers of language to elementary students under the guidance of  Parthena Draggett.

Zoorific Career Days will be offered March 18, April 15 & 29 and May 6. The dates fall on most local school districts’ spring breaks. Students will have an opportunity to watch animals being shifted onto their exhibits for the day, get behind-the-scenes tours, watch animal training sessions, feed the penguins and more.

Lake Local Board of Education decides not to pursue "Belief in God" phrase in mission statement.

Thirteen young men jumped around the Canton Civic Center along with five adult men. The purple clad section exulted in total glee as if it were the inner confines of the Jackson High School gym.

The Coventry Schools Board of Education held two important votes at their February regular meeting.  The board approved the resolution to place a 6.25-mill levy on the May ballot.  But, the proposal to accept the Ohio School Facilities Commission recommendation to obtain a $1 million loan to renovate Coventry High school. The renovation that would move up  the ninth grade and additionally close Lakeview School for 2010-11 school year was defeated 3-2.

Nursing students may apply for scholarships.

The Financial Planning and Supervision Commission of Springfield Local Schools approved the memorandum of understanding between the Springfield Schools and the Springfield Education Association at its Feb. 23 meeting.

Governor Ted Strickland expressed confidence in the end of the recession as he toured Stark State University last Wednesday.

“I’m starting to see the beginning of a recovery,” Strickland said. “I met with my economic council and they all said we have reached the bottom of the recession.”

Textbooks and technology joined forces in Strausser’s second grade classrooms with Olympic results. 

In an effort to help students make connections to the real world while learning to understand and use research techniques, second graders spent several weeks immersed in the Olympic experience.

Join the McKinley Museum March 18, at 6 p.m. for Soup at Six, On the Move: The Early Auto Industry in Stark County. Join Director of Education Christopher Kenney for a look at Stark County's role in the early years of the automobile. Explore early manufacturers like Jewell and Holmes to the County's involvement with Henry Ford. Many modern conveniences of today's autos can be traced back to these early manufacturers.
 

Textbooks and technology joined forces in Strausser's second grade classrooms with Olympic results. In an effort to help students make connections to the real world while learning to understand and use research techniques, second graders spent several weeks immersed in the Olympic experience.
 

Song, dance and dinner available to Jackson seniors March 12.

On Friday, March 19, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., the Massillon Museum will host The Big Read Symposium and Keynote Address at Kent State University Stark Campus.

A select group of Jackson juniors and seniors spend their first two periods of the school day at various hospital areas of Aultman Hospital. The Aultman Academy Program is a great opportunity for students who are serious about a career in healthcare. It gives them a good deal of experience working with healthcare professionals, and provides a lot of educational value.

Aultman Hospital realizes it's tough to be a teen - and their parents - especially when managing a chronic condition such as diabetes. A free support group is planed for kids ages 12-17 with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes as a safe, comfortable place to learn and share.

Walsh Hosts Marching Band and Choir Open House and Auditions, March 20.