Education

Macy Wanamaker –––– Fairbanks students attend OHC Arts Festival By Kate White On March 12, Fairbanks students attended the Ohio Heritage Conference Fine Arts Festival. Choir, band, and visual arts stu...

The Marysville High School Alumni Association will host its annual alumni banquet on Saturday, May 11, in the high school Cafeteria. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the 140th Alumni Banquet begins at 6 p.m. ...

The North Union Board of Education held their monthly meeting at the North Union Middle School Monday evening. Board members toured the facility prior to the start of the meeting. NUMS Principal Matt ...

Marysville school officials are gearing up for a change in the elementary report cards. During a work session of the Marysville Board of Education on Monday night, district superintendent Diane Mankin...

Students at Fairbanks will be taking a step away from technology. At Monday night’s meeting of the Fairbanks Board of Education, the board unanimously voted to have third graders take their state mand...

Ann Connolly, a fifth grade student at Trinity Lutheran School in Marysville, recently competed for an opportunity to attend the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The state bee was hel...

This year Jonathan Alder High School’s drama department will present “Anything Goes.” This musical follows nightclub dancer and evangelist, Reno Sweeney (Aubrey Wright) who sets sail from New York to ...

The Marysville High School Performing Arts Department will present “Chicago the Musical” (high school edition). The Tony Award winning musical about fame, fortune and acquittal, features the songs “Al...

Jennifer Patterson of Marysville has been named to the Dean’s List at John Carroll University for the Fall 2018 semester. Students who are eligible for the Dean’s List must have completed a minimum of...

Jacob Branton By Chase Cutarelli Jacob Ryan Branton is the son of Jerry and Denise Branton. A lacrosse player for four years and team captain his senior year, he also played football during his freshm...

Senior of the Month Rachel Wargo Rachel Wargo is the daughter of Jeff and Lisa Wargo of Marysville and Kim and Kevin Craig of Dublin. Throughout high school, she has been involved in international clu...

The Fairbanks High School 2019 Mock Trial Companions team will compete at the state competition beginning today at the Franklin County Courthouse. Nearly 30 teams will compete in the event, which cont...

Featured Seniors Chloe Powers By Chase Cuteralli Chloe Powers is the daughter of Steve and Jamie Powers. She has played softball for three years and has been a member of Leo Club for four years. A par...

The Marysville School District wants to improve its bus camera system. At a board of education meeting Thursday night, District Treasurer Todd Johnson reported the school has applied for a $40,000 saf...

Featured Seniors Claire Ruff February’s senior of the month is Claire Ruff. She is the daughter of Mark Ruff and Tina Owens-Ruff of Marysville. Throughout high school, she has been involved in soccer,...

Mock trial team advances to regionals The Marysville High School Mock Trial team competed in the district competition Jan. 18. Of the four teams representing Marysville, one team was victorious in bot...

Featured Seniors Lindsey Itnyre By Chase Cuteralli Lindsey Marie Itnyre is the daughter of Brandy and Ron Itnyre. She has been dancing at Patty Beery’s Energy Arts for fifteen years, participated in c...

Featured Seniors Lauren Deere By Chase Cuteralli Lauren Deere is the daughter of Jason and Beth Deere. She is a gymnast, as well as a member of National Honor Society, Leo Club, student council, and t...

Trinity Lutheran School has the honor roll results of the first trimester of the 2018-2019 school year. Those placing on the distinction honor roll, earning a 4.0 grade point average, are third grader...

A Marysville student has been selected as a 2019 Latham Entrepreneurial Scholar at Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU). Katie Bischoff is an OWU student who expects to major in computer science with a spec...

Senior of the Month JORDAN CLIFTON November’s senior of the month is Jordan Clifton. She is the daughter of Todd and Chasity Clifton of London. She is employed at Goodwill in Marysville. She has been ...

The Marysville Choral Boosters, which supports the Swingers Unlimited program, will hold its annual Cabaret Night Saturday at Marysville High School. Pictured above are Senior members of the high scho...

Featured Seniors Ashlee Fishbaugh By Chase Cuteralli Ashlee Diana Fishbaugh, daughter of Jeremy and Jennifer Fishbaugh, is a featured senior at Marysville High School. In all of her four years of high...

Senior of the Month October’s Senior of the month is Kate White. She is the daughter of Chuck and Cindy White of Marysville. She attends Trinity Lutheran Church in Marysville, where she helps with Sun...

Clothes Closet celebrates third year with new location Pictured are members of Marysville High School’s Clothes Closet program, which helps secure clothing for students in need. They are, left to righ...

By Alexis Murray Fairbanks’ 2018 Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) made history as it attended nationals in Atlanta, Georgia, from June 28 to July 3. The eight attendees all pla...

By Elizabeth White The Fairbanks marching band had its annual band camp this year from July 29 to Aug. 3. For the first since Ben Keller’s first year of teaching, band camp was held at Fairbanks High ...

By Ayden Adams This year’s FFA officer team is a great group of children, as president Travis Dellinger, who is a senior, is leading the 2018 officer team to great things. His responsibilities include...

By Marissa Fornadel This upcoming school year will be an exciting one for National Honor Society (NHS), as all of the annual events and traditions are being planned out. The new officers held the firs...

By Grace Koenig This year’s Fairbanks fall homecoming festivities begin at 7 p.m. Oct. 5, with an afternoon pep-rally followed by a football game that evening. The Fairbanks Panthers will be challengi...