Education

The Jonathan Alder School District has named their new junior high principal. Ryan Malany was approved by the board of education on Monday during the district’s regular monthly meeting. Malany took ov...

Ohio Dominican held graduation for more than 230 students during the university’s 111th commencement ceremony on Saturday. Sister Margaret Ormond, president of the Dominican Academy and former priores...

Middle school students from eight area schools came to the Marion Campus to test their math prowess in the Annual Math Challenge, hosted by The Ohio State University at Marion and Marion Technical Col...

Thirteen new members were inducted into the Marysville Early College High School Chapter of the National Honor Society recently. Inductees must have a cumulative grade point average of above 3.499 at ...

Devan Nichole Franke, a 2015 Marysville High School, will graduate Cum Laude from Bowling Green State University with a B.S. in education, specializing in adolescent young adult integrated social stud...

Marysville High School recently inducted members of its 2019-20 National Honor Society. Students inducted were, from left to right, in the front row, Noah Brown, Ian Johnson, Nicholas Paul, Matthew Cu...

Fairbanks High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) recently competed at the Ohio FCCLA state competition in Columbus. Ten of the 12 competing members received first or secon...

Marysville Early College High School (ECHS) held its first Academic Signing Day this morning in the Marysville High School Auditorium. The program was designed as a counterpart to athletic college sig...

Sixth Grade 4.0 Jaiden Archer, Claire Baker, Emma Bowman, Hayden Buchholz, Miah Cheney, Anna Dulle, Addison Grant, Carly Heiss, Devon Litzke, Madeleine Peffer, Eric Rogers, Noah Thorley, Jaclyn Vernon...

Eighth grade All As – Allen, Lily; Amrine, Stella; Ballard, Chloe; Bard, Lyndsey; Bernard, Justyn; Bix, Garland; Boampong, Rex; Bond, Julia; Bowsher, Aimee; Brock, Emma; Brown, Leah; Brunswick, Logan;...

Katie Bischoff of Marysville was inducted earlier this month into Ohio Wesleyan University’s Phi Society honorary. The Phi Society recognizes sophomores who achieved a grade point average of 3.30 or b...

American Legion Post Commander Mel Cantrell, right, presented Judy VanDuzen, left, with the 2019 Union Post #79 Teacher of the Year award during a recent meeting. Marysville Exempted Village School Bo...

Fairbanks High School Honor Roll – Third Nine Weeks Freshmen 4.0: Grace Belmonte, Lillian Demeter, Caden Feller, Carly Fitzwater, Danielle Hoover, Grace Koenig, Kate Ruff, Katelyn Vollrath, Elizabeth ...

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...