Category: School

91st Annual Blue Creek Alumni Banquet

The 91st annual Blue Creek Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday, June 21, 2014, 6:30 p.m. at Wayne Trace High School. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Classes of 1944, 1954, and 1964 will be recognized. Reservations should be made as soon as possible by sending them to Janet Kreischer at 10491 Upp Road, Van…

Raiders Pull Off Softball District Championship Win

The Wayne Trace Softball team once again travelled to Bryan on Friday, May 23 for the Championship game after defeating North Central on Thursday. Hicksville won against Edgerton on the same field in the first game, pitting the to Green Meadows teams against one another. Wayne Trace pitcher, Addison Baumle was on top of her…

2014 Wayne Trace High School Graduation

Graduation for the 2014 class of Wayne Trace Jr/Sr High School is Sunday, May 25, at 2:30 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. This year Wayne Trace named nine co-valedictorians for the 2014 graduating class. Madison Poling of Grover Hill earned a 4.0 GPA. Her parents are Traci Poling and Doug Poling. She was a…

2014 Paulding High School graduation

The 2014 graduating class of Paulding High School will conduct its commencement exercises on Sunday May 25, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. at Paulding High School. This year’s valedictorian is Kaitlyn Roughton. She eared a 4.085 GPA, plans to attend Capital University and major in criminology. This year’s salutatorian is Jaclyn Schlatter. She earned a 4.049…

Antwerp High School 2014 graduating class

The 2014 Antwerp High School graduation is set for May 25, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the High School Gymnasium. Speakers for graduation include: Aaron Schneider (valedictorian), Kirsi Smith (salutatorian), Erik Miesle, Madeline Reinhart, Katie Hunt, Kyle Recker, Nathanael Hawley, Justin Langham and Brock Taylor. Valedictorian – Aaron Schneider: Aaron has a 3.973 GPA. He…

Senior Awards Assembly held at Vantage

A full house, including home school representatives, family, and friends, joined together at the annual Awards Assembly on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 to recognize the achievements and accomplishments of senior students enrolled in Vantage career technical programs. Awards of Distinction and scholarships highlighted the event and juniors put technology to the test as they watched…

CMH Foundation Announces Scholarship Winners

HICKSVILLE, OH—The Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) Foundation has awarded three $1,000 scholarships to deserving students pursuing degrees in healthcare. Winners were chosen based on field of study, GPA, and an essay. CMH Foundation scholarships are awarded annually in memory of Rachel Hofmeister and Stevie Boon, both former Directors of Nursing at CMH, and Betty Altman,…

2014 Zachary Arend Scholarship Recipients

Gerod and Guy Harder, from Paulding High School, are the recipients of the Zachary Arend Scholarship for 2014. Gerod and Guy Harder are the sons of  Brian and Melissa Harder of Paulding. Both boys will be attending Mount Vernon Nazarene University. Gerod will be majoring in Graphic Design and playing Basketball and Baseball. Guy will…

Wayne Trace FFA member elected to State Office

Matthew Klopfenstein, a senior at Wayne Trace High School and a member of the Wayne Trace FFA chapter, was elected to serve on the 2014-2015 Ohio FFA State Officer Team as State Treasurer. The State FFA Officer team consists of six constitutional officers and up to 10 District Presidents. In order to be elected, Klopfenstein…

EACS Turns 50

In 1964 one of the largest public school districts in Indiana had its beginnings. Through the urging of the State Board of Education ten smaller township school districts combined creating the East Allen County School District. At this time EACS operates eight secondary schools and eleven elementary schools. The New Haven Chamber of Commerce would…

VFW Post 5087 Scholarship Winners at Antwerp High

The VFW Post 5087 was awarded to several Antwerp seniors on May 14, 2014. This scholarship is awarded to seniors of Antwerp High School based on merit and extracurricular activities. This year students a $500 award to the school of their choice. Derek Smalley was awarded the first ever VFW Post 5087 Athlete of the…

Woodlan FFA Chapter and Heritage FFA Chapter

Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve. The Woodlan FFA Chapter and Heritage FFA Chapter conducted Kindergarten tours (K-tours) on May 8 and 9, 2014, at the Roger and Vickie Hadley farm located one mile North of Woodburn, Indiana. The purpose of K-tours is to have FFA members tell and…