Education

Southern State Community College has announced Kids Career Encounter, a summer enrichment program taking place June 24-27.

The Whiteoak High School class of 1974 celebrated its 50th anniversary last Saturday at the 108th Whiteoak Alumni Reunion. Twenty-two members of the class were present including (front row, l-r) Sam Scott, Thom Snyder, Jill Yochum Schelling, Karen Greene Schroeder, Cathy Bohl Rummel, Diane Beath Luman and Sandy Warlamount Westrich; (back row, l-r) Dennis Overstake, Dan Lucas, Beckey Emery Lucas, Keith Beucler, Mark McKee, Debbie Naylor Purvis-Heaton, John Estle, Nola Blair, Jeff Harvey, Jean Carpenter Schmidt, Don Igo, Jim Schroeder, Sam Perkins, Debbie Guthrie Robertson and Carla Guthrie Surber.

The Lynchburg Lions Club hosted its annual Going On Or Defeated (GOOD) program at the Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School earlier this spring. The program is presented each year to all fifth-grade students by Ron Derry, a former teacher and coach who went completely blind. Since he lost his sight he has been presenting speeches and demonstrations to thousands of students. He stresses character, perseverance and integrity. Ten students received GOOD shirts at the end of the school year. Winners were selected by the school faculty based on how they fulfilled the characteristics promoted by Derry. Pictured are the winners of the shirts. The program was sponsored by the Lynchburg Lions Club (back row, l-r) Carter Biron, Alyssa Mozingo, Zion Bailey, Bella Ludwick and Andrew Gossett; (front row, l-r) Kamryn Tong, Emily Shreve, Hadley Partin, Maci Berger and Richie Doss.

As graduating seniors of McClain High School do every year, on the morning of graduation they return to their elementary buildings in the school district for a parade of seniors. Those returning to Rainsboro also got to unearth a time capsule buried their fifth-grade year in the courtyard of the elementary school.

The Cassner Foundation Scholarship was established by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin B. Cassner. Six $3,500 a year scholarships are awarded annually to Highland County High School seniors. Scholarships are renewable for a four-year period upon evidence that a 2.0 grade point average is maintained.

The Highland County Republican Women’s Club met on May 11 at the Republican headquarters on West Main Street in Hillsboro. At the top of the agenda was the awarding of the scholarship winners for the 2024 senior class of Highland County.

On May 2-3, a fraction of students from the Hillsboro FFA Chapter attended the 96th Ohio State Convention in Columbus. Through the secession they watched members of their chapter and other chapters be rewarded with different degrees and recognitions.

On May 10 the Hillsboro FFA Chapter had its annual Food for America Day for kindergarten students. The host was Starlight Dairy and Grain, owned and operated by the Shawhan family who donated its time to make the event a success. The FFA members had 11 stations which the kindergarteners visited for roughly 20 minutes each. They included a hay ride, feed mixing, baby calves and milking, a petting zoo, a tour of the old milking parlor, a tour of the new milking parlor, flower planting, a scavenger hunt, field games, farm machinery and how to make ice cream. The idea behind each of these stations was to educate the kids on farm-related activities, but this year there was the chance to be on a dairy farm so the FFA took advantage of that. One piece of technology that they got to learn about was the milking robot at the new milking station. The machine can track the gallons of milk produced, which cow produced it, the number of times the cow attempts to come through, and more detailed statistics. This year the kindergarten teachers loved how interactive all of the stations were and so many kids had a great time. The experiences from this event will help them know if they are interested in FFA when they are able to join.

Thirty-six graduates of the Southern State Community College Associate Degree Nursing Program were recognized during a May 2 pinning ceremony at the college’s central campus in Hillsboro.

The SSCC Theatre Company will hold auditions for the summer production of “Voices of the Earth: From Sophocles to Rachel Carson and Beyond,” compiled by Rush Rehm and Charlie Junkerman of the Stanford Repertory Theatre.