The acts of kindness continue at Lindsey Elementary School as the organization chosen last week was The Weils Nursing Home...
Acts of Kindness
The acts of kindness continue at Lindsey Elementary School as the organization chosen last week was The Weils Nursing Home. Students focused their kindness through the optional activity of wearing their most colorful outfit, and “action” of drawing a picture and/or writing a card to a resident at the nursing home.
Students worked throughout the week on writing thoughtful letters and inspirational messages and coloring pictures. Mrs. Lachman’s third-graders have been learning about poems in class and used it as an opportunity to practice with each student creating a special poem for a resident. The students are so excited for the residents at The Weils to receive their mail.
Lindsey’s Acts of Kindness continues next week with another organization. Stay tuned for more updates on this project.
District Receives State Funding
On April 25, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced the recipients of the latest round of Ohio’s K-12 School Grant Safety Program. The West Geauga Local School District is pleased to be awarded $200,000 of state funding to support physical safety and security upgrades in all four of our buildings.
The additional funding affords the district an opportunity to offset costs associated with physical security. Use of the funds is closely monitored by the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission (OFCC) with specific guidelines in place for spending. The West Geauga Board of Education and administration will be determining the best use of the funds as allowed through the program.
The OFCC in partnership with the Ohio School Safety Center established the Ohio K-12 School Grant Safety Program in 2021 and has since awarded funding through five rounds of grants. West Geauga previously received $200,000 in round two, which helped to fund safety initiatives such as new bus radios, additional handheld devices and radio base stations in all buildings.
This recent grant through round five is the second time West Geauga has been awarded. In 2019, West Geauga also received a separate Safety Intervention Grant through the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation that funded new cameras at the high school. The district will continue efforts to seek opportunities, such as these grants, to offset costs associated with school safety and other initiatives.
WGHS Mock Car Accident
As prom season approaches, seniors at West Geauga High School are reminded of the deadly dangers of impaired driving through the annual drunk driving mock accident. The staged scene is complete with real cars, student actors and first responders portraying it as a real-life event. The damaged car remains displayed in the high school parking lot as a reminder to everyone to be safe and drive sober. Thank you to the Chester Fire Department for organizing the event.
WGHS Psychology Field Trip
Students in Mr. Rader’s high school Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology class had an opportunity to take a field trip to the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology at Akron University. It is a Smithsonian-affiliated museum that opened in 2018 and is the only psychology museum in the country. Students have been busy preparing in the classroom for their AP end of course exam, which will earn them three college credits with a passing grade. The field trip was a perfect opportunity to review content, as many of the exhibits represented in the museum will be on the exam.
