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EDUCATION
College student helping local families with their education needs
Kae Widener, a student from Grand Canyon University, is helping families this summer with their at-home learning. Her hometown being in Iowa, she’s participating in a long-standing sales and leadership program that finds her talking to thousands of families and learning the ins and outs of running a business in Athens County, Ohio and Mason County, West Virginia. She is living in Pomeroy with a local family who is hosting her for the summer. Widener, a Communications major, has spent the last two summers with...
Chronic absentee rates double in most school districts post-pandemic
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Chronic absenteeism in most Ohio school districts has doubled since before the pandemic, with school officials struggling to find ways to get students back into schools. Marietta City Schools Superintendent Brad Silvus said COVID hurt schools more than many people realize. “Once the pandemic happened,...
Local student-athletes earn OHSAA scholarships
COLUMBUS — Student-athletes from Wellston, Trimble and Federal Hocking high Schools were among those recognized by the Ohio High School Athletic Association and its six District Athletic Boards through the OHSAA’s Scholar-Athlete Scholarship Program. The 2024 distribution of $200,000 in scholarships to 200 recipients marks the most dollars, and highest number of recipients, in the college scholarship program’s 30-year history. Last year, the OHSAA awarded $169,000 in college scholarships. Each...
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