District News
EWMS' Cornelius Wins Wayne County Spelling Bee, Qualifies for Regional Tournament
February 3, 2012 – Nathaniel Cornelius, a seventh-grader from Edgewood Middle School, won the Wayne County Spelling Bee on Jan. 23 in the Wooster High School Performing Arts Center. He took the championship when he correctly spelled the word “shrapnel” after more than 10 rounds of competition.
Friday, Feb. 3 - Wear Red Day
Help the Wooster City School District support the Go Red for Women campaign.
An annual campaign that takes place on Friday, February 3, Wear Red Day, serves to increase awareness of heart disease in the workplace, promote prevention of heart disease and raise funds for the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women Movement.
EWMS Student Takes First Place in Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Competition
January 31, 2012 – Grant Foskett, a student at Wooster’s Edgewood Middle School, is the first place winner for seventh-grade writing in the 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Art, Writing & Multimedia Contest sponsored by the Ohio Civil Rights Commission.
WHS Speech and Debate Team Wins Akron Championship
January 31, 2012 – The Wooster High School Speech and Debate team defended last year’s championship and brought home the Sharen Althoff Championship trophy from the Akron District Tournament held on Jan. 28. The team qualified 30 students to the state tournament plus three more students in congressional debate.
“The team not only won the championship and will be taking 33 students to state, but six more barely missed and finished as alternates,” said William Franck, Speech and Debate head coach. “Wooster also had three individual district champions: Hannah Doan for Prose and Poetry, Noah Spector for Humorous Interpretation and Kayla Villegas for Dramatic Interpretation.”
WCSD Receives Recognition in National Publication
January 26, 2012 – The Wooster City School District has been recognized in Moving Your Numbers, a publication authored by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). This national publication shares the stories of five districts and how they used assessment and accountability to increase student achievement.
Three years ago, Wooster partnered with the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) to develop a statewide school improvement process. This process, named the Ohio Improvement Process (OIP), created a support system for teachers and administrators that focused on instructional delivery, data analysis, and a distributive leadership accountability model.
Littlest Generals Registration
On February 1, 2012, the Wooster City School District’s Public Preschool (Littlest Generals) will begin accepting registrations for the 2012-2013 school year. Children that will be 3 or 4 years old, on or before July 31, 2012 are invited to register for the half-day preschool program.
Preschool applications can be obtained at the Wooster City Schools Administration Offices, 144 North Market Street (8-4, Monday-Friday) or by clicking on the Forms tab on the left hand side of the home page.
January 2012 District Newsletter
Click here to view the January 2012 District Newsletter. You may also access it by clicking on the Communications tab on the left and scrolling down to the District Newsletter.
Rotary Four-Way Test Speech Competition
Wooster Rotary is sponsoring a speech competition for students in grades nine through twelve to be held on March 7, 2012. Registration must be completed by February 15.
Entrants must write and present an original speech on the Rotary Four-Way Test, which is the motto of Rotary International.
Snow Day Policy
The winter season is upon us. We understand that our decision to open, delay or close schools during inclement weather has a big effect on families. We also understand that our students are better served, academically and socially, by being in school.
As always, our top priority is the safety of our students. As a parent or guardian, you have the right to keep your child at home during inclement weather.
Please see the snow day flyer for additional information regarding the Wooster City School District's snow day policy.
