Ohio Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel visited Bath Middle School to launch the Team Tressel Fitness Challenge, a statewide program encouraging students to build lifelong wellness habits through physical activity and personal growth.
Lori Griffiths, the EMIS coordinator at Bath Middle School, had her leg amputated earlier this school year. A bad fracture in 2010 led to her needing 11 total surgeries. In 2023, she went to have her ankle reconstructed and after five more surgeries it failed.
They might not be able to vote just yet, but students were still able to experience their own Election Day. Bethany Ulrick tells us how the Electoral College came to life at Bath Middle School. Bath students from grades 4 to 8 had an assembly to watch and participate in a mock election, complete with candidate impersonators and even the Secret Service. Students and staff serving as electors from all 50 states and Washington, D.C. demonstrated how votes are counted under the Electoral College. Each state came up to declare its results until one person reached 270 votes and was chosen as the next president.
The Allen County Sheriff's Office is reporting that the incident happened on Tuesday, and the male juvenile were arrested that night after their investigation.
8th graders at Bath Middle School turned into entrepreneurs, as they take what they're learning in the classroom about business and put it into practice.
Some area students are hoping to make a difference in the lives of children fighting for their lives. Budding artists in Betty Wiedenbein's 4th-grade class are painting butterflies on glass rocks to support children with brain tumors. Why butterflies? They are the emblem for Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus. The project came about as part of a growing non-profit "Rockin' on the Run" to bring awareness and research to pediatric brain tumors.
