Lima Catholic students hit the streets Friday to show that they’re hooked on fun.
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Sixth graders from Lima Catholic elementary schools are getting a head start on exploring potential careers.
Students at Lima’s Catholic schools are learning about the power of both positive and negative addictions during Positive Addiction Week.
Students today face a number of challenges that can lead to poor decisions, including the influence of social media, alcohol abuse and vaping.
Students from several of Lima's Catholic schools gathered at St. Gerard to hear about how social pressure can lead to dangerous behaviors like drinking and how having the wrong people in your life can cause anxiety, depression, or worse. The guest speaker herself struggled with mental health and an eating disorder in high school and hopes that her story of recovery inspires kids going through similar situations.
In one of Wednesday's workshops, middle schoolers heard from an LCC graduate on working towards their goals. Martyce Kimbrough graduated in 2014, and from the University of Findlay in 2018. Now, he plays professional basketball in Spain. He spoke to students on important things to remember while chasing their own goals. They include keeping faith and believing in themselves. These are mindsets he has kept during his career and is happy to spread them to the next generation of students.
This is the 38th year that the Lima Catholic Schools have put on the event to get students to think about developing wholesome addictions. One person that knows all about taking the wrong road in life is the events opening speaker Billy Ballenger. His life reads like a Hollywood movie. A troubled youth, which led to drugs and wrong decisions as a teenager.
Lima Catholic Schools are putting a positive spin on addiction.
A bill introduced in the Ohio House would require schools to provide information to parents on how they can get their child exempt from getting the required vaccines. If passed, House Bill 132 would require schools to supply information on both the required vaccinations and how to get a waiver for them. Right now, most schools in our area stick to requiring only the vaccines mandated by the Ohio Department of Health in order to attend school, like the mumps, polio, and chickenpox vaccines.
Teachers and staff from Lima Catholic Schools participated in some professional development Monday morning at St. Gerard's. Peter Range from the Diocese of Toledo paid a visit to Lima to hold a conversation on the topic of human dignity with the schools' staff members.