Last Friday’s intense windstorm caused significant damage to trees and homes and also damaged a historic and beloved Shawnee symbol.
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Quite a few 5th and 6th grade students put on their thinking caps to test their trivia knowledge!
An annual tradition at Shawnee Middle School that prepares its students for the future was put on once again on Thursday.
Students at Shawnee Middle School are getting some interactive learning under their belts today. Thursday was the 6th annual STEM Day for 7th and 8th grade students at Shawnee. Students had the opportunity to visit with STEM professionals in the community and learn with hands-on interactive stations. The STEM activities ranged from pharmacy at Ohio Northern to EMS and paramedics from Rhodes State College and much more.
Shawnee 8th graders got a sneak peek into the grown-up life with a program called "Real Money. Real World." Superior Credit Union and the Ohio State Extension office of Allen County partnered up to give kids a realistic financial simulation. Each student was assigned a job, a family, and an income as they navigated stations representing real-life life experiences like childcare, housing, transportation, and insurance.
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A breakfast benefit was held Saturday in order to help out a member of the Maplewood Intermediate School community. Residents packed the Shawnee Middle School Cafeteria and bought an early morning breakfast.
The school hopes to pass a 2.2-million-dollar levy over a five-year period. This comes to about 4.58 mills. Funding from this levy would be used to flatten the current operating deficit. It would go towards paying staff, running buses and cafeterias, and helping out extracurriculars. Jim Kanable, Shawnee Local Schools Superintendent, says if the levy fails, it would put them behind in many ways.
The Allen County Spelling Bee was held Saturday at Shawnee Middle School. 20 students from Allen County area schools participated in the spelling bee.