Education

PIQUA — Ten area high school seniors have been selected to receive Pioneer Electric Cooperative’s 2024 scholarships. 38 applicants from 21 schools throughout Pioneer’s service territory applied for the scholarships.

By Taneyah Foy

HAYS, Kan. - Fort Hays State University has named 1,646 students to the deans’ honor roll for the fall 2023 semester.

LIMA — The Ohio State Beauty Academy will host its 2024 spring student talent showcase Thursday, March 21, with the theme “Fairy Hair and Pixie Dust: Where Magic Meets Style.” The hairstyles will be paired with creative makeup applications, nail art, and costume designs inspired by a theme chosen by each student stylist. The showcase will take place at the UNOH Event Center with doors opening at 6 p.m. The event will start at 6:30 p.m.

By Kimberly Pistone

PIQUA — A total of 130 students from Miami, Darke, Shelby and Champaign Counties competed in the Ohio Academy of Science Upper Miami Valley District Science Day, held at Edison State Community College, Piqua, Ohio on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Students exhibited projects in science, technology, engineering and mathematics which they worked on from September through February of this year. The Science Day (Fair) program has been in Ohio since 1949. Students who complete and present a science or engineering project at a local science fair in their school, or at a county event, may qualify to compete at the District level.

JACKSON CENTER — “The Sound Of Music” will be performed by Jackson Center Local School students March 14-17.

By Austin Yates

XENIA — Public school board members, administrators, staff, students and guests from across southwestern Ohio will meet in Xenia at Greene County Career Center on March 7 for the Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA) Southwest Region Spring Conference. The region hosts two conferences a year, one in the spring and one in the fall.

By Graham Van Tilburgh