All-Ohio Student Leadership Award from the Ohio Association of Student Leaders. This award is given to students who represent a standard of excellence that puts them above the crowd. Their leadership and guidance have brought new direction, insight, and imagination into Antwerp High School. In addition, their presence has made the difference because of their…
Antwerp senior Syris Gale recently signed to play football at Defiance College next fall. Pictured with Syris are his mother, Dusty East and his step-dad, Cory Simpson.
Landon Brewer has committed to Ohio Christian University to play basketball and pursue a degree in accounting. He is pictured with his coaches, teammates, parents, and sister. Shown above are (back row): Jason Hormann, Doug Billman, Camden Fuller, Syris Gale, Carson Altimus, Reid Lichty, Cohen Hitzeman, Gaige McMichael, and Sam Williamson; (front row): Shawn, Landon, Cindy,…
Wednesday, March 13 the Antwerp School hosted their 27th annual Hoops for Heart in honor of for the American Heart Association in memory of Jason Reeb who passed away unexpectedly in 1995 during a basketball game. His parents are Jon and Jan Reeb (mayor of Antwerp), and in 1996 they started this fundraiser to raise…
What an incredible year! We are so thankful to each of our donors, volunteers, and parents for the support you’ve shown us this year. We wanted to share some updates about what God has been doing this year in the LifeWise Antwerp Classroom. The Impact of LifeWise Antwerp At the beginning of the 2023-2024 school…
Blake Leeper was a guest speaker at Antwerp Local Schools on Wednesday October 11th. Leeper has an inspiring story to tell of overcoming adversity. He does not have any legs below the knee and has been wearing prosthetics since he was nine years of age. Since his childhood days, he has become quite the athlete…
Congratulations to senior Kacy Hornish who surpassed the career assist record tonight in our 3-0 win over Antwerp!! Kacy has dished out 1,315 assists throughout her time as a Raider and will continue to add to that number!
The meeting began with the board recognizing the academic accomplishments of senior Leila Spyker. Leila was recently awarded the National Rural and Small-Town Award by the College Board (see photo). Vantage Board Rep. Dennis Recker shared that Antwerp has 36 students attending Vantage Vocational school and provided a breakdown of the programs Antwerp students are…
Paulding County Hospital donates back to all three area schools. Antwerp, Paulding and Wayne Trace schools all received a donation to their athletic departments from Paulding County Hospital within the past few weeks. In the spring, Paulding County Hospital offered sports physicals to local athletes during the school day. Sports physicals were performed at all…
The Kiwanis Club of Paulding County was privileged to have Dr. Martin Miller (Superintendent, Antwerp Local Schools) as the guest speaker at the June 22, 2023, club meeting. Dr. Miller came at the invitation of Shannon Ruschel (Director, Paulding County Waste Management Education & Awareness). Dr. Miller spoke to the Kiwanians about his family ties…
The second annual Paulding County “Teacher Boot Camp” event completed here recently. This year twelve Paulding County educators participated in the program. The week culminated with required presentations by educators, to their peers. Educators were to share a lesson plan of how the information they learned touring and hearing from county businesses, will benefit their…
Vantage Career Center Network Systems senior Levi Miller (Antwerp) took his already bolstering talents and IT skills to the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference and Competition in Anaheim, California, specifically competing in the C Sharp (C#) Programming category, for a place on the National podium. Although Levi did not see the podium at…
Rayni Rister has been named as valedictorian of the 2023 graduating class of Antwerp Local School. Her parents are Jon and Jodie Rister. She earned a GPA of 4.0 during her high school career. After high school, Rayni plans to attend Ohio University to double major in Aviation Flight and Management. “I aspire to be a…
