{"id":41605,"date":"2023-09-26T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=41605"},"modified":"2023-09-25T17:07:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T21:07:46","slug":"antwerp-school-celebrates-accomplishments-building-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/antwerp-school-celebrates-accomplishments-building-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Antwerp School Celebrates Accomplishments & Building Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Marty Miller and Leila Spyker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The meeting began with the board recognizing the academic accomplishments of senior Leila Spyker.\u00a0 Leila was recently awarded the National Rural and Small-Town Award by the College Board (see photo).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 involved with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MS\/HS Principal Travis Lichty thanked staff, students, and the community for a successful Homecoming  week event.  Reviewed major events coming up in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elementary Principal Tracey Stokes reviewed major events coming up in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pictured are: Left to right:\u00a0 Andy Messman (Antwerp Local Facilities Director), Kristine Stuart (Antwerp Local Treasurer), Harold Gottke (Antwerp Local IT Director), Brian Davis (Antwerp Village Administrator), Martin Miller (Antwerp Local Superintendent), Ben Kauser (Kauser Excavating), Ryan Heitkamp (Garmann\/Miller Architects) Luke Baucher (Garmann\/Miller Architects), Brandon Chupa (Rupp\/Rosebrock, Inc), Ryan Degroff (Stark’s Plumbing & Heating, Inc.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Superintendent Dr. Miller reported to the Board that construction has begun on the Wellness and Recreation Center (see related Ground-Breaking Commencement Photo).\u00a0 Dr. Miller also shared that Friday, September 22nd is an In-Service Day.\u00a0 Topics for the In-Service include Project Based Learning, and game-based math and reading programs.\u00a0 Information was also shared with the Board regarding a school safety drill that will be held in mid-October in conjunction with local law enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Miller shared two items of good news with the Board including:   U.S. News and World Report recently released their rankings of the \u201cBest High School in America\u201d and that Antwerp H.S. was ranked 58th out of 741 High Schools in Ohio and top 20% in the nation.  In addition, Dr. Miller stated that Ohio\u2019s State Report Card on schools was released last week and Antwerp Local earned 4.5 stars on the 5-star system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Miller also informed those in attendance to mark their calendars for Wednesday, October 11th.  U.S. Paralympic athlete\/World track and field record holder and motivational speak Blake Leeper will speak at Antwerp Local with MS\/HS students during the school day and conduct an evening session with parents and students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Board approved a list of volunteers for the fall athletic season, approved an extended trip for the yearbook staff to NSPA\/JEA Fall convention in Boston, MA November 1-5, 2023, and approved two calendar changes; a two-hour In-Service Delay for October 27th and all-day In-Service day for April 8th, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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