North Canton Will Not Be 'Schooled'

We are not the people we have been seeing in the news. Let's recognize the people and places that make this city and school district great!

Summer 2012: A Creative To-Do List

It seems easy to be lazy during the summer months, but this summer I am going to be creative, adventurous and productive

Georgia O'Keeffe Inspired Flowers Just In Time For Mother's Day

Seventh grade students at NCMS completed flowers in oil pastel just in time for Mother's Day. They spent two weeks creating these works of art and learning a little about the artist Georgia O'Keeffe.

PHOTOS: Middle School Washington D.C. Trip

Eighth graders got a chance to participate in a photography scavenger hunt and contest during their recent class trip to Washington, D.C.

News and Photos from the Art Classroom

North Canton Middle School teacher Ashley Villers gives us an up-close look at her students' artwork, which recently was featured in the Art from the Classroom Show at the Little Art Gallery

Blog of the Day: 'What is Art?'

A North Canton Middle School art class reflects on art and what it is to them

Blogging is really picking up on North Canton Patch, and we don't want you to miss one. But we are all busy, and we don't have time to look at everything that comes through the top spot on North Canton Patch. So, to make it easier for you, we'll spotlight one blog every Sunday that you may have missed, that has garnered a lot of discussion, or that just makes for some great weekend reading. This week? North Canton Middle School art teacher Ashley Villers asked her students what art means to them. The answers they gave were both touching and insightful. And Ashley included some beautiful photographs of her students and their artwork. It's definitely a must-see this week. And, of course, anyone can blog on Patch - get more details here. If …

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Thoughts From The Editor

North Canton City School District Embraces Blogging

Our last three bloggers were two teachers and a technology director within the North Canton City School District. (And yes, we're OK with that.)

It wasn't until I persuaded Eric Curts to blog on North Canton Patch that I realized we've got a little bit of a pattern going here. Curts, technology director for North Canton City Schools, jumped on board to blog just after North Canton Middle School teacher Ashley Villers and Orchard Hill Elementary School teacher David Russ signed on. What's really cool is these three people, although they have the same employer, will bring you blogs that are worlds apart. Let me explain. Villers published her first blog Oct. 24. It detailed the efforts her eighth-grade art students put into a bottle tree made of recycled glass bottles as they learned about how artists explore issues of environmental concern. She'll continue to keep us updated about …

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