Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Community members have the chance to say "thank you" to educators who've touched their lives at the Education Endowment Fund 24th Annual Recognition Dinner.
The North Canton City Schools Education Endowment Fund (EEF) is seeking nominations for this year's 24th Annual Recognition Dinner. The organization recognizes those individuals who contribute to the scholars’ successes or who have earned the admiration of their co-workers in the district. Since 1988, The EEF has hosted an Annual Recognition Dinner to honor two educators (certified employees), one classified employee and one community member. Retired staff members are eligible, as well as individuals who were nominated in the past, but not selected. This year’s dinner will be held on Wednesday, April 10, in the Hoover High School Commons. The nomination form is available on the NCCS homepage at www.northcantonschools.org, under the "…
Monday, February 11, 2013
The school district will help parents by screening children suspected of having a handicapping condition
The North Canton City School District is offering early childhood screenings for 3- and 4-year-old children. The screening is for children residing in the North Canton City School District who are suspected of having a handicapping condition. These screenings are available for parents who have been told their child’s development is not typical for his/her age in the areas such as vision, hearing, speech and language development, motor skills, cognitive development and social functioning. Special preschool services are available for children who qualify. This screening is to determine kindergarten readiness. The screening will be held at the Mary L. Evans Early Childhood Center, 301 Portage Street NW on March 22. Children will be accepted …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Over the past week North Canton Patch readers shared their thoughts about the idea of a 2.4-mill permanent improvements levy for the school district.
The North Canton City School District recently announced that it will ask voters to support a 2.4-mill permanent improvement levy on May 7. The continuous levy would generate about $1.44 million annually and cost the owner of a $100,000 home $73 per year, according to the Canton Repository. North Canton Patch readers are responding with their thoughts about the levy on our site and our Facebook page. Many of them are not happy. Ann Marie said: Live within your means just like we have to. Cut back on your bloated administration! Some of your own employees are complaining about how you waste the taxpayers money. I continually vote NO on all school levies and am forced to pay because most of NC citizens vote yes. I am sick of paying such high…
Friday, January 4, 2013
North Canton City School District officials invite the community to attend a town hall-style meeting from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Jan. 15
North Canton City School officials had planned to reevaluate safety procedures in the coming year, but the recent events in Newtown, CT, put those plans on the fast track. In light of the Dec. 14 shootings that left 27 people dead, North Canton City School District will host a town hall-style meeting to discuss safety and security within the walls of its schools. The meeting, led by Superintendent Michael Hartenstein and North Canton Police Chief Stephan Wilder, takes place from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Jan. 15 inside Hoover Hall at Hoover High School. "The intent of the meeting really is for us to get input from folks, to find out their ideas, their thoughts, their concerns, and we'll just sort of capture all of that," Hartenstein said. He said a …
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Look for the ratings for individual schools in the North Canton City School District or across the state in our searchable database
The Ohio Department of Education released preliminary report card data for schools across the state on Wednesday. The final results won’t be released until the state finishes its investigation into some districts' attendance data. Search through our database above to find information on any traditional, public school in the state. You’ll find the school’s preliminary state report card rating — all of North Canton City School District schools were ranked “Excellent” or above for the 2011-2012 school year — and enrollment data, attendance rates and graduation rates for high schools. You’ll also find the percent of students who scored proficient or above on each state test and the school’s performance index, which measures how well students …
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
North Canton City School District Board of Education will meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight
North Canton City School District Board of Education will meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight in the Hoover High Media Center and consider several school trips, gifts and employee contracts. Here's a short rundown of what to expect tonight: You can find tonight's full agenda in the PDFs section of this update.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Check out our interactive database to see how students in the North Canton City School District and other local districts performed on the last state report card
As students head back to school, parents want to make sure the youngest learners are getting off to a good start. Check to see how well your child’s elementary school performed on the 2010-2011 state report card by searching the database above. All public schools in Patch districts below the middle school level have been included. For North Canton, this includes Clearmount Elementary, Northwood Elementary, Orchard Hill Elementary (now Orchard Hill Intermediate) and Greentown Elementary (now Greentown Intermediate). Parents should note that state testing begins at the 3rd grade level. For a look at the most recent literacy levels for kindergarten students in your district, check out this database. The database above includes each school’s …
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
You can learn how any Ohio school district performs by using this easy online search form
Every year the state of Ohio rates its 600-plus school districts by more than two dozen criteria, from graduation rates to how students perform on standardized tests in reading, math and other subject areas. Ratings for the school year that just ended won't be out until August, but you can get a good idea how things stand by looking at data for 2010-2011. The ratings are not without controversy, of course. Some argue that they force a "teaching-to-the-test" approach that undermines real learning. And districts with already high-achieving students say it's tough for them to meet requirements that they demonstrate year-over-year improvements. But faulty or no, the annual report card remains one of the few ways to make meaningful comparisons …
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
District officials already have met with North Canton police and plan to meet again to review lockdown procedures
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Michael Gallina, North Canton City Schools superintendent, reminds families to keep connected with their children as much as possible in light of Monday morning's high school shooting in Chardon that left three students dead. “We really need to connect with all of our students, even though sometimes students are hard to connect with, and I mean that from student standpoint as well as staff standpoint," Gallina said Tuesday afternoon. "And families should be mointoring social media as much as they can in terms of their child’s usage of that and anything that might be a red flag.” Suspect T.J. Lane of Chardon Township posted information on social media sites that would have been viewed as "red flags" to any adult, according to a psychologist…
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Caught up to speed on your North Canton news with our Week in Review update
1. Michael A. Taylor, 20, of North Canton, was sentenced to three years probation for his role in an Aug. 20 home invasion in which two people were tied up and robbed at gunpoint. Check out our coverage of Taylor's sentencing from this week. 2. We got to meet a really cool kid named Ben Weitzel, who creates some pretty hilarious YouTube videos. For his creativity and savviness in technology, we featured Ben in a "Student Shoutout" story. 3. The guys at The Karcher Group are looking pretty hairy right about now. We talked to them this week about their participation in Movember, a men's health awareness movement that prompts men to don a mustache for the month of November. 4. North Canton City Schools were rated 82nd out of all the districts…
jim
3:41 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
helen You hit a good point. NC evolved as a working middle class (mentality) with some upper and not much on the other end. Now there is a movement in city hall and elsewise to emulate a Hudson, Beachwood, Fairlawn type communities that grew up much different than NC. So we have people that want to spend NC’s way into something it is not. They only make it unaffordable for the pack a lunch and go… more ›