In the News: General Sherman's First Day Back in New Building; Afterschool Programs Receives Grants for New Tech; and MORE!

September 8, 2020

Your News from Lancaster City Schools...

General Sherman students' first day back since March starts them at new building

Students' first day back to school at General Sherman Junior High School was also the first day in the new building, and their first day actually coming to school since March.

Gov. Mike DeWine ordered schools closed in March, when the COVID-19 pandemic was climbing. Schools transitioned to remote learning, with students and teachers working on lessons by computer.

Construction on the new building on Election House Road started in August 2018 and was completed on schedule, which Principal Charles Page said was good. Not just to have a better building, but one that can handle the needs of bringing students back to school during a global pandemic.

News briefs: Lancaster after-school program receives grant funding for laptops, printers

The Afterschool Program of Lancaster has received grant funding from the Fairfield County Foundation and United Way of Fairfield County to purchase new laptops and printers.

According to a media release, $2,562 in grant funding will be provided by the Fairfield County Foundation's Terry A McGhee/Sally J Grimm Community Fund. An additional $2,000 comes from the United Way's COVID-19 Relief Fund.

What's Happening in Our Schools...

GORSUCH WEST

Come check out the Gorsuch West Building with a virtual tour.

TARHE TRAILS

Recess without playground equipment AND we have to social distance?!?! No worries, we've got this!

Credit to Art Teacher, Mrs. Rodenbaugh, our Principal, Mr. Campbell and his family, and Mrs. Henderly! They have spent many hours over this weekend to create these masterpieces and will be out again today creating more!

Don't forget to check out the walking path where Mrs. Demostenes painted some inspirational messages last week as well as the Gales on the front sidewalk which were painted by Mrs. Strittmatter, Mrs. Post, Mrs. Green, and Mrs. Richardson!

MEDILL

Curious about what's happening at Medill? Check out the September newsletter!

MT. PLEASANT

Our 2019-2020 Yearbooks are in production! They are scheduled to be delivered mid-September. If your child is still attending we will send home with them. If your child has moved on to Junior High we will send their yearbooks to their school. Thanks for your patience!

TALLMADGE

Read our September newsletter to find out everything that's happening at Tallmadge!

GENERAL SHERMAN

A huge THANK YOU to our friends at Tarhe for these extremely helpful resources about Chromebooks and Google Classroom! Here is a link for the tech support site and info about Chromebook care, login and Wifi.

If you need further assistance, please reach out to General Sherman staff for support!