Logan Elm Schools will move to Remote Learning December 11th-December 18th in response to the increased number of staff and students who are quarantined and/or have tested positive for COVID-19.

Winter Break is scheduled for December 19th through January 3rd. If it is necessary to extend Remote Learning after Winter Break, a decision will be made and announced by Dec. 30th. Please continue to check our website, loganelm.org, or our Twitter account, @loganelmschools, for updates.

To read the announcement from Tim Williams, Superintendent, please click here.

Logan Elm High School students are preparing for their future! On November 10th, sophomores visited Pickaway Ross Career and Technical Center. Each student selected three programs in which they were most interested. During the visit, sophomores toured the lab classrooms for each of the three selected programs and heard presentations by students currently enrolled in the programs. The following week, students interested in attending PRCTC next year completed their applications and are currently waiting to hear if they were accepted.

Senior students are reminded to check the School Counselor News page on the LEHS website (click here.) to view news about graduation, college visits and applications, financial assistance information, and scholarship opportunities.

LEHS has some outstanding Senior students! Emma McKibben was selected as Logan Elm's representative for the Zonta Club of Columbus Outstanding Young Woman award. Sydney Spires and Erin Thompson were selected to apply for the 20-21 Special Scholarship Competition sponsored by the National Merit Scholarship program. They were selected based on their outstanding scores on the 2019 PSAT.

Many students enjoy hands-on learning. With COVID-19, it was hard to imagine how much hands-on learning and group projects we would be able to do with social distancing and no shared supplies. However, knowing how much students enjoy this type of learning, teachers once again came through with creative ways to make this possible. We purchased extra supplies so that students wouldn’t need to share. If any sharing needed to be done, supplies were sanitized between uses. When working in groups, teachers set timers to ensure if any students were within 6-feet, it would be for under 15 minutes, which is based on Health Department guidelines. Some projects were based outside in the fresh air. Technology has played a big role in allowing students to work together on group projects without being close to each other. Throughout the first semester, students have been able to engage in many hands-on learning projects as well as group projects, something we weren’t sure would be possible at the beginning of this year.

In an effort to ensure compliance with health directives, we have adjusted classrooms to meet the educational needs of our students. Classrooms are utilizing Google applications to supplement curriculum and promote student group work. Although students cannot work in close proximity, these applications allow students to work on documents/presentations simultaneously. Some content areas, such as Art, have created a new online platform as the primary instructional strategy. Students can watch the teacher demonstrate the project, explain the rubric, and submit work through this online resource. This enables students to complete Art assignments, even if building attendance is not possible. Students are also finding creative ways to submit their Yearbook Cover entries. Every year, students create a yearbook cover and submit their piece for judging. The winner of the contest is awarded the opportunity to have their drawing placed on the front cover of the school yearbook. Students who make it to the finals will have their drawings placed inside the yearbook so they can be recognized as well.