Updates from Mr. Dettwiller

As we see the hundred days of school parties in the lower grades, we thought it was important to look back at some of the big events for the year and all the outstanding things our Eastern students have done this first half of the year. We are so proud of our kids and everything they do both in the classroom and beyond. Our mission is to help our students find their "E": Enrolled in higher Education, Enlisted to serve their country, or Employed. We were so proud that last year at graduation every student that walked across the stage had a plan for their "E". We feel our students getting involved in activities outside of the school day is so important for them to be successful after graduation.

If you are a student and want to get involved or a parent who wants to know what options are available, please reach out to your school office and check our website often. We will do all we can to help you get involved and find the skills to help you find your "E".

Nick Dettwiller

Superintendent

Eastern Local School District

740-667-6079

ndettwiller@easternlocal.net

Stronger Together

Any high school girls interested in playing basketball this upcoming season are invited to join us for our summer league and individual skill work sessions. Summer league is Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:30 arrival time, at Southern high school. Skill work sessions are Wednesday mornings from 8:00-9:30am in our high school gym.

See the attached flyer for information about the Community Health Worker Training Program for High School Students.

Eastern Senior Emma Hayes is headed to the state track meet after finishing 2nd in the regional in shot put and 3rd in discus. She throws Thursday in Dayton at 3:00 and 6:00. Good luck Emma we are so proud, and thank you for being a great representative of our school

We have some outstanding staff members who take this program on and do an amazing job of ensuring that students in need have food when school isn't in session. Thank you to these dedicated volunteers for all that they do.

The Eastern Model United Nations team, including President Rylee Barrett and Delegates Rylan Weeks, Elizabeth Spires, Kayla Sellers, Cassium Powell, and Alex Collins, celebrated another successful assembly at Ohio Leadership Institute in Columbus. Team President Rylee Barrett also served as Senior State Council President, Delegate Alex Collins placed 2nd in the Current Events contest, and Delegate Elizabeth Spires received the Outstanding Leader award. The team represented Fiji in the statewide debates.

Rylee Barrett and Cassium Powell attended the Ohio Leadership Training Camp—Global Leadership 2023 during the summer to prepare for the Model UN Assembly. Rylee said about their experience, “ We came out of our shells and learned to converse with others, demonstrate self-awareness, and strategize on how we can be better leaders. I made new friends from throughout Ohio and represented our school with pride.” The Ohio Leadership Administration has selected Rylee as a staff member for next year’s assembly. He is the first state appointee from Eastern High School in our ten-year history of participating in Ohio Model UN.

Model United Nations is an authentic simulation of the United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Security Council, or other joint body, which catapults students into the world of diplomacy and negotiation. In Model UN, students step into the shoes of ambassadors of U.N. member states, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, to debate current issues on the Organization’s vast agenda. The students, better known as “delegates” in Model UN, prepare draft resolutions, plot strategies, negotiate with supporters and adversaries, resolve conflicts, and navigate the U.N.’s rules of procedure in the interest of mobilizing international cooperation to resolve problems.

Opportunity for rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors in the county. Big commitment, but the Community Health Worker credential is something that is immediately employable and offers real world exposure to health fields for those interested.

Eastern 6th grade students celebrated their DARE curriculum graduation led by Eastern school resource officer Joe Barnhart.

Eastern High School Students travelled to Columbus, Ohio to present as part of their culminating Ohio State University Student Leadership Research Collaborative.

Throughout the yearlong collaborative, students learned about leadership as well as advocacy through action research. Students worked in teams to select a problem in our school, created a research question, collected data through qualitative and quantitative research, analyzed data, and recommended a solution to the building principal. Throughout the process, students listened to high level speakers such as Clark Kellogg and travelled across Ohio to work with a diverse array of schools and students.

Our year one students did a great job of presenting their research project to a full room of students and stakeholders. Their performance was stellar. They represented our school and community with pride.

Our year two students were the first to stand up and offer their help to Dr. Keith Bell.

Our Eagles are leaders. We are proud of them!

The Eastern Baseball team beat South Webster to win the district title. They play in the regionals next Thursday the 30th at 3:00 in Lancaster.

Students from Eastern High School recently collaborated with other school districts to develop a plan to promote the Sources of Strength program within our school. The program's mission is to prevent adverse outcomes by increasing wellbeing, help-seeking, resiliency, healthy coping, and belonging. The students participated in many team-building activities and did an excellent job representing themselves and our school district.

We had a great day at the Eastern Relay for Life! Students participated in several activities, dress up days, face painting, cornhole tournaments, and Kona Ice throughout the day. The Student Council did an awesome job organizing this event for a great cause. Through your donations, we were able to make a generous contribution to the American Cancer Society. A huge thank you goes out to Farmers Bank for providing water to all of our participants and Rockin' Reggie for playing music to make our event so much fun.

The Eastern FFA has worked hard over the last 9 weeks preparing the new community garden located on Eastern High School grounds. All of the FFA members helped in building raised beds, leveling dirt, filing the raised beds with soil, and planting. The garden consists of a variety of fruits and vegetables available for your picking near the future. We are extremely proud of these students' efforts in supporting the community.

The 6th grade media class traveled to Parkersburg on Wednesday, May 15th to tour the WTAP studios. The students were able to sit behind the anchor's desk, experience the process that goes into creating the weather forecast, and see the technical elements that makeup master control. The students learned what educational training was needed if they chose to pursue a career in broadcast media.

Our 4th grade students contributed their own writing and illustration to create a collaborative class book. This project was a unique learning experience for our students that taught them about teamwork, the writing process, and how good it feels to be rewarded for giving their best effort.

The Eastern Spring Band and Choir Concert was held on Tuesday, May 14th at 7pm in the High School Gymnasium. The groups that performed were the High School Choir, 5th Grade Band, 6th Grade Band, Jazz Band, and the High School Band. All the students did an amazing job and their many talents were showcased during the performance. The choir and bands are led by Mr. Frey, who has done an amazing job with the music department at Eastern. We look forward to seeing these students continue to grow in their music abilities.

Congratulations to our Eastern Lady Eagles Softball team on their win over Miller in the Sectional Championship

Please see the attached flyer for an opportunity to volunteer.

Eastern High School Juniors, Addi Well and Danielle Epple, present with their Ohio State University Student Leadership Research Collaborative Year II Team at the National Conference on Race and Diversity at The Ohio State University on May 6th. As part of their presentation, the girls reporteded on their involvement with the statewide research regarding Absent”teen”ism. This research has been utilized by The Ohio State School Board Association, the Ohio Department of Education, and others in an attempt to research causes behind absenteeism and improve student attendance.

They did a great job representing themselves and our school.

We are so proud of our Eagles and their willingness to get out of their comfort zones!

Ohio Health and O'Bleness Family Medicine to offer free sports physicals Wednesday, June 12, 2024

5pm-7pm

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

5pm-7pm

See the attached flyers for details

Join us for a family-friendly walk through the walking path at Eastern on every Wednesday in June and a few Wednesdays in July from 3:30-4:30pm. Each week, there will be giveaways of outdoor items, such as jump ropes, kickballs, outdoor tic tac toe, sidewalk chalk, and more!

June 5

June 12

June 19

June 26

July 10

July 17

To gauge interest and make sure we have enough materials, please fill out this form if you are interested in attending:

https://forms.gle/MsdBvxuyaCDDsXAD8

Connor Nolan finished the 1600m race with a time of 4:19.30 which earned him first place finish and he now holds the TVC record in the 1600 which was previously set in 2011 with a time of 4:23.86. Connor now holds Eastern High School’s school record in both the 1600 and 3200. Congratulations Connor on your accomplishments and keep working hard!

The JH Lady Eagles are the TVC-Hocking Champions, scoring 97 points. Members of the championship team include (from left to right): Riley McCray, Jenna Spencer, Adalynn Atha, Emeri Lloyd, Kinslie Well, Braelyn Simpson, Sadi Haught, and Bella Wilcoxen. In addition, Sadi Haught received the high point award! Congratulations to all of you!

Our Eastern Eagles are sending love and support to Hunter Holter and his family on the next step in his journey! Not all Heroes Wear Capes! #HeroicHunter

Congratulations to our Eastern award recipients for the Meigs County Academic Banquet:

12th grade-

Rylee Barrett

Emma Edwards

Hope Reed

Karey Schreckengost

10th Grade-

Derrick Barnes

Olivia Householder

8th Grade-

Braelyn Simpson

Lillian White

6th Grade-

Reagan Hill

Kendra Robertson

4th Grade-

Van Gheen

Chloe Tromm

The Eastern FFA Chapter spent Friday, May 3rd at the Ohio FFA State Convention. During this time, students were able to visit the Career Expo and watch the 5th session of the convention. Students listened to the FFA State President give his retiring address based around facing our fears to better our future. Also during this session, two Eastern FFA members, Derek Snedden and Laikyn Davis, received their State Degrees. This degree is only achieved by 2% of all FFA members. As a chapter we are extremely proud of these two students that put so much dedication to the FFA.

Saturday, May 4th, our top 12 AAC archers traveled to Nelsonville to participate in the All-Star Tournament.

This tournament definitely wasn't a normal one. Our archers competed with 6 targets that were different between high, middle, and elementary school. There were some regular Bullseye targets, but there were also targets that ranged from a fox, wolf, and the ever elusive stegosaurus. The targets were placed at different distances from the lin, which challenged all of the archers. While they kept scor, this tournament was a chance for the top 12 AAC archers in each division to have a little fun. Awards were given for this shoot to the top 3 archers.

We're proud to announce that Jayla Tripp got 1st Place in Elementary Girl, and Emmett Jordan got 3rd Place in Middle School boys. Congratulations to those two.

While we did awards archers, coache and parents were also provided with lunch. It was a wonderful way to celebrate the hard work of all the archers.

Agai, the following is a list of archers by division and their ranking within the conference:

High School Male

Joshua Jones (1)

High School Female

Raeann Schagel (5)

Middle School Male

Clay Buckley (1)

Emmett Jordan (3)

Middle School Female

Allison Putnam (9)

Elementary Male

Grant Brooks (

Elementary Female

Jayla Tripp (6)

Keeley Davis (9)

As always, we want to thank the parents and coaches for all the support throughout this season. We will be traveling to Kentucky this week to compete at the Eastern National tournament.

Big shout out to Eastern's Senior Emma Hayes who broke the school’s discus record, previously set in 2016 by her sister, Alia. Emma threw 131 feet 10 inches at the National Guard Track & Field Invitational Meet in Circleville.

The 5th grade DARE students recently took a fishing trip and learned about staying off drugs and engaged in better activities.

Eastern Volleyball will be hosting a youth camp on June 19th-21st. Please see the information below.

Eastern 2nd graders got a unique opportunity to take a virtual trip to Alaska. Special thank you to the teachers for giving our students this interactive experience.

Connor competed in the Wayne Invitational in Troy, OH Friday 4/26/2024 in the 3200 race with elite runners from across the state in all divisions. He finished with a time of 9:24.15 which breaks the school record he set last year at 9:36 – a 12 second record breaker! He continues to do great things and we are so very excited to see what the rest of the season will bring.

After a long battle with all of the other competitors, who all did an incredible job, it was finally 4th grader Luke Taylor who walked away the champion. Special thanks to all the judges, announcer, and teachers who worked so hard to make this event a success.

With student projects on display, a spelling bee, hot dogs, and staff and community organizations offering resources and activities for students and families it was a great night at Eastern.

Eastern Jr./Sr. High School hosted its annual prom on Saturday April 27th. Mrs. Williams and the Junior Class did a tremendous job with planning, setup, and decorations. The Prom Royalty pictured above is King Collin Wilcoxen and Queen Emma Edwards. Congratulations to the both of you!

Eastern High School announces the 2024 Prom Court. Prom Queen Candidates include: Hannah Burton, Emma Edwards, and Karey Schreckengost. Prom King Candidates include: Rylee Barrett, Collin Wilcoxen, and Ken Smith.

Eastern Prom is this Saturday, April 27th from 8-10pm. Walk in starts at 7pm. The theme of this year's prom is Enchanted Forest.

Sidney Dillon, Gunner Gaddis, and Kayla Sellers did an amazing job representing Eastern High School at the Regional Scholars Conference at Camp Akita in Logan, Ohio.

The Eastern High School students in Mrs. Carroll's speech class read to the Eastern Preschool students on Thursday, April 18th. The preschool students were very good listeners and the high school students did a good job reading to them. This was a fun activity that hopefully we can continue every year.

So great to see our Eastern students learning hands on. Big shout out to Ms. Wills and her Bio 2 students who took a “deep dive “into zoology by dissecting a squid.

See the attached flyers for information on a summer camp available at Hocking College this summer.

Congratulations to Hope Reed, our Eastern Holzer Science Award Recipient! Hope was one of 29 recipients from Southern Ohio and West Virginia to be selected for this award. Congratulations Hope, we are so proud.

Eagles helping Eagles. Big thank you to this crew for helping pack, and deliver Eagle packs of food to students in need.

The High School Student Council held a food drive recently to contribute to local blessing boxes and food banks. Thank you all who donated to help others in need!

Curtis Jeffers, Eastern 7th grader won the perfect attendance drawing for the month of March. Curtis' prize is a brand new Android 125 GB tablet with a wireless mouse and keyboard. Congratulations Curtis! We will continue to do perfect attendance drawings for the months of April and May with each month's prize being a $75 Walmart Gift Card.

Congratulations to Olivia Wood for being selected as the Eastern Jr./Sr. High School Student of the Month. One teacher wrote: Olivia Wood is one of the nicest girls in the senior class to her peers and is ready to learn every day. She makes her classmates feel welcome and is a great role model for younger students to look up too. Olivia also won a $25 Walmart Girt Card, congratulations!

Check the link below for information on a Media workshop for High School students at Ohio University

https://www.ohio.edu/scripps-college/media-arts-studies/about/high-school-media-workshop?utm%C2%A7source=newsletter&utm%C2%A7medium=email&utm%C2%A7content=Register%2520Now&utm%C2%A7campaign=6766-high-school-media-workshop-%25232%C2%A7040324%C2%A7ADV&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0D8YWQ0n5VmEYhmuoQxu2wv8J1ejkl24dw61CmUst3A2kCSsZVT5uqVJc_aem_AYvFBK-awf3HVLW8oy_Tsou-mDCYGgIX8TrvTHk07Q6dQtr3x3hGGuzYREOc8cxm8P2JryN9QrMwzrm2hoMoDsPq

See attached flyer for how new moms can get resources.

Our last blood drive of the school year was a huge success. We truly have an amazing community that sees a need and runs toward it to help whether it be donating blood, helping local businesses with flooding or rallying around a person with a tough situation. I am so thankful and proud to be a part of this school and community and appreciate all of the students, staff and community for their selfless gift of blood donation throughout the school year. Thank you all so much and we hope to see you at our next drive on Thursday, September 26th, 2024.

Eastern Elementary STEAM classes have been doing a Solar System unit that includes learning about the solar system, the moon, the sun, astronauts, and eclipses. Learning projects will include rockets, space shuttles, and satellites. Most of the materials for these projects have been provided by WOUB in Athens and Ohio Learns 360.

The High School Student Council organized an egg hunt for the K-2 students on the football field. The students had a great time outside finding eggs with their classmates!

Grades 7-12 participated in an indoor egg hunt last week as well. 30 paper eggs were hidden around the high school for the students to find and turn in for a sweet treat. It was exciting to see them work together and have fun!

HS Grades:

Jace Stevens, Emiliano Vallarta, Colin Wilcoxen

JH Grades:

Zoey Cranston, Brant Fogle, Alexia Gillilan, Brayden Hensley, Zack Hess, Curtis Jeffers

Gabrielle Lind, Brody Simpson, Evan Staley, Braxton Yonker

Seniors:

All A's:

Emma Edwards, Hope Reed

A/B:

Rylee Barrett, Peyton Buckley, Haylie Brewer, Laikyn Davis, Kasey Glaze, Angela Golden, Zachary Nelson, Brandon Oldaker, Kamren Smith, Kenseth Smith, Colin Wilcoxen, Olivia Wood, Braylyn Young

Juniors:

All A's:

Cooper Barnett, Owen Davis, Sidney Dillon, Danielle Epple, William Gaddis, Kayla Sellers, Emiliano Vallarta, Addison Well

A/B:

Rowan Gilmore, Brayden Haught, Lance Hensler, Tyler Hill, Kaylee Hollon, Wyatt McCune, Anita Moore, Sarah Morris, John Parker, Ayden Wilhelm

Sophomores:

All A's:

Derrick Barnes, Olivia Householder, Brailynn Lamb, Emmy Lance, Rianna Northup

A/B:

Caleb Abner, Lane Atha, Mason Baker, Mattee Bolden, Ethan Edwards, Ron Golden

Madalynn Karr, Colton Lloyd, Mathew Marcum, Hunter Needs, Emma Semmelsberger

Shianne Shafer, Mason Shepherd, Cheyenne White

Freshmen:

All A's:

Haidyn Elliott, Sidney Honaker, Trey Mugrage, Makenzie Robertson, Ashlynn Thomas

Sophia Ward

A/B:

Dawson King, Jace McCray, Clayton Moore, Makenna Rankin, Laila Roush, Olivia Simpson, Olivia Smith, Rylie White

8th Grade:

All A's:

Aedre Ault, Peyton Bailey, Case Barnett, Zoey Cranston, Grace Frith, Jacob Hawk, Gabrielle Lind, Grayson Powell, Allison Putnam, Braelyn Simpson, Samuel Tromm, Kinslie Well, Lillian White, Isabella Wilcoxen, Autumn Wright, Braxton Yonker

A/B:

Caleb Banks, Kyler Basham, Clay Buckley, Christian Curtis, Parker Durst, Sadi Haught, Zack Hess, Hunter Lance, Brooke Marcinko, Landen McCutchenson, Elizabeth Putman, Peyton Richmond, Brison Schuler, Corbin Sisson

7th Grade:

All A's:

Bryleigh Ash, Addalynn Atha, Trace Barnett, Zoey Barnhart, Rikki Baurbach, Krystin Fackler, Alayna Grube, Kynlie Holland, Gavin Hysell, Emeri Lloyd, Rylee McCune, Brody Simpson, Jenna Spencer

A/B:

Kiley Allen, Hunter Hollon, Nathaniel Lawson, Riley McCray

The Eastern third grade took their area and perimeter skills to the hallway today. Students worked collaboratively in groups to find the area and perimeter for several different figures. Big thank you to Mrs. Weeks for being hands on and helping our students apply their math to real world situations.

Eastern Senior Emmalyn Hayes recently signed her letter of intent to continue her education at Ohio University where she will compete for the Track and Field team while studying nutrition. Emma already has her Associate’s in Business from Rio Grande. We are so proud of her accomplishments and can’t wait to see the great things she will do in the future.

Kids On Campus who has been a partner in the after school program at Eastern High School is offering a summer camp for students from June 17-July 19th. This camp held in the Grover Center at Ohio University includes breakfast and lunch, field trips, swimming, STEM, cooking and more and it is all FREE! There are bussing pickup options as well. The pickup points are based on enrollment so lets make Eastern a pickup point and get registered. Space is limited so hurry. See the attached Flyer for details or reach out at 740-566-8543, or email kidsoncampus@ohio.edu

Sixth Grade Celebrates National Pi Day- we made sun catchers! Students wrote as many digits of pi as they could on the inner circle and then cut out different size circles and the pi symbol to create their unique one-of-a-kind sun catcher! Check out their video below

Pi Day Video

Eastern Jr./Sr. High School students have had a lot of activities to celebrate over the last couple of weeks. Last week on Tuesday, Eastern's Choir and Concert Band put on a wonderful performance for our community in the high school gym. Both groups sounded fantastic and we couldn't be more grateful for all of the students' and Mr. Frey's hard work. A big shout out to the community for helping with the clean up afterwards as well. Additionally, Eastern 8th grader, Clay Buckley was selected and participated in the District 17 Honor Band over the weekend. Congratulations Clay! We also had our third student of the quarter luncheon last week on Tuesday. We celebrated the academic achievements of seniors Laikyn Davis, Abby Guthrie, and Kasey Glase courtesy of Ohio Valley Bank. Congratulations to all three of you ladies for your hard work and dedication!

Student of the Month:

Freshman Ashlynn Thomas was selected as the February student of the month for the Jr./Sr. High School. One Eastern Jr./Sr. High School staff member stated, "Ashlynn Thomas always has a positive attitude, is kind to her peers, and is a hard worker. She Is an ally to any student and sets the example of what Eagle Pride should be." Congratulations Ashlynn! Ashlynn won a $25 Walmart gift card as well.

Attendance:

Currently our Percent in Attendance Average Rate for grades 7-12 is at 90.9% for the school year. As an attendance incentive, we have a brand new in the box Android Tablet drawing prize for perfect attendance students for the month of March. We will continue drawing names for prizes every month for the rest of the school year as an added incentive opportunity for our students. We will also be doing a drawing for the third quarter perfect attendance students this week. It's always a great day to be an Eagle!

We are excited for this opportunity for our community.

Great job guys keep up the good work.

Let's get caught up on what's been happening with our Eastern Archers. On February 24th, we traveled to Logan Hocking and took aim. With this being a mandatory tournament, our Eagles showed up in full force.

High school

Joshua Jones - 287 (1st Place)

Raeann Schagel - 278 (8th Place)

Wesley Milhoan - 275

Gunner Gadis - 274

Joseph Putnam - 272

Aidan Hughes - 268

Sophia Ward - 268

Emalee Marcinko - 265

Alexus Mettler - 260

Nevada Johnson - 254

Jase McCray - 252

Ethan Yonker - 245

Emma Harper - 243

Katie Ryan - 229

Brailynn Lamb - 224

Olivia Wood - 212

Middle

Clay Buckley - 287 (1st Place)

Emmett Jordan - 285 (2nd place)

Allison Putnam - 276 (5th Place)

Braelynn Sims - 268

Baylee Johnson - 268

Emma Myers - 268

Grace Frith - 260

Vandier Huber - 258

Riley Koren - 252

Grant Milhoan - 247

Sophia Shaw - 240

Emma Sheppard - 233

Stevie Hulse - 232

Alexia Gillilan - 212

Shaun Bonecutter - 180

Beau Durst - 173

Elementary

Grant Brooks - 245 (2nd/4th grade boys)

Jayla Tripp - 245 (9th/5th grade girls)

Brayden Brooks - 218 (8th/4th grade boys)

Keeley Davis - 211 (5th/4th grade girls)

Colson Davis - 201

Tristin Frank - 184

Elijah Browning - 183

Morgan Durst - 178

Avery Lipscomb - 175

Spencer King - 171

Peyton Lipscomb - 169

Emilee Sheppard - 168

Cason Johnson - 143

Then, on March 2nd, we traveled to Huntington High School in Chillicothe. This tournament wasn't mandatory, and yet that didn't stop some of our archers. With this being that last tournament before we all compete at state, these archers showed their scores keep climbing.

High School

Joshua Jones - 287 (2nd place)

Nevada Johnson - 279

Raeann Schagel - 278

Emalee Marcinko - 277

Sophia Ward - 276

Joseph Putnam - 272

Aiden Hughes - 271

Brailynn Lamb - 246

Jase McCray - 235

Katie Ryan - 230

Middle school

Clay Buckley - 284 (1st Place)

Emmett Jordan - 283 (3rd place)

Allison Putnam - 282 (3rd Place)

Grace Frith - 278 (7th Place)

Baylee Johnson - 276 (9th Place)

Emma Myers - 267

Braelynn Sims - 267

Sophia Shaw - 254

Riley Koren - 244

Vandier Huber - 228

Emma Sheppard - 225

Alexia Gillilan - 212

Beau Durst - 196

Elementary

Peyton Lipscomb - 261 (1st/4th grade girls)

Grant Brooks - 249 (1st/4th grade boys)

Brayden Brooks - 231 (7th/4th grade boys)

Avery Lipscomb - 225 (7th/4th grade girls)

Keeley Davis - 201

Morgan Durst - 199

Spencer King - 190

Emilee Sheppard - 188

Madeline Jones - 181

Cason Johnson - 163

As always, we want to extend our thanks to the parents and coaches for dedicating their time to assure that our kids have a club to participate in.

On March 9th our Eastern Archery team made the drive to Columbus to participate in the 2 day state archery tournamnet. As a whole our archers showed up and shot their best. All 3 teams did so well they all get to go to Nationals!! Wonderful job Eagles Archery!!

HIGH SCHOOL

Team score - 3262

Raeann Schagel - 286 shoot off for 8th place

Joshua Jones - 283

Gunner Gadis - 283

Sophia Ward - 278

Wesley Milhoan - 278

Nevada Johnson - 275

Aiden Hughes - 274

Alexus Mettler - 268

Nathan Winebrenner - 261

Joseph Putnam - 261

Emalee Marcinko - 259

Katie Ryan - 256

Jase McCray - 256

Ethan Yonker - 255

Brailynn Lamb - 237

Emma Harper - 221

Olivia Wood - 216

Middle School

Team score - 3102

Clay Buckley - 280 - 7th Place

Baylee Johnson - 280

Emmett Jordan - 280 shoot off for 8th Place

Grace Frith - 269

Allison Putnam - 268

Sophia Shaw - 265

Emma Myers - 263

Riley Koren - 259

Braelynn Sims - 253

Vandier Huber - 229

Emma Sheppard - 228

Grant Milhoan - 228

Alexia Gillilan - 226

Logan Chaffee - 216

Stevie Hulse - 213

Beau Durst - 196

Elementary School

Team score - 2581

Grant Brooks - 242

Jayla Tripp - 241

Brayden Brooks - 239

Avery Lipscomb - 225

Keeley Davis - 223

Tristin Frank - 218

Peyton Lipscomb - 204

Spencer King - 203

Madeline Jones - 201

Elijah Browning - 197

Morgan Durst - 194

Cason Johnson - 194

Emilee Sheppard - 187

Colson Davis - 178

We are so proud of all our archers! Again this wouldn't be possible without our coaches and parents. Go Eagles!!

Our Eastern seniors attended the Apprenticeship Day held by Meigs County Ohio Means Jobs. They got to experience some hands on activities and learn about apprenticeship opportunities in our local community.

The Eastern Students on The Ohio State University Student Leadership Research Collaborative Team traveled to Cleveland on Monday to continue working on their Youth Participatory Action Research Project (YPAR).

The year two students worked with The Ohio School Board Association on statewide absenteeism and analyzed their data for the survey they created. They will be continuing to work through this statewide issue with other Ohio high schools and eventually present to the Ohio Statehouse with their recommendations. They are independent, hardworking, and fearless.

The year one students continued to work through their project, learning about how to craft a strong hook to grab their audience attention in their end-of-year presentation. They finally worked together to come up with their action recommendations for their issue and I can’t wait until they can share their ideas.

Our kids are strong leaders, and they are becoming more equipped everyday! I enjoy every time I get to work with this group. Seeing their growth and development with their voice and leadership qualities is incredibly rewarding.

As Eastern Local teachers continue to innovate and try new ideas and ways to engage students, some students recently took a virtual field trip to Glacier Bay National Park. In the pictures students are taking the Junior Ranger Pledge after learning all sorts of facts about Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park.

For February and March, Eastern Jr./Sr. High School is having a prize drawing for students with perfect attendance each month. The winner for February's perfect attendance prize is freshman, Abrianna Gabbert. Abri won a brand new Android 128GB tablet with keyboard and mouse attachments. Congratulations Abrianna!

Congratulations to Mr. Sam Thompson for being selected as one of the Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools (CORAS) Outstanding High School Teachers for the 2023-2024 school year! Mr. Thompson has been with Eastern Local since the 2000-2001 school year and has been a tremendous asset to the learning community in the Jr. High and High School settings. You are greatly appreciated!

Congrats to the Jr High and High School wrestling teams at TVC. The Jr High team placed 2nd, and had 4 champions: Kyler Basham, Hunter Lance, Charlie Grueser, Gradey Murphy and one runner up in Zander Stewart. The High School team was lead by 2 time TVC Champ Gavan Smith and TVC runner-up Landen Basham. The HS’s next match is sectionals at Sandy Valley on 2/24.

Remember to check the Eastern website frequently to stay up to day on all of our students accomplishments and the many opportunities.