The Lima City Schools Aspire (GED) program has been awarded the First Annual Chancellor’s Award for Innovative Programming recognizing new initiatives to help adults become more employable. Along with helping adults better their educational skills and obtain their High School Equivalent Diploma (GED), the Aspire program has added five Integrating Education with Technology (IET) mini-courses […]
Lima Senior High School’s DECA program recently inducted new members and installed this year’s officers at its annual breakfast. The event included Lima Senior Marketing and Audio Engineering DECA students. The school has a strong DECA tradition, with students doing a number of projects and competing at the national/international level each year. The new officers […]
Lima Senior High School will kick off a busy Homecoming Weekend with a parade through downtown Lima and a bonfire Thursday, Sept. 21. There are currently more than 30 entries in the parade, including the Spartan Marching Pride, Lima Senior Cheerleaders, Homecoming Court, classes, student clubs, athletes and more. Lima Mayor Sharetta Smith will serve […]
The Lima City Schools held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Ag and Outdoor Occupations and Engineering Technology Campus Monday, Aug. 28. The campus will be located at the former Emerson Elementary School site, 650 E. Edwards St. Two buildings will be constructed on the site to house each of the programs. Both of these growing […]
The Lima City Schools’ Spartan Ride will make its way around the district’s school buildings to help kick off the new school year. It will be stocked with books, learning resources, Spartan gear and more. The Spartan Ride is an old school bus transformed into a mini-learning center and community resource. The bus is packed […]
The Lima City Schools’ annual Back to School Celebration and School Supply Giveaway was another success as nearly 900 students received school supplies. The event is made possible thanks to partners who donate supplies and food, and those that participate and help at the event. Special thanks to our top $1,000 sponsors Bob Evans Farms […]
During the May 16 Honors Banquet at Lima Senior High School, top academic honors where presented to students at each grade level from each department. Teachers in each department decide on the award winners. Students did not know they won until the program. The following were honored. They are listed in order from freshman to […]
The Lima City Schools’ next treasurer will be a familiar face to the district. The school board voted Monday night to hire Heather Sharp to fill its vacant treasurer position. She replaces Shelly Reiff, who left the district in January. An interim has been with the district since. Sharp worked for the Lima City Schools […]
Surrounded by family members of jazz great Joe Henderson, Lima City Schools officials named and dedicated the auditorium at Lima Senior High school the Joe Henderson Auditorium. Staff, students, Henderson family members and members of the community celebrated Joe’s life at a dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony April 27. Joe graduated from South High School […]
Lima Senior High School DECA students Ti’ana Spivey and Tatum Twining finished second in this week’s DECA International Competition in Orlando. Lima Senior had 26 students qualify for Internationals at the state contest last month. Five students made the finals at the International Competition. The other three were Charlese Ferris, Emma Schick and Kaitlyn Thompson. […]