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We are grateful for you at Thanksgiving and all year long! Enjoy this time with your family and friends, and know we're grateful to have you on our team. Your commitment is noticed all year round, but today we're saying thanks out loud. Happy Thanksgiving to our wonderful employees!
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The Adams County Ohio Valley School District will hold its regular board meeting this evening, Monday November 21, 2022, 2022, at the OVCTC beginning at 6 pm. Before meeting there will be a public meeting regarding using ARP IDEA Part B Special Education Federal Funds. Both meetings will be streamed on the District’s YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@acovsd/live
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Before the Regular School Board Meeting on November 21, 2022, at 6pm at the Ohio Valley CTC, there will be a public meeting regarding using ARP IDEA Part B Special Education Federal Funds.
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The Adams County Ohio Valley School District is seeking sealed bids for alterations to its bus garage and maintenance facility located at 4595 Tri-County Road, Seaman, OH 45679. Please see the following announcement for more information. https://www.ovsd.us/article/903239
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The Adams County Ohio Valley School District Board of Education is accepting proposals from qualified contractors to provide a turnkey solution to its fuel requirements, including the provision and installation of storage equipment and the supply of fuel on an as-needs basis.
To obtain copies of the RFP, please visit: https://5il.co/1k4ru
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Adams County Ohio Valley Board of Education seeks applicants to fill the unexpired term of board member Charalena Bess, who resigned on October 24, 2022. The entire district wishes to thank Mrs. Bess for her service to the students and staff of our district. For more information on opening and how to apply for the open seat, visit https://www.ovsd.us/article/886716
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The Adams County Ohio Valley School District will hold its regular board meeting this evening, Monday, October 24, 2022, at the OVCTC beginning at 6 pm. The meeting will be streamed on the District’s YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@acovsd/live
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The OVCTC was proud to host Governor DeWine for his short visit to Adams County. The governor was able to see demonstrations of the various uses of technology in several programs including Ag. Business, Welding, Ag. Mechanics, CNC Machining, and Construction Technology.
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Due to a technical issue, the live stream of tonight’s board meeting had to be restarted with a new link. You can find the meeting, still in progress at https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamsCountyOhioValleySchoolDistrict/live or you can subscribe to our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamsCountyOhioValleySchoolDistrict
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The Adams County Ohio Valley School District will hold its regular board meeting this evening, Monday September 19, 2022, at the OVCTC beginning at 5 pm. The meeting will be streamed on the District’s YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/66hla5um_Y4
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The safety of our students is our highest priority. An inappropriate and threatening communication was received by a student and directed at a school. This was immediately reported to law enforcement. School and law enforcement officials are working diligently to identify the source of the threat. Due to privacy laws and our desire to not amplify an inappropriate message, we will not have further comment on this matter.
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On September 2nd, teachers in grades Pre-K-6 participated in professional development. K-3 reading teachers attended a Reading Horizons Discovery refresher training and all other teachers worked on curriculum mapping and high quality student data alignment.
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Fourth - Twelfth grade teachers from every building in the district participated in Reading Horizons Elevate training today. This is a new intervention program that helps struggling readers.
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Due to a lack of substitute bus drivers, Route #64, driven by Heather Pollitt, will not run in the morning or afternoon for WUHS or WUES, on Thursday, September 1st.
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Peebles Elementary met the criteria to earn the
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) gold rating. PBIS is an approach schools use to promote school safety and good behavior.
Last year, only 31 schools in the state received this rating. Way to go, PES!
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North Adams Elementary met the criteria to earn the
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) gold rating. PBIS is an approach schools use to promote school safety and good behavior.
Last year, only 31 schools in the state received this rating. Way to go, NAES!
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We have several new faces at ACOVSD this year! New staff attended New Employee Orientation. The district is excited about all of the new talent that joined the team.
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ACOVSD K-8 teachers participated in enVision math refresher training during the district inservice.
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ACOVSD K-6 teachers are piloting three different reading programs this year. At the district inservice, teachers received implementation training.
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The Adams County Ohio Valley School District Board of Education will hold their Annual Federal Programs Meeting on Monday, August 22, 2022, from 5:45 p.m. at the Career & Technical Center located at 175 Lloyd Road, West Union, OH 45693. Following that meeting, the Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting that will start at approximately 6 pm. Both meetings will be streamed on the District’s YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/hGVBbVZcYR8
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