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A night in the fairy tale forest

RSVP now for Oct. 21 event in Ada elementary
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 10, 2019

Ada elementary presents “A Night in the Fairy Tale Forest” later this month. The deadline to reserve admission to the event is this week.  The event is from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 21, in the school cafeteria.

A flyer at the bottom of this story provides rsvp details.

Here’s what the evening involves:

Parents and student guardians will join classroom teachers in their rooms to learn about “A Day in the Life” of elementary students and the grade level expectations for this school year.

Members of the school administrative team will attend a third grade meeting to talk about the third grade reading guarantee.

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Veterans’ Day breakfast at the school

Posted by LizGH on Thursday, October 10, 2019

The Ada School District is sponsoring a Veterans’ Day breakfast on Monday, Nov. 11, at 8 a.m. in the school cafeteria.

"The school invites all veterans and their families as well as active duty service personnel who live, work or
worship within the boundaries of the Ada Exempted Village Schools to honor us with their presence on this day,” said David Lusk, Ada teacher.

If you would like to attend the breakfast, call the Ada High School Office at 419-634-2746 to make your reservation. The speaker for the morning is Wynn Hauenstein.

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El Campo helps launch county United Way

Percentage of Tuesday's sales go to the campaign
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Order a meal at El Campo and you will help the United Way of Hardin County.

Enrique Cabrera, manager of El Campo Mexican Restaurant, Ada, is ready to welcome patrons for the first “All Out “for this year’s campaign for United Way of Hardin County on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

The restaurant, open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., will donate a percentage of it sales that day to United Way.

"United Way of Hardin County is very appreciative of the support of restaurants who sponsor these events to kickoff the annual campaign," said Phyllis Griffith of the United Way.

She added that monies go to 21 local agencies who offer support throughout the county.

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NONNI2

Posted by LizGH on Tuesday, October 8, 2019

NONNI2 was spotted on a silver Toyota in the Bluffton Family Recreation parking lot.

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Hey crafters, vendor spots still available for Booster show

Ada Music Booster craft show Oct. 19
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 6, 2019

Vendor spots are still available for this month's Ada Music Boosters crafts show.

The boosters will host the show in the 1986 gym from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.,  Saturday Oct.19.

General admission is $3. Vendor spots are $35 and a few spaces are still available. Contact Lori Poling at [email protected] or Arlene Allison at [email protected] for more vendor booth details.

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Ada schools ranked 15th out of 608 state districts

Cleveland.com study takes into account school district household income
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 4, 2019

In a new Ohio school rankings  based upon the 2019 report card grades, and adjusted for household school district income, Ada schools is ranked 15th in the state – out of 608 school districts.

For the last two years, Richard Exner, a data analyst out of Cleveland, has re-ranked Ohio’s schools on their results compared to student family income.

His ranking is based on how did schools do when they are adjusted for wealth. Ada’s ranking as 15th in jump from last year’s ranking of 23rd.

The following two charts show the top 22 schools in this ranking system.

Click on graphic to enlarge.

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