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![ROX program expands, empowering girls throughout Westerville]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1701473988/westervillek12ohus/yplzpgygcy6kof1y8fti/ROXMinervaPark1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1701473988/westervillek12ohus/yplzpgygcy6kof1y8fti/ROXMinervaPark1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1701473988/westervillek12ohus/yplzpgygcy6kof1y8fti/ROXMinervaPark1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1701473988/westervillek12ohus/yplzpgygcy6kof1y8fti/ROXMinervaPark1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1701473988/westervillek12ohus/yplzpgygcy6kof1y8fti/ROXMinervaPark1.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1701473988/westervillek12ohus/yplzpgygcy6kof1y8fti/ROXMinervaPark1.jpg","width":2000}])
Since October, the inaugural members of Hawthorne Elementary’s Ruling Our Experiences (ROX) girls group have been gathering each week to explore topics to help them navigate relationships, experiences and decisions.
![Walnut Springs sixth-graders blend art and math in ratio paintings project]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1701473005/westervillek12ohus/vilkn4zdcjswno8stbt6/WSRatiopaintings1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1701473005/westervillek12ohus/vilkn4zdcjswno8stbt6/WSRatiopaintings1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1701473005/westervillek12ohus/vilkn4zdcjswno8stbt6/WSRatiopaintings1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1701473005/westervillek12ohus/vilkn4zdcjswno8stbt6/WSRatiopaintings1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1701473005/westervillek12ohus/vilkn4zdcjswno8stbt6/WSRatiopaintings1.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1701473005/westervillek12ohus/vilkn4zdcjswno8stbt6/WSRatiopaintings1.jpg","width":2000}])
Walnut Springs Middle School math teacher Maria Soisson launched her ratios lesson with her sixth-grade students with a painting project, giving them a real-life application of when ratios are used.
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Neal Shusterman, a young adult author and a 2015 National Book Awards winner, made a stop in Westerville on Monday during his national book tour, visiting Heritage and Walnut Springs middle schools to talk about his new graphic novel, “Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust.”
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Melissa Gordon, a secretary at Walnut Springs Middle School, and Stephen Smalley, assistant principal at Genoa Middle School, have been recognized by the Westerville Sunrise Rotary for going above and beyond to serve students.
![WCSD middle school students perform in 2023 OMEA District 15 Middle School Honor Band Festival]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1700267928/westervillek12ohus/mnqwlxp72dvzja3bkymn/OMEA2023middleschool.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1700267928/westervillek12ohus/mnqwlxp72dvzja3bkymn/OMEA2023middleschool.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1700267928/westervillek12ohus/mnqwlxp72dvzja3bkymn/OMEA2023middleschool.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1700267928/westervillek12ohus/mnqwlxp72dvzja3bkymn/OMEA2023middleschool.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1700267928/westervillek12ohus/mnqwlxp72dvzja3bkymn/OMEA2023middleschool.png","width":1360}])
About 20 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students from all five of Westerville City Schools’ middle schools participated in the 2023 Ohio Music Education District 15 Middle School Honor Band on Nov. 11 at Westerville Central High School.
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Minerva Park Middle School’s music department made its debut performance with music students from Walnut Springs Middle School Wednesday night at Minerva Park.
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