Newark City Schools

The September 2022 edition of the Paw Print newsletter is now available. Please click here to find the newsletter: Sept. 2022 Digital Paw Print. The issue features information about our district's strategic plan, orchestra students, a teacher-of-the-year award, our new administrators and more.

In honor of breast cancer awareness month in October, our Wildcat football team is asking fans to wear pink and help them Rumble for a Cure at their last home game of the season, Friday, October 14. To help support this important cause, we will also “go pink” at every school in the district on Thursday, October 13 (since we do not have school that Friday). If you are interested in placing an order, please click the following link or ask your school for the order form: Rumble for a Cure order form. Proceeds from the merchandise sale will go to the Licking County Health Department’s Screening and Survivor Support for Breast Cancer.

Newark Cheerleading is hosting a Cheer Clinic from 8 a.m. to noon on Fri., Oct. 14, for students in grades K-5, in the Newark High School main gym. The clinic will include a fun day of learning motions, jumps and cheers with the Newark Cheerleaders. The $30 cost also includes a cheer shirt, pizza, drink and snack. More information and a pre-registration form can be found by clicking the flowing link: Cheer clinic. Please email [email protected] for more information.

McGuffey Elementary was named a 2022 All-American Elementary School by the American Legion Auxiliary and three of the school's students received awards for essays they wrote last school year. Students Jayke Williamson, Nellyanna Cooper, and Myra Hartings were recognized for their contributions to the Americanism Essay Contest. They wrote an essay based on the prompt, "How can we support families who provide care to their Veterans?" The contest is divided into 6 classes based on grade levels, with 1st - 3rd place awards in each class. The winner of each group receives $50 and a $50 donation is given in the student's name to the Children of Warriors National President's Scholarship fund.

Newark City Schools' educational technology team has created a variety of professional development materials to help staff members with the variety of online resources they use in the classrooms. We are now making those materials and sessions available for parents who would like to learn more about the programs teachers are using, such as eSpark, Google Classroom, Think Central and more. Please click the following link to find these resources: Parent Educational Resources. This link is also in the Parents section of our website.

Eight Newark High School students have qualified for the East-Central Region Orchestra, which is made up of top students from 21 counties. The orchestra will meet for two rehearsals, then perform a concert together at 3 p.m. on Nov. 20 at Granville High School.

Congratulations to the following NHS students:
Gwen Williams, 9, violin
Taylor Enright, 12, violin
Lauren DeVries, 12, violin
Marina Hoskinson, 11, violin
Sarah Warner, 10, viola
George Cloud, 11, viola*
Leeanne Hohmann, 10, viola
Addy Tracy, 10, cello