Adena Local Schools

Our boys' basketball team will departing for their district title game tomorrow at 2 p.m. The Ohio State Patrol, Ross County Sheriff’s Department, Concord Fire Department & EMS, and the Deerfield Fire Department & EMS will be escorting them as they depart! The escort will lead the team from the school down 550 to Frankfort. Once in Frankfort the bus will be escorted to Main St. The bus will travel down Main St., then turn left onto High St. The team will then exit Frankfort on Second St. Stand along the streets loud and proud as we support our kids and coaches. Go Blue!!

Adena 6th graders using their technology skills to turn plain masks into Adena spirit wear! Thank you for making our community better by spreading warrior pride!

Kindergarten students will not be in school on April 1st due to registrations and screenings of the new Kindergarten class of 2021-2022. Please mark your calendars that ONLY KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS WILL NOT BE IN SCHOOL ON April 1st, 2021 Thank you.

Our Warriors are advancing to a Division III District Championship game after defeating South Point, 74-48! They improve to 23-2 on the season. They will now play Fairland on Friday at 7 p.m. The game will be played at Ironton H.S. Go Warriors!

We are excited to share that Mr. Denny Hammond has been named Teacher of the Month for February in our region by the Ohio Lottery Partners in Education Program! This award is given to a teacher on the basis of excellence in leadership, dedication, communication, and motivation, and in the classroom. Mr. Hammond is in his 18th year in education and this is his third year at Adena High School. He currently teaches Consumer Math, Algebra I, and Pre-Algebra. Congratulations, Mr. Hammond! Keep up the great work!

ATTENTION ALL PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF INCOMING KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS FOR 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR!!!! Kindergarten assessments are required as part of the registration process. The assessments will be held on March 31st, 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. and April 1st, 8:00 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. Please call the Elementary Office at 740-998-5293 to schedule an appointment. Appointment slots are filling up quickly!!!

Kindergarten assessment appointment information for the 2021-22 school year is posted below.

Adena was well represented at the Ross County Spelling Bee. Clara Ewing was the Champion. Hayley Bossert and Meghan Hurless finished third and fourth, respectively. Congratulations ladies on a job well done!

The high school received all of the fall end-of-course exam results at the beginning of last week. Reports for families will be available by the end of March. These were our first state test results since the fall of 2019 test data. With everything we have dealt with through this pandemic, there was some uncertainty of what would come from the results. However, we received a lot of positive news! Our English II scores came back at the highest proficiency percentage we have ever had in one semester on the EOC assessment! English II had a 72.5% passing rate and improved nearly 6% over the past year. Other highlights were Algebra I at 89% and Government at 88%. American History went up 15% from the previous year to 67%. Through all the challenges the staff, students, and parents have learned to adjust to, it is good to see that academic growth and progress has been made. This is contributed to one big team effort! We have made progress through adversity and learned a lot of new skills along the way. We still have a lot of progress that needs to be made. We just need to keep working and helping each other along the way! Josh Jones Adena High School Principal

Our wrestling team competed at the Division III Sectional meet this weekend at Alexander and have several members of the team advancing to districts! Wrestlers advancing in the following weight classes: 113 lb class -Alex Riddle claimed a sectional championship! 138 lb class- Garrett Simmons finished second to advance on. 145 lb class-Chase Knisley finished 5th and is the district alternate. 160 lb class-Isaac Gray won a sectional championship! The district meet will be held in Coshocton next Friday and Saturday. Go Warriors!

Sectional Champs! Final Adena 75 Meigs 52 Our Warriors advance to the Division III District Semifinals and will play South Point on Tuesday, March 2nd at 7:00 p.m. The game will be played at Adena High School. Go Warriors!

Introducing the Adena High School Homecoming Court! From left to right: Emily Hamlin- Sophomore Attendant Makayla Baxter-Senior Attendant Jarrett Garrison- Homecoming King Olivia Riley-Homecoming Queen Paige Morris-Junior Attendant Sydney Ater-Freshman Attendant

Scholarship opportunities: http://crcf.net/grants-scholarships/

Here is the live-stream link to the Division III District Semifinal game between our Lady Warriors and North Adams. The game is tomorrow night at 7 p.m.. https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/north-adams-seaman-oh

Parent/Guardian Update Adena Staff Vaccination Day Round #1 Adena Staff have been assigned vaccination times for Thursday, February 25th, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.. We will have to travel to Union Scioto Local Schools to receive our shots. Due to the length of time involved for each individual to travel to the site, receive their shot, wait the required 15 minutes and then return, we will have to make February 25th a distance learning day in order to get this accomplished. We want to let everyone know in advance so you can make arrangements. Our District Required Hours Status is in good standing. We have used a considerable amount of our hours to provide the delayed start requested at the beginning of the year due to the pandemic. We have used 7 weather-related distance learning days and will use 1 day for vaccinations in order to avoid having school in session until June 16th to meet Ohio requirements. It is important to let everyone know that we are carefully tracking academic data this year, and our students are right on target for the expected score levels on achievement measures. Our students are to be commended for keeping up with their work, achieving success in their extracurricular activities and making in-person learning possible through their cooperation with CDC guidelines and Ohio mandates. Next year we will be able to start on a normal calendar. We certainly hope to use fewer distance learning days and hope the weather cooperates a little better than it has this year. Most importantly, we are guardedly optimistic we can put much of the pandemic-related issues impacting this year behind us. Again, as it stands, we are still on track to be finished with this year on June 4th. We appreciate everyone cooperating and working together to get through the pandemic which is obviously a once-in-a-generation event. Spring will be here soon and hopefully we will be returning to a more normal situation. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Our girls' basketball team will be departing school tomorrow at approximately 3:30 p.m. to head to their district semifinal tournament game against North Adams. They will be escorted by representatives of the Ross County Sheriff Department and both the Deerfield and Concord Township Fire Departments. Come out and cheer them on as they pass through Frankfort on the way to their game! Go Warriors!

Congratulation to the Adena Middle School Spelling Bee winners! Champion: Hayley Bossert Runner-up: Clara Ewing 8th grade winners:1st- Hayley Bossert 2nd- Corrine Day 7th grade winners: 1st- Meghan Hurless 2nd- Katie Ramsey 6th grade winners: 1st- Clara Ewing 2nd- Ava Ferrell

Our boys’ basketball team defeated Rock Hill tonight 55-32 and improved to 21-2 on the season. Our Warriors will now play Meigs for a Division III Sectional Championship this Friday at 7 p.m. The game will be played at Adena High School. Go Warriors!

Please disregard the previous message about the elementary yearbook. The photographer sent out incorrect information to us in an email, and has since corrected it. Our apologies. Yearbook orders will be in the Fall. Thank you!

Attention Adena Elementary Students!!! This is a reminder that all yearbook orders must be placed online at http://downtownphoto.gotphoto.com/prepay The deadline for ordering is Friday, February 26th.