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MEDIA RELEASE__Upper Scioto Valley Elementary School has announced the following Honor Roll for the second nine weeks of the 2025-2026 academic year. It includes students in grades 3-5.

6th Grade Honor Roll 

All A’s 

Bryson Howard, Case Vermillion 

A-B Honor Roll 

Aiden Crabtree, Kamden Hollon, Kawlija Jones, Griffin Mizek, Kyler Newman, Paisley Newport, Avery Piehl, Cruz VanHoose 

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MEDIA RELEASE__The following high school students from Ada have been recognized by the Apollo Career Center for academic excellence during the 2nd quarter of the 2025-2026 school year.

All A Honor Roll:

Ada: Alainee Buxton, Ashley Hevlin, Tyrese McGraw, Evan Miller, Caleb Nash, Ryan Nichols, Brody Rister, Braden Smith

A/B Honor Roll:

Ada:  Trevor Dirmeyer, Alivia Gibson, Jude Griffin, Peyton Hollar, Addyson Kin, Dylan Marshall, Grady Morgan, Lydia Phillips, Izabella Ratliff, Karlie Rockhill, Tania Rollerson, Claire Stuber

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MEDIA RELEASE__The Ada Exempted Village Schools have issued the following 2nd Quarter Honor Roll for the 2025-2026 school year.

The list includes honorees in grades 4-12.

Honorees are also listed on the school website at https://www.adabulldogs.org/article/2670293

See Ada students on the Apollo Career Center Honor Roll HERE.

GRADE 4

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CLICK photos to enlarge / ABOVE Top three and top ten spellers

By Alec Keller

The Ada Schools auditorium buzzed with chatter and encouragement with classes filing in as 10 finalists took center stage at the Ada Exempted Village Schools spelling bee.

On January 16, spelling bee finalists representing grades 4-8 took turns approaching the microphone, with each contestant listening closely as words were read aloud. Students could request definitions or use in a sentence before spelling each word one letter at a time.

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By Alec Keller

Conelia Dixon, AHS class of 1966, is a retired teacher who currently resides in Shelby County as a Master Gardener Volunteer. After graduating from Ohio Northern University in 1970, she moved to Michigan, where she taught physical education and other subjects at the junior high level for 30 years.

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Jillian Allison receives 2025 Hall of Honor scholarship

By Alec Keller

Students, families, staff members and board of education officials gathered on Saturday evening, Jan. 3, in the Ada High School cafeteria to celebrate Mike Lenhart and David Lusk as the newest inductees into the alumni association’s Hall of Honor.

Two plaques were unveiled and placed along the wall inside the school’s south entrance, commemorating the men’s accomplishments and recognizing their years of outstanding service to the district.

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