Two important dates for families with children in Ada schools:
• Thursday, Aug. 14, 6:30-8 p.m., annual school open house
• Monday, Aug. 18, - first day of the 2014-15 Ada school year
The first day of school is for pupils in grades 1 to 12. School begins at 8:35 a.m. Kindergarten orientation is Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 18-19. Click here for kindergarten schedule.
Dismissal is at 3:30 p.m. for all students with the exception of town students in grades kindergarten, 1, 2, and 3, who will be dismissed at 3:10 p.m.
School schedule pick-up takes place on Tuesday, Aug. 12, for Ada school students.
Here’s the schedule:
7th and 8th graders 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
9th and 10th graders 10 a.m. to noon
Office closed Noon-1 p.m.
11th and 12th graders 1 to 3 p.m.
Completed emergency medical forms must be turned in at schedule pick-up.
Incoming 7th graders must have a TDAP vaccination prior to the start of school. Proof of vaccinations must be provided to up schedules.
Hail struck area fields in the county south of Mt. Victory July 27. According to OSU corn specialist Peter Thomison (CORN 2014-25), the impact of hail damage is largely dependent on the corn’s stage of development.
Checking the corn earlier this week, the field in question was in the V-10 to V-13 growth stages, which is based on the number of leaf collars on the plant. Because the corn was planted late, it had yet to enter the reproductive stage where pollination occurs and the kernels start to form on the ears.
The 2014 Lincoln Highway Buy-Way Yard Sale Thursday through Saturday, Aug. 7-9 is here. This is the 10th year for the sale that stretches across Ohio and touches the Icon viewing area big time.
The Ada community alone has 34 garage sales. For locations of those 34 sales, open the printer-friendly attachments at the bottom of this story.
• One attachment is a map of Ada and of Liberty Township. It shows registered garage sale locations.
• The second attachment is a list of registered garage sales by location and day of the sale.
As Ada's 2014-15 school year gets closer, the Icon will post lots of back-to-school information.
Here's the first installment and it concerns kindergarten classes. All kindergarten classes will start the year with a staggered beginning. Kindergarteners will come to school every other day for the first eight days of school only, according to information from the elementary office.
Orientation and the first day for kindergarten Group A is Monday, Aug. 18. Orientation and the first day for Group B is Tuesday, Aug. 19.
Here's the kindergarten schedule for the first two weeks of school:
