This past July, the River Valley FFA reports they had quite a few members showing at the Marion County Fair. The projects ranged from SAE posters to market and breeding livestock. The annual Sale of Champions also had many River Valley FFA members coming through the ring. Those members included Amy Poorman, (Grand Champion Market […]
Pleasant, River Valley Beat State Average on Third Grade Reading Test
June 18, 2014 by
More than 110,000 third graders across the state, an increase of more than 25,000 students from the fall, are ready for fourth grade according to preliminary reading scores on the Ohio Achievement Assessment (OAA). Locally, students at Pleasant and River Valley beat the state average, Elgin and Ridgedale came up just short, and Marion City […]
RV FFA Earns Awards, Leadership Position at State Convention
June 5, 2014 by
The River Valley FFA attended the State FFA Convention on May 1-2 in Columbus and returned with awards and degrees. One of their members was also elected to a district leadership post. State Convention is where chapters from all over Ohio come together to celebrate a successful year, get chapter awards, state degrees, personal awards, […]
Area Middle Schools Test Their “Math Moxie”
May 21, 2014 by
On Friday, May 16, 2014, 228 students from 8 north central Ohio middle schools participated in the 3rd Annual Marion Middle School Math Challenge, hosted by Marion Technical College and The Ohio State University at Marion in Morrill Hall Auditorium on the Marion Campus. The Marion Middle School Mathematics Challenge is a rigorous on-line math […]
Charges Filed Against Six Students for Cutting Down Trees at RV
May 13, 2014 by
The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office filed charges against six students for cutting down more than 20 trees on the River Valley High School campus last week. The students attend River Valley and Tri-Rivers and allegedly cut the trees down as a “senior prank.” Brian Tyler Simmons, David Mark Gifford, and Gage Thomas Stuckman were each […]
Trees Cut Down at River Valley as “Senior Prank”
May 8, 2014 by
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says that nearly two dozen trees were cut down overnight around River Valley High School. Investigators have learned the destruction was caused by several students as part of a “senior prank.” A deputy discovered the destruction at approximately 12:45am on Thursday, May 8, 2014 while on patrol. In all, 23 […]
River Valley Staff Create Parody Videos to Encourage Students During Testing
April 30, 2014 by
As students around the state take on the Ohio Achievement Assessments this week, the staff at River Valley’s Heritage Elementary and Liberty Elementary decided to do something special…create parody videos. The staff at Heritage Elementary staff produced a parody of Pharell’s hit song “Happy” for their students. Over at Liberty Elementary, the staff created a […]
Lindsey, Hale Named February Athletes of the Month
March 18, 2014 by
The Fahey Banking Company has announced the February 2014 Fahey Bank Athletes of the Month are Ashleigh Lindsey of Harding and Jordan Hale of River Valley. This is Ashleigh Lindsey’s second win of the Athlete of the Month program and she is only a sophomore. Ashleigh is gymnast at Marion Harding who won the All-Around […]
Pleasant, Ridgedale, River Valley Athletes Share December Honors
January 20, 2014 by
The Fahey Bank Athlete of the Month Winners for December 2013 are Drew Garverick of Pleasant, Caleb Osborne of Ridgedale, and Gabrielle Gooding of River Valley. Gabrielle “Gigi” Gooding is a freshman swimmer for River Valley. During the month of December she set the following school records: 100 freestyle in 57.83, 100 backstroke 104.58, 50 […]
Area’s Brightest Student Mathematical Minds Recognized
December 20, 2013 by
On Friday, December 13th, 198 students from 10 north central Ohio area high schools participated in the 3rd Annual Marion Mathematics Challenge, hosted by Marion Technical College and The Ohio State University at Marion in Morrill Hall Auditorium on the Marion Campus. Represented at this year’s mathematics competition were students from Cardington-Lincoln High School, Elgin […]
