
Bear Cub Academy will be holding an open house on Tuesday, May 2, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Isham Elementary, 325 Sunset Boulevard, for the purpose of touring the program and registering for the 2017-18 school year. Bear Cub Academy is a before- and after-school program for students in grades kindergarten through 6. The hours are 6:30 to 9 a.m. and 3:30 to 6 p.m. More information can be found on the district website at www.wadsworthschools.org and selecting Bear Cub Academy under the Parent Information tab. Submitted photo

Wadsworth teachers Jason Jurey, Allison Parsons, Lisa Owens, Joe Shalala and administrator Dr. Michele Evans spent a week at the NASA Johnson Space Center’s MicroGravity University for Educators. The team participated in a nationwide competition, in which a Satellite Launching Experimental Device was designed and submitted. Their design took four months to build and was one of 12 selected to travel to NASA to practice with the device in a micro-gravity environment. Check out the WCS Grizzly SLED Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/grizzlysled/. Photo compliments of NASA

Wadsworth City Schools is seeking nominations for the 2017 Educator Emeritus Hall of Fame. Educator Emeritus honors and recognizes retired educators and/or administrators of Wadsworth City Schools who made significant contributions to students, faculty, and/or the community. Nominations are being accepted through May 5. More information can be found on the district homepage at www.wadsworthschools.org. Questions can be directed to the Department of Instruction at 330-335-1315. Submitted photo
Perspective Board Members
An information session for community members considering running for election in November as a potential board member is being held April 26 at 7 p.m. in the PD Room of the Charles R. Parsons Administration Building. Interested community members are asked to RSVP to Dr. Hill at 330-335-1301 or ahill@wadsworthschools.org by Friday, April 21.
Board of Education Building Tours
A special meeting of the Wadsworth City Board of Education will be held May 10 and 12, from 8 a.m. to noon, for the purpose of touring each school building, and any other business that may come before the board. The schedule will be posted on the district webpage.