At this time the open house that was scheduled for 8-17-2020 has been canceled for all schools. 

Congrats to our own Gage Smith

Gage Smith (Paulding), a senior in the junior Network Systems class at Vantage Career Center, earned his Test Out Linux Pro Certification, which normally takes an entire school year to complete, but he achieved it in less than one semester and scored in the top 10 percent of all test takers for Linux Pro in the United States, including college students and industry professionals.

https://timesbulletin.com/MobileContent/News/Community-News/Article/Vantage-student-earns-certification-scores-in-top-10-percent-nationally/2/1170/224485?fbclid=IwAR233JpbhhKr2kjntiUOFgcy9zciSum2DsmnoHyGT9BZa8j5DdzCln_4z9k

Kindergarten Screening has been set for Oakwood Elementary for Thursday, June 18. To register your child for Kindergarten and to set up a screening appointment, please call 419-594-3346, option 4, for details.

VAN WERT – Vantage Career Center Health Technology juniors, Jordan Buerkle (Antwerp), Rylyn Lengacher (Antwerp) and Selena Yates (Paulding) competed in the virtual Future Health Professionals state competition, formally known as Health Occupation Students of America, held April 20.

https://timesbulletin.com/Content/Default/Homepage-Rotator/Article/Vantage-Health-Technology-juniors-head-to-international-competition/-3/1168/224406

Paulding High School's graduation was scheduled for May 17, 2020, but due to the COVID-19 restrictions, many hands put together a virtual graduation for our 85 graduates. Please click here to watch the video. https://youtu.be/lJ8laK8A9Y0

Kindergarten screening will take place June 11, 12 and 15. A 20 minute appointment will be scheduled for your child to meet with a kindergarten teacher.  To enroll your child into kindergarten, please call the school office so we can give you information about our online registration process. Call 419-399-4656.

Paulding FFA teacher Staci Miller showcases the $1,000 check from PPEC to help purchase supplies for the school's new hygiene closet. We love that FFA is making efforts to provide for the needs of students, and we thank Staci and all the teachers for their dedication to our local youth! 

NYAP is our school-based therapy program that is continuing to provide service and support to their clients during this difficult time. They are continuing to intake new clients and help with mental health needs throughout the stay at home order via telehealth services. These services are not limited to children, adults, and students from other schools can also be enrolled in services during this troubling time.

Results were recently released for the 2019-2020 TEAMS Engineering Competition. Students from Paulding High School competed in Division III at the local tournament at Ohio Northern in early March.  The competition consisted of a one-day, three-part competition including a a combination of scores from:

• Design/Build

• Multiple Choice

• Essay

The Paulding High School

JV team was ranked  3rd in  Division III in the state of Ohio and 8th Nationally. 

Varsity team placed 11th in the State Division rankings, and 34th in the National rankings.  

We are beyond proud of their efforts and accomplishments. 

 Members of the team include:   back:  Megan Dearth, Gillian Porter, Molly Adams, Luke McCullough, Jon Clapsaddle, Kolson Egnor.  Front:  Jaylyn McCloud, Natali Becerra Cortes, Vanessa Krueger, and Lily Roehrig.

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The Paulding FFA will be hosting their Annual Greenhouse Sale starting this Saturday, May 2nd from 9-4 p.m. Please come out and support the Paulding FFA Chapter. We are now offering a curb-side pickup option by filling out the order form and selecting your pickup date. Please use this link https://forms.gle/AYXLyHwJZRZSk2Hr9 to order your plants from the Paulding FFA greenhouse sale. Thank you in advance for your support of our FFA Chapter. If you have any questions please contact Staci Miller at 419-399-4656 Ext 1170.

Since school has not been in session since mid- March that hasn’t stopped the Paulding FFA Chapter from helping to serve our members and help our community by focusing on the FFA Motto: Learning to Do, Do to Learn, Earning to Live and Living to Serve.  Our members decided to start the hygiene closet in March when school was shutdown. Through collaboration with the Paulding staff and administration, the Paulding FFA started its hygiene bags to help the many families in Paulding struggling due to COVID-19. Each week at Paulding and Oakwood a five day supply of meals is handed out to children age 1-18. In conjunction with the meals, the Panther’s care closet established by the Paulding FFA is having the Paulding Staff hand out hygiene kits to families who would like to receive them.

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Pictured here are various Paulding staff members who are helping to sort the hygiene items to be disbursed. Everyone is helping to provide all we can for our students!

Pictured here are FFA members Hailey and Kyle Harris after they had assembled the hygiene kits for their mom Nicole, who works in the school cafeteria to take them to the school for the weekly distribution of meals and hygiene kits.

Thank you to the Class of 2020 for your hard work and sacrifice to make Paulding Schools a great place. You will be missed but your legacy will have a lasting impact on our school for years to come. #seniors2020 #PantherPride

On April 13, 2020, Governor DeWine closed all schools in the state of Ohio for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year, therefore PEVS will continue with remote/distance learning until the end of this school year. Please contact your child’s principal if you have any questions.

Students in current grade 6-11 who are interested in taking College Credit Plus must complete the required counseling with their parents AND submit the intent form by May 1st.  The counseling session is located at the bottom of the High School Guidance page, along with the intent form.  Follow this link to that page

https://www.pauldingschools.org/1/Content2/108  If you have any questions please email Mr. Foster - b_foster@pauldingschools.org 

Staff members that were able to, came together to prepare, pack and distribute breakfast and lunch kits to students in the Paulding Community.  Staff members at Oakwood, did the same.  

Distribution at both schools will continue as long as we can, every Thursday from 9:00-11:00 a.m.  

A group of National Honor Society students from Paulding High School decided to make cupcakes for our residents as one of their projects. A special thank you to those students: Sidney Kohart, Reagan Akon, Megan Garrity, Isaac Smalley, Isabelle Heitman, and Julia McMaster. Shown in the pictures serving them to our residents are Sidney and Julia who are students with NHS who also are aides at the Country Inn

Please click here for the photo gallery

Good Morning Paulding Elementary!

Congratulations on being named Ohio School Breakfast Champions!  Your willingness and help to make this new breakfast program has been humbling.  A big "thank you" to everyone, for the role you play in making breakfast in the classroom successful!  We currently average about 75-80% participation....whereas before this program started we averaged around 15% participation. 

Sometime in May, Paulding Elementary will receive a  banner to proudly display our outstanding achievement!

Congratulations go out to members of the Science Olympiad team. 
All team members qualified for State competition at OSU in April and brought home the 5th place team trophy.

Medal winners at the Regional competition included:

4th place Circuit Lab: Joe Estle
4th place Crime Busters: Olivia Porter
5th place Elastic Launched Glider: Sheridan Matty and Joe Estle
4th place Fossils: Sheridan Matty and Olivia Porter
6th place Ornithology: Joe Estle
5th place Road Scholar: Carmen Reno
6th place Water Quality: Joe Estle
2nd place Write it Do it: Carmen Reno
4th place Astronomy: Sam Adams and Trace McKinley
6th place Boomilever: Jon Clapsaddle and Trace McKinley
5th place Experimental Design: Molly Adams, Megan Dearth, and Gillian Porter
2nd place Forensics: Megan Dearth and Gillian Porter
6th place Fossils: Isaac Smalley and Molly Adams
6th place Protein Modeling: Paige Jones and Molly Adams
6th place Sounds of Music: Jon Clapsaddle and Quincy Porter
1st place Wright Stuff: Jon Clapsaddle and Quincy Porter

Congratulations to all.

Please click HERE for pictures from the event.

 Last week, the Paulding FFA celebrated FFA week by having many events around the school. During this week, every day was a dress-up day. The Paulding FFA hosted their annual Country Olympics with the entire high school in attendance. The students competed in a wide variety of games and competitions with their house in order to be crowned the winning house. These games consisted of straw stacking, stick horse races, tug of war, cattle roping, musical chairs, and a milking contest. Finally, each house made their own line dance to perform at the end of all the other contests.

The house, Stupendum, ended up as the winner of the competition. Overall the students had a very fun day at the country Olympics and are very excited for next year!

During FFA week and the week before, students and staff brought in supplies for the Paulding FFA’s hygiene closet. This hygiene closet will be for elementary, middle and high school students who are not able to afford their own hygiene items, so will be able to get them from the hygiene closet whenever they are needed. The hygiene drive during the last two weeks provided a good jump start for the project, with students and staff donating more than 1,600 items total.

For all the pictures click HERE

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Pictured here are FFA Officers left to right Paige Jones and Sydney Reineck with FFA member Ben Weible who is giving hygiene items to help start the Panther's Care Closet from the Grant Funds from National FFA.

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Pictured are the students who competed in the sub-district public speaking contest. back row L-R:Carter Manz, Mason Schlatter, and Luke McCullough. front row L-R: Baylee March, Sydney Reineck, Paige Jones, and Shannon Hale.

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Paulding FFA Alumni Pancake and Sausage Supper

Friday, February 21st,2020
Paulding High School Auditoria
4:30-7:00pm
 

Adults: $5.00
Children 3-12: $3.00

2 and Under: Free

On Tuesday, February 18th, the Ag Sales team competed at the district contest in
Riverdale, Ohio. The team consisted of freshman Carter Manz, sophomore Paige Jones, junior
Baylee March, and senior Jonathon Reinhard. The agricultural sales competition consists of four
different parts. This year the product the team marketed was benches and trash cans for parks.
At the district contest, the team placed 2nd overall with Baylee March placing fourth individually.
This 2nd place finish qualified the team to move on to the state contest on March 10th!
Great job to the Ag sales team and good luck at the state competition!
By Reporter, Paige Jones

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The middle school student council will be hosting their second annual relay for life bingo night
on Friday, March 20 from 6 - 8pm. Tickets are available in the middle school office for $5.

A Paulding FFA member sees a need in the Paulding School district and identifies a solution to the need.  Jennifer Stahl, a 2019 Paulding FFA graduate distributed over 200 pairs of gloves and hats to Paulding Elementary students through her living to serve plan she developed while attending the Washington Leadership Conference in 2018. Her Warming hearts and Warming hands campaign was established to ensure that every elementary student in Paulding Elementary had access to a hat and a pair of gloves to wear during the winter months.
 

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Today FFA members went after school the Gardens of Paulding and the Country Inn and handed out fruit bags to the residents and talked with them about FFA and wished them a Merry Christmas!! Paulding FFA loves to give back to the community!

Special thanks to Shellie Clapsaddle for her vision and artistic talents in the design of the holiday decorations in the High School Commons.

The annual Senior Citizen's Breakfast was held on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. 

First-Year Ohio FFA Members Awarded Blue Jackets COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Ohio FFA Foundation recently announced it will be awarding the symbolic FFA jackets to several first-year members. Paulding FFA had two students receive their FFA Jackets from Beck’s. Congratulations Eternity Bassler and Sydney Trahin for winning their FFA jacket. Students from across Ohio applied to receive the jackets as part of the Blue Jackets program, sponsored by Beck’s Hybrids and the Ohio FFA Foundation. Beck’s Hybrids is committed to helping provide FFA jackets for first-year members who otherwise may not be able to afford the jacket. With the generosity shared from community supporters and the Beck’s Hybrids dealer network, 179 FFA jackets were awarded to first-year Ohio FFA members. 

Please click on Read more for the full article. 

Members of the Paulding Middle School Student Council with supplies they collected for the Caring and Sharing Food Pantry located in Paulding, Ohio. All supplies were collected from donations made by Paulding Middle School students. Paulding Middle School would like to thank all the students who donated to this worthy cause. Paulding Middle School would also like to recognize student council advisors Angela Bellmann and Sarah Steward for organizing this project.

Here are some of our Panthers For Careers students at their job placements.  For full-size pictures click the read more button at the bottom or check out our weekly galleries. 

Gracie Burtch is at Paulding-Putnam Electric Coop,

Jordyn Merriman is at the Paulding County Sheriff's Office,

Sidney Kohart is Paulding County Hospital, 

Riley Noffsinger is at Insource Technologies. 

November 7th, 2019, 4 Paulding FFA members attended the district food science contest. There were schools 10 that attended the district contest this year. Team members included Shannon Hale, Paige Jones, Jonathon Reinhard, and Sydney Reineck. The contest consists of a team and individual part. As a team, the members had to complete a product development scenario. This consists of designing the packaging, creating the nutrition label, and finding all of the nutrition information for the given product. The individual part of the contest consists of identifying aromas, identifying food processing equipment, and responding to customer inquiries. They also must be able to identify safety hazards around food and complete a math portion about the calories in food. Individually Jonathan Reinhard placed 1st in the district and Paige Jones placed 2nd. As a team, they placed 1st out of 10 schools. The team will advance to the state competition on December 7th in Columbus!

 

In the picture shown above is Paulding Middle School teacher Cheri Estle presenting at The Ohio School
Improvement Institute. Mrs. Estle’s presentation was titled “Fire all around me, and the water’s been
shut off!” Mrs. Estle’s presentation focused on helping teachers who are overwhelmed by the life-
stresses all around them learn how to channel that stress so they can still be the teachers their students
need them to be. Using humor and life experiences, Mrs. Estle let more than sixty attendees know they
are not alone when they feel overwhelmed by life and there are things they can do to decompress. Mrs.
Estle has been an educator for thirty-five years. She will be greatly missed by Paulding Middle School
when she retires at the end of the current school year.

The 2nd annual Thanksgiving Feast will be served on Thursday, November 21st! All enrolled students will be served a FREE Thanksgiving meal in their cafeteria on this day. The meal will include: Roast Turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, corn, stuffing, bread and butter, and as a special treat fresh apple slices with caramel dipping sauce. We hope your student will join us for a day of thanksgiving and a feast to remember!!! If you have any questions contact: Holly Dangler at 419-399-4656 ext. 1525

Paulding High School and Paulding Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) once again collaborated to hold a Community Service Workday at the Black Swamp Nature Center. Over 350 students in grades 9-12 from Paulding High School and their teachers braved the cool fall weather to make a big difference in their local community. This is the second community service day that has been done by the students.

No task was too big or small for the students as they completed many projects that they and their fellow community members can enjoy for many years to come. One of the most notable projects is the installation of a three-hole disc golf course throughout the grounds of the Black Swamp Nature Center. Students helped to prep everything for the installation of the disc golf holes from prepping holes for the bases to painting signs to mark the holes. This project was funded thanks to donations to the Friends of the Black Swamp Nature Center through the Paulding County Area Foundation.

Please see the full gallery of pictures here.

PICTURES 

On October 10th, the Paulding FFA chapter began their annual fruit sales. The chapter will be
selling until November 5th and delivery will be the week of December 2nd. During fruit sales, the
chapter sells a variety of items including many different kinds of fresh fruit, nuts, and Ohio
apples. Some other items include BBQ sauce, beef jerky, and butter braids. This is the biggest
fundraiser of the year for the chapter and all proceeds that are made go to benefit the Paulding
FFA chapter. If you are interest in fruit or any other item from the fundraiser, please contact the
Paulding FFA Chapter Agriculture Education Department at 419-399-4656, extension 1170, or
see a Paulding FFA member. We would like to thank everyone in advance for the continued
support of the Paulding FFA Chapter!

All that is required is a love of children, the ability to follow directives, get along with others and to have a valid Teacher’s Aide Permit through ODE.

Teacher Aides help in the High School, Middle School, Oakwood Elementary, and Paulding Elementary including the preschool programs in both of the elementaries. 

Contact Cindy Kauser at c_kauser@pauldingschools.org or 419-399-4656 ext 1512,  for more information or questions on the application process.

For more details please read the full article. 

Last Monday, August 26th, the Paulding FFA Chapter held their first meeting. Both members and their parents were at this meeting, so they could learn a little more about FFA from the advisors and the officer team. Pictured here is the Paulding FFA officer team getting ready for the parent meeting at the fairgrounds. L to R Jonathan Reinhard, Paige Jones, Jordyn Merriman, Riley Noffsinger, Sydney Reineck, Olivia Stallard, Colton Howell and Jaylyn McCloud missing from photo Baylee March and Riley Rue.

PEVS has switched from Honeywell to School Messenger for all alerts from the district.  Parents may choose their alert settings by signing up at School Messenger, or by downloading the Blue School Messenger app on your iPhone or Android.  We ask that everyone chooses the following alert choices:  Non-school Hour Emergency, School Hour Emergency and Attendance.  Athletic events will be sent out using the General setting.  Please be sure to update and sign your Final Forms as this information is pushed through to School Messenger every morning. 

To opt into receiving text messages, you must send a text to the code '6758'7 as the recipient then enter a "Y" in the message box before sending.

Students at Paulding Elementary were greeted on their first day with this "Welcome Back" sign as they entered the building.

PEVS welcomes 12 new teachers to their staff for 2019-2020.  Front row, L-R:  Alaina Backus-Paulding Elementary Intervention , Jenny Warner-Paulding Elementary 4th Grade, Danielle Bird-Paulding Elementary Intervention, Sarah Steward-MS Math,  Amanda Kunz-Paulding Elementary Intervention, and Keersten Lindeman- HS Family & Consumer Science.  Back row, L-R:  John Kennedy-HS Industrial Technology, Mitchell Rickard-Paulding Elementary Intervention, Kyle Kramer-MS Math, Elias Jimenez-MS Intervention, Taryn Rupp-Band Director and Abby Nussbaum-7th Grade ELA.

Congratulations to the Paulding Varsity Girl's Basketball Team who won the 2019 Summer MAC Tournament in Antwerp!

On June 24th-26th, the Paulding FFA officer team went to officer retreat in Laurelville, Ohio near Hocking Hills. The officer team this year is made up of President Riley Noffsinger, Vice President Sydney Reineck, Secretary Jordyn Merriman, Treasurer Baylee March, Reporter Paige Jones, Sentinel Riley Rue, Student Advisor Colton Howell, Parliamentarian Olivia Stallard, Historian Jaylyn McCloud, and Chaplin Jonathan Reinhard along with Ag Education Teacher and FFA advisor Staci Miller and FFA advisor Jackie Mosier.

Congratulations to the Science Olympiad team for a great day at Regionals on Saturday, March 9.  Overall the Team placed 8th.  Fantastic job to the whole team!  'Read more' to see the Individual results.

Paulding Elementary cafeteria ladies made 'Green Eggs and Ham' on Monday, March 4, to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday, which was March 2.  Click here for more pictures!

The Paulding High School Engineering team participated in the TEAMS/JETS engineering competition at Ohio Northern University.  The 9-10th grade team placed 3rd. 

Several FCCLA students completed their Career Development Event Chapter Service Projects and competed at the Regional level at Upper Valley Career Center in Piqua.

The Paulding FFA would like to congratulate Courtney Luderman on her FFA proficiency awards.

The Paulding FFA Chapter sent 6 Officers to the Huntington Leadership Summit at Huntington College.

On February 18th the Ag Sales team made up of Jonathan Reinhard, Courtney Luderman,  Shannon Hale and Riley Noffsinger competed in the district contest held at Spencerville.

The Paulding FFA chapter had seven members compete in sub-district public speaking at Delphos on February 13th. Students in the creed speaking contest had to memorize the FFA Creed by E.M Tiffany and answer questions about the creed.  

The Paulding FFA had four members compete at State in Columbus for Ag Communications. The team consists of Paige Jones, Jen Stahl, Kalyn Strahley, and Shannon Hale.

The PHS Science Fair was held on February 15, in the auditeria.  The following ratings were given:  GOOD-Kyle Kelly, Brody Fisher, Grady Vogel;  EXCELLENT-Taelyn Etzler, Gabby Casper, Sam Woods, Caleb Thompson, Lily Roehrig, Janae Pease, Alivya Bakle, Audrey Giesige; and SUPERIOR-Paige Jones, Ember Helms-Keezer, Claire Schweller. Paige, Ember and Claire will represent PHS at the District Sci­ence fair at ONU on March 16. Good luck! Click on 'read more' for pictures.

All Jr. High practices and games are cancelled today.  The girls varsity basketball game vs Defiance is still on as is the boys freshman basketball game with Allen East.  

The redistricing meeting at Oakwood Elementary is still on as scheduled.

Congratulations to Paulding 7th grader Sarah Wong who won the Paulding County Spelling Bee by correctly spelling 'galleria'!  Sarah will compete in the Regional Competition on March 9 at 10:00 AM at PFW Rhinehart Recital Hall in Fort Wayne.

The following sporting events are cancelled today due to the weather:

Boys Varsity/JV Basketball vs Ayersville
Boys 7/8 Basketball vs Spencerville
Girls 7/8 Basketball vs Spencerville

PEVS honored all branches of the military at the beginning of the Varsity Boys Basketball game against Delphos Jefferson Friday, January 18, 2019.  Dan Wilder, retired Air Force Veteran, sang the Star Spangled Banner. 

School will be in session after the 2 hour delay today,  Monday, January 14, 2019.

The results of the Middle School Spelling Bee are as follows:  L-R Haley Manz, 5th place; Carla Manz, 3rd place; Sarah Wong, 1st place; Kurtis Bauer, 2nd place; and Hannah Arnold, 4th place.  Sarah will compete at the County Spelling Bee on February 5 at Payne Elementary.  Congratulations to all of these students!

The PHS Band participated in the Wreaths Across America cermony held at St. Paul Cemetary and Cooper-Haines Cemetary in Paulding Township on December 15.

The 22nd Annual Senior Citizen's Breakfast was held on December 10.  Our guests were served breakfast and entertained with songs and music by the Paulding 4th graders, Oakwood 3rd and 4th grade Choir, 7th grade Band, 7th and 8th grade Choir, HS A Capella group, HS Band, HS Choir and the HS Jazz Band. Luke McCullough was the MC and the meals were served by the NHS and Student Council students.  Thank you all for coming!  We hope you enjoyed it!  Click here for more pictures.

PHS Athletes traveled to Oakwood Elementary to promote 'Reading is a Sport' to the students.  If students read a certain number of minutes (each grade level has different goals), they get a free pass to a Varsity Boys Basketball game and special recognition at the game. While visiting Oakwood the Athletes found an Elf on the Shelf!

The seventh grade students have been participating in a service learning project for the past 3 months. They collected items that will be donated for care packages for soldiers through Operation Gratitude. As the project wrapped up today, the 7th grade students collected a total of 1866 items. Awesome job 7th grade students! 

PEVS wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!  School will not be in session November 21-26.  Classes resume on Tuesday, November 27.

Veterans Day Program, November 9th

Congratulations to the Paulding FFA Food Science team for placing 1st in the District out of 15 teams and for advancing on to the State Competition in December.  Members are L-R:  Courtney Luderman, Shannon Hale, Kalyn Strahley and Jen Stahl.

The Paulding FFA Chapter sent five FFA Officers to the Ohio Legislative Leadership Conference (OLLC) in Columbus Ohio on the 26th of September.

Congratulations to PEVS Bus Driver Jerrolyn Parrett, who was named the 2018 Grand Marshall of the Oakwood Homecoming Parade!

The Paulding FFA chapter had a busy weekend on Labor Day. The chapter helped with Oakwood Homecoming. They ran the kiddie tractor pulls, had a food stand at the tractor pulls, and they made a float for the Oakwood Parade.

Paulding Elementary

Oakwood Elementary

Paulding Middle School

A message from Ken Amstutz, superintendent of Paulding Exempted Village Schools, regarding the school closing:

As you are aware, there are questions and concerns with the coronavirus (COVID-19) as it relates to school operations.  On Thursday afternoon, March 12, Governor DeWine announced at a news conference that all schools will be closed beginning Monday, March 16th through Friday, April 3rd with classes resuming on Monday April 6th.   We are in the process of formulating educational options during this time. Once we have plans in place, your child’s building and/or teacher will be in contact with you.  

Paulding Schools will be closed Monday, March 16 through Friday, April 3.  Please feel free to contact my office at 419-399-4656 ext. 1510 if you have questions. 

The Paulding Agriculture Education program receives a grant from the Paulding Area
Foundation for their new 1 st Grade Agriculture Adventures Program. High School students in the
livestock class are partnering with the 1 st grade students at Paulding Elementary to teach the
youth about livestock. This new program is called Ag Adventures and will focus on teaching the
students about livestock raised in Paulding County. This program will begin by talking to 1 st
graders about swine. The high school students would go down to the 1st-grade classrooms and
do a presentation, a fun activity and read the students a book about swine. This will allow our
high school students to interact with younger students and share their knowledge learned in
the classroom with them through hands-on activities. This program will align with the 1st-grade
science standards that focus on mammals, animal needs and their habitats. After the fun
activities and reading each 1st-grade student would receive their very own copy of the book to
take home and share their livestock knowledge with their families. The goal of this project is for
the elementary students to learn more about Paulding County’s agriculture and livestock industry
while enhancing their literacy through the gift of a book. Paulding Ag department is very
excited about this program and appreciate the support of the Paulding Area Foundation to help
our student advocate for agriculture and teach younger generations about the importance of
livestock.
Paige Jones, Paulding FFA Reporter

Veteran's were honored with breakfast and a program by the Paulding Elementary, Middle School Student Council and the PHS Band and Choir.  We appreciate what our Veterans have done for us!  Thank you for your service!

Our yearbook this year will again be published by Jostens!  We began selling yearbooks on October 1.  Yearbooks can be ordered until November 1, 2019 for a reduced price of $50.00. Order online from Jostens using this link http://jostensyearbooks.com?REF=A06562700, Also you can get a form from the high school office, or Mrs Monnier's room A213 and return with payment to the high school office or to Mrs. Monnier in room A213 in the high school.

PEVS will be using a new alert system this year called School Messenger.  We are still learning the system, so please be patient with us.   If you wish to receive text alerts, you must text the letter "Y" to the code 67587 (make this code your recipient).  Also, the link to change your alert settings and manage your account is https://go.schoolmessenger.com/#/home which is also under the Parent Links Tab on the school website.   You can also set up an App from this site.

If you receive an alert in error, please contact us so we can remove your account. 

Thank you.

Paulding Elementary

Oakwood Elementary

Paulding Middle School

PHS and the PHS Athletic Department are hosting a Drive 4 UR School with Integrity Ford of Paulding on Friday, September 7 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.  Ford Motor Company will donate $20 to PHS for every test drive.  Please click here for details.

Physical Examinations will be held on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at Paulding High School.  The Ohio High School Athletic Association requires student-athletes to obtain a physical annually in order to participate in any sport.  The cost of the physicals will be $15.00 and the checks need to be made payable to the Paulding County Hospital.  The schedule of physicals are as follows:

High School Boys                   8:00 – 9:30
Jr. High Boys                          9:30 – 11:00
Lunch                                      11:00 – 12:30
High School Girls                   12:30 – 1:30
Jr. High Girls                          1:30 – 3:00

This is the schedule we would like to follow.  However, if any student cannot make it at their scheduled time, or would like to come with a sibling, they can come anytime from 8:00-11:00 or 12:30-3:00

At this time we are sending out our brochure for virtual learning along with the application form. 
This will be for grades K-12 additional applications will be available in your school's office. 

Brochure

Application

Paulding Ex. schools will have one final food distribution for kids (ages 1-18) in our communities on Thursday May 21. Distribution at Paulding and Oakwood will start at 9 am and will run until 11 am.  Please create a line and stay in your vehicle, and our staff will come to you for your information and hand you the meal kits.  Hygiene kits will also be available if your children are in need of daily essentials. 

If you have any questions, please email h_dangler@pauldingschools.org

SUMMER FOOD DISTRIBUTION:
NOCAC will be providing free Grab 'n Go lunches to children ages 1-18 (up to age 21 with valid IEP) at LaFountain Park, 700 Lincoln Ave, Paulding.  Lunches can be picked up Monday-Friday between 11:30-12:15, June 1 to July 30.  (No distribution July 3).

PHS Junior Class Prom Fundraiser
February 13th  Thursday 4:30-6:00
Paulding Auditeria
$12. Choose a Bowl to have some Soup and Crackers, a sweet treat and a drink.
Please come and support the Junior Class. 

Boys Colby Singer and Josh Carper helping me make the bowls for the Juniors to glaze.

The 22nd annual Senior Citizen Breakfast will be on Wednesday, December 11 beginning at 8:30
a.m. All district residents 60 years and older are invited to join us for breakfast, fellowship, and
entertainment. Doors will open at 8:15 a.m. We will be showcasing the talents of our students
from each building. Please call Lesa in the High School Office at 419-399-4656, ext. 1112, to
reserve a seat.

In Mid-September, the Paulding FFA Equine Team consisting of Lonna Saylor, Jennifer Stahl, Jordyn Merriman and Riley Noffsinger traveled to Massachusetts to compete at the Big E in West Springfield. The team placed 8th overall and represented Ohio and the Paulding FFA proudly!  The team would like to thank all the sponsors that helped with the trip and the chapter is very proud of the team and all that they accomplished!

Please read the full story by clicking on Read More at the bottom.

Three new members were inducted to the Academic Hall of Fame during the 2019 Graduation Ceremony.   Pictured (L-R):  Dr. Greg Ordway - Class of 1974, Dr. Martin Baughman - Class of 1964, and Mr. John Mohr - Class of 1958. Congratulations to these men!

PEVS would like to welcome 7 new teachers to the staff for the 2018-2019 school year. 

Phil Romero, Paulding Elementary Intervention Specialist, was chosen by The Ohio Lottery/Partners in Education as Teacher of the Month. Click on this link for his video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuBJvwbotPc

Please see the PEVS 2020-2021 reopening plan 'here'.  This plan is subject to change throughout the school year due to the pandemic.  

It is with great pride that Paulding Exempted Village Schools and Vantage Congratulates senior Ag & Industrial Power Tech student, Kaylie Tressler who has received the President's Volunteer Service Award on behalf of the President of the United States!

Read the article from Vantage here 

On Thursday, January 23rd, 9 members of the Paulding FFA officer team attended the
annual FFA Leadership Summit at Huntington University. When they arrived they took a tour of
Huntington’s campus. Then they were first greeted by Mr. Nate Perry, coordinator of Ag
Operations at Huntington, who discussed his hopes for the future of agriculture and then the
schedule for the day. He then he pulled a current student and alumni member onto the stage
and they told of all the Huntington agriculture had done for them. Then two faculty members
came to the stage and talked about the new things that will be added to the agriculture program.
3 Indiana state officers then took all students to do leadership exercises. The leadership
exercises taught chapter officers to develop a stronger team working together to lead. Lastly,
they were spoken to by keynote speaker, Mrs. Beth Archer, Executive Director at Agri Institute.
She spoke about “Leading in an Age of Opportunity.” The officers learned a lot at the
Leadership Summit and are excited to attend again next year!
By Reporter, Paige Jones

Throughout the month of October and the first half of November, the Paulding FFA chapter has
been feeding the farmers around Paulding county. The chapter first started doing this last year
and found that it was a good way to support local farmers and thank them for their countless
hours of work to feed our world. The students prepared meals in brown bags to give to the
farmers while they are working in the field and may not have time to run home to eat. These bags
contain items such as cookies, chips, applesauce, a water bottle, and pop. A note written by
students in the chapter was also included in the bag, thanking farmers for all they do. The FFA
members delivered over one hundred meals to farmers in Paulding County. Feeding our farmers
is one way we try and thank our farmers for feeding all of America. The Paulding FFA is very
excited to continue this project in the upcoming years and hopes that it can become bigger and
better each year!

September 25th, five students on the Paulding FFA officers team attended the Ohio Legislative Leadership Conference at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. The officers first started off the morning by being taught more about lobbying. They were then broke into groups, some acting as lobbyist trying to pass bills, and others as representatives. From this activity, students got more insight on the daily work of a representative and lobbyist, and learned a little more about how bills get passed. Senator Larry Obhof, President of the Ohio Senate for the 133rd General Assembly, and Senator Rob McColley representing the 1st Senate District. 

Please read the full story by clicking on Read More at the bottom.

PEVS recognized and congratulated their 2019 Retirees during a staff appreciation breakfast.  Those retiring from left to right, are:  Rose Krietemeyer-Family & Consumer Science, Jaynne Smiley-MS Art, Kelly Snyder-Oakwood Kindergarten, Scott Strable-MS Custodian and Mark Rhodes-Paulding Elementary Phys Ed.

Laptops are ready for pickup for high school students. If your student plans to take the device home, you are required to pay the annual insurance premium. We have a new process this year for signing laptop agreements. We ask that each family sign up for Final Forms and complete the laptop agreement forms electronically. To save time and to insure that your device is ready upon pickup, please schedule a pickup date and complete the online agreement forms with Final Forms prior to picking up your student’s laptop. If you are unable to create an account or have issues completing the forms, we can assist you in the High School Auditeria during pickup hours. For further instructions and to view pickup dates/times, please see the link below. 

We are very excited to announce that the Paulding Exempted Village Schools has partnered with ‘Final Forms’, an online forms and data management service. Final Forms allows you to complete and sign enrollment, back-to-school and athletic participation forms for your students. The most exciting news is that Final Forms saves data from season-to-season and year-to-year, meaning that you will never need to enter the same information twice! Final Forms also pre-populates information wherever possible, for each of your students, saving you time

     
The FFA Greenhouse class is having a Plant Sale!  Times are listed below for the public. The Greenhouse is located on Caroline St on the south side of the school.

Saturday, May 5, 9-12
Friday, May 11, 10-4
Saturday, May 12, 9-12
Friday, May 18, 10-4
Saturday, May 19, 9-12
Friday, May 25, 10-4
Saturday, May 26, 9-12

Attention all High School Students and Parents,  

We are currently scheduling laptop pick up for Paulding High school students in the Auditeria for the 2020-2021 take-home program.   If the student will be taking the device home during the school year, you are required to pay the annual insurance premium of $25 for Freshman - Juniors and $50 for Seniors, which is nonrefundable. Please make checks out to PEVS. 

There are two links below regarding the pickup.  The first link is to schedule a time to pick up the student's laptop. Please be sure to schedule a time for each student if you are picking up for multiple students. The second link is for Final Forms. Please be sure to fill out all technology-related forms before picking up the laptops. 

When entering the building, it is highly recommended that you wear a mask and practice social distancing.     

High School Laptop Pickup 2020/21
Final Forms

Last week October 29- November 2nd we had 12 Paulding FFA members attended the 92nd National FFA Convention in Indy. We had three FFA members receive their American FFA degree, the highest degree members can achieve with less than .5% of the 710,000 members receiving this degree. Our American degree winners were Austin Howell, Paige Fitzwater, and Abbie McMicheal. We also tour Underfearth Manufacturing, Hoosier Racing Stables and a Christmas Tree farm as well as attended the 1st Session and went to the Ohio Buckeye Bash. It was a wonderful trip and we would like to thank the Alumni for their support of this trip!

On Tuesday, September 17th, the Paulding FFA had 22 students attend the Farm Science Review in London, Ohio. There were hundreds of booths for the students to visit so they could learn more about the many different businesses in agriculture. There was also field demonstrations for the students to watch which included the newest technological advances in the farming industry. 

Please read the full story by clicking on Read More at the bottom.

Have a safe summer!  Members of the Paulding Elementary Staff wave good-bye to bus students for the summer. 

The FFA Equine Team competed in the State Finals on Friday, April 26 and earned 4th place!  Congratulations to Riley Noffsinger, Jen Stahl, Lonna Saylor and Jordyn Merriman.  Jen also place 2nd overall individually!

The Paulding FFA Officer team traveled to Peebles, Ohio on Monday, August 6th for their annual FFA Officer retreat.

 
Paulding Elementary
Oakwood Elementary
Paulding Middle School

Paulding Middle School 8th grade teachers held their annual Career Day on Friday, May 4.  Community members from different fields of expertise came in to share information about their careers with students in order to get a head start on what they may want to do in their future.  Pictured is Paulding County Juvenile and Probate Judge Michael Wehrkamp sharing information about law with 8th grade students. Click on 'Read more' for more pictures.

PLEASE CLICK ON READ MORE at the bottom for the full article. 

Preface:  All Ohio schools were ordered to close on March 16, 2020 by Governor DeWine and the Ohio Department of Health Director in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  On July 2, 2020 Governor DeWine released the Reset & Restart Planning Guide for all schools in Ohio.  The following statement from the Paulding County Schools’ was created with those recommendations in mind.  This statement is a result of extensive collaboration amongst the three Paulding County Schools, Western Buckeye ESC, and the Paulding County Board of Health.  All parties involved agree that the first priority in reopening schools’ is to make certain our students and staff members are in a safe learning environment. 

Paulding County Schools’ reopening is subject to change throughout the school year during the COVID-19 pandemic.  If mandated, districts are preparing to implement alternative learning environments.

Benjamin A. Winans – Wayne Trace Local Superintendent

Ken Amstutz – Paulding Exempted Village Superintendent

Dr. Marty Miller – Antwerp Local School Superintendent

Dave Bagley – Western Buckeye ESC Superintendent

Bill Edwards – Paulding County Health Department

Paulding County Schools’ Reopening Statement

Eighteen students from the Paulding FFA chapter attended the Ohio FFA State Convention on May 1st through the 3rd.

The Paulding Greenhouse students have been busy working hard in the greenhouse to prepare for the annual Paulding FFA Greenhouse sale.  Click here for the dates and hours.

Four members from the Paulding FFA Chapter and  2 members from the Wayne Trace FFA traveled to Washington D.C with FFA advisor and teacher Staci Miller for the FFA Washington Leadership Conference. While there they visited with Congressman Bob Latta on the Capitol steps. Pictured here from left to right Alli Hefner, Haleigh Stoller from Wayne Trace, Bob Latta, Jen Stahl, Miah Rue, Shannon Hale, not pictured Kaylie Tressler from Paulding FFA. 

The PHS Greenhouse Management Class wins "Class of the Week" from WLIO/WOHL-TV contest!  Click on this link for the video clip: 

https://youtu.be/DqlrgbTZOoQ

Paulding High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America members recently attended the 73rd Ohio FCCLA State Leadership Conference at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, Ohio. 

Twenty-one new student members were inducted in the Paulding High School National Honor Society on March 31st. Congratulations to these students!

FFA Equine team Riley Noffsinger, Jordan Merriman, Jen Stahl and Lonna Saylor place 4th out of 118 teams which qualifies them to compete at state finals! Please click on 'Read more' for the rest of the results.

The Paulding HS Science Olympiad team competed at the State Science Olympiad tournament on Saturday, April 28th at OSU in Columbus.  Only the top 40 teams in the state of Ohio qualified to participate at this competition. Charles Clapsaddle and Brian Matson are the State Silver Medalists in the event "Game On," which involved coding a computer game in less than an hour.  Congratulations to the whole team for their endeavors. 

On Saturday, April 6th, 2019 the Paulding FFA chapter held their 91st Annual FFA Banquet. Several people attended the banquet including school board members, community and alumni members, and the Ohio FFA officer team. There were over 300 people who attended the banquet. The theme for this year’s banquet was “Our Greatest Moments”

Congratulations to Claire Schweller, Ember Helms-Keezer, and Paige Jones who received Excellent ratings at the district Science Fair at ONU.  Paige also won a special award from the Western Land Conservation group for her work with the worm types and plant growth.

Senior Cassidy Posey (center) has signed a letter of intent to attend Defiance College and play volleyball.  Joining Cassidy at the signing are her parents, Stephany and Don Foltz, and Cheri Estle, PHS Head Volleyball Coach.  Good luck Cassidy!

Recently, the students at Paulding Middle School raised $305.00 for the American Heart Association by participating in "Dodgeball for Heart".

Students who are interested in taking College Credit Plus classes during the 2018-2019 school year must have their ‘intent to participate’ forms turned in to the guidance office by Thursday, March 29.  Forms can be picked up in the guidance office.

The Paulding FFA held their annual Petting zoo on April 6.  Students and staff from Paulding Elementary through High School had the opportuinity to see, pet and ask questions about large and small animals (pony, donkey, calf, dogs, rabbits, ducklings, chickens, goats, and pigs). Thank you to the families and students that brought in their animals for the day. Click on 'Read more' for more pictures.
 

The 6th grade Battle of the Books team from Paulding Middle School, took 1st place at the County competition on March 28. Members include (L-R):  Trinity Salazar, Casey Agler, Malia Manz, Carla Manz, Maci Kauser, and Ella Gorrell.  Not pictured - Tytus Manz.  County teams were represented from Paulding, Oakwood, Payne, Antwerp, Grover Hill, and Divine Mercy.  Congratulations!

The Paulding High School Science Olympiad team placed 6th at the Northwest Ohio Regional competition at BGSU on Saturday, March 17.  This qualifies them for State competition in Columbus in April. Congratulations to the whole team.  Team members include:  Alli Reineck, Michael Kohart, Molly Adams, Courtney Luderman, Hannah Vance, Ethan Matty, Brian Matson, Isaac Smalley, Joseph Reineck, Charles Clapsaddle, Sadie Estle, (and MaryCate Panico not pictured.)

With the cancellation of school on March 21, we will be using Thursday, March 29, as our first make-up day.  School will be in session on March 29.

Congratulations to Megan Harpel and Sydney Reineck who each received an Excellent rating at the Ohio Northern University District Science Fair!

Paulding High School Drama Department is happy to present ‘The Wizard of Oz’.   After a tornado whisks Dorothy away to the magical land of Oz, young Dorothy Gale, played by senior Abby English teams up with a Scarecrow, (Senior, Brian Matson) a Tin Woodsman, (Junior, Lexie Beckman) and a Cowardly Lion (Senior, Kalen Kelly) to find the mighty Wizard of Oz, (Sophomore, Colin Lilly) who can send her home. Along the way, they must avoid the clutches of the Wicked Witch of the West, (Senior Jacee Harwell) who is trying to steal the mysterious magic slippers that once belonged to her evil sister... but are now on Dorothy's feet. Dorothy eventually learns just how magical friendship can be and how wonderful it can feel to go home again.

Come join us to see this great performance on March 23 and 24 at 7:00 p.m. and March 25 at 3:00pm in the High School Auditeria. Presale tickets will be sold the week of March 19 in the high school office for $8.  All tickets at the door will be $10. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for hors d’oeuvres on Friday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m on Sunday.

Music of the Night, the annual fundraiser for the Paulding Bands, will be held on Saturday, April 21, with the doors opening at 5:30 p.m.  The theme this year is, "Exploring the 4th Dimension", featuring music from Star Wars, Back to the Future, Star Trek, Doctor Who, and more!  Dinner from Grant's Catering will be served at 6:00 p.m. and entertainment by the Middle and High School Bands will begin at 7:00 p.m.  A silent auction, 50/50 raffle and a $5 raffle for a FREE week in the Domincan Republic, will also be held.  Please click here for a reservation form, due by April 9, 2018.

District Science Fair Winners: Gabbi Stallbaum, Sheriden Matty, Molly Adams.
Gabbi received a superior and a special award from Mercy College, Sheriden received an excellent and a special award from the University of Toledo Chemistry department, and Molly received a superior and a special award from the Ohio Soybean council.  Not pictured is Carmen Reno who received an excellent.

 
The Ag Sales team, consisting of Abbie McMichael, Kalyn Strahley, Jen Stahl and Jonathan Reinhard, placed 2nd in District competition and qualified for State on March 3rd.  Kalyn placed 2nd individually, with all team members placing in the top 10.  Good luck!

As of February 9, 2018, PEVS has had six calamity days.  The scheduled make-up day of Monday, February 19, will now be used as a Professional Development Day for STAFF ONLY.  Students will not be in session on February 19. 
Also, school will not be in session on Friday, February 16, due to Parent/Teacher Conferences.

Paulding High School will once again be hosting the OHSAA Gilrs & Boys Divisions IV Sectional Tournament and the Girls Division II District Tournament.  The schedule is as follows or click on 'Read more' for detailed schedule.

February 20 and 24 - Girls Div IV Sectional February 27 and March 2 - Boys Div IV Sectional  March 1 and 3 - Girls Div II District

There will be a mandatory College Credit Plus meeting for the 2018-2019 school year on Monday, February 5, 2018 at 6:00 pm in the Auditeria.  Any student entering grades 7-12 next year that is interested in participating in the College Credit Plus program must attend the meeting with a parent/guardian.  Any questions may be directed to the High School Guidance office at 419-399-4656 ext 1130.  College Credit Plus Annual Statement

The following events have been cancelled for this evening (Friday, January 12):

-Boys Varsity/JV basketball game vs Allen East (rescheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 16, 6:00 p.m.)

-FFA Pancake and Sausage Supper (rescheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 6)

-The 5th Quarter event

The Paulding FFA Ag Communication Team competed at the district contest on Wednesday and placed 1st. The team is made up of Sydney Reineck, Shannon Hale, Kalyn Strahley and Jen Stahl.  This qualifies them for the State Contest on Feb 10th. Great job girls.

Oakwood Elementary held their annual Spelling Bee on Friday, January 5, with forty-one 5th and 6th grade participants.  After several rounds, Jamy Hunt (left) correctly spelled 'barrette' to become this year's Spelling Bee Champion.  We had two Spelling Bee Runners' Up, Royce Cooper (middle) and Victoria Quiroz (right) both misspelled a word in the same round.  Congratulations, Jamy!!  Great job Royce and Victoria!!

Congratulations to Luke Beckman (middle), who won the Paudling Elementary Spelling Bee.  Runners up were Cully Thompson (right) and Josiah Akom (left).  Luke will compete in the County Bee in Antwerp on February 6th.  Good luck! 
   

Congratulations to Sara Wong (left), who was the Middle School Spelling Bee Champion and to Haley Manz (right), who was runner up.  Sara will compete in the County Spelling Bee in Antwerp on February 6.  Good luck Sarah!

The Special Olympics Basketball Tournament scheduled for Saturday, January 6, has been cancelled due to the cold temperatures predicted.

Congratulations to Mrs. Harder's Ohio Model United Nations students for their accomplishments throughout their Model UN competition.  Jocelyn Camposano served as Vice President of International Court C and represented PHS with great honor and pride.  Sophomore Katie Strayer and Junior Hailey McDaniel both received an Outstanding Leadership Award.  PHS received a first runner-up trophy for Outstanding Service raising funds for the I-OPEN project.

Thank you to those who came to the 21st Annual Senior Citizen's Breakfast on Wednesday, December 6.  Students from Oakwood Elementary, Paulding Elementary, Middle School and High School entertained the guests with singing and playing instruments while breakfast was served.  We appreciate the support from our district residents and look forward to hosting the event agian next year!

Paulding Exempted Village School District is hereby giving notice that sealed bids for the Phase III 2018 Storefront Entrance Replacement Project at Paulding High School, Paulding Middle School and Paulding Elementary, 405 N. Water St., Paulding, OH  45879, will be accepted until 12:00 noon on December 13, 2017, at the Administration Office.

The Ohio Dental Association, in conjunction with the Dental Center of Northwest Ohio, will be honoring ‘Give Kids a Smile Day’ by providing FREE dental services for kids un­der the age of 18, on February 2, 2018.  If you are interested  in signing your child up for free dental services, please complete this form or call Beth Stoller, the school nurse, at 419-399-4656 ext. 1315 to request a form. The deadline to register is January January 19, 2018.

NOTICE:  The date of the December Board of Education meeting has been changed from December 19 to December 12, at 7:00 p.m.

The start time for the Paulding vs Antwerp Boys Basketball Triple-header game on Saturday, December 2nd, (at Paulding), has been changed to 2:30 p.m.  The Freshman game will begin at 2:30 and the JV and Varsity games will follow. 

The Food Science team placed first at the District Food Science competition!

(L-R) Kalyn Strahley, Shannon Hale, Kaylie Tressler and Courtney Luderman

NOTE:  Starting time update.
PHS Drama Dept. will be performing ‘Murder’s in the Heir’, an Audience Interactive Murder Mystery-Comedy, on November 17 and 18 in the High School Auditeria at 7:30 p.m. both nights. Doors will open at 7:00p.m.   Tickets will go on sale the week of November 13th in the High school office.  Pre-sale tickets will be $5 and all tickets at the door will be $7.

A Professional Development Day has been scheduled for Monday, November 27, 2017, therefore school will not be in session for students.

Congratulations to our FFA Poultry Judging Team, consisting of Estee Miller, Kalyn Strahley, Hannah Farr and Chantel Monnier, who won 1st PLACE OVERALL at the 'Big E', a National competition held in Massachusetts!  Also, individually, Hannah placed 1st, Kalyn 2nd, Chantal 5th and Estee 6th! 

Congratulations to the Paulding FFA Poultry Team who will compete at the Eastern State Exposition (Big E), a National Competition September 15-17 in West Springfield, MA. We would like to wish the Poultry Team made up of Hannah Farr, Chantal Monnier, Estee Miller and Kalyn Strahley the best of luck as they represent the Paulding FFA Chapter at this National Contest!

Please welcome our new 2017-2018 PEVS teaching staff!

Front row L-R:  Chelsea Koester-HS Guidance, Emily Remaklus-HS English, Alicia Koester-MS ELA, Tina Grimes-Elementary Tech, Heather Eubank-HS English.

Middle row L-R:  Heather Brown-MS Social Studies/Science, Kara Dunlap-HS Intervention, Sydney Collins-Paulding 4^th Grade, Maggie Allmandinger-HS Intervention

Back row L-R:  Sam Laderach-HS Math, Garrett Davis-HS Science, Kent Smelser-Oakwood Phys Ed, Matthew Warnecke-Paulding 5^th Grade, Shawn Hurd-Paulding 4^th Grade.

Starting next week the technology department will have laptops ready for pickup for those that plan to pay for the Laptop Protection Fund. Pickup dates will be Tuesday, August, 8th and Thursday, August, 10th from 9 AM to 3 PM. Please stop in the high school office. You will also need to fill out the necessary forms to be eligible to take the device home. Please click here to download/print those forms. These will also be available in the office.

The 3rd Annual Paulding Athletic Boosters 4 Person Golf Scramble will be Sunday, September 24, beginning at 1:00 p.m. at Auglaize Golf Course.  Click here for more details.

The Paulding Exempted Village Schools Board of Education will be holding Special Board Meeting on June 14, 2017, at 4:30 P.M. in the Administration Office for the purpose of interviewing candidates for Treasurer and any other business that may come before the board. The meeting will be held in Executive Session. 

Paulding Elementary Teachers and Staff lined up to wave good bye to the students on their last day!

Public Notice:

The Paulding Exempted Village Schools Board of Education will be holding a Special Board meeting on May 31 and June 1, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. in the Administration Office for the purpose of interviewing candidates for Treasurer and Superintendent. The interviews will be held in Executive Session.

Softball Camp for students currently in grades K-6 will be held on June 1-2.  Please click here for the registration form.  Deadline to register is May 23.

Football and Basketball Camp for students in grades 1-6 this upcoming school year will be held June 20th - 22nd.  Click here for the registration form.

Please see the Athletic Tab for more information on Athletic Hall of Fame nominations.  Deadline is May 31, 2017.

Paulding Exempted Village Schools is hereby giving notice that sealed bids for the 2017 Window Replacement Project at Paulding High School and Paulding Elementary School, 405 N. Water St., Paulding, OH  45879, will be accepted until 12:00 Noon on March 7, 2017, at the Paulding Exempted Village School District, 405 N. Water St., Paulding, OH.  A set of project documents may be obtained from the Paulding Exempted Village School District Office at 405 N. Water St., Paulding, OH  45879.  The Board reserves the right to accept any part or all of any bid and to reject any and all or parts of any and all bids.

Paulding 8th grade team, #PantherSquad will be participateing in a service project to support 'Sole Hope'. Please click on 'Read More'.

Some of the PHS student athletes visited Oakwood Elementary for a Pep Assembly with the students on January 20. 

There will be a mandatory College Credit Plus meeting for the 2017-2018 school year on Monday, February 6th at 6:00 pm in the Auditeria.  Any student entering grades 7-12 next year that is interested in participating in the College Credit Plus program must attend the meeting with a parent/guardian.  Any questions may be directed to the High School Guidance office at 419-399-4656 ext 1131.
 

A Special Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, beginning at 6:00 p.m.  The purpose of the meeting is to hold an executive session to consider the investigation of charges or complaints against a public employee, official, licensee, or student, to consider the discipline of a public employee or official, to consider the employment and/or dismissal of public employees or officials, and to consider matters required to be kept confidential by federal law or regulations or state statues.

This Friday, January 20, is Military Appreciation Night at the Varsity Boys Basketball game versus Bluffton. All current and veteran military will receive free admission, a voucher for a free popcorn, and will also be honored prior to the colors being presented.  The JV game begins at 6:00 p.m.  Please click here for more information.

Geography Bee Winner Sam Adams (right), and Runner Up Ashton Manz (left). 

8th Grader Caleb Manz was the Spelling Bee winner at Paulding Middle School and will compete in the County Spelling Bee on January 30, held at Paulding Middle School.  The winning word was "vengeance".  Second runner up was Haley Manz, 6th grader.

Paulding Preschoolers visited The Gardens on the Preschool Family Day and played some planned activities with the residents.

Many guests were entertained by the High School and Middle School Band and Choir at their Christmas concert held on Sunday, December 18.  Click on 'Read More' to see pictures.

Lexie Beckman  and Jacee Harwell received Oustanding Leadership Awards at the State OMUN (Ohio Model United Nations) Competition in Columbus.

The 20th Annual Senior Citizen's Breakfast was held on December 7th.  The guests were entertained by the Oakwood 5th & 6th grade choir, Paulding 3rd graders, Paulding Middle and High School choirs, High School band and Cade McGarvey on the piano.  Click on 'Read more' to see more pictures.

A public hearing will be held at the regular Board of Education meeting on December 13, 2016, on the school calendar, required per R.C. 3313.48(B), including a presentation by Superintendent William Hanak on the total number of hours in the school year, length of school day, and start and end dates of instruction in the 2017-2018 calendar. The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. in executive session (see notice on this page below).

The Ohio Dental Association, in conjunction with the Dental Center of Northwest Ohio, will be honoring ‘Give Kids a Smile Day’ by providing FREE dental services for kids under the age of 18, on February 3, 2017. 

The Northwest Conference Quiz Bowl competition was held at Paulding on November 12, 2016.  Paulding's JV team finished in 1st place and the Varsity team finished 2nd.  Congratulations!

Front L-R:  Estee Miller, Chantal Monnier, Beth Yates
Back L-R:  Emma McMaster, Madison Good, Christine Clapsaddle, Chris Elder, William Deisler
Missing:  Hannah Farr, Robert Dietrich, Sepahanie Habern

The PEVS Board of Education meeting on December 13 will start at 6:00 p.m. in Executive Session to discuss details relative to the security arrangements and emergency response protocols for the board of education.  The executive session is estimated to last one hour and the regular meeting will start at 7:00 p.m.

Congrats to our FFA Food Science Team who placed 1st at the district competition and will advance on to the state competition in Columbus on December 3.  Team members are Chantal Monnier, Estee Miller, Hannah Farr, and Kalyn Strahley.  Individually, Chantal placed 1st, Estee placed 2nd and Hannah placed 4th!! 

              Chantal, Estee, Kalyn and Hannah     
                    

The following Sectional Tournaments have been scheduled:
 

  Girls Soccer - Monday, Oct. 17,  5:15 at Ottoville
  Boys Soccer - Tuesday, Oct. 18, 5:30 at Allen East
  Volleyball - Wednesday, Oct. 19, 6:00 at Patrick Henry
 

Good luck Panthers!

Good Luck to junior Ethan Dominique who will be participating in the District Golf Tournament at Red Hawk Golf Course on Findlay, OH on Thursday, October 6. 

The PHS Volleyball teams will be hosting the Hicksville Aces for thier annual 'Volley for a Cure'pink game on October 3.  The games will start at 4:30 with the Freshman teams playing first.  Anyone that wears a 'Volley for a Cure' shirt will get free admission into the game.  A bake sale will be held and free will donations will also be accepted.  All donations will go towards cancer research.

A 'Parent Austism Night' will be held on September 27 at 6:00 p.m. in the High School Media Center. Please click here for more information.

NOTICE:  A Special Board Meeting will be held on Monday, August 15, 2016 at 3:30 p.m., in the Administration Board Room.  The purpose of the meeting is to consider the empoloyment and compensation of public employees or officials.

Welcome to our new staff to Paulding Exempted Village Schools!

A Public Hearing will be held on August 8, 2016, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Administration Board room for input on our IDEA Part B Funds. 

The Boys Freshman Basketball game vs Allen East scheduled for today, 1/7/16, has been cancelled. 

School is running on schedule today, Wednesday, November 11.  NO DELAY as stated on WANE TV 15.

A Parent - Professional Training titled 'Understanding AD/HD' will be held Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Antwerp Local Schools.  Please click on here for more information.

The JV Baseball game at Delphos Jefferson today has been cancelled due to field conditions.

A public hearing on the school calendar, required per R.C. 3313.48(B), including a presentation by Superintendent Hanak on the total number of hours in the school year, length of school day, and beginning and end of dates of instruction in the calendar for 2015-2016 will be held on Tuesday, April 21 at the regular school board meeting.  The meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. and will be held in the Oakwood Elementary cafeteria.

The Girls Varsity Softball game at Antwerp on Saturday, April 11, has been moved to Paulding.  Start time is 11:00 a.m.

The following events are cancelled for today, due to the weather:

 

Varsity Baseball at Columbus Grove
Varsity Softball at Columbsu Grove
Jr. High Track practice
 

The folllowing events are cancelled for today, due to the rain:

JV Baseball game against Edon

Jr. High Track meet at Shawnee

Varsity Softball game against Ayersville

PEVS will be in session on MONDAY, February 16, 2015 (President's Day).  This will be the first make up day. 

The College Credit Plus Meeting has been rescheduled for 6:00 p.m. Thursday, February 12, in the HS Media Center.

Jr. High Boys Basketball vs. Antwerp - Cancelled
Freshman Boys Basketball vs Ayersville - Cancelled
FFA Meeting - Cancelled
Parent-Teacher Conferences - Rescheduled - see above
 

The Financial Aid night that was scheduled for today, has been rescheduled for Thursday, January 15, at 6:00 p.m.

The 2015 Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony will take place on Saturday, January 24, between the JV and Varstiy Boys Basetball game vs Ayersville.  The JV game begins at 6:00p.m.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Classes will resume on Janurary 5, 2015.

Have a safe and happy holiday season!
 

NOTICE
The Paulding Exempted Village Schools Board of Education will hold a Special Meeting on Wednesday, October 29 at 5:00 pm at the Paulding Administration Office, for the purpose of approving union employment contracts, and for the purchase and sale of land.

Paulding Middle School students participated in Bullying Prevention World Day on October 6, 2014 by wearing something BLUE to school.  World Bullying Prevention Day is sponsored by STOMPOUTBULLYING.ORG .  The students were encouraged to wear the color blue to show their support and also take part in random acts of kindness, complimenting others, lending a helping hand, and even just smiling at someone new. 
 

The PHS Marching Band performed at the Herb Monroe Park dedication on September 30.  See the High School Page for more pictures.

Physicals for athletic participants will be held on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at the high school by Dr. Kuhn.  The cost of the physicals will be $15, payable to Paulding County Hospital.  The schedule of physicals is as follows:

HS Boys 8-9:30am
MS Boys 9:30-11:00am
HS Girls 12:30-1:30pm,
MS Girls 1:30-3pm
If any student cannot come at the scheduled time, or would like to come with a sibling, they can come anytime from 8:00-11:00 a.m. or 12:30-3:00 p.m.

Retiring staff members were recently honored at a staff appreciation breakfast.

Registration for the 2014-2015 Junior/Senior History Trip to Washington, D.C is already underway.  As of 5/30 there are 46 students signed up for the trip!  Due to the increased interest, the registration deadline has been extended to Thursday, June 5th, 2014.  Please register by this date if you want the cheapest rate!  If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Harder.  Contact information and instructions for signing up for the trip can be found on her school web site

JV Baseball game cancelled.  Practice inside 4:00-5:00
Varsity Baseball - practice inside 3:00-4:00
Varsity Track Meet cancelled.  Practice inside after school.
Varsity Softball game cancelled.  No practice today.
JV Softball game cancelled.  No practice today.

Congratulations to our FCCLA members who recently attended the FCCLA Regional Rally competetion. See the next page for results and pictures! 

PEVS will be operating on a 2 hour delay, Thursday, March 13, 2014 due to the weather condtions.  The science OGT will be postponed until March 18.

Tickets for the boy's sectional basketball game to be played at 6:15 p.m.on Friday, February 28, at Defiance High School, will be on sale during lunch (11:00-12:15) on Thursday, Feb 27, and Friday, Feb 28, in the Auditeria.

All after school activities have been cancelled for Tuesday, January 28, 2014. 

Make up date for the Girls Varsity/JV Basketball game with Miller City, will be 6:00 p.m, Monday, February 10, 2014,  at Paulding.

All after school activities have been cancelled for Monday, January 27, 2014.  The County Spelling Bee has been rescheduled for Thursday, January 30, at 7:00 p.m.

THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES ARE CANCELLED:

Varsity Wrestling at Wapakoneta (1/25/14)

Mini Panther Basketball (1/25/14)

K of C Free Throw Competition (1/25/14)

Boys Varsity Basketball vs Ottoville (1/25/14)

PEVS will also be closed on Wednesday, January 8, 2014, due to the bad road conditions.

PEVS will also be closed on Tuesday, January 7, 2014, due to the bad weather conditions.

PEVS will be closed on Monday, January 6, 2014, due to the bad weather conditions.

State Superintendent Dr. Richard Ross was in Paulding on Tuesday, December 17, to present the Straight A Fund banner to Grant Winners: Pauldling, Wayne Trace, Crestview and Lincolnview Schools.
 

Due to the predicted weather:

 

ACT testing is cancelled.  Rescheduled date not determined yet.

Mini Panther Basketball is also cancelled.

The Ohio Department of Education has named Paulding Elementary and Oakwood Elementary a
"High Progress School of Honor"!

The boys Varsity and JV basketball game against Wayne Trace (scheduled for December 7, 2013)  has been postponed until January 14, 2014 due to Wayne Trace's playoff run in football.

On behalf of the students, staff, administration, and Board of Education, we would like to THANK YOU for your support on November 5, 2013!  Preliminary results indicate the 2.36 mil renewal levy passed by 51%.  We appreciate your dedication to the future of Paulding Exempted Village Schools and willingness to help us Continue the Excellence!

Please click here to see a message from the Paulding High School student council regarding the Homecoming activities this weekend.

Grades 4 - 8 (from 2012-2013) earned an overall grade of  'A' on the State Report Card!  Click here for the Progress Scores.

Three teams will be inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, August 30th, 2013.

New teachers start the 2013-2014 school year at PEVS.

The first day of school is Tuesday, August 20, 2013. 

School hours are 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Nearly one hundred bicyclist made an overnight stop at Paulding Schools on their 'Across Ohio Bicycle Adventure' (XOBA)!

Three Paulding High School students honored with gold medals at the National FCCLA Competition held in Nashville, TN.

The regular August Board of Education meeting has been changed from Tuesday, August 20 to Tuesday, August 13, at 7:00 p.m.

Please go to the 'Academics' tab at the top to see our newest Academic Hall of Fame members!

Korean War Veteran John A. Willitzer received his High School Diploma on May 26, 2013.

  PHS Qualifies for Nationals!

   Paulding High School Art Teacher Sandy Dobbeleare and team placed 3rd  in the Zehnder's Snowfest competition in Frankenmuth, MI.

Paulding Exempted Village Schools are acccepting nominations for the Academic Hall of Fame.  The deadline is February 1, 2013.  Please click here for the requirements and  nomination form.

Monday, March 25 was the 6th calamity day for PEVS.  The make up date will be Wednesday, May 22, 2013. 

Retiring staff members for the 2012-2013 school years were honored on May 23, 2013 at the staff appreciation breakfast. 

Congratulations to our boys varsity basketball team who won the District Semi-Final game against Liberty Center on Thursday evening!  The team will play Ottawa Glandorf on Saturday, March 8, at 2:00 p.m. at Bowlling Green State University's Stroh Center for the District Championship.

Tickets will be sold Friday, March 7, from 8-10:45 in the adminstration building, from 11-12:15 in the auditeria, and from 12:30-4:00 back in the adminstration building.  There will be a fan bus again for middle school and high school students.  They can sign up at lunch time when they buy their ticket.  $6.00 - Adults, $4.00 - Students

The Paulding High School men's and women's varsity quartets sang the National Anthem for the Championship game of the Div III Girls State basketball tournament at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus on Saturday on March 15. 

A special early graduation ceremony was held for Paige Ann Sprow, Class of 2014.  

First day of school is Monday, August 25, 2014.

DATE CHANGE:  In order to make up instructional time that has been missed due to the weather, the school day will be extended for 30 minutes beginning Monday, March 9, until Monday, May 4, 2015.  Since we had a cancellation on March 11, by extending the day on May 4, a total of 19.5 hours or 3 full days will be made up pending no more delays or cancellations.  School will be in session each day until 3:30 p.m.  

Retirees and 30 year employees were recognized at a staff appreciation breakfast on June 2. 

Retirees:  Pat Stevenson, 12 years at PEVS, Autism Teacher;, Diane Erford, 24 years at PEVS, Oakwood 2nd grade Teacher; Karen Schlatter, 36 years at PEVS, Elementary Guidance Counselor;, Nancy Burkley, 30 years at PEVS, Sp. Ed. Secretary; Judy Densmore, 34 year at PEVS, Oakwood Teacher's Aide.  Not pictured is Ann Kenny, 35 years at PEVS, Oakwood Intervention Specialist.

30 Year Service Awards:  Nancy Burkley, Sp. Ed. Secretary; Jerrolyn Parrett, Bus Driver; Jaynne Smiley, MS Art Teacher.
 

The Paulding Exempted Village Schools Board of Education will hold a Special Meeting on Thursday, August 6, at 6:30 a.m. in the Paulding Administration Office, for the purpose of personnel resignations and employment, and to hold an executive session to consider the employment and compensation of public employees or officials.

Paulding Campus Only - Streets Closed
 

Water Street, in front of the school  is now open as is the parking lot between the buildings.  Emerald Road, behind the school, is still closed due to the sewer and water construction and Safe Routes to School project. The lots on Emerald Rd can be entered only by coming from the south end of Emerald Rd (Jackson St).  The 'Wellness Center' parking lot is NOT accessible yet. 

Good luck to our PHS Girls Softball team and our PHS Track team as they compete at the District level! 

Softball vs Allen East, May 20, game time 5:00 at Lima Bath
Track team at Ayersville, May 21, start time 11:30 a.m.

Open House is scheduled for Tuesday, August 16, with the following schedule:

Oakwood Elementary 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Paulding Elementary 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Middle School/High School 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Thank you for visiting our webpage!  Scheduled events may be seen on the 'District Calendar' under the 'Calendar' tab above.  Athletic events are listed under the 'Athletic' tab, and menus, lunch account informaiton, Progress Book and other items for parents are listed under the 'Parent Links' tab above.  If you don't find what you are looking for, please contact the school at 419-399-4656.   

Over 50 Oakwood area Veterans and guests were honored by the Oakwood Elementary students and staff on November, 11, 2016.  The students, under the direction of Karen Schlatter and Nancy Wehrkamp, sang songs and performed a skit for the Veterans.

Friday, March 17, 2017 is an end of the quarter break.  School will not be in session.  Enjoy the extended weekend!

Please note that PEVS will be using Tuesday, April 18 as a make-up day.  School will be in session.

Free back to school clothing for kids in grades PreK-12!  Donations being accepted. Click here for details.

The 2017 Athletic Hall of Fame inductions will take place prior to the Paulding vs. Wayne Trace Football Game at approximately 6:10 p.m. on August 25, 2017.  Steve Penn, 1962 graduate and the 1983 Varsity Football Team will be inducted.  Please click on 'Read More' for more details.

The Oakwood and Paulding 5th grade music classes performed as a combined choir (with only one practice the day of the program) at each of their elementary buildings.  Paulding 5th grade also ate lunch at Oakwood with their fellow 5th graders.
 

Paulding Elementary students under the guidance of Karen Schlatter, honored our area Veterans on the morning of November 10, 2016.  The students sang songs and also performed a skit.  The High School Band and Choir also entertained the Veterans by singing and playing patriotic songs.

Paulding Elementary

Oakwood Elementary

Paulding Middle School

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS AUGUST 18, 2016
First day for Kindergarten is August 23, 2016
First day for Preschool is August 24, 2016

Physicals for boys and girls will be held on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at the high school commons area.  The cost of the physicals will be $15.  Checks need to be made out to the Paulding County Hospital. 

The schedule will be as follows:

High School Boys:        8:00 – 9:30
JH Boys:                       9:30 – 11:00
Break                           11:00 – 12:30
High School Girls:        12:30 – 1:30
JH Girls:                       1:30 – 3:00

This is the schedule that will be followed.  However, if any student cannot make it during their scheduled time, or would like to come with a sibling, they can come anytime from 8:00 – 11:00 or 12:30 – 3:00.

Please bring physical form with you the day of the exam.  It can be found on the Athletics Page on the school website or there are copies in the High School and Middle School Offices. Pages 1-2 and pages 5-6 need to be filled out and signed before the exam.  The physician will fill out pages 3 and 4 the day of the physical exam.

A mandatory College Credit Plus meeting will be held in the auditeria on Monday, February 1, 2016, beginning at 6:00 p.m. for any student in grades 7-12 who is intersted in participating in College Credit Plus classes for the 2016-2017 school year.  Students must attend the meeting with a parent or guardian. If you have any questions, please contact the Guidance Office.

The Oakwood Elementary 2nd graders presented "Once Upon a Christmas Light" on December 15.

The Paulding Elementary 4th grade, under the direction of Mrs. Dawn Sloan, presented their Christmas Program, "Isiah Jones" on December 3rd.

The 8th Grade Graduation ceremony will be held on Monday, June 1st, at 8:30 a.m. in the High School gym.

Congratulations to the Girls Varsity Volleyball team who is Northwest Conference Co-Champions with Ada!  Both teams finished 7-1 in the conference.  Paulding's overall record is 17-5.  The Sectional Semi-Final will be played at Paulding on Wednesday, October 21st, beginning at 6:30 p.m.  Good luck Panthers!!

Click on 'Read more' for names and positions.

The Paulding After Prom Parents are sponsoring a Donkey Basketball Game on Tuesday, April 28, at 7:00 p.m. in the HS Gym.  Presale tickets will be on sale April 23, 24, 27 and 28 at the school during lunch time for $6.00.  Cost at the gate will be $8.00.  Call 419-670-2019 with questions.

Tickets for the Boys District Basketball Tournament (vs Ottowa Glandorf) at Anthony Wayne High School in Whitehouse, OH, will be on sale at the following prices and times:

Gametime 6:15 p.m., Thursday, March 12.
Click on 'read more' for directions.

Presale Students $4.00
Presale Adults $6.00
All tickets at Gate $6.00

Wednesday, March 11
    12:30-3:30 Administration Building

Thursday, March 12
     8:30-10:50 Administration Building
     11:00-12:15 Auditeria

Money may also be sent to both Elementary's on Thursday morning. 

Congratulations to 8th Grader Marcus Miller who came in 3rd place at the Regional Spelling Bee held in Ft. Wayne!

PEVS honored staff members that have worked for the district for 30 years.

    District Science Olympiad Competition

  Paulding Middle School brings home 1st Place! 

  Paulding High School brings home 3rd Place!

                                We are hiring bus drivers! 

Congratulations to our retiring
Board of Education members!

Welcome to our new Website!
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The Cooper Family Foundation has generously donated $13,700 towards new Fanuc Robotics teach pendants for the PHS Robotics class.  Pictured are Paulding Industrial Technology students, L-R front: Dylan Daniels, Dylan Laney, Devin Elkins, Abigail Leaman, Courtney Luderman, Morgan Mobley, Leigha Egnor, Mrs. Dianne Cooper,  and back row: Joseph Shaffer, Colton Howell, Quincy Porter, Will Bulka, Isaac Andrews, and teacher Mr. Roach.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013 will be a Waiver Day for staff safety planning.  NO SCHOOL for students.

 Five Paulding High School students received their State FFA  Degree in Columbus on May 3, 2013.

The results are in from the State FFA Evaluations.  Congratulations to our past and present FFA members!

Thursday, August 21, 2014
 

Oakwood Elementary 5:30-7:00
 

Paulding Elementary 6:00-7:30
 

Paulidng Middle/High School 6:30-8:00

Paulding High School FCCLA members recently attended the FCCLA State Leadership Conference held at the Ohio Exposition Center in Columbus, Ohio.

Paulding Middle School and High School held a Veteran's Day Program to honor our local veterans.  Please click on  'read more' to see pictures.
 

Paulding Elementary is doing a book swap to promote summer reading.  Click on 'Read more' to see more pictures.

Open House will be held on Tuesday, August 18.  The schedule is as follows:

Oakwood Elementary:  5:30-7:00 p.m.
Paulding Elementary:  6:00-7:30 p.m.
Paulding Middle and High School:  6:30-8:00 p.m.

The first day of school is Thursday, August 20.

Congratulations to the PHS Softball team - Divsion III DISTRICT CHAMPIONS!

The team will now play against Archbold in the Regional semi-final at Findlay High School on Wednesday, May 25, at 5:00 p.m.

Paulding High School Drama Department presents, Meredith Wilson's 'The Music Man'. This production is a musical comedy has been entertaining audiences since 1957 and is a family-friendly story to be shared with every generation.

The After Prom parents are hosting a fun and exciting evening of Donkey Basketball on Tuesday, April 12, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the high school gym.  Presale tickets are  $6 and will be sold during lunch on 4/8, 4/11, and 4/12 in the High School and at Oakwood Elementary. Tickets are $8 at the door.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

The September 13, 2016 Board of Education meeting has been changed to September 20, 2016, 7:00 p.m. in the Administration office.

PEVS held a breakfast for our district Senior Citizens on December 9.  The High School and Jr. High Choirs and Bands performed Christmas music, along with the Paulding Elementary 4th Grade,  while members of the NHS and Student Council served the breakfast catered by Grant's Catering. Thank you to those who were able to attend! Click on 'Read more' for more pictures.

Congratulations to the winners of the VFW Ladies Auxillary Essay Contest

1st Place-Jacob Davis, 2nd Place-Jasmine Wong, 3rd Place-Zara Goetschius.  These 3 students are in the 8th Grade. 
 

Paulding Elementary held thier Night of the Arts on April 11.  Many master pieces created by the students were on display.

5th Grade display - "The Dragon"

Congratulations to PHS Senior Estee Miller who was named First Runner Up and Miss Congeniality in the Van Wert Peony Pageant.  The Peony Festival will be held June 2-4, 2017.

Congratulations to Simeon Shepherd (gd 12) and Bailey Manz (gd 10), who competed at the Regional Cross Country Meet in Tiffin on October 29, 2016.  The boys did not qualify for state competion, but we are very proud of them for their accomplishments!

           Bailey Manz and Simeon Shepherd  

The NOCAC (Northwest Ohio Community Action Commision) will be providing FREE lunches and activites at LaFountain Park (Lincoln St, Paulding, by the pool) from June 6 through August 11, for ages 1-18.

Click HERE for more information.

Three PHS Track members qualified for Regional action in Pole Vaulting. 
 

Brendon Lothamer will be competing Wednesday, May 25 at Tiffin High School, beginning at 4:00 p.m.
 

Jacee Harwell and JoEllyn Salinas will compete on Friday, May 27, at Tiffin also, beginning at 5:00 p.m.
 

GOODLUCK to our PHS Student Athletes!  Click on "Read More" for pictures.

PEVS Retirees and staff reaching 30 Years of Service were recognized at the annual Staff Appreication Breakfast held on May 25, 2016.

Congratulations to 8th grader Jacob Deisler (L) for winning the District Geography Bee and to Trace McKinley (R), runner up.  Click on 'Read more' to see all the contestants.

Paulding Elementary held their annual Spelling Bee on December 4.  Congratulations to the winners!  Haley Manz was the Champion, Jacob Martinez was 1st Runner up and Katie Beckman and Madison Verfaillie tied for 2nd Runner up. Haley will compete at the County Spelling Bee at Payne Elementary on February 4, 2016.  Click on 'Read more' for pictures.

A mini-relay was held at PEVS on May 26, 2015.  Students enjoyed the afternoon by walking the track and playing games.  All donations will go to the American Cancer Society.  Thank you to all the volunteers who helped make this event possible!

Please click here for the 2015-2016 Preschool Screening schedule.

All Veteran's living in the Paulding School 
District are invited to our Veteran's Day
Programs on Wednesday, November 11. 
The Oakwood Elementary program will start 
at 8:30 a.m. with a light breakfast and the
program at Paulding will start at 1:30 p.m. in the auditeria, with cookies and punch. 

Attention all district residents 60 and older!

to our annual Senior Citizen's Breakfast on Wednesday, December 9, 2015, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Auditeria.  Join us for breakfast, fellowship and entertainment.  Doors will open at 8:15.  Please RSVP to 419-399-4656, ext 1512.

 Senior wrestler Adam Deatrick has qualified for the 
 Division 3 state wrestling tournament in the 182 lb
 weight class. He finished 2nd place at this past
 weekend's District Tournament.  Adam will begin
 wrestling Thursday at State in Columbus at the
 Jerome Schottenstein Center.  GOOD LUCK ADAM!

    Paulding High School 2014 Graduates Kelsi
   Manz and Tiffany Spangler earn GOLD
   medals in the STAR Event Competition at the
   National FCCLA Leadership Conference in San
   Antio, TX! 

Sectional Champions and District Runner-Up

Congratulations to our PHS Boys Varsity Basketball team for a great season!

 Click HERE for the School supply list for Paulding  Elementary, Oakwood Elementary and Paulding Middle School.

PHS winners of the House Cup, Vinco Vici Victum, earn trip to Cedar Point.

Free Community Child Screenings for ages Birth to 5 years.  Please click here for more information.

Seven PHS students recently attended Ohio Leadership Institute's Summer Leadership Training Camp. This is a global leadership camp held at Ohio Dominican University and is designed to enhance and expand global leadership skills. 

Congratulations to our Science Olympiad Teams who came home from State with medals!

The High School and Middle School Science Olympiad teams competed at the Regional level at Defiance College on March 1, 2014. The Middle School team earned a second place finish and the High School team a seventh place finish. Both teams will compete at the State Science Olympiad in April!

Paulding Elementary

Oakwood Elementary

Paulding Middle School

The PEVS Mini-Relay for Life will be held on Friday, May 23, from 12:00 - 2:45 p.m. at the HS Track. 

Paulding FFA Sophomores Estee Miller and Kourtney Thomas recently competed at the National FFA Convention in the Agriscience Fair held in Louisville, KY. They placed FIFTH in the Nation and received a Gold rating. Estee is the daughter of Mike and Deedi Miller and Kourtney is the daughter of Jon and Becky Jo Thomas. Their science fair project was titled, ‘Does playing music to chickens increase the mass of the egg yolk produced?’

Paulding Exempted Village Schools would like to send our most heartfelt condolences to the Smith Family after hearing of Randall's passing early Saturday morning, July 18, 2015. Randall Smith was a 2007 graduate of Paulding High School. He joined the U.S. Navy after injuring his shoulder playing baseball at Defiance College. He recently re-enlisted and was transferred to Chattanooga, TN serving as a logistics specialist. It is reported that Smith saw the shooter and warned people around him, according to family members, but he was unable to get away. He sustained gunshot wounds during the domestic terrorist attack on Thursday, July 16, at the Navy Operations Support Center in Chattanooga. Randall is survived by his mother and father, his wife Angie, and three young daughters. Please keep the Smith Family in your thoughts and prayers along with the four families of the marines who were also killed. God's grace to all of them for their service for our freedom! 

A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 1st at 11:00 a.m. in the High School Gym.
 

Paulding High School Science students competed on May 16^th at Ohio State University.  The students won many individual awards as well as the prestigious Harold C. Shaw Award for outstanding team.  Only eight high schools in Ohio were awarded this trophy!

PEVS held their Mini-Relay for Life on Friday, May 20th.  It was a beautiful day for everyone to get together to fight this dreadful disease. 

Congratulations to our 8th grade girls Volleyball team who were Northwest Conference Tournament Champions and the Western Division Champs!  The team finished with a 16-2 record.

Paulding High School FCCLA members recently competed at the Regional Star Event Competition at Penta Career Center. Lonna Saylor, Haleigh Stallbaum and Leona Alred each received a silver medal for their projects.
   
 

Three new members were inducted into the PEVS Academic Hall of Fame on Sunday, May 28, 2017, at the commencement ceremony.  New members are L-R, Richard Rosalez-Class of 1994, Dr. Wendell Spangler-Class of 1992, and Jeffrey Webb-Class of 1997. 

The following employees were recognized for thier retirement from PEVS at the annual staff breakfast on May 25.

Front: LeeAnn Favorito, Kathy Manz, Patty Carlisle, Sarah Pier
Back:  Pat Keezer, Elaine Sierer, Cheryl Schier, Tracy Gunderman, Nancy Ruhe

Science Fair students (High School and Middle School) win award for the school with the most Superior ratings at the District Science Fair!  Most of these students will be competing at the state level on May 13.
Front L-R: Cade McGarvey, Baylee March, Jalynn Parrett, Preston Ingol, Jordyn Merriman, Kaylee Tressler and Hailey Wwidenhamer.
Back L-R:  Hunter Kauser, Sadie Estle, Preston Johanns and advisors, Mrs. Favorito and Mrs. Johnson.
Missing is Molly Adams.

The PHS Girls Softball team was named Sectional Champions after defeating Delphos Jefferson on May 13.  The team will play in the District Final at Lima Bath on May 20 against Allen East.

Paulding Exempted Village Schools is hereby giving notice that sealed bids for the 2016 Window Replacement Project at Paulding High School and Paulding Elementary School, 405 N. Water St., Paulding, OH  45879, will be accepted until 12:00 Noon on June 6, 2016, at the Paulding Exempted Village School District, 405 N. Water St., Paulding, OH.  A set of project documents may be obtained from the Paulding Exempted Village School District Office at 405 N. Water St., Paulding, OH  45879.  The Board reserves the right to accept any part or all of any bid and to reject any and all or parts of any and all bids.

The Paulding Science Olympiad teams competed at the State Science Olympiad competition held at The Ohio State University in Columbus on Saturday, April 11, 2015.  The Division B team placed 28th and the Division C team placed 29th overall.

UPDATE:  As of May 20, the last day of school for students will now be Monday, June 1st, with the exception of the Seniors, who will not have to return after their Graduation on May 24.

Paulding Elementary

Oakwood Elementary

Middle School

The Preschool Staff at PEVS recently completed CPR training.  Oakwood Preschool teacher, Briana Ripke is shown here practicing chest compressions.

Several students qualified for the State Science Day, which will be held Saturday, May 10, at The Ohio State University.

Students qualify for the District Science Fair at Ohio Northern on March 22!

The Paulding Exempted Village Schools Board of Education recently hired William Hanak as the new Superintendent to take over for the 2013-2014 school year.

Congratulations to Beth Norbeck (Speech & Language Pathologist) and Shelley Shinners (Preschool Teacher), for serving Paulding Exempted Village Schools for 30 years!  Both ladies teach at Oakwood Elementary.

Congratulations to Brian Gorrell - Class of 1994, Ken Manz - Class of 1969, and Tom Manz - Class of 1990, for being inducted into the 2018 Academic Hall of Fame.  Click here for more information.

Paulding Mini Flag Football registration forms are available for grades 3-6.  Please click here for the form with details. 

The Paulding Athletic Boosters are currently raising funds to construct a new Press Box at the Athletic Complex.

Congratulations to our PHS Band and Choir members who attended Solo & Ensemble on February 1.  Click here for individual results.

Make up dates:
Monday, February 17
Thursday, April 17
Friday, May 23
Tuesday, May 27 
 

Many FFA members braved the cooler weather on March 27  and came to school by tractor on  'Drive Your Tractor to School' Day. 

Did you know students lose anywhere from 2 to 3 months of the math they learned over summer break?!? Check out this FREE math program that is proven to reverse learning loss over the summer! Please click on 'Read More' for the link and an informational video.

The PHS Concert band received a Superior rating at the recent State OMEA (Ohio Music Education Association) contest.  They were the only band on their stage to earn 2 superiors from 3 judges that evening!  Go Band!

Five students competed at State Science Day in Columbus on Saturday, May 14.  Results are as follows:

Molly Adams, grade 7 - Excellent
Hunter Kauser, grade 7 - Excellent
Allison Reineck, grade 9 - Excellent
Cade McGarvey, grade 10 - Superior
Preston Johanns, grade 11 - Superior
 

Click on 'Read more' to see pictures.

The 8th grade team "Proud Panthers" provided and filled Christmas stockings for soldiers with items such as sunblock, puzzle books and assorted food items.  The stockings will be sent to soldiers serving overseas.  The 'Stocking for Soldiers' is sponsored by Den Herder Funeral Home.

Five PEVS students qualified for the May 14th State Science Fair at The Ohio State Universtiy, by earning Superior ratings at the distrcit competition.

Five Middle School students earned Superior ratings at the District Science Fair held at ONU on March 18.  These students will move on the the State Science Fair in May.

L-R: Sadie Estle, Molly Adams, Baylee March, Jalynn Parrett, & Hunter Kauser.
Jalynn also won the Audubon Award and Environmental Science Award, and Hunter won the Naval Science Award.

These employees were recognized at the annual staff breakfast on May 25 for 30 years of service at PEVS.


L-R:   Patty Carlise, Joanie Goyings, Mark Stuck, Brenda Troyer, Mark Rhodes, Cheryl Schier and Pat Keezer.

Paulding Engineering Varsity team won the first place trophy at the T.E.A.M.s competition at Ohio Northern.  More than 30 teams participated in the Varsity division.

Front L-R:  Christin Clapsaddle, Chantal Monnier, Emma McMaster
Back L-R:  Robert Deitrick, William Deisler, Aaron Horstman, Dayton Pracht

Registration for the Panther Youth Volleyball Camp is now open. The camp is July 24-26 for 4th through 8th graders.  Please click here for the registration form. 

The PHS Quiz Bowl team has made it to the quarterfinals of the NBC24 Academic Challenge Tournament.  Competing for Paulding from left to right: Madison Good, Emma McMaster, Travis Couts, and William Deisler.  The tournament will continue on March 18.

PHS Senior Jarrett Sitton has signed a letter of intent to play football for The University of Findlay. Good luck Jarrett!


 

  Several Paulding FFA members attended the State Convention in Columbus April 30-May 1. Some of the members were recognized for their outstanding achievements, and FFA Advisor, Mr. Brett Foster, was also recognized.

Paulding High School athletes have been visiting elementary classrooms to stress how important reading is and to promote "Reading is a Sport".  Shown here is Jarrett Sitton and Samantha Meggison, reading to Mrs. Deisler's first grade class.

 

The Defiance WalMart selected Oakwood Elementary to be the recipient of its Teacher Rewards.  WalMart representatives Courtney and Renee brought twenty $50 gift cards to be given to teachers whose names were drawn from a basket.  The Oakwood PTO decided to add an additional seven $50 gift cards making every teacher a winner!!  The Defiance WalMart also donated a cart load of school supplies for students at Oakwood Elementary. After drawing names for the gift cards, Courtney and Renee served cake and punch to all OE staff members. Students helped make this a special event for their teachers by providing at great deal of cheering as names were announced!  They enjoyed tootsie pop suckers for their role in the surprise program on Friday (10-09) afternoon.

Elena and Lizzy from Mrs. Taylor's Preschool class helped make apple turnovers for a snack during their Apple Unit.

The PHS Drama department presented Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on March 20 and 21.  Please click on 'read more' to see more pictures.

Congratulations to Senior TAYLOR DEATRICK for being named NWC Wrestler of the Year,  and varsity wrestling coach TONY GONZALES for being named NWC Coach of the Year!

High School Art Teacher Sandy Dobbeleare and her team competed in the snow sculpting competiion in Frankenmuth, MI.

Congratulations and GOOD LUCK to 8th grader Marcus Miller, for winning the Paulding County Spelling Bee!  He will participate in the Regional Spelling Bee on March 8 in Ft. Wayne.  

Paulding Exempted Village Schools has earned the top rating of Excellent with Distinction! 
        

The Northwest Ohio Community Action Commission (NOCAC) will be hosting a Summer Food Program again this summer.  This Program provdies FREE Lunches and Activities for children ages 1-18.  Click here for Paulding details and here for Oakwood details.

Kalyn Strahley was elected as the State FFA Treasurer for 2018-2019 year at the 90th Annual Ohio FFA State Convention. This is a huge accomplishment as she competed against 55 other FFA members from around the State. It has been over 25 years since Paulding has had a member elected to State Office. The Paulding FFA Chapter is so proud of her!!

 

Congratulations to Coach Gonzales, Coach Mead and the Paulding High School wrestling team as they won the Northwest Conference wrestling championship on February 1, 2014!  Also, Taylor, Deatrick, Aaron Mock and Dakota Valdez were individual champions.  This is our second straight NWC wrestling championship.

Congratulations to bus driver Mike Mericle, who received the George Sontag, Jr Award for School Bus Driver of the Year.  Mike accepted the award at the Ohio Association for Pupil Transportation conference in Columbus on March 16, 2015. 

 
 FCCLA students qualify for State Competition at the
 Regional Meeting held at Vantage Career Center and
 at the Regional Rally held at Van Wert High School.

 First grade students at Paulding Elementary are learning about "Neighbors In Need." 105.7 The Bull, asked students to help fill our local food pantries with non-perishable food items. Donations will be accepted until November 6.

The preschoolers at Paulding Elementary School have been enjoying their new digging box on the preschool playground. The digging box was made possible by those who supported the elementary school cookie dough fund raiser.  Shown in these picture are preschoolers from Mrs. Kohart's classes.

Normally during Homecoming week, HS Art Teacher, Mrs. Dobbeleare, takes students to the football field area to paint the street.  With all the construction in town this year, the street was too busy, so the painting was moved to the concession stand.  Click on 'Read more' to see more pictures.

Students from Paulding Middle School participated in the 1st annual Paulding Middle School Service Learning Day on Friday, October 9.  All 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade students were involved in two service learning opportunities- at the Paulding Schools campus in the morning and around the Paulding Community in the afternoon.   In the picture below, Paulding Middle School 7th Graders are removing stone around the fence at the Paulding Skate Park.

Left to Right:  Luke Jackson-Vice President, Estee Miller-Secretary, Paige Fitzwater-Presidnet, Hannah Farr-Treasurer, Chantal Monnier-Reporter, Austin Howell-Student Advisor, Kourtney Thomas-Chaplin, and Katlynn Fuller-Sentinel. 

The last scheduled day of school for students is Tuesday, May 24, 2016.

Congratulations to the Paulding High School Varsity and JV Quiz Bowl teams, who won the Northwest Conference Quiz Bowl Tournament held on November 14 at Delphos Jefferson High School.

PHS Senior Corbin Edwards has signed a letter of intent to continue his baseball and academic careers at Defiance College.  Corbin is shown here with his parents Greig and Cindy Edwards, and coaches Ben Barton and Travis McGarvey.

Paulding Elementary would like to give a big shout out, and THANK YOU to Defiance College students for donating plastic caps collected from their recycling program.   Show with the Defiance College students are Paulding Elementary third graders from left: Mara Phlipot, Makayla Carr, Addison Shull, Dominik Batt, and Dakota Gerdemann. 

Left:  1st  Place Cade McGarvey--Junior:  qualified for the International Science Fair which will be held in Los Angels in May.  Cade will be competing against the top 2000 HS students in the world.

Right: 2nd picture:  Senior District Science fair qualifiers:  Left to right, Chantal Monnier, Preston Johanns (5th place), Preston Ingol. 

Student's from Mrs. Warncke's Spanish class suprised the PHS student body on Valentines Day when they came to school that morning.  EVERY locker in the HS had a paper heart taped to it with the phrase "You are Loved" written on it. 

Congratulations to the Engineering teams for their accomplishment at State competition! For Division 3 schools:
PHS JV Team placed 7th in the State of Ohio and 20th in the United States
PHS Varsity Team placed 18th in the State of Ohio and 14th in the United States

Only 655 schools in the United States qualified for National Rankings.  The PHS Varsity team was ranked 27th out of every school in the United States that qualified, regardless of division!  Please click here for team pictures.

PHS Senior Damon Egnor signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Bowling Green State University.  Seated (L to R) Rob Egnor, Damon Egnor, Candi Egnor.
Standing (L to R) Coaches:  Randy Bachman, (River Bandits)  Matt Hodge, Ben Barton (Paulding).

Congratulations Damon and good luck!

Both Oakwood and Paulding held Veteran's Day Programs for our local men and women that served or are currently serving our Country, on Wednesday, November 11.

Congratulations go to the Paulding Concert Band for qualifying for OMEA state concert band contest.  Our band gave a truly outstanding performance at the District Contest  earning them straight superior ratings from all 4 judges.  In fact, they were the only band at our location to achieve such an impressive score over the 2 day event. Additionally, this makes them a 3 time state qualifier in 4 attempts; a record not held since the 1970's when the band was under the leadership of the legendary Ernie Burnett.

The Paulding Athletic Department inducted 2 new members into the Athletic Hall of Fame on January 24, 2015:
The 1964-65 Boys Basketball Team and Ashleigh Stallkamp. 
 

(Photo by Dylan Hefflinger, The Crescent-News)


(L-R) Sandy Adams Parrish, Gerry Gillen, Denny Holtsberry for Linda Holtsberry, Lou Roth for Ron Roth, Jim Rosselet, Jack Suman, Chuck Utterback, Ashleigh Stallkamp, Jim Riley, Mrs. Follis,  Dave Penn, Sam Hatcher-MC, Bob Mott, Bob Miller, Sherry Jackson for Jim Jackson, Dorothy Flaugh for Tim Hunter, Jim Cox, John Bissell, and Gene Baughman.

Saturday, March 14, Paulding High School and Middle School students competed at the District Science Day at Ohio Northern University.  The High School students won the team award for most Superiors and qualified ten students for State Science Day which will be held in May at Ohio State. 

Paulding High School and Middle School students compete and place at the Regional Science Fair held at Northwest State Community College on February 28. 

Paulding High School Art Teacher, Sandy Dobbeleare, competed in the annual Frankenmuth, MI snow sculpting contest for the 12th year in a row.  Mrs. Dobbeleare and her team of former students Aly Miunger and Emily Theilbar, and senior Jake Long, started carving the 21' X 10' X 10' block of snow on Monday, January 19, and finished on Saturday, January 24, with not much sleep.  The team placed 4th in their division! Click on 'Read More' to see more pictures.
 

Girls in grades 4-6 had the opportunity to learn basketball fundamentals along with having some fun during a week long basketball camp.  High school coaches and players did a great job of teaching and coaching the future Paulding Panthers. The girls will be playing in vaious leagues and tournaments throughout the winter.
 

Students in Mrs. Bok's science class test water cohesion and surface tension. 

PHS Senior Jaycie Varner has signed a letter of intent to play Volleyball at Rio Grande University in Rio Grande, OH.  Jaycie is seated with her parents and Head Volleyball Coach, Josh Early.  Good Luck Jaycie!

The Paulding Science Olympiad teams participated in the Northwest Ohio Regional Science Olympiad competition on Saturday, March 19th at BGSU. Schools from Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Lucas, Marion, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Wood, Williams, and Wyandot counties vied for the top four spots and a chance to move on to the State competition. Both the Paulding High School and Paulding Middle School teams placed 4th overall and both qualified for State Competition in April at OSU in Columbus. 

Paulding Middle and High School students partiicpated at the Regional Science Fair at Northwest State Community College on  Saturday, February 27. 

Congratulations to our Science Olympiad teams who competed in the Regional Science Olympiad competition held Saturday, February 28th at B.G.S.U.  The Division B team captured the second place trophy!  Both Division B and Division C ranked high enough to qualify for the State Science Olympiad competition to be held at OSU in Columbus in April.

The Junior Class Parents are again organizing this year's After Prom.  Meetings are held on the first and thrid Mondays of the month in the Commons/Auditeria.  Junior parents are encouraged to attend.  Donations are being collected to cover After Prom expenses. If you have not been contacted yet and are interested in donating, please contact Becky Ringler at 419-258-0267 or send your donation check payable to Paulding High School After Prom, to the school, attention Becky Ringler, 405 N. Water St., Paulding, OH  45879.

Congratulations to Shana Manz, Paulding Middle School 8th grader and Sam Woods, Oakwood Elementary 5th grader, for being the winner and runner-up respectivlely, of the 2015 Geography Bee. Shana also qualified to compete at the STATE level on March 27th!  Congratulations also to the other grade level winners. (Click on 'Read more' to see picture).

                  Sam Woods, runner-up, Shana Manz, winner.

Paulding Elementary School was named a School of Promise and a High Progress School of Honor by the Ohio Department of Education.  Click here to read the letter from Richard Ross, State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Six PEVS teachers were recognized at the November 18, 2014 Board Meeting for meeting the requirements needed to become a Master Teacher. (L-R) Caroline Arend, Beth Kelly, Deedi Miller, Erin Schroeder, Shelley Shinners and Ellen Williams.  Congratulations!