Three Bluffton High School juniors were selected recently to attend their respective Girls' State and Boys' State in June.
Selected to attend Girls' State are Arielle E. O'Neal and Ashley Eachus. Selected to attend Boys' State is Tanner Pinks.
The Bluffton American Legion Post 382 and Bluffton Lions Club sponsor these students. American Legion Buckeye Boys State is held at Miami University, Oxford, June 10-17.
Spring sports is underway, weather permitting. Marvin Foster took this photo of Bluffton track girls in a tri-meet last week. From left, Joscelin Reineke, Abbey Gambrell and Cora Bischoff. Icon's coverage of Bluffton HS sports is through www.blufftonpirates.com. It is accessible on the link on the top right side of the home page.
Bluffton school board will act upon the resignation of Jane Steinmetz, academic intervention teacher at the elementary school, during its April meeting on Monday.
In addition the board will act on 10 certified contracts for the 2018-19 school year.
Other contacts on the agenda include four extended service contracts, nearly 30 supplemental contracts and one classified service contracts.
DELAWARE, Ohio - The Bluffton University men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled to Ohio Wesleyan University to participate in the All-Ohio Championship on Saturday, April 14. A pair of former high school teammates stole the show for the Beavers.
Bluffton University will hold its annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest at 6:30 p.m. on April 11 in Yoder Recital Hall.
Students selected to participate will prepare an oration, no more than ten minutes in length, that applies a peace-church perspective to an issue of contemporary concern.
