The award-winning Boardman High School Symphony, Chamber and Classical Orchestras will present their annual Spring Orchestra Concert Wednesday, May 22 at 7 pm in the Boardman Performing Arts Center.

The senior solo competition winner of the evening will be Rithika Vangal on Piano.  She will perform the third movement of “Piano Concerto No. 1 in g minor” by Felix Mendelssohn.

At the end of the May 1 Band Concert, senior Miles Spearman got the surprise of his life...A Taco Bell Foundation Crew from California gave him a $25,000 Live Mas scholarship.  Miles was one of more than 14,000 seniors across the country to send in a video to the Foundation, and Miles idea for combining music and biology, in hopes of tackling Alzheimer's disease caught the attention of the scholarship committee.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH WFMJ STORY ON MILES SCHOLARSHIP SURPRISE

The Boardman Boosters held the official groundbreaking for Phase 3 of the Stadium Project on May 1.  The final phase includes the construction of girls and boys locker rooms, restrooms, ticket booth and concession stand, with a brick walkway and donor wall.  CLICK HERE TO WATCH WFMJ STORY ON GROUNDBREAKING 

We are very fortunate at Boardman Schools to have a compassionate and caring staff of guidance counselors, as well as community support from professional mental health agencies like Alta Behavioral Healthcare and Meridian Healthcare. 

This partnership, along with support from local spiritual leaders, allowed us to offer on site counseling at the High School and Glenwood Jr. High for students or staff on these days following a very difficult time.  Please read on for advice from our local professional mental health providers in the aftermath of the District's sudden loss.  

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Boardman High School is once again, ranked as a top High School in the State of Ohio, according to the rankings  released April 30 by US News & World Report. The national rankings consider college readiness, graduation rates, AP testing, and proficiency scores, among other factors. 

At #54 in Ohio this year, Boardman High School continues to be recognized as a high performing High School.  US News this year, ranked more than 17,000 schools nationwide.

The Boardman Envirothon team competed in Northeast Ohio's Envirothon competition on April 25. Forty five teams from throughout Northwest Ohio competed.  Boardman won the event!  They earned an all-expense paid trip to the State Envirothon Competition June 9-11 at Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Cameron Jeffrey, a 7th grader at Glenwood Jr. High is the first Boardman student to take home the National Prize for winning the KidWind Challenge.  For nearly two years, dozens  of BGJHS student have competed in the monthly online contest.  Cam's entry earned him the $50 prize for March. 

The Boardman Local School Board voted unanimously April 11,  to hire the district’s next Athletic Director.  Marco Marinucci of Boardman will replace Denise Gorski, who is retiring in June.  Marinucci’s 3-year contract begins July 1, 2019.   

Boardman Schools  has received the Auditor of State Award for the 2017-18 fiscal year.  It is the State Auditor’s way of recognizing excellence in financial record keeping as well as sound accounting practices.

This is the 4th consecutive “Clean Audit” award for the Boardman Local Schools.

BHS is now part of the Amazon Future Engineer program and will receive educational supports and training from Amazon to add a new dimension to Boardman’s computer science classes at the High School next year.  Boardman is one of 1,000 high schools selected nationwide for the program for the 2019-20 school year.

Did you know you can apply at any time during the school year for Free and Reduced meal benefits?  With the recent idling of the General Motors Plant, and the ripple affects to our local economy, we want to remind families help is always available for a nutritious school lunch.  

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