Westerville students can dive into the world of gaming, design and build model houses that use solar energy, go on a simulated dig to explore fossils, and learn how to start their own podcast through Summer Ignite!, a new district-wide summer learning series created by Westerville educators and staff. 

Ten Westerville City Schools employees were honored for their contributions to students, dedication to their schools and their commitment to district values as part of the A+ Award recognition at Monday’s school board meeting.

The hallmark piece behind Westerville North High School’s new Cardinal and Gold Union is starting to take shape.

Owen Curran, a senior at Westerville South High School, received the Youth Leadership Spirit Award by LifeCare Alliance, which provides essential services to thousands of senior citizens, as well as people with medical challenges or disabilities, throughout Central Ohio.  

The Westerville North High School sailing team will compete in the Midwest Interscholastic Sailing Association (MISSA) competition May 1 and 2 on Lake Minnetonka in Minneapolis, Minnesota. If the team places well, they advance to the national high school sailing competition in May in Miami.

Several Westerville middle school students are now published authors.

Grady Hogan, a sixth-grade student at Blendon Middle School, will represent Westerville City Schools in the National History Day contest June 13 to 19, advancing from the statewide National History Day in Ohio contest that was held April 24.

Several Westerville City Schools students were among the winners in the annual Celebrate the Arts Writing Contest sponsored by the Arts Council of Westerville, Westerville Public Library and ThisWeek Westerville News & Public Opinion newspaper. 

Scott Reeves, executive director of Secondary Academic Affairs, was the featured guest in the latest Uncommon Athlete video series with Coach Tim Brown, a Columbus-based author, educator, coach and motivational speaker.

Students from 11 different schools earned the top spots in Westerville City School District’s 15th Annual LEGO Competition, which remained virtual this year. The competition is open to elementary and middle school students from Westerville City Schools and St. Paul School. Competitors can build anything they want, as long as they design it themselves; No pre-packaged LEGO sets are permitted to be built.

If Westerville Police Officer Mark Wojciechowski has stopped by your school, then you’ve probably seen the newest member of the Division’s K-9 Program.

Chloe, a year-and-a-half-old English Labrador Retriever, is training to become the first-ever therapy dog for the Westerville Division of Police.  She will work with both the Westerville City Schools and the community.

Students in seven Westerville schools received top honors in the 2020-21 Ohio PTA Reflections award program, which recognizes student achievement in literature, music, dance, film production, photography, music composition and visual arts.