Last week was Sandy Hook Promise "Start With Hello" week and our amazing students kicked it off by inviting others to take a photo with friends. It’s all about making connections and ensuring no one feels alone. #StartWithHelloWeek #BuildingConnections #InclusionMatters 

Thanks to our incredible Mills Lawn PTO for sponsoring Grandfriends Day. It was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who joined us for donuts, smiles, and quality time. We're so grateful for the special connections shared between generations. #MLSGrandfriendsDay #BulldogNation 

Last night's Mills Lawn Choir Concert was truly enchanting! Our talented singers brought the magic of Disney to life, and the audience was spellbound by every note. 🌟🎶 What a Magical Night! 🎶🌟 

Parents and staff cheered on our future Yellow Springs High School track athletes. This year's Mills Lawn Fastest Bulldog was Amelia Linse and Jeremiah Washington! 

Mills Lawn families and communities enjoyed presentations from students in grades 3-6 last night. Congratulations to our #FearlessThinkers for all their hard work! #YSSPBL 

Thanks to the generous support of the Yellow Springs Alumni Association, Mills Lawn 1st graders welcomed back a familiar guest from Glen Helen for the second consecutive year. Number One, a Black Rat Snake, took center stage during the launch of our PBL project, Don't Be Scared: The Truth about Ohio Snakes. Glen Helen naturalist, Emily Foubert, returned to guide the students in their exploration of this Ohio native snake, fostering an up-close encounter to enhance their learning experience. 

Black History Month honored YS alumni by inviting them to share their personal and professional and spotlighting their successes. Check out our alumni gallery at https://sites.google.com/ysschools.org/ysschoolsphotogalleries/alumni-spotlight.

The Mills Lawn fifth and sixth-grade class proudly presents "The Thirty Three Little Pigs" a play by Brian D. Taylor, produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service and directed by Jo Frannye Reichert on Thursday, February 1, 2024.

Thanks to the generosity of the Yellow Springs Alumni Association and the AIM Fund Committee our fourth grade students had the opportunity to walk to the Glen for an immersive field trip to explore the question, of how can we, as scientists, communicate the effects of weathering and the rate of erosion on geographic features with the people in our community.

On Wednesday evening, families and community members gathered to enjoy the performances of our #FearlessMusicians at the fall concert for band (grades 5-6), choir (grades 4-6), and orchestra (grades 5-6).  

It was a beautiful day to honor our local heroes who served our country at the Mills Lawn Veterans Day Reception. Student council members gave a history of Veterans Day, and the choir sang "What is a Shooting Star?" during the event. Two trees were dedicated to veterans and active duty family members (Tree of Service) and/or a veteran who is no longer with us (Tree of Remembrance). 

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Wednesday for Walk and Roll to School Day at Mills Lawn! Your enthusiasm and energy to help the environment and get some exercise made the event truly special. #GoBulldogs 

The PTO-sponsored "GrandFriends Day" was a huge success with over 200 guests in attendance who visited classrooms and enjoyed breakfast goodies with MLS students. Thanks to everyone who helped to make this a special day. 

Our #FearlessThinkers got a sneak peek into their classrooms and met their teachers during Mills Lawn Elementary Open House. 

Students in grades 7-12 who are new to Yellow Springs High School and McKinney Middle School this year, were invited to a New Student Luncheon last week. School Counselors created a Janga game with special treats to help students get to know each other better. Welcome to all our new Bulldogs! 

Welcome back to our #FearlessThinkers! It's going to be an amazing year! #BulldogPride 

Our #FearlessThinkers got a sneak peek into their classrooms and met their teachers during Mills Lawn Elementary Open House. 

Fifth-grade students joined their second-grade buddies in art class to help them make paper mache globes to support their learning about the earth and our continents. They really enjoyed working together, even though it was a little slimy! 

The cold weather did not stop Mills Lawn Students from sharing their learning this past Sunday! Students from Mrs. Hoover's, Mrs. Mabra's, and Mrs. Hunter's classes joined Ms. Amin at the YS Habitat Community & Earth Day Celebration to share their learning about their project, Wildlife Habitat in our Mills Lawn Schoolyard, with the community. 

Mills Lawn 1st graders had two visitors from Glen Helen today.  Snickers, a California King Snake, and Number One, a Black Rat Snake, displayed their characteristics as part of the next PBL launch, Don't be Scared: The Truth About Ohio Snakes.  Glen Helen Naturalis, Emily Foubert, introduced the students to two snakes, one native to Ohio and one non-native, so they can explore snakes up close. 

Yellow Springs alumni returned to Mills Lawn to share her expertise about snakes with our first graders.  Jude Meekin, class of 2019, brought a beautiful corn snake, a species of the North American rat snake, to present to our students as they continue to study everything about Ohio snakes. 

Kelli Leingang-Pitrone, a Kindergarten parent and owner of Pitrone Farms, visited Mills Lawn School and demonstrated how to tap a maple tree. Kindergarten students were in awe as she drilled a shallow hole and gently tapped the spile in the trunk with a hammer. Students were able to look at samples of maple syrup when it is first out of the tree to when it is completely finished. It was a great surprise to come to school the next day and see sap collecting in the bags. Students are looking forward to sampling a little taste of maple syrup from the tree in their school playground. 

Third graders visited Carillon Park on Friday, February 17th to visit the Wright Brothers National Museum and explore many Wright artifacts, including the 1905 Wright Flyer III (the only airplane designated a National Historic Landmark).  This trip supported the upcoming unit in collaboration with National Aviation Hall Fame and ThinkTV PBS, and their new initiative, Discovering Flight with the National Aviation Hall of Fame. 

6th Grade students visited the Cincinnati Art Museum to tour the Ancient Civilizations antiquities collection and explore over 6,000 years of history in the ancient worlds of Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia, Rome, India, China and Japan. This experience helped students think about their driving question, How can we communicate Early River Civilizations’ cultural identity through historical artifacts?

Mills Lawn 5th graders attended STARBASE camp, a Department of Defense youth program, where they had an opportunity to engage in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) topics over the course of five days. They participated in several hands on activities with an experiential learning approach. 

Inspired by a Facebook post that showed how empty the YS Free Pantry had become, 6th grade students investigated the question, How do we address the issues of food insecurity in our community? Students researched multiple interventions that have been shown to reduce food insecurity then collaborated to design a plan that supports our local community with affordable and healthy food options. The YS Free pantry was stocked with healthy and affordable meal kits.