WELLSVILLE – Wellsville school district principals provided updates on student accomplishments at the school board’s March meeting.

In her report to the board, Garfield Elementary Principal Shelbie Householder recognized students of the month as Zyair Terry and Sophia Urich, both kindergarten, for February and Phineas Treloar and Carli Culp, also kindergarten, for March.

She said three Garfield students represented the school at the County Art Show: Scarlett Mason, who received reserved of show, Josphine Bryan and Addyson LaClair.

Householder said NWEA Map testing was completed in mid-February with 100% of the students in kindergarten through second grade being on track.

She shared with the board the school’s plans to continue servicing students through their Reading Improvement Plans and receive high dosage tutoring, and while the MAP testing showed growth, they fell short of their goal by a few percentile points.

She discussed all areas of testing with the board, including where the students were the strongest and where the weak points were, and the school’s plan to help students continue improving.

She noted that kindergarten registration begins March 23, and all incoming kindergartners must be 5 years old by the first day of school, which is Aug. 26.

In her report to the board, Daw Principal Erin Clemmer recognized Daw’s Students of the Month for February and March as Alex Simpkins and Christian Brewer, both third grade; Drake Davis, fourth grade; Bryant Farnsworth, fifth grade; and Oliveah Roberts, sixth grade.

Students from Daw who represented the school at the County Art Show included Kinder Shell, Janae Moffett, Madison Malone and Adelyn Powel.

Clemmer discussed how the school was doing with attendance and noted that the school was at 91.45% attendance for the building.

Clemmer also noted the school is preparing for state testing next week and teachers have met with each student to let them know how close they are to being proficient or bumping up to the next level and that the school has some testing incentives for the students, such as headphones and field trips.

Clemmer and Householder both noted that group photos will be taken on March 18 and Magic Moments will be providing each student with one free of charge.

Wellsville Jr./Sr. High Principal Allison Scott recognized February and March Students of the Month as Faylynn Martin, Jr. High, and Madilynn Drysdale, Sr. High, as February’s students with Dakota Dotson being named Care and Share Senior of the Month; and Kaylee White, Jr. High, and Kameron Wright, Sr. High, for March Students of the Month with Nathan Cline being named the Care and Share Senior of the Month.

Students who represented the Jr. Sr. High School at the County Art Show are Alexander Chase, Ella Betz, Becca Phillips, and Jonnah Sears, who earned honorable mention.

Scott said there was a lot of celebrating at the school for the middle of the year testing, and she wanted to recognize the teachers, support staff and students for all the hard work they put in.

She said the school exceeded the building goal in reading, math eighth grade science and biology.

The school has aligned with Columbiana County Career Technical Center for the middle school CTE requirement and are able to offer new advance courses and CCP courses through Kent State University and Youngstown State University.

The school is still working to address the issue of chronic absenteeism and has found solutions for 50% of the students with severe absenteeism, Scott said. She also noted that absenteeism has dropped by three percent since last month.

Scott said community engagements are going well with representatives from many local businesses and organizations, and the next Coffee and Community meeting will be March 26.

The spring musical will be Aladin Jr., which will be directed by Faith Spann, Jen Watkins and Joaquin Johnson.

Scott also took a moment to recognize Amanda O’Hanlon, the school’s social worker who has assisted in more than 140 crisis situations and provides ongoing weekly support and conferencing with many of the students.

Events coming up for the high school include the 25th anniversary of Wellsville High School on April 1 and Spring Break April 2-6.

During the new business portion of the meeting, board members approved donations for Academic Challenge for $500, The High School Yearbook for $2,500, the Senior Class for $2,500 and the Junior Class all from the VFW Post 232 Amsterdam, Ohio; The High School Food Pantry for $123, The Garfield Food Pantry for $123 and Daw Food Pantry for 123 all from Covenant Presbyterian Church $123; for the band Logan Gardiner for $34.

They also approved a field trip for the Jr. and Sr. High School Student Council to attend Education Day at PNC Park on April 8, the 2026-2027 school year calendar, the 2026 graduating class contingent on meeting all state and federal requirements, the Sr. Class handbook, and the revised NEOLA Policy for food services.

The Wellsville Board of Education meets the third Monday of each month at 5 p.m. in the media center at Wellsville Jr. Sr. High School, 1 Bengal Blvd. The next regular meeting is scheduled for April 20.