CLARK-SHAWNEE TO UNVEIL NEW, RENOVATED SCHOOLS
Celebration will be held at 4 p.m. today for new, renovated schools.
Clark-shawnee Local School District will host a ribbon cutting and community open house for the new elementary school and middle/high school renovations tonight, according to a release from the district.
The celebration will be held starting at 4 p.m. today at the front of the school, 1841 E. Possum Road. After the ribbon cutting, both the elementary and middle/high schools will be open for community members to walk through until 7 p.m. A virtual walkthrough of the buildings will also be shared online the week of Aug. 16 for those that cannot attend.
The new elementary will open as the new school for all preschool through sixth-graders on Wednesday, Aug. 18. The renovation of the middle/high school will be home to seventh-graders through seniors and was completed in November 2020.
The new elementary school is located on the northeast corner of Selma and Possum roads, across the street from the middle
House and we’ll have something for every generation.”
Given all that will be offered, Hall and the others had barely a month to pull it all together, but she said it will be worth it — a testament to the power of unity.
While the weekly Saturday morning Farmers Market in downtown Springfield is well-known to the public, the monthly farmers market offered at the Gammon House may not be.
Hall, a member of the Gammon House board, stressed this farmers market is not trying to compete with the established Farmers Market and is starting after it winds down
as a sign of respect. Besides baked goods and produce, participants will have art, jewelry, clothing and skin-care items and spotlight minority-owned businesses.
Tours of the Gammon House will also be offered.
The Family & Friends event will have a strong back to school emphasis with free haircuts, hair braiding and nails and a giveaway of water bottles and backpacks. A vendor tent will be open and food choices including fish, chickenand strawberry lemonade will be offered.
Music, prizes, a bounce house and other activities will be part of it and hygiene supplies will also be given away.
Hall said she hopes people wiil enjoy these events and get ready for school as well as appreciate the effort.
“This is what we can accomplish when we work together,” she said.