Xenia Community Schools

Focused on child-centered excellence

Join us in congratulating our 2019 award winners: LaShann Latimer, Teacher of the Year, and Heather Horsley, Support Staff Person of the Year! Last spring we asked for nominations of staff members who stand out for being dedicated to their job, for their willingness to help colleagues and others, and for their outstanding character. Ms. Latimer and Ms. Horsley embody all of those characteristics and more! Ms. Latimer is a teacher at Cox Elementary and Ms. Horsley is the Attendance Officer at Warner Middle School.

Xenia Community Schools are using a standards-based grading system in kindergarten, first, and second grade. In a standards-based system, teachers report what students know and are able to do relative to the Ohio Learning Standards. The purpose of standards-based grading is to raise student achievement by clearly communicating students’ progress toward learning targets. Knowing where students are in their progress toward meeting standards-based learning targets is critical for planning and carrying out classroom instruction. More information ...

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