Open House and Information Night for 5th grade students and parents will be held Thursday, August 14th, from 5pm to 7pm. Informational sessions will be held in the theater at 5:15 pm and 6:15 pm. Please choose one to attend to learn more about Logan Hocking Middle School and to meet our Guidance Counselors. Students and Parents will be able to visit Grade 5 classrooms and meet Grade 5 teachers.

Fifteen members of the Chief Logan FFA chapter attended Ohio FFA camp, July 7-11, 2014. Located in Carroll County, on the banks of Leesville Lake, Camp Muskingum has been offering unique outdoor experiences since 1942. The lake, hillside and forests offer prime opportunities for aquatic and nature studies.

START AS A STUDENT, FINISH AS A CEO! YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS ACADEMY (YEA!) INFORMATION NIGHT JULY 24 - 7:00 p.m. - Logan Hocking Chamber of Commerce, 4 East Hunter Street, Logan, Ohio.

Logan students who want to start their own business are invited to apply to the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) for the 2014-2015 school year. The educational program is a partnership between the Logan Hocking Chamber of Commerce and the Logan-Hocking School District. Over the course of the school year, students in grades six through twelve learn about entrepreneurship and launch their own company.

During the week of May 13-20, Logan Middle School students raised $1,352.66 for Pennies for Patients, which helps support the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society. During the week, students had the opportunity to bring in their spare change and place it in their homeroom collections boxes. The homeroom that collected the most money was Mrs. Jennifer Hall's 5th grade class with a total of $107.11.

The Logan-Hocking Local School District and its Treasurer / Chief Fiscal Officer Paul Shaw have been awarded an Award of Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), Chicago, Illinois, for excellence in the preparation and issuance of the fiscal year 2013 school system Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). This is the 12th consecutive Award of Excellence that Logan-Hocking School District has received.

The Logan-Hocking School District is launching an exciting new learning opportunity for our students beginning next school year. The 2014-15 school year is the first year of the rollout, and begins with the Class of 2020 (7th grade students) being assigned a Chromebook device for use 24/7 during the academic year. This class will serve as the pilot for the district’s 1-to-1 computing initiative.

Track and Field events for the community meet will take place as planned beginning at noon. Day of the meet registration will take place beginning at 11am. The 5K for the community meet that was scheduled for Saturday, June 14th, has been cancelled due to lack of participants. All individuals that had planned on running the 5K are encouraged to run the Hospital 5K, this Saturday.

Green Elementary held their annual Spirit Week, where thematic learning and celebration come together, at the end of the school year. This year the theme was Commotion in the Ocean and students were immersed in learning about the ocean and all its wonders. The building was transformed into an underwater environment by volunteers, students and staff and each classroom was represented by a student selected sea creature.

Logan-Hocking Middle School will be having 5th Grade Orientation and 5th Grade Open House on Thursday, August 14th from 5pm to 7pm. Parents/students will receive letters regarding bus, schedule and locker information prior to orientation. Open House for 6th through 8th grades will be August 18th from 4pm to 6pm.