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At Handshake America’s annual assembly last night, Central Crossing High School (CCHS) was named School of the Year, and five SWCSD student-athletes were celebrated as part of their Class of 2024 honorees. Handshake America identifies coachable high-school student-athletes with grit and connects them with successful people that help translate lessons from the field to success…

The South-Western City School District (SWCSD) is now enrolling for the 2024-2025 school year for any Kindergarten student who will be 5-years-old before September 30, 2024. Whether you are a new or returning family to the district, we welcome you and are proud to partner with you on your child’s educational journey over the next…

South-Western Career Academy (SWCA) pre-nursing senior Jacquelin Rebollar Pedraza is one of many students in the district taking advantage of Work-Based Learning (WBL) opportunities available to students. WBL can either be a paid or unpaid position in the real world directly tied to their credentialing program at the SWCA. As a student of pre-nursing instructor…

During the Monday, October 23, 2023 regular meeting of the South-Western City School District Board of Education, 95 students were recognized for their exemplary academic achievement as the result of their work on Advanced Placement (AP) assessments, the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship qualifying test, and/or College Credit Plus/Associate’s Degree achievement from the 2022-2023 school year. Dr.…

Grove City High School (GCHS) has been named to the 2023 U.S. News & World Report’s national Best High Schools rankings. The U.S. News & World Report’s Best High Schools rankings include data from nearly 25,000 public high schools across the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Scoring criteria for schools were ranked on…

Park Street Intermediate School (PSIS) and counselor Deidra Muse have been named recipients of the prestigous Ohio School Counselor Association OSCAR Award. The Ohio School Counselor Accountability Report (OSCAR) is a results-based representation that visually demonstrates how student domain outcomes are facilitated by the work of school counselors. School counselors are educators with Masters Degrees,…

Across multiple South-Western City School District high schools, 14 vocalists and instrumentalists have been named to the All-State Choir, Jazz, Band, or Orchestra ensembles by the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA). Annually, OMEA solicits applications in the form of a recorded solos from approved Class “A” or Class “B” lists for evaluation from a committee…

On Wednesday, September 20, 2023 leadership from the Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA) recognized South-Western City School District (SWCSD) Board of Education president Anthony A. Caldwell for his contributions to the District at its Central Region Fall Conference held at Villa Milano in Columbus. Specifically, Caldwell was named the recipient of two honors in the…

As the calendar flips over to July, we know many families begin to look ahead to August for back-to-school planning. From frequently asked questions such as ‘When are the Open House dates?’ and ‘When will I be informed of my bus route?’, to annual reminders, we have you covered here in our Back-to-School primer! See…

Westland High School (WHS) senior Yhozuany “Josse” Arizmendi-Rivera has been named the recipient of the ‘2023 Ohio Educational Library Media Association’s (OELMA) ReadOn! Ohio Award.’ Annually, OELMA, Ohio’s professional association for grade K-12 school libraries, recognizes enthusiastic readers nominated by school and public libraries in primary grades (K-3), intermediate grades (3-5), middle grades (6-8), and…