BUCYRUS—On Monday evening, the Wynford Board of Education held their monthly meeting.

Due to a shortage of supplies nationwide, there will not be fireworks at Wynford’s graduation on Saturday night; however, high school principal Julie Miller assured the board that there will still be a special surprise to send this year’s seniors out.

Graduation is Saturday, May 21 at 8 p.m. at the football field, weather permitting. If the weather isn’t ideal for an outdoor graduation, it will be held in the new gym at the same time. The decision will be made Friday.

The USDA (the United States Department of Agriculture) is no longer offering waivers to provide students with free breakfast and lunch.

The school’s announcement on the matter can be found here. Parents are asked to fill out the free/reduced meal application as soon as possible. A link to the application can be found on the announcement.

Project MORE (Mentoring in Ohio for Reading Excellence), according to its website, is an “evidence-based reading volunteer mentoring project for students with disabilities that has demonstrated statistically significant reading results since 1999.”

Second and third grade students who are identified as not on track and those with disabilities are suggested for the program and then are assigned a mentor from the high school.

At Wynford, high school students can take the class and will spend thirty minutes a day with their mentee four days a week to provide “intensive intervention at the student’s reading level.”

Wynford’s first semester mentors were Chandler Elchert, Evan Wright, Sam McMillan, Payton Workman, Maddy Lutz, Heather Wappelhorst, Ruby Stone, Adison Stuckey, Addie Lust, and Ari Lucas. Second-semester mentors were Corey Moone, Melanie Johnson, Zane Smith, Ruby Stone, Evvy Brennstuhl, Cooper Jury, and Heather Wappelhorst.

Mentors Corey Moone, Cooper Jury, Heather Wappelhorst, and Ruby Stone gave a presentation on the program at the meeting.

Project MORE is led by reading interventionist Becky Prenger and school psychologist Sara Williams.

The board approved an agreement with Franklin Covey for the “Leader in Me” program for the Elementary school.

According to its website, Leader in Me is an “evidence-based, comprehensive model that builds leadership and life skills in students, creates a high-trust culture, and lays the foundation for sustained academic achievement.”

The next board meeting is June 20 at 5:30 p.m.