Retirees

LaBrae Veterans Call it a Career

The 2021-2022 school year marks the end of exemplary service to LaBrae students for three venerable veterans of the LaBrae staff. These Vikings go way back as they can claim LaBrae High School as their alma mater.

Laura Zigmont, a 1980 alumna of LaBrae, taught in Youngstown City Schools before coming to LaBrae in January of 2007. Laura has been a special education interventionist at LaBrae Intermediate for her entire tenure at LaBrae.

Carol Shanower is a 1972 LaBrae graduate. She was hired in 1993 and has served as a math tutor at LaBrae prior to becoming the library aide at LaBrae Intermediate School.

John Maurer, a 1984 alumni of LaBrae, has been employed as a custodian for the district since 1986. Most of John’s service to LaBrae was spent at the high school before he transferred to his most recent assignment at Bascom Elementary in 2006. LaBrae thanks these Vikings for their stellar service.

Laura Zigmont

Carol Shanower

John Maurer #Once A Viking, Always A Viking

Superintendent A.J. Calderone

The recently closed school year marked another wild ride filled with challenges for students, families, and staff, yet all of us prevailed and built upon our capacity for resiliency.

As operations became more normal throughout the year, it entrenched the teaching and learning practices that existed pre-pandemic. Despite the challenges of the year, it was still an outstanding year working with our students and being a part of their academic and personal growth.

Our custodial and maintenance staff are immersed in their summer cleaning duties, readying for the return of students. Moreover, LaBrae is busy with summer projects, making facility repairs and upgrades, prepping our bus fleet for summer inspections, hiring staffing to fill current vacancies, and reviewing spring student test data to better assess this year's academic achievement.

I thank our community and our families for your continued support. The coming 2022-2023 school year will be upon us sooner than we can imagine, but I imagine it to be an exciting year that is full of opportunities for our students.

Lastly, should anyone have questions relative to LaBrae Local Schools, please don't hesitate to contact my office this summer at 330.898.1393.

Drainage Repair at the Complex

Paving Repairs Along the Complex Entrance Way

2022 LaBrae Board of Education

Mr. Russell Sewell, Email: rusty.sewell@labrae.school Mrs. Karen Ancell, Email: karen.ancell@labrae.school Mr.Bradley Gamlin, Email: bradley.gamlin@labrae.school Mr. Tim Gibson, Email: tim.gibson@labrae.school Mr. Gary Morton, Email: gary.morton@labrae.school

2022 Board Meetings

LaBrae Board of Education meetings are scheduled for the second Monday of each month. Typically, the lone exception is the month of November, when the Board meets on the third Monday of the month. The meeting schedule can be found on the LaBrae website.

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LMS Power of the Pen Teams Earn Top Marks

Eighth-graders above from left, Ava Cruse, Caylee Fitzpatrick and Makenzie Lichty traveled to Otterbein University May 13 to compete in the Power of the Pen state tournament.

Three members of the LaBrae Middle School 8th-grade Power of the Pen team - Caylee Fitzpatrick, Makenzie Lichty and Ava Cruse - advanced to the state tournament that was held May 13 at Otterbein University. Our 8th-grade team claimed the top spot in the Eastern Regional Power of the Pen District tournament earlier this year, and our 7th-grade team came in 6th place.

Fifteen teams from several middle schools, including Canfield Village, Claymont, Dover, Hillsdale, Holy Family, Lincoln (Warren City Schools), Louisville, Marietta, Northeast Ohio Impact Academy, Northwest, South Range, Strasburg-Franklin, Tuscarawas Valley and Wedgewood, competed in the Jan. 29 tournament hosted by the Northeast Impact Academy. Power of the Pen is a creative writing program for 7th- and 8th-grade students in Ohio.