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Spring2023
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As we approach the end of the 2022-2023 school year, I would like to express my gratitude for your unwavering commitment and hard work in serving our Trumbull County students. Your dedication to their success is truly remarkable and inspiring.
I was thrilled to see so many of you at our recent professional development day, where we had the privilege of hearing from Keeth Matheny and participating in various informative and engaging presentations I hope you found the experience valuable
At TCESC, our Curriculum and Instruction Department is in full swing with student programs such as academic prep bowl competitions, spelling bees concluding, and exciting events like our upcoming art show and drone events
As we approach the end of the school year, please know that TCESC is committed to working alongside you and our aligned school districts to support you in any way we can Thank you for your continued drive for educational excellence and everything you do for our students
TCESC Governing Board
JeffreyDreves President
DeniseDomhoff VicePresident
DeborahPatchin AlHaberstroh TomKrispinsky
TrumbullCounty EducationalServiceCenter
TCESC Administrative Team
MichaelHanshaw Superintendent
michael.hanshaw@trumbullesc.org
LoriSimione,CPA Treasurer lori.simione@trumbullesc.org
RobertMarino,Jr. AssistantSuperintendent Curriculum&Instruction robert.marino@trumbullesc.org
KathleenVilsack DirectorofPupilServices
kathleenvilsack@trumbullescorg
CarlottaSheets HumanResources carlotta.sheets@trumbullesc.org
ChristopherM.Hubinsky TechnologyAdministrator
chris.hubinsky@trumbullesc.org
Michael Michael Michael
Hanshaw Hanshaw Hanshaw
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The Ohio School Boards Association has recognized Trumbull County Educational Service Center Governing Board Member Al Haberstroh for becoming a recipient of the 2023 OSBA Service Award. The Service Award is a distinct award and is part of the OSBA STAR Awards Program—Service, Training, Aptitude, and Recognition. Out of more than 3,400 board members in Ohio, only 52 will receive the Service Award honor in 2023.
Haberstroh will be recognized at the Ohio School Boards Association Northeast Region Spring Conference on Monday, March 27. Along with serving on the TCESC governing board, he serves as Southington Local's representative to the Trumbull County Career and Technical Center. As a board member, he has been involved with numerous positions at OSBA.
For more information on the OSBA Service Award, click the image below.
2023 OSBA Service Award
"As a proud member of the TCESC Governing Board, I am humbled and honored to have received the 2023 OSBA Service Award. My passion for serving the students of the TCESC and the 22 Trumbull County districts is what drives me to strive continuously to make a positive impact in education. I am grateful for this recognition and will continue working towards our shared educational excellence goal."
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Al Haberstroh
Social-Emotional L E A R N I N G
"YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE SURGEON"
You must be the ambulance driver, find the struggling kid, and race them to support. This was one of Matheny's many messages during his trip back to Trumbull County in February and March.
TCESC Superintendent
Michael Hanshaw addresses over 120 TCESC preschool, MD, ED educators, and staff members at the professional development day in February.
“Coach Rudy,” is a national awardwinning teacher, author, and speaker During his return to Trumbull County earlier this month, Coach Rudy met with educators, students, and families from the TCESC, Brookfield, Champion, Niles, LaBrae, and Warren City Schools.
Matheny, a former classroom teacher of over 25 years, provides best practices for developing strong Social Emotional Learning programs and trains teachers to teach SEL skills in engaging and effective ways. Various sessions included hands-on activities on teaching to take a timeout, not make irrational decisions, and not “flip our lids.”
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R. Keeth Matheny, AKA
Seeing CLEAR
TCESC DEPARTMENT SPOTLIGHT VISION
In previous years, we had to construct some assessments from our materials. The new kit makes it easier to have it all in one place. It allows us to evaluate the students and, along with parents and all team members, provide needed materials, accommodations, and services," said Linda Aulizia, TCESC Vision Instructor. “Many students benefit from the structure of the materials, accommodations, and direct service, which leads to easier access and, in turn, greater success.
The Trumbull County Educational Service Center’s Vision Department recently implemented the Functional Vision Learning Media Assessment. FVLMA and the “T” Kit that goes along with the program provides a K12 framework for systematically assessing a student’s visual functioning and needs for adapted educational media. The student is challenged with visual information within each detailed assessment to plan and carry out a task.
Students in our Carpentry PreApprenticeship program from LaBrae Local Schools and Howland Local School District work together to create classroom cubbies for TCESC Classrooms at Lordstown Local Schools and Girard City School District.
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Workforce Devlopment Workforce Devlopment
Career P A T H W A Y S
As an educator and a veteran who served at the 910th Youngstown Air Reserve Station, we are proud to help facilitate these important conversations between our military and the education community. Recognizing the importance of the 910th, we look forward to strengthening these important relationships,” said Robert Marino, TCESC Assistant Superintendent.
Niles and Newton Falls Mock Trial teams square off during the Trumbull County District Competition on January 27th at Trumbull County Court of Common Pleathe s. The Ohio Mock Trial Program is a role-playing simulation of a trial. Students argue real constitutional issues based upon a fictional fact pattern.
The 910th Airlift Wing from the Youngstown Air Reserve Station met with Trumbull County high school principals and guidance counselors on Tuesday, January 24th, at the Trumbull County Educational Service Center.
The presenters provided an intelligence briefing on the history, the current state, and the future direction of the military. This meeting was used to help navigate conversations between the Youngstown Air Reserve station and school district leaders.
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Soaring Into Structured Literacy
Phonics Fluency
Did you know?
It is estimated that 1 in 10 people have dyslexia.
Over 40 million American Adults have dyslexia - and only 2 million know it.
20% of school-aged children in the US have dyslexia.
On March 9th, the experts from the AIM Institute for Learning and Research returned to Trumbull County for the second session of Cohort 2, consisting of 250 educators from TCESC, Champion, Lakeview, Girard, Weathersfield, and Howland. The aim of the training is to enable these teachers, county administrators, school psychologists, and speech pathologists to meet Ohio's Dyslexia Law by developing their skills in structured literacy.
During the session, the experts focused on vital components such as alphabetic principles, decoding, spelling, morphology, phonics, and fluency.
TCESC C&I Supervisor Ed Mackiewicz was recently at Chalker High School promoting our Trumbull County Drone Racing League's upcoming event at PIAA on March 25th. Click here to watch the clip!
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NETWORKING
DISTRICTS IN ATTENDANCE
Bristol
Brookfield Champion
Fairhaven
Girard
Hubbard
Liberty
Mathews
Niles
TCTC
TCESC
Warren
Weathersfield
On Friday, January 6th, the Trumbull County Educational Service Center hosted over 70 student-teacher candidates from Youngstown State University. These future educators went through seminars on technology, interviewing skills, and differentiation in the classroom.
New for this year's conference was a networking seminar where the students could network with 14 Trumbull County public school districts.
"We are always thrilled to host these talented and dedicated student teachers at the Trumbull County Educational Service Center; what a fantastic opportunity for these students and our districts to meet and collaborate," said Robert Marino, Assistant Superintendent of the Trumbull County Educational Service Center. "There has never been a better time to enter the education field."
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A New Way to Compete
There are currently 250 schools that have teams affiliated with Esports Ohio. The Esports Ohio state tournament is scheduled for May 20 and 21 at the University of Akron. The trophies will be the same style as what the OHSAA uses for its 28sanctioned sports.
Esports, the competitive video gaming world, is experiencing tremendous growth in Ohio. One of the most recent developments is the partnership between the Ohio High School Athletic Association and Esports Ohio, a collaboration aimed at expanding the popularity of Esports within high school athletic programs.
In Trumbull County, the Bloomfield-Mespo Esports program has excelled. Last year the team known as “AllOne” took home the state championship competing in the game Clash Royal and finishing second in the state, competing in Valorant. However, according to the team, these victories have meant much more than a trophy will ever represent.
"I have a record in basketball that is 2-70. I will remember those two wins forever, but in Esports, we have only lost four games, which gave me the feeling of what it's like to win."
- Bloomfield senior, Ben Sly
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OSBA Capital Conference Student Achievement Fair
The district houses a total of 94 students in the building. The Esports program, which includes middle school and high school students, has 22 on the roster, or over twenty percent of enrolled students. Those in the program say that Esports has finally allowed them an even playing field against some of the largest districts in the state.
“Before this, I didn’t participate in a lot of the school activities, I wasn't into sports here, and none of the clubs interested me, so doing this has connected me with others in our school and helped me come out of my shell and learn to express myself," said Bloomfield senior Sam Covey.
TRUMBULL COUNTY
Districts involved with Esports
Ohio include Champion, Hubbard, Liberty, Lordstown, TCTC, and Bloomfield-Mespo.
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ACADEMIC Prep Bowl
TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
The Trumbull County Educational Service Center hosted the annual academic prep bowl competitions in January and February at Lordstown High School. Students in grades ranging from 5th through 12th competed in head-to-head team-based competition, answering questions about mathematics, literature, world history, science, sports, and more.
53 TOTAL TEAMS
15 High School
19 Middle School
19 Elementary
Over400 student participants
HIGH SCHOOL
Niles - Winner
Girard - Runner - Up
JUNIOR HIGH
Howland - Winner
Lakeview - Runner - Up
ELEMENTARY
LaBrae - Winner
Mathews - Runner - Up
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Congratulations to Joey Constantine of Lakeview on winning the TCESC Spelling Bee and Anthony Thomas of Niles, our runner-up! Thank you to Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber for your continued support. Joey also won the Regional Tournament in March, sending him to represent Lakeview Local Schools and Trumbull County at the 96th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee on Memorial Day weekend in Washington, D.C.
WINNING WORD:
TCESC ED teacher Jen Mocella put on a Valentine’s Day tea party/conference. Students created the invitations using writing skills and have been Learning about good manners and food etiquette in class.
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