Taylor Gingery, the Knox ESC’s gifted/enrichment coordinator, talks with the volunteer Student Leadership Team from the Knox Learning Center before the Oct. 14 Youth Enrichment Series program at Knox Memorial Theater. From left are Noah, Leo, Tian and Jaden.
Gracie, a chocolate lab, sits with her owner, Barbara Waite, in Waite’s office at the Knox Learning Center. Joining them are Joe Mazzari, left, Learning Center director, and Derek Fisher, student services principal at the Knox County Career Center. Gracie is the fourth dog to have an unofficial, but highly effective, role with alternative school students.
Taylor Gingery of the Knox ESC reacts as puppeteer Dylan Shelton displays The Hungry, Hungry Bookworm.
Preschool students interacted with a pig, goats and sheep outside their classrooms in the parking lot of the Centerburg Local Schools administration building.
Students and staff in the morning preschool classes at East Knox Local Schools wave a welcome to Family Fun Night, scheduled from 4:30 to 6:30 Sept. 24. Staff includes teachers Nicole Cook and Erica Beltz and teacher assistants Ariel Lashley and Taylor Hahn.
Director Joe Mazzari stands in front of the Knox Learning Center, 900 W. Vine St. in Mount Vernon.
Jackie and Bob Wihl of Mount Vernon look over the itinerary for their upcoming trip to Washington, D.C.
Second-graders will see Act 1 on Sept. 11
A large crowd turned out Wednesday for the Knox Educational Service Center’s annual school-opening breakfast and staff meeting at Mount Vernon Nazarene University
These students participated in the recent Genius Hour symposium at the Gallagher Centre. Front row, from left: Mia Ison, Will Meyers, Hendrix Penrose, Noah Pfettscher. Back row, from left: Vincent Frazee, Hollis Banks, Aria Dunmire, Cora Parks, Keegan Connell, Junia Pfettscher, Ellie Lepley. Not pictured is participant Kalista Mathie
Transition U Director Kim Hood stands with 2026 graduates Colton Young, left and Eddie Atkinson
Office Manager Carla Douglas cuts a Knox Chamber of Commerce ribbon that officially welcomed the Knox Educational Service Center to its new office on the second floor of the Woodward Annex, 107 S. Main St.
Collage of staff  wearing T-shirts color-coded to the work they do, celebrating the Knox ESC’s first-ever “Unity Day within the Community."
Katherine Bellman looks over her fall class schedule at Ohio University with KCCC guidance counselor Clarissa Bush
Allison Wilhelm talks with Centerburg High School Principal Brent Garee after the recent Russell B. Wise awards luncheon sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Mount Vernon
Teacher Robi Magabe and assistant Kayde Moss help a group of preschool children learn to listen and take turns
Senior Ariel Atkinson, right, shares a moment with East Knox guidance counselor Julia Kelly
Danville High School senior Ethan Swendal is flanked by Dorothy Yoder, student success adviser, and Cory Myers, agriculture teacher and FFA adviser
Lucy Rush shares a moment with guidance counselor Jacquelin Wihl at Mount Vernon High School
Viktoria Arnett, left, meets with Fredericktown guidance counselor Karen Barta before leaving for classes at North Central State College