We are extremely excited to share with you that one of our very own, Chetna Pithadia, was nominated for the Ohio Middle Level Association's Support Staff of the Year Award, and she WON!🌟🏆💐
Chetna has been with the Miami County ESC since 2022 and spends her days at Morton Middle School in Vandalia. She has become an extremely valuable member of the team during her stay; providing resources, identifying student needs, and fostering an environment of trust and respect.
Chetna, we thank you for all that you do for the Miami County ESC and, more importantly, the students at Morton Middle School every single day! Congratulations, you earned it!
#OMLAAwards #MiamiCountyESC
Chetna has been with the Miami County ESC since 2022 and spends her days at Morton Middle School in Vandalia. She has become an extremely valuable member of the team during her stay; providing resources, identifying student needs, and fostering an environment of trust and respect.
Chetna, we thank you for all that you do for the Miami County ESC and, more importantly, the students at Morton Middle School every single day! Congratulations, you earned it!
#OMLAAwards #MiamiCountyESC
🍳🥓The most important meal of the day — Miss Embry's class whipped up a tasty breakfast today! Cooking lessons engage our students mentally and physically, from following the recipe to preparing the meal themselves. Of course they finished the lesson by chowing down on what they made, tasty looking plates there guys!😋 #YUM #MiamiCountyESC
🍂Fall Festival was a blast this year at the CLC!🍁
It's that time of year; pumpkins, bonfires, smores, and festivities! Our students at the Cooperative Learning Center enjoyed a day filled with fun activities and crafts. We love bringing our separate classrooms together for community and bonding. Teachers and students threw on their costumes for one last time this year, check out the always adorable Rip in his minion outfit😝 Between art, games, food, and crafts there was something for every student to feel engaged at this years fest! #CLCLearning #FallFest #MiamiCountyESC
It's that time of year; pumpkins, bonfires, smores, and festivities! Our students at the Cooperative Learning Center enjoyed a day filled with fun activities and crafts. We love bringing our separate classrooms together for community and bonding. Teachers and students threw on their costumes for one last time this year, check out the always adorable Rip in his minion outfit😝 Between art, games, food, and crafts there was something for every student to feel engaged at this years fest! #CLCLearning #FallFest #MiamiCountyESC
🌠It is National School Psychology Week, and we want show some appreciation for our amazing school psychologists at the Miami County ESC! Our school psychologists are uniquely qualified members of our team that support students’ ability to learn and teachers’ ability to teach. They are experts in mental health, student learning, behavior, special education, and evidence-based interventions. Possessing these skills allow them to effectively collaborate with students, families, and educators to support student well-being and academic success. They apply expertise in these areas to help children and youth succeed academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally inside and outside the classroom. We can't thank our school psych's enough, send some love their way this week and let them know how much they are appreciated! 🌟❤️#SchoolPsychologyWeek #MiamiCountyESC #THANKYOU
🍳Cooking lessons at the CLC!🥣
Ms. Ashton and Mr. Clarks class had a chance to learn some real-life skills, cooking a healthy and hearty breakfast of scrambled eggs and biscuits with gravy (Yum!). Students followed a step-by-step recipe, making sure not to skip over important kitchen safety practices.
We love this lesson because it teaches our students the value of working together and acquiring these skills to grow their independence. After their meal, students cleaned up and sanitized their workspace for a quick lesson in responsibility! ✔️ #CookingLessons #MiamiCountyESC #CLCLearning
🦇One last Halloween activity post as we say goodbye to the spookiest time of year! Mrs. Smith's class at Broadway used a lesson in language and fine motor skills to make a "Halloween Soup" with their speech therapist, Mrs. Kaiser. After, they each decorated their own pumpkins and cookies to eat and enjoy with their classmates!🎃 #MiamiCountyESC #GoodbyeHalloween #HelloThanksgiving
📸Halloween photo-dump from our ESC Preschool classrooms! 🎃
Our preschool teachers went ALL-OUT this year in honor of Spooky Season👻 Our students enjoyed costume contests, whacky Halloween snacks, trick-or-treat time, and many other activities. Our teachers did an awesome job of mixing the Halloween spirit with hands-on learning! #HappyHalloween #Halloween2025 #MiamiCountyESC 🧛♂️🍬
Our preschool teachers went ALL-OUT this year in honor of Spooky Season👻 Our students enjoyed costume contests, whacky Halloween snacks, trick-or-treat time, and many other activities. Our teachers did an awesome job of mixing the Halloween spirit with hands-on learning! #HappyHalloween #Halloween2025 #MiamiCountyESC 🧛♂️🍬
Adventures outside of the classroom☀️🏞️
Last week, Mr. Peters class from Miami East took a trip to Fulton Farms to hangout with the animals and get lost in the corn maze🌽! Over at Piqua, Mrs. Shcherbyna's class headed out to Bruckner Nature Center where the students learned about wildlife rehabilitation careers and observed the animals in nature🌲!
#GreatOutdoors #FieldTrip #MiamiCountyESC
Last week, Mr. Peters class from Miami East took a trip to Fulton Farms to hangout with the animals and get lost in the corn maze🌽! Over at Piqua, Mrs. Shcherbyna's class headed out to Bruckner Nature Center where the students learned about wildlife rehabilitation careers and observed the animals in nature🌲!
#GreatOutdoors #FieldTrip #MiamiCountyESC
❤️Congrats, Grad!✔️🎓
This past week, one of Mrs. Prenger's students walked across the stage and bid farewell to Troy High School! She has been with Mrs. Prenger at THS for the past 6 years, who said: "We are so excited for her. We will really miss her as she brought so much joy to a room". Thanks to graduation falling on Halloween dress-up day, everyone else was in costume!😆 #YouGoGrad #MiamiCountyESC #Graduation
This past week, one of Mrs. Prenger's students walked across the stage and bid farewell to Troy High School! She has been with Mrs. Prenger at THS for the past 6 years, who said: "We are so excited for her. We will really miss her as she brought so much joy to a room". Thanks to graduation falling on Halloween dress-up day, everyone else was in costume!😆 #YouGoGrad #MiamiCountyESC #Graduation
🧛Halloween Festivities Galore Today in our ESC Classrooms!🧙
Pictured first in their epic costumes is our Milton Union ESC unit, followed by Mrs. Smith's class at Troy who celebrated with a classroom party, Halloween themed activities, and scary monster snacks🧟♀️🍫 We loved all the whacky outfits our students and staff broke out this year! #HappyHalloween #BOO #MiamiCountyESC
Pictured first in their epic costumes is our Milton Union ESC unit, followed by Mrs. Smith's class at Troy who celebrated with a classroom party, Halloween themed activities, and scary monster snacks🧟♀️🍫 We loved all the whacky outfits our students and staff broke out this year! #HappyHalloween #BOO #MiamiCountyESC
🧟HAPPY HALLOWEEN!🍬
👻We're celebrating with some BOO-tiful Jack-O-Lanterns made by Mrs. Smith's class at Troy🎨🎃 These kiddos really put their art skills to work, those are going to be the best looking pumpkins on the block! #HappyHalloween #TrickOrTreat #MiamiCountyESC
☕Who needs a pick-me-up?!♨️
Mrs. Embry's class at Milton Union opened their monthly Coffee Shop operated by the students! First they practiced their literary skills by reading, crafting, and sorting orders according to the customers preferences. Then, they utilized their vocational and communication skills to greet each customer as they stopped by to pick up their order! What an awesome way to blend real-life experiences and classroom learning! ⭐ #CoffeeTime #CoffeeShop #MiamiCountyESC
Mrs. Embry's class at Milton Union opened their monthly Coffee Shop operated by the students! First they practiced their literary skills by reading, crafting, and sorting orders according to the customers preferences. Then, they utilized their vocational and communication skills to greet each customer as they stopped by to pick up their order! What an awesome way to blend real-life experiences and classroom learning! ⭐ #CoffeeTime #CoffeeShop #MiamiCountyESC
💛 Building Friendships and Social Skills! 💛
Mrs. Balkcom’s class has been working hard with Mrs. Carey to strengthen social-emotional skills! Students have been learning all about friendship, teamwork, and using their imagination to have fun together. We’re so grateful for Mrs. Carey’s support in helping us learn how to be kind, cooperative, and great friends. Our students are using these skills each day to be their best in every class. Great things happening all the time over at our Cooperative Learning Center! 🌟
#SocialEmotionalLearning #FriendshipSkills #CLCProud #Teamwork #MiamiCountyESC
Mrs. Balkcom’s class has been working hard with Mrs. Carey to strengthen social-emotional skills! Students have been learning all about friendship, teamwork, and using their imagination to have fun together. We’re so grateful for Mrs. Carey’s support in helping us learn how to be kind, cooperative, and great friends. Our students are using these skills each day to be their best in every class. Great things happening all the time over at our Cooperative Learning Center! 🌟
#SocialEmotionalLearning #FriendshipSkills #CLCProud #Teamwork #MiamiCountyESC
🥼⚗️Another "Science Fair" coming from Mrs. Bell's class at Cookson Elementary in Troy! Students worked through all kinds of experiments to teach them about concepts such as ⚡energy, friction, mass, and many more⚖️. It's one thing to learn about these concepts from someone else, and another to put them to the test yourself! Our students were able to experience each concept firsthand and relate it to everyday life. Nice job Mrs. Bell! #STEM #ScientificMethod #MiamiCountyESC
🦴Introducing the MOST adorable new member of our team, Rip!🐾
Rip joined our team at Miami County ESC ready to show his love and companionship. He is a trained school therapy dog who will be working alongside our staff to support our students in many ways, such as:
Reduce stress and anxiety
Improve behavior and focus
Build social and emotional skills
Increase motivation and engagement
Promote empathy and kindness
We are very proud to partner with the Miami County Sherriff's Department to bring in Rip. We are so excited to see what kind of positive impact Rip will have on our students and classrooms!❤️🐶#WoofWoof #TherapyDog #MiamiCountyESC
Rip joined our team at Miami County ESC ready to show his love and companionship. He is a trained school therapy dog who will be working alongside our staff to support our students in many ways, such as:
Reduce stress and anxiety
Improve behavior and focus
Build social and emotional skills
Increase motivation and engagement
Promote empathy and kindness
We are very proud to partner with the Miami County Sherriff's Department to bring in Rip. We are so excited to see what kind of positive impact Rip will have on our students and classrooms!❤️🐶#WoofWoof #TherapyDog #MiamiCountyESC
👩🍳Student Chefs!👨🍳
Mrs. Prenger's class at Troy chose to make some yummy pumpkin bars last week. First, the students put together a grocery list and purchased their ingredients according to a recipe📋. They then worked with each other to properly follow the recipe in order to get their perfect snack. They not only got to enjoy themselves, but share with others as well! 😋 Nice work Mrs. Prenger incorporating real life skills and fun in the classroom! #BakeItUp🧁 #MiamiCountyESC
Mrs. Prenger's class at Troy chose to make some yummy pumpkin bars last week. First, the students put together a grocery list and purchased their ingredients according to a recipe📋. They then worked with each other to properly follow the recipe in order to get their perfect snack. They not only got to enjoy themselves, but share with others as well! 😋 Nice work Mrs. Prenger incorporating real life skills and fun in the classroom! #BakeItUp🧁 #MiamiCountyESC
🎨 Art at the CLC! 🎨
Mrs. Flory helps keep art fun and engaging at our Cooperative Learning Center! Her creative projects allow students to express themselves while building fine motor skills, imagination, and problem-solving abilities. Aside from nurturing creativity, art offers our students meaningful opportunities to develop social-emotional skills from managing frustration to celebrating success and collaborating with peers. Huge thanks to Mrs. Flory for providing this experience to our students💛🖌️#ArtTeaches #MiamiCountyESC
Mrs. Flory helps keep art fun and engaging at our Cooperative Learning Center! Her creative projects allow students to express themselves while building fine motor skills, imagination, and problem-solving abilities. Aside from nurturing creativity, art offers our students meaningful opportunities to develop social-emotional skills from managing frustration to celebrating success and collaborating with peers. Huge thanks to Mrs. Flory for providing this experience to our students💛🖌️#ArtTeaches #MiamiCountyESC
🔬Its been a science-heavy month in our ESC classrooms! This experiment comes from Mrs. Couser's class at Miami East. This month students have been learning about what it means to be a scientist, and Friday they were hands-on creating their own chemical reactions with baking soda and vinegar💥 Always fun to make a mess! #STEM #ESCLearning #MiamiCountyESC
🧰 Building real-life skills for the future! This week, Mr. Clark’s class gained valuable hands-on experience through life skills activities. These tasks help students practice workplace readiness skills such as following routines, using equipment safely, and maintaining organized work areas.
By developing responsibility, attention to detail, and task completion skills, students are preparing for success in post-graduation vocational settings and greater independence in daily life. 💼👏
#VocationalSkills #WorkReadiness #LifeSkills #CLCLearning #FutureReady #MiamiCountyESC
By developing responsibility, attention to detail, and task completion skills, students are preparing for success in post-graduation vocational settings and greater independence in daily life. 💼👏
#VocationalSkills #WorkReadiness #LifeSkills #CLCLearning #FutureReady #MiamiCountyESC
Covington preschool's field trip to Fulton Farms this week was spent picking pumpkins, taking hayrides, and laughing with family🧡🍁Huge thanks to the parents who joined in on the fun and helped make the day extra special for our students. It may have been chilly, but we didn't let that get in the way of our day! #FieldTrip #MiamiCountyESC
