Minerva Local School District - Every Child, Every Minute, Every Day

🎟️ State Tickets Punched! 🚨 School History Alert! 🚨 School Record Alert! 🏆 Minerva Boys Cross Country wins their first-ever OHSAA Regional Championship in school history! 🏆 Minerva Girls Cross Country finishes OHSAA Regional Runner-Up! The Girls have now qualified for the State Meet an incredible 11 years in a row! 🔥 Makenzie Beavers sets a new MHS School Record – 18:27! She breaks Coach Mackenzie Scott’s record set back in 2017! Both teams will compete for a State Championship next Saturday at Fortress Obetz in Columbus! 🦁 It’s a GREAT day to be a Running Lion! #MinervaPride #GoLions

🏈 It was a season full of excitement, community pride, and success! Congratulations to the #MinervaPride Football Team on an outstanding 5-5 season — the future is bright for Minerva Football! Welcome to your new home, Coach Slates and Coach Wolf! A big thank you to the Minerva Band, Cheer Team, and Student Section for your incredible support all season long. We appreciate our dedicated seniors — your leadership and effort made a lasting impact. Go Lions! 🦁 #MinervaPride

🦁 Go Lions! Beat Carrollton! 🦁 #MinervaPride Pep Rally – Celebrating school spirit at MES, MMS, and MHS! Let’s show our pride and support the Lions! 💪❤️🦁

Great #MinervaPride School Spirit with Ms. Hannen! Go MES Kindergarten! Go Lions!🦁

🚌❤️ We appreciate our amazing #MinervaPride Transportation Team! 🦁 We had the wonderful opportunity to celebrate our dedicated staff at the 75th Annual Stark County ESC Transportation Banquet! Thank you for your commitment to keeping our students safe each and every day — we are so proud of you! Go Lions! #MinervaPride

Farm to School Program Celebrated at Minerva

Representatives from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Development, as well as the Ohio Beef Council, visited Minerva Local Schools to highlight the district's successful participation in the Farm to School Program.

About the Program
Farm to School is a national USDA network that connects schools (from pre-K to college) with local farmers. The program's goals are to:

Provide students with access to fresh, nutritious, locally grown food.

Educate children about agriculture, food, and nutrition.

Support local farmers and communities.

Expose students to career pathways in agriculture and nutrition.

Schools can participate in many ways, such as by serving local foods, planting school gardens, taking farm field trips, or holding classroom lessons on agriculture.

Minerva's Initiatives
During the visit, the team saw several of Minerva's Farm to School programs in action:

At Minerva High School: The Future Farmers of America (FFA) class presented their hydroponic garden, which supplies vegetables and herbs to school staff and the cafeteria.

At Minerva Elementary: Visitors observed students in classrooms participating in Farm to School learning activities.

Local Sourcing: The team met Kynsie Pero, a student from East Canton. The beef from her steer, which was purchased at the Stark County Fair, was served as beef burgers for lunch to the elementary students.

Stacey Bettis, the Minerva Local Nutrition Services Director, praised the "team effort" of the staff and administrators, expressing excitement over seeing students "so involved and engaged" in the learning opportunities.

🎃 Pumpkin Day in First Grade! 🎃 First grade wrapped up their life cycles unit in reading and celebrated with a fun-filled Pumpkin Day! Each class carved a pumpkin and placed it in a container with dirt so students can observe the pumpkin life cycle throughout the school year. Other exciting pumpkin activities included: 🧡 Baking pumpkin bread 🧡 Making cinnamon pumpkins 🧡 Measuring pumpkins 🧡 Testing to see if pumpkins sink or float 🧡 Conducting a dissolving pumpkin science experiment It was a fantastic hands-on day of learning and discovery! 🍂 Minerva Elementary — #MinervaPride

Athletic Events 10/20/25 to 10/25/25
Subject to Change
Unleash the Beast!!!

This week's LNN is all about Rivalry Week! 🏈 The Policy Police are back to ensure school policies are followed, we're crossing out C's for the big game, and celebrating our Athlete of the Week. Don't miss the Lions Sport Update and all the Rivalry Week spirit!

Show your support and watch the full episode now! 👇 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVCbR6ASxw8

🚒 Minerva Local Schools Thanks Fire Chief Aaron Stoller! Over 30 years of dedicated service — thank you, Chief, for everything you’ve done for our community and school district! Go Lions! 🦁

The Minerva Girls Soccer Team battled until the final whistle but fell 2-0 on the road at St. Clairsville in the OHSAA Soccer Tournament. ⚽️ The Lions wrapped up a very successful season with a 9-7-2 record! Every game was exciting, and these ladies always left it all on the field — playing with passion and heart. ❤️ A huge thank you to our amazing seniors for your leadership and dedication. You’ve left your mark on Minerva Soccer! Go Lions! 🦁 #MinervaPride

🏐 OHSAA East District Tournament 🦁 LIONS DEFEAT RIVAL CARROLLTON IN A THRILLER! The Lions showed incredible grit and determination, rallying from a 2–1 deficit to defeat rival Carrollton and complete the season sweep, winning all three matchups against the Warriors! Final Scores: 25–16 | 24–26 | 15–25 | 25–20 | 15–7 With the victory, Minerva improves to 14–9 and extends their win streak to seven straight! 🔥 Next up ➡️ District Semifinal 📍 Lisbon Beaver 📅 Tuesday, 6:00 PM Thank you to our amazing student section and fans for creating an electric atmosphere tonight! 🙌 Go Lions! #MinervaPride 📸 Jordan Miller News

Important Information for the Varsity Football Game at Alliance 10/17/25
Alliance Bag Policy
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⛳️ 🦁 OHSAA STATE BOUND 🦁 ⛳️ The weekend has finally come and the Minerva Lions are off to Firestone to compete. Good Luck Girls!! We are so proud of you all! Go Lions! 🦁

🏆 The Minerva Running Lions are EBC Champions! The Girls captured their 8th consecutive EBC title, while the Boys brought home back-to-back championships! First Team EBC Athletes Girls: Richard • Beavers • Galay • Keyser Boys: Hoffee • Scott • Yoder • Fetty ⭐️ EBC Boys Runner of the Year: Rowan Hoffee ⭐️ EBC Coach of the Year: Olivia Scott Congratulations to our runners and coaches for their incredible dedication and dominance! Go Lions!! 🦁 #MinervaPride

Ring the Victory Bell! 🔔 EBC Victory! Win Number Five! Minerva brought a great crowd, amazing school spirit from the Student Section, Band and Cheerleaders, and the Minerva Boys of Fall did the work- fighting hard in a physical battle to defeat the Marlington Dukes 7-0! Coach Slates has the boys believing in one another — with strong senior leadership and relentless effort, this team will be remembered for bringing pride and excitement to the Minerva Football Program! Go Lions! 🦁

Athletic Events 10/13/25 to 10/18/25
Unleash the Beast!!!

📣 LNN EPISODE 7 IS LIVE! 📣

Tune in now for the latest edition of the Minerva High School Lion News Network! Our student reporters have the scoop on everything happening at MHS this week—from news and sports to features you won't want to miss.

Hit the link below and get caught up! 🦁

📺 Watch Episode 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzcWF1Mbw7o

🦉✨ Wizards in the Woods! ✨🦅 Get ready for a magical weekend at Raptor Hallow Sanctuary's annual event! Join us for live bird shows, crafts, food & drinks, and more. It's fun for the whole family!

🗓️ Sat & Sun | Oct 11-26 | 11 AM - 5 PM
📍 Butler Rodman Park, 2295 W State St, Alliance, OH 44601
💸 Adults: $12 | Kids: $8 | FREE PARKING