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Ross County Christian Academy Launches Building Fund Campaign

Presented by McDonald’s

Ross County Christian Academy’s Head of Schools, Valerie Jones, was Mike Smith’s interview guest on Litter Media LIVE- Special Edition, February 2nd.

To watch our interview with Valerie Jones, click on the construction plan image below:

Ross County Christian Academy Phase 1 Building Plans

Jones discussed their current fundraising campaign to construct a high school campus on the site of Brookside Church, which currently houses some of the 400+ students attending RCCA.

Other students are utilizing space in the Lighthouse Baptist Church on Clinton Road and Zion Baptist Church off of Veterans Parkway.

Jones says their goal is to begin construction for Phase 1 of the project by this summer. The construction should take approximately two years to complete, according to Jones.

For more information about the building project, contact Valerie Jones at (740) 703-9036 or email at vallery.jones@rccacademy.org

Their school website is http://www.rccacademy.org/

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Ross County Honor Band Schedules Annual Concert

Presented By Atomic Speedway

(Chillicothe)- The Ross County Honor Band will hold their annual concert on Tuesday, February 1st at 7:30pm in the Chillicothe High School Auditorium.

The Ross County Honor Band is made up of high school band musicians from Adena, Chillicothe, Huntington, Unioto, Paint Valley, Ross County Christian Academy, Southeastern, and Zane Trace schools.

This year’s guest conductor is the nationally recognized composer Randall Standridge. The Ross County Honor Band will premiere of a new work by Standridge specially commissioned for the Ross County Honor Band.

Concert admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors. Masks are required for audience members.

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Ross County’s Union Township Shares COVID Funds With Area Schools

Presented By Rathkamp Financial

Union Township in Ross County has shared a large portion of their first round of COVID-19 money with local schools and other community entities. The American Recovery Act Funds came from the federal government, as approved by congress.

The $500,000 the township received, like comparable funds received by other local government entities, had to be used for items related to assisting in those government entities handling of the COVID-19 crisis.

Union Township Trustee Jeff Henness said- “Along with trustees Dave Bethel and Harold Bennett, we thought the best way we could help the community was through the school districts that our township serves.”

As a result, Union Township Trustees decided to give $120,000 each to Union Scioto Schools and Adena Local Schools for the purchase of new student Chrome Books and other computers. Ross County Christian Academy was given $70,000 and the Ross County Fairboard was given approximately $40,000. Ross Christian Academy’s money helped install touch-less lighting, which was also the case for monies given to the Ross County Fairgrounds. The remaining $150,000 was used by Union Township for EMS and Firehouse equipment purchases.

Union Township is anticipating another $1.2 million in funds coming their way in a second round of federal funding, which Henness says the rules for using those dollars is still being worked out at the federal level. Local governments will have until the year 2026 to use the money. Half of those funds will be received in 2021 and the other half in 2022.

In the case of townships, funds received are based on the size of the townships.