Junior High

Junior High School
103 Clever Lane
Lexington, Ohio 44904
(419)884-2112

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Mr. Hoover and Mrs. Roseberry's science classes are making waves in their investigations! They're diving into the density differences of hot vs. cold water and discovering how salinity impacts water density. Learning science one drop at a time!

Lexington took first and second place in the TriCounty Spelling Bee on Feb. 9th at Mid-Ohio ESC. Eastern 6th grade: Odin S. (second place) and Lexington Jr. High 8th grade: Ethan C. (first place)

The Lexington 8th gade history club has been researching a variety of topics in history. They recently watched a movie about the Holocust and are now reading and discussing a book called Resistance by Jennifer Nielsen. The book looks at the Jewish resistance in ...

Mrs. Roseberry's seventh grade students conducting a lab on the differences between different kinds of light bulbs to understand wattage and characteristics of incandescent and fluorescent bulbs.

Mr. Dewey's seventh grade math class at the junior high, spent time in the courtyard running math relay races! Students moved objects from one container to another while their partner timed them. Then, they found unit rates and made equivalent rate tables to compare their ...

Members of the Minutemen in Action Club at Lexington Junior High visited the first-grade classrooms at Central Elementary to share a coloring book they created about recycling! The book incorporated a history of the Minutemen, while also teaching the importance of ...

The Junior High CACY Team was recently awarded a $500 grant from Richland County Solid Waste for bringing awareness to Reduce, Reuse or Recycle. The CACY Team built a community of outreach for recycling during COVID-19. Through emails, announcements, and consistent ...

Lexington Junior High students made bookmarks for the 1st through 3rd graders at Central and Western Elementary Schools. The Junior High students discussed community and its importance. Students had to then create a series of bookmarks based on a theme like sports, ...

Students in Mr. Kreis' junior high math classes recreated scale models of famous buildings and architectural marvels to demonstrate transformations, dilations and scale factor.

Addy W. organized a donation drive at our Junior High prior to school being closed. She was able to coordinate with the Domestic Violence Shelter in Mansfield and thanks to all the generous donations from the students and staff at the Junior High, she delivered 25 book ...

A Robotics Club was started at the Junior High last school year. Recently our 8th grade Robotics Team entered their first competition ever and finished second in paired rounds, won the Excellence Award based on their combined score for all three parts of the competition, ...

Our Lex Junior High Academic Challenge team placed 2nd in a recent MOESC Academic Challenge competition. Team members from left to right: Oden B., Jacob H., Kennedy L., Grant M., Wyatt M., Darcie R.

Junior High Math 8 students recently concluded their study of transformations, dilations, scale, and scale factor. Some students chose to make a scale model of a famous structure. Students were required to make their model to a matching scale.

Congratulations to the Eastern and Junior High students who participated in the 2020 Richland County Spelling Bee. 6th grader, Addie S. earned First Place and will advance to the Tri-County Spelling Bee in February. Drayton B. and Natalie H. placed in the top 12 ...

Junior High CACY Distributes Gifts to Children

The Junior High CACY group helped distribute gifts for over 1000 children through the local Adopt-A-Child program.

Our Junior High students collected over 500 toys to be donated to children in our area.

The Junior High 8th graders celebrated the first annual 8th grade Thanksgiving feast the day before Thanksgiving break prepared by the Lex Food Service Department and served by the Junior High teachers and support staff. Everyone had a great time!

8th Grade Physics Gumball Machine Project

Lex 8th grade science students were given a performance project to complete their physics unit. The task was to build a working gum ball machine that had one interactive part and a loop or ramp system. They were also required to describe and explain their engineering ...

Congratulations to Griffin R. for designing a ramp stand for 8th grade physics classes. The class was challenged to design a stand to support a ramp at various heights.

7th Graders Visited Kokosing Construction

Lex Junior High 7th graders recently visited Kokosing Construction where they learned about the wide variety of career opportunities in the construction industry. They also saw the inner workings of one of the World's largest construction companies!

Congratulations to the Junior High Academic Challenge teams for placing 2nd and 4th in their recent tournament! 2nd Place: Jacob H., Alex M., Jennifer C., Grant M., Ava G., Chloe D. 4th Place: Carter W., Wesley H., Wyatt M., Sophi R., Kylie G.

8th grade students performing chemistry experiments in preparation for High School. Their experiments were a practical application of the content they have been studying. The experiments covered chemical reactions, ions, isotopes, and chemical equations.

8th Grade Girls Basketball OCC Champions

Congratulations to the 8th Grade Girls’ Basketball Team - 2019 OCC Tournament Champions!

Junior High Math 8 students and their Scale Model Projects to go with their study of scale, scale factor, and proportions. Awesome models! Great job by all who participated.

Lex Junior High students were among 53 students from 10 school districts to compete in the recent MOESC Spelling Bee. Natalie H earned second place honors and Drayton B earned third place honors. Natalie H., Drayton B. and Seth D. will participate in the Tri ...

This six weeks the Junior High sponsored a Kindness Challenge. Teachers nominated students who were "caught being kind". A drawing was held including all the names of students nominated. The students pictured are the 7th and 8th grade winners of the Kindness ...