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Art Residency at Clay High School
Photographer Gary Harwood will work with art students at Clay High School this fall to assist in developing their photography and editing skills, and create visual images that tell a story in a project titled “In This Place.”
Harwood is a photographer, social documentarian, and visual storyteller from Kent, Ohio. He has taught photography at Kent State for over 20 years, and is co-author (with David Hassler) of the book, “Growing Season: The Life of a Migrant Community.”
Student Council 2017-18
Student Council Officers
2017-2018
President: Keith Cottle
Vice-President: Sami Willis
Secretary: Bethany Flannery
Treasurer: Grant Cayton
Student Council Representative: Jacob Wellman
Student Council Faculty Liason: Hunter Armstrong
Advisor: Mrs. Phillips
Great news for the Clay community!
Clay Elementary & MS Information
Links to CES information, including Clay Elementary Classroom Supply Lists & Sixth Grade Classroom Supply List.
Carol Vice, Former Clay Teacher & Hall of Fame Coach, Passes.
ROSEMOUNT —Carol Ann Vice, 82, of Rosemount, passed away Friday, July 28, 2017, at SOMC Hospice.
She was born August 28, 1934, in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Virgil Burgess and Bethel Flannery Burgess Miller.
Carol was a retired teacher with the Clay School District with 30 years of service. Carol coached many sports for Clay including women's softball, compiling a 93.7% winning percentage over 11 years. She guided those teams to 3 State Championships and was inducted into the Ohio High School Athletic Association's Coaches Hall of Fame. Carol was also a former President of Women's Tennis League in Portsmouth. She was a 1952 Clay High School graduate and obtained her Bachelor of Science in Education from Ohio University.
Read more: Carol Vice, Former Clay Teacher & Hall of Fame Coach, Passes.
Clay District Calendars, 2017-18
Clay Internet Calendars. These calendars include a day-to-day calendar, a monthly version, and the internet calendar with all activities listed for each month. An athletic calendar is also included, but please note the away contests may not show since the calendar is based on the opponent publishing these dates.
Vaccine Information
Riffe Signs with SSU Baseball
Brody Riffe signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Shawnee State University on Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Portsmouth Daily Times article.
GBK Team Honored for Academic Achievement
The Clay HS girls' basketball team was honored for their academic achievement for the second year in a row. The team's GPA (3.972) was one of top five in Ohio regardless of classification, division, or enrollment.
For the fifteenth year, the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association has selected the “Academic Teams” based upon the varsity basketball teams’ overall “Grade Point Average (GPA).” In an effort to continuously reward student-athletes that excel both in the classroom and on the basketball court, the OHSBCA is honoring the entire team for their academic excellence. The GPA is based upon the first semester of the school year and the top nine players on the varsity roster are used to determine the team’s rank for this award.
The team includes Skylar Artis, Sophia Balestra, Lauren Campbell, Cameron Delotell, Kelsey Fowler, Delanie Gilliland, Ashley Hurt, Regan Osborn, Hannah Pauley, Jaelyn Warnock, and Jensen Warnock.
Congratulations, Clay HS Girls' Basketball Team!
Mantell Retires
Mr. Anthony Mantell 
officially retired earlier this month. The staff honored him for his service on Thursday, the last day of the academic year. He has been an educator for forty years, the last 17.5 years as the superintendent of the Clay Local School District. Best wishes in retirement! His official last day is July 31.
Gilliland Signs with Kentucky Christian University
Cole Gilliland, a Clay HS senior, officially signed a letter of intent to play basketball with the Kentucky Christian University Knights on Friday, May 5, 2017.
2017 Clay HS Student-Athletes Recognized
OHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award - Cole Gilliland & Lynlee Wells
Archie Griffin/OHSAA Sportsmanship Award - Cole Gilliland & Brody Riffe
NFHS Award of Excellence - Grant Hempill & Alaina Stowers
Army Reserve - Scholar Athlete Award - Cole Gilliland
Wendy's Heisman Award - Cole Gilliland & Alaina Stowers
Signings - Cole Gilliland (Kentucky Christian University, Basketball) & Nate Hinze (Shawnee State University, Tennis)
Junior High Archie Griffin/OHSAA Sportsmanship Award - Clay Cottle
Junior High NFHS Award of Excellence - Jaden Jessee
Clay Elementary Efforts Help St. Jude's Research Hospital
Clay Elementary helped raise/donate over $10,000.00 ($10,129.44 to be exact) during this year's St. Jude's Math-a-thon. According to Mrs. Rider, the CES' goal was $6,334.00 ($1 more than last year). Last year, the Clay community raised the most it had ever raised in one single year. Rider said, "I am amazed at the generosity of our school community!" Since 1996, the Clay donations have exceeded $100,000.00 to this worthy cause--St. Jude's Research Hospital.
Character Education
On Thursday, April 20, 2017, Garry Boothe provided a Character Education Program using magic and balloons for preschool through fifth-grade students at Clay Elementary School. Students learned about the negative effects of tobacco, alcohol, illegal drugs, and bullying. The students also learned about character, citizenship, standing up for yourself, and caring for others. 
Hinze Signs with SSU
Nate Hinze, a Clay HS senior, signed a letter of intent on Friday, March 31, 2017, to play tennis at Shawnee State University.
Portsmouth Kiwanis Donates to CES
Wayne Thompson of the Portsmouth Kiwanis donated school supplies to Clay Elementary on March 20, 2017. The supplies were worth more than $300. The Clay Elementary School and its students would like to thank the Portsmouth Kiwanis and Mr. Thompson for the generosity. Mr. Thompson is a 1974 graduate of Clay High School. Accepting the donation on behalf of CES are Katie Ramey and Evan Balestra, both fifth-grade students.
Clay Refinances Bonds to Help Taxpayers
The Clay Local School District has participated in the refinancing of $4.8 million in outstanding bonds in an effort to "lock in a lower interest rate that will save local taxpayers a total of $545,000 in interest payments" over the next twenty years, according to Michael Burns of Robert W. Baird & Company.