740 Rescue Kitchen is back this year, offering free bi-weekly meals for anyone in our Eastern Local School District Family—no cost, no questions asked.
The mission of 740 Rescue Kitchen is simple: to fight hunger, reduce food waste, and strengthen our community by transforming surplus food into nutritious meals. Thanks to the dedication of volunteers and community partners, meals are prepared with care and shared with anyone who could use the support.
What Families Need to Know:
Who can receive meals? Any Eastern Local Families—everyone is welcome.
What is the cost? Absolutely free.
Why does it matter? This is about community helping community.
You must be registered to receive a meal. Meals will begin September 17th.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Please return this form back by Monday, September 15th.
All members of the 1976 team—from Freshmen through Seniors—are invited to join us with their immediate families as we celebrate their place in Eastern Football history.
50 years later, those 1976 Eagles are ready to take flight with the 2026 Eagles!
Come out Friday night and help us give them the recognition they deserve! Kickoff is at 7:00 PM.
Once an Eagle, Always an Eagle.
Over the weekend, concerns were shared publicly and brought to our attention regarding an incident involving students in our district. I want our families, students, staff, and community to know that we take these concerns seriously.
Racial slurs, harassment, bullying, and physical violence have no place in our schools or athletic programs. When concerns are brought to our attention, it is our responsibility to look into them, determine what occurred, and respond appropriately.
As we address this situation, we must also remember that we unfortunately cannot control everything another person may say or do. Our kids will encounter difficult people and difficult situations throughout their lives. What we can control is how we respond. Part of our job as educators and parents is to help young people learn how to handle those difficult situations.
No student should accept harassment, racial comments, bullying, or physical mistreatment. Those behaviors need to be reported, investigated, and addressed.
I believe something that I have shared many times during my career: schools are made up of people, and people are imperfect. Students will make mistakes. Teachers and coaches will make mistakes. Principals and superintendents will make mistakes.
I believe we are all flawed people. That isn't an excuse for poor behavior or a reason to lower our expectations. To me, it means we should be willing to acknowledge when we fall short, make things right when we can, learn from it, and try to be better tomorrow than we were today.
We want our students to leave Eastern better prepared to handle adversity, treat others with dignity and respect, take responsibility for their actions, and hopefully become better people than we are.
Our staff makes a concerted effort each year to communicate expectations through multiple meetings with students and parents. We will continue to do so in the future, and we will explore ways to do this even more frequently and effectively.
Because this situation involves students, there are details we simply cannot discuss publicly. I understand that can be frustrating. Our inability to publicly discuss individual students, investigations, or disciplinary matters should not be interpreted as a lack of concern or a lack of action.
We will continue to listen, investigate concerns, protect our students, hold people accountable when appropriate, and do everything we can to help our kids learn and grow.
We love the students we serve and the Eastern Local community. That will continue to guide the decisions we make.
See Something, Say Something
We also encourage all of our students and community members to let us know if you see or hear something that you believe we as a district should investigate or be aware of.
We frequently tell our students, “See something, say something.” That goes for our community as well. Please reach out if you have concerns or information that can help us make our schools safer and better places for our students.
You can contact any of our school administrators directly:
Dr. Tara Bell
Principal, K–6
740-985-3304
tbell@easternlocal.net
Garret Hall
Jr./Sr. High School Principal
740-985-3329
gahall@easternlocal.net
Brock Stewart
Athletic Director/Career Coach
Grades 7–12
740-985-3329
bstewart@easternlocal.net
Dr. Nick Dettwiller
Superintendent
740-667-6079
ndettwiller@easternlocal.net
Safer Ohio School Tip Line
Students, parents, and community members can also submit concerns through the Safer Ohio School Tip Line, which is available through the link at the bottom of every page of our district website.
https://ohioschoolsafetycenter.ohio.gov/pre-k-12-schools/safer-ohio-school-tip-line
Curriculum Night-3rd, 4th, 5th, & 6th Grade Parents
Parents we would like to invite you to attend Curriculum Night on Tuesday, September 8th. Two different sessions will be offered-5:00p.m. OR 6:00p.m. This is your chance to learn everything you need to know about your child's grade and the expectations for the 2026-2027 school year. The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade teachers will hold two different meetings to share important information that will help you to understand the curriculum and the work that your child will be doing this year. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session.
