Meet Bluffton Elementary School principal Ben Thiel
Ben Thiel, the new Bluffton Elementary school principal, is originally from the Findlay area and graduated from Liberty Benton HIgh School. He attended Indiana Wesleyan University before transferring to Bluffton University in 2007, where he played football and graduated with a middle childhood education degree.
Ben and his wife Sarah started their teaching careers in Texas. He began his masters coursework at the University of Texas at Arlington and completed Principal Licensure at the University of Findlay.
Ben has taught and coached at Cardington-Lincoln, Columbus Grove and began his administrative career at Cory Rawson Elementary.
Ben and Sarah have three children: Emery, Isaiah, and Jack.
Stories Posted This Week
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Tornado Watch issued for Allen, Hancock, Hardin and Putnam counties at 9:15 p.m. on April 2
- Flood Warning issued for Allen County at 11:03 a.m.
- Pirate tennis loss at Elida
- Pirate softball loses opener to Ada
- Pirate baseball falls to Ada
- Allen County will not test warning sirens on April 2
- March 2025 land transfers in the Bluffton Exempted Village School District
- April 22 crash report shows driver hit N. Dixie home
- Bluffton High School Honor Roll announced for 3rd quarter of 2024-2025
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Obituary for Betty C. Mumaugh
- Leo Club supports Bluffton Clean Up
- Wind, rain and potential flooding for April 2
- Grandey to major in education, play basketball at John Carroll
- Pirate tennis blanks Bath
- Pirate baseball sweeps opening twin bill vs. Pandora-Gilboa
- “I Have Not Forsaken the Word of God” reader's theater, April 13
- Easter Cantata performed on April 13 in Pandora