2013 NOHS Sports Hall of Fame Inductees District News Charles "Tilt" Byers graduated from New Oxford High School in 1937. He died in 2001 at the age of 83. Accepting the New Oxford Sports Hall of Fame Award in his honor was Vicki Buckley. "Tilt" Byers was a multiple sport athlete in high school playing baseball, basketball, and soc- cer. He became a major league baseball pitcher with the Cleveland Indi- ans. He also played minor league baseball with Mansfield Ohio and fin- ished his career with Wilkes Barre Class A in 1948; He then played with several local teams; Was the pitching coach for New Oxford Junior Base- ball Clubber Team and Abbottstown team for 25 years. He was inducted into "Hall of Fame" Archives in Cooperstown, N.Y., in 1988. Dawn Richardson Bierker was a two sport star athlete, who graduated in 1986. Dawn excelled in field hockey, playing left half back, and track and field, specifically the hurdles. She was a 4 year letter winner in both sports. In 1986 Dawn won double gold in the district 3 track and field meet, cap- turing gold medals in the 100 and 300 hurdle events. Her time of 47 seconds in the 300 hurdles still stands at New Oxford High School. Dawn received many awards at the end of her senior year including the coach’s awards for field hockey and track and field. She was also the recipient of the Miller Bankert Outstanding Senior Girl Athlete award. She was recruited by numerous Division I Universi- ties for her field hockey skills and was given a scholarship to the University of Maryland. Here she continued playing left halfback and in her sophomore year, saw the squad capture a national championship. Dawn was also a member of the 1988 Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll for her play. Dawn was nominated by her high school track and field coach, Bill Hoffacker. Janet Hull, now deceased, was an outstanding three sport athlete in the 1930s. She was one of only a few players who scored dou- ble digits in a basketball game, which was quite a feat in those days! Janet also participated in volleyball where she was an excep- tional spiker. She also pitched and played first base for the softball team. Janet was pivotal in starting the Senior Softball Golden Girls League in Northern Virginia where she was also highly regarded as a player, playing first base and pitching. She was an active participant in state and national Senior Olympics where she captured many ribbons and medals in softball and jumping events. Janet was nominated by her sister, Mildred Bollinger. Accepting the award on Janet’s behalf was Gloria Krug, fellow Golden Girls teammate and New Oxford High School class of 49. Kelly Myers, a 1983 graduate, was a three sport athlete lettering in field hockey, basketball and track and field. Kelly had a phe- nomenal sophomore campaign. She captured a Blue Mountain League championship while a member of the girls’ basketball team, and also won district 3 gold in the high jump. Her jump of 5’5” was a school record for 30 years and was just recently broken. That same year saw Kelly capture a 5 th place medal in the state track and field competition, again in the high jump. Kelly rounded out her New Oxford athletic career by winning another district 3 gold medal in the high jump and earning all Blue Mountain League awards in basketball and track and field. Kelly played basketball for two years at Chowan College in North Carolina then two years at Division II Lock Haven. Kelly was nominated by her high school track and field coach, Bill Hoffacker. Fall—October 2013 Conewago Valley School District| 130 Berlin Road| New Oxford, PA 17350 Volume 37. Issue 1 Richardson Bieker; Krug; Buckley; Myers
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2013 NOHS Sports Hall of Fame Inductees
District News
Charles "Tilt" Byers graduated from New Oxford High School in 1937. He died in 2001 at the age of 83. Accepting the New Oxford Sports Hall of Fame Award in his honor was Vicki Buckley. "Tilt" Byers was a multiple sport athlete in high school playing baseball, basketball, and soc-cer. He became a major league baseball pitcher with the Cleveland Indi-ans. He also played minor league baseball with Mansfield Ohio and fin-ished his career with Wilkes Barre Class A in 1948; He then played with several local teams; Was the pitching coach for New Oxford Junior Base-ball Clubber Team and Abbottstown team for 25 years. He was inducted into "Hall of Fame" Archives in Cooperstown, N.Y., in 1988. Dawn Richardson Bierker was a two sport star athlete, who graduated in 1986. Dawn excelled in field hockey, playing left half back, and track and field, specifically the hurdles. She was a 4 year letter winner in both sports. In 1986 Dawn won double gold in the district 3 track and field meet, cap-
turing gold medals in the 100 and 300 hurdle events. Her time of 47 seconds in the 300 hurdles still stands at New Oxford High School. Dawn received many awards at the end of her senior year including the coach’s awards for field hockey and track and field. She was also the recipient of the Miller Bankert Outstanding Senior Girl Athlete award. She was recruited by numerous Division I Universi-ties for her field hockey skills and was given a scholarship to the University of Maryland. Here she continued playing left halfback and in her sophomore year, saw the squad capture a national championship. Dawn was also a member of the 1988 Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll for her play. Dawn was nominated by her high school track and field coach, Bill Hoffacker. Janet Hull, now deceased, was an outstanding three sport athlete in the 1930s. She was one of only a few players who scored dou-ble digits in a basketball game, which was quite a feat in those days! Janet also participated in volleyball where she was an excep-tional spiker. She also pitched and played first base for the softball team. Janet was pivotal in starting the Senior Softball Golden Girls League in Northern Virginia where she was also highly regarded as a player, playing first base and pitching. She was an active participant in state and national Senior Olympics where she captured many ribbons and medals in softball and jumping events. Janet was nominated by her sister, Mildred Bollinger. Accepting the award on Janet’s behalf was Gloria Krug, fellow Golden Girls teammate and New Oxford High School class of 49. Kelly Myers, a 1983 graduate, was a three sport athlete lettering in field hockey, basketball and track and field. Kelly had a phe-nomenal sophomore campaign. She captured a Blue Mountain League championship while a member of the girls’ basketball team, and also won district 3 gold in the high jump. Her jump of 5’5” was a school record for 30 years and was just recently broken. That same year saw Kelly capture a 5th place medal in the state track and field competition, again in the high jump. Kelly rounded out her New Oxford athletic career by winning another district 3 gold medal in the high jump and earning all Blue Mountain League awards in basketball and track and field. Kelly played basketball for two years at Chowan College in North Carolina then two years at Division II Lock Haven. Kelly was nominated by her high school track and field coach, Bill Hoffacker.
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NOE Big Brother, Big Sister Program By: Brad Trostle
Adams County Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) sponsors an after school program at New Oxford Elementary. The name of the program is S.M.A.R.T., which stands for Students and Mentors Achieving Results Together. Each year responsible, caring, and dedicated high school students are recruited to mentor these elementary students. They go to New Oxford Elementary every Tuesday after school and assist their ‘littles’ with homework, read, create a craft or do an art project. Twenty-five high school students have recruited for the S.M.A.R.T. program, and with their ‘littles’ the total students involved will stand at fifty. It is simply a wonderful experience to see these students working together to improve grades, behavior, attitudes, and self-esteem. One quickly realizes the benefit of this program work both ways, those ‘littles’ often teach the ‘bigs’ from the high school a thing or two! I’d like to personally thank Adams County Big Brothers Big Sisters for sponsoring this event. I’d also like to thank the high school students who selflessly volunteer to mentor these fine elementary students. Finally, I’d like to thank New Oxford Elementary school for their interest and support in this
Rotary Salutes Students Page 2 District News
Madeline Overmoyer
The New Oxford-Conewago Valley Rotary Club recognizes students monthly from New Oxford and Bermudian Springs high schools. Rotary selections are based on academic achievement, school leadership, extra-curricular involvement, community service and character. Two students tapped by the organization for September exemplify these traits in their school and community. Students recently recognized were Bermudian Springs High School, senior, Ted Marines, son of Ted and Debora Marines and from New Ox-ford High School, senior, Madeline Overmoyer, daughter of Donald and Lori Over-moyer. Madeline was sponsored by New Oxford High School English teacher, Ashlie Murren. Madeline is the Student Council President for 2013-14 and dabbles in everything – FBLA, Science Olympiad, Quiz Bowl. She works at Perkins and belongs to an outside of school dance group. Madeline spent five weeks at the Governor’s School for Science in Pittsburgh this past summer. She plans to pursue Science in college but has not selected a college at this point.
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Save the Date for Book Fair
Conewago Valley Intermediate School Sept 30-October 2
Family Night on Wednesday, October 2, 3:30pm - 8:00pm. Order Online: September 25 - October 11 New Oxford Middle School Oct. 17 - 24 Family Event on Oct. 17 from 2:30 to 7:30 PM.
Conewago Township Elementary Nov. 12 - 15 Family evening event on Thurs. 14 New Oxford Elementary Nov. 19 - 22 Family evening event on Thurs. 21
District Library Corner New Face in New Oxford Elementary Library At the end of last school year, Ms. Judy Hursh retired as the librarian for NOE. Mrs. Jessica Felix, who has been the librarian at Conewago Township Elementary for the past five years, is now the librarian for both CTE and NOE. This change requires that Mrs. Felix rotate between the two schools every other day. To give her an opportunity to teach and see all students, she is teaching kindergarten and 1stgrade into November, and then, 2nd and 3rd grade beginning in November for the rest of the year. Mrs. Felix teaches library skills such as book care, library organization and use, basic research skills and reputable resources. On the days that Mrs. Felix is not in the library, the students are engaged in doing Study Island with the library aides, Mrs. Marylyn Redding (CTE) and Mrs. Doris Junga (NOE), facilitating.
AYUSA Students Spend Year at NOHS
Two new students to New Oxford High School have traveled great distances to attend classes here. They are Exchange Studnents with the AYUSA International Program. Marko Dragosavljevic, is 17 years old and comes from Novi Sad, Serbia. Marko said he lives there with his parents and two younger brothers. He plays basketball and also has played Ice Hockey for a long time. In his free time he likes to watch TV, spend time with my friendsand with his brothers. Marko said he is living in McSher-rystown with “my wonderful host family, the Kaltreider's.” Wadad Al Zein is from Lebanon. She is sixteen years old and a junior at NOHS. She likes playing sports and is currently a member of the high school girls tennis team. She said she also likes break dance and gymnastics. She likes nature and said she loves sciences, math and learning new languages. Wadad finds communicating with different people interesting. Wadad’s hosts parents are Tom and Doris Junga and she is living near Abbottstown.
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Birds of Prey Demonstrate Courage
During the spring of 2013, students in the National Art Honor Society at New Oxford High School participated in The Memory Project. The Memory Projectis a unique initiative in which art students create portraits for children and teens around the world who have been neglected, orphaned, or disadvantaged. Assuming that children in such situations tend to have few personal keepsakes, one purpose of the portraits is to provide them with special mementos that capture a piece of their childhood. Our art students received photos of children from Haiti and selected the medium to create the
portrait.Then, the Memory Project team members deliver the portraits to the children as gifts, and take photos of the children holding the portraits/video so the art students can see the delivery. Here are a few of their finished portraits.
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Master Falconer, Jack Hubley holds a Great Horned Owl on right and introducing a Red Tailed Hawk in photo on left.
The Memory Project
By: Nick By: Libby By: Reaghan
By: Corissa
Jack Hubley, Master Falconer, presented his Bird of Prey assembly September 6, 2013 at Conewago Township Elementary School. Hubley kicked off the Core Essentials Program to promote important values to students. The first value for the year is “Courage” and Jack used his bird of prey assembly to highlight this value. He brought with him a Red-Tailed Hawk, an American Kestrel, a Peregrine Falcon, and a Great Horned Owl. The students were excited to learn about the life cycle, adaptations of the birds, and courage it takes to work with Birds of Prey and the courage to survive as a bird of prey.
The Adams County Business Education Partnership sponsors a mentoring program and New Oxford High School par-ticipates in this wonderful opportunity every year. A committee of folks from New Oxford, Gettysburg, Bermudian, and Fairfield High Schools, along with Dr. Fred Guinn and with the unwavering support of the Gettysburg/Adams Chamber of Commerce seek community leaders to mentor high school students in each of our respective schools. This program matches mentors to students in their junior and senior year of high school. Through the mentoring relation-ship they work with one another on issues of self-esteem, career planning, workforce skills development, honing inter-viewing skills, and a whole host of other beneficial character development skills. This year New Oxford has eight students in this program. If you, or someone you know, would like to mentor a high school student, please contact Edith Waldron at the Gettysburg/Adams Chamber of Commerce, or Brad Trostle at New Oxford High School Guidance Office.
Mentoring Program Needs Volunteers
Meet The New Teachers
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Kick-Off-Core Essential Values with Courage
At a recent School Board reception hosted for new teachers and retirees, eight new teachers were introduced to the Board by Superintendent Dr. Rebecca Harbaugh.
Sean Bair, Social Studies in the high school; Shawn Wagner, Middle School 7th grade Social Studies; Linda Billing, NOE long term sub for 3rd grade; Tabitha Manzo, NOE first grade; Laura Hoffman, CTE Kinder-garten; Brittany Gough, NOE Second grade; Amanda Wallen, middle school 7th grade Lanuage Arts; and An-drew Dellinger, 6th grade Math and Science.
Retiring teachers on hand to receive recognition for their years of service and presented with commemorative plaques were: Dr. Joan Crouse, Carmen Heiser, Sherry Kauffman, Carolee O’Brien. Cheryl Swope and Diane Wherley.
Todd Waites, a motivational speaker and keyboard player who lost his arm at the age of 14, performed at New Oxford Elementary School to kick off their core values pro-gram for the year. Todd performed two shows at NOE, focusing on this month’s value of “Courage.” He also presented at CVIS and a free show open to the public on the evening of September 16, 2013. Todd shared a powerful message with the students that it is important to show courage and be proud of who you are. The students at NOE enjoyed learning from his encouraging story, and look forward to learnig about a new value each month.
Volleyballs Marked for Trophy Case
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New Oxford High School Athletic Department re-ceived Four volleyballs before the start of Thurs-day’s volleyball game between New Oxford Lady Colonials and William Penn High School. The volleyballs from 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993 are designated for display in the high school trophy case. Each ball is signed by team members and has the team record and accomplishments of that par-ticular year. The 1990 team finished second in the tough Blue Mountain League with a record of 13-3. The 1991 team won the Blue Mountain League and finished 17-0 and also won Districts and fin-ished as a State quarter–finalist. The 1992 team won the YAIAA Division I title with a record of 18
-0, finished second at Districts and was a semi-finalist at the State championship. The 1993 team won the YAIAA Division I title with a record of 16-2. The girls’ four year record was an astonishing 64 wins and 5 losses in league matches. Eight team members were selected to the prestigious All-State team for two straight years with two mem-bers being named First Team All-State for two straight years. For the years represented by the balls , Mike O’Brien was Head Coach, and Beth Gibson and Brian Emig served as Assistant Coaches. Some of the familiar names on the balls are Becky Livelsberger, Abby Hafer, Mandy Meckley, Kim Heflin, April Yantis, Kim Wagaman, Missy Redding, Michele Norman, Steph Shrader, Alyssa Hoover, Stacey Kohler, Beth Pohlman and Jen Krug. Presenting the balls to the Athletic Department were left to right: Jen (Krug) Ormond ’94; Beth (Pohlman) Wyatt ’94; Alyssa (Hoover) Hull ’95; and Becky (Livelsberger) Hippensteel, ’92.
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