Harrison Hills City School District Newsletter Week of 12/1/14 “Home of the Huskies” DISTRICT OFFICE: Mrs. Harding submitted requested information to Ohio Department of Health for desk audit of 2013 MIECHV grant. Final quarterly report filed for 2014 MIECHV grant. Treasurer worked on Board of Tax Appeals information for spring hearing in Columbus. Fiscal staff attended calendar year end closing procedures fiscal meeting in Steubenville. Began organization and movement of records to new storage area. Additional work to be done beginning in January. Mrs. Snider attended the OMERESA quarterly meeting at Salt Fork where legal updates, Common Core implementation, and Etech were reviewed. Mrs. Snider attended the Superintendent’s Cabinet at the Jefferson County ESC where the Principal Mentorship program, AP and humanities courses online, and common professional development days and calendars were discussed. 734 Parent-Teacher conferences scheduled within the district Additional practice assessment information for Ohio’s State Tests distributed by Mr. Morgan. Administrative collaboration on student concerns Alternative assessment collaboration for Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee Belmont-Harrison Joint Vocational School District student collaboration Collaboration with media for district information Elementary assessment schedule drafted for 2015 implementation Harrison Central Junior High School Spelling Bee attended by Mr. Morgan. Harrison County Cluster Services meeting coverage arranged Homebound instruction schedule established for student outside of the district I.E.P. conferences attended at Harrison Central, Harrison North, Harrison Career Center, and the Harrison County Board of Developmental Disabilities Ohio General Assembly update provided to administrators P.B.I.S. collaboration with the S.S.H.S. team Mr. Morgan prepared for the District Leadership Team meeting with Dr. Folger of SST Region 12 Principal data study held to review the O.I.P. goal, Culture to Advance Education Special education meeting scheduled developed and distributed for 2015 Successful food bank held prior to Thanksgiving at the District Office
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Harrison Hills City School District Newsletter
Week of 12/1/14 “Home of the Huskies”
DISTRICT OFFICE:
Mrs. Harding submitted requested information to Ohio Department of Health for desk audit of 2013 MIECHV grant.
Final quarterly report filed for 2014 MIECHV grant. Treasurer worked on Board of Tax Appeals information for spring hearing in Columbus. Fiscal staff attended calendar year end closing procedures fiscal meeting in Steubenville. Began organization and movement of records to new storage area. Additional work to be done
beginning in January. Mrs. Snider attended the OMERESA quarterly meeting at Salt Fork where legal updates, Common Core
implementation, and Etech were reviewed. Mrs. Snider attended the Superintendent’s Cabinet at the Jefferson County ESC where the Principal
Mentorship program, AP and humanities courses online, and common professional development days and calendars were discussed.
734 Parent-Teacher conferences scheduled within the district Additional practice assessment information for Ohio’s State Tests distributed by Mr. Morgan. Administrative collaboration on student concerns Alternative assessment collaboration for Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee Belmont-Harrison Joint Vocational School District student collaboration Collaboration with media for district information Elementary assessment schedule drafted for 2015 implementation Harrison Central Junior High School Spelling Bee attended by Mr. Morgan. Harrison County Cluster Services meeting coverage arranged Homebound instruction schedule established for student outside of the district I.E.P. conferences attended at Harrison Central, Harrison North, Harrison Career Center, and the
Harrison County Board of Developmental Disabilities Ohio General Assembly update provided to administrators P.B.I.S. collaboration with the S.S.H.S. team Mr. Morgan prepared for the District Leadership Team meeting with Dr. Folger of SST Region 12 Principal data study held to review the O.I.P. goal, Culture to Advance Education Special education meeting scheduled developed and distributed for 2015 Successful food bank held prior to Thanksgiving at the District Office
Harrison Central Jr. /Sr. High School
School spelling bee was completed. Thank you to Ms. Minalga for coordinating this year’s bee. Also,
congratulations to Nathan Seymour on being named this year’s championship. 1st Row- (L to R) 6th
All administrators attended the district administrator’s meeting.
Mr. Ripley and Mr. Parker met with Ms. Minalga to discuss gifted services and planning.
12 winter coats were donated by the Adult Parole Authority.
Representatives Michael Beebe and Alice Dowdle are pictured below.
Chevron representative Anastasia Roof delivered a check in the amount of $6,500.00 for our grade 8
STEM class and field trips.
Walkthroughs and evaluations are done daily.
Congratulations to the Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School Advanced and Novice Parliamentary
Procedure Teams both earned District Championships and will move on to compete at the State
tournament.
Harrison Central Marching Band performed for the community in the Cadiz Christmas Parade.
Administrative coverage schedule for athletic events was completed.
Congratulations to the Harrison Central Bowling Teams on their first ever match and victories of
Wellsville.
Mr. Clifford, Mr. Parker, Mrs. Hawthorne and Mrs. Macenczak attended a training on PBIS.
Mrs. Brooks attended a conference on differentiated instruction.
Insurance representative from American Fidelity was in this week to speak with all faculty.
Successful PD session over survey data and implementation of a math activity.
Two IAT conferences have been scheduled for students in need.
Several science experiments are shown below (atom and volcano models).
Up and Coming 12-8 JH Girls Basketball vs. Weir at Scio 5 PM
12-9 High School Choir Concert in the gymnasium at 7 PM
12-9 Bowling vs. Claymont at Valley Lanes 4 PM
12-10 Wrestling vs. Claymont 5:30 PM
12-11 Varsity Girls Basketball vs. Martins Ferry 6 PM
12-11 JH Boys Basketball vs. Beaver Local 5 PM
12-12 Varsity Boys Basketball vs. UL 6 PM
12-16 High School Band Concert in the gymnasium at 7 PM
Harrison North Elementary
192 parent-teacher conferences were held last Tuesday, prior to Thanksgiving Break.
Congratulations to Alisha Steele for receiving one of the three Best Practice Grants awarded to our school district from the Jefferson County ESC. Alisha’s grant proposal was entitled, Leaping Ahead in Literacy, to incorporate STEM activities in the classroom by utilizing nonfiction and common core based teacher online resources with the 4th thru 6th grade classrooms.
Tuesday’s professional development included grade level meetings for preschool thru 4th grade and building spelling bee committee meeting.
Students in grades K-6 completed the “Student Safe Learning Environment Survey and Engaging Students in Technology Survey”. Survey results were complied and compared to last year’s survey results for November’s TBT submissions in grades K-6.
Staff members and parents attended the December PTA meeting Wednesday evening.
Donna Carpenter, Lisa McAfee, Angie Johnson and Jen Birney attended the 2nd PBIS training in Cambridge sponsored by the State Support Team Region 12 on Wednesday.
The Building Leadership Team met Thursday morning to review and discuss November’s TBTs in addition to other building items.
BLT Report to DLT form was submitted to District Adminstration.
Students in Miss Jacobsen's 1st grade class have been working on improving fluency of math facts. Each
day they put time aside to do fact master on Moby Max. Students also do a weekly timed test that the
students graph and keep track of their own data. Students who reached 100 percent in addition facts
on Moby Max are given a Christmas bulb to add to their classroom math fact tree. Once students get
100 percent in subtraction they will add a Christmas light as well.
The following 5th and 6th grade students participated in the Building Spelling Bee held Friday afternoon
in the auditorium: Dillon Drapp, Harley Boyer, Bella Zatta, Brock Elias, Madison Stull, Paige Weaver,
Skyler Salsberry, Jordyn Stewart, Devan Woods, Malaysia Smith, Brinlee Fife, Alex Cardwell, Austin
and Kylie Stull. Special thank you to our building spelling bee committee for organizing this event.
Congratulations to 5th grade student, Brinlee Fife as she was the overall top speller at Harrison North’s
Spelling Bee. Brinlee and the five top spellers, Thea Haney, Allusion Curtis, Paige Boals, Brock Elias and
Kylie Stull will advance to the Harrison County Spelling Bee on January 14th at Harrison Central High
School. Alternates are Harlee Barbour and Brooke Burdette.
Harrison North is currently hold their annual food drive with the collected nonperishable items being
donated to our local food banks for distribution. The homeroom with the most items donated by
percentage will win a pizza party and a spirit stick.
Upcoming Events:
12/4-12/9 Annual Canned Food Drive
12/10 December DLT Meeting (2:30PM) – District Office
12/11 December Staff Meeting (8:30AM) – Library
12/12 “Stuff the Ambulance” (9:40-10AM)
12/18 Winter Music Program @ 1:30PM – Barr Memorial Gymnasium
12/22 Winter Break (12/22 thru 01/02)
01/05 Classes Resume
01/07 January PTA Meeting (5:00PM) – Cafeteria/Lunchroom
01/08 January Staff Meeting (8:30AM) – Library
01/14 District Spelling Bee (6:00PM) – Harrison Central, Auditorium
01/16 2nd Nine Weeks Grading Period Ends
01/19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No Classes
01/23 Report Cards Sent Home w/Students for 2nd Nine Weeks
Harrison East Elementary
The National Scripps Spelling Bee was held Friday at Harrison East Elementary. There were 10 fifth
and 10 sixth graders that participated.
First Row- Matthew Smith, Aiden Sliva, Kerstin Jeffries, McKayla Palmer and Savanna Gatts,
Second Row- Jessie Modon, Alexandra Barcraft, Ben Puskarich, Kahi McCloud, Ragon Roush,Lexi Ferguson,
Kacey Carothers and Maggie Goudy
Third Row- Tristan Kovarik, Cameron Taylor, Robert Eckley, Malaina Sedgmer, McKenna Johnson and Sammy
Santille
The Top Ten Finalist
First Row- Matthew Smith, Aiden Sliva, Kerstin Jeffries, McKayla Palmer and Savanna Gatts
Second Row- Kahi McCloud, Ragon Roush, Lexi Ferguson, Kacey Carothers and Maggie Goudy
November 25th there were approximately 172 parent-teacher conferences held. All conferences were held individually expect 6th grade, who held team conferences. The numbers are as follows: PS- 36, K- 22, First- 45, Second- 32, Third- 23, Fourth- 49, Fifth- 46 and Sixth- 19.
December 2nd- Professional Development included School Culture and School Safety Survey TBTs.
December 3rd- Mr. Tharp, Ms. Ferrell, Mrs. Noble and Mrs. McKinney attended the second installment of the PBIS training in Cambridge.
December 4th- BLT met and finalized this week’s TBT.
UPCOMING EVENTS!
December 8th- Mr. Tharp, Ms. Jones, Mr. Bengier and Ms. Ferrell will attending PARCC training in
Cleveland
December 10th will be the DLT meeting.
December 12th Christmas Program will be presented at 1:00 to the public in the school gym. K, 2nd,
4th and 6th will be participating in the program.
o Make-up date will be December 16th.
Christmas Break will begin on December 22nd and classes will resume January 5th.
PAWS PROGRAM – After School Activities Last Monday the after school program hosted a Thanksgiving Dinner for the attending students
and their family members. We had around 80 people in attendance! This was our biggest Family
Night yet! The night was successful because of all the help from the PAWS staff. They provided the
food and the service. Many thanks, laughs, and memories were shared during this great event.
