Regardless of the Spring Break weather, I am sure it was nice for everyone to enjoy time with family and recharge for the remainder of the 2015-16 school year. ~Jack A Message from Mr. Manciu If you were not able to escape Michigan over spring break, you were subjected to one last (hopefully) surprise from Old Man Winter. It is nice that there has been a gentle warm up since returning to school. Our SAT, ACT WorkKeys and PSAT testing days have gone well. All the activities scheduled in the morning when our juniors were testing Tuesday, the 13th, were well coordinated for our freshman and sophomores who enjoyed activities that included an Anti-Bullying Presentation, Service Learning Projects, and a Healthy Relationships Presentation. Our seniors spent the morning in three different sessions that included Resume and Interview Skills, Career Readiness Activities, and Panel Interviews with former students now in college. The juniors took the M-STEP (which replaced the Michigan Merit Exam) on April 19th and 20th. The SAT make-up testing date is April 26th, and the ACT WorkKeys make-up is April 27th. IHS graduate and MSU alumna, Kylie Horrocks, was our keynote speaker at the annual Senior Scholar Breakfast on the morning of April 20th. This breakfast is in honor of the 43 Senior Scholars from the Class of 2016, based on a formula using GPA and ACT scores. Sincerely, April 2016 Ionia High School News IHS Calendar April: 21 Students attend AM only 22 Ionia’s Got Talent 7pm @ Watt 25-29 Spring Art Show 26 ACT MakeUp 27 ACT WorkKeys MakeUp 29 7pm @ Watt IHS Theatre Salem’s Daughter 30 7pm @ Watt IHS Theatre Salem’s Daughter May: 1 3pm @ Watt IHS Theatre Salem’s Daughter 2 AP Psychology exam 4 AP English exam 5 AP Calculus exam 6 AP US History exam 6 6:30pm Jazz Cabaret 7 7pm @ Watt IHS Theatre Salem’s Daughter 8 3pm @ Watt IHS Theatre Salem’s Daughter 9 AP Biology exam 12 AP Statistics exam 12 7pm @Watt Band Concert 14 IHS PROM IHS Main: 616-527-0600 Attendance: 616-755-6067 Jack Manciu, Principal 2016 Senior Scholars Front Row: Valedictorian, Matt Felice, Co-Salutatorian: Jayden Gerrity, Co-Salutatorian: Evelyn Velasco, Haven Barna, Madison Barna, Megan Bliss, Jarred Chrapek, Samantha Conley, Devon Davis, Makayla Dies, Cassandra Esch, Catherine Fell, Allison Flanagan, Kyle Gould. Middle Row: Katelyn Hulander, Ashley Hull, Killian Kerr, Camryn Klein, Alexis Knoblock, Anthony Lask, Ty Luginbuhl, Madison Lynn, Josh Magley, Madi Martorana, Madeline Meyer, Hunter Meyers, Katelyn Mooney, Justin Nutt, Riese Penn, Larissa Piggott. Back Row: Abby Read, Nadine Rewa, Emily Rozich, Kaylee Shattuck, Julia Shreve, William Sorrell, John Vaarberg, Jake Van Ess, Ashleigh Walczak, Ashley White, Ethan Wolbers. Not Pictured: Steven Barber and Ryan Reisbig
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Regardless of the Spring
Break weather, I am sure it
was nice for everyone to
enjoy time with family and
recharge for the remainder
of the 2015-16 school year.
~Jack
A Message from Mr. Manciu
If you were not able to escape Michigan over spring break, you were subjected
to one last (hopefully) surprise from Old Man Winter. It is nice that there has
been a gentle warm up since returning to school.
Our SAT, ACT WorkKeys and PSAT testing days have gone well. All the
activities scheduled in the morning when our juniors were testing Tuesday, the
13th, were well coordinated for our freshman and sophomores who enjoyed
activities that included an Anti-Bullying Presentation, Service Learning Projects,
and a Healthy Relationships Presentation. Our seniors spent the morning in
three different sessions that included Resume and Interview Skills, Career
Readiness Activities, and Panel Interviews with former students now in college.
The juniors took the M-STEP (which replaced the Michigan Merit Exam) on April
19th and 20th.
The SAT make-up testing date is April 26th, and the ACT
WorkKeys make-up is April 27th.
IHS graduate and MSU alumna, Kylie Horrocks, was our keynote speaker at
the annual Senior Scholar Breakfast on the morning of April 20th. This breakfast
is in honor of the 43 Senior Scholars from the Class of 2016, based on a formula
Back Row: Abby Read, Nadine Rewa, Emily Rozich, Kaylee Shattuck, Julia Shreve, William Sorrell,
John Vaarberg, Jake Van Ess, Ashleigh Walczak, Ashley White, Ethan Wolbers.
Not Pictured: Steven Barber and Ryan Reisbig
IHS Athletic News
Bowling
MVP Alex Bentley
Swim
MVP Riese Penn
Most Improved Adam Bentley Most Improved Elijah Sinkler-Grey
Hon. Men. All-Conference Alex Bentley Regional Champion Riese Penn
MVP Cassidy Witter All-State Diver (3rd Place) Riese Penn
Most Improved Shelby Ogden All-Conference Diver Riese Penn
All-Conference Cassidy Witter
Hon. Mention All-Conference
100 Free Jake Van Ess
Hon. Men. All-Conference Caitlyn Evans
Lansing State Journal Dream
Team Diver of the Year Riese Penn
Girls Bas-
ketball
MVP Jaylynn Williams
Wrestling
MVP Trevor Piggott
Most Improved Cassidy Vaarberg MVP Cameron Mahlich
Defensive Award Ashley White Most Improved Brian Hamilton
100% Award Madeline Meyer Ironman Award Cameron Mahlich
Kaye Breining Camryn Klein Trevor Piggott
All-Conference Jaylynn Williams Cole Cudney
Hon. Mention All-Conference Camryn Klein Jordan Richardson
Hon. Mention All-Conference Ashley White GUTS Award Jordan Richardson
Lansing All-Area 1st Team Jaylynn Williams Top Dog Award Trevor Piggott
All-County First Team Jaylynn Williams All-Conference Trevor Piggott
All-County 2nd Team Camryn Klein Cameron Mahlich
Honorable Mention All-State
AP, BCAM Jaylynn Williams Cole Cudney
Boys Bas-
ketball
MVP Josh Magley Luke Weaver
Most Improved Patrick Hall Eli Garcia
100% Award Jonah Barna Conference Champions Cameron Mahlich
Doc Graham Award Tyrus Luginbuhl Trevor Piggott
All-Conference Josh Magley District Champions Cameron Mahlich
Hon. Mention All-Conference John McCord Trevor Piggott
Hon. Mention All-State BCAM Josh Magley Jordan Richardson
First place finish in Team Academic All-State Regional Runner-ups Trevor Piggott
Dance
MVP Rebecca Rowley Cameron Mahlich
Most Improved Maddie Williams
All-State at 189 pounds
(Finishing 8th) Trevor Piggott
110% Award Mia Fedon
All-State at 112 pounds
(Finishing 4th) Cameron Mahlich
Most Spirited Heidi Simon All-County 1st team Trevor Piggott
Cameron Mahlich
Jordan Richardson
All-County 2nd Team Cole Cudney
Scholar Athletes 55% of IHS Winter Athletes were Scholar Athletes.
NHS Aids Ionia County Animal Shelter The Ionia High School Chapter of the National Honor Society worked as a united front to aid the Ionia County Animal Shelter by
sponsoring a recent pet food and supplies drive from March 14th to the 18th. In addition, the members also collected $1,000 to
donate to the shelter for their ongoing needs of supplies, food, and medical treatments. Our mascot roamed the halls of the
school dropping off Puppy Chow (the human snack) to teachers and students in order to raise awareness of this special week. It
was a week to appreciate our own pets at home and to promote safe and happy pet adoptions through the Animal Shelter. Our
service projects are always an adventure; first the students vote on what they want to do, then off they go to inform, gather, and
rally the rest of the school. Special thanks to Mr. Doug Tackmann for loading up the activity bus with the help of NHS members:
Evelyn Velasco Madi Martorana, and John Vaarberg and then driving it to the shelter. We applaud Mr. Tackmann for the recent
shelter adoption of his dog, Lily. Justin Rickert along with other members continue to give to the Ionia County Animal Shelter
through their time in walking dogs, cleaning up, or in entertaining the herd of cats in the Kitty Kingdom room. Our teens truly
care for man's best friend!
IHS Forensics Team
Wraps up Another
Season Ionia Forensics ended their season with a
second place finish at the Holland Invitational.
Leading the way were seniors, Abby Read and
Zachary Ingraham. Abby finished her senior
year of Forensics with 4 first place trophies, one
second and one eighth. This places her as one
of the top 5 speakers in the State of Michigan in
the Impromptu category. Next year, Abby will
be competing for the Central Michigan
Chippewas. Zachary Ingraham also placed in
every tournament. He had one first place
trophy, 3 seconds, one fifth, and 1 sixth place.
This puts him in eigth place in the
Extemporaneous category throughout the state.
IHS Science Olympiad Team
Advances to States
Congratulations to the Science Olympiad team on a profound performance
at the Regional Science Olympiad tournament at Alma College on March
20th. The team placed third, missing second place by the narrowest of
margins. Team Captain, Matt Felice, lead the team to victory. This allows
the team to compete at the State Tournament at Michigan State University
on April 30th. As a whole, the team did exceptionally, but a few highlights
were Xavier Begerow and Kaitlyn Hickok placing 1st in Geologic Mapping,
an event on interpreting geologic maps and aquifers. Alexis Knoblock, and
Bobby Eppler placed 3rd in Protein Modeling, an event where they had to
construct a physical model of a protein before the event and another one
during the competition. Matt Felice and Bobby Eppler placed 3rd in
chemistry lab, an event where they were asked questions relating to
chemical reaction kinetics and gas laws. Matt Felice and Bobby Eppler placed
2nd in Disease detectives, an event where the students have to determine
disease effects and symptoms. Matt Felice and Owen Sweeney placed 3rd in
Electric vehicle, an event where the students had to build and construct an
electric vehicle that can stop at a predetermined distance
autonomously. Riley Mercer and Kaitlyn Hickok placed 4th in Wright stuff,
an event where the students constructed a plane capable of flight using only
a rubber band. Due to an accident their plane placed fourth, but prior to
that unfortunate crash they were easily in first place by more than double
the next placing.
A special thank you to James Merrifield, Sari Mercer, Stacy Knauss and Kyle
Ondersma for all of their help during the competition.
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Ionia YAC students celebrated March is Reading Month by reading at Rather Elementary School.
MADI LYNN
April
Student of the
Month
I nominated Madi in
recognition of the
leadership and work
ethic that she has shown
in my Humanitarian
Studies class. She
demonstrates a genuine
curiosity and care for the
world around her. Her
thoughtful questions and
responses never fail to
make a positive
contribution to class
discussions and naturally
lead her to a much
deeper understanding of
global issues and human
rights.
—Ms. Noga
Dignity & Respect Killian Kerr 12th grade
Citizens of the Month
Keirsten
Zamarron
12th grade
Alec
Phelps
11th grade
Sarah
Letts
10th grade
Jacob
Piros
9th grade
Most Improved
Student
Brittany
Bowne
12th grade
Senior Avery Baylis
Ionia High School senior Avery Baylis is a
wonder. In fact, he's taken on the moniker
of "One-Armed Wonder." Not only has
the star athlete excelled in three sports -
soccer, football, and basketball - during his
high school career, but Avery was also
offered and accepted a scholarship to play
soccer at Spring Arbor University next fall.
Avery was born missing an arm below one
of his elbows, but it never hindered his
passion for athletics and his tenacity on the
field. As an athlete, Avery has had
moments where people have treated him differently, at least initially. "Sometimes," he admits,
"people go easy on me, until I show them that they don't need to." This past fall he told a
reporter at the Ionia Sentinel Standard, "You can do anything. You just have to set your mind to
it and work at it and you can accomplish anything." It is his positive attitude, team spirit, and
resilience that has earned him the respect of all his coaches, teammates, and teachers.
His parents, Aaron and Sara Baylis, as well as his younger sister, sophomore Addison, couldn't be
prouder of Avery's accomplishments. Avery's accomplishments and kindness on and off the field
will long inspire the learning community of Ionia.
