1 MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS JUNIOR HIGH Highlights! VOLUME 2, ISSUE 17 APRIL 2017 Upcoming Events: April 3rd: Students Return to School April 4th: State Testing ELA Grade 8 April 5th: State Testing ELA Grade 8 April 6th: State Testing ELA Grade 9 April 7th: State Testing ELA Grade 9 April 8th: 8th Grade Dance; 7pm-10pm April 11th: State Testing Math Grade 7 April 11th: MHJH Coffee with the Principal; 8:00am April 11th: MHJH PTA Meeting; 7:00pm April 12th: State Testing Math Grade 8 April 19th: Late Arrival Schedule; State Testing Algebra/Geometry April 20th: Late Arrival Schedule; State Testing Grade 8 Science/Biology April 29th: 6th Annual Dash for Dignity 5k; State Testing Continues in April! In This Issue: State Testing; pg1 3rd Quarter End; pg2 Dash for Dignity; pg2 Geography Bee Champion; pg3 Spelling Bee Champion; pg3 Grade 9 Class Field Trip; pg4 Grade 7 Indians Weather Education Day Field Trip ; pg4 Staff Spotlight; pg5 Food Wars/Staff vs Student Game; pg6 State Testing Schedule; pg7 Yearbook; pg8 Academic Recognition Lists; pg10 State test administration is an important topic and much time and energy goes into the prepa- ration and organization of this Ohio Depart- ment of Education requirement. As you may recall students this year are required to take the exams electronically. We must organize enough computer availability and enough band- width so that all of our students are able to test. Because of this fact we cannot test all MHJH students at once. We must separate the exam dates and times so that we can ad- minister these tests with the proper availabil- ity of both. Please refer to the testing schedule that is included in the newsletter. Most of our testing days account for a morning testing group and an afternoon testing group. While one grade level is test- ing on a particular date the other two grade levels at MHJH are on a normal school schedule. We are even turning off the bells on testing days to minimize disruption for our test takers. On the majority of our testing days we are arranging the students in the main gym, arena style. Approximately 200 kids will test in that location. Stu- dents needing accommodations and special assistance will be housed in the library and computer labs. We believe that we have organized state testing to the best of our ability for the kids consid- ering all of the many stipulations and requirements. Our testing co- ordinators at MHJH are Assistant Principal Johnny Bollin, and School Counselors Larissa Collins and Kathryn Thompson. They are to be commended for their efforts to organize this daunting task. State testing began in March with the administration of the grade 7 English Language Arts exam. All went according to plan and the students were able to concentrate and focus on the exam according- ly. We must remember that our kids are resilient and that they are in tune to a world filled with technology. I believe they prefer testing electronically. More testing is scheduled in the month of April. In addition we will have two late arrival days in which only test takers are required to be at school at the normal start time of 7:45 a.m. All other students not scheduled to test are to arrive for a start time of 11:15. Please be advised that in order to take advantage of the late arrival schedule transportation is the responsibility of the parent. Bus transportation will run at its normal scheduled time. The late arrival test dates are April 19th for testing in Algebra and Geometry and April 20th for testing in Grade 8 Science and Biology. Interested in learning more about these exams? Please refer to the link below from the Ohio Department of Education: http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Testing/Ohios-State-Test-in- ELA-Math-Science-SocialStudies Paul Kish MHJH Principal
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April 2017
MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS JUNIOR HIGH
Highlights! VOLUME 2, ISSUE 17 APRIL 2017
Upcoming Events:
April 3rd: Students Return to School
April 4th: State Testing ELA Grade 8
April 5th: State Testing ELA Grade 8
April 6th: State Testing ELA Grade 9
April 7th: State Testing ELA Grade 9
April 8th: 8th Grade Dance; 7pm-10pm
April 11th: State Testing Math Grade 7
April 11th: MHJH Coffee with the Principal; 8:00am
April 11th: MHJH PTA Meeting; 7:00pm
April 12th: State Testing Math Grade 8
April 19th: Late Arrival Schedule; State Testing Algebra/Geometry
April 20th: Late Arrival Schedule; State Testing Grade 8 Science/Biology
April 29th: 6th Annual Dash for Dignity 5k;
State Testing Continues in April!
In This Issue: State Testing; pg1 3rd Quarter End; pg2 Dash for Dignity; pg2 Geography Bee
Champion; pg3 Spelling Bee
Champion; pg3 Grade 9 Class Field
Trip; pg4 Grade 7 Indians
Weather Education Day Field Trip ; pg4
Staff Spotlight; pg5 Food Wars/Staff vs
Student Game; pg6 State Testing
Schedule; pg7 Yearbook; pg8 Academic Recognition
Lists; pg10
State test administration is an important topic and much time and energy goes into the prepa-ration and organization of this Ohio Depart-ment of Education requirement. As you may recall students this year are required to take the exams electronically. We must organize enough computer availability and enough band-width so that all of our students are able to test. Because of this fact we cannot test all MHJH students at once. We must separate the exam dates and times so that we can ad-minister these tests with the proper availabil-ity of both. Please refer to the testing schedule that is included in the newsletter. Most of our testing days account for a morning testing group and an afternoon testing group. While one grade level is test-ing on a particular date the other two grade levels at MHJH are on a normal school schedule. We are even turning off the bells on testing days to minimize disruption for our test takers. On the majority of our testing days we are arranging the students in the main gym, arena style. Approximately 200 kids will test in that location. Stu-dents needing accommodations and special assistance will be housed in the library and computer labs. We believe that we have organized state testing to the best of our ability for the kids consid-ering all of the many stipulations and requirements. Our testing co-ordinators at MHJH are Assistant Principal Johnny Bollin, and School Counselors Larissa Collins and Kathryn Thompson. They are to be commended for their efforts to organize this daunting task.
State testing began in March with the administration of the grade 7 English Language Arts exam. All went according to plan and the students were able to concentrate and focus on the exam according-ly. We must remember that our kids are resilient and that they are in tune to a world filled with technology. I believe they prefer testing electronically. More testing is scheduled in the month of April. In addition we will have two late arrival days in which only test takers are required to be at school at the normal start time of 7:45 a.m. All other students not scheduled to test are to arrive for a start time of 11:15. Please be advised that in order to take advantage of the late arrival schedule transportation is the responsibility of the parent. Bus transportation will run at its normal scheduled time. The late arrival test dates are April 19th for testing in Algebra and Geometry and April 20th for testing in Grade 8 Science and Biology.
Interested in learning more about these exams? Please refer to the link below from the Ohio Department of Education:
Congratulations to all of the students at MHJH that attained high marks for our third grading period! Once again we have many students that attained Merit Roll, Honor Roll, and Principal’s Roll distinction. These students are to be commended for a job well done! In addition, the parents are also to be commended for their efforts to support academic success at home. These marks reflect the collaborative efforts of the students, parents, and staff of MHJH working in cooperation. It is our goal at MHJH to continually seek ways to increase these numbers and encourage student academic achieve-ment. We will continue to provide academic support and intervention so that all students are able to achieve at a high level. Our third quarter num-bers reflect that we have many students that are academically succeeding! We are extremely proud of these students! On behalf of all staff at MHJH we want to thank you for making MHJH proud!
April is the time for the Dash for Dignity at MHJH! The 6th Annual Dash4Dignity is scheduled for April 29th, 2017! This is a 5k run or walk that seeks to benefit a local charitable organization or cause. Grade 8 Eng-lish Language Arts teacher Amanda Prok is the event organizer and we are very fortunate that she organizes this event for our school community! This year the event seeks to support one of our own! Ashley Martincic is a 9th grader at MHJH that is fighting neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer. All proceeds from the D4D will go toward supporting her in this fight and support her medical costs associated with this battle. Check out the video link below for more info about Ashley!
We’d like many runners and walkers to get signed up to participate! Let’s get as many stu-dents, parents, and staff registered for the race as possible. Our goal is to make this the biggest and most successful D4D on record! The event is being held right here at Middleburg Heights Junior High. This is a family friendly event with opportunities for people of all ages to partici-pate. Check out the like below from speedysneakers.com to register.
The National Geographic Bee is an annual competition organized by the National Geo-graphic Society, designed to inspire and re-ward students' curiosity about the world. Students from 10,000 schools across the United States competed in the 2017 Na-tional Geographic Bee for a chance to win college scholarships and the glory of being the National Geographic Bee Champion. Middleburg Heights Junior High participated this year with the support of the Social Stud-ies department and Mrs. Jennings.
Congratulations to this year’s winner in the school Geographic Bee: MHJH 7th grader Ethan Barker. Congratulations also to MHJH 7th grader, Eliza Duke who came in a close second. Ethan took a qualifying test and he is now eligible for the state Bee! He competed in Columbus on March 31 against 100 other students where he has a chance to participate next in the National Bee that will be held in Washington DC. Good luck, Ethan! We are proud of you!!
We are very proud to announce that we have a regional spelling bee winner right here at MHJH! Eighth grader Mia Ashriem won our local Middleburg Heights Junior High qualifying spelling bee then participated in the region-al spelling bee recently held in downtown Cleveland March 11th, 2017, at the Cuyahoga County Metropolitan Campus. Our Mia was the winner!! Next Mia will compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC on May 28th. Best of luck Mia! We are so very proud of you!! Special thanks to grade 8 Language Arts teacher Amanda Prok for her efforts to organize our local event and for providing such an opportunity for our kids!! Check out the article about the event below!! Best of Luck Mia!!
8th Grader Mia Ashriem Wins Regional Spelling Bee!
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The seventh graders at MHJH will once again have the opportunity to take a field trip to Progressive Field for their annual Weather Education Day sponsored by the Cleveland Indians! The event is scheduled for May 17th, 2017! The students will take part in a program regarding weather re-ports and the technology and science asso-ciated with predicting weather. This takes place at the ball park; therefore, as part of the program the kids will get to see our American League Champion Cleveland In-dians live in action! The Indians will play
the Tampa Bay Rays; first pitch is scheduled for 12:10 p.m. Students will also receive lunch as part of the program, the best of the ball park experience! We are very fortunate to have Tom Andrews, grade 7 math teacher and trip advisor organize this trip for our kids!! Students must maintain good academic and be-havioral standards in order to attend this special field trip; this information has been shared with them at a special assembly in March. This will prove to once again be a fun and exciting day for our 7th grade class!! Go Tribe!!
Ninth Grade End of the Year Trip: Good Times Boat Experience!! The ninth grade class at MHJH will have the opportunity to take part in an end of the school year field trip. The destination this year is an experience on the Good Times Boat touring the north shore of downtown Cleveland!! Students will get the chance to tour along the city’s shore and ex-perience the city from Lake Erie! Kids will also get an opportunity for lunch outside of school that goes along with the day’s experience. Ninth graders will be introduced to the trip at an assembly where they will review trip expectations and the criteria needed to attend. The field trip will take place on Thursday, May 18th. The trip should last the majority of the school day.
The criteria to attend is as follows:
Student Eliminated from Participation for:
Expulsion Recommendation
Out of School Suspension
Two Saturday Detentions
Bus Suspension
Failing 2 Classes (progress reports May 5th)
(effective as of the fourth grading period)
It is our hope that all ninth grade students get to attend. This should be a fun and educational experience for our freshman students. As usual, another criteria to attend is that all students must have past due fees paid in advance of the trip. Please call our financial secretary at MHJH at 216-676-8400 Ext 7767 if you have any questions regarding past due fees. The trip will come with a minimal cost. We will communicate more information with parents as the trip date draws closer. Todd Stratford, Ninth Grade Class Advisor, and Russ Krivak, Grade Nine Administrator, will serve as the trip coordinators. Chaperones may be needed! We will also communicate this request well in advance of the May 18th trip date.
Grade Seven Annual Cleveland Indians Field Trip!!
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Middleburg heights
Junior high
7000 PAULA DRIVE MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OH
PHONE: 216 676-8400 FAX: 216 676-2070
http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/site/
Shelly Tillman is an Intervention Specialist at MHJH. She grew up in Berea with her parents and two older sisters. Shelly started
teaching in the Berea City Schools 10 years ago. She re-ceived her Bachelors of Early Childhood and Masters in Spe-cial Education from Cleveland State University. Shelly enjoys home improvement projects and anything outdoors. Her favorite thing to do is walking in the park. Shelly has a husband named Randy and a beautiful dog named Bella. The family lives in North Ridgeville and en-joys every moment together!
Staff Spotlight!
Each month we will highlight several of our outstanding staff members at MHJH!
Pat Davidson has been teaching Business and Com-puter in the Berea City School District for the past 16 years. He obtained his Bachelor of Ed-ucation degree
from Bowling Green State Univer-sity in 2001 and his Master’s De-gree from the University of Saint Mary in 2004. He has had the opportunity to work in all of the secondary schools in the Berea City School District (Midpark High School, Berea High School, Ford Middle School, Roehm Mid-dle School) and now Middleburg Heights Junior High School! Pat and his wife have two children. Outside of work he enjoys travel-ing and spending time with his family. He is also an avid Cleve-land sports fan!!
Teresa Katonka is an eighth grade Intervention Spe-cialist. She grad-uated from Bowl-ing Green State University with degrees in Ele-
mentary Education (1-8), Hear-ing Handicapped (k-12), and Specific Learning Disabilities (k-12). Teresa began her career in the Lorain City Schools where she stayed for 6 years. She joined the Berea City School District 30 years ago. She has been married for 34 years and has four children. Her hobbies include, spending time with family, visiting the ocean, try-ing new recipes and reading.
The Berea City School
District is a diverse
community dedicated to
inspiring lives of
character, learning,
leadership, and service.
Sue Musa is an administra-tive assistant and serves as the prin-cipal’s secretary at MHJH. Sue gradu-ated locally from North Olmsted
High School. She has worked in the Berea District for 26 years. Sue is currently a resident of Strongsville and she has been married for 41 years. Sue has three children; her oldest son is an electrical engineer; her middle son is a financial analyst for Dell Computers, and her daughter is a nurse at Southwest. She also has three grandchildren! Sue enjoys reading, walking, spend-ing time with grandchildren, and working in the yard.
Shannon Carroll received a teaching degree from Baldwin Wallace and a Mas-ter's in Technology from Cleveland State. Shannon taught Kindergarten for 20 years in the
Berea Schools and the Perkins Schools. She then made a change and teaches 6th and 8th grade computer class. She has two chil-dren, Addison and Danny who are very involved in school and sports. They spend much time outdoors, playing sports and traveling. They love the water and often spend summers at the beach. Shannon believes teaching and helping chil-dren has been a rewarding career. It has granted her the opportunity to be involved in making a differ-ence and seeing students grow.
Kerry Carney
Is a Berea resident and proud gradu-ate from Berea High. She earned a Bachelors in Ed-ucation from Baldwin Wallace
and earned a reading endorse-ment from Bowling Green State University. This is her 13th year of teaching. She was very excited last year when she had the op-portunity to teach in the district she grew up in! Kerry and her husband have three children, ages 11, 8, and 5 who also at-tend schools in the district. She enjoys spending time with fami-ly, going to the zoo, exploring museums, and watching movies.
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Special Thanks to the MHJH Builders Club Members for their participation in the annual Food Wars event that is conducted to help support local food banks in Berea, Brook Park, and Middleburg Heights. The food wars are a grade level competition where students bring in canned goods and non-perishable items for donation. Each grade level has a goal of 1,000 items. The grade level that reaches that goal gets to have that grade level assistant principal pied in the face in front of the student body!! With each grade level that attains their goal I also get pied in the face as principal of the school!! Grade 7 math teacher Tom Andrews and FCS teacher Michelle Botzman serve as our Builders Club Advisors; they did a fantastic job!! We are proud to report that we had two grade levels that attained their goal - grade 7 and grade 8. Over 2,000 items have been donated!! Therefore, Dr. Ruman and Mr. Bollin got their faces dirty with pie. I also had to get my face pied as well!! This event was conducted on Friday, March 24th, at halftime of the annual staff vs. student basketball game. The basket-ball game is held on the last day prior to spring break as a fundraiser for the Dash for Digni-ty to help offset costs of the 5k event. Grade 8 ELA teacher Amanda Prok serves as the Dash for Dignity organizer and Basketball Game organizer; she does an outstanding job for MHJH with both of these events!! This was a very fun day for the students that also is evidence of their giving spirit. We are extremely proud of our kids for their participation and support of these two very important and worthy causes. The staff won the game in a very close contest; congratulations to the staff members participating and special thanks to the ninth grade basketball players that represented the students in the contest!! All of these individuals are to be commended for a job well done!! MHJH Pride is District Wide!!
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Testing will be conducted by dividing the grade levels up into two groups, an a.m. testing group and a p.m. testing group.
State tests will be conducted in the main gym arena style. Card tables will be uti-lized and chrome books accordingly.
SPED groups will always test in the a.m. in the library on scheduled grade level test-
ing days. ELA testing will be broken up into two parts and conducted on two consecutive
days. 2 late arrival days will also exist as indicated below. Only test takers will arrive in
the a.m. for testing and then an alternate schedule will exist for the remainder of the
school day. Week one of testing will be before spring break and the other weeks of testing imme-
diately following spring break.
Week One:
March 21st March 22nd March 23rd
AM: Grade 7 ELA Group A Grade 7 ELA Group A Make-ups
PM: Grade 7 ELA Group B Grade 7 ELA Group B
Week Two:
April 4th April 5th
AM: Grade 8 ELA Group A Grade 8 ELA Group A
PM: Grade 8 ELA Group B Grade 8 ELA Group B
April 6th April 7th
AM: Grade 9 ELA Group A Grade 9 ELA Group A
PM: Grade 9 ELA Group B Grade 9 ELA Group B
Week Three:
April 11th April 12th April 13th
AM: Grade 7 Math Group A Grade 8 Math Group A Make-ups
PM: Grade 7 Math Group B Grade 8 Math Group B
Late Arrival Days:
April 19th April 20th
Algebra Grade 8 Science
Geometry Biology
April 24th –April 28th
Make-ups
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The 2017 Edition of The Titan Tablet Yearbook Sales End May 15th!
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The 92-page book is filled with great photos of all three seasons of sports, the ninth grade formal, eighth grade semi-formal, our guest speakers, and proof that The Principal’s Rock
Band actually exists!
Order your book at www.jostensyearbooks.com today!
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