Rebe l Repor ter ConneCting our sChool and our Comm uni ties Stark county c.u.S.D. #100 newSletterMay 20, 2010 • Volume IX - Issue 9 Stark County C.U.S.D. #100 Mission Statement Page 2 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Superintendent’s OfceSuperintendent: Jerry Klooster Secretary: Barbara Loane Bookkeeper: Mary Streitmatt er 300 Van Buren Wyoming, IL 614 91 (309) 695-6123 email: [email protected]High School Ofce Principal: Mike Domico Athletic Director: Scott Paxson Guidance: Glenn Buchert Secretary: Mary Horsley418 S. Franklin Toulon, IL 61483 (309) 286-4451 or 286-4531 Fax (309) 286-3321 email: [email protected]Junior High School Principal: Mike Domico Secretary: Debbie Meinders 402 S. Franklin St. Toulon, IL 61483 (309) 286-3451 email: [email protected]Stark County ElementaryPrincipal: Renee Wallace Secretary: Cindy Spears From the Superinten dent •Ask the Principal •Senior Awards night •continued National Volunteer Week•Animal Science •Free Sports Physicals •Parents Club activities •Junior high track members •going to state Breakfast & Lunch Menus •Spring concert •Y earbook fundraiser •50/75 mile Club newest •members CDE team •Thank you Foundation •Petting Zoo •Calendar •In thisedition... Page 3 Students of the month •Bicycle helmets •Star Students •2nd spelling bee winners •suf sCJhs sChs wc y c iz Wy - i li ’ Cub di . Pic ui p pp c ic uf sk Cuy hi sc i c 2010 pic ui i sk Cuy Jui hi 8. tuj y wi li i iv i pc by pci pk gBYvg. (spkwi p) sk Cuy FFa mbJ h( i f f ) received the Stacey Fairfeld Memorial Scholarship in uf $500 ui c sk Cuy hi sc si awCy. Pic uwi J scholarship committee chairman Ted Fairfeld (right) and J ’ p, rick ncy hf tu. J wdk b aww i f mou- i si i aicuusk Cuy hi sc . TOP ACADEMIC STUDENTS –TENTATIVE - Top 10 based on GPA(4.0) – Tentative – plaque at gradua- tion: Andrew Kieser , Paige Milburn, Hannah Rowen, Ashlyn Smith, Cole Rumbold, Adrian Hollis, Nicole Do- nahue, Derek Hendrick, Nicole Lee and Carrie Horsley. TENTATIVE SALUTATORIAN- Cole Rumbold TENTATIVE VALEDICTORIANS- Andrew Kieser, Paige Milburn, Han- nah Rowen and Ashlyn Smith. ILLINOIS STATE SCHOLARS -Adrian Hollis, Andrew Kieser, Nicole Lee, Paige Milburn, Hannah Rowen and Ashlyn Smith. PRAIRIE STATE ACHIEVEMENTAWARDS - Wesleyan Deibner – Read- ing; Adrian Hollis – Reading, Writing; Andrew Kieser – Mathematics, Sci- ence; Nicole Lee – Reading, Writing; Paige Milburn – Reading; and Dalton Smith - Reading. PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT (3.0) - Aaron Sidell, Dillon Kelly, Diana Watts, Kayla Van Wassenhove, Katlin Schlicksup, Katerina Shipley, Nas- tassja Bachman, Justine Ryan, Ethan Rumbold, Royal Rice, Meghan Ellis and Daniell Scheiterle. PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR AC- ADEMIC EXCELLENCE (3.5) - Robin Gray, Evan Streitmatter, Cassandra Ingels, Jonathan Heaton, Joseph Groter, Dalton Smith, Wesleyan Deibner, Cory Joos, Blake Nowlan, Jolene Kieser, Carrie Horsley, Nicole Lee, Derek Hendrick, Nicole Dona- hue, Adrian Hollis, Cole Rumbold, Ashlyn Smith, Hannah Rowen, Paige Milburn and Andrew Kieser. IHSA INTERSCHOLASTICACHIEVEMENT AW ARD (3.0) - GPA and participation in at least oneIHSA activity - Aaron Sidell, Dillon Kelly, Kayla VanWassenhove, Katlin Schlicksup, Katerina Shipley, Nas- tassja Bachman, Justine Ryan, Ethan Rumbold, Royal Rice, Meghan Ellis, Daniell Scheiterle, Robin Gray, Evan Streitmatter, Cassandra Ingels, Jona- than Heaton, Joseph Groter, Dalton Smith, Wesleyan Deibner, Blake Nowlan, Jolene Kieser, Carrie Hors- ley, Nicole Lee, Derek Hendrick, Ni- cole Donahue, Adrian Hollis, Cole Rumbold, Ashlyn Smith, Hannah Rowen, Paige Milburn and AndrewKieser. DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERI- CAN REVOLUTION - Paige Milburn SONS OF THE AMERICANREVOLUTION- Joseph Groter MUSIC AWARDS - Band – John Phillip Sousa Award- Royal Rice. Closing in on Graduation/Promotion Stark County Senior Awards Night Chorus – National Choral Award- WesleyanDeibner FOUR-YEAR MUSIC AWARD - Four Year Involvement in Band - Wes- leyan Deibner, Cory Peterson, Royal Rice, Hannah Rowen and Daniell Scheiterle. NASSP PRINCIPAL’S LEADER- SHIP AWARD - In Leadership Role in School - Joseph Groter, Justine Ryan, and Paige Milburn. NATIONAL ART HONOR SOCI- ETY AWARD - Katlin Schlicksup, Dal- ton Smith, Adrian Hollis and Daniell Scheiterle. PRUDENTIAL CERTIFICATE OFACHIEVEMENT- Ethan Rumbold Dillon Kelly Katlin Schlicksup FINE ARTS NETWORK SCHOL- ARSHIP - DaniellScheiterle. AMERICAN RED CROSSSCHOLARSHIP - Carrie Horsley and Derek Hendrick. LIONS CLUB SCHOLARSHIP- Toulon Lions Club - Paige Milburn; Wyoming Lions Club - Joseph Groter. GARY JOHNSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP - Ethan Rumbold STACEY FAIRFIELD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP - Jonathan Heaton KYLE BOARMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP- Nicole Donahue ELMIRA AUSTIN SCHOLAR- SHIP- Paige Milburn LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP - Ethan Rumbold C.J. DONATH SCHOLARSHIP - WesleyanDeibner (continued on page 7)
Rebel Reporter ConneCting our sChool and our Communities Stark county c.u.S.D. #100 newSletter
May 20, 2010 • Volume IX - Issue 9
Stark County C.U.S.D. #100 Mission Statement Stark County C.U.S.D. #100’s mission is to address equally the educational needs of all students, within a safe nurturing environment, with
parental and community involvement, while promoting thinking skills, self-esteem and self-motivation for lifelong learning to become positive
members of society.
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Superintendent’s Ofce Superintendent:Jerry Klooster
Secretary: Barbara LoaneBookkeeper: Mary Streitmatter300 Van Buren
Athletic Director: Scott PaxsonGuidance:Glenn BuchertSecretary: Mary Horsley 418 S. FranklinToulon, IL 61483(309) 286-4451 or 286-4531Fax (309) 286-3321
Picu i p p p cic uf sk Cuy hisc i c 2010 picu i i sk Cuy Jui hi 8 .
t u jy wi li i
ivi pc bypci pk g B Yv g. (spkw i p)
sk Cuy FFa mb J h (i f f)received the Stacey Fairfeld Memorial Scholarship in u f $500 ui c sk Cuy hisc si aw Cy. Picu wi J scholarship committee chairman Ted Fairfeld (right) andJ’ p, rick ncy h f tu. J w dkb aw w i f m ou-i si i aicuu sk Cu y hi sc.
TOP ACADEMIC STUDENTS – TENTATIVE - Top 10 based on GPA (4.0) – Tentative – plaque at gradua-tion: Andrew Kieser , Paige Milburn,Hannah Rowen, Ashlyn Smith, ColeRumbold, Adrian Hollis, Nicole Do-nahue, Derek Hendrick, Nicole Leeand Carrie Horsley.
TENTATIVE SALUTATORIAN -Cole Rumbold
TENTATIVE VALEDICTORIANS - Andrew Kieser, Paige Milburn, Han-nah Rowen and Ashlyn Smith.
ILLINOIS STATE SCHOLARS - Adrian Hollis, Andrew Kieser, NicoleLee, Paige Milburn, Hannah Rowenand Ashlyn Smith.
PRAIRIE STATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS -Wesleyan Deibner – Read-ing; Adrian Hollis – Reading, Writing;
Andrew Kieser – Mathematics, Sci-ence; Nicole Lee – Reading, Writing;Paige Milburn – Reading; and DaltonSmith - Reading.
PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR AC- ADEMIC EXCELLENCE (3.5) - RobinGray, Evan Streitmatter, CassandraIngels, Jonathan Heaton, JosephGroter, Dalton Smith, WesleyanDeibner, Cory Joos, Blake Nowlan,Jolene Kieser, Carrie Horsley, NicoleLee, Derek Hendrick, Nicole Dona-hue, Adrian Hollis, Cole Rumbold,
Ashlyn Smith, Hannah Rowen, PaigeMilburn and Andrew Kieser.
IHSA INTERSCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (3.0) - GPAand participation in at least one IHSA activity - Aaron Sidell, DillonKelly, Kayla VanWassenhove, KatlinSchlicksup, Katerina Shipley, Nas-tassja Bachman, Justine Ryan, EthanRumbold, Royal Rice, Meghan Ellis,Daniell Scheiterle, Robin Gray, EvanStreitmatter, Cassandra Ingels, Jona-than Heaton, Joseph Groter, Dalton
Smith, Wesleyan Deibner, BlakeNowlan, Jolene Kieser, Carrie Hors-ley, Nicole Lee, Derek Hendrick, Ni-cole Donahue, Adrian Hollis, ColeRumbold, Ashlyn Smith, HannahRowen, Paige Milburn and Andrew Kieser.
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERI-CAN REVOLUTION - Paige Milburn
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - Joseph Groter
MUSIC AWARDS - Band – JohnPhillip Sousa Award - Royal Rice.
Closing in on Graduation/Promotion
Stark County Senior Awards NightChorus – National Choral Award -
Wesleyan DeibnerFOUR-YEAR MUSIC AWARD -
Four Year Involvement in Band -Wes-leyan Deibner, Cory Peterson, RoyalRice, Hannah Rowen and DaniellScheiterle.
NASSP PRINCIPAL’S LEADER-SHIP AWARD - In Leadership Role inSchool - Joseph Groter, Justine Ryan,and Paige Milburn.
NATIONAL ART HONOR SOCI-ETY AWARD - Katlin Schlicksup, Dal-ton Smith, Adrian Hollis and DaniellScheiterle.
PRUDENTIAL CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT - Ethan RumboldDillon Kelly Katlin Schlicksup
FINE ARTS NETWORK SCHOL- ARSHIP - Daniell Scheiterle.
AMERICAN RED CROSS SCHOLARSHIP - Carrie Horsley andDerek Hendrick. LIONS CLUB SCHOLARSHIP - Toulon Lions Club - Paige Milburn;Wyoming Lions Club - Joseph Groter.
GARY JOHNSON MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP - Ethan RumboldSTACEY FAIRFIELD MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP - Jonathan HeatonKYLE BOARMAN MEMORIAL
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Elementary TeacherJulie Yedinak received aGrant From the Educa-tion Foundation to pur-chase books and suppliesto enhance her reading program. The studentsloved reading the “Tale of Despereaux”, by Kate De-camillo and sharing in the
Stark County AgriculturalMechanics CDE Team
Stark County Elementary First graders take turns holding the babychicks during the FFA Petting Zoo recently at Stark Coun ty High School.
Zach Mott, a freshmanat Stark County HighSchool, was the over-all top sales winnerfor the QSP magazinesales this past fall atStark County. Forhis efforts, Zach wasawarded $75 for hisoutstanding sales. Asin the past, magazinesales have helpedfund the high schoolyearbook, the Rebel-
lion . All students at
Stark County wereencouraged to par-ticipate in this fund-raiser. Congratulations,Zach, for a job welldone!
Yearbook fundraiser
New 5 0 Mile Club Members: Mayci Bennett, Vicky Coats, Mikaela DeWolfe, Kaylynn Steelman, Sydney Kunzle, Tori Donovan, Isaac Shirley, Mallery Pearson,Heather Heuermann, Daphne Plotner, Clayton Howard, John Carroll, Johnathon Waddle, Jacob Robinder (front) , Makenzie Snyder, Ali Pittman-Heinz, Seth King,Bekah Shirley, Ramsey Ingels, Devon Roach, Amy Ramsay, Makenzie Brown, Sydney Wisnefski, Tyler Willage, Jakob Kieser, Patrick Crowley, Jordyn Meinders, ToriLomelino (m iddle), Nathan Adams, Brandon Franze n, Hunter Donovan, Jared Rouse, Lauren Jones, Olivia Frail, Lyla Longabaugh , Shad Draminski, Chris Dyken,
75 Mile Club me mbers: Bradon Ely, Treyton Graham , Drew Ford and TaytumTyree, Keith Clemens.
adventures and dreams of a mouse who knew that hecould accomplish anything
with hard work and belief in himself. The studentsalso enjoyed all the proj-ects that were completed
with supplies purchasedthrough the opportunity of the Grant. The unit was
completed with a ” MouseParty “ and a chance to
watch the movie, also pur-chased through the Grant.My class and I would liketo thank the Foundationfor their generosity and en-courage all to take advan-tage of this opportunity.
75 and 50 Mile ClubThank you Stark County
Education Foundation
Stark County elementa ry students received a personal look at the JohnDeere combine provided by SCHS FFA member Derek Gray and Wagen-bach Farms at the Petting Zoo Expo.
Stark County FFA Agriculture Mechanics team placed fourth at the Sec-tion 3 event hosted by Bureau Valley and Annaw an. Participating forSCHS were (l to r): Mitchell Hulsey (fth in agriculture power); MichaelForstrom (fourth in welding); Nolan Elsasser (fth in surveying); RobDelbridge (fourth in carpentry); and Kevin Baumann (third in electricity).
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Seventy-four students and 23 adult volunteers attended a breakfast in theirhonor at SCES on April 21 during National Volunteer Week. Volunteers have
worked as cafeteria aides, reading buddies, ofce runners, ag patrol, kinder-garten aides, and copy aides just to name a few. The volunteer program con-tinues to grow each year. If you are interested in volunteering at the school,contact Renee Wallace at 695-5181. In photo at top: Alex Kirkbride, Logan
National Volunteer week
Human Biology students Sara King, Robin Gray, and Justine Ryan thought thelesson for the day was the digestive system of their cat. However, upon dis-secting the alimentary canal, they were also able to experience endoparsit-ism as the stomach contained roundworms and the small intestine was nearlyclogged by multiple tapeworms. Other class members discovered some largehairballs in the digestive system of their cats.
Animal Science Project
Knobloch & Owen Spring (5th grade volunteers). Inphoto below: A few volunteers enjoy the breakfast.
The EnvironmentalScience class has a blue-bird nest box trail of 27 nextboxes which they monitor
weekly. The monitoring introduces students to in-digenous bird species and
what their nests and eggslook like. Also show is theimpact of introduced exot-ic invasive species, mainly
Environmental
Science Classhouse sparrows, and how adversely they affect na-tive species. Compileddata is then used to answerquestions on the semesterfinal.
Shown below are pho-tos of the class monitoring a nest box of a bluebirdand checking the progressof 5 eggs.
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Star Students
Mrs. Mercer’s kindergarten class are tted for theirnew bike helmets. The Parent Club secured a grantthrough the Illinois Children’s Hospital of Illinois(Under Cover Helmet Program) to provide freehelmets and bicycle safety presentations for all K-5students at SCES. May begins Bicycle Safety Month.
Pictured from left to right: front - Nicholas Miller, Caleb Raineri and Christopher Roark. Back - Caleb Bols,
Olivia Frail and Madison McDermott.
Raidon Porter 1Kaitlyn Pearl 1Matt Rummerfeld 5Justice McGwin 3Izabelle Ryan k
Ashley Orrick k Cameron Hoover 3Logan Engstrom 3Patrick Crowley 3
Elizabeth West 5Isabelle Adams 4Mitchell Martin 4Bekah Shirley 5
Alicia Menken 5Zack Sparks 2
Addie Coats 2Kylie Salisbury 1Owen Spring 5Owen Longabaugh 1Izzy Bays k Zeke Ryan k Claire Steelman 4Mike Steelman 4McKinna Molln 5Ethan Unhold k Caleb Bols 2Maddie Wilson 2
Paige Rewerts prek Blair Snyder prek Kalleigh Keane k Hunter Gibler k Lexi Winter 3
Azal Jameel prek Lauren West prek Rachel Demetreon k Mike Steelman 5Hayley Gillam k Jared Crew 2
Allison Miller 2Leah Bantz 2Kaylee Berg 5David Mock k Lauren Jones 2Jordyn Meinders 3Kylee Frisby prek
Stark County Junior High Students of the Month. Pictured from l to r: Tammy Main of State Bank of Tou-lon; 8th grade winner Taylor Ehnle, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Terry Ehnle; 7th grade winner: Madelyn Cozad,
daughter of Ms. Christa Franzen; 6th grade winner Hudson Elsasser, son of Mr. & Mrs. Ross Elsasser; andLaura Colvin of Toulon State Bank. The students received $50 savings bonds from State Bank of Toulon.
Stark County Junior High
Students of the MonthJoshua Kraklow 1Lilly Bays 1Kylie Salisbury 1Riley Williamson p
The Stark County Edu-cation Foundation and 2ndgrade teacher, Mrs. Mary McCauley, worked togetherthis year to plan and pur-chase educational games
which reinorce Math skillstaught at the 1st and 2ndgrade level.
Students use the gamesduring Math Centers. While
students play the games withpartners or in small groups,Mrs. McCauley is able to
work with a small group o students, reteaching or re-inorcing math skills. Stu-dents enjoy the small groupinstruction and also playing games like, Light ‘N’ StrikeMath, Fraction Pizzeria,Coin Quest, Picnic Additionand “Bee” on Time.
With the $150 providedby the Stark County Educa-tion Foundation, Mrs. Mc-Cauley was able to purchasetwenty Math Center games.Thank you Stark County Education Foundation orputting the education o ourstudents frst.
Second grade spelling bee winners
New Math
Games
Pictured are students Nathan Adams, Maddie Wilson, Shawna Cox and Zack Sparks.
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For the month of April, the Stark County Elementary celebratedSchool Library Month.Every day a quote from achildren’s book was read
Kindergarteners James Groter, Jack Meinders
Allison Miller - 2ndgrade poster winner
Yosita Beamer, Taytum Tyree, and Grace Rumbold with their w inningBookmark s from the bookmark contest.
1st graders Lilly Bays and Delaney Windover
look at books at the book fair.
Kalleigh Keane - Kin-dergarten posterwinner
1st graders Kylie Salisbury and Marissa Dupoyshow us the books they bought from the book fair.
Parents club assists with elementary school activities
and Hunter Giblerlook at books theypurchased from thebook fair.
over the morning an-nouncements and stu-dents had to guess whichbook it came from. Mrs.Nowlan’s 5th grade classhad the most correctguesses, and they re-ceived cupcakes, bakedby the elementary librar-ian.
The Parents Clubheld their annual book fair during the week of
April 19th and the pro-ceeds were able to pro-vide a very nice dona-tion to the elementary library.
There was also a “My Favorite Book” postercontest for the kinder-garten - 2nd grades. TheKindergarten winner wasKalliegh Keane, 1st grade
was Autumn Puckett,
and 2nd grade was Alli-
son Miller. A bookmark contest
was held for the 3rd-5thgrades. The 3rd grade
winnner was Grace Rum-bold, 4th grade was Tay-tim Tyree and 5th grade
was Yosita Beamer.
Back row: L-R: Logan Holl is, Thorin Hicks, Tyler Dorsey, Ryne Daum, Ian Davis, Jake Berchtold and Chase Hannam. Front row: L-R: Tasji Bachman, Jake Good-man, Brandi McGava, Shelby Raineri, Ashley Phil l ips, Alysa Kohler and Victoria West.
Track team members participate in State MeetThe Stark County ju-
nior High Students did wellat the State Track meet thispast weekend. Four eventsmedaled, Logan Hollis – 4th
place 1600 M and 7th place800 M, Jake Berchtold – 7th
place long jump and ChaseHannam, Ian Davis, JakeBerchtold and Ryne Daum –
eighth grade 4x400 8th place.The other students that par-ticipated are Tyler Dorsey – shot; Thorin Hicks – high
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Stark County Community Unit
School DistrictSuperintendent
Jerry Klooster
Principal MikeDomico Stark County High
School and Stark County Junior High
PrincipalRenee WallaceStark County Elementary
Stark County CUSD #100Board o Education
Addressing the Board of EducationThe agenda is planned well in advance of the meeting; therefore,
requests to address the board must be submitted in writing to the su-perintendent at least ve working days prior to a regularly scheduledBoard meeting.
The Board meeting is the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. atthe Wyoming Elementary Building.
Ask the Elementary Principal
Marty CantwellPresident - Term expires 2013
Keith I. Knobloch Vice President - Term expires 2011
W. David TurnerSecretary - Term expires 2011
Ron “Skip” TurnbullTerm expires 2011
Robert GroterTerm expires 2013
Brian RewertsTerm expires 2013
Elizabeth Rumbold Term expires 2013
From Superintendent Jerry Klooster
By: Renee Wallace
This column is dedi-cated to answering somegeneral operational ques-tions that have been posedby parents. I hope these re-sponses will provide every-one with some insight into
why certain decisions aremade. Please know that thebest long-term academicinterests o the child, stu-dent and sta saety andconsistent and equitableimplementation o policy drive all decision-making inDistrict #100.
This time o year dis-cipline issues seem to in-crease at school. For thisreason, I am dedicating thiscolumn to answer ques-tions relating to studentdiscipline.
Why does my child get a consequence or tardiness
when he is late? He’s just
in frst grade. This doesn’tseem necessary.
To begin with, hereis our policy. Students ingrades 1-5 are given 4 reeunexcused tardies each se-mester beore any type o consequence is given. Onthe ourth tardy in a semes-ter, the student is warnedand the parent is contact-ed.
I a student receives any urther tardies that semes-ter, a detention is issued.Since each student begins
with a clean slate at secondsemester, a student could
receive eight unexcused tar-dies in a year and still haveno consequence. Excusedtardies or things such asmorning doctor visits donot count in this total.
There are negative im-plications or students whoarrive late on a regular ba-sis. They may miss part o the academics o their rstclass, and require specialattention that takes time
which could be used other- wise.
Students may developbehavior patterns that areundesirable in school andlater in work. Children grow up to hold jobs and need todevelop responsible atten-dance patterns.
Research shows thatstudent attendance prob-
lems correlate directly tolower achievement, and at-tendance problems are as-sociated with lack o prep-aration to enter the work orce. Students may alsoreceive social pressure by peers when chronically latethat can lower their sel-esteem.
Schools would be remissi they did not address theissue o tardiness. Students
who come to school on time will be more successul now and in their utures.
Why did my daughter get
in trouble when she was just trying to help some-one else? Don’t we want toteach them to help others?
O course, we wantchildren to learn to helpothers, but we need to teachthem appropriate strategiesto accomplish this.
Any student who hasa hands-on issue or any reason will receive a conse-quence. Here’s an example.I one child has taken a ballaway rom another and athird decides to help by grabbing it back and knock-ing the child to the ground,
this may start a ght or in- jury may occur. The studentgrabbing the ball back to“help” the rst will receivea consequence or a hands-on act.
We would also dis-cuss other strategies withthis child or methods shemight use to help a riendi this happened again. Weencourage students to use
words to communicate.
The student mightstick up or her riend by saying, “That’s Mary’s ball.
You should give it back.”Surprisingly enough, notall children know how touse words to communi-cate when they are upset.It is easier or them to takeaction. The student mighthelp by inviting the rst
child to play jump rope withher, moving away rom theconfict.
We encourage studentsto generate ideas o how to help solve the problempeaceully. We also encour-age getting an adult to helpi a child sees someone witha problem. Helping others isa good thing as long as it isdone in a peaceul manner.
I’ve told my child to deendhimsel. Why are you sus-pending him or fghting
when he didn’t start it?Students are allowed to
deend themselves withoutpenalty i they are attacked.Deending onesel includesblocking the attack, push-ing the attacker away, yell-ing or help, or running toan adult.
Once the student who isattacked begins retaliating (punching, kicking, wrest-ing, pulling hair, scratching,etc,) he or she has becomepart o a ght and is subjectto consequences. Fighting is dangerous and is not tol-erated in school. I you tell
your child to deend him-sel, please clearly explain
the dierence between sel-deense and ghting.I hope these responses
were helpul. I urge you tocontinue to submit ques-tions about school policiesand procedures to:
STARK COUNTY ACHIEVEMENT AWARDSCHOLARSHIP - NastassjaBachman
TOULON FIRE COMPA-NY IN CONJUNCTION WITH
WOMEN’S AUXILIARY - Han-
nah RowenRUMBOLD/KUHN AGRI
- BUSINESS SCHOLARSHIP -Jonathan Heaton and CarrieHorsley
JACK & KAY PHILLIPSMEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP -Joseph Groter
Senior Awards night(continued rom page 1)
Ater Prom
I attended Stark County High School’s Ater Prom orthe rst time this year.
You see, I was a class
sponsor, a Dean o Studentand a High School Princi-pal or many years prior tobecoming a school super-intendent. I told my wie
when we moved to Stark County that since I hadprobably gone to Promabout 20 years in a row, I
was going to take a break rom Prom or a while andlet the high school principalhave all the un.
Well, this year, I re-ceived an invitation rom amember o the Ater PromCommittee to help out and,
with a little arm twisting rom my wie, I agreed to bepart o the 10:30 p.m. to 4:00a.m. shit.
I knew that the plan-ning committee workedhard all year to raise money or this event and I knew that many, many olks wereinvolved in the set up, butI was really overwhelmed
when I walked into the gymon Saturday night to see thenumber o volunteers, the
antastic decorations, thenumber o planned activi-ties and the obvious organi-zation behind the program.
I don’t know how many parents were in attendance
running games, making ood, giving directions, tak-ing tickets, watching doors,etc., but it had to be in ex-cess o ty. Volunteers wereasked to arrive by 10:30 p.m.and within a ew minutesKaren Parrott had every-one in a big circle thanking everyone or attending, ex-plaining responsibilities andreminding them about theimportance o providing asae and un environmentor our kids on Prom night.
Ater some last min-ute preparations, studentsbegan to arrive. To startthe night, a hypnotist pro-vided entertainment in theband room. Ater that show ended, students were reeto move throughout thebuilding’s lower level wheregames and activities over-seen by volunteers were setup in the HS gym, the stage,the caeteria, the hallway and the JH gym. I was incharge o the Egg Roll, which
was one o the less exciting games, but a perect t or
my experience level. Somestudents – who I believemay have elt sorry or me- were even kind enough togive my game a try.
Surprisingly, the night
went ast. Beore I knew it, it was 3:50 a.m. and students were being summoned tothe gym or a prize drawing and parting gits.
What a great event. Theparent volunteers were ex-traordinarily helpul. Thekids enjoyed themselvesand were polite and courte-ous. The cleanup crews wereon site early, well – relative-ly early, the next morning.
And Junior/Senior PromNight turned out to be a unand memorable night or allthat attended.
I would like to thank the Ater Prom Committeethat puts in countless hourso planning and prepara-tion or this annual event.I would like to thank ev-eryone and every businessthat donates money andresources to the Ater Promeort; and nally, I wouldlike to thank those involvedor inviting my wie and meto be part o this year’s pro-gram. We had a great time!
