Springboro Schools May 2011 Newsletter

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SpringboroWeekly report to the CommunityCommunity SchoolsNEWSLETTERmAy 20, 2011Five Points Students Learn about Healthy EatingNo, these students are not littering the Five Points West gym. These students, along with other 5th graders in Mrs. Kellner’s physical education classes spent time reading food labels in a relay situation to determine the quality of various foods. The students were very surprised to find so much sugar, sugar substitutes, and additives in so many of the foods exam

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NEWSLETTER
mAy 20, 2011

Five Points Students Learn about Healthy Eating
No, these students are not littering the Five Points West gym. These students, along with other 5th graders in Mrs. Kellner’s physical education classes spent time reading food labels in a relay situation to determine the quality of various foods. The students were very surprised to find so much sugar, sugar substitutes, and additives in so many of the foods examined. They also learned that the longer the ingredient list, the less healthy the food.

SHS Students Earn National Merit Scholars Honors
Congrats to the following 13 juniors on being named National Merit Commended Scholars. Only 50,000 students out of 1.5 million nationally who took the P.S.A.T. in October 2010 are awarded this distinction. The students are Ryan Andrew; Michelle Blum; Rachael Bowman; Katherine Chrisman; Jacob Crosen; Matthew Delbridge; Robert Horning; Jaimee Jones; Patrick Kunnenin; Evan Knudsen; Raymundo Marcelo; William Thackery; and Audrey Winzeler. 16,000 students will go on to be named semi-finalists. Great Job and Good Luck!!!

Junior High Students Competed in the District 13 Solo & Ensemble Contest
Congratulations to the Springboro Junior High choir students who competed in the District 13 Solo & Ensemble Contest Saturday, April 16th. Receiving a rating of Excellent (a two) for their solos were Natalie Kallas and Megan Kibby. Those students receiving an Outstanding Superior rating (a one) were: Sydney Breyer, Caroline Chester, Xandra Daigle, Madeline Durbin, Caroline Eddington, Sydney Haskins, Ann Hill, Isabel Houser, Chloe Ittel, Ishani Kejriwal, Beth Metcalf, Katy Presler and Lauren Ridley. Congratulations to all for the hard work and fine performances.

THIS WEEK’S FLYERS
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Five Points West Students Raise Money for Hoops for Heart
Five Points West students were able to raise $8474.70 for the American Heart Association through the Jump Rope for Heart & Hoops for Heart events held during their physical education classes. From left to right the top contributors are Preston Zumbrun, Juan Magana, Anna Vena, Rachel Mescher & Claire Snider. Super job Five Points West students!

Springboro Destination Imagination Teams Advance to Global DI Tournament
Springboro has a rich and competitive history in the Destination Imagination (DI) competitions. DI is an educational program designed to foster creative and critical thinking. Student teams from kindergarten through high school solve open-ended Challenges and present the solutions at Regional, State and Global Tournaments. Springboro sends 175 students to the Regional competition each year, with many more on waiting lists for a spot on a team. This year five teams from that original group advanced to the State level with two moving on to the Global level. Challenges change every year, but the focus ranges from technical to theatrical to improv. This year a middle school team (Katie Karnosh, Carolyn Karnosh, Natalie Majors, Julia Koenig, Lillian Haerr, Laina Jackson, Rachel Rose) advanced through all levels of competition. They solved the “Verses! Foiled Again” Challenge. The focus is architectural design, engineering and theatre arts. The team of seven girls had to build a structure weighing 20 grams or less that was made only of aluminium foil, wood and glue. They then had to test the structure to see how much weight it could hold before collapsing. They also had to present a story about a character that is “foiled.” The story had to integrate both a team written verse, as well as a published verse. At the Regional tournament their structure held 385 pounds before they ran out of time. At the state level it collapsed at 240 pounds but they took best in the state in the Instant Challenge portion of the program to still earn enough points overall to advance to Globals. Also moving to the internation level is the high school team composed of team members Jake Shouse, Natasha Menrisky, Raymundo Marcelo, Kat LaClede, Jared Wensyel, Laura Webendorfer and Emma Sum. They will join the Karnosh team in competing against teams from Brazil, China, Trinidad, Scotland and many other countries as well as the top finishers in every state of the US. The high school team competed in the “Triple Take Road Show” challenge. The intent of this challenge is for the team to use different story telling methods to adapt a story to fit three different pretend audiences. The team must portray two different travel methods that are used to move between pretend audiences. A team-created Technical Spectacle adds special effects. Each DI team begins working in September 1 or 2 days a week to solve their challenge in preparation for the regionals held at Miami University in March. In addition to the obvious fun and friendships formed, DI prepares students for the real world. They learn spontaneous idea generation, team work, problem solving, setting an agenda, dealing with conflicts and time management. Confidence levels are raised and DI participants often return as young adults to thank their team manager for helping teach these life skills through the DI program. Springboro is proud to send these 14 students to “celebrate creativity” as they compete with the more than 7,000 students at the top competition at the University of Tennessee May 25 - 28.
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SHS Art Teacher Selected for National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar Program
Debora Blind, Art Teacher at Springboro High School, has been selected for a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Scholar opportunity to be held at the Newberry Library in Chicago during July and August of 2011. She was selected out of a large field of applicants as one of 16 participants in a seminar titled Envisioning America In Maps and Art. This four week opportunity will involve research on how cartography and art collectively shaped ideas about space, landscape, natural history, ethnography, commerce, and politics in the Americas. All participants will enhance their research skills by pursuing individual projects making use of the Newberry’s rich holdings of cartography, geography, art, history, literature, and the history of printing from the 15th to the 21st centuries. The broad arc of seminar topics will promote the development of skills and insights relevant to a wide range of K-12 curricula, embracing social studies, science, mathematics, literature, along with geography and art.
Debra Blind is pictured at a recent Discover Life In America’s Science Conference where she attended as a guest artist specializing in specimen illustrations of “new to science” species found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Springboro Students Awarded Scholarship for Video
Congratulations to the following students who were awarded scholarships for their Breast Cancer Awareness video, “Awareness is the Answer”. The contest is a joint venture between the Breast Cancer Task Force and the Breast Cancer Foundation. The education gained from participation is unmatched by any other organization or institution. This is a value to students, community and women in the fight against Breast Cancer. The recipients received a prize and a certificate at an awards ceremony on April 17, 2011 at Oakwood High School.

Students from Alter, Centerville, Oakwood, Springboro and Stivers won scholarships worth more than $10,000 collectively at the 2010-11 Breast Awareness Video Ceremony, sponsored by the Breast Cancer Task Force Valley and the Breast Cancer Foundation.
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Five Points Math Mentors
• Teacher Perspective
Fifth grade students this year have been given the opportunity to be leaders for some third grade students to help build math literacy in both grade levels. Many concepts are introduced in third grade and built upon as they progress through fourth and fifth grade. Allowing the fifth grade students to be math mentors provides them with the chance to verbalize concepts they should be mastering as well as introducing or reinforcing content to third grade students. This gives them both unique experiences to draw back on over different content standards as well as strengthening leadership skills in the older students.

• Student Perspectives

Just recently, the fifth grade students helped the third grade students with math! Almost every other week, us fifth grade students will go down to help the third graders with any math topics they need! This past week, we helped them with fractions. This helps the third graders on tests, and helps the fifth graders become good leaders. In the past, we had helped them with rays, lines, and line segments. I enjoy doing this because it’s a learning experience for us, as well as them. I enjoy working with my partner; and I hope we will keep doing it for the rest of the year! Morgan Winzeler (5th Grade) The 5th graders from Mr. Prater’s class just got to help third graders from Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Cohen’s classes. We have been helping them lately on the things they are studying. This week we helped the 3rd graders with fractions. It teaches us leadership skills and it is a review of what we have already learned. To help teach fractions, we took a roll of tape and one or two partners out in the hallway. Each partner had a piece of paper. Using the guided tiles of different colors, we made fractions that they drew. I thought it was really fun. I also think the 3rd graders learned a lot. I can’t wait until next time! Jordan Diehl (5th grade) Mr. Prater’s fifth grade students at Five Points Elementary West came into the third grade classrooms to teach math lessons. The fifth graders came in and picked a third grader to teach them about fractions. The fifth graders taught us fractions. Our experience with the fifth grade students teaching special math lessons was fun and exciting. The lesson was taught in the hallways at Five Points. The fifth graders took one student out in the hallway to work on the floor. We used the tiles to create fractions and used colors to identify them. Some of the third graders were challenged if the basic regular fractions were too simple. Some of the fractions they taught us were improper and equivalent fractions. This experience with the fifth graders allowed us to see them as positive role models. We were glad they took the time out of their day to help us with math. Working with the fifth graders was a fun way to learn math. We think it was a success. Madison Jennings (3rd grade) Alex Bindemann (3rd grade)
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Stacy’s Bistro - ‘Egg’cellent Hands-On Learning

Five Points East staff and invited guests enjoyed a pre-Easter meal prepared by special needs students in Christy Stacy’s Social Communication classroom. “Egg”-cellent hands-on learning and participation from staff made the event a success. Students in Mrs. Stacy’s classroom learn by a combination of verbal direction, sign language, visual cues, matching, modeling, and repetition. The Bistro is a unique event that pulls together these learning techniques and connects them with real life experience. When students asked guests what beverage they preferred, they showed them a selection of pictures of each beverage. Diners made a choice by taking off one of the pictures and handing it to the student. Students matched that picture choice to the actual beverage and delivered that beverage to the customer. Earlier in the week students dyed Easter eggs, giving them real-life experience with one-to-one correspondence, math, color recognition, and fine motor skills. Mrs. Stacy, Intervention Specialist, led the group of students in making brownies and muffins, helping students learn sequencing and following simple directions as well as turn-taking, initiating speech, and introducing new vocabulary. She used pictures to show what items were needed and in what order they were to be used. Her aides, Sue Schmidt and Yvonne France, assisted students in understanding the connection between the picture and the real-life object as well as how to pour and stir ingredients by using hand-over-hand technique to help model how the task was to be done. Janice Meiner, Speech Therapist, and student teacher, Kelly Nieberding, helped students make personal invitations, incorporating speech and language skills into the project. Mrs. Nieberding also helped in the kitchen the day of the event, assisting students in making macaroni and cheese. After guests departed students used the skills they have learned from doing afternoon chores every day in the classroom. They used the vacuum to sweep, cleaned off tables, collected trash, stacked chairs, and washed dishes. Stacy’s Bistro is more than food—it’s about teaching students important life skills.

Mark Your Calendars!
Board of Education Meeting - May 24th No School on Memorial Day - May 30th Last Day of School - June 2nd
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2nd Graders at Five Points Elementary
To go along with our customs, cultures, and traditions unit, the 2nd graders at Five Points West Elementary School were treated to some Mexican dancing. Adelid Rios and daughter, Andrea, performed for the students and even pulled a few of them up to dance as well! During the 2 week unit the students were exposed to 5 different countries from around the world learning about their language, food, currency, location, and much more! Name that instrument! The second grade students at Five Points West Elementary School enjoyed making their own musical instruments with the help of their music teacher, Miss Timoshkin, and director of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department, Amy Dennison. The students learned how to take recyclable trash and turn it into music by finding items around the house that would normally be thrown away. During the workshop the students made chicken cluckers, harmonicas, or egg shaker. Shake your groove thing! Here second grade students from Five Points West Elementary School learn how to do Morning Moves; a program taught by our OT/PT teacher, Beth McCormack, which helps the students stimulate and connect their brain. Students have learned different songs throughout the year such as “Thriller” for Halloween and “Let it Snow” for the winter. The students love taking a break throughout the day to get up and move around the classroom. This is a great activity that helps them release some of their energy and get ready to learn the next thing.

Volleyball Program Information
Summer Volleyball Camps for 3rd – 6th grade and 7th – 10th grade girls (based on grade level in fall of 2011) are planned for the week of July 18 – July 21. The price of the camps has been reduced this year & more court time will be offered! You can access an informational flyer and registration form for the camps on the District’s website under Community Flyers or you can visit www.springborovolleyball.org for forms and additional information. The registration deadline for the camps is July 5th, but early registration is encouraged as space for the camps is limited. Feel free to email our varsity volleyball coach, Kevin Sedensky, at [email protected] if you have any questions related to the Springboro Volleyball program.

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