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Cub Chronicle North Royalton Middle School 14709 Ridge Road
440-582-9120 Mrs. Melissa Vojta – Principal
February 2014 North Royalton Middle School PTA Newsletter
Dates To Remember
March
8 Grade 7 & 8 Choir Concert – HS
PAC – 6:30pm
12 Pride of NRMS – Cafeteria –
8:15am
18 PTA meeting – HS Community
Room – 9:30am
19 Spring Photo Day
21 End of Grading Period
24 Spring Break Begins
31 Classes Resume
April
4 Report Cards Go Home
15 PTA meeting – HS Community
Room – 9:30am
15 Early Release Day
16 Pride of NRMS – Cafeteria –
8:15am
18 No School
21 No School
24 Grade 6 Career Day
24 PTA Founders’ Night – HS Media
Center – 7pm
May
6 No School – Election Day
7-8 Grade 8 trip to Washington DC
13 Grade 7 Purple and Gold Bands &
Grade 8 Band – Gold Gym –
6:30pm
19 Grade 7 Bear & Cub Awards –
6:30pm
20 PTA meeting – HS Community
Room – 9:30am
21 Grade 6 Band and HS Bands – HS
Gym 1 – 7:00pm
22 Grade 5 Choir & Show Choirs –
HS PAC – 6:30pm
26 No School – Memorial Day
27 Grade 5 & 7 Choirs – HS PAC –
6:30pm
28 Grade 5 Band and Jazz Bands –
Gold Gym – 6:30
29 Grade 6 Field Day
30 Grade 5 Field Day
June
3 Grade 7 Field Day
5 Grade 8 Promotion Ceremony –
HS Stadium – 6:30pm
6 Last Day of School
Dear Parents/Guardians,
This has been one crazy winter! It’s nice to see it staying lighter in the
evening – even the smallest change gives us hope for spring We had a
great time cheering on our 8th
grade girls’ and boys’ basketball teams at our
winter student tailgate party again this year! Thank you to the parent
volunteers and PTA for helping to make that a successful event. We also saw
some amazing student talent at both the 5th
/6th
and 7th
/8th
grade talent shows.
We couldn’t offer these opportunities for the students without the hours of
preparation that go into this from our parent coordinators.
Moving to academic achievement . . . we were thrilled to hand out a plethora
of Bear and Cub Awards to students who excelled during the 2nd
nine weeks
of the school year. Additionally, our 5th
and 6th
grade mathematicians who
make up our Equations team, brought home a first place win for the county
contest for the second year in a row!!! The teams are coached by Mrs.
Caputo, Mrs. Kusmirek, and Mr. Molnar. Team members include:
Fiona Conway Yaroslov Hapyuk
Kaitlyn Held Casey Dunlay (2nd
place individual award)
Paige Heffke Rohan Jayaram
Zachary Kern Cassidy Payne (3rd
place individual award)
Mikolaj Wilkosz Nate Sprecher (3rd
place individual award)
Breanna Rightnour Alexis Raus
In the area of English Language Arts, our entire 8th
grade Power of the Pen
team has advanced to the Regional competition to be held on March 15 at St.
Joseph Academy, and three of our 7th
graders will compete as well – Gerald
Mastellone, Michael Kozempa, and Jeffrey Kozik. Eighth grader Kate Altany
was one of 18 students (out of 273 writers) to receive a Superior rating!! We
are very proud of our amazing writers along with coach, Mrs. Drescher
At our PTA meeting this month, I relayed some information about the “Next
Generation Assessments” from the Ohio Department of Education. These are the
online PARCC assessments that will replace the OAAs beginning next school year.
As a building and district, we have been spending our early release days and other
professional development opportunities generating common assessments and
developing curriculum maps to help prepare our students to be successful on these
assessments. Current standards will still be assessed on the OAAs this year, and we
will transition to Common Core standards next year with PARCC. As a parent, you
will not only notice a change in some of our curricular topics at each grade level, but
our testing schedule as well due to this statewide change. I encourage you to visit the
following websites to learn more: education.ohio.gov and PARCConline.org. (Continued)
February 2014 Cub Chronicle Page 2 of 13
Principal’s Message Continued
I hope to see you at NRMS when we host a community meeting to discuss the upcoming Bond Issue that will
be on the May ballot. This meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 11, at 7:00 PM. Please take a moment to
familiarize yourself with the needs of our school buildings by visiting our district website and clicking on the
links.
Finally, we are already beginning to plan for the next school year. Algebra placement tests have been given to
eligible students in grades 6 and 7 and foreign language determinations are being made for eligible seventh
graders for their 8th
grade year. As always, we appreciate your continued support of North Royalton Middle
School!
Sincerely,
Melissa I. Vojta
Principal
PTA President’s Message
Hi everyone!! It’s almost spring and with that, the school year is moving fast. It is wonderful that so many parents are getting involved with what is going on at North Royalton Middle School. Thanks to everyone who is working so hard to make this a great school year! PTA has been busy helping with the Power of the Pen, Leadership Conference, the Winter Tailgate, and the 5th/6th and 7th/8th grade Talent Shows. Many thanks to everyone who made all of this possible!
Our Nominating Committee presented the slate of officers for the 2014-2015 school year: President Stephanie Kostyak 1st VP-Special Events Mary Ellen Watrobski 2nd VP- Fall Fundraiser Kathy Lineweaver 3rd VP- Spring Fundraiser Maria Rowlett 4th VP- Pictures Joel Young 5th VP- Memory Book Jen Porter Treasurer Gary Paetzke Recording Secretary Becky Humes Corresponding Secretary Kelly Tarnowski Council Delegates Jodi Heffke, Beth Knull Alternate Council Delegate Jenny Goodman
We will vote at our March meeting. Nominations will be taken from the floor provided they are given to me one week prior to the March meeting.
I am still accepting nominations for the Ohio PTA State Achievement Award. If you would like to nominate someone who goes the extra mile for our middle school students, please send me your nomination. This will be voted on at our March meeting.
If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. I hope to see you all at the next PTA meeting on Tuesday, March 18th at 9:30 a.m. in the High School Community Room.
Lynn Dorman,
PTA President
February 2014 Cub Chronicle Page 3 of 13
North Royalton Middle School PTA Meeting Minutes February 26, 2014
Call to Order: Lynn Dorman, President 10:34 a.m.
Pledge and Welcome
GUEST SPEAKERS –
Joseph Krzywicki – a Boy Scout from Troop 526 is asking for a donation for his Eagle Scout project which is adding
picnic tables, bird feeders and identification cards to improve the nature center at Valley Vista; he is requesting $100.
Greg Gurka, Superintendent – Good morning everybody, thank you for allowing me to speak this morning. Just to give
you an update, there was a water line break in front of the high school today. Our maintenance dept. and the city salted,
and the water dept. turned it off, there is no problem in the school. It is our water line, so we will have to have it dug up &
repaired. The bond issue is on the ballot for May 6. As parents we have the obligation to our kids and our schools.
“Decisions are made by those who show up”, is a favorite line of mine. We need to show up on May 6. Parents need to
make sure they’re registered to vote and have an absentee ballot; even those with the best of intentions may have
something that comes up on Election Day that may keep them from the polls. Only 60% of our parents are registered to
vote; only 30% voted in the last election. We have weekly emails going out, please pass those to others and we can add
anyone to the list who wishes.
Nellie Wislocki – I’m working with a parent group (PASS) that is trying to help with the passing of the bond issue. We
have signs that you can put in your window or car window, we have voter registration and information tables at various
community events. If you would like to publicly support the bond issue, I have a sign-up sheet. Our next meeting will be
here at the library Monday, March 3rd
at 1:00 p.m., and, Thursday, March 7th at 6:00 p.m. also at the North Royalton
Public Library.
Kristin Brooks – we’re here today to remind you that we have an internet safety talk coming up on March 12 for adults
only at 7:00 p.m. at NRMS. At 6:00 p.m. a pizza dinner will be served to families, and then free babysitting will be
offered. The presenter is Jessie Weinberger. Please RSVP to [email protected].
SECRETARY’S REPORT – Mary Ellen Watrobski – January minutes were posted, no changes or additions to be
made.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY’S REPORT – Jen Porter – Feb. birthday cards were delivered. We have a note
from Mr. Fancescone to thank us for helping with the American Heart Association fundraiser.
TREASURER’S REPORT – Sandy Mraz - Balance on hand: $20,470.32
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT – Mrs. Vojta – The Power of the Pen 8th grade team will advance to the regional comp, three
7th grade writers will also advance. We’re very proud of them! There were 273 students competing in the last
competition.
Our equations team took 1st place overall, we also had several individual award winners.
I’d like to thank everyone for their help with the talent shows, they were absolutely outstanding! We could not do
it without the help of the parents.
I’d like to thank everyone for the help the winter tailgate party.
We currently doing a lot of benchmarking, Cogats, foreign language placement, and the Iowa Algebra Aptitude
Test.
Tomorrow is early release day, our students are dismissed at 2:00 p.m. Our teachers will be doing what we call
vertical alignment, so they will meet with their own grade level colleagues as well as have time to meet with colleagues in
the other grades, including the 4th grade teachers from the elementary schools.
I have some materials for you today regarding OAAs that will be replaced by PARCC starting next year. This
information is from the ODE website and the PARCC website, so you can find more info there. These will be computer
based assessments. We are spending time during our meetings to plan for these new testing procedures, and how to best
February 2014 Cub Chronicle Page 4 of 13 prepare the students for these test taking skills as well as the content of the tests. The Common Core initiatives will start
being implemented next school year.
Next year we will test in two different segments. One segment will be at the end of Feb. and one will be at the end of
April, but math and reading will be given at both times.
We currently have enough computers for half of the students to take the test. We need to see how we can
schedule all of these test for the entire student body. Our schedules will definitely be impacted. As I get more information
I will try to keep you informed.
There will be communication coming out regarding breakfast. We have always offered breakfast in the mornings,
but we are revamping what we do. Because breakfast is so important, we are trying to increase the participation of
students eating in the morning. Next week is national school breakfast week, so on Wed. we are kicking off our initiative
to give kids more access to it. There will be “grab & go bags,” they will be able to eat them in homeroom, and there will
be items available for $1. Everything is USDA approved. The kids can pay cash or use their accounts.
OFFICER’S REPORTS
PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Lynn Dorman-
The middle school received an anonymous donation of $1,000 to be used toward technology, so it will be added to
the goals fund.
Cathy McKee needs volunteers for the scholarship committee.
Thank to everyone who helped with the talent show.
The Ohio PTA conference is coming up April 25-27 in Columbus, if you’d like to attend, let me know, we have
some money in our budget allocated.
PASS hours can be counted toward PTA volunteer hours.
Please remember that you can’t use your Giant Eagle card when purchasing for PTA, as members are not allowed
to receive perks.
The newsletter deadline this Friday, please get items to Becky Humes by then, [email protected]
Our next meeting is March 18th in the Community Room at 9:30 a.m.
3rd
VICE PRESIDENT – Spring Fundraising – Michelle Yuzwa – our spring fundraiser starts next week. We will be
selling Malley’s and Mixed Bags. I have sample of some of the new bags. I will need help on Monday to put the packets
together; I’m sending around a sign-up sheet.
5TH VICE PRESIDENT – Memory Book – Diane Bulkowski – the sale is going on now, it is online only and it ends
March 3.
COUNCIL DELEGATE – Helena Johnson, Jodi Heffke – at the February PTA Council meeting we had guest speaker
Joseph Krzywicki from Boy Scout 526. The three elementary principals spoke about changes in testing. Mr. Gurka spoke
about bond issue, and PASS. Anne Reinkober expressed appreciation to PTA’s for helping to promote the bond issue. We
met Kristin Brooks and Justin Canfil from Partnership for a Healthy North Royalton and they discussed the upcoming
internet safety talk. Founders Night is April 24, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the NRHS Media Center. Scholarships were
discussed. And, unit updates were given.
COMMITTEE REPORTS: BOX TOPS – Diane Trottnow – the contest ended February 18
th.
CAMPBELL’S LABELS – Shawna Becene – we have over 10,000 labels to be sent, keep sending them in.
FACEBOOK – Diane Bulkowski – please Like things on our PTA Facebook page so more people see them.
LEGISLATION – Tawny Zajc – there’s an advocacy conference call called, “Cyberbullying: the Dark Side of the
Internet That May Be Affecting You and Your Children,” on Wed. March 5, 2014 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
NEWSLETER COMPOSITION – Becky Humes – please get items to me by Friday, [email protected]
STAFF APPRECIATION – Maria Rowlett & Kathy Lineweaver – this year district wide there will be only one event,
not a week’s worth, we will host a lunch for the staff on May 14th , instead of baskets there will be 4 gift card trees (one
for each lunch period) & they will be raffled to the staff, if you would like to donate a gift card, they must be turned in to
the office in care of Kathy Lineweaver and Maria Rowlett, cards for anywhere and any denomination are appreciated!
VOLUNTEER HOURS – Karan Kyle – Please keep track of volunteer hours and send them in monthly.
February 2014 Cub Chronicle Page 5 of 13 OLD BUSINESS
Nominating Committee
Becky Humes read the proposed slate of officers for 2014 - 2015:
President – Stephanie Kostyack
1st VP – Mary Ellen Watrobski
2nd
VP – Kathy Lineweaver
3rd
VP – Maria Rowlett
4th VP – Joel Young
5th VP – Jen Porter
Corresponding Secretary – Kelly Tarnowski
Recording Secretary – Becky Humes
Treasurer – Gary Paetzke
Council Delegates – Jodi Heffke & Beth Knull
Council Delegate Alternate – Jenny Goodman
Ohio PTA Achievement Award: nominations will be accepted up until one week before our March meeting. If you
nominate someone, you are responsible for the presentation on Founders Night. No nominations from the floor will be
accepted.
NEW BUSINESS
Shape Our Schools is asking for $100 donation to help with the bond issue campaign. A motion was made by Jodi Heffke
to make the $100 donation, it was seconded by Diane Bulkowski, there was no discussion, the motion carried.
Eagle Scout donation – a motion was made by Kathy Kranik to donate $100 to Joseph Krzywicki’s Eagle Scout project, it
was seconded by Jen Porter, there was no discussion, the motion carried.
Bylaw changes – Lynn discussed changes to be made to the Bylaws, these include changing the Audit Committee to the
Financial Review Committee, adding a third signer on the bank account, and having only one Alternate Council Delegate.
A motion made by Kathy Kranik to accept changes to the Bylaws, it was seconded by Becky Humes, there was no
discussion, the motion carried.
Adjourned: 11:51 a.m. Mary Ellen Watrobski, Recording Secretary
Save the Date:
North Royalton PTA Council Founder’s Night 2014 Installation of Officers and Achievement Award Presentations
Thursday, April 24, 2014 7:00 p.m.
NRHS Media Center
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Being 212!
Recognizing students for showing EXTRA EFFORT, and making an EXPONENTIAL DIFFERENCE
The following students received a ‘Shout Out’ for being 212 this month:
Connor Adams
Noah Argana
Lindsey Audino
Yaseen Belkadi
Katie Brierly
Robert Burrows
Ethan Butler
Kyle Cmich
Katie Colabianchi
Nicholas DeAngelis
Diane Frangulea
Alyssa Garrison
Emily Hamilton
Rohan Jayaram
Sophie Joslin
Noelle Kidd
Rachel Kukich
Hunter Kupniewski
Allie Manila
Joseph Maurousek
Jarrett Nowak
Nate Papini
Madalyn Patterson
Nina Pignataro
Eric Purcel
Jordan Raudins
Hunter Rieth
Jonathan Rusin
Jannah Sayfuddin
Emmanuel Scaria
Adam Swab
Breanna Tamoga
Hannah Waler
Staff Member of the Month Congratulations to Mr. Burdick, band director, on being selected for February's
Staff Member of the Month. He was nominated by Katie LaMantia, an 8th grader.
PRIDE OF NRMS – February 2014 Congratulations to the following students recognized
at the Pride of NRMS Breakfast on February 12, 2014
Jake Bulkowski
Tony Camino
Angela Carozza
Dominic Cipiti
Kyle Evanko
Nicholas Evanko
Tyler Frantz
Megan Garnet
Megan Grospitch
Paige Heffke
Allison Hrovat
Tyler Jenkins
Brianna Knull
Katie Kochis
Ryan McEldowney
Hailey Milsap
Zachary Mueller
Justin Nyiri
Serena O’Hara
Anthony Petrella
Katie Quick
Mason Romstadt
Ashley Sekeres
Jacqueline Srp
Aiden Wagner
Nicole Wine
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Oakridge Pool in North Royalton 2014 Family Membership $250
Fee after 4/13 is $300
Membership Info: Lynne 440-230-1082 Sign-up day at North Royalton Library on Sunday, April 13, from 1:15 – 3:00 pm
A beautiful private heated members-only pool open 7 days a week Get kids away from the TV and computer and get some exercise Memberships limited to maintain a “private” feeling and a summer caregiver can bring the kids Lifeguard on duty during all open swim pool hours Bathhouse with showers and changing areas, diving board, ample parking, a gated baby pool. Chairs and lounge chairs and picnic areas both inside and outside of the pool FREE guest passes to bring friends and members can purchase unlimited extra guest passes Rent the pool for a private party. Only $100 plus lifeguard fees (great for birthdays, baseball teams) Family fun parties for members-only all summer long!
Swim Team Fees for the season:
Members: First child $65, Second child $60,
Third child $55, Fourth child FREE, + $10
team fee per family. Non-Members: First child $110, Second child $105, Third
$100, Fourth child $60, + $10 team fee per family Call Lisa at 440-582-1124 or
Swim Lessons Fees per session:
Members: First child $35, Second child $30, Third child $25, Fourth child and after: FREE
Non-Members: $55 per child 1st session: June 16-27 2nd session: July 3-11
Call: Kelley at 440-376-7783 or
[email protected] Refunds will only be made prior to beginning of the session.
www.oakridgepool.com for more info and to pay online
February 2014 Cub Chronicle Page 11 of 13
TOGETHER WE CAN…
Parent Teacher Association
Make A Difference Dear Parents, Grandparents, and Friends:
The beginning of the school year marks the beginning of another school year of opportunities and
challenges for the students of North Royalton Middle School. We all want to see our students become the
best they can be. We try to support them in many different ways throughout the school year. One of the
most important ways we can support and encourage our students is by becoming a PTA member. Your
$6.00 membership fee helps provide social activities and creative challenges for our students. Our PTA
volunteers chaperone socials, provide tutoring, and assist the staff in many different ways.
Please show your children that their education is important to you by joining the NRMS PTA. Fill out
the bottom portion of this sheet and enclose it and your $6.00 membership fee in an envelope marked
“PTA Membership”, and return it to the school via your child as soon as possible. Everyone is welcome
at our PTA meetings, but it is not necessary to attend the meetings in order to become a PTA member.
The meeting dates and times are as follows:
Tuesdays at 9:30 AM (All meetings will be held in the H.S. Community Room unless noted otherwise):
09/17 Dec. no meeting 03/18
10/15 01/21 04/15
11/19 02/18 05/20 (MS Lounge) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRMS PTA Membership Form Your Name:_____________________________________Phone:______________________
Student(s) Name(s):_________________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________
City: North Royalton________Broadview Heights________ (please check one)
Email Address ______________________________________________________________
Homeroom Teacher(s):_____________________________________Grade(s):___________________
Number of Members: _______Amt.Paid:________Cash______Check #:__________
_______Please place a check on the line if it is okay to send you email
regarding NRMS PTA.
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2013/2014
NORTH ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA BOARD
OFFICE/COMMITTEE NAME Email Phone #
PRESIDENT Lynn Dorman [email protected] 440-717-3490
1ST VP - PROGRAMS Beth Knull [email protected] 440-237-1194
2ND VP - FALL FUNDRAISING Kathy Lineweaver [email protected] 216-406-1867
3RD VP – SPRING FUNDRAISING Michelle Yuzwa [email protected] 216-233-5895
4TH VP - PICTURES Brad Hughes [email protected] 216-870-9200
5TH VP- MEMORY BOOK Diane Bulkowski [email protected] 440-230-9391
RECORDING SECRETARY Mary Ellen Watrobski [email protected] 330-656-0742
CORRESPONDING SEC Jen Porter [email protected] 440-237-6620
TREASURER Sandy Mraz [email protected] 440-582-5721
COUNCIL DELEGATE Helena Johnson [email protected] 440-717-0852
COUNCIL DELEGATE Jodi Heffke [email protected] 440-582-7131
ALT COUNCIL DELEGATE Maria Rowlett [email protected] 440-230-5384
ALT COUNCIL DELEGATE Becky Cozzens [email protected] 440-652-6143
CAMPBELLS LABELS Shawna Becene [email protected] 440-652-6786
CULTURAL ARTS Lori Krzywicki [email protected] 440-546-9346
CURRICULUM ADVISORY Shirley Berish [email protected] 440-717-1532
FACEBOOK PAGE Diane Bulkowski [email protected] 440-230-9391
FINANCIAL REVIEW Shirley Berish [email protected] 440-717-1532
GENERAL MILLS BOXTOPS Diane Trottnow [email protected] 440-877-1210
HEALTH WELFARE & SAFETY Carla Humble [email protected] 440-717-1294
LEGISLATION Tawny Zajc [email protected] 440-237-5482
MEMBERSHIP Claudette DeLuca [email protected] 440-384-1212
NEWSLETTER COMP Becky Humes [email protected] 440-582-3504
NEWSLETTR COPY Lori Krzywicki [email protected] 440-546-9346
ROOM PARENTS Lori Mone’ [email protected] 440-582-0097
SCHOLARSHIPS Cathy McKee [email protected] 440-582-3593
SPECIAL EVENTS 5TH GR Jennifer Wazny [email protected] 440-230-0802
Diane Bulkowski [email protected] 440-230-9391
SPECIAL EVENTS 6TH GR Sally Liosi [email protected] 440-717-1442
SPECIAL EVENTS 7TH/8TH GR Mary Kelly [email protected] 440-237-2132
SPECIAL EVENTS 7TH/8TH GR Krissy Neumann [email protected] 440-570-4982
SPIRIT WEAR Helena Johnson [email protected] 440-717-0852
Kim Dyson [email protected] 440-546-0646
STAFF APPRECIATION Maria Rowlett [email protected] 440-230-5384
Kathy Lineweaver [email protected] 440-717-9696
STAFF MEMBER OF THE MONTH Carrie Barnett [email protected] 440-230-1148
STORE PROGRAMS
STORE PROGRAMS: SUNNYD/TYSON Helena Johnson [email protected] 440-717-0852
TALENT SHOW 5/6 Clarissa D’Onofrio [email protected] 440-457-7060
TALENT SHOW 7/8 Susan Kieklak [email protected] 440-666-3253
Kathi Lancaster [email protected] 440-465-5749
TRANSPORTATION Jenny Goodman [email protected] 440-628-8777
VOLUNTEER HOURS Karan Kyle [email protected] 440-526-3477
WELCOME BACK LUNCHEON Michelle Yuzwa [email protected] 216-233-5895
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Every year, each PTA unit must report their number of volunteer hours to Ohio PTA to maintain our tax-
exempt status with the Federal Government!
all
NRMS PTA Volunteer Hours Reporting Form 2013-2014
Name: _________________________________________________________ Month Reporting: ____________________________
Number of Hours:
Service: _____________ Fundraising: ____________ Legislative: ____________ You can submit hours using this format in one of the following ways:
Emailing above info to: [email protected] Place completed form in PTA mailbox Send completed form to school with your child in an envelope marked “PTA Volunteer Hours”
