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Geneseo High School
! March 2017
Geneseo High School has some student pio-neers who are a part of a new educational ex-perience at GHS. The program is called Per-sonal Learning Plans (PLP). PLP’s are based on the educational philosophy of blended learning. Blended learning is a formal educa-tion program in which a student learns, at least in part, through an alternative setting or online delivery of content and instruction, with some element of student control over time, place, path, or pace.
!When a student has an idea or passion that they want to pursue and learn more about that is not available within the classrooms and structure of GHS, they approach their Counselor about how to modify their class schedule to accomplish their goal. The stu-dents create a plan with their Counselor, in-cluding the specifics and details on what the student will do and when. The student then periodically meets with their Counselor to
talk about how the experience is going and if they need any further assistance. Many of the students create journals, portfolios, and other forms of documentation. !The students create “holes” in their GHS class schedule to spend time on their PLP. Many students leave the GHS campus for part of the day to work on their PLP with the businesses, organizations, or individuals that are helping them research their passions. Some of our students do a PLP for a se-mester, while other PLP’s run for the entire school year. Right now, only juniors and se-niors are piloting this new educational expe-rience, but in the future it might be expanded to underclassmen. Students earn an elective credit by participating in a PLP, and it is graded as pass / fail. !On Thursday, March 9th, the students who participated in the PLP pilot program will be in the GHS library during our ASAP period to talk to other interested students. We are doing this as we begin the master schedule design process so that students can find out more about this unique educational experi-ence. The PLP students will also be in the GHS library from 5:30 p.m. until approxi-mately 6:15 p.m. on March 9th to talk to school board members before they go to the District office for their regularly scheduled
meeting. If any community member would like to find out about the PLP program, or blended learning as a whole, the students, a Counselor, and administrators also will be there at that time to answer any questions. !!StudentSpotlights:• CongratulationstothefollowingstudentsforbeingnominatedforStudentoftheQuarterforquarterthree:GabrielleAllen,ConnerAlwood,SlainaAnthony,KyAriano,BridgettBailey,JerryBallard,KatherineBeeson,AndrewBenhart,TreyBlank,ChristianBooth,JosephineBrown,DanielleClary,EmmaCorgan,RachelDaniels,SallyDeBrock,JoshuaDecker,IanEllis,TylerFlowers,LindseyFrancque,ZoeyGomez,CaitlinGorge,Jes-sicaGreen,HeathHenderson,LukeHenkhaus,LexeeHodge,BraedenKeller,MorganLaxton,TimothyLehman,Jr.,DavyenMayer,MichaelaMcCright,MatthewMcDonald,BrandonModesto,CamarieMueller-McBride,KelseyOlson,JillianPayeur,KatlynPhillips,KendraRa-ley,BrandonRamos,KyleighRetzlaff,DanielRobinson,WillSammons,CharlesSchlindwein,NoahSchmedding,KyleSellers,NathanSoria,CarterStephenson,JaneThomas,MaryThomas,ToriTownsend,ChaseVanWynsberghe,JerryVerdick,TuckerZiegenhorn.!!ClassroomHappenings:• Mrs.HamiltonandMrs.Woolsey’sstu-dentsexperiencedBreakoutEDUintheirclasses.Studentsweregivenavarietyofproblemstosolve,someofwhichweredirectlyrelatedtowhattheyhavelearnedthisyear,whileotherproblems
involvedlessrelatedmateriallikeMorseCodeandgeneralnumbersense.Stu-dentsworkedduringtheperiodtobreakintoallsixboxesofBreakoutEDUtogetaprize-oneofourcafeteria’scovetedcookies!• Ms.Cook’sworldhistoryhonorsstudentsembarkedona“scavengerhunt”inclassthispastweek.Itwasaverycreativeandengagingclassroomexperienceforthosestudents.• ThestudentsinMrs.Bertelsen’ssecondhouradvancedstudiesbiologyareusinggeneticcrossestodeterminestickleback\ishtraits.!!StudentCouncil:OnThursday,March9th,theGeneseoHighSchoolStudentCouncilwillhosttheBlackhawkAssocia-tionofStudentCouncilsDistrictConven-tion,inMilan,Illinois.Studentleadersfromareahighschoolswilljointogethertocelebratethetheme,“GofortheGold”,atthe33rdannualdistrictconvention.Stu-dentleaderswillparticipateindiscussiongroups,shareinthehallofideas,andpar-ticipateinteambuildingactivities.Theconventionwillalsoincludeanelectionforthe2017-2018Blackhawkdistrictof\icers.TheconventionwillbechairedbycurrentGHSseniors,BrookeLaingen,BASCPresi-dent,andCharlieSchlindwein,BASCVice-President.!TheweekofMarch6-10,isNationalSchoolBreakfastWeek.TheGHSStudentCouncilisworkingwithcafeteriastafftopromotethebreakfastprogramandchal-lengethestudentbodytostarttheirdaywithahealthybreakfast.!
From the Guidance Office: Local Scholarships - The request for a transcript is due on March 2nd, and all of the applica-tions must be submitted, with attachments, by March 3rd. There are NO EXCEP-TIONS to these deadlines.!
The scholarships will be awarded at the Lo-cal Scholarship Night, which will be held on May 8th at 7:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, Geneseo.!
Seniors attending Black Hawk College in the fall of 2017 - Here are the steps you must follow in order to enroll for classes at Black Hawk College in Moline or Kewanee: 1) apply at bhc.edu; 2) upon receipt of your BHC ID, call 309-796-5352 and register to take the ACCUPLACER test; 3) meet with an advisor; 4) register for your classes.!
April ACT Testing - There is still time to sign up for the April national ACT test date, which is Saturday, April 8th. Regular regis-tration is still open until midnight March 3rd. The late registration period is March 4th through March 17th. The exam can be taken at GHS. You can register for the exam by going to this website: www.actstuden-t.org. See your high school counselor if you have questions.!
The representative from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) will be at Geneseo High School on March 9th & 23rd during 6th or 7th period. Ms. Hart will help you with the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA – www.fafsa.gov), as well as other college and scholarship search-es. Stop in the counseling office to make an appointment.!
Academic Scholars Night will be held on March 13th at 7:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Geneseo. The purpose of the Academic Scholars Night is to recog-nize our new inductees in National Honor Society and National Technical Honor Soci-ety. Illinois State Scholars and AP Scholars will also be recognized on this night, as well as the past inductees to NHS and NTHS.!
Congratulations to the 2017 National Honor Society Inductees:Bridgett Bailey, Rebekah Beard, Katherine Beeson, Dale Benjamin, Christian Booth, Bryann Brophy, Kade Buysse, Cole Carmichael, Katherine Christensen, Rebecca Clementz, Stella Corgan, Hailey Craig, Nathan Curran, Jacob Dahl, McKenzie Davison, Joshua Decker, Bryan Dellett, Lauren Denney, Heather Dietrich, Blake Dun-can, Nicholas Dunk, Veronica Eilers, Megan Endress, Jordan Flies, Ben-jamin Ford, Erika Furbeck, Maxxwell Gentry, Caitlin Gilmore, Elisabeth Grafft, Heath Henderson, Lauren Hen-derson, Jackson Hinton, Alyson Holevoet, Shane Holmstrom, Maguire Hoon, Hannah Johnson, Kayla John-son, Elizabeth Korthals, Madison Koustas, Abigail Krohn, Brooke Lain-gen, Anna McAvoy, Kaitlyn McKeag,
Anna McVay, Lydia Mejias-Dansbach, Katelyn Mielke, Kayla Miller, Madi-son Miller, James Morrell, Mallareigh Moser, Diavi McDuffy, William Pace, Dylan Pardoe, Sarah Ramp, Andrew Rapps, Kyleigh Retzlaff, Keaton Rice, Braden Ries, Jack Roberts, Braden Robinson, Jacob Ryder, Audrianna Schneider, Alexander Sottos, Joseph Stohl, Evelyn Strohm, Gracie Strohm, Jane Thomas, Kyle Toone, Patrick Turpin, Kenneth VanZuiden, Jr., Ray-mond Venneberg, Grace Verbeck, Anna VerCautren, Isabelle Vondra, Kaylin Widger, Allison Yager. !Congratulations to 2017 National Technical Honor Society Inductees:Emma Alexander, Savanna Anast, Jor-dan Anderson, Morgan Bailey, Andrew Benhart, Britny Bergheger, Trey Blank, Kaysey Bos, Will Chaney, Danielle Clary, McKenzie Davison, Bryan Dellett, Lauren Denney, Keith Elden, Maya Esparza, Cayson Frerichs, Caitlin Gilmore, Lynsey Gradert, Paige Gramling, Morgan Hartsock, Lilly Henderson, Sydney Himmelman, Maguire Hoon, Cade Humphries, Hannah Johnson, Kayla Johnson, William Johnson, III, Tristan Johnson, Breanna Jones, Rebekah King, Briley Koberlein, Elizabeth Ko-rthals, Brooke Laingen, Conner LeGrand, Madelyn Mackey, Morgan May, Michaela McCright, Katelyn
Mielke, Adam Miller, Madison Muñoz, Kris Nguyen, Paige Olson, Payne Olson, Dylan Pardoe, Katlyn Phillips, Marshall Rice, Logan Rick-etts, Charles Schlindwein, Chandler Schwartz, Noah Sebastian, Logan Stein, Cassandra Talbot, Hannah Tes-mond, Ryann Tracey, Abigail Zobrist.!The AP Program recognizes high school students who have demonstrat-ed outstanding college-level achieve-ment through AP courses and exams with the AP Scholar Awards. Although there is no monetary award, each award-winning student can view and print their certificate online, and the award is acknowledged on any AP score report that is sent to colleges af-ter the award has been conferred. !
• AP Scholar with Distinction student earned an average of 3.5 average on all AP Tests and a score of 3 or higher on at least 5 AP tests
• AP Scholar w/ Honor: student earned 3.25 on all exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on 4 or more exams.
• AP Scholar: student earned a 3 or higher on at least 3 exams!
AP Scholars with Distinction: Avery Dunker, Dylan Hodge, Tate Neff, and Nathan Soria.!
AP Scholars with Honor: Haleigh Jacocks, Allyson Klein, Emma Lovett, Michaela McCright, Ava Monson, An-drew Roseman, Erin Starkey.!AP Scholars: Grace Burmahl, Jenna Decker, Lindsey Francque, Morgan Hartsock, Sydney Himmelman, Kayla Johnson, Morgan May, Alexander Sot-tos, Hannah Tesmond, and Alex Williams.!The AP Scholar Awards are academic distinctions that students may cite among their credentials on applica-tions, resumes, and so on. Students do not receive any monetary award from the College Board. !Project Leaf update: Starting during the latter portion of the week of March 6th, the entire Circle Drive in front of the west side of the high school will be closed for several days for some Project Leaf work. The exact dates are still unknown at the time of publi-cation of this newsletter. During that piece of the construction, there will not be any access to Circle Drive, however, we will have some short-term visitor parking spaces designated on State Street. Please be mindful of this if you are coming to the school in the next cou-ple of weeks.
As the work continues on the many parts of Project Leaf, there are more and more visible signs of progress, with the pre-cast cement walls being erected, as well as the steel roof
structure. There are more steel studs up in the area of the new information commons. There is now steel to begin the roof on the new auditorium, and the last pre-cast walls will be put in by the first week of April. There has been a lot of electrical, HVAC, and plumbing work being done in the theater area and the new band commons. Cement was poured for the apron to allow for the erection of the bleachers later this month.
Important Dates:
Thursday, 3/09 7:15 a.m., Student of the Quarter Ceremony, main gymASAP, Student Personal Learning Plan Presentations, GHS library 5:30 p.m., Student Personal Learning Plan Presentations, GHS library6:30 p.m., School Board Meeting, District office!Friday, 3/10 Open Campus Lunch – Seniors with L1 & 2 Rewards Quarter 3 Ends!Monday, 3/137:00 p.m., Academic Scholars Night, First United Methodist Church!Friday, 3/17 ASAP, Student Winter Recognition Assembly!Thursday, 3/23 10:30-12:30 p.m., Senior Announcement Orders Delivered!Friday, 3/24 Open Campus Lunch – Juniors!Friday, 3/31 Open Campus Lunch – Seniors with L1, 2, & 3 Rewards!
Wednesday, 4/5 SAT testing for Juniors!Friday, 4/7 Progress Period 4 ends2:00 Dismissal Day!School Contact information: If you have any comments, concerns, or ideas to help improve GHS, please contact an administrator or a member of the GHS Building Leadership Team. !Administrator contact information: Mike Haugse [email protected] Travis Mackey [email protected] Carrie Griffith [email protected] Steve Brucher [email protected] !High School Building Leadership Team: Cheryl Ewert [email protected] Larry Johnsen [email protected] Sarah Schnowske [email protected] Alyson Anton [email protected] Kyle Bess [email protected]
