Volume 9 Issue 4 May 2017

Arcadia Local School District

UPDATE The Redskins

Cody Bruce

Joseph Rider

Rylee Aurand Cole Cramer Courtney Bauman

Brittney Nye Liliana Velazquez

Logan Boyd Meredith Boes Allyson Bader-Dunn Devin Cramer

Jacob Croy

Austin Bohn

Patience Emahiser Skyler Cramer Brieanna Dunn Kadin Harris

Dalton Abell

Tylee Earl Alexandra Endicott Lexie Fretz Casey Earl Courtney Heyman Austin Jones

Kori Logsdon Morgan Laveglia Alyssa Kimble Allyson Knepper Aubrianna Lucien

Taylor Ware

Joshua Louden Sean Kelly

Ethan Boes

Alexander Nalle Alexander Pessell

Allison Mock Alexandra Metcalfe

Jocelyn Peters Paul Sowders David Sanchez Renae Thompson

Logan Ward Dakota Wittenmyer

Austin Rhodes Zachary Salazar

Haley Kieffer Mariah Monday

MaKenna Wagner

Class of 2017 Graduation May 28, 2017 2:00 p.m.

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School Contact Information 19033 St. Rt. 12, Arcadia, OH 44804 School Phone: 419.894.6431 Fax: 419.894.6970

Central Office: Elementary Office: High School /Middle School Office: Transportation: Bruce Kidder, Superintendent X101 David Golden, Principal X301 Bill Dobbins Principal X201 Bret Voges, Supervisor X103 Angie Spridgeon, Treasurer X102 Jenny Holman, Secretary X300 Tammy York, Secretary X200 Athletic Director: Shelly Heacock, Asst. Treas. X181 Pat Ramsey, Guidance/Asst. AD X202 Ryan Ludwig X106 Rita Feasel, Supt. Secretary X 100

2017 valedictorians salutatorian

Mariah Monday is the daughter of Shawn and Tara Monday. Mariah will be attending Wilming-ton College this fall and will major in Education as well as become an addi-tion to their basketball program. While at Arcadia, Mariah has been a member of/involved with 4-H, Jr. Fair Board, National Honor Society, Student Council and basketball (high school and travel teams). Her friends and playing basketball for Arcadia are the things she will miss most about her time at Arcadia.

Alexander Pessell will

be attending Trine University this fall and majoring in biomedical engineering. He will also contin-ue his baseball career by becom-ing a member of their squad. The son of Trent and Shauna Pessell has kept very busy dur-ing high school with the following activities: Varsity football, basket-ball and baseball, Environthon team, Veteran‘s Day committee, Hancock Youth Leadership, Coats for Christmas, Buckeye Boys State, Susan G. Komen Race Committee, National Honor Society, travel baseball, Fellow-ship of Christian Athletes, Stu-dent Council (Executive Board), Arcadia Heart and Soul Grant Committee, and Trinity Lutheran Church & Youth Group. Alex will

miss athletics with all of his best friends.

Haley Kieffer has

been active as President of Student Council, Class Vice-President, and in-volved in volleyball, bas-ketball, softball, Hancock youth Leadership, St. Michael‘s youth group and went on a mission trip to Belize. Her parents, Joe and Julie Kieffer will be sending her off to The Ohio State University to enroll in the Exploratory Studies Program. Com-petitive sports and Art class are what Haley will miss most about Arcadia..

Kadin Harris is the son of April harris

and the late Shawn Harris. Parking lot ―shenanigans‖ will be missed the most by Kadin as he moves on to The Ohio State University to major in business. Kadin has been active in marching band, golf, National Honor Society and Fort Findlay Mustang Club.

National Honor Society – Barb Tidd, Sponsor

Congratulations to Alex Pessell who competed with 9000 ap-plicants for a National Honor Society Scholarship. Alex was one of 400 NHS Semifinalists and was awarded a $2,325 scholarship. Great job Alex!

Congratulations to

the Class of 2017

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Have you moved this year? Are you moving over the

summer months? Do we have your current

address/phone?? Please Notify Us!

Please report any changes in address and/or phone numbers to the school as soon as possible. We need to maintain the most current information on each student. Please help us by notifying us of any changes that take place. This guarantees that all correspondence from the school reaches your home as quickly as possible. Many people are opting to use their cell phones as their main line. If you no longer have a ‗land line‘, please let us know. If you move within or out of Arcadia School district we need to know this as soon as it happens. Your cooperation with this is greatly appreciated! We need to be able to contact you in the event of emergencies or notices that effect your children.

From the Superintendent Bruce Kidder

The school year is quickly coming to an end and the district continues to move in a positive direction. The change to all day

Kindergarten has help Arcadia students get off to a good start with their education. The Board of Education has looked at

several options to replace the temporary classrooms attached to the elementary wing. The latest option will be reviewed at

the June meeting. This latest option involves attaching four permanent classrooms where the existing modular are and at-

taching a field house to the existing weight room. Two changes for next year have already been approved by the Board of

Education. The elementary Guidance Counselor will be here every day instead of the current 3 days a week this year. Al-

so, the Board is increasing the number of intervention specialists from three to four next year. This will allow us to provide

more and earlier intervention to students who need additional help. The following staff members are retiring this school

year and we would like to thank them for their service, Doug Smith (Transportation Director), Beth Boyer (Elementary

Art), and Deb Curtis and Terri Price (Food Services). I would also like to welcome Bret Voges as the new Transportation

Director.

End of Year News from Bill Dobbins, MS/HS Principal

It is hard to believe that the 2016-17 school year is coming to an end. I want to thank all of the students, staff, parents and community members for making this a great school year. Looking ahead to the month of May, we have several events taking place that everyone should be aware of.

May 6 at 7:00 pm Jr./Sr. Prom at the Community Center. May 16 at 9:00 am the Academic Awards Ceremony in the Gymnasium. May 16 Band & Choir concert for Grades 4-8. May 19 School Wide Cook-Out. May 21at 3:00 pm Spring Arts Festival. May 22 Senior Last Day May 24 & 25 Semester Exams May 25 Last Day of School May 28 2:00 pm Graduation Ceremony in the Gymnasium.

Senior class members who attended the class trip had a great time in Florida. As a group they spent time at Universal Studios Grad Bash, Sea World‘s Aquatica Water Park and a day at Cocoa Beach. This was one of the best groups of senior students I have joined on a class trip. The students were busy every day but had a lot of fun enjoying the sun and warm weather. The week of May 1-5 is Teacher Appreciation Week. Please take time to thank a teacher for making Arcadia a great place to get an education. We are so fortunate to have such caring and wonderful teachers here at Arcadia. The annual Academic Awards Program will be held on May 16, at 9:00 a.m. in the gymnasium. It is amazing to see how well our stu-dents do in receiving scholarships. Letters have been sent home inviting all parents who have a student receiving an award to attend. The underclassmen will be attending and hopefully will see the opportunities that are available for them in the future. Monday May 22 will be the last day for seniors. The day will start at 9:00 am with breakfast. Following breakfast senior class members will be congratulated by staff and students grades K-12 as they walk through the building for the Senior Salute. The Senior Salute will start at approximately 9:45. At the conclusion of the salute graduation practice begins. After practice the senior class members finish the day with the senior cook out. Students will be able to leave at the conclusion of the cookout at approximately 1:00 pm. End of the year exams will be held on May 24 & 25. High school students and Middle School students are required to attend school when they are scheduled to take an exam or a classroom test. Students in grades 9-12 who have a 1st, 2nd, 7th or 8th period study hall may arrive late or leave early with a note received in advance from the parent granting permission. Once students are in the building they are not permitted to leave unless prior arrangements have been made and approved. Only in the case of an emergency, phone calls on the day of an exam will not be accepted to excuse a student during the day. Graduation ceremonies will take place on Sunday May 28, 2017 at 2:00 pm. Graduation will take place in the gymnasium as in years past. I want to congratulate the class of 2017. I have truly enjoyed getting to know these exceptional young men and women. My only regret is that I will not have the opportunity to spend more time with them. The class of 2017 is an outstanding group of young men and women. I look forward to hearing of the many successful experiences you will have in the years to come. Good Luck to you all!

Science Grants Awarded – Barb Tidd Two Science Grants were awarded from the Han-cock Educational Fund at the Hancock Community Foundation. The first grant, “Engineering of Bottle Racers”, was written by Clay Baker and Barb Tidd to let ninth grade science students men-tor 4th grade language arts students in designing, con-structing, documenting, and testing bottle racers. All stu-dents will keep a project log and learn to read instruction-al and schematic directions during the project. This project was funded for $1062.49.

A “3-D Future” was written by Barb Tidd to provide two HP Sprout computers each having a scanning 3-D camera, 23 inch ten point touch screen, and a Dremel 3 – D printer. The printers use pol-ylactic (PLA) plastic, a corn based product, to print the 3 – D images.

The new equipment will be used in the physics, agriculture education, and CAD classes. This grant was awarded $3634.34 and will be used to keep Arcadia students up to date on new, emerg-ing technology.

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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

For the sixth consecutive year, the seniors attended a naturalization ceremony on the campus of the University of

Findlay. This year it was moved to the Winebrenner Theological Seminary for a much more formal and comforta-

ble setting. The students went on this field trip on April 5 and after receiving a tour of the campus also enjoyed

lunch at the university’s student union. It was an educational and insightful ceremony as these new citizens were

officially sworn in as citizens of the United States of America.

Our students heard other high school students from area schools talk about some of the responsibilities and

rights of being an American citizen and the Arcadia High School Concert Band provided excellent music for the

ceremony. Many of the high school speakers talked about the opportunities that the United States can present to the

new citizens and to become active members of our society especially in regards to suffrage. These new citizens had

to pass both a written test and an interview to gain their citizenship to the USA. One of the most compelling speak-

ers was Liberty Benton senior Mark Lopez who gained his citizenship on that day in the ceremony. His story of his

family’s journey was especially personal and moving.

Approximately seventy new citizens were sworn in from many places including Europe, Asia, South Amer-

ica, and the Middle East. The ceremony was very well orchestrated by the university and had many representatives

from several of our local officials. Hopefully, this trip demonstrated to the students the cultural diversity of our na-

tion and is a reminder that many people are still trying to join our nation which was of course founded by immi-

grants.

Mr. Ebersole’s English Update The final round of Ohio‘s state mandated testing is in the books, the smells of spring abound in the air, and the students of Arca-dia High School are chomping at the bit to get a jump on their summer break. In the past, usually about this time of year, I have been approached by the concerned parents of students that have struggled in language arts, for one reason or another, inquiring about what could be done to help their children with their deficiencies over the summer break. My advice is always the same: Make sure that your child is reading! It sounds so simple and obvious, and it is, but the biggest issues that most students face in their English courses are directly correlated to their inability to read and comprehend the literature focused on in class. In short, they need more practice with their reading comprehension. This by no means is to say that a struggling English student should immediately run to the public library and check out War & Peace. To the contrary, what I am suggesting is that these students need to read more often to improve their skill sets, not more complex and lengthy works of literature. To foster their growth, encourage your children to take time each and every day to read something manageable such as the newspaper or a magazine article or two. In fact, getting a magazine subscription to a publication that caters to one of your child‘s interests is a good first step. To the point, this sort of daily reading need not come in traditional print formats, however. Articles from the internet, blogs, and even comic books will all help to get a struggling student some extra reading practice over the summer. Remember that it is not really what the student reads that is important; rather, it is that they are consistently reading that will prove to benefit them in the long run! On another note, I will be teaching a college credit course this fall as an adjunct professor through Urbana University during the regularly scheduled school day. This is a great opportunity for college-minded students to get a jump on their secondary educa-tion without the burden of logging additional hours of class time during the day all while saving money in the process. Those interested in learning more about this opportunity should see me or contact Mr. Ramsey in the guidance office directly. Freshman English: The end of the academic year finds the freshmen studying the elements of stage drama and acting out The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet. Many students are surprised to find just how accessible and generally enjoyable Shakespeare is once they give it a chance, and this year is no different. It is truly amazing how significant the timeless themes of love, loyalty, and the consequences of one‘s actions presented in the Bard‘s work from the 1600s can still be to the youth of today. Only one last essay and a round of exams stand between the freshmen and their summer break. Junior English: Having finished a rather extensive unit focused on early American authors the likes of Hawthorne, Poe, and Melville, our soon-to-be seniors are preparing to examine the works of more contemporary American writers – a shift that most have openly welcomed after focusing upon so much historically entrenched literature throughout the course of this year. We will wrap up the year just as we began it, by revisiting the resumes we crafted back in August. With a fresh examination, a few cor-rections, and a final update, all of these students will find themselves prepared to seek out summer employment should they choose to do so.

From the Guidance Office:

The Awards Ceremony will be May 16th at 9:00 AM in the auditorium. The class of 2017 has 48 seniors with 30 being accepted to a four year college and 8 have chosen a

two year college.

We have finished all of the achievement testing for students in grades 3-10 and 12. Each test contained two parts, an extend-ed response section and a multiple choice section. The third and seventh grade took tests in Language Arts and Math fourth and sixth grade took test in Language Arts, Math and Social Studies, fifth and eighth grade took Language Arts, Math and Science, ninth grade took Language Arts, Math, and American History, and twelfth grade took American govern-ment. The district will receive preliminary results in late June and will mail home the family reports. All tests were given on

lap tops or in the computer lab.

The scheduling process is almost complete and students will receive an opportunity to fine tune their schedules before the end of the school year. All students are required to have only one study hall for next year. It is important for all high school athletes to have more than the Ohio High School Athletic As-sociation bare minimum of 5 credits. A student athlete must be passing 5 credits in the immediately preceding nine weeks order to be academically eligible or they will be in-eligible for an entire nine weeks grading period. Please review your stu-dent‘s schedule with them. All changes need to be completed before the summer break as my last day in the office will be

June 12th.

College Credit Plus is now in its third year replacing PSEOP. Approximately 30 new students are taking the challenge of these courses. The class of 2017 had 29 students participate in College Credit Plus (CCP) during their high school career. These students earned 460 semester hours which is equal to 38 semesters. One semester at a four year state/public col-lege averages $11,500. The class of 2017 saved $437,000 in college tuition!! Arcadia High School is also partnering with Urbana University and offering two English courses and 3 Mathematics courses during the school day taught by Arcadia teachers!! Students have the opportunity to earn 16 College

Credits and not leave the school!!

The summer is a great time for juniors and their parents to make a college visit or two over the summer. Colleges and universities have times set aside for the next year‘s seniors to tour their campuses. It is very important for your student to physically visit their schools of choice.

The final time to take the ACT is June 10th. Students can reg-ister on-line at www.actstudent.org.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please contact

the High School Guidance Office.

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Business and Computer

Yearbook The 2017 Yearbook is shaping up nicely and many pages are already complete. As always, the Arcadian covers pre-school through Grade 12. Cost of this year‘s book is $60 If you would like to purchase a yearbook, please use the order form that is included in this issue of the Update or order online using school code #12297 from the link on the high school yearbook website.

Information Technology 8 Information Technology 8 completed their first nine weeks of the semester by brushing up on their keyboarding skills, and have been studying how to use Boolean searches with key words for effective online results; creating charts with Mi-crosoft Excel; learning about computer essentials such as computer hardware, software, operating systems, search engines, web browsers, viruses, and trojans, worms; as well as cyber bullying, being safe online, online scams, and digital footprints. Both classes will spend the last month of school using Microsoft Word setting up posters, letters with enve-lopes, reports, footnotes/ endnotes, and citations.

Introduction to Business High school students in the Introduction to Business class have been working on making consumer decisions, the ba-sics of credit, credit scores, credit and debit cards, and using scenarios to manage personal finances through budgeting. Students have used real-life situations in order to write checks and keep track of transactions in a check register, looking at bank statements and balancing the account, sav-ings accounts, and then will be ending the year by discussing different types of insurance.

Angela Marquart

Business and Computer Teacher

Vocal Music Update

There are many end of the year concerts coming up which feature our fantastic choirs. On Tuesday, May 16 at 7pm, the Middle School Choir (grades 7-8) will sing as part of the Middle School Music Concert which features the Middle School Choir, Elementary Choir, and 5-8 bands. That concert will take place in the Gymnasium. The High School Choir has been busy with District Contest where they received an Excellent rating as well as individuals preparing for Solo and Ensemble Competition. Solo & Ensemble Competition results: Allyson Knepper - Class B - Vocal Solo – II Kama Litton - Class C - Vocal Solo – I Jamie Patton - Class B - Vocal Solo - II Brieanna Dunn - Class C - Vocal Solo – II Allyson Bader-Dunn - Class C - Vocal Solo – II Michaela Holt - Class B - Vocal Solo - I

The High School Choir will sing on Sunday, May 21 at 3pm as

part of the Fine Arts Festival which features the Fine Arts Pro-

grams at Arcadia.

That concert will take

place in the Auditori-

um.

Physical Education

The high school and middle school Physical Educa-tion classes started this semester participating in badminton

and pickleball. We played double elimina-tion tournaments in each activity and had several great games with some undefeat-ed teams. The students not only learned rules of the games but some strategies as well. The ad-vanced physical education class

has also been working out hard in the weight room. This semester, they will learn a few outdoor leisure activities as well such as croquet, bocce ball, corn-hole and KanJam. Throughout the semester, students also participated in ultimate Frisbee, bas-ketball, blooper ball, volleyball, football, floor hockey, and soccer in Physical Education.

Science - Barb Tidd Physics classes are finishing six electronic soldering projects. The last project will be a working AM/FM radio. Students must read information and schematic text to assemble and solder each project. The projects are in

order of increased difficulty. The seniors are doing a great job. Physical Science classes are learning to write the correct formulas for compounds, name compounds, and balance equa-tions. The students use molecu-lar models to help them learn to balance each equation. The final construction project of the year will be to put a motor together and have it functional. Biology classes have concluded comparisons of organisms

using DNA and will now examine structure anato-my to compare speci-mens. The students will compare the anatomy by dissection of several pre-served specimens.

HONOR BAND PARTICIPANTS: District 3-Allyson Bader-Dunn (clarinet), Ashton Wolfe (trumpet), Maddie Yaple (trumpet) All County-Meredith Boes (flute), Alea Ziegman (flute), Johnna Snow (flute), Allyson Bader-Dunn (clarinet), Madison Garcia (clarinet), Ashton Wolfe (trumpet), Maddie Yaple (trumpet), Rebecca Dunn (trumpet), Robbie Futrell (French horn) Bowling Green Honor Band- Robbie Futrell (French horn) Ohio Northern Honor Band-Robbie Futrell (French horn), Lucas Puddicombe (French horn), Ashton Wolfe (trumpet), Bryce Stewart (tuba) Solo & Ensemble- Class A Kadin Harris Marimba Solo I Lindsay Donaldson Marimba Solo I Bryce Stewart Tuba Solo I Kaleb Decker Snare Solo II Class B Allyson Bader-Dunn Clarinet Solo I Ashton Wolfe Trumpet Solo I Maddie Yaple Trumpet Solo I Madison Garcia Clarinet Solo II Class C Kenny Hossler Trumpet Solo I Rebecca Dunn Trumpet Solo I Robbie Futrell Johnna Snow Flute Trio I Breanna Mulligan

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What is happening in Miss Barr’s Classroom…

AP Calculus: This year has been a difficult year

for the students as their math knowledge has

been stretched as they have learned about lim-

its, derivates, and integrals! In this course,

they have basically completed Calculus I and II.

They have done a great job this year! We even

had the ability to sit in on a Calculus II class at

the University of Findlay. Below is a picture of

the students completing an example during the

class.

Pre-Calculus: This entire semester the students

have been focusing on trigonometry. They have

learned about all six trigonometric functions,

the unit circle, graphing trigonometric func-

tions, law of sines and cosines, and vectors. Mr.

Carroll, our student teacher from the Universi-

ty of Findlay, the class was also about to sit in on a college Trigonometry course (picture to the right).

We are now ending the year off with our math music videos! They will be posted on our YouTube channel

(T.Barr’s Crew) by May 22nd

Algebra 2: The Algebra 2 students (both college prep and regular) have been working hard along with Mr.

Carroll, our student teacher from UF, to get through this course content. The College Prep Algebra 2

class has been focusing on polynomials, radicals, and rational expressions. Before the year is over they

will finish up the exponential and logarithmic functions. In Algebra 2, the students have been learning

quadratics with complex numbers, transformations of functions, and radicals. They will end the year

learning about rational ex-

pressions.

Senior Applied Mathemat-

ics: This entire year the

students have been complet-

ing project based assess-

ment. They have completed

the ―Archery Challenge‖ by

calculating geometric proba-

bility, completed the ―Dream

House Project‖ where they

calculated square footage

and created a house floor

plan, and now are focusing on

financial literacy.

Last Day of School—May 25th

Graduation—May 28th

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Olivia Burke—MS/HS English

8th Grade Language Arts: With the school year almost over, here is what the 8th graders have been up to. After finishing up our ―Move Toward Freedom‖ unit, we moved on to argumentative essays and learning the OSIE method of writing. The essay question was if school should be all year round with breaks in between or how it is now. Answers varied and through this writing process students gained a better understanding of how to write persuasively using evidence to back it up. Along with argumentative writing, students completed the AIR test for English 8 at the beginning of April. With testing done that meant the end of Study Island for the students. Words cannot describe their excitement. We rounded out April with the ―Horror Genre‖ unit along with reading the novel Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. With only a few weeks left of school, students have one final pro-ject: fractured fairytales. In this last unit, students will explore the differences between modern day fairytales we all know and love and compare them to the not so original fairytales we are used to. Along with this, students will learn and practice the art of storytelling and finish out the year with their final project of creating their own fractured fairytale. English 10: Like the 8th graders, sophomores completed the ELA II AIR test at the beginning of April. To help prepare for this, students not only completed Study Island, but also learned writing argumentatively using paired passages to provide evi-dence. Along with writing, students completed a unit on comma usage and the top twelve rules to remember when using commas. To end the school year, students are reading and analyzing a Shakespeare classic, Othello. Othello‘s major themes of jealously and passion along with the concept of what rumors can do to a person‘s reputation fits quite nicely into the high school atmosphere. As we continue reading the play, the goal is for students to gain a better understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare as well as be able to relate the plays major themes to real life society and their own personal experiences. I‘m looking forward to ending the year on a good note! English 12: After reading the epic poem, Beowulf, students moved on to ―Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‖ and the code of chivalry along with ―Robin Hood,‖ ―Federigo‘s Falcon,‖ and my personal favorite, ―Porphyria‘s Lover‖ by Robert Browning. Students then moved onto the ever so gory Macbeth by William Shakespeare, which is about at what length someone would go for power. To end out the year, I chose to have students read the novel, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells the story of a woman, Henrietta who in the 1950s died from cervical cancer and doctors from Johns Hopkins took samples of her tumor without her or her family‘s knowledge for research. Henrietta‘s tissues helped researchers create the cell line HeLa, which has helped with the development of the polio vaccine, chemother-apy, cloning, gene mapping, and so many other medical advances we are fortunate enough to have today. The controversy was companies began commercializing HeLa cells without Henrietta‘s family knowing for years. The family was living in pov-erty and going through hardships all while their mother‘s cells were changing the future of modern day medicine. By reading this novel, various discussions on ethical and moral issues related to medical research have been a topic of discussion along with the question, once your tissues leave your body, are they still technically yours to claim? Students seem to be enjoying learning about Henrietta and her family, and this novel has brought about great classroom discussions as we end the school year. Journalism: Journalism class is coming to a close, so here is what students have been up to this second semester. Throughout this semester, students have not only learned how to properly set up news stories and write various ones for class assign-ments (feature stories, news stories, opinion pieces, review pieces, etc.), but they have also been writing and publishing a monthly based newspaper titled, Redskin Reporters. Each issue typically contains four stories along with a survey posed to students at Arcadia. The last issue released in May contains senior surveys that posed three questions to seniors to answer. The three questions were favorite all-time school lunch; favorite school memory (only could pick one); and advice they could give to underclassmen once they become seniors. To see what they wrote, pick up the latest issue of the Redskin Reporters. The final project for this class will be for students to think of a reoccurring column they would like to have in a newspaper and to submit a proposal outlining their plan. Their stipulations are as follows: come up with a five month reoccurring column, write two of the five columns, and create a proposal plan that outlines why the particular column chosen would be a good column to write using research and/or statistics to back this up. With only two students this semester I couldn‘t be more proud of all the hard work they have put into and dedicated to their writing.

Science update- Mrs. Ritter

Biology students have just finished analyzing the genetics of or-ganisms as they change over time and are about to begin studying individual groups of organisms and how they are classified. We will begin to dissect and observe many different kinds of animal life. In anatomy, we have studied the nervous system through a ficti-tious zombie outbreak phenomenon scenario. We have dissected the sheep brain and tested our special senses. Special senses in-clude vision. Chemistry students have been studying reactions and will be per-forming many in the laboratory. We studied single displacement and double displacement reactions as well as some neutralization reactions with acids and bases. We are also beginning their voyage into stoichiometry. This topic al-lows a chemist to know exactly how much of a product to expect with a given set of reactants. Try this problem with your chemistry student! If 5.0 L of hydrogen are combined with 2.8 L of Nitrogen at stand-ard room temperature, how many kilograms of ammonia are pro-duced? H2 =0.089 g/L N2 =1.251 g/L Integrated science I and II students have been studying paleontol-ogy and the types of Earth movement that affect animal species not only today, but in the past. Radiometric dating and fossil cor-relation are a couple of the hot topics in this area.

Earth Science students will be using the knowledge gained over the dura-tion of the course to study the envi-ronment above, under around their house. They will be using data to construct a profile of a slice of the planet to the space above in a 5 mile radius around their house. We have actual data from soil surveys and various resources from thearea that

they will use to construct a sampling of their space. Science 9 has just fin-ished a study of work, power and simple ma-chines. We will be delv-ing into thermal energy and conducting experi-ments on convection, conduction and radia-tion of heat.

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Miss Holtsberry‘s Math Report CP Algebra I In CP Algebra, we are currently studying quadratic functions and all that we can do with quadratic functions. A quadratic function is an equation with

an term. Quadratic equations are used to model many things; for example, a quadratic function models the path a ball will take when thrown. We have learned how to graph quadratic functions, solve quadratic functions, find mini-mums and maximums, and determine how long an object is in flight. As the year comes to a close, we will be working on projects with quadratic equations. Algebra I In Algebra I, we are just beginning to study quadratic functions. We have just began the process of identifying the main components of a quadratic function such as vertex, axis of symmetry, x-intercepts, etc. We will then move into the same things that CP Algebra just completed. CP Geometry and Geometry All of the Geometry classes we are wrapping up the unit on probabil-ity. We studied theoretical and experimental probability, compound probability, permutations, and combinations. We will next learn about factorials and how to simplify factorials. After we have completed probability we are going to begin a list of three projects. The first is that they students will use origami to create a cube. The second project is using circles to create an icosahedron, which is a twenty sided 3-D figure. The last project we will do is ―Create Your Zoo‖ project.

This has been a wonderful year and we have covered a lot of content while still having time for fun projects and activities. As this year ends and we look ahead several months to next year, I want to tell everyone that your student will need a graphing calculator for high school. These calculators will be utilized throughout all four years of high school and beyond. These calculators are ben-eficial to your child‘s education and help to develop a deeper understanding of the material. These calculators tend to go on sale close to the end of summer, so keep an eye for them.

Names of Graphing Calculators TI-84 Plus CE. TI-84 Plus Silver Edition. TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition. TI-84 Plus. TI-83 Plus.

I hope everyone has a safe and fun summer! See

You in August!

Las clases de español.

We are in the final stretch and I think it has been a successful year. Every class will have their final test

in two weeks. For some, this will be the last test of their high school Spanish career. I will be able to let the stu-

dents know soon after if they are required to take the final exam. The Spanish 4 class, along with the Art 4 stu-

dents, will also be taking their annual trip to the Toledo Art Museum. The students normally have a nice time

strolling around the museum looking at artwork we discussed in class. On our trip back, we always make a pit-

stop in Findlay to eat lunch at La Charrita. Of course the students utilize this time to practice their Spanish with

the staff in the restaurant. I feel like this year was very successful and every student was able to learn and push

themselves a little farther than they may have thought they could or wanted to. I have some Starbursts left over in

my reward jar so the first five students in our school to bring me their copy of this paper will receive a starburst

or two. I would like to thank all of my students for being the type of students that make me proud to be a teacher

at Arcadia and I hope everyone has a great summer.

Señor Sponsler

Getting a head start on MS/HS Supplies for NEXT YEAR

If you are taking a class with;

Any class w/Ms. Tawney : Headphones or Earbuds. NO Bluetooth

Chemistry w/Mrs. Ritter: Scissors, glue or glue stick, composition

notebook (NOT spiral bound), black or blue pens, pencils, scientific

calculator, white out.

Any class w/Mr. Ebersole: a flash drive, 3 highlighters of differing

colors, a dedicated folder for only English assignments/notes, Pen-

cils (NOT pens) College-ruled notebook pater (enough to last the

year)

Algebra I or Geometry w/Ms. Holtsberry: Graphing Calculator (see

article to the left for list), 3-subject notebook OR loose leaf paper,

3-Ring binder, 2 plastic folders to fit in the binder.

Sports Physicals will be given at N.W.O. on May 23rd beginning at 6:00pm.– 6:45pm.

All middle/high school athletes are required to have a physical each year prior to their first practice.

Physical forms are available at the school, or on our website. www.arcadia.noacsc.org/parentstudentresources

Each year all students, who plan on playing a sport, and a parent/guardian are required to attend one OHSAA meetings held at the school.

The first opportunity to attend will be

Wednesday, July 26th Please watch our school website, outdoor sign, or

Arcadia Athletics facebook page for more information as the date approaches.

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Arcadia FFA News

Spring FFA CDEs Grace Conine competed in the FFA Creed Speaking contest in February. She placed 3rd in the county.

Ethan Boes competed in the Extemporaneous Public Speaking contest where he had to pick a topic and have 30 minutes to prepare a speech. He placed 3rd in the county.

Grace, Elizabeth and Ethan were each awarded a $50 cash award from the Arcadia FFA Alumni for their accomplishments in the speaking contests.

The General Livestock Evaluation CDE is the evaluation of market and breeding classes of hogs, sheep, beef cattle and goats. The contest also measure the students general knowledge of live-stock as well as their ability to classify pedigrees and other livestock records. Team members were Ken Durst, Matthew Hill, Elizabeth Keefe and Will Recker.

The Agronomy contest had students identifying plants, insects and plant diseases. Team members were Evan Boes, and Trevor Snyder. The Greenhand Quiz is taken by the freshman students. Those placing in the top 4 from Arcadia were Evan Boes, Grace Conine, Jayden Croy, and Jacob Sowders. This contest measures the stu-dents knowledge of all things FFA in Ohio and throughout the United States.

The State Wildlife CDE had several students identifying various species of wildlife found in Ohio. Team members were Dalton Mathias, Eric Musson, and Jayden Ware.

The Outdoor Power CDE tested students knowledge of small engines and the tools used to repair them. The team consisted of Mason Hoepf, Ryan Inbody, and Drake Spridgeon who placed 2st in the district and 16th in the state. Team members were Ethan Boes, Ryan Inbody, and Mason Hoepf.

FFA members participating in the State Ag Technology contest were Evan Boes, Ethan Boes, Mason Hoepf, Ryan Inbody, Will Recker, Drake Spridgeon and Trever Snyder. They placed 6th as a team in the state and Ethan was 9th individual out of over 184 students in the state.

National Ag Day on March 21 was reschedule due to fog to April 11 and had the FFA Alumni and FFA members teaching 4th. and 5th. graders about various as-pects of agriculture. Students sat in a tractor, learned about wheat and making flour, learned about the five wind turbines located in the county, learned about electricity, aquaculture, lambs and Ag. Careers. The Ag Mechanics CDE had students welding, cutting, wiring, measuring, and identifying tools. The team placed 1st in the county and 1st in the district. They then competed in the State Contest where they placed 9th.

FFA Banquet News The Arcadia FFA held their 89th annual parent and member FFA Banquet on April 21, 2017, in the school‘s cafeteria with over 100 people in attendance. President Ethan Boes was the master of ceremonies for the event. An excellent pork chop dinner was sponsored by Keefe Farms LLC and prepared by Amanda Allshouse and Kathy Switzer. Individual students received awards for their accomplishments in Career Development Events and Supervised Agricultural Experience projects. Greenhand, and Chapter FFA Degrees were presented to those recipients. Outstanding sales awards were presented to Elizabeth Keefe, Evan Boes, and Caleb Rutter for the fruit sales. Chapter scholarship and leadership awards were awarded to Ethan Boes. The Honorary Chapter FFA Degree was presented to Mr. Jack Cupples for his time and talent that he has donated to the Ag. Metals lab. The Star Chapter Farmer award went to Ethan Boes and the Dekalb Award to Austin Jones. The Chapter Greenhand plaque was presented to Evan Boes and Will Recker. Elizabeth Keefe was awarded the Ag Credit 110% Award. New officers for the next year were also inducted and included; President, Mason Hoepf; Vice President, Ryan Inbody; Secretary, Drake Spridgeon; Treasurer, Caleb Rutter; Sentinel, Elizabeth Keefe; Reporter, Matthew Hill; Student Advisor, Will Reck-er; Student Council, Grace Conine; and Historian, Evan Boes.

Ohio FFA Convention Caleb Rutter and Drake Spridgeon received there State FFA Degrees at the 89th annual Ohio FFA Convention held at the Ohio Expo Center on May 5th.

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SUPPORT ARCADIA ATHLETES A Kroger Community Rewards account has been set up to benefit all athletes at Arcadia. Kroger will return 1% of your purchases just by using your Kroger Plus

card! Easiest fundraiser ever!

Here’s how you do it:

You need a Kroger’s Plus card AND your account set up online at www.kroger.com

Click on the “community” tab

Click on “community rewards”

Enroll Arcadia Athletic Department, organization # 97956 as the recipient of your rewards

Then shop at Kroger with your Plus card!

Tell your friends and relatives to sign up!

News from the High School Art Department Wow, it is hard to believe it‘s May already. Where has the school year gone! As I have been matting artwork for the spring art show I am reminded

of the outstanding work my student‘s have produced this year. Currently, we have a number of different projects near completion. Art I just finished a geometric design project, began working on a pen and ink design project. Art II recently com-

pleted a mixed media project and is now work-ing on acrylic paintings. Art III and IV are work-ing on individual projects and the 8th graders are finishing a unit on advertising design. I would like to invite parents, stu-dents, and staff to stop by and see the student artwork at the spring art show, Sunday May 21st in the cafeteria. I will be setting up the show on Friday, May 19th and will leave it up through the following Monday. As always, I am constantly inspired and impressed by the qual-ity of work from all of my Arcadia art students. I will include some recent photos of student work to help illustrate their wide range of imag-ination and creativity.

The Arcadia FFA Alumni held its 3rd Annual Live Auction at the FFA banquet and sold items donated by: Harmon Farms: Ed & Doug Harmon Families—Pedal Tractor, Homestead Fall Farm—Christmas Tree, Ryan George—John Deere Collectible Tractor, Lanny Boes—International Harvester Collectible Tractor & John Deere Collectible Tractor, Nicole Boes—Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake, & Dave Thomas donated his expertise and skill in auctioning off the items. Our generous supporters purchasing items this year were: Rob & Daphne Bishop, Dan & Cinda Baird, Randy & Amy Boes, Lanny Boes, Doug & Rachelle Harmon, Matt & Sara Rutter. We are very blessed to have such a generous community to help support the FFA Chapter & it‘s Alumni! Thank You!

The Arcadia FFA Alumni is always welcoming new members. Visit the Arcadia FFA Alumni‘s website to learn more. Meetings are the 1st Tuesdays, of every month (except during Summer break June-August) in the Ag room beginning at 7:00pm. You did not have to be a previous FFA member to join the FFA Alumni! Your support is needed and all parents, community members, & business owners are welcome. To follow the activities that the FFA members are participating in and to learn about future Alumni activities please follow them on the Arcadia FFA Alumni Facebook page or the New Arcadia FFA Alumni Web page.

(https://www.facebook.com/ArcadiaFFAAlumni)

Web Page: http://arcadiaffaalumni.wix.com/arcadiaffaalumni

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Seventh Grade Mathematics Mrs. Carly Seery With winter behind us and spring weather upon us, students have been hard at work covering the rest of the seventh grade concepts. Building off of their ratio work from the beginning and middle of the year, students applied their knowledge to develop a stronger sense of probability. Throughout the entire exploration, students took part in different experiments and played a variety of games to learn about experimental and theoretical probabilities. They collected individual data then combined it with everyone‘s to have a set of class data, which was then combined with both seventh grade classes to see how the greater the collection of data, the closer the probability is to what should actually occur. To analyze the class and grade data sets, students utilized the mean statistic and compared the results at each level to the theoretical prob-abilities. To calculate the theoretical probabilities, students learned the strategies of list, counting tree, and the area model. From this exploration, students began working on a geometry unit that spanned from two-dimensions to three-dimensions. In the three-dimensional world, they focused their learning on rectangular and trian-gular prisms. During their work, they practiced drawing nets, flat 2-dimensional patterns for the three-dimensional objects, of different prisms, and calculated the surface area and volume of different prisms. In the two-dimensional world, they focused their learning on triangles and circles. Students also explored situations with inequalities and learned how to graph them on a number line. They also spent time writing equivalent expressions, learning and practicing terms and how to combine them. Mixed in with their specific math learning, students also spent time preparing for state testing, and to end the year students are continuing their geometry work and are learning about angles and different angle pairs and relationships. Through the math topics covered this year, students have been posed with real-life situations and prob-lems to help them encounter mathematics and how it applies to life.

Eighth Grade Mathematics Mrs. Carly Seery With spring in the year, eighth grade students have been working hard to keep their math brains in great shape! Students spent time calculating areas of different shapes, drawing squares, and learning the connection between the algebraic and geometric form of what a square root is. They are now able to calculate the square root of a number to at least the thousandths place value with accuracy. Building off of this knowledge and their equation solving skills, students also discovered the Pythagorean Theo-rem, learned a few interesting facts about the Greek mathematician, Pythagoras, and are now able to prove the theorem geometrically and use the theorem to solve problems algebraically. Students also revisited linear equations by covering systems of linear equations, and have been work-ing on a unit on functions. Mixed in with the learning, students have also been preparing to take their state test, and to end the year, students will explore different mathematician who have influenced life and the field of mathematics.

Power of the Pen Mrs. Carly Seery and Mrs. Carrie Plesec On Wednesday, March 8, 2017, the qualifying members of the team, Alexis Lynch, Maddie Roth, Aurora Mendoza, and Emma Y aple traveled to Sylvania, Ohio to compete on the campus of Lourdes University. At this level the writers competed against 29 other schools, from nine counties. They again each wrote in three, forty minute rounds.

While the writers enjoyed the competition and the prompts given for the day the results came back and unfortunately there were no state qualifiers this year. With two seventh grade writers making it to the regional level this year, there is definitely a strong chance of making it to the state competition next year! All members of the team gathered on April 19 to celebrate the success of the season where they com-piled their own book of writing from the year.

Middle School Intervention Mrs. Saltzman

Wow! This year has flown by! The seventh and eighth grade students have been working hard on the Ohio AIR tests. The seven grade students took the Language Arts AIR test and the Math AIR test. The eighth graders took the Language Arts AIR test, the Math AIR test, and the Science AIR test. As we wind down the year, I am remind-ing students how important it is to read over the summer. Please encourage the stu-dents in your life to read this summer! I hope everyone has a fun and safe summer!

8TH

GRADE SCIENCE-IT’S MAGNETIC

Wow, it is hard to believe that these students are ready to enter their

―high school‖ years at Arcadia Local School. They have worked so hard

in middle school. The students have been studying magnetism and have

been working on Snap Circuits for magnets. They have constructed

magnetic fields, discovered where an electromagnet is the strongest,

utilized a transformer, and made an electric generator. These snap cir-

cuits are amazing!

7TH

GRADE SCIENCE-IT’S A BIG WORLD

Did you know that the continents were once connected to form a large

landmass call Pangaea? The 7th grade students just learned about plate

tectonics, the types of boundaries, sea-floor spreading, and mid-ocean

ridges. They did an activity showing the age of rocks located close to

the mid-oceanic ridge and determined that the magnetic field has re-

versed several times. Good work 7th grade!

Family and Consumer Science

The final semester brought a new group of 8th graders and a new class, Healthy Foods! Healthy Foods students are learning good safety and sanitation practices and will then move into the kitchen to practice and model meal management and nutrition. In doing so, they will understand new cooking terms, proper equipment use and the correct procedures for measuring while reading a recipe. We will also learn about food sustainability and how that effects our environment. After finishing the Foods Unit the Life Skills class started their sewing projects. Next, they practiced skills to improve their communication while understanding the proper way to handle conflict, social media etiquette and then moved on to sustaining the environment while learning about housing and living on their own. The eighth grade class has been busy learning about managing money, establishing a budget, time management, creating a career plan and setting goals. After that they start-ed the Kitchen Unit in which they learned the basics of safety and sanitation and prac-ticed their math skills with measuring and recipe reduction. Have a great summer! Ms. Tawney

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Student Council

The Student Council paired up with Cancer Patient Services to raise money for their cause. We raised money by hosting a dodgeball tournament where

the winning student team faced the teachers and were victorious! On April 24th, we also hosted a Strike Out Cancer game against Cory-Rawson where

Sandy Franks and Shauna Pessell threw out the first pitch to kick off the games. It is yet to be determined how much money we raised, but there are

still shirts available for $10 (contact Miss Barr ext.217).

A huge THANK YOU to Arcadia Auto Service and Conine’s Country Mar-

ket for their generous monetary donations towards the

AMS Reward Trip to the Toledo Mud Hens game!

Their kindness is greatly appreciated!

Seventh and Eighth Grade Language Arts From Mrs. Lobb

The students recently completed state testing! Throughout the year, all students showed they were capable of passing and were encouraged to do their best and show off their

skills.

For the last four weeks of school, the seventh graders are reading the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton while the eighth graders are reading the novel Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl. Along with reading these literary works, students are completing activities in a literature circle type environment that encourages independent and group style activities.

Please remember that Language Arts help is available every Monday that school is in session until 4:00 p.m. The last Monday to stay will be May 8, 2017. Prior arrangements

(phone call, note, email) from a parent/guardian must be made. Mrs. Lobb’s webpage (accessible through the school website) is also a great place to look if you have questions as to what’s

going on in the classroom.

I have really enjoyed working with your children this school year and hope you have a safe and relaxing

summer. Of course, have your children read some too!

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Happy Spring from the Arcadia libraries!

Students have been busy reading and working on

special projects in the elementary library. This

spring we had a wonderful visit from author/

illustrator Will Hillenbrand for our Family Literacy

Night. Students prepared for his visit by reading his

books and creating art projects with Mrs. Boyer to

decorate our hallways. He was so excited to see the

students’ work and their excitement for art and

reading!

5th grade students have been working on a long term

project in class and library this year. After reading

a book during library with a Little Free Library in

an illustration, the students decided to set a goal of

getting a Little Free Library for our school grounds.

The philosophy of a Little Free Library is to take a

book and leave a book for the next reader. Students

worked in groups to research all aspects of the pro-

ject, including getting permission from school administrators to funding the project. They

created a presentation for Mr. Golden and Mr. Kidder and were successful in their efforts!

We purchased a Little Free Library and unveiled it during Family Literacy Night. It will be

installed in front of our

school this spring or summer.

Congratulations to all the 5th

graders for their hard work

on this project and making it

a reality for our school! You

can read more about Little

Free libraries on their web-

site: littlefreelibrary.org

2nd grade students have been

studying illustrators and the

media they use as part of the

Mazza Traveling Art pro-

gram. 4th grade students are

waiting patiently to see if

their poetry will be selected to be published by the Young American poetry digest. 1st grade

students read about Beatrix Potter and her beloved character, Peter Rabbit this spring. 3rd

graders learned about graphic novels and were excited to check some new titles out of the

library. If you have a reluctant reader at home, try graphic novels to spark their interest in

books! 6th graders are completing a Google Lit Trip during library in conjunction with the

novel they are reading in class. Last but not least, kindergarten students read a story called

Interrupting Chicken. Ask them how to NOT be an Interrupting Chicken!

Circulation has been increasing steadily in the MS/HS library! I am so pleased to see stu-

dents checking out books on a regular basis. We get new titles, both high interest nonfiction

and popular fiction, each month added to our collection.

All books will be due to the Arcadia libraries May 12, 2017! Please remind your students to

look for overdue books and get them returned as soon as possible.

The elementary library is getting a fresh coat of paint this summer! As a result we are not

offering summer library. Please visit public libraries and the bookmobile this summer to

keep your kids reading! Also take a book, and leave a book from our Little Free Library at

Arcadia!

Have a fun, safe summer!

Happy Reading!

Mrs. Trusty

From the Elementary Principal….Dave Golden

Here we are again drawing to the end of another good year in the Elementary. We have seen a lot of academic and social growth in our students this year. We are completing our first year of all day / every day Kindergarten. The adding of this has made a signifi-cant difference in student readiness for 1st grade. Not only has the whole day setting made a big difference, but also all the staff which have worked to boost students learning.

We have made use of the STITT Early Literacy Grant to give 1 on 1 instruction to Kinder-garten, 1st and 2nd grade students who need extra help in the area of reading skills. I would like to mention, we have received the grant again for next school year and are very thankful to the Community Foundation as well as those folks who established it.

Our PTA has remained a big part of our special events through the last part of the school year. They brought in our Illustrator, Will Hillenbrand for Literacy Night and hosted the annual Bakery Bingo night which was another successful event. Bakery Bingo is a great event for the community every year and it is wonderful to see all the folks come and to work with the volunteers who give their time to make it successful. They sponsored Do-nuts with Dad which gave a lot of students and their loved ones some quality time togeth-er before school. They are feeding the teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week and will end the school year awarding a scholarship to an outgoing Senior.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in running the PTA and all those who have volunteered their time.

Last D

ay of School M

ay 25th

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Preschool News

Healthy Food, Healthy You is our closing unit for the end of this amazing school year!

On a sad note we had to say good-bye to Ms. Patience as she is graduating this year. We had a

party for her and wished her

good luck.

With only a short time left we

are excited to share our last

days with Moms at the Communi-

ty Park, for a Mom and Me Paint-

ing and the kindergarten class

for some fun play as well as our

Ice Cream Party for all our sum-

mer birthdays, Fort Day and a

Costume Party for our last day.

Happy summer everyone from

the Preschool Class!

If you have a preschooler be-

tween 3-5 years of age, whom

you suspect may have a delay in the areas of fine and large motor, cognitive, speech/language,

and/or behavior please call the preschool supervisor, Donna Losiewicz, at the Hancock County

Educational Service Center, (419).422.7525 for more information. Our preschool program is

free of charge for those preschoolers with special needs from the Arcadia and Vanlue School

Districts.

Registration for the 2017-18 peer model preschool is closed. Registration for the 2018-19

school year will start February 2018. Please check the Arcadia Local School /Elementary/

Teacher’s Webpages/

Mrs. Vera website for

more in- formation.

3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade

Carter Aufdencamp Landen Boes Lily Aufdencamp Cassidy Boes

Jaden Aufdencamp Grace Damron Donald Coppler Courtney Burnett

Alexxia Brickner Charlize Distel Ava Courtney Adalynn Duquette

Alexis Carter Jordan Gambrell Adam Emerich Bailey Gonzales

Addison Colman Riley Gibson Yazmin Gonzalez Matthew Griffin

Blayne Colman Ava Hammer Josh Haynes Jared Hill

Derek DeLaRosa Braden Harrison Brayton Hindall James Hills

Kelan Derck Sophia Holt Brycen Lucius Michael Huffman

Logan Emerich Jade Johnson Lili Mundy Nathan Jones

Madison Estrada Kateland Keefe Emma Nash London Karrick

Flora Fuller Creed Kemenah Hunter Phlipot Thomas Keefe

Owen Green Vincent Kidwell Jr. Preston Snoke Makaylee Kidwell

Bella Grine Owen Rader Andrew Sowders Addyson Leal

Amanda Hoover Audra Sheridan Lillian Wiler Payton Logan

Peyton Hutton Breanna Southward Olivia Yoakam Emma Mock

Maddison Koehler Kaili Stover Amia Montiel

Addison Lucius Gianna Tardibuono Haley Morrow

Destanee Luntsford Piper Tesnow Reece Pullins

Antwuan Moorer Emily Rank

Troy Moses Aidan Sponsler

Zayden Okuly Carolyn Stewart

Payton Pollard Jace Watson

Lane Rife Hailey Wesney

Calista Rose Elizabeth Williams

Averie Smarr Maryn Woolley

Owen Smith

Caleb Sprow

Isaac Stoner

Izabella Tiell

Reed Squire

Elementary honor roll

GREAT JOB!!

Mark Your Calendars Spring Concert grades 4-8: May 16th 7 pm

KISS Day program: May 17th 1:30 pm and 7 pm

Spring Arts Festival May 21st 3:00 pm

Last Day of School : May 25th

Graduation: May 28th 2:00 pm

First Day of School: August 16th

WATCH THE SCHOOL WEBSITE FOR ALL OTHER EVENTS AND UPDATES

www.arcadia.noacsc.org

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Wow! It’s May and the school year is almost over. The

first graders have been working very hard and learning

a lot of things. We are doing a lot of fun activities in the

last month of school. In science, we started our butterfly

unit. Each child has a caterpillar on his/her desk and is able

to see the changes it makes every day. The caterpillar will

grow until its ready to make a chrysalis and then will turn in

to a beautiful butterfly. We will also be celebrating many

special days this month—Mother’s Day, KISS Day, Father’s

Day, Field Day and all of our summer birthdays. We hope all the kids have a wonderful summer—

continue to read EVERY DAY and practice math facts!!!

The 2nd grade classes have been

studying about bees. A Bee Keeper visited the classroom to share the process of making honey.

The students enjoyed our classroom field trip.

Wow, how quickly this great

kindergarten year has flown by!

We officially know all of our letters and

sounds. We also know over 50 sight words

and can write multiple sentences. In math,

we’ve wrapped up the year learning about

2D and 3D shapes and measuring. At the

end of February, we walked and danced at

the Race for Education. In March, we cele-

brated Read Across America with Dr. Seuss

activities and also got to meet Will Hillen-

brand. Our egg hunt in April was lots of

fun. We’ll finish out our year with a Kinder-

garten Celebration and then be on to first

grade!

–Mrs. Devaul and Mrs. Percer

Elementary Music Update The Elementary K.I.S.S. (Kids Invite Some-one Special) Program will take place on Wednesday, May 17, at 1:30pm and 7:00pm in the Gymnasium. This concert is free and open to the public, all are welcome. The KISS Day Program features all music stu-dents in grades 1-3 and the theme this year is ―Teach the World to Sing.‖ This program features folk songs and cultural songs from six different countries, and will include students singing in foreign lan-guages. They have worked very hard and we hope you will be able to come out to enjoy their concert!

The Elementary Choir will sing as part of the Middle School Concert on

Tuesday, May 16 at 7pm. This choir features students in grades 4-6 and

meets once a week after school on Wednesdays.

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In fourth grade math we are working on a

project that entails area and perimeter. Students are to create an obstacle course on grid paper that in-cludes eight obstacles and several other included stations. When they complete finding the area and perimeter of each item in their course the will make

3D obstacles to complete the assignment.

Elementary Keyboarding Currently, 5th graders in Mrs. Barton‘s class and 6th graders in Mrs. Prater‘s class are continuing key-boarding activities two days a week during the fourth nine weeks. Each class has been using the program called keyboardingonline that will help increase their speed, accuracy, and fluency since fifth graders should type approximately 22 wpm with two or less mistakes and sixth graders should type 25 wpm with two or less mistakes. The pro-gram times out if too much time is taken between typed letters, which helps build keying fluency.

With technology being a huge part of our lives as well as a part of school testing, learning keyboard-ing skills is still as important as it was years ago. If you have a child in Grades 3-6, please encourage him or her to prac-tice these skills at home on a regular basis.

Angela Marquart

Keyboarding Teacher

It is hard to believe that another year in 4th grade is coming to an end. These 4th graders were a joy to work with and ac-

complished a lot of their goals. I couldn‘t be more proud of all of their successes. Towards the end of the year in language arts, we work on ―Novel Studies.‖ Students read one of the 3 books that I have chosen. During our Novel Studies time, students read with a partner and answer questions out of their Novel Studies Packet. The questions focus on vocabulary, comprehension, summarizing, predicting, and opinions. I rotate each day and work with a different group to help them develop critical thinking skills. All students have done a great job with this so far and I couldn‘t be more proud! We have finished up all of our social studies strands for the year. The last strand that we worked on was Economics. To help students grasp these con-cepts, we completed a ―Cookie Mining Activity.‖ This activity helped students understand fac-tors of production, profit, loss, and opportunity cost. Now we are cur-rently working on compiling infor-

mation for our annual Biography Fair. This is a fun way to end the year because stu-dents get to learn more about someone that interests them, and work on their re-search skills at the same time!

-Mr. Students working on their “Cookie Mining Activity” to help them learn economics!

The third graders have been busy learning new concepts in math. First, we started with looking at geometric shapes

and making 3-D models. Students were discussing the number of sides, vertices, and angles. After geometry, we started

on Area and Perimeter. We even found the perimeter of our bodies! Students have been doing lots of hands on activities

lately. We’ve heard, ―This is fun!‖ many times!

In reading, students are reading How to Eat Fried Worms. They are enjoying this story about a boy who is dared to eat

fifteen worms in fifteen days. It sparks a lot of conversation about whether or not they would eat a worm! Students are

making worm drawings of each worm and what Billy puts on them to make them taste better!

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5th Grade Math and Science

The fifth graders have been hard at work learning how to multiply and divide fractions and do line plots. The students are doing well with these concepts and continue to work hard. Light, sound, force and motion have been the topics covered in Science since the last Newsletter. The students have been doing various activities to help them learn more and better understand these topics. We will be wrapping up school year with a bunch of fun, hands on activities that will continue to help the students learn how to apply what they have learned to everyday life.

A Sixth Grade Spring of Sendoffs Mr. Simpson: On Friday, April 28th we said our goodbyes to Mr. Simpson, our student teacher. We enjoyed having an extra set of hands to help guide the students in sixth grade this year. He was able to provide them with a fresh perspective and a genuine love for Math this school year. He will be graduating with a Middle Childhood Education degree from Bowling Green State University May 6th. We sent him off with his favorite sweet treats and with a promise of a return for our Annual Fun Day Celebration. Sixth Graders Are Almost Seventh Graders: This year we made a countdown to Middle School. It is hard to believe that they will be officially titled ―Middle Schoolers‖ by the end of the month. This group has been a privilege to have in the classroom. We have enjoyed their sense of humor, caring personalities, and willingness to work hard as we have challenged them throughout the school year. We wish them the best of luck in Middle School and will miss having this group. As the year winds down, we want to share with you that by the last day of school we will be deleting our remind accounts in order to have them ready for the next academic school year. We sincerely hope you have enjoyed using this app as much as we have. The instant communication was great for interaction. We appreciate the many opportunities of interaction and communication. Final Novel Study: During Language Arts students are reading a historical fiction novel, Number the Stars written by Lois Lowry. Students have explored various themes and concepts pertaining to World War II this spring .A very special and pervasive emphasis this year has been to promote writing and using textual evidence and logical rationalization when responding to literature. Math/Science:

Students have worked their way through the entire GoMath! series throughout the year. That

is 13 chapters of hard work. The plan is to go to the lab with Mrs. Ritter over the last three

weeks to learn about cells. This will happen if time permits itself.

Fifth Grade We recently went to Riverbend Park for the “Nature Comes Alive”program. The students had fun

exploring nature with the help of our instructors from the Hancock Park District. Some of the

situations that the students experienced were: the planetarium, learning more about light, a raptor

station, and much, much more. The students’ favorite activities were the Nature Hikes. Even

though it was muddy, the students had fun tracking through the mud and observing the nature.

Some of the observations included deer tracks, raccoon tracks, mallard ducks, new starts of Buck-

eye trees coming up in the woods, signs of decomposition, and fungi growing as well as some wild

flowers starting to bloom.

Social Studies

Students are looking forward to their field trip to Greenfield Village. In Social Studies class, we

have been researching the inventors and inventions that are exhibited at the village. Students are

using their researching skills and creating posters to share their information with others. In library,

with Mrs. Trusty, we also researched the village website to plan our route using their interactive

map and virtual tour, looking closely at each historical district. Students will be able to witness

many topics discussed in Social Studies and Language Arts, and all of their research of inventions/

inventors will be brought to life.

Language Arts

This year has been a wonderful journey of reading. So many of the fifth grade students are avid

readers and they really enjoy sharing books with one another. In the beginning of the year, many

“great fifth grade” books were presentenced in which the students were challenged to read. Over

70% of the students read the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. This novel is

unique in its many sketches throughout the book as the pictures tell the story as well as the words.

To reward our hard work, we will also watch the movie. Students also read other Brian Selznick

books including Wonderstruck and The Marvels. As a wrap up to our fifth grade reading adven-

tures, students are inventing a cereal, its shape and size, a prize, and a puzzle, all related to their

book to design their cereal box book report. Many creative ideas are developing. Cereal Boxes will

be on display for Kiss Day along with our research posters of inventions and inventors.

While it is hard to find a book to please all interests, other books that were really popular this year

were Heartbeat by Sharon Creech, The Crossover by Kwame Alexander, Booked by Kwame Alex-

ander, Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes, Inside Out and Back Again

by Thanhha Lai, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson and Loser by Jerry Spinelli. All of

the books are realistic wonderful stories about growing up and the challenges and the pleasures of

life. If your student did not have a chance to read some of these, summer would be a great time to

enjoy them. There are also many resources on the internet that give lists of fun and engaging

books for students categorized by ages/grades.

Little Free Library

Please remember to visit the Little Free Library this summer. It

will be stocked with books and ready for use. The Fifth grade

students worked so hard on this project and will be excited to

use it. The philosophy is: need a book, borrow a book. Have a

book, leave a book. Borrow a book, leave a book. Hopefully

everyone has a chance to enjoy this unique opportunity.

Summer Vacation

Since the beginning of the year, the fifth grade students have grown and matured. It has been a

successful school year for all. They continue to be excited and are looking forward to summer

vacation, moving down the hall to sixth grade, and growing older. The following are a few com-

ments about the upcoming months.

“I am excited to eat a bunch of popsicles!”-Lili Mundy

“I am looking forward to spending the summer at the camper beside the lake!”-

Bryce Reed

“I am excited about riding my bike!-Allison Hossler

“I am excited about soccer tournaments!”-Ethan Cline

“I am looking forward to the Independence Day Talent Show!”-Donald Coppler

“I am excited about going to the Space Museum!”-Kyler Rinker

“I am looking forward to go-kart racing!”-Josh Haynes

“I want to play with my rabbits all summer!”-Olivia Yoakam

And…everyone is ready for sleeping in, sunshine, being outside, swimming,

and playing all day long!

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The Arcadia Elementary Art Students have been very busy this year exploring a variety of artists

and experimenting with different media and techniques. They were able to have two large showings this year of their creations. One display was during Right to Read week where each class read a book from our visiting illustrator/author Will Hillenbrand, looked at his illustrations and then created their interpretation of a page from the book. The end of April students were able to have a variety of work on display in the cafeteria to bright-en the walls for the Alumni ban-quet. Great Job Kids.....Keep up the good work!!

Archery

On Friday, April 21 the physical education teachers took ten fifth graders and ten sixth graders to McComb to compete in an archery competition. The following fifth grade students competed. Olivia Yoakam, Jordyn Tong, Ava Courtney, Donald Coppler, Koen Harris, Zach Stewart, Cayden Schube, Brayton Hindall, Andrew Sowders, and Brycen Lucius. The following sixth grade students competed. Adalynn Duquette, Matthew Griffin, Michael Huffman, Thomas Keefe, Michael Mullins, Reece Pullins, Remi Price, Cassidy Boes, Nathan Jones, and James Hills . Reece Pullins placed second overall for the sixth graders with a score of 199. Congratulations to Reece! The following students were the top 3 archers for Arcadia. 5th graders 6th graders 1st-Donald Coppler 167 1st-Reece Pullins 199 2nd-Koen Harris 164 2nd-Remi Price 164 3rd- Brycen Lucius 160 3rd- James Hills 162

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~Answering Machines~

All phones in the school building are equipped with a voicemail

feature to handle incoming calls before and after school hours.

During the day, if that extension is busy, or the teacher is in class,

you may leave a message in voicemail.

Before and after hours, please listen to the prompts to get you to

the correct extension.

Arcadia Local School

Name Extension

District Office 100

Bruce Kidder, Supt. 101

Angie Spridgeon, Treasurer 102

Shelly Heacock, Asst. Treas. 181

Brett Voges, Transportation 103

Amanda Allshouse, Café. 104

Gregg McKee, Tech. Coor. 105

Ryan Ludwig, Ath. Director 106

Craig Recker, Maintenance 107

Middle/High School

MS/HS Office/Attendance 200

Bill Dobbins, Principal 201

Pat Ramsey, Guidance 202

Althaus, Dan 204

Barr, Tayler 217

Breitigam, Jeff 206

Brown, Dan 207

Boes, Jerry 209

Burke, Olivia 222

Ebersole, Aaron 210

Holtsberry, Keisha 215

Jordan, Kim 214

Lobb, Tiffany 219

Ludwig, Ryan 203

Marquart, Angela 221

McKee, Brooke 208

Moore, Kathryn 314

Ritter, Paula 220

Saltzman, Katie 309

Seery, Carly 232

Sponsler, Ned 223

Spridgeon, David 216

Stone, Jerry 211

School Psychologist 218

Tawney, Katie 213

Tidd, Barb 205

Trusty, Anjie 227/302

York, Tammy 200

Library, HS 227

Weight Room 228

Elementary School

Elm Office/Attendance 300

Dave Golden, Principal 301

Baker, Clay 321

Boyer, Beth 320

Barton, Susan 319

Burnworth, Shane

DeVaul, Darlie 323

Gutman, Michelle 303

Holman, Kendra 304

Holman, Jenny 300

Jackson, Micheale-Lyn 310

Kessler, Michelle 315

Kuhn, Katie 312

Lauck, JoAnn 324

Maag, Lisa 313

Moore, Kathryn 314

Percer, Megan 305

Pessell, Jaclyn 318

Plesec, Carrie 317

Prater, Kristan 307

Schilling, Julie 308

Stoner, Angie 320

Trusty, Angie 302/227

Uitto, Dereck 306

Vera, Lynn 316

Elementary Students!!

Open House information and school

supply lists will be sent home in

your grade card on the last day of

school.

HOMELESS STUDENTS Children who meet the Federal definition of "homeless" will be provided a free and appropriate public educa-tion in the same manner as all other students of the District. To that end, homeless students will not be stigmatized or segregated on the basis of their status as homeless and will be assigned to the school serving those non-homeless students residing in the area in which the homeless child is actually living. No home-less student will be denied enrollment based on a lack of proof of residency. No Board policy, administrative guideline, or practice will be interpreted or applied in such a way as to inhibit the enrollment, attendance, or school success of homeless children. Homeless students will be provided services compara-ble to other students in the District including:

transportation services;

educational services for which the homeless

student meets eligibility criteria including services provided under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act or similar State and local programs, educational programs for chil-dren with disabilities, and educational programs for students with limited English proficiency;

programs in vocational and technical education;

programs for gifted and talented students; and

school nutrition programs.

If you need further information, please contact Bruce Kidder at 419-894-6431.

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Mission Statement

The mission of Arcadia Local School is to

guarantee all graduates the knowledge and

skills to succeed in an ever-changing world.

This will be accomplished by providing an

enriched curriculum through innovative and

individualized instruction delivered in an

outstanding learning environment by a highly

qualified staff in partnership with families and

community.

School Delay, Emergency, Closing Information Weather delays and cancellations are a part of our daily routine during the school year. Just a reminder

that the safety of our students is our primary considera-tion when we delay or cancel school or an activity.

We will try to have our decision made by 6:15 a.m. The following stations will be notified of the decision:

WFIN-WKXA (1330/100.5) WBVI-WFOB (96.7/1430)

WBUCK-WCKY-WPFX-WTTF (106.3/103.7/107.7/1600)

TV Channel 11 TV Channel 13 TV Channel 24

The PreK-12 phone notification system will provide

immediate information should a weather or emergency event occur. You may update your contact information at any time by calling1-800-846-4976 from your primary

phone number.

What you can find at:

www.Arcadia.noacsc.org

There are links to MANY things happening at Arcadia School!!! Here are just a few:

You can read this UPDATE! In COLOR!

Check the daily HS/MS announcements.

Check your child‘s cafeteria account bal-ance.

Principal Newsletters

Menus

And many more links… check it out!

Hancock County Toll-Free Crisis Hotline

1-888-936-7116 Do you or someone you know need help, need to

talk, or feel stressed? Please call 1-888-936-7116, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

This is a toll-free crisis hotline number.

Arcadia Board of Education:

Eric Metcalfe, President Carol Metzger, Vice President

Don Allshouse Cory Boes

Ryan George

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