The first grading period

(1st quarter) officially ended

on October 17th and the

news on student achieve-

ment is excellent.

‘We have great kids

from great families in

Brunswick, pure and sim-

ple.” Mr. Sharosky said.

We had 387 of our 543

students make the academic

rolls and that is awesome.”

Mr. Sharosky said. “That’s

71% of our students that

have a Grade Point Average

from 3.0 to above 4.0.

That’s a 7% increase over

last year at this time.”

The Merit roll features

students who have a G.P.A.

from 3.0 to 3.49. The 6th

grade had 38 students reach

this level of achievement.

The 7th grade had 31 stu-

dents and the 8th grade had

39 students at the Merit

Roll level.

The Honor Roll recog-

nizes students who have a

G.P.A. from 3.5 to 3.99.

The 6th grade had 81 stu-

dents, the 7th grade had 72

students and the 8th grade

had 66 students make the

Honor Roll.

“It’s very exciting to see

the progress of the 6th

graders because they are in

a transition year.” Mr. Sha-

rosky said.

“I have asked the teach-

ers to increase the level of

rigor” Sharosky said. “As

teachers continue to ask

students to complete more

rigorous tasks, it is wonder-

ful to see that this many

students are continuing to

be successful.”

The final category is the

Principal’s Roll which is for

students with a GPA of 4.0

or higher.

There were 60 students

make this honor; 19 sixth

graders,29 seventh graders

and 12 eighth graders.

The students were rec-

ognized on October 29th at

the Academic Rolls Break-

fast.

Visintainer students start year strong

Students earn perfect G.P.A.

There were 60 students

who made the Principal’s

roll, which is reserved for

students with a G.P.A. at or

above a 4.0. The 4.0 desig-

nation constitutes receiving

A’s in all classes.

These students are:

Iana Brown, Chase

Buchner, Alexis Demp-

sey, Elena Franklin,

Dante Grassa, Emma

Hovanec, Morgan Kole-

sar, Maeve McGinnis,

Jessica Murral, Hailey

Peterseim, Dehlia Rad-

cliffe, and James Sinder,

Jr. in the 8th grade; Kourt-

ney Abshire, Brooke

Allen, Kaitlyn Ansberry,

Mariah Cain, Elle Car-

lisle, Landen Case, John

Crawford, Linda Dang,

Noah Eapen, Anna

Gurtsak, Madeleine

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Blue Devil

Times November 2018

Volume Issue

See/Say Something 2

Winter sports updates 2

P.T.O. news 2

Cheerleaders 3

Students of the month 3

8th grade football 4

Girls cross country 4

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Special points of in-

terest:

Viz celebrates grandpar-

ents on Veterans’ Day,

Friday, November 9th.

Grandparents are invited

to attend a breakfast

with a musical perfor-

mance Grandparents do

NOT need to be veter-

ans to attend.

V i s i n t a i n e r

M i d d l e

S c h o o l

Guidance Dept 8

8th volleyball 9

Calendar 10

Principal’s Desk 10

Student Council 5

Boys cross country 5

7th grade football 6

7th grade volleyball 6

Conferences 5

PRIDE day 7

Please mark your calendars for

the Winter Middle School Sports

Parent Meeting. The meeting for

parents will be held on Wednesday,

November 14th beginning at 6:45

pm in the Brunswick High School

East gym.

Below is information on the

start of winter sports practices and

tryout information.

Boys Basketball

7th grade Boys Basketball: Tryouts

begin November 7, 3:30pm, Ed-

wards Gym

Coach TBD

8th grade Boys Basketball: Tryouts

begin November 2, 3:30pm, Vis-

intainer Gym

Coach Telis-

chak, dtelischak@bcsoh.org

Girls Basketball

7th grade Girls Basketball: Tryouts

begin October 29, 3:30pm, Vis-

intainer Gym

Coach Yoak, syoak@bcsoh.org

8th grade Girls Basketball: Tryouts

begin October 29, 3:30pm, Viz

Gym

Coach Ander-

son, aanderson@bcsoh.org

Wrestling (All Middle Schools)

Wrestling: Practice be-

gins November 9, 5:30pm, BHS

Wrestling Room

Coaches Tom

Krebs tkrebs@bcsoh.org and Zack

Larivi-

er zacharylariviere@yahoo.com

Cheerleading (All Middle

Schools)

Cheerleading: Tryouts complete

(Coach Elizabeth

Rinkes, erinkes@bcsoh.org)

As a reminder, all student ath-

letes are required to have a pre-

participation physical completed,

turned in, and verified by the BHS

athletic training staff, as well as all

Final Forms must be completed by

both parent and student athlete.

Student athletes are encouraged to

turn in physicals to the BHS athletic

office ASAP; a student athlete who

shows to the first day of practice/

tryouts with their physical is not

guaranteed the ability to participate

that day. The BHS athletic office is

open Monday-Friday, 8:00am-

4:00pm. There is a blue drop-box

outside of the athletic office for

after hours.

If you have any questions, please

contact the athletic office at 330-

273-0496.

ing a

hand,

PLEASE

contact

us at vizpto@gmail.com.

This year our 6th annual Vis-

intainer Family Day at Kalahari will

be at the end of the school year on

June 9th & 10th, 2019. More de-

PTO will be selling concessions

at the 7th and 8th grade boys/girls

basketball games at Visintain-

er. PLEASE consider volunteering a

few hours. There is no actual

cooking as we only serve popcorn,

candy and soft drinks. Specific

dates are listed on the school web-

site. If you are interested in lend-

tails will be forthcoming.

Our next PTO meeting is De-

cember 6th at 7:00 pm in the cafe-

teria.

Thank you!

PTO Executive Board

Athletic update for winter sports

P.T.O. News and Notes

BLUE DEVIL TIMES Page 2

On October 23rd, the administra-

tion of Visintainer was made aware of a

potential threat that a student had

shared with another student.

Our district has employed the “See

Something, Say Something” initiative.

“We have met with students and

explained to them that when they are

aware of potential danger, they need to

let an adult know immediately.” Mr.

Sharosky said.

“In this situation, we had students

who had informed adults, parents in

See Something, Say Something

this case, and they had not contact-

ed the schools or the police. All of

the students/parents involved

thought that someone else had let

school or police know about the

situation.

Through the quick work of

school administration letting the

police know of the situation led to

a safe outcome for all of the stu-

dents.” Sharosky said.

“In the future, we would en-

courage parents to call 911 or local

police

if

they

are

aware

of a

situa-

tion

after school hours. The schools

have a great working relationship

with both Brunswick PD and

Brunswick Hills PD.” Sharosky

said.

BLUE DEVIL TIMES

Page 3

The 2018 Football Cheerleading

season was one like no other. This

year we merged all three middle

schools and both seventh and

eighth grade to make two teams

(blue and white). This gave the ath-

letes the opportunity to work with

cheerleaders from other schools.

Although we created two teams,

we functioned as one. This could

not have been more successful and

all the athletes worked well togeth-

er. As the season went on, we

watched as the girls formed a bond

as a team.

As a team, we created a

halftime routine for the athletes to

perform at the games. Our athletes

had many tumbling passes they

wanted to focus on this year and

because they showed such passion

for this, we added as much tum-

bling as possible to the routines.

The athletes had to work very hard

to perfect their tumbling and did

very well with every challenge

thrown their way. They impressed

us with their hard work and moti-

vation.

In addition, a new opportunity

arose this year to both football and

basketball cheerleaders to partici-

pate as volunteers in “Walk to End

Lupus Now” in Cleveland at Jacob’s

Pavillion. They cheered on the Lu-

pus patients as they completed

their walk and were able to put on

a performance on stage during the

opening ceremony. The athletes

also have another fantastic oppor-

tunity to participate in a national

cheerleading camp hosted in Cleve-

land on December 1st. They will

learn a new routine, then perform

their learned material on the

Cleveland Cavaliers floor at a home

game.

At our end of the year party,

there were eight awards given out

to athletes that we, as coaches,

thought deserved to be acknowl-

edged. The athlete with the most

bubbly personality went to Ava

Discenza. The athlete that had the

most Brunswick spirit went to Bri-

anna Boyd. The athlete who al-

ways showed positivity went to

Sam Sustarsic. The athlete that

always kept the team laughing went

to Kaitlyn Smith. The athlete

who always put 100% effort in went

to Lucy McCormick. The athlete

that was always there to assist

coaches whenever it was needed

went to Addie Monter. The ath-

lete with the best tumbling went to

Macie Nichols. The two athletes

that were inseparable went to

Morgyn Woodring and Sydney

Kowell. All of our athletes im-

pressed us this season and we

would like to thank all of our ath-

letes for such an outstanding sea-

son!

CRITERIA: 1. Shows re-spect and consideration for others. 2. Shows enthusiasm for academic and extracurricular activities. 3. Exerts a positive influence on classmates. 4. Exhibits leadership characteris-tics. 5. Exhibits patriotism and demo-cratic principles. 6. Shows responsibility (punctuality,

assignments, etc.)

Each week Visintainer Middle School honors a student at each grade level as being the student of the week. In addition, there is a monthly Student of the Month se-lection. Students receiving the honor of STUDENT OF THE MONTH are recognized for meet-ing all six of the criteria listed. Each student has to meet all six criteria in ALL of their classes as the entire teaching team decides upon two students to be selected each month.

Visintainer’s students of the month for October were: Abigail Grudzinski, Kayla Libbey, and Elena Osowski in the 6th grade; Zachary Holop, Dalyn Jaskolka, and Ashton Raabe in the 7th grade; Sydney Kowell, Trevor Ousley, and Hailey Peterseim in the 8th grade and Jovie Nixon

selected by the Encore staff.

All recipients will receive a cer-tificate, a t-shirt from Mr. Sharosky, recognition on the school website

and a candy prize.

Students of the month

Cheerleaders bring the spirit– Mrs. Rinkes &

Ms. Romito

BLUE DEVIL TIMES Page 3

The 8th grade South football

team is no more. The district in

preparation for the new school

formed a blue team and a white

team with students from all 3

schools.

“With there no longer being a

Brunswick South there was a bit of

an adjustment for the boys, playing

with new guys, practicing in a new

place, shuttle buses and such.”

Blue coach, Rick Buchner, said.

“The boys played a very difficult

schedule that saw them matched up

with four teams that were unde-

feated when we played them. The

boys were very competitive in their

games but came up short on the

scoreboard.

Some of the standouts from

Visintainer were Daniel Looker,

Mario Tripp, Chase Buchner,

Anthony Wojtala, Jacye Dye,

and Jack Safko.

Good to luck to all of you as

you move forward!” Buchner said.

“We had a very successful 2018

season. We had a total of 23 play-

ers this year participate on the 8th

grade white football team.” Coach

Yoak said.

The team finished with a 5-3

record. Including defeating a previ-

ously unbeaten Strongsville squad.

The white team was coached by

Visintainer teachers, Chris Esterak

(Physical Education), and Steve

Yoak (Science).

8th grade football goes blue and white

Page 4

Girls cross country

What an amazing season it’s been

for the girls cross country team!

“With lots of changes this sea-

son including combining all three

middle schools and running in unfa-

miliar territory at Willetts, I was

nervous about how the season

would progress.” Coach Beth

Bender said. “This amazing group

of girls took it all in stride, worked

hard, and exceeded my expecta-

tions!”

The girls cross country team

was led by a group of exceptional

eighth graders. Ava Bood-

heshwar, Ella Hruschak, Teo

Iovi, Shrina Patel, Nile Savina,

Lindsay Wolf, and Paige

Wood demonstrated out-

standing effort and dedica-

tion throughout the sea-

son. Teo Iovi’s hard work

and competitive edge paid

off at the Greater Cleve-

land Conference Champi-

onship when she placed

fourth overall in the confer-

ence.

Keep an eye out for

our current seventh grader

runners. Sierra Baranyai, Elle

Carlisle, Kailee Krzewinski,

Persia

Logan-

Ander-

son, and

Alison

Staun-

ton are just as hardworking and

driven and are sure to produce

great results next season.

“There’s a quote about cross

country that says ‘Run as one, work

as a team, finish as a family.’ We

had lots of individual and team suc-

cesses at each and every meet, but

it was our strong sense of family

and belonging that made our team

and season so amazing.” Coach

bender said. “It has truly been my

pleasure to work with such an out-

standing group of girls who best

exemplify the qualities of teamwork

and dedication to running.”

BLUE DEVIL TIMES

Page 5

Early in October, students/parents received a letter com-

municating about student-led

conference sessions. “ We look forward to hav-ing our students and their

parent/guardian participate

with Student Led Conferences

this year. Student Led Confer-ences give students a chance to re-

flect on their quarter successes and

areas of improvement, showcase

their talents as well as pinpoint and

discuss what they need to work on. It gives teachers, students and

parent/guardian(s) an opportunity to

discuss the student's goals and pro-

gress in the areas of academics and behavior.” Assistant Principal Jessica

Boytim said.

Unlike traditional parent confer-

ences, this requires the student to

be an active participant. The teach-

ers will be present and will serve as

“consultants.”

Parents have the opportunity to

schedule a 15-minute conference

that will cover language arts,

history, math and science. There

will also be time before or after to

visit with Encore teachers as

well.

Conferences are

on November 6, 2018 from

11: 00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

The links are available on our

school website. If you do not

have access to the Internet or

encounter a problem while sign-

ing up for your conference, feel

free to call 330-273-0402 and our

office will be happy to assist you.

Students are preparing for their

conferences in their PRIDE time

leading up to the conference day.

Thank you for taking the time

to sign-up and for supporting your

student and their education.

The Visintainer Student Council elected their officers for the 2018-19 school year. Eighth grader, Kate Muniak, was chosen as Pres-ident. Alessandra Galvan-Flores was selected as the 8th grade Vice President. Theerthaa Krishnan is the 7th grade Vice President. Krisha Patel is the 6th

grade Vice President. Emily

Tidey is the treasurer.

Visintainer Guidance Counselor, Mrs. Kathy Rhoads, and 6th grade Science teacher, Mr. Steve Yoak are the faculty advisors for Student

Council.

Student council elects officers

Students to lead parent conferences

BLUE DEVIL TIMES Page 5

The Brunswick Boys Middle

School Cross Country team had a

very successful season!

“Throughout the season the

boys trained hard and realized that

HARD WORK DOES WORK. The

boys were successful in training to

run a 2 mile race to the best of

their abilities.” Coach Wendy

Hunter said.

“They won the Medina Festival

and placed extremely well in each

and every race during the season.

Boys cross country shines

At the Conference Meet, Vince

Petitto was named an All Confer-

ence runner. Vince Petitto was

named 7th Grade Most Valuable

Runner and Hardest Worker. Mat-

thew Kellogg was named 8th

Grade Most Valuable Runner and

Hardest Worker. Dustyn DeFoor

received the 7th Grade Leadership

Award and Brendan Novak re-

ceived the 7th Grade Determina-

tion Award.” Hunter said.

“Another season is over, but it

was a first of its kind for Bruns-

wick.” Blue Coach Kevin Bambau-

er said. “We combined all 3 middle

schools to create a Blue and White

team this year and overall it was a

great experience. It was great to

see the intense rivalry of Brunswick

South vs Brunswick Willets trans-

form into the athletes coming to-

gether and becoming just Bruns-

wick Middle School Football. “

“The 7th grade blue had a year

where we grew so much as a team.

We had our ups and downs

throughout the season and lost two

games by only 8 points, but the

team always stuck together and

finished the year out with a two

game winning streak to go 3-5.”

Bambauer said.

Team member, William Fink,

thought the 32-23 win over Ash-

land was the highlight of the season.

“It was the first game where the

whole team played well.” Fink said.

Another highlight was the pick-

six interception that Javon Russell

made that turned the tide in a vic-

tory over Bedford.

The white team struggled to

turn talent into wins despite the

hard work of coaches and players.

Team members felt their game

against Strongsville was the high-

light of their season.

“The coaches really prepared us

for their passing attack” Treyson

Centa said. “The game was tied at

6 until the fourth quarter.”

Quarterback John Crawford

connected with Tommy Morgan

on a 60 yard TD and Diego Cas-

tillo ran 80 yeards for another

score to seal the victory.

Both teams look forward to

next year.

Page 6

7th grade football builds for future

7th grade volleyball plays for championship

Oh so close! That was the feel-

ing for the 7th grade South volley-

ball team that madie it all the way

to the league championship only to

lose a close match.

The 7th grade girls team

opened their season by dropping a

match to Wadsworth 2-0. It was a

modest start that the girls would

quickly change.

The Lady Blue Devils got hot

and ran off eleven straight match

wins. They defeated conference

opponents Elyria Westwood, Medi-

na Claggett, Strongsville Green,

Willetts, Elyria Eastern Heights,

Medina Root, and Elyria North-

wood,

The girls then beat North Roy-

alton before returning to confer-

ence play. The Blue Devils defeat-

ed Ekyria Westwood and Medina

Claggett.

After a loss to non-conference

foe Highland, the girls defeated

Elyria Eastern Heights.

Strongsville Green took the

highly anticipated rematch late in

the season.

The team then entered tourna-

ment play and won their way to the

championship game. Although it

was a tough match, the girls came

up a little short.

“We placed second in the GCC

tournament. We played great but

it was a tough loss” Coach Jessica

Schnear said.

“7th grade volleyball had a great

season. We finished 11-1 in our

conference and 12-3 overall.”

Coach Schnear said. “Can’t wait

for next years season! Let’s go Blue

Devils!”

Visintainer staff and students

celebrated school spirit and the

completion of the first quarter on

October 26th.

The day began with the stu-

dents participating in a Cyber Safe-

ty presentation. The Academic

Rolls breakfast was moved to Oc-

tober 29th to accommodate this

timely assembly.

After lunches, students went

to the spirit assembly.

“We are here to celebrate the

successes of our students and do

some fun activities to promote pos-

itive school spirit” Mrs. Rhoads

said to open the Spirit assembly.

All of the athletic and extracur-

ricular participants were intro-

duced along with the students of

the week and month. In-between

the students and staff competed in

spirit contests.

All of the activities were

planned by members of the Blue

Crew under the direction of Mrs.

Rhoads. Blue Crew members in-

clude Lexi Dempsey, Ellie Ger-

mano, Nolan Gillis, Ethan

Nemcek, Angelo Olah, and

Morgyn Woodring.

The first game was the Spider

Dive where one student and one

teacher from each grade level had 3

spider rings in a bowl full of Jell-

O. Only using their mouths, partic-

ipants must transfer spiders from

their bowl into a cup located at the

VB net. The first team with all 6

spiders in their cup WINS!! The

participants were 6th Grade- Mr.

Allen and Evan Good

7th Grade- Mrs. Kapish, and Jaiden

Sparks; 8th Grade- Mr. Wise and

Jacob Svozil. The 6th grade team

of Evan and Mr. Allen won.

Students from NJHS, Power of

the Pen, Pride Council, and Stu-

dent Council, were then recognized

by their advisors.

Game #2 was the S’more relay

where two team members of the

relay stood at the start line and the

other two team members stood at

the VB net. The first member of

the team took the bottom graham

cracker and placed it on their

stomach. They crabwalked to the

opposite end and gave the graham

cracker to the second member of

the team. The second member

added a piece of chocolate on top

of the graham cracker and carried

it back on their shoulder. The third

person added a marshmallow to

the top of the graham cracker and

chocolate and carried it on top of

their head to the net. The fourth/

final person added another graham

cracker to the top of the marsh-

mallow to finish the S’More and

carried it back to the start line on

their open hand.

The first person to cross the

finish line with their finished S’More

WINS!! Participants included 6th

Grade- Mrs. Wolf, Storm Kelly,

Shareanna Hurt and Brooklyn

Rentas; 7th Grade- Mrs. Heffner,

Kyle Abshire, Destiny Carrino,

and Jayden Nagorka; 8th Grade-

Mrs. Davis, Imani Bogan, Made-

line Kalal, and Bret Samay. The

6th grade won.

All of the Fall athletes and the

marching band students were then

recognized by their coaches and

Mr. Sharosky.

Game #3 was the Ghost Grave-

yard game. One student and one

teacher from each grade level had a

pair of panty hose on their head

with a tennis ball in the end. One

team member ran to the volleyball

net where six “Ghosts” wiere set

up. The first person knocked over

three “Ghosts” and ran back to tag

in the other team member. The

second team member knocked

over the final three “Ghosts” The

first grade level to knock over all 6

“Ghosts” WINS!! . Participants

were 6th Grade- Mr. Yoak & Eddy

Skiba; 7th Grade- Miss Delnay and

Diego Castillo; 8th Grade- Mrs.

Meczka and Jason Thomas. The

8th grade won.

Mrs. Boytim and Mr. Sharosky

then recognized the Students of the

Week, Students of the Month, posi-

tive referrals, and the King &

Queen of the Walk for Excellence.

Game #4 was the Hot Pumpkin.

. The teams were 6th Grade- Mrs.

Russell, Kyleigh Corley, Carter

Gringle, and Lydia Miller; 7th

Grade- Mr. Bambauer, Trey Cen-

ta, Evie Dean, and Josh

Dingler; 8th Grade- Mrs. McCu-

ne, Jayce Dye, Dehlia Radcliffe

and Bri Kaczmarski. Seventh

grader, Josh Dingler, won.

The teachers played the stu-

dents in volleyball.

The assembly closed with the

students voting on the best cos-

tume and in a very close vote,

Devin Douglass dressed as his

grandmother won!

Viz celebrates PRIDE and school spirit

BLUE DEVIL TIMES Page 7

Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Lykins, & Mrs. McCune pass the hot pumpkin (above) Mr. Allen and Evan

celebrate victory (below)

Page 8

During the month of October,

Mrs. Rhoads worked with mem-

bers of the 8th Grade “Blue Crew”

leadership team to plan a school

wide “Spirit Assembly” where stu-

dents had the opportunity to play

fun fall games and compete against

the other grade levels. A big

“Thank You” goes out to Lexi

Dempsey, Ellie Germano,

Nolan GIllis, Ethan Nem-

cek, Angelo Olah and Mor-

gyn Woodring for planning

and running the assembly!

Also, during the month of

October, 8th Graders re-

ceived a classroom guidance

lesson on Career Exploration

and an introduction to the

Naviance-Family Connections pro-

gram. Naviance is a college and

career exploration website. All 8th

grade students now have a Navi-

ance-Family Connections account.

Students will continue to use this

account throughout 8th grade and

their high school career. The Vis-

intainer Naviance-Family Connec-

tions web page can be found at

http://connection.naviance.com/

visintainerms.

Important

Upcoming

Dates:

Incoming

Freshman

Parent

Schedul-

ing Night:

Wednes-

day, January

16th, 2019,

7:00pm- PAC Center Brunswick

High School

Parents of 8th Graders are encour-

aged to attend the Incoming Fresh-

man Parent Scheduling Night where

parents will be given information

regarding scheduling for the 2019-

2020 school year. Mrs. Rhoads and

the high school counselors will

work with 8th graders during the

month of February to schedule

their high school classes.

College Credit Plus Meeting:

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019,

7:00pm- PAC Center Brunswick

High School

Ohio’s College Credit Plus Pro-

gram provides a college credit op-

tion for all students of seventh

through twelfth grade status. This

option provides the opportunity for

enrollment in college courses for

college and high school cred-

it. There is a meeting for anyone

interested in the program on

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019 at

7:00pm in the PAC Center at

Brunswick High School.

Guidance Department update

Moms and grandparents highlight upcoming events

Family First Night The day before Election Day

(November 5th) is a district Family

First Night. All afterschool activi-

ties and sporting events are can-

celled so families can spend the

evening together. Students do not

have school on Election Day, but

we do have student-led parent con-

ferences. Hope to see you there!

Grandparents/Veterans Day Friday, November 9th, is Vis-

intainer’s annual Grandparents’

Day. We invite our grandparents

Mr. Sharosky said. “We have divid-

ed the students to help with over-

crowding. Wednesday Nov. 14th

are students with last names begin-

ning with A-L. Thursday Nov. 15th

are students with last names M-Z.”

We would ask that mom RSVP

to this link:

Mornings with Mom RSVP

The link is also available on our

web site.

Mornings with Mom

in at 7:30 for a light breakfast with

their grandchildren. There will be a

musical performance. Grandpar-

ents do not have to be veterans to

attend. A note was sent home on

October 24th so that grandparents

can return the form or call to

RSVP.

Mornings with Mom For the second time, Visintainer

is inviting moms to breakfast.

“I’m a little concerned about the

number of moms that will attend

and the capacity of our cafeteria”

Storm Kelly, Jonathon Klein,

Madeline Kolman, Claire

Lanfdried, Kayla Libbey,

Camryn Matus, Kate Muniak,

Hicks, Ella Huston, Samantha

Hyde, Theerthaa Krishnan,

Jackson Lattner, Jillian

Marcellus, Elaina

Matalycki, Jacob McCo-

mas, Ella Pace, Addison

Patrick, Susan Puts, Ash-

ton Raabe, Mikayla Raitz,

Steven Roszak, Mark

Semanco, Brianna Sivy,

Elise Sulima, Tori

Tessmer, & Ashley We-

ers in the 7th grade.

The 6th grade is repre-

sented by Brianna Bard-

bury, Joshua Callahan,

Sara Dickens, Abigail

Grudzinski, Grayson Hayest,

Gio Ipsaro, Justin Kamenar,

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Alexa Pyle, Brooke Snell, Tay-

lor Tully, Ulyana Vaslkevych,

and Nicholas Wojtala.

“These kids are awesome. We

have a lot of super students, but

these are the ‘Justice League’ of

our super hero kids” Mr. Sha-

rosky said.

Students earn perfect G.P.A.

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8th grade volleyball completes the journey

It was a long journey from the

hot August afternoon when the

tryouts began for the 2018 South

8th grade volleyball team to the

season-ending conference tourna-

ment in October. While it was

only two months on the calendar,

the girls really took quite the jour-

ney.

Coming out of those tryouts,

Miranda Fleischer, Ellie Ger-

mano, Faith Glass, Mallorye

Jeloveck, and Maeve McGinnis

from Visintainer. They would join

with the girls from Edwards to form

the South team.

“This season was a very memo-

rable season with some of the nic-

est girls that have ever played the

game. Although the record didn't

show it for us, the girls worked

hard every single game, at every

single practice, and showed im-

provement by the end of the sea-

son.” Coach Wenmoth

said.

“By far the most im-

pressive part of the season

was the girls coming to-

gether to raise money in a

Servathon for Colin and

raised over $500 to give

directly to the family to

help with medical costs! A

special thank you goes out to the

girls on this team that I won't ever

forget: Miranda Fleischer, Ellie

Germano, Faith Glass, Mallo-

ry Jelovick, and Maeve McGin-

nis, who spearheaded the idea

with Miranda and got the whole

ball rolling.” Wenmoth said.

Coach Wenmoth wanted to

thank the girls for the poster and

for all the memories that the sea-

son brought with it, especially

"The Crying Game".

There were games they played

really well and other games not so

much so, but it was all part of the

journey.

Good luck to all the girls who

wish to continue their volleyball

careers!

FUTURE EVENTS AT Viz-November

6th graders Elise Sepesy & Jona-

thon Klein honored as the students

of the week. The week of October

8th had Katelyn Holzheimer (8th,)

Rocco Rodriguez (7th) and Judy

Dong & Elaina Hanshaw (6th) rec-

ognized. Eighth graders Ryan

Churnega & Miranda Fleischer,

7th grader Payton Kekic, and 6th

grader Mark Puts were honored for

the week of October 15th. The week

It is hard to believe that the first

quarter is over. It has truly been my

pleasure to get to know the 6th

graders and to re-acquaint myself

with the other children this first

quarter. I look forward to working

with them for the rest of the year.

Parent-teacher conferences are

scheduled for Election Day-

November 6th. Students do not

have school that day as we are ask-

ing them to conduct student-led

conferences. The teachers will also

be available to support the process.

We know that teenagers are not

the most communicative and to get the

parents and staff on the same page is

very powerful to ensure student suc-

cess.

The following students have been

selected by the staff for their contribu-

tions to Visintainer. The week of Oc-

tober 1st featured 8th grader, Faith

Glass, 7th grader, Connor Pugh, and

of October 22nd featured Mallory

Jelovec & Mikayla Raitz (8th), An-

drea Petru (7th), and Zachary

Wakelee-Liebenguth (6th).

We have children who have not

paid their student fees. We also have

students who have charges in the

double digits for the cafeteria. It is

district policy that students cannot

attend field trips if they have not paid

their fees. Please contact the office if

you have questions regarding your

child’s fees. These are also available

in the parent Progress Book under

“Fees.” We always have students in the 8th grade who, because of family circum-stances, cannot afford to attend the 8th grade Washington, DC trip. If there are any parents who would like to contribute to the “Angel Fund” which helps to pay for those students

to attend, please contact Mr. Sharosky.

From the Principal’s Desk….

Visintainer Middle School

1459 Pearl Road

Brunswick, OH 44212

Phone: 330-273-0402

Brian Sharosky-Principal

Jessica Boytim–Asst. Principal

Go Blue Devils!

MIDDLE SCHOOL

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1 Homework Club 3-3:30 rm 133- every Mon-Wed-Thur-Fri Study table 3-3:30 café every day for extracurriculars

2 Boys basketball tryouts 3:30-5:30

5 BCSD Family First Night – all afterschool activities canceled

6 Election Day- NO SCHOOL for students Parent-Teacher Conferences 11:00 am -7:00 pm

7 Power of the Pen 3:30-4:15 room 103 Boys basketball tryouts 3:30-5:30

8 Boys/Girls Club 3:30-4:30 @Edwards MS NJHS 3:30-4:00 Viz library

9 Grandparents Day 7:30-8:20 cafe Drama Club 3:30 cafe

12 “Mary Poppins” auditions 3:30-7:30 cafe

14 Mornings with Mom 7:30 café (last names A-L) Power of the Pen 3:30-4:15 room 103 Student Council Meeting 3:30-4:15 room 138 “Mary Poppins” auditions 3:30-7:30 cafe

15 Mornings with Mom 7:30 café (last names M-Z) “Mary Poppins” auditions 3:30-7:30 cafe

16 “Mary Poppins” auditions 3:30-7:30 café

20 7th & 8th grade boys basketball- at Medina Highland 4:30 pm 7th & 8th grade girls basketball- Medina Highland 4:30 pm

21-23 Thanksgiving Break- NO SCHOOL

26 “Mary Poppins” call-backs 3:30-7:30 cafe

28 “Mary Poppins” call-backs 3:30-7:30 cafe Power of the Pen 3:30-4:15 room 103 7th & 8th grade boys basketball- Brecksville 4:30 pm 7th & 8th grade girls basketball- at Brecksville 4:30 pm

30 Drama Club 3:30 café &“Mary Poppins” rehearsal 4:30-6:30