Boone County Schools

ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE TOGETHER

 


March 11, 2013
In This Issue
State Odyssey of the Mind
Ockerman Middle School shines in Storytelling Showcase
Camp Ernst Middle student wins Achievement Award

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State Odyssey of the Mind
16 Boone County School teams competed against 86 other teams on Saturday, March 9th at the Kentucky State Odyssey of the Mind State Tournament at NKU.  Congratulations to the following teams who qualified to advance onto the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals being held at Michigan State University from May 22 - May 25. 
  
Mann Elementary School
1st PLACE - Prob #3 Classics
ARTchitecture: The Musical - Coach Tawnya Romelli
Grace Romelli, Catherine Wolf, Michael Wolf, Emily Baell, Marley Jackson, Whitney Ballard, Sadie Aaron

Ockerman Middle School
1st PLACE - Prob #2  The E-mail Must Go Through
Coach Christina Houser
Glenn Stanton, Ella Rowen, Matthew Sexton, Nicholas Berry, Karie Roth, Julia Mathew, Jayasree Mullaguru

New Haven Elementary School
2nd PLACE - Prob #3 Classics
ARTchitecture: The Musical - Coach Kathy Lee Hutchinson
Willaim Hutchinson, Tesslyn Hutchinson, Grace Chan, Isabella Funk, James Funk, Colbie Schmidt, Noel Foltz
 
Gray Middle School
2nd PLACE - Prob #2 The E-mail Must Go Through 
Coaches Karen Cheser and Becky Galloway 
Will Henry Richards, Ken Ryumae, Alec Bedel, Alex Wilson, Kesley Donaldson, Elizabeth Schumacher, Josh Galloway

2nd PLACE - Prob #5 It's How You Look at It 
Coach Patsy Fegenbush
Anna Fegenbush, Cassidy Weickert, Jayton Ward, Brayden Harmon, Eli Harmon, Emma Errgang, Madison Gittings

Ryle High School
2nd PLACE - Prob #4 Tumblewood - Coach Daniel Jensen
Renatra Fusca Creativity Team Award Winners (both at Regional and State competition) Daniel Jensen, Paul Yoder, Daniel Kozar, Rena Ryumae, Anna Braun, Jack Kirby, Samuel Greenhill, Daniel Jensen won the $750 Mike Mullins Scholarship Award
 
The following team was acknowledged:
Yealey Elementary
3rd PLACE - Prob #3 Classics...ARTchitecture: The Musical - Coach Danielle Finck
Parker Fields, Mattie Melson, Catherine Johnson, Rachel Moscona, Anna Melson, Jack Johnson
Literacy Character Day at Collins Elementary School

Students at Collins, 3rd-5th grade, held a unique day of reading celebration March 1st.  Along with the Accelerated Reader,  Read Across America competition,  they also were able to dress as characters from some of their favorite pieces of literature that they had read and enjoyed.  Many were very creative and loved to talk about who they were representing. The teachers got into the act to celebrate with the children some dressing as:  Thing One and Thing Two, The Cat in the Hat, The Paperbag Princess along with the Mary Poppins, Miss Frizzle and Pippi Longstocking and many more.    A day of reading and enjoying literature was had by all.

     Ronny Ochoa   Warren Combs    Austin Neace

Pictured from left to right are:  Ronny Ochoa - Abraham Lincoln, Warren Combs - The Tale from Despereaux and Austin Neace - Zeus from the Percy Jackson Series  

Camp Ernst Middle student wins Achievement Award

James BeckettClub Z! In-Home Tutoring Services awards $10,000 annually to students who have gone above and beyond to be successful in school.  James Beckett from Camp Ernst Middle School was chosen as Club Z!'s 1st place winner for the fall Annual Achievement Award; this honor came with $2000!   

 

His application was among thousands from all over the country.  James is active in drama and on the swimming team, works part time, and still manages to make his education and grades a priority.  Special thanks to James' former teacher and Drama Club advisor, Karen Wiebe, who nominated him.