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Volume 5, Issue 1
November 5, 2012
Tomahawk Times
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D A T E S
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Nov. 5 Waiver day no
school for students.
Staff have meetings all
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Nov. 5 Parent Conferences are from 3:00 —
8:30pm.
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Nov. 9 Carnival of
Excellence
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Nov. 20 Progress
reports go home.
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Nov. 20 last day of
school before Thanksgiving vacation
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Nov. 27 back to school
from Thanksgiving.
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Nov. 28 Picture retakes
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
New Staff Members
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8th Grade Field Trips
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NJHS
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Welcome Back
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Fall Sports
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Interviews
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Summer Reading
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There will be a carnival on November 9 to celebrate RHMS making State School of Excellence.
This is Rock Hill Middle Schools’ second year in a row to make the school of excellence rating, and
the first year the Rock Hill Local School district has received an excellent rating from the state.
Grades six through nine are allowed to attend the carnival. At the carnival there are going to be
many fun activities you can do. There will be games, face painting, inflatable's, cotton candy,
candy apples, cake walk, and many other prizes. The people who will be helping in the carnival are
the National Junior Honor Society, Mrs. Fraley, and Mrs. Gore.
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Every year during football season the Rock Hill Local School
District has a parade for the
students. The Parade is done
every year to encourage school
spirit throughout the district. All fall sports, band,
and school clubs from all
of the buildings participate
in the parade. Marsha
Kerns, a former Middle
School teacher and a current substitute teacher,
was in charge of the parade.
She was the high school cheerleading coach for many years.
This year’s parade was on October 19, 2012, at 1:00 p.m.
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T o m a h a w k
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We interviewed Mrs. Besco,
Mr. Owens, and Mr. Dalton
on the staff changes over this
new school year. First we
interviewed Mrs. Besco, 6th
grade Intervention Specialist,
and asked her how she liked
the staff members. She
stated “The staff was very
supportive last year and welcomed me with open arms
and that I think the staff at
this school is made up of
extraordinary people who are
Mr. Owens
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great teachers and friends.
We also asked if anything
seems different this year and
what she thinks about teaching different classes than just
math. Next we interviewed
Mr. Dalton, 7th grade intervention specialist, and asked
him if he enjoyed the staff at
Rock Hill. He stated that, “I
work closely with the seventh
grade teachers and everybody has been helpful. We
also asked him what he liked
Our first trip will be Thursday,
September 20th to the Marathon Career Fair. The career
fair is held by Marathon and
its employees and exposes
our students to the kinds of
jobs available at the refinery.
Permission slips have been
sent home. Lunch will be
served to the 8th graders
here at school at 10 am and
we will leave at 10:30 am.
Career fair for us starts at
11:30…lasts two hours.
During the month of October
eighth grade language arts
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Mrs. J. Besco
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students will be completing
an informational read on the
Hatfield & McCoys, viewing a
documentary about the famous feud, and visiting the
Heritage Farm and Museum.
While on their visit to Heritage Farm, the students will
tour the Progress and Transportation Museums, tour a
replica coal mine, be entertained by a pioneer reenactor, and take a ride on a covered wagon. The documentary students will view was
filmed at the Heritage Farm.
Dave Lavender portrayed
Devil Anse Hatfield in the
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different at the Middle
School. Mr. Dalton said, “ I
like the complete block
scheduling in the middle
school.” Then we interviewed
Mr. Owens, 8th grade reading
teacher and assistant principle on how he liked it here at
the middle school. Mr. Owens
stated, “It’s a wonderful experience being able to work
with the kids in the school
building.”
Mr. Dalton
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documentary and will be
visiting and speaking to students while on their visit to
Heritage Farm. We will be
leaving at 8:45 am, taking
sack lunches and eating in
the shelter house and adjacent buildings. This trip will
be on October 26th and will
cost the students $5.00.
During the month of November and December eighth
grade students will be reading the novel, “The Hobbit.”
Following the reading of the
novel, students will be going
to view the film on December
14th. Following the film they
will be heading to Gattiland for lunch. We will
leave the school at 9:15
am.
In late February we will be
reading Jack London’s
“Call of the Wild.” Following this novel read students will attend a show
based on the novel and
the author at the Paramount Arts Center. This
trip will be on March 6th.
We will leave at 8:45
am…show at 9:30
am…Gattiland for lunch.
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N a t i o n a l J u n i o r
S o c i e t y
This school year we have twenty-six members in our
organization. These students obtained membership
by maintaining a 92.5 GPA for their sixth grade year.
They were inducted in May of their seventh grade
school year.
The members of the Junior Honor Society are:
Kaitlyn Albright, Tylan Eastham, Derek Balmer, Noel
Fleeman, Emma Bare, Tyler Fox, Arianna Beam, Jill
Hairston, Kacie Blagg, Brady Knipp, Allison Bramblett, Alexis Brammer, Whitney Maddy, Alaina
Brown, McKayla McGraw, Joshua Butler, Caitlynn
Meadows, Garrett Carpenter, Blaike Roberts, Nathan Cole, Hannah Shepperd, Tyler Damron, Ally
Stewart, Anna Darby and Danielle Therrien.
At the first meeting of the National Junior Honor
Society officers were elected as follows:
W e l c o m e
b a c k
Mrs. Stevens came back August 27th . We asked her how
it was to be back and she
said, “I only go up and down
the stairs once a day.” When
asked if she was glad to be
back, she said she was very
happy to be back and that she
was very bored at home. She
said she spent most of her
H o n o r
President – Jill Hairston
Vice-President –Garret Carpenter
Secretary — Arianna Beam
Co-Treasurers – Derek Balmer and
Brady Knipp
News Reporter– Emma Bare
Adviser– Mrs. Denise Fraley
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summer preparing for her surgery. We are glad to have her
back.
Mrs. Stevens
7th grade history
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T o m a h a w k
R H M S
The 8th grade football players are:
Timmy Adkins #21
Tyler Damron #22
Michael Frazier #44
Brady Knipp #34
Nate Malone #58
Brendan McCormick #3
F O O T B A L L
The 7th grade football players are:
Zach Bostic #68
Nick Donley #81
Cameron Haas #67
Matt Malone #20
Trystan Matney #9
Drew Russell #55
Dylan Avery #2
Seth Baker #24
Drew Cochran #85
Michael Cremeans #75
Johnny Ferrell #65
Eli Matney #51
Logan Reed #8
R H M S
The 8th grade homecoming
attendants were: Alaina
Brown, Tylan Eastham, and
Whitney Maddy
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Jaret Bacorn #10
Cameron Barnette #40
Camron Cox #11
Eddie Duncan #52
Gavin Jenkins #33
Frank Ratliff #77
Austin Ross #72
H O M E C O M I N G
The 7th grade homecoming
attendants were: Taylor Hall,
and Abbigail Kline
The 6th grade homecoming
C H E E R L E A D E R S
The 8th grade cheerleaders
are, Alaina Brown, Ally Stewart, Whitney Maddy. The 7th
grade cheerleaders are, Haley Howard, and Hannah
Blankenship.
One of the activities at the pep assembly.
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attendant was: Samantha
Stamper
The homecoming queen was:
Tylan Eastham
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V o l l e y b a l l
Members of the Rock Hill
Middle School 7th grade volleyball team are, Madison Harper,
Hannah Blankenship, Madison
Hackworth, Dani Jenkins,
Kyleigh Noel, Taylor Hall, Jessica Keatley, Katie Jefferson,
Mckinzie Delong, Abbigail
Kline, and Haley Howard. The
following girls are on the 8th
grade team, Caitlynn Meadows,
Jill Hairston, Anna Darby, Callie
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C r o s s
Layne, Jasmine Cumpston,
Blaike Roberts, Mckenzee
Delawder, Alaina Brown, Tylan
Eastham, Katie Wilds, Ally
Stewart, and Alyssa Monnig.
C o u n t r y
The Rock Hill Middle School Cross Country Team members are:
Alexis Brammer
Madison Henry
Tylan Eastham
Zach Dailey
Austin Riddle
R o c k H i l l
M a r c h i n g B a n d
Members: Brooklyn Abrams,
Eden Abrams, Derek Balmer,
Arianna Beam, Alexis Brammer, Shayden Estep, Noel
Fleeman, Trevor McCormick,
Ben Miller, and Matthew Williams
2012 Band Competitions
were at:
Sept. 15- Lucasville Valley
Sept. 22– Logan Elm
Sept. 29– Coal Grove
Oct. 6– Athens
Oct. 20– Green and Ironton
2012 State Finals (Band
qualified): Oct. 27 and 28
The band qualified for
State Oct. 5. The
scores were very high.
Percussion and Auxiliary got reserved
Grand Champion and
band got second in
class.
The Rock Hill Marching Band has a really
strong brass and percussion section. In
addition, it has a good
group of woodwinds
and color guard. “We
plan on having high
scores and bringing
back trophies for this band season. We are also expecting to once again, qualify for State Finals.” -Mr. Basham
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Of the ten people that were
interviewed nine of them said
they thought the 8th was
awesome. Mr. Blagg was the
winner in the favorite teacher
competition. Computer class
and gym were the favorite
electives. Math was by far
the favorite class of all. Three
make any new friends. Overall, most of the 6th graders in
the classes that we interviewed said that they like the
middle school this year. Just
like Tyler Fields said, “I love
the middle school, it’s a lot
better than the elementary.”
Tyler Fields
6th Grade
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We interviewed some 7th
graders and a couple of
teachers. We asked the students ten questions. Five out
of five said the teachers are
nice. Three out of five said the
work is harder. Four out of
five said they were ready for
7th grade. Austin Riddle said
his favorite sports are Cross
Country, and Basketball.
Logan Reed said his favorite
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When interviewing the 6th
grade classes, seven out of
the eight students we interviewed said, that they were
ready for the middle school.
When we asked Alex Roberts
how she liked the middle
school, she said, “It has more
freedom and better food…”
Half of the students think
that the work this year is
more difficult, but some do
not. Five out of the eight students said that they did NOT
Alex Roberts
6th Grade
Abbigal Kline
7th grade
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sport is Baseball. Michael
Corbin said his favorite sport
is Basketball. Mr. Bokovitz,
(Coach Bok), said his favorite
sport was football. Rosie
McCarty said her favorite
sport was baseball. Five out
of five said the lunch is better
than the elementary lunch.
Five out of five like the new
assistant principal, Mr.
Owens. Three out of five say
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said that they felt they were
ready for the 8th grade.
we need bigger lockers. Five
out of five said they think that
the new cafeteria painting s
are great! of our interviews.
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Logan Reed
7th grade
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When we interviewed the 6th grade
language arts teachers, Mrs. Gannon
and Mrs. Ross, about the summer
reading assignment, they told why
they wanted the 6th grade students to
read over the summer break and how
this affected their reading skills. Both
6th grade language arts teachers said,
“I wanted the students to read and
use their reading skills.” They both
quoted this as to why they wanted the
students to read over the summer
break. Both proceeded to say that,
“Call It Courage”
As we interviewed the 8th grade language teachers, Mr. Owens and Mrs.
Fraley, over the summer reading
assignment, they proceeded to talk
about how this helped and affected
our learning and reading skills. These
are just a couple of different things
that Mr. Owens had to say, “This assignment allowed the students to
stay engaged in reading during our
summer vacation last school year, so
they can continue building their reading skills.” Mr. Owens also stated that
“Yes it will help with the students
reading skills because they are practicing what they have learned.” Then we
proceeded to interview Mrs. Fraley over
the summer assignment and here are
all the things she said about it. “It’s very
Important that students complete at
least a few independent projects, The
summer reading assignment and its
study guide were selected because it
was a level set for the majority of our
eighth graders, They shouldn't have had
any problem with the comprehension of
the novel and its accompanying work
and should have been able to complete
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When I interviewed the following 8th grade students,
Trevor McCormick and
Arianna Beam, about the
“Call it Courage” book they
had to read over the summer
break, they had multiple
things to say about the book.
Trevor McCormick said,
“The reading was interesting
and it was a good book.” He
“The reading activities will help the
students who actually took the time to
read the novella thoroughly and those
who applied their reading strategies.”
Other information that was provided to
us was, “Statistics show that when
young people aren’t in school, there is
a disappointing loss of learning occurring. Summer reading can provide the
students with the opportunity to maintain their reading level.
it independently.” She also stated that “The
book was chosen by Mrs. Fraley and Mr.
Owens, Eighth Grade Language Art teachers,
and all students were assigned the same
novel, Reading is just like anything else, it will
Improve with practice. To quote Dr. Suess,
“The more that you read, the more things you
will know. The more that you learn the more
places you’ll go.” She also said that
“Independent reading is an ongoing assignment both throughout the school year and the
summer.”
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continued by saying, “No, I
have read some books that
were really confusing.” After
interviewing him I interviewed Arianna Beam who
said, "I didn't like it at all.”
and also said, “No, it just
wasn't “my kind” of book.”
When I interviewed 6th
grade student Hannah Preston about the book “Call it
Courage”, Hannah said, “It
did not help me at all. The
book was hard to understand.” She proceeded to say
that “She did not like the
book because it took up most
of her summer break.”
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WWW.ROCKHILL.ORG
Hatfield and McCoy Day
In Mrs. Fraley and Mr. Owens Language Arts Classes the students had a Hatfield and McCoys day. Through out the week
we watched a few documentaries on the Hatfield and McCoys. While 3rd block did a timeline, some of the students had
the idea to plan a Hatfield and McCoys day. Some of the actives were tug of war, Family feud and apple bobbing.
M o n a r c h s i n t h e
C l a s s r o o m
Mrs. Gore’s 7th
grade science classes participated in a
research study through the University
of Kansas Entomology Department.
Monarch eggs and caterpillars were
brought into the classroom. These
were found on milkweed plants in
fields and along the roadsides. We
cared for the Monarchs until they
emerged as butterflies.
When our Monarchs reached the
adult butterfly stage, we tagged and
released them so they could begin
their long journey south to their winter nesting grounds in Mexico.
Hopefully, some of the Rock Hill
Middle School butterflies will reach
their destination and have their tag
number found and recorded by a
nesting scientist. Go to
www.gorescience.weebly.com to see
more pictures of our class project.