New Staff Members At Flinthills Schools

Volume 1, Issue 7
BOXHOLDER
ROSALIA, KS 67132
September 2006
New Staff Members
At Flinthills Schools
By Deedra Baker
This year the Flinthills
Middle/High School welcomes middle school social studies teacher Larry
McNown, and high school
science teacher Patrick
Mr. McNown
Navin.
Mr. McNown grew up in
El Dorado, and graduated
from El Dorado High
School. He attended college at Butler Community
College, Emporia University, Tulsa University, and
the University of Kansas.
He was an undergraduate in the field of secondary education, and went
to graduate school in athletic administration and
exercise physiology.
Before arriving at
Flinthills, Mr. McNown was
in the Heidelberg, Germany, area.
In his freetime, Mr.
McNown spends time with
his family, hunts, fishes,
and enjoys attending
sporting events. He is “a
huge KU fan!!”
McNown says he decided to be in education
because it is fun to learn to
assist students as they
prepare for life after
school.
Mr. Navin
“Flinthills Middle School
is great,,, excellent staff,
faculty, students, and facilities,” said Mr. McNown.
The new high school
science teacher is Mr. Patrick Navin. Mr. Navin went
to high school in Federal
Way, Washington, Hentsville, Alabama, Hon
League City, Texas, and
Arlington, Texas.
He attended the University of North Texas located
in Denton, Texas.
Mr.
Navin started with a major
in physics, but changed it
to chemistry.
Before coming to FHS,
Mr. Navin taught at a small
east Texas high school.
“After my daughter was
born, I decided to give
something back to the
world.
I recalled how
much fun teaching was
when I was in graduate
school, and that is when I
decided to start teaching,”
Mr. Navin said.
Mr. Navin has also
taken on the responsibility
of being a senior sponsor.
He enjoys Flinthills because of the students’
work ethic, overall good
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behavior, and nice staff.
Also new to USD 492 is
5th
Mrs. McCune
grade teacher/high school
assistant volleyball coach
Sarah Hinde.
Micky
McCune returns as the
high school Spanish
teacher, as well.
Though Larry Gawith is
not new to the district, he
is however, in a new role
as middle/high school principle.
Bob Diepenbrock
also changed roles as he
is now the elementary prin-
Food for Thought
High School Sports
Page 2
Senior Night
Page 4
Administrators
Pages 6 and 7
The difference between
school and life?
In school, you’re taught a
lesson, then given a test.
In life, you’re given a test
that teaches you a lesson.
~ Tom Bodett
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Flinthills Flyer
HS Sports
Varsity Football Schedule
September 29 - vs. Marmaton Valley 7:00 p.m.
October 6 - @ Central Burden 7:00 p.m.
October - vs. Altoona 7:00 p.m.
FHS Football
JV Football Schedule
October 2 - @ Marmaton 5:00 p.m.
October 9 - vs. Central Burden 5:00
p.m.
By Deedra Baker
(Left to right) Front Row: Jeremy Jackson, Trevis Cowley, Matt Birks, Spencer Owens, Kiel Riemann, Jimmy Michal (Second Row) Josh Cortez,
Micah Womacks, Cody Oates, Caleb Keplar, Josh Birks, Kent Riemann, Josh Brown (Third Row) Tyler Wilson, Nathan Vogts, Hunter Vaught, Ty
Kemp, Gage Roberts, Aaron Humig (Back Row) Brett Brundage, Zack Trumpower, Garrett Breech, Seth Wilson, Jesse Brown, Nick Dunham.
Volleyball Schedule
September 26 - @ Madison 5 p.m.
September 30 - JV Tourney @ FHS 9 a.m.
October 10 - @ Waverly 5 p.m.
October 14 - LCL Tourney @ ESU 9 a.m.
The Mustang football
team has started off the
season with three wins.
They have defeated Dexter, Cedar Vale, and Hamilton.
The team comes back
having only lost one
player, and therefore has
upperclassman experience. The team also returns head coach Erik
Sorum, and assistant
coach Mark McNemee.
Coach McNemee is
optimistic about the season because the players
have not let down in any
game, and continue to be
extremely energized.
Consistency is something that Coach Sorum
feels like the players on
the team still need to improve on.
FHS Volleyball
October 17 - Regional Tournament
October 21 - Sub-State Tournament
October 27 - State Tournament
October 28 - State Tournament
(Left to right) Front Row: Kaylene Waller, Whitney Farrar, Tia McBride, Myrissia Hilton, Jessica Mann, Cassye Ades, Sammy Harrington, Sydney
Idleman, Emily Jackson, Jordin Stephens (Back Row) Kristin Willhite, Lacey Breech, Taylor Stands, Deedra Baker, Caley Onek, Alexa Cuskelly,
Dani Riemann, Hannah Jackson, Bailey Killgore, Breonna Cooper (Manager). Not pictured: Erin Dragoo, Deidre Whiteside, Trina Carr
By Deedra Baker
The Lady Mustangs’
overall record is now 201.
In league play the
team is 6-0. The ladies
also competed in the Dexter Invitational on September 16th, and brought
home first place.
This season the Lady
Mustangs welcome Sarah
Hinde as their new assistant coach.
Head Coach Kent
Harms says that the team
is serving and hitting well,
and the JV team is very
much improved.
Players still need to
improve on serve receive,
blocking, defense coverage, and becoming more
consistent.
“We play really well
against average or below
average teams. We must
get over nervousness
when
playing
good
teams,” says Coach
Harms.
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MS/HS Sports
Cross Country
By Deedra Baker
The Flinthills Cross
Country athletes have
started the season off with
a bang! Their first meet
was held at Arrow Rock
on Thursday, August 31.
Female participants
Carley Dunham placed
first and Renee Simon
placed second.
Individually the boy’s
team had Jacob Ritter
placing first, Logan Fuller-
ton second, Grant Vogt
ninth, Andrew Cope thirteenth, and Chayne Onek
twentieth.
At Valley Center on
September 5, Carley
placed second, Renee
fourth, Jacob third, Logan
sixth, and Grant eighth.
On September 14, Carley placed sixth, Renee
ninth, Jacob ninth, Logan
thirteenth, and Grant
Left to right: Andrew Cope, Logan Fullerton, Chayne Onek, Grant Vogt, Carley Dunham, Jacob
Ritter, Renee Simon, Chelsea Fullterton
Cross Country Schedule
September 28 - @ Harvey Co. East Lake 4 p.m.
October 3 - @ Eureka 4:00 p.m.
October 12 - @ Burlington
October 21 - Regional Tournament
October 28 - State @ Wamego
Middle School
Volleyball and Football Schedules
September 28 - VB 5:00 p.m./FB 6:30 p.m. @ Lebo
October 5 - VB 5:00 p.m./FB 6:30 p.m. vs. Chase
Co.
Left to Right: (Front Row) Ashley Bender, Rachel Hiebert, Amanda Goldman, Caitlin Nelson (Second
Row) Tayvia Kemp, Aubry Juby, Ally Owens, Hope Harsh (Back Row) Jenna Pletcher,, Kellie Naill, Sam
Cowley, Melissa Finstad, Carly Hannon, Rianna Tibbets
Left to Right: (Front Row) Michael Hinnen (Manager), Jerrikk
Glenn, Hogan Lovelady (Manager), (Second Row) Brice Palmer,
Levi Hefton, Matthew Womacks, Dalton Moore, James Hinnen,
Jacob Rickman (Back Row) Caleb Jackson, Couger Hefton,
Christopher Sjogren, Kyle Vogt, Chris Veith, Jacob Martin, Jake
Oates, Garrett Dragoo
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Senior Night
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Dates to Remember
September 27- Sit Council @ Cassoday @ 7:00
Lifetouch Pictures—Cassoday 8:00 & Rosalia
10:00
September 28- MS VB/FB @ Lebo VB 5:00/FB 6:30
HS CC @ Harvey Co. East Lake 4:00
September 29- HS FB vs. Marmaton Valley 7:00
September 30- HS JV VB Tourney @ FHS 9:00
October 2- HS JV FB @ Marmaton Valley 5:00
October 3- MS/HS CC @ Eureka 4:00
October 4- LCL STUCO @ Camp Wood
LCGSL Mtg. @ ESU 11:00
October 5- MS VB/FB vs. Chase Co. VB 5:00/FB 6:30
MS CC @ El Dorado 4:00
October 6- HS FB @ Central Burden @ 7:00
October 7- LCGSL VB/FB Tournament @ Lebo TBA
October 9- HS JV vs. Central Burden @ 5:00
October 10- HS VB @ Waverly 5:00
October 11- BOE @ Rosalia 7:00
LCL Mtg. @ ESU 11:00
October 12- CC @ Burlington
MS VB/FB Playoffs TBA
October 13- HS FB vs. Altoona 7:00
October 14- LCL Tourney @ Emporia @ 9:00
October 16- HS JV Football @ Altoona 6:00
FEPO @ Cassoday 6:00
October 17- HS VB Regional
LCGSL Vocal Music @ ESU
October 18- PSAT/NMSQT—11th Grade @ 8:15
Pictures counterclockwise from top left: Volleyball coach Kent
Harms escorts senior Taylor Stands to present her mom with
the traditional rose. Senior volleyball players Erin Dragoo,
Whitney Farrar, Kristin Willhite, Caley Onek, Lacey Breech,
Taylor Stands, and Deedra Baker.
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Administrators
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DIEP IN LOVE AND LOGIC
By Bob Diepenbrock
It’s hard to believe how
fast the school year is
moving already, but the
elementary students are
already taking their MAP
tests and all students
should have them completed by mid September.
The purpose of these assessments are to help
guide our teachers on how
best to educate their students, measure the academic growth of individual
students, and measure the
school’s progress as a
whole to improving education. In fact, the staff development days prior to
the beginning of school
were devoted to 1) examining our mission and analyzing if we were indeed
meeting that goal and how
to improve our instruction
to do so and 2) improving
technology skills of the
staff members including
the integration of technology in instruction. We will
try to incorporate as much
“Learning by Doing” (a
theme that emerged during
the staff development
days) as we can. A couple
of examples are listed below.
The Prairie Project
theme of the primary
school at Cassoday
(begun last year) is studying the animals of the prairie. They are trying to arrange a field trip to do just
that similar to a field trip
last year.
The primary
school continues to work
hard to keep up with the
demands of the prairie
plant-landscaping project
and is working hard to
eliminate unwanted weeds
in front of the school. In
fact, a workday to pull
weeds combined with an
ice cream social is planned
and parents should have
received notice by this
printing.
The intermediate school
is off to a good start as
well and what a wonderful
time to study the solar system.
The International
Association of Astronomers recently decided to
remove planetary status
for Pluto so our solar system has changed. Fifth
grade students acted out a
model of the solar system,
are in the process of illustrating it, and will do lunar
logs. They are also learning about the nature of
science and how changes
in scientific thought occur
with the acquisition of new
evidence over time; e.g.
Pluto is no longer a planet.
They plan to culminate
their activities with a field
trip to the Kansas Cosmosphere.
Elsewhere in the newspaper, you will find an article from the Love and
Logic institute describing
the “One Year Plan”. I
would encourage you to try
to use it because, as a
parent myself, I found my
kids responded far more
appropriately using Love
and Logic. When I didn’t
get mad, but showed empathy for my children when
they made bad choices
and had consequences for
inappropriate behavior,
everyone got along better
and I believe my kids
learned a great deal more
responsibility for their actions. Anger normally associated with getting into
trouble quickly turns inward when kids understand undesired consequences are a result of a
child’s own actions.
It
could lead to a great
school year at home.
Teachers are excited,
students are working hard,
and I believe the school
year is off to a great start.
I hope to see the excitement grow and continue to
look forward to continued
successes as the year progresses.
The One Year Plan: A
Parent’s Guide for Helping Children Succeed in
School
1. Love and Logic parents
remember that parents
can’t teach for teachers
and teachers can’t parent
for parents.
Remember
that teachers and parents
can’t learn for kids no matter how much we love
them.
2. Show the same amount
of love for your children
regardless of their success
in school.
a. Show sadness rather
than anger when they
have trouble at school.
3. Expect your children to
do their share of the
chores at home.
4. Spend some time each
day talking with excitement
about your work and your
day. They will want to imitate you and will soon begin to talk about school
and their day.
5. Take turns reading to
each other every day.
6. Have your children
teach you something they
have learned at school.
Do this once per week.
7. Encourage your children
to do things that “charge
their batteries.” Encourage them to try many different activities as a way of
discovering interests and
talents.
a. Remind them that
they will build their careers
around their talents, not
around their weaknesses.
8. Provide a time and
place for homework. Expect that they will study.
Allow them to study either
by writing the assignments
or thinking hard about
them for a reasonable
amount of time.
a. If they decide to study
by thinking instead of writing or reading, have them
think of a plan for explaining it to the teacher.
b. Support the teacher
to handle this.
1. Don’t fight with children over the homework.
2. Don’t fight with the
teachers over the grade or
consequence.
3. Tell your children
that you will love
them regardless of
their grades and
sad for the children about their
bad grades.
9. Don’t pay your
children for good
grades and don’t
punish for bad
grades.
Be ex-
cited about the good
grades and sad for the
children about their bad
grades.
10. Have your children
bring home papers.
a. Look at the right answers instead of the wrong
ones.
b. Don’t correct the
wrong answers—leave this
for the teacher.
c. Have your children
explain the reasons for the
answers being right. If they
don’t know, give them
three choices:
1. You cheated?
2. You tried hard?
3. You are getting
smarter in that subject?
11. Expect this Love and
Logic program to take
about one year before you
see good results.
Remember that children who have a hard time
at school need to get away
from it for a while each
day. More homework and
problems at home about
school won’t help.
a. Don’t complain to
teachers that they should
give this child more homework.
b. Use this program instead and you will see
amazing results in one
year.
c. Fight with you children and their teachers
about homework and the
problem will still be there in
years to come.
12. Love and Logic parents remember that highly
successful people put
most of their efforts into
their talents and maintain
minimal standards on everything else.
For more information contact The Love and Logic
Institute: 1-800-338-4065.
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Mindful Mahan
By Dr. Phil Mahan
Now that we have the
students and staff back, all
is well again in my book. It
is a great time when the
students return each fall.
We welcome Ms. Abbey
Thorne who is helping with
our additional second
grade group at Flinthills
Primary in Cassoday, Ms.
Sarah Hinde who is helping with our additional fifth
grade class at Flinthills
Intermediate of Rosalia,
and Mr. Pat Navin, high
school science instructor.
This summer saw that
Mr. Willhite left for an exciting position that will continue to challenge him. Mr.
Kern helped me plan some
of the maintenance projects that will help to make
things better for our students and staff. Mr. Donner and Ms. Peterson
helped to maintain our
lawn and sports complex.
All in all the summer was a
very productive time. The
new school sign is now lit
up, and we have plans to
have the sports banners
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Administrators
up soon. I would like to
thank the School Site
Council for all of their hard
work in planning facility
improvements. There may
be other projects that the
school principals will take
to them to continue their
important help with the
schools of our district.
The Kansas State Assessments preliminary
report looks like we made
our Adequate Yearly Progress. Watch for news
from the principals on updates on how the testing
programs are going.
I look forward to this
school year and again ask
for everyone to think about
safety in all that they do,
both at school and when
we are not in school.
Fall Homecoming at Flinthills
By Deedra Baker
Fall Homecoming will be
held Friday, September
29th. The coronation will
be prior to the football
game at approximately
6:40 p.m.
This year’s theme is
“Back in Black.”
On Thursday, September 28th, there will be a
bon fire/pep rally at 8:00
p.m., to start the homecoming festivities.
Thursday will be class
colors day, and Friday will
be red and black day.
On Friday afternoon
students and homecoming
candidates will participate
in games led by StuCo.
College Representatives
to Visit FHS
By Don Wedel
The following colleges
will be visiting Flinthills
High School to visit with
11th and 12th grade students concerning their respective Colleges about
admissions, financial aid,
housing, classes, extracurricular activities, and
any college question the
students might have.
Students and their par-
This year’s candidates
include Lacey Breech,
Caley Onek, Taylor
Stands, Jeremy Jackson,
Nate Nelson, and Spencer
Owens.
The Homecoming dance
will be held at the high
school following the game
until 11:30 p.m.
College Dates:
ents are welcome to sit in
any or all of these conferences. The conferences
will be held in the Flinthills
High School Guidance
Office.
Students will also be
involved in the CPCCollege Planning Conference at Butler Community
College on Wednesday,
November 8, from 12:30 to
3:00 p.m.
Kansas State University
Tuesday, October 3
1:45 p.m.
Baker University
Thursday, October 12
10:30 a.m.
Pittsburg State University
Tuesday, October 17
8:40 a.m.
Southwestern College
Thursday, October 19
10:25 a.m.
Fort Hays State University
Monday, November 27
Senior Kiel Riemann becomes certified in Adult CPR and AED in
Mr. Sorum’s Lifetime Fitness class. An EMT came out to the
school for two days to certify the class for two years.
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Administrators
Go With Gawith
By Larry Gawith
Flinthills middle/high
school’s mission statement is to: Assure safe
positive learning environment.
Provide a wellrounded curriculum. Promote academic excellence. Recognize individual differences and
needs. Provide opportunities for involvement by
all students.
Develop
pride in self, school, and
community.
The part of the mission
I would like to address is
the last one, pride in self.
Pride in ones self can
come in many forms form
how we take care of our
self, the clothes that we
wear, to the people that
we consider friends.
Today’s schools are
getting more involved
helping students take better care of their bodies.
The kitchen staff has become more aware of the
food that they are serving
our students at breakfast
and lunch. We are working on limiting the amount
of sugary snacks and
drinks that are available in
our vending machines.
We have added “Walk for
Life” classes to allow stu-
dents opportunity to exercise who may not be interested in sports.
Flinthills enforces a
dress code 7-12 that restricts some of the clothes
students wear. In today’s
society, the trends in
fashion may not meet the
requirements of our dress
code; however, students
who have pride in themselves will make the appropriate decision as to
their clothing choices. As
the school year starts to
get in full swing students
are testing the limits of
the school dress code.
Please discuss appropriate clothing choices with
your teenagers to enable
them to show pride in
their self.
Finally, those who we
consider friends often
have the greatest influence on the pride that we
have in ourselves. If we
associate with people that
do not take pride in their
self and display a good
work ethic, it causes us to
feel and act the same
way. The opposite is true
if we associate ourselves
with others who take pride
in their appearance and
work habits. As students
and adults, we make decisions on who we socialize
with on a daily basis. If
we find ourselves in
groups that do not take
pride in their self then we
have a choice to make.
Do we continue in that
group or do we find others
who have pride in what
they are doing. Many of
the decisions that our students make during their
middle and high school
careers will carry with
them throughout their life.
My challenge for each
student is to ask them-
FLINTHILLS HIGH SCHOOL BOSTER CLUB
806 SE Rosalia Road
Rosalia, KS 67132
Proposed Meeting Schedule for the 2006/2007 School Year
Meeting Location: Flinthills High School
October 16, 2006 7:00 p.m.
November 20, 2006 7:00 p.m.
December 18, 2006 7:00 p.m.
January 15, 2007 7:00 p.m.
February 19, 2007 7:00 p.m.
March 19, 2007 7:00 p.m.
April 16, 2007 7:00 p.m.
May 21, 2007 7:00 p.m.
Additional activities:
Fall Dinner Theatre – We will be serving dinner at 6:00 p.m. prior to the Saturday performance of the fall theatre production –
date to be announced.
Fall Homecoming – We will decorate where the attendants sit.
Fall Sports Banquet – We will need to decide if we are going to provide the meat for the banquet – date to be announced.
We will decorate for the evening.
Winter Homecoming – We will decorate the area where the attendants sit.
Spring Dinner Theatre -- We will be serving dinner at 6:00 p.m. prior to the Saturday performance of the fall theatre production – date to be announced.
Fine Arts Night – We will be serving dinner – time and date to be announced.
Winter/Spring Sports Banquet – We will need to decide if we are going to provide the meat for the banquet – date to be announced. We will decorate for the evening.
For more information call Donna Jackson: (316) 320-7020 or Melinda McBride: (316) 322- 7525
Left to right: Seniors Kristin Willhite, Nate Nelson, Hayli Brown, and Geremy Draper
Name
Birthday
Parents/
Guardians
Siblings
Kristin Renee Willhite
October 20, 1988
Nathaniel Eugene Nelson
March 6, 1989
Hayli Nicole Brown
February 14, 1989
Geremy Copeland Draper
September 12, 1988
Myron & Sue Willhite
Lane and Justin
Shane & Michelle Nelson
Caitlin and Holton Nelson
Troy & Catrina Brown
Janci Brown
Terry Draper
Jason and Terrance
Hobbies or
Free Time
Tennis, volleyball, working at
the theater, hanging out with
friends
Hunting, fishing, roping
Singing, dancing, hanging
out with friends
I love to fly, build things,
and ski.
Fav. Color
Hot pink and green
Fav. Cartoon Recess
Fav. Clothing Hoodie and Buckle jeans
Mossy oak camo
Pearl snap shirts
Blue or green
Ninja Turtles
Jeans
Blue, red, and black
Scooby Doo
Ski Clothes
Pet Peeve
Fashion faux pas
People who talk during the
movies.
People who say they will do
something and don’t
Girls who complain
Miss About
Kindergarten
Nap time
Only going half a day.
Snack time and recess
Sleeping time
Person Who
Inspired Me
My parents
Coach Womacks
My mom, she’s always been My dad and grandpa and
there for me.
grandma.
Advice
To Freshmen
Have fun with your four years, Don’t be afraid of the senior
don’t let the drama get to you. girls. They aren’t as scary
as they look.
Its high school, there will always be drama.
Embarrassing
Moment
In middle school when I
earned my nickname- wrong
way willhite.
Strangest
Thing Eaten
Afraid of
Enjoy every minute of high
school, the good and the
bad, because it will be over
before you know it.
Keep it crunk
When Kiel passed me the
ball from 3 feet away and it
hit me in the head.
Getting de-skirted in the
parking lot
Going to a new school.
Chinese seafood
Cow Tongue Sandwich
Cat and dog food
Octopus
Not succeeding later on in
life.
Snakes
June bugs and grasshoppers
Mrs. Farrar