Issue 2 - Rock Hill

ROCK HILL MIDDLE
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SPECIAL
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The Rock Hill
Band is currently taking
fruit orders.
Students will
be taking
orders now
through November 7th.
Students will
pick up the
fruit on December 3rd.
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Students will
receive report
cards on Friday, October
28th.
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
Rock Hill Parade
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Teacher Interviews
2
RHHS Football
3
“Dear Wise
One”
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Open Gym
3
RHMS Volleyball Roster
4
iPad Lab
4
NJHS OSU Raffle
4
RHMS Junior
Guard
5
7th Grade Field
Trips
5
Redmen Rally
5
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Carnival of Excellence
On Friday, September 30th students at the Rock Hill Middle
School were rewarded for receiving the school’s first Excellent Rating on the State Report
Card with a “Carnival of Excellence.”
Students were taken by grade
level to the gym where they
enjoyed cotton candy, candy and
caramel apples, popcorn, inflatables, cake walks, and festival
style game booths. By the looks
on their faces it seemed as
though everyone had a great
time, including the teachers.
The carnival, organized by Mrs.
Fraley and Mrs. Gore, provided
the students the chance to enjoy
the result of their hard work on
the state testing and it is hoped
that they will try hard again this
year to obtain the same result…
or even better! A great big
thanks to them and also to the
National Junior Honor Society
members who worked all the
festival booths and put in a long
day of volunteering. Congratulations RHMS!!!!!!
Written by: Paige Aldridge,
Makayla Lewis, Kayleigh Gullett,
Katelyn Bryan
Good Week Rock Hill!
This week we have interviewed
two sixth grade students, First
we have Daron Dixon. Daron’s
favorite teacher is Mr. Fuller.
Daron also said his favorite subject would have to be Math. We
asked, “Have you learned anything new this year?” Daron’s
reply was, “A little bit.” Daron
enjoys playing video games at
home. Next we have Madison
Hackworth. Madison’s favorite
teacher is Mr. Kidd. Madison told
us that her favorite subject was
Computer Technology. When
we asked Madison, If she had
learned anything new this year?
Her reply was, “Yeah, sort of.”
Madison’s favorite activity at
home would be babysitting her
siblings. That would be all for this
week!!!
Written By: Brianna Caudill &
Natalie Ison
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Rock Hill Parade
The Rock Hill Parade was held
on the 29th of September.
The Parade was for the High
School Homecoming. Although
it was to be held on the 23rd
of September it was canceled
due to the dreary weather, and
had to be rescheduled for the
29th of September.
Students who were in the
parade:
High School football team,
High School cheerleaders, High
School marching band, High
School After School groups
and clubs, Middle School football team, Middle School
cheerleaders, Middle School
marching band, Elementary
football team, Elementary
cheerleaders.
when we get back to the High
School after everyone has
walked such a distance.”
Written By: Savanna Johnson
and Cheyanne Davis
They started at the High
School, walked to Middle
School, then back to the High
School, then down the hill to
the Elementary, then back to
the High School.
Mr. Basham said “The road is
going to be blocked off for us,
and everybody is really tired
Mr. Scythes
GOOD LUCK TO
ALL THOSE WHO
PARTICIPATE!!
Mr. Scythes, the 8th grade science teacher, is on his 7th year
of teaching in the Rock Hill
school district. Mr. Scythes
started at Shawnee State and
got one degree in chemistry
before he got his education
degree from Ohio University.
He is currently covering space
science which he tells me takes
up at least 50 percent of the
Ohio 8th grade science standards. His students seem very
interested and excited about
astronomy! Mr. Scythes says,
“I am impressed this year with
the students. It seems like
they’re willing to be challenged, and are stepping up to
the responsibilities of 8th graders.”
the last couple years. As far as
dates go, we do not have that
set up yet but it will be very
soon.
By: Sarah Kidd
The Science fair is coming up
real soon! A lot of the students and staff are very excited
because of Rock Hill’s success
Mr. Jenkins
Mr. Jenkins the 8th grade math
teacher, has just finished with
percent proportions and is
moving into probability.
“Students are making adequate
progress; however, there is
always room for more improvement. Most middle
school students have wrong
ideas about learning. They
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think it is something that happens to them, well it’s not . It
takes a lot of effort,” says Mr.
Jenkins. He went to college at
Ohio University and graduated after 5 years. Before
teaching 8th grade, he taught
6th grade math. He enjoys
having 8th graders more than
the 6th graders because of the
little things. “When I first
wanted to become a teacher,
my dream was to teach algebra, and eighth grade standards
cover that. Mr. Jenkins would
also like to tell all his students
that hair is over-rated.
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RHHS Football!!
Go Rock Hill
Redmen!
Right now the Rock Hill High
School football team has a 2-7 record, with their only wins being
against Oak Hill, and South Point,
The football team is having a lot of
problems with injuries to key players. Mr. Blagg states, “Hopefully
with the OVC play beginning our
players will get healthy and we can
make a run at a title.” Unfortunately for the Rock Hill High School
football team we lost to Chesapeake on October 7th with a score
of 40-12 that kicked us out of a run
for a OVC title. The boys are putting in a lot of hard work and hopefully it will pay off on Fridays game
when we play Coal Grove!
THE TEAM MEMBERS ARE:
Jonah Cox #3
Josh Delawder #5
Jesse Layne #8
Will McCollister #10
Ryan Depriest #11
Drew McClaskey #12
Chris Clemente #14
Jacob Malone #20
Austin Harper #22
Trey Wilds #23
Jared Bruce #24
Adam Dalton #25
Jordan Blagg #26
Brandon Blankenship #27
Shane Harper #32
Jordan Hairston #33
Collin Stevens #50
Seth Mannon # 53
Ethan Baker #56
Elijah Stevens #58
Andrew Schwab #60
Steven Carey #63
Josh Sisler # 65
Andy Knipp # 66
Andrew Nickell # 68
Austin Wilds # 74
Steve Moore # 75
Blaine McFann #76
Kendall Webb #77
Jason Hogsten #78
Tyler Knisley #79
“Dear Wise One”
The newspaper students have come
up with a new article that they
would like to do for the newspaper,
The article will be called “Dear Wise
One,” Think of it like a Dear Abby or
Dear Anne advice column. If students
have any questions or concerns, they
can write them down and put them
in the “Dear Wise One” box in the
library. The newspaper staff will get
the questions out of the box, and we
will submit answers to the students
in the newspaper. Students, all
questions or concerns must be
school appropriate.
Boys and Girls Open Gym
Boys open gym days will be announced but will be after school
from 3-4:30 or 4-6:30. Mr. Sark and
Mr.Owens are in charge of the
boys open gym. The boys get to
divide into teams and play. Official
basketball practice will not start till
next month.
Girls open gym days will also be
announced and the times will be 34:30 or 4-6:30 (opposite the boys
time). Mr. Bokovitz and Miss.
Mootz are in charge of girls open
gym. The girls will be doing drills to
become better players and working
on their conditioning.
November 5th at Wellston
and the girls’ previews will
be on November 29th for
the 8th grade and on the
30th for the 7th grade.
Both games are at South
Point.
Official practice begins next week.
The girls will have a scrimmage on
If you come to open gym it
does not mean you made
the team.
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RHMS Volleyball
8th grade
Sami Dillon #20
Abbie Marshall #00
Anna Darby #10
Riann Keating #52
Tylan Eastham #4
Kaci Russell #13
Makenzi Harrah #26
Kacie Blagg #7
Jenna Lane #11
Jessica Schweikart #17
McKenzee Delawder #25
Adriane Neal #2
Kenna Sites #12
Alaina Brown #19
Haley Keeton # 8
Cassidy Skeens #3
7th grade
Jill Hairston #30
Elisabeth Wilds #14
Caitlynn Meadows #54
Talyn McKenzie # 33
Morgan Harper #15
Bekah Travis #35
Callie Layne #5
The New I-Pad Lab, With Mrs. Gannon!!
This year a new kind of technology has been brought to Rock
Hill. It is called the iPad lab. I
interviewed one teacher that is
using this technology. The
teacher was Mrs. Gannon, a sixth
grade language arts teacher. She
“absolutely loves the iPad lab”.
Mrs. Gannon thinks that having
the iPad lab in our school is wonderful. Having the lab allows
teachers the opportunity to integrate current technology into
their curriculum. She would
highly recommend the iPad lab to
other teachers and other
school districts.
Mrs. Gannon does not think
that the use of the iPads will
be a distraction to the students. “Students are motivated
and encouraged by using current technology. Students get
excited when they learn they
will be getting the opportunity
to use something other than
paper and pencil”.
Using the iPads in her Reading
class allows the students a
chance to practice skills that she
has taught in the classroom.
“There are many apps to
download that can assist in increasing a student’s reading, vocabulary, and spelling skills.”
Mrs. Gannon’s only wish is that
ALL students would have the
opportunity to use the iPad tablet
in their classrooms. It’s an engaging way to teach and to motivate
students to learn.
By: Brianna Caudill
National Junior Honor Society OSU Raffle
Rock Hill Middle School National
Junior Honor Society students are
selling raffle tickets for a tub filled
with a multitude of Ohio State
goodies. Items include a jersey,
sweatshirts, T-shirts, cups, jewelry, car flags, pennants, garden
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flags and signs, a snuggie,
gloves, and many other
items. Items total a value of
$250-300. Tickets are $1.00
each or six for $5.00 and
may be purchased from any
member or by calling the
middle school. Jr. Honor Society
students have decided to donate the
proceeds from the raffle to Becky
Wood who is undergoing treatment
for breast cancer at this time. Becky
is the daughter of Theresa Arden, a
teacher at the middle school.
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RHMS Junior Guard
This year the Junior Guard almost
doubled in size going from 6 to 11
students. Mrs. Pemberton said
“We are really excited about the
turn out this year and we hope we
double in size again next year.”
Congratulations
to the RHMS
Cheyenne Hackworth
Marching Band
7th Grade
Whitney Maddy
members for
Emma Bare
qualifying for
Ally Stewert
State Band
Tylan Eastham
Students in Junior Guard:
Alexis Brammer
8th Grade
Mckenzie Delawder
finals!!
Bailey Matney
Cassidy Skeens
Mackenzie Blankenship
By: Cheyanne Davis and
Savanna Johnson.
Abigail Marshall
7th Grade Field Trips
On Friday, October 14, the seventh grade students will be attending a play at the Paramount Arts
Center entitled “I Never Saw
Another Butterfly.” This play is
based on the life of a teacher at
the Terezin Concentration Camp
during World War II. In preparation for this field trip, the students
have been reading various nonfiction works, watching
documentaries concerning Holocaust
survivors, and researching through
the use of several web-sites, in-
cluding www.ushmm.org(the United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Class wide, we are reading
“Number the Stars” by Louis Lowry,
“My Dog Lala” by Roman R. Kent,
and “Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust” by Allan
Zullo and Mara Bovsun. Our goal is
to realize that even though unimaginable atrocities occur, the human
spirit can and does triumph.
The Redman Rally is on Friday,
October 21, 2011. The events will
be basketball, volleyball, karaoke,
movies, music, Pente/board game,
videogames, and kickball if the
weather is good. (Further events
might be added upon request.)
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/
By: Paige Aldridge & Makayla Lewis
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/
media_ph.php?MediaId=6974
Redmen Rally Information!!
This is Mr. Owens’ first year coordinating the rally and he would like
to say “Those who were well behaved during the nine weeks deserve a day of fun!”
By: Ty Bronson
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National Junior Honor Society News
The Rock Hill Middle School
chapter of the National Junior
Honor Society has had a very
busy last few weeks.
They helped sponsor, organize,
and assisted at the “Carnival of
Excellence” held for the student body in reward of the
Excellent Rating on the State
Report Card. They enjoyed
their day working and were
rewarded for their efforts with
a pizza party given by Mr.
Hairston.
“The world is not
interested in what
we do for a living.
What they are
interested in is what
we have to offer
freely—hope,
strength, love and
the power to make a
difference!’’
-Sasha Azevedo
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Making a Difference
Six of the Jr. Honor Society
students spent a Sunday afternoon volunteering with several
Ohio State University students
who are members of the
group “The Committee of 88.”
The two groups raked and
cleaned up the yards of two
local elderly citizens and
cleaned and planted the flowerbed at the middle school.
They are being rewarded with
a lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings.
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Making a Difference cont.
“We were taught
to respect
everyone,
especially those
Thank You
who were elder
and wiser than
we were from
whom we could
One of the citizens was thankful for
the students cleaning up her yard.
She sent them the following thank
you card.
Thank you card
learn.”
--BeNeca Ward
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Vision Statement
Within five years, all students in our building will
demonstrate, in a variety of ways, that they have
achieved a high level of understanding of the mate-
Rock Hill Middle School
rial in each subject area. Students will be excited
about learning and demonstrate this by their in-
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continual personal development that enhances their
agement for each other. Our Staff will be a group of
instructional effectiveness. The school will be a safe,
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structured, comfortable and accepting environment
that embraces all students in ways that promote
equality, communication, understanding and individuality. Students will have a sense of pride and respect for themselves, others, and will demonstrate a
joy in being part of our learning family.
Newspaper Staff
This is the first time that 8th graders
are getting the chance to help publish
a school newspaper. I spoke with
Devon Avery and Paige Aldridge and
they said they enjoy writing for the
newspaper and that it’s fun to go to
teachers and collect articles for the
newspaper. The teacher, Mrs.
Hairston, likes it because it’s the first
time she doesn’t have to do it by
herself. The students working on the
newspaper include: Paige Aldridge,
Makayla Lewis, Kayleigh Gullett, Katelyn Bryan, Devon Avery, Josh Bronson, Ty Bronson, Brianna Caudill,
Cheyanne Davis, Rebecca Deborde,
Marissa Jenkins, Savanna Johnson, and
Sarah Kidd. I will have more interviews with other newspaper staff in
upcoming newspapers.
By: Kayleigh Gullett
Paige Aldridge and Devon Avery