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February 24, 2011
Volume 1, Issue 2
Adam Kuehne, 1992-2011
Dates to remember:
No more time for you,
my dear
“Your life must end”
Is all you hear
There’s more to death
Than life’s abrupt end
There’s no more fear
When it begins
Those who knew Adam
Kuehne remember him as a
friend to everyone. The 18year-old Rock Hill High
School senior and honor
student was killed February
17 in an accident on State
Route 141.
“He had an amazing imagination,” said Sareena Matthews, a senior who knew
him since the two were in
kindergarten. “He was
friends with everyone.” Matthews called Kuehne one
of the nicest people she
knew. “Even if you didn‟t
like him he would still give
you the shirt off his back if
you really needed it,” she
said. Carol Ann Murrell,
also a senior, had known
Kuehne since middle
school. “The first day of
sixth grade, we met and
we‟ve been friends ever
since,” she said. “He always cared about everyone.” She added that Kuehne, who planned to study
at Shawnee State University, was always making
jokes and would make even
his teachers laugh.
Last fall, Kuehne wrote a
poem about death for his
creative writing class. The
six-stanza poem dated Nov.
4, 2010, begins like this:
“No more time for you, my
dear. „Your life must end‟, is
all you hear. There‟s more
to death than life‟s abrupt
end. There‟s no more fear
when it begins.” Now the
students and staff at Rock
Hill are taking comfort in
Kuehne‟s own words. Mrs.
Zornes, his creative writing
teacher, passed out copies
of the poem to many of the
students. (The poem says)
don‟t be afraid to die,”
Murrell said.
The staff and students at
RHHS offer their sincere
condolences to his mother,
Karen Bailey, his father, Thomas Kuehne, his brothers,
John and Stephen, the rest
of his family, his friends, and
to Ruby Garrett, his girlfriend. He was indeed a special young man and will be
missed by many.
Your soul will leave
Your body behind
You float to the sky
To the great divine
At the top
You look straight down
Trying to speak
But no words come
around
You reach the clouds
And look down from the
sky
Wondering why
You took so long to die
It’s wonderful
Once you see
How we angels
Come to be
Adam Kuehne
11-4-2010
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GIRLS’ DIV III SECTIONALS—FEB. 16, 19
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PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES—FEB. 24
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SCIENCE FAIR—FEB. 22
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NATIONAL HONOR
SOCIETY INDUCTION—
TBA

OHIO GRADUATION
TESTS—MARCH 14-18
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GRADING PERIOD
ENDS—MARCH 18
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ALL-COUNTY BAND—
MARCH 22 @IRONTON
HIGH SCHOOL
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Inside this issue:
ALL-COUNTY BAND
QUIZ BOWL, ACT
2
TIDBITS
SENIOR INFORMATION
3
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 4
AND CARE
DRIVER EDUCATION
FINANCIAL LITERACY
STOCK MARKET INVESTMENT
CHALLENG
5
BASKETBALL SENIORS
HOLOCAUST CLASS FIELD TRIP
6
BAND INFO
SCORES AND VOICE OF
DEMOCRACY
JESSI COX
7
RHHS NATIONAL HONOR
SOCIETY
8
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Cassie Christian; ClarinetAmanda Beam, Rachel
Stevens, Alison Schwab,
Jackie Henderson; Alto
Saxophone-Mycah
Pemberton, Chandler
Haskins; French HornJessica Cox, Dylan Bishop;
Baritone-Kayla Higgins;
Mallets-Samantha Webb;
Percussion-A.J. Beam,
Ryan Krum, Dalton Rus-
All County Honors Band
The Rock Hill High School
Music Department had
several students audition
and selected to participate
in the All County Honors
Band. Students were
ranked according to a playing audition at Dawson-
Quiz Bowl
sell.
Additionally, the following
students were first chair
in their section:; Jessica
Cox (4 years), Kayla Higgins, Samantha Webb.
The All County Band
Concert will be held at the
Ironton High School Auditorium on Tuesday,
March 22nd. Check the
Ironton Tribune for times.
Bryant on Saturday, February 5th. 95 students from
all the schools in Lawrence
County auditioned and 78
students were selected.
The following students
were selected to participate
in this year‟s band: Flute-
Important Testing Information
Quiz Bowl
will be traveling to
Shawnee on
March 17th
to participate in a match with
large and small division
schools from Scioto
County. We also have the
Ironmaster tournament on
March 23rd at OUSC. On
March 19th there will be a
taped performance of the
team on the High -Q show; air
time 1:30 on channel 30.
The ACT® test assesses
high school students' general educational development and their ability to
complete college-level
work.
The multiple-choice tests
cover four skill areas: English, mathematics, reading,
and science.
The Writing Test, which is
optional, measures skill in
planning and writing a
short essay.
The next ACT testing date
is April 9, 2011. The registration deadline is March
4th. Instead of an ACT Prep
course this session, a new
online program has been
purchased through an Appalachian Grant.
Our students will have access at school and home to
online practice materials.
This is an
online license that is a paid
service. All material is
NEW and only available to
Rock Hill students and
teachers.
“Anything Goes”
RHHS’s vocal music departsinger Reno Sweeney and
ment is preparing to present
Public Enemy #13 Moonface Martin aid Billy in his
Anything Goes, a musical
with music and lyrics by Cole
quest to win Hope. The muPorter. The story concerns
sical includes such songs as
madcap antics aboard an
"Anything Goes," "You’re
ocean liner bound from New
the Top," and “I Get a Kick
York to London. Billy
Out of You." Principal and
Crocker is a stowaway in love secondary cast members
with heiress Hope Harcourt,
include: Mycah Pemberton,
who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Nightclub
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Shayne Wilds, Savannah
Burge, Rachel Stevens,
Jackie Henderson, DeeJay
Rhoden, Andrew Phillips,
Gary Willis, Taylor Caudill,
Shayla Stevens, Haley
Brown, Chelsea Stamper, and
Andy Knipp. Several other
students are participating in
the cast at large as singers
and as dancers. They include:
Fancy Taylor, Jordan Albert,
Anna Thibodaux, Sarah Bankston, Kimi Robinson, Hannah
Euton, Rachel McWharter, Brittany Hammond, Andrew
Schwab, Eden Barcus, Rachael
May, and Samantha Webb. Performances are slated for production on Friday, April 8th and
Saturday, April 9th. The doors
open at 6:30pm and the performances begin at 7:30pm.
redmen review
Tidbits of Interest
SPANISH
The Spanish I
classes have
been learning
about the
weather with expressions
and dialogue. They will perform a brief skit with 3-4 students in a group and present
these to their class using a
mix of English and Spanish
while being video-taped.
Also, they have been learning to tell time in Spanish as
well as learning the military
system of time. Spanish II
classes have been studying
the past tense and learning
how Hispanic names change
when someone marries compared to those in the United
States. They have each chosen a pretend spouse with
Hispanic names including
children and grandchildren.
In Spanish III the students
have been practicing the
subjunctive forms of verbs as
well as learning different
chores and daily household
items in the target language.
The class also did a scavenger hunt race with partners
leading them to a grand prize
(premio gordo) and bonus
points. They will be choosing culture topics to research and to present to
class in PowerPoint form.
of Ornithology where it is
compiled. Scientist then
analyze the data to help
them answer a myriad of
questions. To learn more
or even become part of the
DINNER THEATER
project visit http://
We are planning to have a www.birdsource.org/gbbc/
dinner theatre show on
whycount.html
Saturday, May 7th with the
doors opening at 7:00pm.
Our show this year is going to have a country mu- SCIENCE FAIR
sic theme. Tickets will go
The Rock
on sale April 11th and de- Hill Scipending on location the
ence Deprices will be $25, $20,
partment
and $15. All proceeds will will be
go to benefit the future
holding
activities of the show choir. its annual
Science Day the evening of
Tuesday, February 22nd.
Judging will begin at
ENVI5:00pm. Projects will be
ROTHON
open to viewing by the
The Envipublic at 6:30pm.
rothon
The awards program will
class will
begin at 7:00pm. The stube particidents participating will
pating once again in a citi- have already made it
zen science project in con- through a cut based solely
junction with the Cornell
on the student‟s research
Lab of Ornithology. Febru- presented in written form.
ary 18th thru February 21. The judges will be evaluatRock Hill students will
ing the projects based on
work with other particicriteria used at the state
pants from across the con- science day and will focus
tinent to gather information on the students‟ oral preson bird species. The data entation and display.
collected is sent via the
internet to the Cornell Lab
Senior Information
Senior Shirts have been
chosen and seniors may
begin placing an order
February 18th- February
28th. These are signature
shirts, so each senior
must sign the sheet in order to have their name
placed on the back.
Mrs. Zornes will have extra invitations for sell at a
price of $1.25 each.
Cap and Gown orders
should come in during early March. If
anyone owes a balance, it must be paid
in full to receive the
merchandise.
Graduation is set for
Saturday, May 28th @
7:00 pm.
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Local Scholarships are
arriving daily, so please
check in frequently with
Mrs. Zornes or the Rock
Hill website for applications.
Seniors have been hard
at work on senior research projects in Mrs.
Zornes’s English
classes.
GOVERNMENT
American government
classes will soon begin a
thesis report in which they
will pick a topic related to
American government and
write a 5-7 page report in
which they will take a position on the topic and defend
their position. This project is
done in conjunction with the
English department and will
teach students many skills
necessary for collegiate success in regards to writing
papers. Students will learn
how to research a topic, consult multiple sources of information, cite their sources
properly, and write an overall
quality essay.
OGT PREPARATION
Sophomore students and
teachers are working hard to
ensure that the students are
ready to take and pass the
Ohio Graduation Tests in
mid-March.
GIRLS TRACK
Girls track conditioning begins
on Monday Feb
21 with the first
meet at Coal
Grove -April
5th.
redmen review
Early Childhood Education and Care News
Kristi Fry reads a book while the
children listen attentively
Brittany Morris and Michelle
Johnson helped with decorating
Christmas Bags for the Preschool-
The students enrolled in
the Early Childhood Education and Care class at Rock
Hill High School started the
new school year out actively
engaged in learning about
early childhood. Students are
participating in hands-on
learning experiences through
a variety of venues. They
have been participating in
Labs (preschool classrooms)
where each student gets to
work directly with preschoolers. Students have been
working with Rock Hill Early
Childhood Development
teachers by volunteering for
Family Nights. For October’s
Family Night students served
refreshments and implemented several science activities with the preschoolers and
their families. The ECEC
students decided on the theme
of “Crazy Corn” and developed age appropriate activities to go along with this
theme for the Science Family
Night. Two of the most favorite activities the students
implemented with the children and families were shucking and shelling field corn.
ECEC students in the month
of November were able to go
across the river on a field
trip to Huntington, West
Virginia, and visit FAB
Child Care. This was a wonderful learning experience
because it enabled the students to get hands-on experience at observing and working in a different type of
preschool. Students toured
the facility and they each
spent 30 minutes working in
one of FAB Care’s classrooms. Students were then
treated to lunch at Fat
Patty’s. I have been told by
many students that if we go
on any more field trips this
year, Fat Patty’s is the destination of choice!!!
In December ECEC students
decided they wanted to sponsor a preschool child and
raise money to purchase
clothes, toys, books, and
other items for the needy
child and their family. The
students worked with Rock
Hill Child Development
teachers in purchasing and
wrapping gifts for several
other needy families. Students also participated in
Rock Hill Child Develop-
ment Center’s December Parent Night. During December’s Parent Night several
sophomore students volunteered their time to serve dinner to the preschool children
and their families. The
sophomores also helped the
preschool staff in taking the
preschoolers pictures with
Santa.
It appears that 2011 will continue to be a busy and productive time for the ECEC students. Seniors and juniors are
very involved in getting their
Family, Children and Community Leaders of America
(FCCLA) projects completed
and ready for competition.
This Spring the seniors, juniors, and sophomores will
begin learning the importance
of early childhood nutrition,
and will also be responsible
for implementing a MultiCultural project with the preschoolers.
Diane Larsen, Instructor
Early Childhood Education
and Care
Dani Crabtree, Ashley Phillips, Lauren Wade
and Dakota Barnett working
on FCCLA Projects
Jessica Bridges reading to preschoolers during Lab
. Melissa Malone is
teaching a Math Lesson
during Labs.
Tyranny Newcomb working on
her FCCLA Project while Stephanie Jiles lends a helping hand
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Amelia Wilson, Shanna Summers,
and Cheyanne Wilson serving refreshments during Parent Night
Paige Parsons and Dani Crabtree
busy working on their FCCLA
project
Volume 1, Issue 2
Driver Education Classes
Rock Hill High School has
entered into an agreement
with the AAA Driving School
to provide Driver’s Education
to Rock Hill High School
students at a rate of $275.00.
A minimum of five students is
needed to hold a class.
The AAA Driver’s Education
program will be held on the
following dates: FEB. 28th,
MARCH 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th
& 9th in the multi-use room at
the high school from 2:45pm
to 7:00pm (a 15 minute break
will be provided at 5:00pm).
Students must be present at
school, attend all classroom
meetings and complete all
driving requirements to receive their driver education
training certificate. If the stu-
dent is absent from any classroom time they must wait
until the following scheduled
class to make up this time.
Students must be at least 15
years 5 months old (birthday
on or before Sept. 28, 1995)
by the first day of
class.
Parents or guardians of a
driver training student will be
solely responsible for transporting such driver training
student from school property
following classroom training
sessions held at the school. If
the parent/guardian of a
driver training student wishes
to arrange for or permit
someone other than the parent to transport the student
away from school property
following a classroom session at the school, they will
be responsible for insuring
that an advance written permission slip signed by at
least one parent of the driver
training student and authorizing any such alternative
transportation arrangement
is delivered to the session. A
copy of the written permission slip will be filed in the
records of the AAA Driving
School. The original written
permission slip will be delivered by the instructor to
the high school for filing
and retention.
For permission slips and
answers to your questions,
see Mr. Delawder in room
207 or call 532-8053, ext.
2207.
changes in various ways.
Rock Hill High School is offering a semester Personal
Finance class through the
Family and Consumer Science Department. Passing
this class is a graduation requirement starting with the
graduating class of 2012.
This is the third year that Ms.
Lana Hardy has taught this
course. It is taken primarily
by our sophomore students;
however other students may
take this class as well. Course
work includes consumer
rights and responsibilities,
basic economics, taxes, budgeting, credit and money management skills.
Financial Literacy
The need for financial literacy
education is rapidly increasing in our state and country.
To address this need the Ohio
House and Senate has
changed the Ohio Core
Graduation requirements to
include a financial literacy
component. Individual school
districts can meet these
Rex’s Investments Paid Off!
In Personal Finance this past
grading period each student
got to invest $10,000 of play
money in the stock market.
Each student had to invest
these funds in five different
companies for six weeks.
They charted the results and
calculated their losses or profits. Overall Rex Lawless had
the biggest pay offs earning
over $1,000 when his stocks
were sold. Too bad his profits
were as fake as the funds he
invested! Good Job Rex!!
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Permission slips available
from Mr. Delawder, AAA Driver
Education Instructor, in Room
207. Questions? Call 532-8053
ext 2207.
Volume 1, Issue 2
Basketball Seniors 2011
“The girls and boys basketball
seasons are nearing their ends
and we would like to take a
moment and honor the senior
athletes that have played this
year. The girls celebrated their
senior night on Thursday, February 10, when they played
their last regular season game
here at Rock Hill against
Chesapeake. Though the game
ended in a loss, it was a wellplayed battle that went into
overtime with an outcome of 46
to 44. The senior girls that
have played are Nicole Stamper,
Brittany Thompson, Dani Crabtree, and Courtney Duncan. The
girls will travel to Wellston on
Wednesday, February 16, at 8
p.m., to play Southeastern Ross
in their first Sectional Tournament game. Good Luck Ladies!
The boys will celebrate their
senior night on Friday, February
18, against Fairland. As is the
tradition, it will be the last regular season game played here at
Rock Hill. The senior boys that
have played are Mitchell Patterson,
Devin Darby, Jon Schwab and
Shane Russell. The boys will be
playing their first Sectional Tournament game at Jackson High
School on Monday, February 21, at
7 p.m. against Minford High
School. Good Luck to our Guys!
Holocaust Class Field Trip
Students enrolled in the English
elective class of “Holocaust Literature” ended their first semester class with a trip to Cincinnati,
Ohio where they toured the
“Mapping Our Tears” exhibit
sponsored by The Center for
Holocaust and Humanity Education. While visiting the exhibit,
students met and listened to
Holocaust survivor, Mr. Warner
Coppel. Mr. Coppel survived
Auschwitz and a death march.
He speaks to students every week
in the hope that something like
the Holocaust never happens
again. Rock Hill students enjoyed
meeting Mr. Coppel and had
many questions for him after he
shared his story.
After leaving the Holocaust and
Humanity Education Center, students were treated to a delicious
meal at The Cheesecake Factory
in Kenwood Mall.
“The Holocaust field trip is the
highlight of my year every time
this class is offered”, said Mrs.
Craft. “This is the last generation
of kids who will actually get to
meet a survivor in person, and it is
a day that really changes your life
and priorities. It is awesome that
Rock Hill offers this opportunity
every other year to our juniors and
seniors.”
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Volume 1, Issue 2
Concert Band Returns to Competition
This year the Rock Hill High
School Concert Band will
enter a competition for concert band. The Ohio Music
Education Association hosts
marching band contests during the fall and a Concert
band festival in March. This
event is held at Shawnee
State University, Vern Riffe
Center for the Arts.
Each Band performs 3
pieces of music and is adjudicated by 3 judges. Then
the band moves to a different room to play a piece of
music they are given when
they enter. The judge in this
room will check how well the
band can read and perform
new music.
Marshall University Band Festival
Band Director Nick Basham
and Assistant Director Rhonda
Pemberton mentioned that this
is not a first for Rock Hill. The
band performed in this event
until 2000. “Now that our band
program is growing again, its
time we restart some traditions
that have been dropped—a
quality concert band competing for a chance at state finals
is first on my list,” Mr. Basham
said. This is a chance to get
feedback from professionals
on how well the students make
music as a group. The band
will perform on Friday March
11th during the school day.
This is a free and open performance.
The following students were recommended
and are participating in the Marshall University
Band Festival on Friday and Saturday, February 18th-19th. Kayla Higgins, Sareena
Mathews, A.J. Beam, Rachel Stevens, Dylan
Bishop, Ryan Krum, and Allison Schwab.
SCORES Festival and Voice of Democracy
Juniors and Seniors are now
registering for the 2011
S.C.O.R.E.S. competition at
Marshall University on April
16th. The academic festival
provides an opportunity for
Rock Hill students to compete
in their choice of 100+ events
of all types (from marketing
to photography to world geography to physical fitness to
nursing to writing to reading
aloud). Some competitions
are performance-based (i.e.
dance) while others are multiple choice exams (i.e. web
programming) and still others
are products (i.e. safety and
accident prevention). This
year with the academic competition following prom night,
some students are opting to
choose pre-submit competitions so they do not have to
actually go to Marshall’s campus on Saturday. These pre-
submits have a separate
deadline of March 24th, just
before spring break begins.
Other students who have
already distinguished themselves in competitions outside of Rock Hill include three
senior and three junior Voice
of Democracy speech finalists: Sarah Bankston, Haylia
Gannon, Carol Ann Murrell,
James Barker, Aaron Han-
Congratulations Jessi!
Rock Hill‟s own Jessica
Cox was selected to perform in the Ohio Music
Education Association, AllState Orchestra. Jessica
was one of six French
Horn players selected out
of hundreds who auditioned. Many members of
the All State Orchestra
come from the Columbus,
Cincinnati, and Toledo areas.
“It is a true honor for us to
be able to send someone
to the All State Orchestra.
However, this is not the
first time Rock Hill sent
band members to the all
state band ensembles.”
said Mr. Basham.
Jessica performed Friday,
January 28, in the Grand
Ballroom of the Cincinnati
Convention center for
several hundred
music educators—including
Mr. Basham and
Mrs. Pemberton— and parents.
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shaw, and Amber Young.
Some of these students
may qualify for additional
state-level competition
depending on their placements after regional competition. These final
speeches may be listened
to (or downloaded) from
www.hensleyshighschool.p
bworks.com.
Organization
ROCK HILL HIGH SCHOOL
The Rock Hill High School shall have as its objective to stimulate the student to deRock Hill High School
2415 County Road 26
Ironton, Ohio 45638
Phone: 740-532-7012
Fax: 740-532-7015
velop habits, attitudes, and skills which will enable him or her to function as a
worthwhile, effective adult. Students will realize their maximum potential as a person, assume their rightful responsibility as a citizen in a democratic society, and
make a contribution in terms of their own abilities to the world in which they live.
Rock Hill High School National Honor Society
Did you know?
Parents can access their
child’s grades through Progress Book on the Rock
Hill website. If you need
parent log-in information,
contact the office at the
high school. Mrs. Littlejohn
or Mrs. Grant can give you
the information you need.
The NHS‟s project, “Big
Cover Up” turned out to be
a big success. The members of the honor society
began working on this project in October trying to
raise money to provide a
Christmas for 40 students
in the Rock Hill School District. Through a bake sale,
local business donations,
raffles, a dance and a
$1,750 grant from the
United Way, the students
were able to raise more
than $4,000 for the project.
Krista Lambert-Hayes,
ninth grade world history
teacher, found out about
the United Way grant, applied for it, and the project
started from there. Students planned a Christmas
party for the selected students where the recipients
were served pizza, pop,
cupcakes, and chips. Then
the elementary students
were greeted by Santa
Claus, (Tori Markel), who
called each of their names
and provided them with a
large bag full of wrapped
gifts. Each of the 40 students received a pair of
pants, a shirt, shoes and
socks, a coat, toys, bath
set, and a stuffed stocking.
The party and project
turned out to be not only a
blessing to the students
receiving, but a blessing
and learning experience to
those giving as well. The
National Honor Society
would like to thank several
of the teachers for all of
their help and patience with
our Christmas project. We
realize there were some
interruptions to class and
several days that students
were out of your rooms
doing various jobs required
to make this project a success. There were also
several people who gave
up their free time to help us
during those last few days
of preparation.
We would specifically like to
thank Mr. Lambert for allowing
us to do what we needed, giving us multiple freedoms, and
supporting us all the way
through. We also want to
thank Mrs. Whitworth, who
allowed us to come in and destroy the library without complaint. It would be impossible
to list the vast amount of services she did aiding us in completing the project. We hope
to not leave anyone out, there
were so many people that lent
us a hand, and we do want to
also thank Mrs. Reed, Mrs.
Zornes, Ms. Justice, Ms. Craft,
Mrs. Pemberton, Mrs. Higgins,
Mrs. Simpson, and several
members of the elementary
school staff.