Issue 4 - Rock Hill

Volume 4, Issue 4
Tomahawk Times
May 15, 2012
Special points of interest:
 Progress reports were
sent home.
The Hunger Games
 Report cards will be sent
home on May 23rd.
 Registration forms due by
May 23rd.
leased in theaters on
March 23rd. It has already
been up on websites.
(Www. hungergamesmovie.com)
Bailey Matney as Katniss
Everdeen!!!! Wonderful
costume!
In Mrs. Fraley
and Mr. Owens’s classes,
the 8th grade read The
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Some students are so hooked on
the sequel, they are almost finished with all
three books.
Eighth graders
took a field trip to see the
movie. Which was re-
Merchandise is
up on websites and currently selling. You can go
to www.hottopic.com to
find Hunger Games shirts
and accessories, or you can
go to www.amazon.com
and search Hunger Games
Merchandise.
The movie theater had a tribute contest
for the schools coming to
watch the movie. Rock Hill
entered the contest and
the winning tributes were
Sarah Kidd and Alex
Nance. Congratulations!!!!
They wrote the best reports on why Mrs. Fraley
and Mr. Owens should
pick them to be a tribute.
They dressed as district 8
citizens in the book and
compete against other
schools.
A picture from the
movie trailer.
Inside this issue:
Spirit Week
Band/Chorus Trip to 3
Cedar Point
“May the odds
ever be in your favor” to be
the winners.
By: Paige Aldridge and
Makayla Lewis
Mr. Owens and Mrs.
Fraley on character
dress up day.
Sarah Kidd and
Alex Nance
2
Mrs. Stevens History
Class
3
Mr. Jenkins/Mr.
Blagg with iPads
3
Super Bowl XLVI
4
Falcon Project
5
7th Grade Field Trip
5
Redman Rally #3
6
NJHS Hometown
Heroes
7
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Spirit Week Winners
The overall contest winner was Mr. Owens.
The winners of the door contest. Mrs. Fraley won 8th grade, Mrs. Gore won 7th grade, and Mr. Kidd won the 6th grade.
By: Katelyn Bryan
Mrs. Fraley’s door
Mrs. Gore’s door
Mr. Kidd’s door
The Chain Contest
The winners of the chain contest were 8th grade, Mr. Owens, 7th grade, Mrs. Gore and 6th grade, Mr. Kidd.
By: Katelyn Bryan
The Poster contest
The winners of the poster contest were 8th grade, Mr. Blagg, 7th grade, Mrs. Besco and 6th grade, Mrs. Gannon. By: Katelyn
Bryan
Volume 4, Issue 4
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The Band and Chorus Trip to Cedar Point!
On May 18th and 19th 7th-12th grade
band and 8th-12th grade chorus will be
taking a trip to Cedar Point. First they
will stop at the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame, before checking into a hotel.
Spend all day Saturday at Cedar Point
and come home that evening. They sold
cookie dough to pay for their trip. They
also won prizes like, magic lights and
many other prizes!
A picture of Cedar Point!
Mrs. Stevens’ History Class
In Mrs. Stevens’ history class, they just
finished studying the history of China.
She fed them noodles, oranges, fortune
cookies and tea. Right now they are
studying Greek history. They acted out
King Midas play. They are having Medusa masks for mythology and will be
having the Olympics involving, puzzle
solving, rubber band shooting, cotton
ball catapult and stress apple basketball..The guest speaker for the Olympics is going to be “Alex the Great.”
Finishing up with Greek foods of olives, dates, figs, grapes, bread and
grape juice.
Mr. Jenkins's/Mr. Blagg’s iPad Classes
During our interview’s with Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Blagg, they said that they
switch half and half, 40 minutes top’s
between their classes of 30 kids that
are required to get on Study Island.
Most importantly, Mr. Blagg and Mr.
Jenkins said that the iPads are a big
improvement to the students’ math
knowledge and capabilities.
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Tomahawk Times
Super Bowl XLVI
Comments :
sham
“I loved the commercials, and I was
really impressed with Madonna’s half
time show; honestly, I expected it to be
horrible! I didn’t like Tom Bradey’s
attitude, def. not his wife’s she didn't
have to dis.” –Mrs. Stevens
“M&M commercial was funny, (I’m sexy
and I know it!) haha Tom Brady
messed up a lot and I’m glad!”
“I watched 30 seconds then I fell asleep
in my recliner, had my remote on my
belly, and woke up two hours later with
a spilled can of diet Pepsi at my feet”
–Mr. Hairston
“Tom Brady made some mistakes. The
commercials were good.” - Mr. Bowman
“Hernandez is a hottie.”– Off Record
“Tebo did a good job! Lol” – Mr. Ba-
Super Bowl fans in our School!
-Timmy Swann
“Patriots suck! Tom Brady and Eli
Manning were a good match up, but
Manning proved he was better. Mario
Manning Hem had a great catch to set
up the winning touchdown.” — Danny
Long
“Phenomenal Job, played good game.
Giants are a tough team to beat once
they make it to the Super Bowl. There
were minor mistakes that can and will
cost any team a game.” — Mr. Owens
“Tom Brady’s a jerk. Manning is cute.”
— Sammi Dillon
“Tom Brady’s wife is RUDE! I wanted
to Jump through the T.V. and slap her.
But the commercials were the best...My
favorite was the M &M.” — Chasity
Wilson
“I enjoyed a peaceful relaxing evening,
chilling and watching the Football
Game.” — Mrs. Akers
“Giants and the whole team SUCKS!!
Patriots are THE BEST!!!!”— Jimbo
“The finals were Great.”— Margie
“I don't really like Elli Manning, “—
Mr. Fuller
“The Passing was Excellent. Loved the
Sling Shot Baby Commercial.” —Lena
“I didn't really watch it but the Giants
had a good play.” — Blaike Roberts
Giants Fans we found:
“PATRIOTS SUCK…!! I Dislike Tom
Brady and his wife. Elli Manning did
well, and I’m a Steelers fan so I really
didn't care. I’m happy the Giants
Won!!” - Sarah Kidd
Mr. Hairston
Mr. Owens
Patriot Fans:
Mr. Basham
Lena
Mrs. Stevens
Jimbo
Mr. Bowman
Mr. Fuller
Margie
Sami Dillon
Danny Long
Blaike Roberts
Channing Davidson
The article below was copied from: Geno Mrosko
on www.mmamania.com
“Super Bowl 2012 final score and recap: Giants
beat Patriots, Eli Manning wins MVP award(
Sun., Feb. 5, 2012) the New York Giants once
again slayed the beast when they outlasted the
New England Patriots to record a 21-17 win at
Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, Indiana. And
Eli Manning, who was 30/40 for 296 yards, 1 TD
and 0 INTs, won the MVP award. It was an
amazing game between two teams who have
built one of the best Super Bowl rivalries in the
history of the NFL. Their two battles, in 2008
and last night, rival that of those engaged in by
the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys in
the 1970s or the San Francisco 49ers and Cincinnati Bengals in the 1980s.Tom Brady valiantly attempted to bring his team back from a
four point deficit with just one minute remaining, and nearly completed a Hail Mary pass for
a touchdown in the closing play of the game to
Chasity Wilson
Timmy Swann
do it. But alas, it
was not to be and
the Giants are world champions once again.
By: Sarah Kidd, and Breanna Aldridge
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Mrs. Fraley’s Falcon Project!
Mrs. Fraley’s falcon project is finally
starting up again this year. Students
will start the 2012 falcon project in
March. During this project, students
will read novels from the, “My Side of
the Mountain” trilogy by Jean Craighead George. Students will be able to
visit the school’s computer labs to observe falcons on live webcams and will
get a visit from Chris Smith, who is
from the Ohio Department of Natural
Resources. Chris will give a presentation about falcons. Students will also be
given the honor of naming the 2012
falcon chicks born on the Ironton Russell Bridge, and a selected group of
students will attend and assist in the
banding.
Rock Hill Middle School National Junior Honor Society Attends
Ohio State University Spring Game and Tours Campus
Eighth grade members of the Jr. Honor
Society attended The Ohio State University Buckeye Spring game on Saturday,
April 21st in Columbus, Ohio.
Prior to the game they were given an
exclusive tour of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center by Mr. Larry Romanoff. During the tour members gained access to
the indoor practice facilities and other
areas not open to the public. They
viewed years of awards and trophies
earned by the Buckeye football team and
even were able to touch and high five a
Heisman trophy.
Following their tour of the Athletic Center
they visited The Ohio State University
Book Store, the Thompson Library, and
took a stroll around Mirror Lake.
During their visit members also wrote
positive messages and signed their name
to a steel beam that will be permanently
placed in the Wexner Cancer Center
Expansion. Following the game members
enjoyed an evening meal at Buffalo
Wild Wings in Circleville, Ohio
7th Grade Field Trip
The 7th grade students felt the wrath of the
Titans when they saw the 3-D version of the
movie. While studying Greek mythology, on
Friday, March 30th the teens attended the
sequel to the Clash of the Titans movie that
they had seen in history class. After the
Wrath of the Titans, students loaded up
from the Kyova 10 Theaters and went to the
Ashland Town Center to eat lunch.
The next field trip that the 7th grade will be
going on is to Camden Park on Thursday,
May 17th and permission slips have already
been sent out to those able to attend. Students who helped fundraise by selling tshirts, have their ticket price reduced or paid
for. The fundraiser was able to reduce the
amount of everyone’s ticket price. Thanks
parents!
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Redman Rally #3
For the third Redman Rally the students got to participate in softball
games. The students were given a field
by grade level. Students were allowed
to sign up to play. They were allowed to
choose teams.
Newsletter Title
Volume 1, Issue 1
National Junior Honor Society
On Friday, May 11, 2012, our school
had a visit from Tim Irr from WSAZ
news. The reason for his visit...our
NJHS students had done such a wonderful job this year, fundraising for
others in need and their community
service projects that they were nominated for the Local Hometown Hero
award. This was truly an honor for
these students who have done such a
wonderful job this year.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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WWW.ROCKHILL.ORG
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On May 4th TLC camp with L. Besco for the weekend.

On May 8th Middle School Special Olympics at Coal
Grove.
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On May 10th Middle School Band Concert at the High
School Gym @ 6:00pm.
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On May 14th the 6th Grade will be watching “We Are
Marshall.”

On May 15th the 6th Grade has a field trip to Marshall
University.
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On May 16th National Junior Honor Society Induction
at 9:30pm.
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On May 17th NJHS Trip to Kings Island/ 7th Grade
field trip to Camden Park.
REDMEN
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On May 18th Band/Chorus Trip to Cedar Point.
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On May 21st Redmen Rally trip to Spare Time/ 8th
Grade dance. (theme will be neon)
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On May 22nd 8th Grade trip to Vocational School/
Reds trip for 6-8th grade.
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On May 23rd LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR
STUDENTS!!!!!!(:
National Junior Honor
Society
Our members have had a busy few
months working on service projects and
towards their end-of-the-year reward.
Recently funds have been raised
through Jr. Honor Society bake sales
here at school and community support
to pay for adaptive equipment for fellow
student Nathaniel Cheek. You can read
more about Nathaniel, the equipment,
and our Jr. Honor Society students in
this article in our local newspaper the
Ironton Tribune:
http://
www.irontontribune.com/2012/03/14/
taking-the-first-step/
Jr. Honor Society students also completed a successful fundraiser, selling
Home Interior candles to raise funds to
pay for their annual end-of-the-year
trip to King’s Island on Thursday, May
17th. They also enjoy a final group din-
ner at the Big Boy restaurant at the
close of their day at King’s Island.
Induction for current 7th graders who
will become our 2012-2013 National
Junior Honor Society members will be
held Wednesday, May 16th at 9:30 a.m.
here at the middle school. Parents and
students selected will be notified the
week prior with a letter sent home with
the student. To be eligible for the Jr.
Honor Society, students must have
earned a 92.5 GPA average for their
6th grade year and the first semester of
their 7th grade year. This average is
obtained only from core subjects.
Article written by: Kayleigh Gullett