Spring 2016 - Colonel Crawford Local Schools

Colonel Crawford Local Schools
VOL. 9, ISSUE NO. 2
SPRING 2016
From the Superintendent’s Desk...
How to reach us:
CCHS
419-562-4666
The new high school addition was completed this past December with students
moving in the week before winter break. The project was completed by StuderObringer out of New Washington. The facility, located at 5444 Crestline Road,
is now a K-12 facility. The K-12 facility consists of Hannah Crawford Elementary, William Crawford Intermediate, and Colonel Crawford High School. The
entrance and office for Hannah Crawford Elementary is located at the doors to
the east of the flag pole. The entrance and offices of William Crawford Intermediate and Colonel Crawford High School are located to the west of the flag pole.
William Crawford
419-562-7529
Hannah Crawford
419-562-5753
www.cck12.org
School Closings
and Delays
In case of inclement weather, all school closings and
delays will be
broadcast
on:
RADIO: 92.7 FM WBCO/WQEL
Cruisin’100 WYHT
WVNO Mansfield
The old high school building is now referred to as the Colonel Crawford Administrative Building. Central Office is now located near the entrance to the gym.
Central Office consists of the superintendent’s office, treasurer’s office, and
transportation. Along with Central Office, there are still a number of classes being offered in the old high school building. Some of these classes include PE,
Vo. Ag., art, vocal music, instrumental music, and industrial tech. The direct line
to the Colonel Crawford Administrative Building is 419-562-6755. The contact
person for questions regarding transportation is Mandy Trubee at extension
44774.
For more information, please contact Todd Martin – Superintendent at 419-5626755 extension 44770 or e-mail to [email protected].
WXML Upper Sandusky
TV: NBC 4 - Channel 5
WMFD - Channel 10
Or CALL: All About Town:
419-468-8980
Inside this issue:
WCIS Bug Trip
2
HCES All A Honor Roll
2
Lady Eagles Softball Preview
3
Manners Lunch
3
Kindergarteners Learn
About Bald Eagles
4
Eagle Items Pantry
5
Project B.L.A.C.K.
5
CC Schools Foundation
6
CCHS Swim Season Recap
8
The partial demolition of the Colonel Crawford High School Building began on March 7th.
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New School Nurse in the Clinic
We are pleased to welcome Mrs. Erica Finnan as our school nurse who will be finishing out the year
with us. Erica graduated from Galion High School and earned her BSN from Michigan University.
She has 13 years of experience as an RN, 11 of which she worked at Marion General Hospital on the
cardiac floor. She and her husband Daniel have four daughters, Ava (8), Riley (6), Sydney (4), and
Nora (2). She also enjoys owning her own photography business. As of right now, Erica is only filling
in, but we hope that she will join us again in the fall!
4th Graders Skype Experts at the Grand Canyon
While the Grand Canyon may be too
far away for many to visit in person,
the 4th graders recently had the opportunity to get a first-hand look at
the science behind the park.
Through the Grand Canyon National
Park’s free Ask a Ranger program,
the students were able to interact
with a park ranger through a live and
interactive lesson via the Internet.
From the comfort of our school library, the kids learned all about geology and ecology, as well as life and
work in the national park.
At left: Mrs. Godby’s students raise their
hands to answer the park ranger’s questions. Above: The park ranger (on the
screen) listens to Chloe Lacey and Peyton Dzugan.
BUG Program Rewards Students with Bowling Trip
The Bringing Up Grades, BUG Program, at WCIS is still going
strong. This February approximately
150 students enjoyed a day of bowling and pizza at Suburban Lanes in
Bucyrus. To qualify, students must
make "A" honor roll, "B" honor roll, or
Honorable Mention, or they must improve their grade point average. Each nine weeks, the requirements get a little tougher. Keep
working hard 6th, 7th, and 8th graders as the last BUG trip of the year is
to Kalahari Water Park!
Zandria Gallant, Katie Reynolds, Cameryn Hipsher,
Atlie Crabaugh, and Hanna Ratliff.
Front: Alivia Payne, Allison Goddard, and
Sydney Harris. Back: Kyle Taylor and
Sam Oroni.
All A Honor Roll and Luncheon
The Little Eagles worked hard during the second nine weeks and
were recognized for their efforts.
The All A Honor Roll students received certificates, Golden Corral
certificates, Zoomers vouchers, and
a pizza luncheon with Mrs. Sautter
and Mrs. Lisle. Thirty-one students
attended the luncheon. The following students made the All A Honor
Roll for the second quarter: Grade
5: Reagan Ritzhaupt, Emma Scott,
Maria Smith, Karrie Kraft, Abby
Martin, Olivia Chase, Rodney Rike,
Rylee Ritzhaupt and Sydney Sullivan. Grade 4: Chloe Lacey, Lynae
McKibben, Morgan Shipman, Logan
Cochran, Rachel Teynor, Cecelia
Chase, Grant Heinle, Addison
Kemery and Ayla McKibben. Grade
3: Lilly Frazier, Brady Hill, Izzy Novak, Jonathan Poland, Madison
Gray, Jack Agee, Neveah Cook, Dylan Hipsher, Mira Holt, Ava Lohr,
Clara McCoy, Gabby Roston and
Carley Zender. Great job students!
We would like to thank Mr. Thew and
East of Chicago for providing the
delicious pizza. We would also like
to recognize our honor roll sponsors:
Galion/Bucyrus McDonald’s, Galion
Wendy’s, Galion Burger King, Zoomers, and Golden Corral. Thank you
for your generous donations to our
honor roll program.
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First Graders Bring Pennies to Earn Pizza
On January 15, 2016, Mrs.
Howman’s 1st graders enjoyed a pizza party that they
earned for winning a penny
war. This class collected the
most pennies for Relay for
Life in honor of past custodian
Tom Fellows. A total of
$467.00 was raised by all of
the students in grades K-5.
One Team, One Dream...Lady Eagles Softball Preview
By Lydia Strouse
The Lady Eagles 2016
softball team has a lot to
live up to at the Chuck
Huggins Field this spring.
With a long competitive
season ahead of them,
they are striving for
greatness! With four
seniors on the team, they hope to
make a great run in tournaments
also. All four of this year’s seniors
were a part of the state team in
2013 and hope to make it there one
more time before they graduate. To
do that, the Lady Eagles softball
team has been working extremely
hard in practice and has really been
focusing on the season ahead of
them. The numbers are great this
year: the team has nearly 30 play-
men and both played big positions
on the state team in 2013.
ers going out, and they are expected to have a great varsity team
along with a junior varsity team.
After losing only one senior last
year, the team has a lot of returning
players. The team’s pitcher, Sydney
Studer, is one of the best in the
league with the most strikeouts for
the entire conference. Of the four
seniors, Jada Klingenberger, Lexi
Hoepf, Mariah Scott, and Taylor
Lutz, both Klingenberger and Hoepf
have started since they were fresh-
The Lady Eagles have some competition this year in Upper
Sandusky. They lost to them twice
last year, so they hope to beat them
twice this year in return. With one of
the best coaches in the state,
coaching 28 years for the Lady Eagles, Coach Chuck Huggins is sure
to give his team everything they
need to be successful. The team
has to perform and play for each
other and they will have a fantastic
year. The Colonel Crawford softball
team has very big shoes to fill, and
they would like to invite everyone to
come and support them this season!
HCES Students Earn Manners Lunch Reward
Manners Lunch for students in
grades K-5 is held quarterly. Teachers nominate a student
from their room based on good
manners that go beyond please
and thank you. Students demonstrate Eagle Excellence both in
and out of the classroom by being
prompt, neat, kind, helpful, and
many other ways. Students receive a certificate and have a special treat served at the Manners
Lunch. Parents are invited to join
their child for lunch with a time of
games and activities afterwards.
Congratulations to all of the students pictured at right for being
honored at the February lunch.
Front: Danny Schimpf, Samantha
Auck, Norrie Plank, Claire Smith,
Claire Esterline, Andrew Heinle,
Aubrey Betts, Colton Hopkins,
and Sydney Wirebaugh. Back:
Kevin Feik, Aydian Russell, Parker Ketterman, Rodney Rike,
Kamryn Lohr, Alexis Dure, Izzy
Roston, Phoenix Evans, and
Jonathan Poland.
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Junior Teen Institute Leads Hands On Museum
Recently, the Hannah Crawford second and third grade
classes participated in the Hands on Museum sponsored by William Crawford seventh and eighth grade
Junior Teen Institute students. The museum consisted
of ten different interactive stations that showed how
drugs and alcohol negatively influence the body. This
was a great hands-on experience for the younger students and a great teaching experience for the older
students.
CC Students and Teacher Excel at National Level
On January 8th, 2016, the Livestock
Judging team representing Ohio
competed at the Western National
Round Up in Denver, Colorado. The
team consisted of 4H members from
Marion and Crawford counties. They
were Jessica Millenbaugh, Emma
Heimlich, Jenna Siegel, Katie Siegel
and Rob Theil, with coach JoAnn
Fogle. The team judged twelve classes of livestock, including six cattle,
two goat, one sheep, and three
swine. The contestants were also
required to give six sets of oral reasons.
There were twenty six teams consisting of 102 contestants from all over
the United States and Canada competing. The team placed fifth overall
in swine, with Katie Siegel placing
sixth overall. Three team members,
Jenna Siegel, Jessica Millenbaugh,
and Katie Siegel placed in the top
twenty in sheep, with the team placing seventh. Jenna Siegel placed
eighteenth in beef. In individual oral
reasons, Katie placed thirteenth.
sponsors that
made this trip
possible. They
include Morral
Companies,
M&W Supply,
Marion County
Pork Producers
and Sheep Improvement, Sunrise Co Op and
the Crawford
County Cattlemen. Additional
sponsors were
Rob Theil, Emma Heimlich, Jenna Siegel, Katie Siegel, and Jessica
North Central Vet
Millenbaugh.
Services, POET
Biorefining, Burkhart Farms, Ag
The team finished thirteenth overall,
Credit, Vern Hart Insurance, Jim
with Jenna Siegel placing nineteenth
Yeazel and Kit Fogle/Merrill Lych.
and Katie Siegel placing twenty first
individually.
A special thank you goes to the
Marion County 4H Advisory council
The team traveled to Colorado State
for their continued support of the 4H
University, Cheyenne, Wyoming and
livestock judging team.
experienced the National Western
Livestock Show in addition to participating in the contest. The team would
like to send their thanks to the many
Kindergarteners Learn about Bald Eagles
In February, the kindergarten classes learned
about different American symbols. One
symbol we learned
about was the Bald Eagle. This national emblem can be found on
some American coins
and paper money, as
well as many postage
stamps. It’s on the buttons of military uniforms, on the president’s flag and
even on the carpet in the Oval Office.
The eagle is also
on the great Seal
of the United
States – a stamp
that is put on important government
documents to show
that they are official. The eagle
was also an important symbol to
many Native Americans before it became a symbol of the United States.
Some Native American groups gave
eagle feathers to their bravest warriors. Others used the feathers as
symbols of peace.
Rylee Bloomfield, Kyle Smith and
Makenzie Spiegel are pictured with
Diane Sand, who brought in a Bald
Eagle replica and egg from LoweVolk Park. Diane Sand talked more
in depth about the bald eagle’s habitat, food and nest with Mrs. Bogner’s
class, Mrs. Miller’s class, and Mrs.
Rossman’s class.
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WCIS and CCHS Requesting Items for Donation
A new program will take place with
a little help from our community...Eagle Items! Eagle Items is an
established “pantry” of items available to our students who need a
little something to help them in
school or at home. These items
will be stocked from donations. Items available free of
charge to students will include, but
are not limited to:
Deodorant
Hand towels
*Toothpaste
*Toothbrushes
Soap – bar and liquid
Wash cloths
Socks
Toilet Paper
Chapstick
Shampoo
Conditioner
*Combs
*Brushes
Tampons
Pads
Contact Solution
Laundry detergent – small bottles
Tissues
If you wish to donate items to our pantry, please bring them to the high
school office. Please note that the
items marked with an asterisk are ones
that are already in stock with a sufficient supply at this time. A cabinet that
was once used in the Leesville building
has been repurposed and will be utilized for the junior high and high school
students. Items will be placed in the
office for elementary students.
We thank you for your generosity in
helping us to help our students in this
small way.
Project BLACK Members Make a Difference
by Amanda Crase
Project BLACK is an organization
that is made up of seniors, juniors,
sophomores, and freshmen and is
led by high school teacher Ms. Roni
Halberg. BLACK stands for
“building leadership and creating
kindness.” Every year they do
some of the same things, but this
year they are trying something new.
One of Project BLACK’s biggest
projects so far this year was hosting
the Veteran’s Day assembly. They
collected the names of veterans
from the students and faculty and
wrote them on green light bulbs to
represent Greenlight A Vet, which is
a project where you replace one
light, inside or outside of your
house, with a green light. This is
meant to establish nationwide support for the veterans of our country.
Greenlight is also a term used to
mean “to move forward,” as in we
want to help our veterans move forward in their lives.
Project BLACK is currently looking
forward to hosting the annual spring
talent show, which is planned for
April 9, 2016. To participate in the
talent show, interested students,
staff, and community members
should contact Ms. Halberg at 419562-4666. All acts must participate
in a sound check the week before
the talent show to make sure everything runs smoothly. Prize money
will be awarded to the first, second,
and third place winners.
Lastly, the new event that Project
BLACK is working on this year is a
mock crash. A mock crash is meant
to show students what can happen
if they do not pay attention while
driving. The potential mock crash
may be held on May 7th, 2016 at the
CCHS stadium for students in
grades 9-12. The mock crash will
either be geared towards drinking
and driving or texting and driving.
An event like this has been done at
Colonel Crawford in the past, but
not recently. Project BLACK feels
that it is the most powerful way to
show students that when they drive
they need to be completely focused
on driving.
Project BLACK stands for building
leadership and creating kindness,
which means helping the community
At left: Ms. Halberg, Grant Carman, Emily
Kemper, and Kaitlyn Bilsing. At right: Brandon
Long and Megan Sharp at the Veteran’s Day
Assembly.
and everyone in it. That is why they
do service projects such as raking
leaves for people who need help
and ringing bells for the Salvation
Army. They do all of this because
that is what they stand for.
Many thanks to the students in this
organization for making our district
and community a better place!
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Colonel Crawford School Foundation (CCSF)
If we don't come together as a community to support our local schools and our children's educational needs, then we
are leaving to chance what these children will become.
Colonel Crawford School Foundation was established in 1999 as an endowment to support projects within the Colonel
Crawford Schools. At this time the CCSF has used donations from area residents, seed money from the Bucyrus Area
Community Foundation, and money realized from various fundraising activities to establish the endowment. Since
only the interest earned on the principal in the fund managed by the Community Foundation for Crawford County can
be spent, the foundation is a long-range concept. Money that is donated to the Colonel Crawford School Foundation
will always remain in the endowment, will continue to grow through the years, and will generate income that can be
dispersed. In order to be in a position to award monies to the schools, additional funds will be needed to establish a
more substantial base. Tax-deductible donations of any amount can be made to this foundation. Other means of supporting this organization might include making a memorial contribution or mentioning the foundation in a will.
The governing body of the foundation is composed of twelve volunteer community members who have a strong commitment to the Colonel Crawford School District and to the education of the district students. A yearly audit is conducted. If you wish to learn more about this organization please contact Dale Hoyles at 419-562-5307 or Jim Mayes at
419-468-6253.
COLONEL CRAWFORD SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
BOARD FOUNDING MEMBERS (APRIL 1999)
Martha Keller
Ann Monnett
Brad Starkey
Dale Hoyles
Dolores Sweney
Jack Koschnick
Paul Hickman
Mike Stuckman
Jim Mayes
Jim Pigman
Barb Blackford
Ron Shawber
John Spreng, Jr.
COLONEL CRAWFORD SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
BOARD CURRENT MEMBERS (MARCH 2016)
Brad McKibben
Dale Hoyles
Mike Tinkey
Todd Martin
Linda Efaw
Jack Koschnick
Sean Ritzhaupt
Brad Starkey
Jim Mayes
Ronda Scott
Mike Stuckman
Tom Brown
Allisun Kelbley
Pre-School and Pre-K Learn About Backbones
Josh Dyer from the Crawford Park
District volunteers once a month to
come into the Pre-School and PreKindergarten class to have different
discussions with the students. Most
recently, he came to teach the students about animals with backbones.
Alexa Conrad holds a frog, while Emma
Weithman and Sydney Finnan look on.
Carter Cramer, Sapphira VanBuren, Ryan Fankhauser,
Adalyn Bond, and Cami Roston check out a snake.
Alexa Conrad, Collin Metzger, and
Harper Horning look at frogs.
Brock Lisle bravely holds a snake.
Braxton
Clingman
looks at
the two
frogs in
Josh’s
hands.
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Bringing History to Life in the 4th Grade
On Thursday, January 14th, Mrs.
Godby’s 4th graders got to enjoy a
special visitor straight out of the history books. The class had been studying early Ohio history, including the
French and Indian War, the American
Revolution, and the Battle of Fallen
Timbers, and were treated to a visit
from historical re-enactor Mr. Mark
Cory. Mr. Cory came dressed as a
colonist and talked about the struggles of Ohio in the 1700s. He entertained questions from students and
hosted a class discussion, allowing
them to better understand what life
might have been like back then.
Seeking All Upcoming Kindergarten Students
Hannah Crawford Elementary is currently trying to locate students who
will be in KINDERGARTEN next
school year. Pupils entering Kinder-
garten must be five years old by
August 1, 2016 to enter school. If
you have a child of this age group
living within the Colonel Crawford
school district, please contact Hannah Crawford Elementary School at
419-562-5753 as soon as possible.
Fun Experiments in New Exploratory Science Class
Every Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Martin’s 2nd graders travel to the high
school to participate in hands-on
experiments with the students in
Mrs. Dzugan’s newly offered exploratory science class. So far, the high
school students have enjoyed helping the little eagles learn about everything from Chemistry to Earth Science.
A Great End to the Eagles Swimming Season
By Dakota Quail and Ken Fernandez
The winter swim season started out
with an amazing beginning and has
now ended tremendously. The boy’s
team of swimming Eagles was very
small compared to other schools like
Lexington, to whom they suffered the
first loss, but it was extremely close.
Otherwise, the team went undefeated in the rest of their dual meets. .
The girl’s swim team also excelled
this year and dominated at many
meets. They had some great swims
and broken records at sectionals,
which was located at Mansfield Malabar. An overall of 16 people on
both the boy’s and girl’s teams made
it to districts. The boys included Keton Pfeifer, Grant Pfeifer, Nic Motter,
Jacob Roesch, Ken Fernandez, Alex
Hershey, Jake Johnson, and Ryan
gotten as far as they
Johnson. The girls were
did without the help of
Jillian Gregg, Callie RuffCoach Mike Holtzapfel
ener, Megan Sharp, Madiand Coach Mary Lyson Sharp, Pierce Krasons. Their coaching
sow, Chloe Grove, Kenneand support helped
dy Speck, and Trissa
make the team what it
Schimpf. Districts was an
was this year, along
all-day meet held at Bowlwith the effort of the
ing Green State University
team captains. The
and there was a total of 32
team also enjoyed new
people per event. Out of
things this year, like
the 16 swimmers who
Kennedy Speck and Megan
participating
in an invimade it to districts, a total Sharp cheer on their team.
tational at Oak Harbor
of seven moved on to the state
and The Rock Awards. Congratulameet. The state meet, which was
tions on a successful season, swimthree days long, was held in Canton
mers!
where the top two from each district
swam. Overall, the swimming Eagles performed well at state and
ended the season on a great note.
The CC swim teams would not have
Senior Brandon Long helps 2nd graders Kayli
Van Meter and Kamden Phelps with a science
experiment.
Jude Thew and Xander Fauser
completed a 100 piece puzzle on
the 100th day of school.
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In Ms. Reiter’s Valentine Box Decorating Contest,
Logan Cochran took 3rd place, Yumi Ward took 2nd
place, and Allie Tieben won 1st place.
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