Shultz, Anderson elected - Waynesville R

Published by the Waynesville R-VI School District
April 11, 2015
Shultz, Anderson elected
WHS students rehearse for
the play, “The Wizard of Oz.”
See details about the play and
performances on page 3.
Paul Shultz II and Andy Anderson
will be sworn in as members of the
Waynesville R-VI Board of Education
during the board’s reorganizational
meeting on Monday, April 20.
Each will serve a three-year term.
They fill the vacancies created by terms
ending for Herman Blau and Nathan
Purdome.
“I want to thank Herman Blau and
Nathan Purdome for their years of
dedicated service to our students, school
district and community,” says Dr.
Brian Henry, superintendent. “Both of
these volunteers have been outstanding
members and they will be missed.”
Once the new members are sworn in,
the Waynesville R-VI School Board of
Education members will include
Dr. LeRoy Fulmer, Dorsey Newcomb,
Mike Keeling, Butch O’Riley, Lisa
Schwandt, Shultz and Anderson, who
previously served as a board member.
“We are so fortunate in this
community to have dedicated citizens
who volunteer to serve and help
make this an excellent district that
truly focuses on what is best for our
students,” Henry says. “I so look
forward to my continued work with
the board and to welcoming our new
members.”
Waynesville Kindergarten Roundup to be held May 4-6
Kindergarten Roundup will be held
from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 4-6 at
Waynesville Schools.
Parents should contact the school
their child will be attending to schedule
an appointment. Students living off post
should go to East Elementary; students
living on post should go to Partridge,
Thayer or Wood Elementary, based on
where they reside. Parents should also
bring their child’s immunization record
and birth certificate. It is not necessary
for the child to be present at the time of
enrollment.
According to Missouri law, a child
is eligible for admission to attend
kindergarten if the child reaches the
age of five prior to the first day of
August 2015 or if the child is a military
dependent who has successfully
completed a state-accredited prekindergarten program or has attended a
state-accredited kindergarten program
in another state.
Area leaders celebrated the Third Annual Mayors Day of Recognition for National Service during a ceremony honoring the
Waynesville AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps VISTA members on Wednesday at Waynesville High School. More information about
the event will appear in next week’s Tiger Tails.
Davis vs. the ‘Giant’ results in win-win
“Watch out for the giant,” shouts
Madden and her students were in
Cameron Miggins-McDonald to his
the gym, playing basketball when Joe
friend Seth Davis during a two-onJohnson, a junior, and Juwan Morgan,
two pick up basketball game at the
a senior, walked into the center’s gym.
Waynesville Sixth Grade Center.
It was obvious they were not fellow
But Davis isn’t concerned about his
students.
opponent’s towering 6’8”“Are you his dad?” one
inch presence; Davis just
student asked.
loves playing basketball.
“No, I am from the
The sixth grader spins a
high school and I am here
ball on one finger, enjoys
to celebrate someone’s
dribbling the ball and shoots
birthday,” says Morgan.
from the top of the key.
Davis says, “It’s my
“Basketball is his thing,”
birthday.”
says Krista Madden, who
And, that’s how Davis
Sixth grader Seth Davis
works with special needs
and Miggins-McDonald
spins the ball on one finger.
students at the Waynesville
ended up in a surprise
Sixth Grade Center. “Seth
two-on-two pickup game
started playing on after-school teams as
with the high school stand-out players
a way to improve his motor skills, but it
on Friday. While being defended by
has become his passion.”
Morgan – the “giant” who has signed to
Recognizing his passion, Madden
play with the Indiana Hoosiers – Davis
and Britton DuBose, the special
heeded his friend’s advice, eventually
education processor at the Sixth Grade
scoring two and winning the game.
Center and Waynesville High School,
Following the game, Morgan spoke
arranged for a pair of WHS basketball
with the class, sharing this advice:
players to help celebrate the 13-year“Listen to your coach; listen to your
old’s birthday.
teachers and do your very best every
day in school.”
Seth Davis dribbles the ball around
Juwan Morgan.
Waynesville High School basketball players Joe Johnson (fourth from left) and
Juwan Morgan (far right) pose with Seth Davis (near Morgan) and members of his
class at the Sixth Grade Center. At right, Cameron Miggins-McDonald gets a lift
from his new “giant” friend, Juwan Morgan.
Run for the Tiger on April 25 to benefit WHS athletes
The Waynesville Tigers “Run for the
Tiger” 5K fun run and 2-mile walk will
begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 25, at
the Waynesville City Park.
The event is being sponsored by the
Tiger Athletic Booster Club and the
cost is $20 per person. All proceeds
will support Waynesville High School
athletic programs and scholarships.
Waynesville Middle School and
Waynesville High School athletes are
not eligible to run in this event.
To register online go to www.runreg.
com/run-for-the-tiger. Registration must
be received by April 9 to be guaranteed
a shirt.
For more information call or text the
race director 573-528-2509.
WHS students to present ‘Wizard of Oz’ April 16-19
With 17 human cast members, a dog
and 20 crew members, the “Wizard
of Oz” will be the largest show that
Charles Davis, WHS speech and
drama teacher, has ever attempted at
Waynesville High School.
But it’s exactly what he wanted to do.
“I decided on this play because I
wanted to have a show that would
appeal to everyone in the community,”
Davis says.
In the well-known play, a young girl
named Dorothy is whisked away to the
land of Oz where she meets friends and
villains in her search to get back home
to Kansas. This is the Claude Townley
adaptation, based on the novel by
L. Frank Baum, not the MGM movie
adaptation.
In addition to the usual memorization
of lines, constructing the set, getting
down the curtain changes and aiming
the lighting just right, a 15-foot throne
had to be created for this play, along
with a specific color scheme for some
of the sets.
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Above, the Wicked Witch of
the West is not pleased when
she learns that Dorothy’s
friends have rescued her from
the deadly poppy field.
The Lion, the Tin Man and the Scarecrow rescue
“Finding green and blue
Dorothy.
everything for Munchkin Land
2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at the WHS
and the Emerald city was a unique
Auditorum. Tickets are $3 for children;
challenge,” Davis says.
$4 for faculty/staff; and $5 for the
The play will be presented at 7 p.m.
general public.
Thursday-Saturday, April 16-18, and at
Total page visits for the
Waynesville R-VI School District’s
main website from
April 1, 2014, to April 1, 2015
Bilingual science
event to be held
Saturday at WHS
Waynesville High School students
will have an opportunity to talk
and interact with college students
in Spanish and English during an
“Evening of Science” with Missouri
University of Science and TechnologySociety of Hispanic Engineers (SHPE).
The event will be held from 3
to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 11, in the
Lecture Hall, located inside the Ninth
Grade Center at WHS. Students will
participate in hands-on, building
challenges.
The presentation will be given both
in Spanish and English and will include
information about financial aid for
college and filling out FASFA forms.
On April 2, East Elementary hosted its inaugural
“Love of Reading Evening” featuring a vocabulary
parade. The parade is based on the book, “Miss
Alaineus A Vocabulary Disaster.” East students,
with help from their families, created costumes
based on a vocabulary word of their choice.
Students were given an opportunity to create their
costume at school during a special work night or
create it at home. When the evening of the event
arrived students came dressed in their costumes
and “paraded” across the stage announcing their
name and vocabulary word. East families enjoyed
celebrating the love of reading with their children.
WCC students
earn gold,
silver, bronze
Waynesville Career Center students
earned 15 gold medals, 9 silver
medals and 14 bronze medals at the
Missouri SkillsUSA contests held at
State Technical College of Missouri.
In addition, two WCC students were
elected as Missouri State SkillsUSA
Officers.
The two state officers and 14 WCC
students who placed first in skill and
leadership contests will advance to the
National Championships in June held in
Louisville, Ky.
More than 65 WCC students
competed in more than 40 different
individual and team events. The
Missouri SkillsUSA Leadership and
Skills Conference is attended by
more the 2,500 students, teachers and
representatives from business, industry,
education and government.
The 2015-2016 State SkillsUSA
Officers are:
• Justin Weber and Catherine Kristek
The 2015 Medalists are:
• Maliek Burgess, Zenaida Ford,
Raegan Garbee, Colten Grant, Dante
Hargrow: 1st Place SkillsUSA Quiz
Bowl
• Trysten Smith: 1st Place SkillsUSA
Quiz Bowl, 3rd Place Computer
Programming
• Jacob Tromblee: 3rd Place
Television Video Production
• Jacob Scott: 3rd Place Television
Video Production
• R.J. Harbison: 3rd place Television
Production Written, 2nd Place Digital
Cinema Production
• Chelsea Whetstone: 3rd Place
Television Production Written, 3rd Place
Broadcast News Production
• Catherine Kristek: 2nd Place
Television Production Written, 3rd Place
Broadcast News Production (Elected
State Officer)
• Samual Sloas: 1st Place T-Shirt
Design Cody Vaughn 1st Place Welding
Sculpture
• Evan Rowden: 3rd Place HVAC
• Carrie Starnes: 1st Place Job
Interview
• Nicholas Strawhun: 3rd Place
Masonry
• Allision Loveless: 1st Place
Restaurant Service
• Phantasia White: 2nd Place
Restaurant Service
• Abigail Dixon: 2nd Place
Restaurant Service
• Written Adam Wright: 1st Place
Restaurant Service Written
• Justin Weber: 3rd Place Action
Skills, (Elected State Officer)
• Andrew Abram: 3rd Place
Broadcast News Production
• Jordan Hinchman: 3rd Place
Broadcast News Production
• Sarah Schiller: 1st Place
Commercial Baking Written
• Jennifer Hoover: 3rd Place
Commercial Baking Written
• Jenie Luce: 2nd Place Culinary Arts
Written
• Michael Barks: Post-Secondar 3rd
Place Culinary, 2nd Place Culinary
Written
• Morgan Shamhart: 2nd Place
Customer Service
The morning and afternoon medalists
and the culinary arts medalists.
• Tatym Brown: 1st Place Digital
Cinema Production
• Bradley Duncan: 1st Place Digital
Cinema Production
• Dylan Lorensen: 2nd Place Digital
Cinema Production
• Barb Paris: Post-Secondary
1st Screen Printing: 1st Graphic
Communications Written
• Travis Hathaway: 3rd Graphic
Communications Written 1st Screen
Printing Secondary
• Randy Myers: 2nd Masonry Written
Staff run/walk to
be held May 2
Left, Andrew Gotowski, who received a 1st place certificate and earned the right
to go to nationals, is pictured with his teacher, Tim Harrison, who also won an
award. Right, Isabella Pondrum receives a certificate and medal for 3rd place.
6th grader advances to national
science fair; Harrison wins award
Waynesville student Andrew
Gutowski earned the right to advance
to nationals with his science fair entry
and his teacher, Tim Harrison, received
a division teaching award during
the 55th Annual Ozarks Science and
Engineering Fair at Hammons Student
Center March 31-April 2.
The Waynesville R-VI School
District sent five students to Springfield
to compete against 14 area school
districts in the science fair. The fair
gave away prizes to students and
teachers for their efforts in the form of
certificates, medals, books, bags and
cash. More than $15,000 was handed
out in the form of personal checks and
scholarships for the fair participants.
Tim Chan, Emma Joly, Bailey
Shultz, Andrew Gutowski, and Isabella
Pondrum placed in the district’s science
fair in February, earning the right to
advance to the regional competition.
Since the district’s fair, students have
been hard at work with Harrison after
school, revising and polishing up their
projects for regionals. In addition,
parents have helped transport projects
and students to Springfield for setup, judging/interviewing, and awards
ceremonies, along with completing the
paperwork needed for students to turn
in with their displays.
The Waynesville students were
winners in the Junior Division:
• Botany 1st Place: Andrew Gutowski
for his project “Stop the Music”
• Physics 3rd Place: Isabella Pondrum
for her project “Juicy Fruit”
Special Awards included:
• Certificate of Award and
Advancement in National Level
Competition: Andrew Gutowski
• Missouri State University
Department of Biology-Botany Award:
Andrew Gutowski
• Schneider Foundation $200
Cash Award and Certificate: Andrew
Gutowski
• Ozarks Science and Engineering
Fair Junior Division Teacher Award:
Tim Harrison
The Waynesville R-VI Staff Wellness
Committee will host the annual staff
5K run / 2-mile walk starting at 8 a.m.
Saturday, May 2, at the Administration
Building parking lot.
A trophy will be presented to the
building with the highest percentage of
participants and the building with the
most spirit. Participants should register
by April 24. To enter, e-mail Deanna
House at [email protected].
mo.us to register.
Mileage Club members’ grand prizes
will be handed out at this event. Mileage
club journals must be into House by
April 24.
Kole Ketron, a first grader at Thayer
Elementary won Artsonia’s Artist
of the Week for March 15-21. Kole
received 2,996 votes and received a
$50 Blick Art Supply gift certificate
and a plaque. Thayer’s art program
also received a $100 gift certificate
from Blick Art Supplies.
The Waynesville R-VI Pageant of Bands ended with a grand finale on Tuesday with the 399th Army Band, the Waynesville
Middle School Advance Band, the Waynesville High School Concert Band and the WHS Wind Ensemble together playing
“Aces of the Air” by King.