JC McKenna Middle School Newsletter

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JC McKenna Middle School
JC McKenna Middle School
Important Dates
Newsletter May 2015
May 5……..…………. Band Concert
May 20…....…………... Early Release
May 21 …....………..Chorus Concert
May 25.....Memorial Day-No school
June 5 …...Last Day of School early
release
JC McKenna Middle School
Mission Statement
Educating and Engaging the whole
student. To create a stimulating, caring and
socially responsible environment that encourages students to reach their
individual potential.
JC McKenna Middle School
Main Office Hours
7:15am-3:45pm
Telephone Extensions:
Principal, Mr. Knott .…………..…….882-3302
Attendance Voicemail ..…………..882-3301
School Guidance Counselor:
Mrs. Traut-Ebert ………..…………..882-3304
School Social Worker:
Mr. Mike Czerwonka …………..…882- 3356
307 S. First Street
Principal Message: Jason Knott
As we conclude the 2014-15 school year, I would like to share
news with you about exciting things happening at JC McKenna
over the next few months.
Over spring break, the first group of new interactive SMART Projectors were installed in several classrooms at the middle school. The
next group will be done in June, and the final allocation will be
done following the 15-16 school year. These projectors allow for a
more interactive learning experience for both the staff and our students, and are already being integrated into lessons!
In June, an upgrade of the wireless infrastructure throughout the
District will take place. This will allow for increased connectivity
and reliability for our technology. We will also be upgrading our
computer network as part of the District Technology Plan. By September when students return, we will be utilizing our new technology throughout the building!
Work has begun on turning the Liberty Street Lot procured by the
District into an outdoor classroom. The lot is being cleared and
graded by staff and students, and will eventually be landscaped
with native plants, trees, and bushes. A little Free Library, reading
nooks, benches, tables, and paths will encompass the area, which
will be open to our staff and students, as well as the community!
Finally, significant upgrades to the baseball diamond are under
way and consist of leveling the field, moving and upgrading the
backstop, and adding fences and benches.
You can follow the progress of the outdoor classroom and baseball diamond on our JC McKenna Middle School page on Facebook.
It is an honor and a privilege to serve as the principal of
JC McKenna Middle School!
As part of the referendum, JC McKenna and other schools in the District will be undergoing significant security upgrades over the next several months. Security cameras will be placed in locations both inside and outside the school, along with auto FOB-operated door locking
mechanisms on external entrances. Those entering the main office at Door 15 will be required to buzz in before entering the school, which
will allow us to better monitor those entering the premises. All of these upgrades are taking place in order to make our schools a more safe
and monitored learning environment for students and staff. All of these upgrades will be active for the beginning of the 2015-16 school
year.
If you have any questions about our upcoming security upgrades at JC McKenna, please feel free to contact Mr. Knott at
[email protected] or 882-3302
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Counselor’s Corner
By Sarah Traut (School Counselor) and Mike Czerwonka (School Social Worker)
Summertime issues and ideas:
Summer Slide, Summer Loss or Summer Setback are all terms that refer to the knowledge and skills students
can lose over the summer if they are not engaged in some learning.
Research shows that many students experience learning loss when they do not engage in educational activities during the summer. Further, they score lower on standardized tests at the end of summer vacation than they do on the same tests at the beginning of summer vacation (Cooper, 1996).
Approximately 2 months of instructional time is lost at the beginning of a school-year addressing the knowledge and
skills lost during the summer slide. That translates into about 22% of the new school year spent re-teaching skills lost
over the summer. This trend is particularly noticeable in reading.
One way to slow this loss is to encourage children to read over the summer. This does not have to mean
taking a week to read War and Peace, but simply having children spend 20 minutes reading some books
each day. Using tools like www.Lexile.com to help find books in a child’s Lexile range can help build skills, as
can finding books that your son or daughter has a personal interest in.
The Eager Free Public Library has many books on their shelves or that they can get. Additionally there are many Little Libraries
cropping up in and around town that have books available.
Children can also use websites like Kahn Academy and many other math based sites to practice math skills as well.
Social Media Use—while the term social media is pretty vague in and of itself the general idea behind it is interacting with others in an online setting (this can be facebook, Instagram, snapchat,
twitter, kik and many others).
There has been much research on how the use of social media affects young and developing students. One finding indicates higher narcissistic tendencies among teens while other data indicate
concerns related to “meanness”
69% of social media-using teens think that peers are mostly kind to each other on social networking sites, however, 88% of teens have seen someone be mean or cruel to another person on a social networking site.
(Pew Research Center, FOSI, Cable in the Classroom, 2011)
12% of teens say they witnessed cruel behavior "frequently" on social networking sites. (Pew Research Center,
FOSI, Cable in the Classroom, 2011)
15% of social media-using teens say they have been the target of online meanness. (Pew Research Center, FOSI,
Cable in the Classroom, 2011ial)
While it’s important to give teens some freedom of choice, they still need a set of guidelines and a few rules. Limit the amount
of time on television and computer, plus the amount of data allowed on their cell phones. Explain to your child the idea of a
digital footprint and how it their postings today may have long-term repercussions they can’t see at this time. Setting limits and
guidelines for your expectations with social media and summertime is valuable so they learn to use social media responsibility
and find some balance between their online lives and their real lives.
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6th Grade Team
JC McKenna Middle School
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Grades are posted online. Please use Family Access to find your child’s
grades. It takes about 1 week turn around time for teachers to post grades.
If you have not signed-up for Family Access please contact Linda Gard at the
District Office.
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Civil War Day is May 15, 2015. Details to follow in an email and handout.
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June 3 and June 4, 2015 will be Outdoor Education Days. Watch for more
details to follow...kayaking, fishing, hiking, nature art and games!!!
Mrs. Jill Schultz 882-3323
Reading/Language Arts
[email protected]
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The last day of school is June 5, 2015-- which is a 1/2 day for students.
Mrs. Renee Smith 882-3322
Reading/Language Arts
[email protected]
Science
Mr. Tom Bethke 882-3328
Math
[email protected]
Mr. Tristan McKittrick 882-3330
Social Studies
[email protected]
Mr. Greg Vossekuil 882-3329
Science
[email protected]
Mr. Dave Kopf 882-3319
Tech Ed/STEM
[email protected]
Mrs. Rya Counes 882-3324
Special Education
[email protected]
The 6th graders are now in full swing with their physics units on momentum and Newton's Three Laws of Motion.
Science Olympics will start heating up with several great hands on competitions that will
help determine which 8 teams will make the finals come the end of May.
Congratulations to all of the students that created a project for this year's Energy Fair.
I hope everyone got a chance to see the hard work the 6th graders put into their topics
about energy.
day. Soon they will work in
groups to create websites based
In Social Studies, 6th graders
on their chosen research topics
have been discussing important
such as the Little Rock 9, the
issues as they learn about the
Greensboro 4, Rosa Parks, MarCivil Rights Movement. As we
tin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X,
watch footage of non-violent
the march from Selma to Montprotests, speeches by great
gomery and more.
leaders, and personal stories of
We had a great trip to the cemthose who lived in the South
during the 50s and 60s, students etery, where each class had a
chance to examine the resting
are asking powerful questions
about racism, laws, discrimina- places of local veterans from
various wars. We also tracked
tion and our country toSocial Studies
down the tombstones of some
other local luminaries like JC
McKenna, Levi Leonard, Alan
Baker, John Evans and Larry
Dobbs! Everyone is gearing up
for Civil War Day on May 15th,
when the whole group will take
busses over to Milton.
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Language Arts
Civil Rights is the theme of our final
novel unit, and students are already
into their second week of reading,
discussing, analyzing, writing responses to, and providing evidence
related to their respective book
choices. Groups have been placed
into bus “Teams” that work together
answering civil rights questions, gathering or reviewing vocabulary words,
and making sure each member has
done his/her homework to earn sticker points that can be redeemed for
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red tickets. (These come in handy to
purchase pencils or provide other
privileges-such as admission to endof-the-year PBIS day events.) Students should be reading their books
and/or writing in their “scrapbook/
journals” each night for the next few
weeks.
Sixth graders are also writing a children’s story based on one of the
many themes we’ve studied this
year. These include Civil War, Immigration, and Civil Rights related historical fiction; or even a Mystery or
Animal-related theme. Students will
include in their books a brief synopsis
of their story, a title and dedication
page, and finally, a short autobiography of themselves. It has been a
tradition to share these creative
works of art with second graders at
Levi-Leonard later this spring. We
will continue to develop our reading/
writing skills using a variety of lessons
and activities from some new Common Core Performance Coach guides
we recently purchased. Verb tenses,
word parts, and pronouns are a few
other areas we plan to work on.
Math
During April regular math classes
completed Chapter 11 in Go Math
which was the study of surface area
and volume. The class also brushed
up on area of circles and circumference. In Chapter 12 and 13 students
will be working with data. Ask your
child if they have done any extra
credit for Term 4. Term 4 grades
have been a little under par compared to the other terms. Hang in
there!!!
Advanced class students are working
through Stretching and Shrinking.
This is the study of similarity. Students have used scale factor and ratios to find missing parts of shapes and
to identify if those shapes are similar.
Tech Ed/STEM
6th Grade 12 week Rotation: Energy and the Environment
Welcome to Tech Ed/STEM!
This is what we will be working
on with the 6th graders for their
12 weeks.
Khanacademy.org
1) www.khanacademy.org
2) Sign in with google--5 letters of last
name, 3 letters of first name, like
([email protected])
The last unit will be a study of proba- 3) Click allow access to google account
bility in the book What do you Expect?
4) Begin skill work
5) Check your child’s progress
6) I am signed-up as their coach
([email protected]) so I
can track progress too!
to demonstrate energy concepts and innovative ideas.
Students investigate the
Students evaluate ways to
impact of energy on our
reduce energy consumption
lives and the environment.
through energy efficiency
They design and model
and sustainability.
alternative energy sources
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2015 Ellis Island Highlights
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Social Studies trip to the cemetery.
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2015 Energy Fair Projects
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More Energy Fair photos...
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7th Grade Team
Mrs. Ann Alme 882-3325
Math
[email protected]
Mr. Bruce Curtis 882-3356
Science
[email protected]
Mrs. Carla Gomez 882-3348
Spanish
[email protected]
Mrs. Beth Oswald 882 -3342
Social Studies
[email protected]
Mrs. RuthAnn Yoerger 882-3349
Composition Literature
[email protected]
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Math
Seventh grade math will finish the year with the unit titled What do you Expect? In this
unit students will conduct experiments to find the experimental probability and analyze
the outcomes to find the theoretical probability. We will look at one stage and two stage
events.
Composition/Literature
We are currently in the middle of our medieval unit. Students have selected one of six
medieval books to read. They each have a calendar with reading assignments through the
beginning of May. The writing that we will be working on is also connected to this interdisciplinary medieval unit. Students will write poems in a variety of styles on a medieval
topic of their choice. They will then do an illuminated letter and some scroll work on their
poem. This poem, along with all of their other writing, will be included in their individual
books of writing. Look for these books of writing to come home at the end of the school
year. We will finish the year by reading one final book, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
Science
We will be studying the Nervous System with emphasis on the brain. Also, all students
should be working on their science projects—interviewing their scientist and creating a
Google Presentation. Their first due date to show that work is being done occurs on April
29th. The actual project is due May 15th.
Spanish
[email protected]
Students in seventh grade Spanish will finish out the year reading the novel The Circuit: Stories of the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jimenez. They will also be completing the food unit. In class we are working on a speaking project called HABLO which
reviews the Spanish they have learned over the course of the year. They will also be completing a writing assignment about themselves in Spanish called Mi Vida.
Mr. Mike Maves 882-3336
World History
Mr. Dave Kopf 882-3319
Technical Eduation
Special Education
[email protected]
Ms. Tracy Ladick 882-3315
Special Education
[email protected]
Reminder about the end-of-theyear trip to Mount Olympus on
Thursday, June 4. Your child should
have brought home a letter about the
point system that will be used to determine which students are eligible for the
trip.
Thank you for helping make our Museum of Ancient Civilizations possible! Your support
for your child resulted in an awesome display of talent. I hope you had the opportunity to
stop up and see all the wonderful projects, and learned interesting facts from their museum labels. Seventh Graders have just completed their unit on Ancient Greece and will finish the year learning about Ancient Rome and Medieval Times. As part of our integrated
unit on the Middle Ages, we will be holding our annual Medieval Day on Wednesday, May
27th. Watch for details coming soon through Family Access.
7th Grade Art
Students are creating a fantasy room using 1 point perspective. They will be adding color
and shading to their finished drawing. I want to remind parents that June 3 will be the
last day of their 12 week 7th grade art class so students will need to have all work turned
in by then. I will be updating their progress over the next few weeks as they complete
work and you can monitor your child’s progress by logging into skyward. All late work
must be turned in by May 29th. If you have any questions, please let me know.
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8th Grade Team
Composition/Literature
Students in 8th grade Comp/Lit just finished their final novel unit on classic utopian and dystopian societies. Students work with tone, mood, conflict, and symbolism when reading their novel Students are
now practicing skills in figurative language and looking at short stories.
Mrs. Katelyn Demrow 882-3351
Science
[email protected]
We will finish out the year by exploring the Earth History timeline - a wonderfully interesting unit
that allows students to grasp the remarkable fact that our planet is over 4 billion years old and has
undergone some amazing transformations both chemically (geologically), and biologically.
Mr. Rich Fanning 882-3358
Spanish
8th graders will be working in groups for the last 3 weeks of the year in Spanish and Comp/Lit classes. This
small group project is called Voices in Action. Students select a topic that they want to learn more about
and will teach the class about their findings.
World Geography
Composition/Literature
Science
[email protected]
Ms. Kelly Fanta 882-3350
Spanish
[email protected]
Mr. John Hanson 882-3340
Students in World Geo 8 will be closing the year with a unit on Asia and all of its diversity along with lessons on
Australia and year-end review activities. The last and large project for the quarter will have many options for
students to pick from. Be on the lookout for this in May.
Social Studies
[email protected]
Also, implore to students to finish the year strong!
Mrs. Gretchen Kopf 882-3343
Math 8
Math
We end the year with exponential relationships. We look at how we can represent both exponential growth (like
bacteria) and exponential decay (like depreciation) with graphs, tables and equations. We will also be looking at
rules for exponents.
Algebra
[email protected]
Mrs. Deborah Herbers 882-3306
FACE
We end the year with quadratics and radicals. We’ll be graphing, solving and interpreting quadratic [email protected]
tions. We’ll be simplifying radical expressions (with square roots) and solving and graphing radical equations.
Mr. Pat Dietrich -3314
FACE
Special Education
8th grade students are almost at the end of their housing
unit. It is heartening to hear them say, “ I can’t afford this
house”, “what do you mean I have to pay $8,000 for a third
bath?”—hopefully they are understanding what it takes for
their parents to provide a decent place to live and are more
appreciative of your efforts on that front.
[email protected]
We will end the trimester in the foods and nutrition area. Please encourage your young person to be independently
cooking for themselves and your family. They all know that
clean-up goes along with the process. Encourage their efforts
and attempts. Then send me a note so they can get extra
credit for being independent cooks.
Thank you for the chance to have your young adult in my class
for the last three years. I wish them all things good in the future at EHS.
Upcoming Events
Eighth Grade End of the Year Trip
Brewers vs. Giants
Miller Park- Wednesday, May 27th
Return Time: Approximately 6:00 PM
Eighth Grade Recognition Dance
Friday, May 29, 6:30-9:00 P.M.
Eighth Grade Recognition Ceremony
Thursday, June 4, 2:00 P.M.
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8th Grade Computers ~ Students will be learning about
Microsoft Excel: formatting, formulas/functions, and
graphing.
7th Grade Computers ~ Students will be learning the
advanced features in Microsoft Word: tables, formatting
images, columns, and much more.
6th Grade Computers ~ Students will be learning the basic
features in Microsoft Word: formatting, toolbars, and much
more! Students will be submitting their assignments using
Google
Classroom.
Check out my class website:
https://sites.google.com/a/ecsdnet.org/mrsfirgens/
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Specials Team
Mr. Kendall Buttchen 882-3316
Phy Ed/Health
[email protected]
Mr. Gustovo Chaviano 882-3332
8th Vocal Music
[email protected]
Mr. Darren Demmin 882-3309
Phy Ed/Health
[email protected]
Ms. Leslie Ferrell 882-3320
Reading Specialist
[email protected]
Mrs. Mandi Firgens 882-3331
CHORUS NEWS
Computers
Our spring concert will be Thursday, May 21st at the
Evansville High School Performing Arts Center. The sixth grade
chorus will perform at 6:30 pm while the seventh and eighth
grade choruses will perform at 7:30 pm. There will be a bake sale
in between the concerts so please plan on bringing a treat to
sell. Students should dress in nice black clothing with an optional
“pop” of color like a scarf, tie or jewelry. If your student does not
have nice black clothing, any dark colors will work. We have
been working really hard to show you how much progress we
made in Chorus this year!
firgensm@evansville,k12.wi.us
Mr. Bob Harsevoort 882-3334
Band
[email protected]
Ms. Cathy Kruckenberg 882-3308
Phy Ed/Health
[email protected]
Mrs. Meghann Proper 882-3332
6th/7th Vocal Music
[email protected]
Questions about the concert?
Please see Mrs. Proper’s class website.
http://libguides.ecsdnet.org/content.php?pid=372727
6th Grade Health — Human Growth & Development
Ms. Amanda Schmidman 882 -3334
8th Band
[email protected]
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Keep Collecting Box Tops and Pop Tabs!
Thank you to all who have sent them in this year.
Due Date for Final Collection: May 29th
WASC State Conference: A “Roaring” Success!!!
J.C. McKenna was the host school for the 2015 JAM State Conference in Madison on April 26-27.
Advisors
Mrs. Gretchen Kopf 882-3343
Eighth Grade Math
[email protected]
Mrs. Sarah Traut-Ebert 882-3304
School Counselor
Class of 2019 Class Officer Elections
Materials Due: May 7th
2015-16 J.C. McKenna Middle School
Executive Council Elections
Speeches: May 13th
Informational Meeting: May 4th
Primary Election: May 14th
Materials due: May 7th
Informational Meeting: May 5th
Final Election: May 15th
[email protected]
Mrs. Beth Oswald 882-3342
7th Grade Social Studies
[email protected]
Speeches: May 11th
Primary: May 12th
“We’re appropriately obnoxious little devils!”
Final: May 14th
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Library/Media
Center News
by Adrienne Kangas, Library/Media Specialist
Popular Books in April:
If I Stay by Gayle Foreman
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
Dark Blue: Color Me Lonely by Melody Carlson
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Top 5 Student Readers in April
8th Grade:
1. Kyle Currie
2. Zachary Britton
3. Katie George
4. Colby Rowley
5. Samantha Foster
Top 5 Staff Patrons in April:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Mr. Demmin
Mr. Gomez
Mrs. Ferrell
Ms. Chepke
Mrs. Howlett
Mrs. Kangas’s Favorites of the Month:
Top 5 Student Readers in April
6th Grade:
1. Dylan Creighton
2. Eli Harnack
3. Niya Randall
4. Sophie Strobl
5. Hope Leitzke
Top 5 Student Readers in April
7th Grade:
1. Nathan Mason
2. Heather Castonguay
3. Christina Eagen
4. Seth Grover
5. Ava Schroeder
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J.C. McKenna Awards– 3rd Quarter of 2014-2015
All-A High Honor Roll
th
6 Grade
RUBY BARTZ
CHARLIE BISCH
BRIANNA CATTANEO
MEGAN CHRISTENS
ELIZABETH CONNORS
AUSTIN DIRING
MARIANA DOWDEN
MILES GIEHTBROCK
MAKENZIE HALLA
KATLYN KANE
SHANE KENNEDY
HANNAH KLEIBOER
BLAKE KRUMWIEDE
7th Grade
ANDERS LIESSE
SIERRA MUENCH
IEVEY NEATH
GRACE PETERSON
ARI PINCUS-KAZMAR
NIYA RANDALL
AVERY SIMPSON
JACKSON STENCEL
SOPHIE STROBL
MARIANA TINAJERO
LILIA TREGONING
BRALY WISER
ARRIELLE ZBLEWSKI
SAMANTHA ZITO
SYDNEY MILLER
GRACE NEILD
EMILY PFEIL
HANNA ROBERTS
ABIGAIL ROSONKE
AVA SCHROEDER
ASHER SCHUMACHER
EVAN SENTER
ETHAN SWANSON
MEAGHAN TIEDT
MIA TORTOMASI
ZOE WINTER
SAMANTHA ZUHDE
PAIGE BANKS
TARYN BOLL
KENNEDY BUSH
HEATHER CASTONGUAY
GABRIELLE DIEBOLD
JASMINE ELLIOTT
KAILEY FRAME
NOLAN HAMMOND
CARSON HILL
ABIGALE KENNEDY
MACKENZIE KUMM
MORGAN KUMM
DEVIN KUQO
8th Grade
IRELYN BAUMBERGER
AIDAN CONNOLLY
ABBY DESCHAINE
NADIA EAKINS
GRACE ELBOROUGH
KAITLYNN FINFROCK
DRUW GASSMAN
ASIA HOWLETT
OWEN HURST
KEEGAN OLIN
CLAUDIA PEART
CAMDEN ZBLEWSKI
MEGAN ZULEGER
A & B Honor Roll
6th Grade
TAYLOR ACKER
NICHOLAS BARMORE
LINDSEY CARLSON
JARED CHRISTOPHER
DYLAN CREIGHTON
KATHRYN DUDZIC
MAKENNA ECKHOFFRINGHAND
GAVIN FREY
ADRIAN GARCIA
ARIANNA GARCIA
SARAH GAY
JACK HAAK
FIONA HERMANSON
JOSHUA HOFFMAN
KORIE HOWELL
OLIVIA HUNT
ALISON HURDA
CASSIAH JAMES
ELI JOHNSON
QUINCEE JOHNSON
THOMAS KLEVEN
DYLAN KOPF
MATTHEW KOSTROUN
TYLER KRAUS
CALE KRAUSE
ABIGAIL LANGER
BAILEY LANGTON
JERILYN LAURSEN
HOPE LEITZKE
JOSHUA LIPKE
RILEY LONG
EDWARD LUTZKE
BRYANT MALOTT
SEAN MCNEAL
ALEC MOELLENBERNDT
JUSTINA MOREY
DYLAN MORI
JAVIER MORICE
JOSHUA PAPPADAKIS
ERIKA PFEIL
ALLYSON PHILLIPS
NATHAN POPANZ
IRIS PYPER
JOSEPHINE RINEHART
DANIEL RIPP
ABIGAIL ROSA
MADISON RUCKS
MORGAN RUNAAS
ANDREW SAM
OWEN SCARPACI
JAX SENDELBACH
JESSE SENDELBACH
TYR SEVERSON
RILEY SILTMAN
BAILY SPACH
OLIVIA SPRINKLE
JOHNNY STEPHENSON
RACHEL TOFTE
MICHAEL TRAN
MACKENZIE VANTHOURNOUT
ZAMARA VROMAN
ASHLEY WARD
MASON YOUNG
TYLER ZASTOUPIL
7th Grade
AARON ANDERSON
KATELYN BECKER
CLINT BERGSMA
OLIVIA BERGUM
RYAN BORCHARDT
SHEENA BURRIS
ANGELA CORELL
PATRICK CRULL
AUSTIN CURRIE
CHRISTINA EAGEN
ABIGAIL EFTEMOFF
OWEN ELLIS
HAILEY ELWOOD
MCKENZIE FILLNER
SULLIVAN GESKE
NICHOLAS HAAKENSON
KARAC HANSON
KENDALL HAZEN
NOAH HIONIS
KYLIE HOOPS
SAMUEL HRDLICKA
NOAH JOHNSON
ELIJAH JONES
DAELYNN KELLEY
JORDAN KESSENICH
GRIFFIN
GUNNAR
BENJAMIN
ERICK
DENNIS
SETH
NATHANIEL
DAVONTE
SYDNEY
GAVIN
ABIGAIL
SOPHIA
JADEN
LOGAN
LOUKA
TRAVON
XADEN
ZACHARY
BREANA
ANNABELLE
ZACHARY
MADISON
GARRETT
KAYLEE
RAEGAN
HAYDON
LUKE
NATHAN
ABIGAIL
EMMA
HANNAH
KEYSER
KINDSTROM
KOLASCH
KRAINYK
LIN
MAAG
MASON
MCALISTER
MCHONE
MIELKE
MILLER
MOCCERO
O'BEL
PARMER
POMPLUN
RANDOLPH
RIGG
RIPP
SENDELBACH
SENN
SHANK
SOTO
TOWNSEND
TRAWICKI
TRUNKHILL
TRUSTEM
TRUSTEM
WALLISCH
WARDWELL
WARDWELL
WILCOX
NICHOLAS WILLE
JAYDEN
WILLIAMS
8th Grade
SOPHIA ALIAGA
MAX BEAVER
TANNER BEGGS
BLAKE BIDDICK
SKYLAR BUSH
HUNTER CASTONGUAY
HAILEY CONNORS
KYLE CURRIE
GRACE FENRICK
JENNA FERRARO
KARAH FLEMKE
ETHAN FRANCE
KATELYNN GEORGE
ZACH GLESSNER
JONAH HALZEL
TEAGAN HARNACK
MARIA HAUGEN
RILEY HAZARD
CHARLES HEINZELMAN
JAMES HENN
SARAH HUNT
HAYDEN JACKSON
KEEGAN JOHNSON
MALCOLM JOHNSON
TYLER JOHNSON
EMMA JORGENSEN
CHRISTINA JUDD
JASON KLEIN
NATHAN KONIOWKA
HENRY KORFMACHER
CHASE KRIEG
CHLOE LARSON
RAYNA LITSHEIM
SPENCER MARCH
ASHTON MILLER
MADISON MINOR
EMILY OTT
TRINITY PALMER
SETH PATE
LYDIA PEART
GRANT POWELL
CALEB REEVE
TAYLOR REICHERT
BEN ROSS
NATHAN ROTH
EMILY ROWLEY
JULIA RUSS
ROSS SCHAFFITZEL
CAMDEN SIMPSON
MARCUS STEINDL
HANNAH THEEL
ILA TREGONING
LEAH WAGNER
CEDRIC WERNER
HALEY-JO WHITEAKER
RILEY WIENKE
MAGGIE ZHE
DANIEL ZITO
NICHOLAS ZITO
Perfect Attendance
6th Grade
MICHAEL ANDERSON
JARED CHRISTOPHER
KATHRYN DUDZIC
CREI EDWARDS
EVAN ELLIS
QUINCEE JOHNSON
HANNAH KLEIBOER
ELIZABETH KLITZMAN
*ANDERS LIESSE
*JOSHUA LIPKE
ALEC MOELLENBERNDT
DYLAN MORI
ERIKA PFEIL
ALLYSON PHILLIPS
*DANIEL RIPP
MADISON RUCKS
GAVIN SCHMIDT
ANNALYSE SCHNEEBERGER
RACHEL TOFTE
SYDNEY VINE
TYLER ZASTOUPIL
SAMANTHA ZITO
7TH Grade
CHASE ANDERSEN
ASHLEY BELK
KENNEDY BUSH
CASSIUS DONNY
*OWEN ELLIS
MCKENZIE FILLNER
KAILEY FRAME
KENDALL HAZEN
GABRIEL HERMANSON
MACKENZIE KUMM
SYDNEY MILLER
SOPHIA MOCCERO
ZACHARY RIPP
DAKOTA RONEK
*ASHER SCHUMACHER
GARRETT THURMAN
QUINN THURMAN
RAEGAN TRUNKHILL
ZOE WINTER
8th Grade
MAX BEAVER
KRISTIN BOLTZ
ERIN BRADLEY
ZACH BRITTON
SKYLAR BUSH
JAMES GORMAN
RILEY HAZARD
HAYDEN JACKSON
HANNAH JOHNSON
MALCOLM JOHNSON
*EMMA JORGENSEN
*ALBERT LIN
ASA PULLEY
JAKE ROSGA
COLBY ROWLEY
*EMILY ROWLEY
REBECCA RYAN
SETH SCHAFFER
JEDTA STADT
HANNAH THEEL
CHANDLER VEENSTRA
CAMDEN ZBLEWSKI
*All Year Long!!!
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EHS Balloons
Graduation Balloons for 12th, 8th, and 5th Graders
The last day of school for seniors is Friday, June 5, 2015.
8th Grade Recognition Day is on Thursday, June 4, 2015 @ 2:00.
Last day of school for 5th graders is Friday, June 6, 2014.
Let that special 12th, 8th, or 5th grader know you’re thinking
of him or her by sending a balloon!
Send money and order form to the following address:
EHS Balloons
Evansville High School
640 South Fifth Street
Evansville, WI 53536
c/o Carolyn Mills
To call in an order you can reach EHS Balloons at 882-3524.
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2015 GRADUATION BALLOONS – ORDER FORM
Each Mylar balloon below is $3.50. Circle the number of the balloon(s) & indicate how many you want.
1.____
2.____
3.____
7.____
6.___________
4.____
5.____
8._________
“Congrats Grad”
6” White moveable bear is $3.00
___ Please indicate how many stuffed bear
Each latex balloon is $1.00. Indicate number of each color below.
Red____ White____
Blue____ Other____
To:_______________________________________________Grade:______________Total Cost:___________
From:____________________________________________________________________________________
Message:__________________________________________________________________________________
EHS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SUBSTITUTE BALLOONS WHEN NECESSARY
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New Teacher Orientation
Professional Development
Aug 26, 27, 28 Day - No School
Teacher Work Day - No
Aug 31
School
Sept 1
First Day of School
Sept 4
No School
Sept 7
Nov 6
Labor Day - No School
Professional Development
Day - No School
End of 1st Quarter; 1/2 Day K
-8 Grading
Nov 25
No School
Nov 26
Thanksgiving - No School
Conference Comp - No
School
Professional Development
Day - No School
Oct 12
Nov 27
Dec 7
March 25
Winter Break - No School
Students
Return
Professional Development
Day - No School
End of 2nd Quarter; 1/2 Day
K-8 Grading
Professional Development
Day - No School
Conference Comp - No
School
Professional Development
Day - No School
End of 3rd Quarter; 1/2 Day K
-8 Grading
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Feb 26
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Easter
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Professional Development
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May 30
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June 8
Memorial Day - No School
End of 4th Quarter; 1/2 Day K
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1/2 Workday for Staff
June 12
High School Commencement
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It’s Book Fair Time!
You are invited to the BOGO (buy-one-get-one-free) book fair: The “Book Fair Under the Sea”!
The JC McKenna Middle School Library will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair in the library viewing room during
the week of May 4th-May 8th. Students and families may visit the book fair between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00
p.m. on May 4th, May 7th, and May 8th.
All purchases benefit our library and our students! There will be some great deals--hope to see you there!
We are proud to say Thanks for a Great Year! through the support of Evansville
staff and families that in the 2014-15 school year Smiles 4 Life provided ongoing preventative
oral care for more than 20 students at JC McKenna and 90 students in the district!
Thank you for your participation this year to make the Evansville School District an oral pain
free zone. Please stop by the Smiles 4 Life table at registration this August to enroll your child
for the 2015-16 school year.
Wishing everyone a fantastic summer filled with sunny days and bright smiles!
www.smiles4lifedental.org
Nondiscrimination Statement
The Evansville Community School District prohibits harassment or discrimination against any pupil in any program or activity on
the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, physical, mental, emotional or learning disability, or any other basis protected by law.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS—EVANSVILLE YOUTH CENTER—MAY 2015
Craft of the Week (May 4-8)
Mother’s Day
4—Wii Golf
5—Wii Baseball
6—Game Show Night
7—Library Laura
8—Scavenger Hunt in the Park
Craft of the Week (May 11-15)
Buttons
11—Park Fun (Frisbee golf/fishing)
12--Park Fun (Frisbee golf/fishing)
13--Park Fun (Frisbee golf/fishing)
14—Bowling
15--Park Fun (Frisbee golf/fishing)
Craft of the Week (May 18-22)
Plastic canvas
18—Movie
19—Crazy relays
20—Early Release (community service project)
21—Ping pong tournament
22—Ping pong tournament
Craft of the Wee (May26-29)
Milk art
4TH GRADERS ALLOWED TO VISIT
25—MEMORIAL DAY/NO EYC
26—Paper airplane contest
27—Paper airplane contest
28—Foosball tournament
29—Foosball tournament
JUNE
1—End of Year Party
2—Let’s Cook
3—Challenge Us!
4—Challenge Us!
5—NO EYC/HAPPY SUMMER
JC McKenna Middle School