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Ionia High School News October 2015
A Message from Mr. Manciu
Dear Parents,
The end of the first quarter is arriving on November 6th. Our Parent Teacher Conferences were successful, with many parents coming to meet with teachers. We had hard copies of our parent surveys to be filled out by parents as opposed to the computer. If you were unable to fill one out at conferences, you can still give us your input. Please visit
www.ioniaschools.org and click on the 2015 Parent Survey on the homepage. Your opinion is important to us.
The annual Purple games played by all of our fall sports teams were a big success once again. All of the activities culminated in the Friday football game where the Bulldogs defeated the Gladiators of Fowlerville!! “Hats Off” to Mrs. Grummett and her committee who spent countless hours getting the activities and City of Ionia prepared and decorated for the Purple Games and the fight against cancer. Ionia Public Schools is always honored to be a big part of Purple Week
in Ionia.
Homecoming Spirit Week, October12th-16th, was successful and much fun for all students! Each day had a different theme from Monster Day to Halloween Costume Day. Wednesday, October 14th was the Powder Puff game. This year the Juniors pulled out the victory!! Following the Powder Puff game was the Homecoming Bonfire. This was organized by the Blue Crew under the direction of Mrs. Lindemer and Mrs. Green. As always, the City of Ionia Fire Department was on hand to put out the fire at the close of the activities. This year, we had cheerleaders on hand to lead our students through the fight song. The Spirit Week concluded on Friday with a Pep Assembly in the gym. The members of the Marching Band led our students through the halls and into the gym. As always, the Pep Assembly was filled with
performances by the cheerleaders, lip sync battles between students and lots of excitement !!
This year we have a new college ambassador. His name is Aaron Bagwell and he is a graduate of Michigan State University. Aaron is off to a great start and has many activities planned for College Application Week October 26th-30th. This is a great opportunity for students to learn about colleges like Central Michigan University, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids Community College, Michigan State University, and others. It is also helps our students to learn
about the enrollment process and how to apply for acceptance at various colleges.
Sincerely,
Mr. Jack Manciu
October
21 NHS Meeting for Seniors
21 7:30pm Fall Vocal Music Concert
24 East Kentwood/Jenison Band Invitational
27 Student Council Blood Drive 8-3pm
28 7pm Blue & White Review
November
2 No School for Students—Teacher Professional Development
4 NHS Induction Ceremony
6 End of 1st Marking Period
9 NHS Officers Meeting
10 Junior & Senior NHS Meeting
11 Half Day for Students; PLC in afternoon for teachers
13 Senior Class Meeting with Josten’s during AH
19 Senior Announcement orders during lunches w/ Josten’s
26-27 No School—Thanksgiving Break
30 Senior NHS Accountability Day for Community Service Hours
Seniors: College Application Week is October 26-30th. Mr. Bagwell has planned several events during that week to help students with the college application process from on-site admission decisions, a college planning workshop, resume building, and time to get assistance filling out applications to college and earn scholarships! Please see Mr. Bagwell or a counselor for a schedule of events!
Dual Enrollment reminder: The deadline for dual enrollment for
2nd semester of 2015-2016 is November 1. Please see Ms.
Bieske or Mr. Knapp for more information regarding MCC
classes that will be offered on the IHS campus during the school
day during 2nd semester. More information can be found on the
IHS Counseling website at ioniabulldogs.weebly.com under the
"Dual Enrollment" tab.
Career Cruising is a program that students will begin using at the high school to plan classes and explore career and
college options. Counselors will begin meeting with students this fall to use the program and update their Educational
Development Plans. See the Counseling website for more information under the "Careers" tab:
ioniabulldogs.weebly.com
Editors from GVSU's Lanthorn Visit IHS Journalism Classes
On Wednesday, October 7, the editors from Grand Valley State University's
Lanthorn student newspaper met with Ms. Ward's two journalism
classes. Editor in chief, Audra Gamble spoke with students not only about
how to conduct great interviews, but also shared strategies for building a
readership for an online student newspaper like our own Bulldog Beat. In
addition to sharing writing tips, Ms. Gamble met with a small group of
students to talk about the role social media plays in drawing in
readers. Sports editor Adam Knorr worked with groups of students
nterested in writing sport features and game recaps. Student Life editor
Maddie Forshee tackled the tough issues, meeting with students to talk
about how to write about controversial topics that affect students' daily
lives. News editors Stephanie Brzezinski and Hannah Lentz shared with a
small group of Bulldog Beat writers strategies for organizing a news article.
Senior I.H.S student Elijah Sinkler-Gray said of the opportunity, “It was great
getting to hear from people who are doing the same thing we are but at
the college level. They shared lots of great tips.”
A Big Brothers/Big Sister Program is being initiated between Ionia High School (sophomores & juniors) and Rather Elementary students. This pilot program will involve five pairs of “Bigs” and “Littles”, with the objective of mentoring and helping with assignments. The interview process for selecting the Big Brother/Big Sister is just beginning, so it is not too late to sign up! If you are a sophomore or junior; stop by Mrs. Shattuck’s room (211) for information and/or an application
before November 1st.
On October 8th, the Vocal Music Dept sponsored a trip to the Globe Theatre in Stratford, Ontario to view “Taming of the Shrew”. There were 50 participants who effectively learned more about our Shakespeare’s influences, inferences, costuming of the 1600’s, and dialogue, besides respectfully observing our US Border Patrol. A special thanks to Mrs. Scheller for arranging this
trip. It was a great fall day!
Congratulations to the following students as they are inducted into
the Ionia High School Chapter of the National Honor Society:
Abigail Barna
Kyle Card
Christopher Carpentier
Caroline Carter
Mattelynn Castle
Anna Clark
Robert Eppler
Daniel Fountain
Alison Fuller
Mallory Hausserman
Joseph Kilchermann
Parker Kirby
Brandon Miller
Jackson Montgomery
Bryce Nummer
Alec Phelps
Charlotte Pischea
Kiersten Reeves
Kaitlyn Richardson
Justin Rickert
Alexys Roundtree
Emma Shattuck
Gabrielle Simmons
Logan Stephens
Aidan Winters
Lindsey Wood
Taylor Wood
Carson Yenchar
Sara Zarebski
The Induction Ceremony will take place on November 4th at 7pm in
room 304. The NHS selection of members is determined by
scholarship (a minimum GPA of 3.500), character (teacher and coach
referral), leadership (in and outside of school), and service (recorded
by inductee). We applaud our I.H.S ‘s Chapter of NHS for their
diligence, service, and positive attitudes!
Evelyn Velasco was nominated as Student of the Month by Mrs. Rachel Shattuck. Mrs. Shattuck nominated her in reflection of her dedication and diligence to every class, sport and club assignment. She is able to
do much and always gives her best with productive success.
Evelyn is the President of NHS, Captain of the Varsity Golf team, Drum Major, and Vice President of Student Council. She also
participates in the youth group at SS Peter & Paul Church. Evelyn
enjoys reading and being with friends and family in her spare time.
Evelyn will be attending Aquinas College to major in Finance.
Dignity & Respect: Owen Shafer Garritt Hall
Nadine Rewa
12th grade
Carson Yenchar
11th grade
Kelsey Merrifield
10th grade
Madison Kemp
9th grade
August
Justin Nutt
Tennis
Evelyn Velasco
Golf
September
Ethan Wolbers
Soccer
Larissa Piggott
Swim
October
John McCord
Football
Ashleigh Walczak
Volleyball
~Class of 2016~
Senior Pictures are due
November 1st!