related to district performance using student achieve-ment data from the Ohio Depart-ment of Education. Cross-functional teams made site visits to high per-forming districts and shared their fi ndings with the Board of Education. Numerous community forums were conducted to share this and other in-formation with students, parents, staff, and the community. Feedback from all of the forums was solicited and pre-sented to the Board of Education. In December of 2012, it was recommend-ed that the district reconfi gure our two middle schools in an effort to improve our biggest student achievement gaps, primarily in math and science. At that time the Oregon City Schools Board of Education approved the reconfi gura-tion of grades 5 thru 8 effective for the 2013-2014 school year. This is an exciting time for the Oregon School District! We have the tremendous opportunity to effectively create two entirely new schools. Next year Eisenhower will become an “Inter-mediate” school and will house grades 5 and 6. Fassett will become a true “ju-

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Superintendent’s MessageReconfiguration - An Idea Whose Time Has Come!

Eisenhower Middle School

Celebrating 50 Years

Ford DrivesHome Presentations

Michael E. ZalarSuperintendent

Mowing Down The Competition

First Casino Monies Are On Their Way!

The possibility of reconfi guring grade levels has been a topic of discus-sion in the Oregon School District for the past decade. Many of you remem-ber the Space Planning and Manage-ment (SPAM) Committee that studied this issue for several years in the late 1990s and early 2000s. At that time the committee recommended to reconfi gure grade levels but the decision was scut-tled due to a change in administration. Since then, educational reform initia-tives at the state and national level have created more pressure to change tradi-tional public education and to improve student achievement. High-stakes test-ing and accountability have expanded through the Ohio Achievement Test (OAT) in grades 3-8 and the Ohio Grad-uation Test (OGT) which has become a requirement for high school graduation. Presently, the state of Ohio has adopted new, more rigorous Common Core State Standards (CCSS) which will be ac-companied by the Partnership for As-sessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) assessments beginning in the 2014-2015 school year. The Board of Education revisited the idea of reconfi guration last year af-ter the results of a community survey disclosed dissatisfaction with school performance on the district report card. The administrative and district leader-ship teams researched “best practices”

nior high” and will serve all 7th and 8th graders. Schedules are being de-veloped that will better meet the teach-ing and learning needs of both students and staff. A steering committee has been formed to think through the nu-merous challenges that will need to be resolved to start the next school year successfully. I am confi dent that the end result will be a better educational program that will signifi cantly improve student achievement. These are challenging times for everyone. The speed of change contin-ues to occur at an ever-increasing pace. The “status quo” is not acceptable if we are going to improve performance and ensure that our students are prepared with the knowledge and skills neces-sary to compete in the 21st century. I believe the reconfi guration of our mid-dle grades will be the catalyst for sys-temic change, resulting in the overall improvement of our entire school sys-tem. I applaud the Board of Education for listening to the community and for making this courageous decision. As al-ways, I look forward to continuing this work together on our “Journey towards Excellence.”

Dr. Michael E. Zalar, Superintendent of Schools, may be reached by call-ing (419) 693-0661or by emailing mzalar@oregoncs.org

Clay High School’s Environmental & Agricultural Technologies students earned THIRD PLACE TEAM in the District One FFA Nursery & Landscape Management Career Development Event held recently at Penta Career Center. Nearly 100 students from seven coun-ties in northwest Ohio participated in this competition. These students were tested on their ability to identify trees and shrubs, pe-rennials, turf grasses, ground covers,

insects, plant diseases, and nursery equipment. They also were tested on interpreting a landscape design, taking measurements, and determining mate-rial needs and costs for a specifi c plan. Finally they were given a written test on plant selection, plant care, disease control, and landscape principles. The Clay High School students on this team were: Caleb Graham 7th PLACE individual, Alyson Jadlocki 8th PLACE individual, Amanda Mor-

ris 14th PLACE individual, and Ash-ley Tolliver 15th PLACE individual. Also on the team were: Amanda Toll-iver, Chris Moser, Celeste Duran, Craig Duncan, Nick LaRue, Brendon Knorr, Vincent Lewinski, Ali Furll, Morgan Bourdo, Josh Clark, Baylee Sondergeld, Anthony Brown, and Joey Moore. Instructor, Mr. Charlie Schneider, teaches Landscaping as part of his En-vironmental & Agricultural Technolo-gies Program at Clay High School. Stu-dents used the knowledge they learned during class and after-school practices to prepare for the competition, which encourages interest and promotes ex-cellence among students interested in careers related to Nursery Management, Plant Propagation, Turf Management, and other careers in landscaping and environmentally-related industries. The Environmental & Agricul-tural Technologies Program is one of eleven Career Technology Programs at Clay High School. Career Technology students may choose from many ca-reer paths without leaving their school district. They are trained for skilled employment immediately out of high school, or for immediate enrollment in post-secondary education, including apprenticeship and Associate through Bachelor and Masters Degree. Over 55% of the students at Clay High School are served by Career Technology Programs, which are funded through local, state, and federal taxes, including federal Perkins funding.

Environmental & Agriculture Technologies students competing in the District One FFA Nursery & Landscape Management Career Development Event were: Back Row: Joey Moore, Josh Clark, Vincent Lewinski, Chris Moser, Craig Duncan, Brendon Knorr, Anthony Brown, Nick LaRue, and Caleb Graham. Front Row: Ali Furll, Amanda Morris, Alyson Jadlocki, Ashley Tolliver, Amanda Tolliver, Baylee Sondergeld, Morgan Bourdo, Celeste Duran, and Amanda Tolliver.

Jane Fruth, Treasurer/CFO

The district has received word that the fi rst payments from state-wide casino revenues will be dis-tributed to all public school districts in Ohio by January 31. Per a listing

distributed by the Ohio Department of Education, Oregon schools will receive $76,340.35 in the fi rst payout. Future payments are scheduled to be paid out twice per calendar year, January 31 and August 31. Ohio schools are receiving approx-imately 34% of the total distribution

with the remainder going to other local governments. We are hope-ful that, with the preparation of the biennial budget, this money will re-main securely targeted toward public education and not be shuffl ed, like the lottery funds have been, in state funding formulas.

Eisenhower Middle School will celebrate its 50th Anniversary this school year. The building was offi cially dedicated on Nov. 11, 1962, as Eisenhower Jr. High when John F. Kennedy was President and the population of Oregon was 13,000. An article we found stated that an additional middle school was necessary to accommodate the growing population of students in Oregon. Today, Oregon and Jerusa-lem Township’s combined popula-tion is approx. 23,500. Eisenhower will host several events throughout this school year to com-memorate its history. An Open House was held November 13. There are many additional events planned throughout the year including a picture of student and staff in the shape of ‘50’, a shoe drive to commemorate “walking through history”, a student essay contest, a student t-shirt design contest, student artwork, a Time-Capsule burial, and more. If you would like to contribute items to the Time-Capsule that represents the experience and culture of to-day’s students, please contact the school offi ce.

Julie Ford, school counselor at Starr and Jerusalem Elementary Schools, presented two sessions at the 2012 American School Coun-selor Association National Confer-ence in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She led two 90-minute breakout sessions for over 200 counselors from across the country. One ses-sion, entitled “Shirt-Chewers, Head-Bangers and Daydreamers: Why Sensory Kids Do What They Do and Interventions to Help Them Succeed,” addressed meeting the needs of students with sensory concerns. Another session, “Make Your Lessons SPARKLE! Stan-dards-Based, Practical and Ready-to-Use K-5 Lessons that Engage and Inspire!,” provided counselors with 20 classroom lessons incor-porating literature, art, and drama activities. Julie has also presented at the All-Ohio Counselors Conference four times and has had an article published in the Ohio School Counselor Association’s Profes-sional Journal, The Advocate, en-titled “Ten Core Concepts that Get Results: An Elementary School Counselor Shares 10 Ideas From Her Ten Years of Service.”

Pictured is Jerusalem and Starr counselor Ms. Julie Ford

young mermaid Ariel, (played by Kate Jankowski), longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. But fi rst, she’ll have to defy her father, King Triton (played by Ethan Goulet), make a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula (played by Paige Titsworth), and convince Prince Eric (played by Co-lin Flannagan) that she’s the girl with the enchanting voice. Other cast members include Wesley Sneed (Sebastian), Karis Gladieux (Flounder), Jaycee Wamer (Scuttle), Gabe Kovach (Grimsby), Flotsam (Lillie Connors), Jetsam (Claire Rokicki-Counterman), Christian Soto (Chef Louis), Alex Maag (Pi-lot), and Grace Jobe, Maegan Reed, Brittany Lipper, Ciera Lipper, Kendall Wells, and Adrian Pusey (the Mersisters). The classic Disney score by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, and Glenn Slater includes “Part of Your World,” “Under the Sea,” and “Kiss the Girl,” along with some new songs from the Broadway show and old favorites from the movie. The production staff brings together talents from Fassett, Clay High School, and the community. Angela Cooney (Fas-sett 6th grade language arts teacher) is producing the show; this is the sixth musical Cooney has produced for Fassett. Karen Angst (Fassett 6th language arts teacher) is the music director, her third musical at FMS. The director for Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Junior is Amy Spaulding-Heuring, Who was previously drama director and Limelighter advisor at Clay High School for 23 years. Ashley Nowak is the choreog-rapher for the production. She is a professional dancer who recently appeared in Oregon Community Theatre’s produc-tion of The Producers.

Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Junior will be performed in the newly renovated Fassett Middle School Auditorium. The show dates and times are Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, March 17, at 3:00 p.m. Ticket prices are $6.00 for students and senior citizens, and $10.00 for adults. Please contact Fassett Middle School at 419-693-0455 for ticket sale information. Join us for a magi-cal trip to “the bottomless blue!”

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Election Fever

Oregon City SchoolsSelected To Pilot

Online Learning AndData System

The Little Mermaid's Magic Comes To The Middle Schools

Clay DECA attended the Ohio DECA Fall Leadership Conference (FLC) on November 6 & 7, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. DECA chapters from around the state come together to campaign and vote for the new State Offi cer Team at the conference. The Clay DECA chapter started pre-paring for this event in mid-October, as Todd Klewer was chosen a candidate for the offi ce of Vice President of Lead-ership Development, after completing the screening process in Columbus on October 14. Klewer took a test and was interviewed by a panel of previous state offi cers; once the chapter found out Todd was a fi nalist, the class immedi-ately started creating his campaign to be ready for FLC just a few short weeks later. “If everyone had not come to-gether to help me with this campaign, I would not have been able to do it. I am so grateful for everyone’s efforts,” Klew-er said. Every student was involved in creating the slogan and logo for Todd’s campaign: “DRUM Ahead with Todd Klewer.” Students who were involved in the creative aspect of the campaign made posters, buttons, and decorated Klewer’s campaign booth in Columbus. Other students came up with chants to shout during campaigning. The chapter was ready-to-go when the time came to head down to the Colum-

Officer candidate Todd Klewer.

bus Convention Center. Clay DECA traveled to Columbus the night before to network with other chapters and to get well-rested for the following day. The overnight trip was a good bonding experience for the chapter. Other DECA chapters around the state also stayed in the same hotel, where there was a

DECA dance and pizza party for all of the students. “The dance was so much fun! I met new people, and I saw people there that I met at DECA camp. I had a blast!” Jenna McGrady said. The day of the Fall Leadership Conference was packed with activities, beginning with campaigning for thirty minutes. Todd and two other students stayed at his booth and talked to voting delegates about his campaign. Other students ran around the room hold-ing up his signs and chanted. “I was a chanter, and it was so much fun run-ning around and shouting all of the chants we came up with! That was my favorite part of the day for sure,” Jimmy Murphy said. The rest of the students approached delegates and told them about Todd’s campaign. After campaigning, half of the stu-dents went to leadership workshops while the other half voted for the new state offi cers. After listening to speech-es from the candidates running for each offi ce, as well as their answers to im-promptu questions. As a candidate, Todd participated in these tasks, deliv-ering a four-minute speech in front of seventy-fi ve voting delegates and an-swering the impromptu questions. Af-ter each candidate fi nished and every voting delegate voted, all students went into the hall to fi nd out the 2012 – 2013

Ohio DECA State Offi -cer Team. A l-t h o u g h Todd was not elected to state of-fi ce, the Clay DECA chapter is proud of him. Every m e m b e r put forth all of their effort and tried their best. It was a great experience for everyone, and overall, it made the chapter closer. Clay DECA will continue with District Competition on February 4, at Bowling Green State University. DECA prepares emerging leaders and entre-preneurs in marketing, fi nance, hospi-tality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe, and is a component of the Marketing program at Clay High School for seniors interested in careers in the business industry.For more information about this trip, please contact Carly Calevro, Clay DECA Public Realtions Offi cer at carly.calevro@yahoo.com or Vallie Robeson, Clay DECA Advisor, at 419-693-0665 or email vrobeson@oregoncs.org.

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Please start saving unwanted clothing, household items and any other treasures to donate to this sale. You may drop off your items on Friday, March 1st from 4:00 p.m. till 8:00 p.m. at the Clay Cafeteria. Items will not be accepted at any other time.

Plan on coming back to shop on Saturday.

Sponsored by the Academic Booster Club

A little Disney magic is bringing together Eisenhower and Fassett Middle Schools for the fi rst time. Both schools will present Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Junior, in March. Auditions were held in November at both schools, with about 70 students auditioning. All students read scenes from the script and sang one of the songs from the show. Callbacks were held on November 19, and the cast was announced No-vember 20 before the students left for Thanksgiving break. Music rehearsals began in December, while acting and danc-ing rehearsals began in January.

Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Junior is based on the Dis-ney movie from 1989, and the Broadway show that followed in 2008. In a magical sea-kingdom, the beautiful, rebellious,

Students rehearse for the stage production of "The Little Mermaid, Jr."

Oregon, Ohio – Oregon City School District is one of 10 districts and community schools in Ohio to pilot a new state-of-the-art instruc-tional improvement system (IIS) that allows teachers to store and analyze student achievement data. “It has never been more im-portant for educators to use mod-ern technology to give students customized learning options based upon real data that identifi es stu-dent needs,” said Michael Sawyers, acting superintendent of public in-struction. “We appreciate Oregon City Schools agreeing to help us in creating a statewide instructional improvement system that is truly the beginning of a new era in Ohio education.” The IIS will enable teachers to accelerate and personalize the edu-cation experience by providing the following features:• Online access to curriculum and standards;• Curriculum customization;• Easy to use paper, online and clicker test administration options that teachers can use to determine what progress students have made and in what areas they need help; and• Portfolio of every student’s work. Pilot participants are a cross section of Ohio’s schools based on size, location, type of school and type of student information sys-tems already being used. The dis-trict will work closely with ODE and IIS developer Thinkgate, LLC to ensure the system meets core state requirements and works well with other state and local informa-tion systems before it is rolled out to other districts. Other districts and schools se-lected for the pilot include: Belle-fontaine City Schools, Buckeye On-Line School for Success, Ham-ilton City Schools, Madison-Plains Local Schools, Morgan Local Schools, South Euclid-Lyndhurst City Schools, Toledo City Schools, Union-Scioto Local Schools, and Youngstown Community School. Under the contract, the Think-gate IIS will be available to all Race to the Top (RttT) schools funded by the ODE using the RttT grant for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years. Non-RttT schools can pay for the IIS service beginning in the 2013-2014 school year.

Wanted - The Gingerbread Man! A t t e n t i o n community, Be on the lookout! Wanted: a short fl at-bodied fel-low with rai-sin eyes and a white icing smile; known to be very fast and sneaky. Last seen dodging the fi rst grade class at Coy Ele-mentary School, the gingerbread man has once again managed to escape, and has been leav-ing notes and clues all over the school hint-ing to his where-abouts. The stu-dents have had a diffi cult time locating the little rascal, and last they heard he was heading for a local grocery, but he was kind enough to leave them all a tasty snack. Who would have thought the cookie they were baking could come to life and escape!

Be on the lookout, the Gingerbread Man has escaped again.

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We've Got Gas!

Left: A boring machine is used to run the new gas lines underneath driveways, intersections, etc. Middle: Gas lines ready to be buried. Right: Stockpile of gas line along Route 2.

“We’ve got gas!” may seem un-healthy and undesirable, but for Or-egon City Schools getting gas, natural gas, means big savings. On January 8, Columbia Gas com-pleted the extension of the current gas line from Eisenhower Middle School to Jerusalem via North Curtice to Route 2 to Yondota Road, two full months ahead of schedule. Permanent Im-provement dollars were used to fund

this improvement, which will pay for itself in less than four years. Although the upfront cost of put-ting in the approximately 19,850 feet of pipeline was daunting - nearly $350,000 - the thought of continuing to spend an average of $52,561 per year on heating Jerusalem Elementa-ry, prompted the change. The other two elementary school buildings cost an average of $12,000 to heat. The

$40,500 annual savings, along with the income from other customers “tapping in,” will fl ow directly to the general fund. “We had calculated a best-case scenario payback based on 40 of the potential 74 new service customers signing up for Columbia Gas service in year one,” Dean Sandwisch, Director of Business Affairs, said. “Columbia Gas already has 55 customer orders, so

our return should be even better.” This investment in our infrastruc-ture is just another way Oregon City Schools is demonstrating good stew-ardship of the tax dollars entrusted to us. We will continue to look for ways to run our district as effi ciently as possible. If you have further sug-gestions on how we can accomplish this, contact Dean Sandwisch at dsandwisch@oregoncs.org.

Coy Elementary students celebrat-ed the end of their Right-to-Read Week Friday, October 12, in a wild way, with help from visiting author and master storyteller Rick Sowash. One of Mr. So-wash’s books, Critters, Flitters & Spit-ters: 24 Amazing Ohio Animal Tales, provided the background for his morn-ing school assembly. Sixteen of Coy’s 4th and 5th grade students donned cos-tumes and co-starred as some of the animals featured in that book.

Coy Celebrates Right-To-Read Week With Critters, Flitters & Spitters

Left: Coy actors in costume. Right: Author Rick Sowash with Coy future,

The audience was amazed to see a wooly mammoth lumber around the gym, a group of Canada geese enter in V-formation, and to hear the story of Ohio’s state fossil, the trilobite straight from the trilobite itself. A few famous Ohioans, including the Wright family, General Sheridan and Charles Ship-man, also joined the presentation, al-lowing everyone to feel history as a liv-ing, breathing reality. A select group of students shared

lunch with the author and discussed the writing process using samples of their own writing. Finally, to wrap it all up, Mr. Sowash met with the up-per grades and hosted a question and answer period that gave students an inside look at the life of a storyteller. The school PGA funded Mr. Sowash’s visit, and thanks to them, our students had the opportunity to “Go Wild for Reading” by experiencing history in a meaningful, memorable way.

Pumpkin races, Harvest Bingo and a hayride put Coy Elementary students in the Autumn mood dur-ing the annual Fall Festival, which is a yearly event that takes the place at Coy, encouraging all children to participate in what the season has to offer. The day ends with individ-ual classroom parties where plenty of tasty snacks are distributed, and where the fun continues with crafts and games. This year, Mrs. Coy’s class bobbed for donuts, while Mrs. Moore’s students decorated scare-crow picture frames, and Mrs. Ma-her’s children munched on apples and caramel dip, just to name a few of the scheduled activities.

Fall Festival

Written By Fassett 6th grader: Faith Schweizer

Fassett’s 6th grade GT Language Arts class went on a fi eld trip with Eisenhower’s 6th grade GT Language Arts class. They toured the Toledo Museum of Art and the Toledo Lucas-County Public Library. At the museum,

Connecting With Manetthe classes had a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit the Manet exhibit and to talk about some of his paint-ings. Students chose paintings they liked or made connections with. They also listed the similarities and differences between the paintings. After that they went to the library to take a tour, where they vis-ited the children and teen sections of the library. Lastly, they checked out books. Luke Roach said, “I liked the Manet trip because we got to see a lot of cool paint-ings and I also liked how they showed us the sliding shelves in the library. Rylie Fournier said, “It was a very interest-ing trip and I had an especially fun time at the library!”

The entrance to the Manet exhibit

Top: Sixth grade Ike and Fassett GT students at the Manet exhibit. Bottom: Sixth grade Ike and Fassett GT Language Arts students enjoyed exploring the Toledo-Lucas County Library.

Forty-two students competed in the Eisenhower Middle School Spelling Bee in December in front of their peers and families. To qualify for the bee, students completed a written spelling bee qualifying test in their language arts classes. The top fi fteen spellers in each grade then qualifi ed to compete in the school bee. Myles Collins, eighth grade, is the champion speller for EMS, and Kayla Korek, sixth grade, earned second place. Luke Finger, eighth grade, and Reagan Clark, seventh grade, competed in a seemingly endless spelling show-down, but Luke triumphed with third place. Myles, Kayla and Luke will represent Eisenhower Middle School in the 2013 Lucas County Area Spelling Bee at the Maumee Indoor Theater on Tuesday, Febru-ary 19, at 7:00. The top winners of that bee will compete in The Blade Championship Bee in March. The top student from that bee will com-pete at the Scripps National Bee in Washington, DC.

Spell "Nuance"

Luke Finger, Myles Collins and Kayla Korek will represent Eisenhower Middle School in the 2013 Lucas County Area Spelling Bee.

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Students Present At State

Read For Your Team!

Oregon City School District was selected to participate in the Student Achievement Fair at the OSBA Capital Conference in No-vember. Capital Conference is the second largest gathering of School Board Members and Administrators in the U.S. Two students, Allison Susor and Samantha Miller, science teacher Dennis Slotnick and business man-ager Dean Sandwisch represented our district. The team demonstrat-ed learning activities related to the wind turbines at Eisenhower and Clay that were developed by Mr. Slotnick. Board members attending included Mike Csehi and Carol-Ann Molnar. Diana Gadus and Jane Fruth, treasurer, also participated the day of the Student Achieve-ment Fair.

Pictured are Allison Susor and Samantha Miller who participated in the fair.

Mark your calendars

Oregon Schools Foundation

Student Celebrity Server Dinner DanceSaturday, February 23, 2013

St. Michael Centre - Oregon, Ohio

Support your Oregon School Student Servers

Dinner, dancing, silent auction, 50/50 raffles,Big-Six Wheel, contests, and FUN

For more information, visitwww.oregonschoolsfoundation.org

Civil War Round Table

Four students in Clay’s Civil War class presented their projects at the Greater Toledo Civil War Round Table on Thursday, Decem-ber 13. Students gave presentations and fi elded questions from round table members. Mr. Klosterman said, “I was impressed by the courage the kids had to step out in front of subject matter ex-perts and take questions.”

Pictured are: Jeremiah Berger (Civil War engineering), Andrew Cousino (Telegraphs in the Civil War), Mr. Klosterman - teacher, Tony Ueberroth (Lincoln's early years), and Ashley Selee

Who’s it going to be, Ohio or Michigan? Only the best readers know for sure! Fourth and fi fth grade students at Coy participated in a friendly football-themed read-ing competition this Fall. The rules of the “Reading Rivalry” were simple. Each time students completed reading a new book and completed a comprehension quiz, they were allowed to place a paper football on the bulletin board pit-ting Ohio State fans against Michi-gan devotees. There was no limit on the number of footballs they could earn. In the end, Ohio State triumphed, winning by a landslide. Better luck next year Michigan.

The Read Team scoreboard.

Girls Vs. Boys Coy students showed true Christmas spirit in December and had a little competitive fun at the same time. The entire student body separated into a “Girls versus Boys Challenge” for the annual holiday canned food drive. With the per-mission of Coy principal, Mrs. Mol-nar, the prize at stake was a Crazy Hair day. The students collected a whop-ping 1,958 canned goods which were donated to Oregon food bas-kets. Students gleefully earned their Crazy Hair day and came to class sporting styles and colors of which Dr. Seuss would have been proud.

Starr 4th graders in Mrs. Price & Mrs. McGill’s classes enjoyed quite a learning experience on Halloween, and it all revolved around a pumpkin. Each student chose a pumpkin and began a day of “Pumpkin Calculations.” Using their pumpkins and other various mea-suring tools, they found different mea-surements such as circumference, di-ameter, mass, and volume. Then they compared their own measurements to others in the class using more math-ematical skills of range, median, mode and mean. The students then took the gathered information and created a type of graph called a line plot. Finally, each decorated their “friend” and took him or her home to enjoy.

Pumpkins Are Our Learning Friends

Far Left: Students taking measurements for various calculations. Left: Looks like a 5 pounder. Bottom: Starr 4th Graders apply math skills using pumpkins.

A Christmas Carol After Thanksgiving break, the 6th grade students in Mrs. Cullen’s and Ms. Kidd’s Language Arts class-es at Eisenhower read the novel A Christmas Carol. Throughout the unit, which led up to Christmas break, the students worked on OAA standards that included cause and effect, summarizing, predicting, character development, and using textual evidence to support conclusions drawn from the text. At the end of the unit the students completed a Tic-Tac-Toe project based on the content of the novel. The project consisted of the students picking three activities from a tic-tac-toe board just as they would do to win a game of tic-tac-toe. The activities incorporated many different learning styles. A few of the activities included writing a song/jingle, making a diorama, cre-ating a fi lmstrip, creating an interview, and conducting a survey. The students then ended the unit by watching the movie. It was a wonderful way to get the students in the Christmas spirit!

Top photo: Top L to R - Dylan Meyer, Michael Stults,and Ashley Vartorella. Bottom L to R - Maeghan Henry and Alex Boros.Bottom photo: L to R - Madison McDonald, Greg Faneuff, Andrew Brown and Adam Ummel.

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The "Poisoned Apple"

Fourth grade students at Starr Elementary had the pleasure of going to the Children's Theatre Workshop to view a performance of "The Poisoned Apple."

You may have seen the “Challenger Learning Center” blue signs around Or-egon and wondered about the center. The Challenger Learning centers were started by the families of the Challenger Astronauts who were lost in the 1986 accident. Using space exploration as a theme, the Challenger Center creates a positive learning experience that raises students’ expectations of success; fos-ters a long-term interest in mathematics, science, and technology; and motivates

Top Left: Ricky Kiss poses while taking a minute before return-ing to work on the space station. Top Right: Alayna Rodriguez and Blayze Westover are busy in mis-sion control. Bottom: Mrs. Claydon's class smiles before the big mission.

Fourth grade students at Starr Elementary had the pleasure of going to the Children’s Theatre Workshop to view a performance of The Poisoned Apple during December. The Poisoned Apple is a play full of magic and good hu-mor that tells the truth behind the famous Brothers Grim tale, Snow White. What made this trip so spe-cial was the fact that one of their classmates, Wes Anderson, was part of the production. All the students enjoyed themselves and Starr is especially proud of Wes’ outstanding performance!

Bulldog Boogie

The Hawaiian Tropics came to Starr Elementary in January. The 2nd Annual Bulldog Boogie had a Hawaiian theme and students came dressed in leis and grass skirts. The students enjoyed danc-ing the night away to their favorite tunes. Students and parents alike loved doing the limbo and every-one had a great time. Thank you to the Starr Parent Group for organiz-ing this Family Fun Night.

These young ladies are having fun at the "Bulldog Boogie."

Cookie Walk Thank you to everyone who came to The First Annual Cookie Walk at Clay High School. You helped to make this a success. The students from Volunteer Focus and STRIVE worked hard baking over 30 different kinds of cookies. Partic-ipants left with box(es) of assorted homemade Christmas cookies for the holidays and never had to dirty their kitchens. Leftovers from the Cookie Walk were donated to Food for Thought, who serves meals to over 1100 families per month. The students then chose to donate mon-ey to Vail Meadows and the DARE Program. We are planning to host the Cookie Walk again next year and hope to see you there.

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Seventh graders at Eisenhower Middle School will pay less for their visit to Imagination Station this spring. Thanks to a grant from Target department stores, the seventh grade team will receive a check for $700 this January. The grant specifi cally states that funds provided must be used for fi eld trip costs—admission, bus costs, and more. The grant application was written by Nancy Pevets, seventh grade science teacher and seventh grade team leader at Eisenhower Middle School. The seventh grade team wishes to thank Target and their affi liates for this generous donation.

Imagination Station Is Targeted

Carruth Cash One of the events students sponsor to prepare for the Washington D.C. trip in May is fundraising in the Fall. This is the fi fth year that Mrs. Claydon has helped the 8th graders at Fassett Mid-dle School raise money for their Wash-ington D.C. trip. Over fi ve years, stu-dents have sold merchandise valued at $34,176.25, which gave students a total profi t $13,670.50. Mrs. Claydon said, “Carruth pieces are handmade right here in Waterville, Ohio. I love hav-ing them for hanging and in the garden.

My fi rst piece was from a frog with a rain gauge from one of my students my fi rst years of teaching. I still have it and cherish it!” Students say it is an easy sell- people like them, buy more than one for gifts, and just have to put a bow on the well-packaged items. They sell before Thanksgiving, and they are in be-fore Christmas. It is perfect. This year’s high sellers were: Levi Halka $269.60; Kaje Cowell $243.16; Henry Miller $234.80; Brooke Stroscher $179.60; and Jessica Ham $146.38.

Students sell Carruth pieces to raise money for their Washington D.C. field trip.

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students to pursue careers in these fi elds. Prior to attending, students learned about space fl ight history, made a patch for their mission, and fi lled out applica-tions for the jobs (com, medical, life sup-port, isolation, remote, data, navigation, probe team). This program matches the 8th grade science standards. The Mars missions are about 1.5 hours long, with the mission control and spacecraft group switching after about 45 minutes. During the missions,

students are presented with problems in science, math, and technology. They had to work together to solve the issues that come up. All the students love the trip to CLC and are quite excited about science, math and technology when they return home. Mrs. Claydon posts the mission pictures on a website for each group to see. Fassett and Ike schools (Mrs. Claydon and Mr. Bennett) thank the Northwood-Oregon Rotary for spon-soring the students who attended.

Wall Street Bound The Clay High School stock market simulation was won by Cory Greenblat, a junior. All 141 fi rst semester econom-ics students started with $10,000 on August 23, and fi nished trading Janu-ary 10. Cory won with a 288% gain. That is right, Cory started with $10,000 and fi nished with $38,799.23 in just 22 weeks. In second place was Erin Gyurke with a 210% gain; Chris Schmitz fi n-

ished 3rd with 67%, followed by 12 students who fi nished with over a 10% gain. Cory explained, “I was in second to last place until a month ago. I cashed out, then bought a penny stock that subsequently split 6 to 1, and literally overnight, I was in fi rst place. The mar-ket is risky but we found out that risk can be managed”. Cory is planning on a career in law, but perhaps he should consider a move to Wall Street.

Clay High School stock market simulation was won by Cory Greenblat.

Kindergarten Parent Information Night2013-2014 SCHOOL YEAR - Monday, March 18, 2013 - 7:00 P.M.

The Wynn Center - 5224 Bayshore Rd. (Formerly Wynn Elementary)If your child will turn fi ve years of age on or before August 1, 2013, please plan to attend this informational session.

Information on the new online registration process will be presented and kindergarten screening appointments will be scheduled. If you have any questions, please contact the Academic Assessment Offi ce at 419-698-8003.

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Oregon City School Honor RollClay High12th GradeAdams, Ryan Amenta, Carmelo Badenhop, LoganBadik, Nicole Bleau, KennedyBlosser, ZoeBohland, JakobBoileau Henderson, Asha Brann, NicholasBreeden, NicoleBreier, NicholasBrezvai, Alyssa Brown, EricBrummett, TylorBucher, Emylee Calevro, CarlyCampbell, Taylor Carr, HannaCharchol, SamanthaChristian, Kendyl Chudey, Randy Clutter, AutumnCoker, Jordan Cornelison, Gina Cowell, HannaCsizek, AnthonyCutcher, ElizabethDaniels, Branden Davis, LukeDean, Nicholas Demeo, James Dewey, Cassandra Dominique, Jacob Donahue, Olivia Dorring, MakenzieDoughten, Merideth Duez, Jessica Durczynski, Kayla Durrant, LisaDwyer, SummerEnglish, AndrewEverhardt, Tyler Flores, Brianna Fuelling, Ryan Gerrard, EthanGladieux, Kyle Gonzales, KirstenGore, CodyGorshoff, KatherineGroll, AbigailGrosjean, Jordan Harsh, CodyHartkopf, CassandraHenegar, ChelseaHoffman, Brittany Hooks, Hunter Horvath, EliJacso, Jessica Jeanlouis, IsraelKelly, Carrolline Killen, CassandraKiss, VictoriaKlewer, ToddKlorer, DanielKlosinski, KristenKnoop, KelseyKovach, TaylorLadd, MeganLamb, Carrie Lambrecht, Jordan LaPlante, Robert Le, TeresaLessard, Dylan Lester, Madison Lewinski, Jessica Lopez, Alyssa Lozinski, AustinLyons, Christina Marinelli, VincentMcAtee, Tyrus McGrady, JennaMcLeod, Samantha McQueary, SydneyMikolajczyk, TaylorMoon, CrystalMoore, AngelaMorrissy, Julia Murphy Jr, JamesMyers, Cierra Nagy, JackNelson, Danny Noethen, JenniferNovak, EmilyO Shea, KaseyPalmer, Kelsie Pelfrey, BrandyPettaway, Jalen Pyle, AndrewQuinlan, JacobRank, Robert Reed, DarrenRepeta, NatalieRice, TessaRigg, SamanthaRizo, Aaron Roberts, Taylor Robson, LucasRow, Sarah Rumans, Preston Ruskinoff, Nikolas Salas, MaribelSamples, Jasmine Sanchez, Taylor Schiavone, LindsaySchnell, Max Scholl, Samantha Seymour, MorganShanks, JordanSharlow, Kelsey Shepherd, TylerShinaver, Zachary Shull, RileySiford, Megan Smith, Brittany Smithers, ChelseySoncrant, Megan Spencer, Miranda Staler, Adam Strohscher, JacobTate, Devin Vandeneynde, Arron Vincent, ClaytonVolmar, Alyssa Wasserman, RileyWealleans, Jacob

Webb, SamanthaWegrzyn, Amanda Weil, Meagan Wenzel, Arik White, Mariah Winckowski, LydiaWismer, BriannaWood, Alan Zeitoun, MahmoudZunk, Sidney

11th GradeAl Sorghali, Hanna Beair, Isaiah Belkofer, JenniferBerg, Dylan Breeden, Mariaeh Broka, ChaseBroughton, Kelsey Campos, AlexisCastilleja, BryceChung, MichaelChung, Robert Cook, Trent Coughlin, Cassidy Daniel, TaylorDansack, Matthew Dart, ShyannDavies, LoganDavis, JaredDeMeo, Jody Dewey, Anthony Duke, Marisa Duncan, CraigDunn, BryceDurando, Caterina Dusza, Dylan Eaton, KacyEwersen, TylerFawver, Corey Fernandes, Sydney Flores, Anyssia Floyd, Amtheyst Fowler, MackenzieFrederick, StephanieFredritz, JennaFussell, AlyssaGallaher, Brooke Garcia, Gabrielle Gargac, SierraGarmon, Shalynn Gill, Taylor Godsey, Brooke Goeckerman, Megan Graham, TroyGray, Austin Gray, CassidyGreenblat, CoreyGrindle, Samantha Gyurke, Erin Hairabedian, Curtis Ham, Lucas Hartford, Brandy Hassan, LeenaHatfield, Christopher Heilman, BlakeHeintschel, Alyssa Heinze, SamanthaHendricks, Joseph Heninger, John Henneman, Aaron Hornyak, ChelseaHuggins, Devin Hughes, LeilaniIsbell, Cooper Isbell, Harleigh Jacob, Jared Joven, Amanda Kapfhammer, Alexis Kegerize, Daniel Kellar, JoshuaKeller, JillianKeller, Jordan Kesling, HannahKillen, TylerKlostermeier, Alexis Kovacs, MorganKristof, MollyKubicki, Haley Lafountaine, AnnaLarge, CourtneyLaRue, JacobLazur, Kurtis Ledzianowski, Samantha Lodzinski, MadelineLorenzen, DanielleLucas, JenniferLuce, ZoeMaher, Hayley Martinez, MaisyMartinez, SelenaMaynhart, Megan Maze, Samantha McCloud, Chrystian McDougle, Mariah McGath, SydneyMcIlroy, Erica McKibbin, Tyler Migliori, ChelseyMiller, Chelsea Mominee, Lily Mondragon, Jacqueline Mottmiller, Mia Myers, Mackenzie Myrice, KlaudiaNagy, JayNelson, Gavin Nelson, Rachel Newland, JennaOgburn, Drake Osenbaugh, Joshua Parman, Brooke Pennington, Joshua Perlaky, SpencerPetrova, Elena Phillips, Madison Powell, Jeanette Quinlan, Courtney Riley, BridgetRiley, KellieRoberts, TaylorRodriguez, ShaneRoman, Emilie Row, KyleSaenz, LuisSalazar, JavierSanders, Nyla

Schaefer, KaylaScott, David Selee, Ashley Sellgren, Crysta Sheahan, KaitlynSibbersen, EmilySilva Chaves, Bibiana Smith, Ashley MarieSmith, Jay Staudinger, Joseph Stelter, Rachel Susor, Allison Susor, Honnah Szegedi, MacieTaylor, JustinTaylor, KyleTolliver, AmandaTolliver, AshleyTrumbull, Julie Ueberroth, Anthony Vartorella, AustinVinet, InezWieas, Chelsea Wiedmann, Daniel Woodrum, Jacob Yohn, KayleaYork, Matthew Zalar, Edward Zunnoor, Syedah

10th GradeAnderson, BrantAnderson, BryceArnold, Ryan Arrowood, MichaelAvad, Juan Barney, Shannon Barney, ShelbyBarrett, SydneyBarron, Jimmie Bassiouni, Omar Beckman, Nathan Bee, Mary Berger, JeremiahBerning, ChadBilliard, Brianna Bocook, Baleigh Bohland, JessalynBucher, Jonathan Campbell, Madison Cannon, Alaina Chancey, Logan Chizmar, Tabatha Clark, Joshua Cluckey, EmilyConnor, MorganCordle, DylanCoughlin, Bailey Cousino, MadalynnCulver, Sarah Czop, Abaegail Dean, Brandyn Drake, PaulDudley, Dalton Duran, Celeste Duwve, MadelineEdwards, Ceara Emch, Katherine Enck, SamanthaFerencz, Hailey Fernandes, Elijah Fisher, Austin Fournier, RyanGabella, Devin Gajdostik, Regan Gargac, AlexanderGarrett, Jacob Giannetti, Rebecca Gibbons, MatthewGladieux, ColeGlesser, RebeccaGonzales, MorganGould-Dusseau, Alicia Grimes, Maddison Gwin, AustynGyori, Brandon Gyori, Brooke Hagdohl, Emily Haines, Cory Halka, Kaylee Harshman, Angela Heck, AlyssaHerbster, BryanHolman, Kerstin Hommel, CarlyHook, Emily Horvath, Joseph Jacobs, Jarod Jacobs, Joshua Jankowski, Sabrina Kaczmarek, Rebecca Keilholz, Benjamin Kidd, Jenna Kimbrell, Valencia King, Andrea Kozlaker, Kyle Kuecher, Rachael Laws, Clay Lefevre, BenjaminLewis, LaurenLoucks, AlexisMartinez, AricaMenchaca, Kaylah Mendoza, GabrielMerritt, Kelsey Mildenberger, Tyler Miller, Jamie Miller, JaredMiller, KayleighMills, MarisaMoore, NaKiya Mosiniak, Morgan Musselman, AlexaNewton, KaraNovak, Hannah Orr, Haley Phanthalasy, Vassana Phillips, Connor Pollauf, ZacaryPringle, Wyatt Reder, Anastasia Rettig, KirstenRigg, CarlyRobinson, Justin Rodriguez, PeterRoughton, Curtis Rueng O Cha,

Chananchita Schiavone, Hayley Schloegl, Andrew Schuller, Kristina Schuller, Stephanie Schwind, Sophia Screptock, Richard Seimet, KailieSeymour, AaronShaffer, MonicaSheetz, CoralShelton, ChloeShinaver, Allyson Shinaver, Danielle Shrewsberry, AlexisSimon, Kara Snyder, Tristin Sobecki, Erica Spaulding, Ondrea Stewart, Shelby Swisher, Kyle TenEyck, Lindsey Trouten, RachelTwining, Justin Ulrich, MeganUpham, MeganVanNest, AustinVeler, Kaylee Vermett, KatelynnVriezelaar, Alec Ward, Lexis Watson, Sierra Wells, MackenzieWest, AustinWilbarger, TylerWilbur, TristanWilson, Courtney Winckowski, GraceYarger, Madison

9th GradeAlore, Adrienne Andrus, Benjamin Arman, Paige Auger, Victoria Bachmayer, Brandon Baumer, Hayley Beamer, Tyler Benton, Philip Bleau, Landon Blosser, Maya Bolla, Nicholas Boros, Stephanie Brown, Zachary Buchan, Nicholas Burgess, Maggie Burns, Adam Cairl, Timothy Campbell, Kyle Canada, Shawnee Canterbury, Ayla Carpenter, KaylaCase, Austin Clark, Dylan Clark, Hannah Cluckey, Logan Cummings, Mason Davis, Jeremiah Dewitt, Zackary Dickerson, Kayla Diebert, Rayann Dominique, Haley Dreier, Matthew Durczynski, Noah Dusseau, Dylan Edler, Allison Ellis, Joshua Faneuff, Aaron Filka, Abby Ford, Kyle Fouke, Jeffery Garner, Michael Giles, Andreonia Giles, Ashlynn Giovanoli, Dominic Giovanoli, Donte Giovanoli, Gino Goralske, Brittney Goucher, Miranda Graham, Noah Groll, Erynn Handy Jr, Michael Harrison, Joshua Hartwig, Stacey Hassan, Miranda Heck, Justin Henegar, Taylor Hess, Haley Hess, Hannah Ivan, Marie Jacobs, Anthony Jacobs, Aubrey Jadlocki, AlysonJohnson, Sir’Taizhia Jones, Chandler Jones, Megan Keel, Jessica Kochanski, Austin Kovacs, Eric Kubicki, Mitchell Kuhlman, Hannah Kwiatkowski, Sydney Lajti, Hannah Lajti, Kaitlyn Lambrecht, Alyssa LaPlante, James Larue, Nicholas Latta, Anthony Leathers, Brayden Lee, Dustin Leichty, Zachary Lenning, Jacob Lopez, Thomas Lozier, Austin Malczewski, BenjaminMantyla, Jenna Martinez, Sara Matuszynski, Gregory McKinney, Emma McNeal, Marlena Mohr, Joshua Moore, Joseph Morris, Amanda Mullens, Shelby Neverauskas, Audras Nguyen, Steven Nickerson, Tanika

Ortyl, Tyler Palmer, Carley Paprocki, Ashley Pimma, Brandon Pioterek, Katie Reichert, Allison Repeta, Cruz Resendez, Estrella Rios Branstutter, Madison Robarge, Kaylee Robinson, Austin Rudolph IV, Bruce Sanchez, Jose Sattler, Kennedy Sauerwein, Sydney Schroeder, Max Schultz, Emelie Slovak, Madison Slover, Emily Smith, Gavin Sneed, Madeline Snyder, Callie Sondergeld, Baylee Sondergeld, Brittany Stringham, Richard Susor, Brooks Takacs, Jessica Taylor, Savannah Thomas, Timothy Thompson, Alec Todoroff, Briahna Toth, Katherine Trowbridge, Amy True, Evan Ueberroth, Michaela Vriezelaar, Jake Walls, Emily MarjeanWalter, Christopher Weiland, Sierra Whitt, Jaret Winslow, LeAnn Wolfe, Harrison Zeiler, Monica Zunk, Alexis

Eisenhower Middle8th GradeBaker, Mason Barrett, Cassidy Batch, Abigail Bird, Saraann Bourdo, Ashley Bricker, Carl Bundy, Hannah Cain, Dylan Clay, Coby Clere, Karleigh Curry, Kevin Douglass, John Edwards, Robert Elmajzoub, Mohammed Emch, Nicholas Essing, Joseph Everhardt, Kelsey Foster, Anthony Gajdostik, Grant Gargac, Keaton Garrett, Samantha Gaskins, Adam Gerrard, Hanna Gibbons, Elizabeth Heintschel, Samantha Hess, Sydney Hinkle, Logan Hornyak, Olivia Howard, Lauren Huffman, Brianna Jankowski, Caden Juhasz, Drew Kigar, Ian Kiss, Joshua Kolinski, Hannah Kolodziejski, Brianna Kolodziejski, Lexie Kozlaker, Connor Kubicki, Zachary Lammers, Jacob Lee, Andrea Limpf, Drew Lohrer, Erica Madison, Samantha Mallett, Mackenzie Martin, Alaynah Martinez, Lisa Mata, JulioMeier, Lillian Miller, Madison Morrison, Olivia Mowrer, Kierra Mullins, Cameron Myrice, Kyle Nagypaul, Kyrsten O Shea, Caitlin Parker, Joshua Peart, Keagen Phillips, Bailey Powell, Bayleigh Powell, Hallie Reynolds, Calee Riley, Timothy Ritter, Cameron Rossler, Madeline Schell, Jarrett Schneider, Amelia Searle, John Shanks, Brenden Shipley, Skyler Siefke, Caleb Snow, Pete Speweik, Alexandra Speweik, Angela Takacs, Ashlyn Thiel, Lydia Tilton, Chase Tuller, Nicole Ulrich, Alyssa Vartorella, Alexandra Verb, Joci Vincent, Gary Vislay, Marisa Wilson, Kailey Wiseman, Michael Yenrick, Bekah Zachel, Breann

7th GradeAnkney, Zachary

Badenhop, Austyn Bassiouni, Dalia Batch, Breanna Beamer, Trevor Binting Andrews, Nolan Bolander, Alexandria Bomyea, Austin Bonnice, Ruth Booth, Pillar Buschmann, Jordan Calkins, Dakota Campbell, Owen Carr, David Cavaliere, Nicholas Chancey, Rylee Church, Alexandria Clark, Reagan Clere, Hailey Combs, Myranda Connor, Charles Cousino, Kirsten Cousino, Macy Cutcher, Edward Czop, Lillian Daly, Morgan Davies, Selena Denmark, Nicholas Dickens, Alyssa Dickerson, Hayden Donbrosky, Damien Emch, Jake Essing, Victoria Fennewald, Andrew Fernandes, Jude Fernandes, Philomena Garza, Christopher Gonzales, Macey Grames, Jagger Groll, Zachery Halka, Michael Halley, Marc Hansen, Erek Hansen, Hannah Harrison, Kendra Heck, Caleb Hendricks, Madison Henney, Taylor Hopper, April Horman, Brandon Huffman, Alyssa Isbell, Joshua Jacobs, Kendall James, Skylar Johnson, Sir’Rayah Keilholz, Jacob King, Megan Kowalski, Jenna Krieger, Caitlin Krieger, Jessica Lee, Madelyn Lunsford, Devin Madison, Danielle Markus, Morgan Marsh, Evan Meinke, Joshua Meldrum, Kelsey Migliori, Marissa Mohr, Matthew Nagel, Kimberly Naugle, Alyson O Shea, Carly Peery, Tatum Pelfrey, David Rasheed, Amirah Schroeder, Mason Sellgren, Alec Shelnick, Cole Shively, Dawson Smith, Madison Smith, Megan Smith, Tylor Snyder, Matthew Staudinger, Jacquelyn Suto Jr., Daniel Talton, Joseph Tate, Sarah Tilton, Olivia Titsworth, Paige True, Cole Twining, Ryan Uriarte, TeresitaVidra, Connor Vincent, Elizabeth Vincent, Samuel Warrington, Jonathan Weller, Chase Wells, Kendall Winckowski, Jack Wisniewski, Meradith Zak, Elizabeth

6th GradeAckerman, Ariana Angel, Joseph Barnes, Katelynn Boros, Nicholas Briones, Daniel Brittian, Cameron Brown, Andrew Canterbury, Courtney Chanthakham, Alannah Collins, Magdalena Cordle, Alexis Cowan, Isabella Curtin, Charlotte DeWitt, Maisy Doran, Brenden Faneuff, Gregory Finger, Sarah Gaertner, Kelsey Gallaher, Victoria Gargac, Delaney Graver, Bailey Gyurke, Todd Havener, Kaden Henninger, Madison Henry, Maeghan Hornyak, Blake Hornyak, Madison Jacobs, Alexis Jeffries, Lillian Johnson, Katherine Joyce, Christopher Juhasz, Ryan Kapfhammer, Shelby Kendrioski, Dominic Kolinski, Abigail

Korek, Kayla Krieger, Cassidy Krieger, Lindsey Lammers, Alexander Latta, Adam Loucks, Anna Maxon, Kaitlyn McDonald, Madison McLeod, Victoria Meinke, Caleb Miller, Chancellor Moore, Kenneth Mosiniak, Jacob Musselman, Jayla Neate, Cameron Neverauskas, Lidija Pack, Sapphira Rable, Vivian Rast, Brianna Revenaugh, Kelli Rew, Anna Rigsby, Kaitlyn Rossler, Morgan Row, Zachary Sigler, Hannah Soto, Christopher Spears, Grant St Julian, Andrew Szigeti, Alexander Thompson, Wyatt Titgemeyer, Andrew Todoroff, Macenzie Vartorella, Ashley Vriezelaar, Madelyn Wells, Lana West, Jennah Yenrick, Palmer Young, Addison Fassett Middle8th GradeAllred, VanessaBaker, AndrewBihn, AdamBollman, AlysaBreeden, MarandaBroka, PaigeBrooks, ChanlerBustamante, AlexisCamarillo Garcia, HugoCote, BaleighCowell, KajeDickens, ReeceDokurno, MaeganEvers, GabrielleFiedler, CalvinFox, CalliFuller, TylerGarcia, MateoGarcia, RamonGears, HalieGechter, CrystalGomez, LeonardoGoulet, EthanGoulet, NathanGrimes, MalloryHalka, LeviHalter, StarraHeider, BaylonHenneman, NickalasHernandez Goderich, YaylenHierholzer, KiaraHolzemer, AutumnHommel, AllyHorvath, JennaHuss, MeganHutchens, JacobIler, DustinJankowski, KateJeanlouis, PetionJehany, HannahJobe, GraceJoven, AileneKlatt, DonniKuecher, CaitlynKulwicki, JennaKurek, ThomasKutchenriter, EricLadd, MalloryLambrecht, TraceLipper, BrittanyLipper, CieraMahler, JennaMcGee, HaileyMcNutt, HunterMiller, HenryMiller, JordenMiner, AshleyNagy, WilliamOrr, ChristianPeace, CurtisPerlaky, LoganPerry, GreysonPerry, NathanQuinlan, JonathonReder, AlexandraReese, AlexisRodriguez, AlaynaSaenz, PatriciaSandoval, JenniferSaunders, GrantSchaefer, KorySchweizer, JacobSpraggins, AlexandraSteingraber, JacobSteveson, NicholasStrohscher, BrookeTresso, WilliamUrias, BrianVass, AndrewWebb, AustinWharton, HalieWlodarz, Cassidy

7th GradeAiton, DustinAnderson, GarretAndrews, HannahAndrews, HaylieAndrews, KaylaAsbury, JohnBerg, SaraBerl, NormandieBliss, WalkerBrezvai, MarissaBrown Teneyck, Alison

7Bruns, CraigCahill, MirisaCarlisle, MichaelCarter, DeniseCase, JoshuaChurch, PhoebeCluckey, ThomasCopeland, AlannaCoughlin, ShannonCousino, ChristopherDaniel, JustinDeleon, ArianaDelgado, IgnacioDippman, HaleyDuwve, AndrewEischen, BradleyEstep, AngelaEvers, AubreyFell, AnthonyFlanagan, ColinFravor, EzekialFredritz, JacobFry, JaclynGardiner, BriannaHadzovic, AlmaHales, SydneyHardy, BrandonHeck, JasonHerman, CassandraHerrick, TylerHolliday, AlexandraHymore, HannaHymore, OliviaIvan, ZoltanJackson, MakalaJaquillard, MasonKegley, AustinKeister, HunterKimbrell, RobertKuhlman, TrentMalloy, MadisonMartin, AprilMartinez, MarissaMaya, ShaniaMcClain, HaleyMcCreary, BreannaMcNutt, PaigeMiller, DelanieMiller, NadiaOrra, JoudetPappas, SimonPaquin, SavannahPetitpas, CheyennePotter, NinaPulter, StephenPusey, AdrianQuinlan, NatalieRayburn, MirandaReardon, RoosterReed, MaeganRew, TaytemRice, MadisonRice, NatalieRickman, HannahRiter, HaileyRodgers, KevinRodriguez, AlexiaRodriguez, LilySalgau, NicolaiSanchez, JulianSanchez, OscarSerratos, SavannahSerres, CamileShrewsberry, Eric

Sneed, WesleySutter, SkylerSwan, EmilyUpham, MackenzieVanCamp, LeahVenia, MaxWalter, NicholasWeishuhn, JohnathonWiedmann, AlaynaWiggins, ChynaWolfe, HoldenYoung, EmilyZak, Jacquelin

6th GradeAiton, CameronAli, AhmedAllan, HeyleaAllred, EmilioArnold, KaylieBliss, MasonCarlen, SidneyCass, ConnorCasselberry, BrysonCheatham, JordynConnors, LillieCook, CamryCornell, RachaelCoughlin, DempseyCoughlin, KennedyCutshall, HaleyDanko, KelseyDutton, HayleeFinch, NolanFisher, EmilieFonseca, HallahFournier, RylieGadus, TaylorGiller, AnnaGladieux, JacobGladieux, KarisGrimes, MacieGuerricagoitia, RavenHagdohl, ZacharyHart, LynseyHenry, JaronKeiser, ZoeKlatt, GracieLeichty, BrodyLesniewicz, AlainaLott, HaleyLowe, SpencerLuda, MarissaMaag, AlexanderMawhorter, MeganMcDougle, SamanthaMcGee, JacobMcGee, MichaelMcNeal, NikolasMcQueen, MasonMies, JenaMiller III, DonaldMoser, MadisonNagy, JoshuaNichols, DominicNotheis, DelanieNovak, JacobOlvera, VicentePaprocki, LindsayPaprocki, NickolePrater, JaelynProttengeier, GraceRajner, Xavier

Rice, ScarletRichardson, JennaRoach, LucasRoberts, LindsayRokicki Counterman, ClaireRollo, EthanRotruck, MiyaSattler, ReganSaxon, AmberSchweizer, FaithSiefke, SamanthaSilva, SamanthaSmith, OliviaStahl, AliviaThompson, MadisonUtter, JasonVan Hersett, JarodVarner, AmberVillegas Jr, SalomeWamer, ReeseWilbarger, AudreyWood, AliyahMitchell, William

Coy Elementary5th GradeAkins, KayleeBaumgartner, HopeBaxter, ChaseBerry, ChaseBoisselle II, CharlesBonnough, BriannaCarroll, LucasCollins, BrigidCortez, AlexanderCsengeri, LarissaCufr, DanielDaly, AmberDeal, DerekDickens, EmilyDunsmore, BenjaminEngle, JohnEngle, MariaGarza, KatelynGierke, OliviaHarris, BrandonHenneman Dallape, OliviaHoskins, LucyJobe, OliviaJones, RaecieKapfhammer, PaigeKeller, CarrieKellerbauer, HenryKelly, MadisonKish, AliviaKnipp, KrystinaKramer, KodyKurek, AngelinaKusian, DelaneyMatthews, BryceMead, AndrewMerren, CaseyMessenger, KierstenOlvera, VictoriaRichardson, JefferyRichmond, BenjaminRugg, AveriSaldivar, LyndaSchloegl, OwenSchroeder, AndrewSchroeder, MatthewSchwartz, Amanda

Sprague, MasonSusor, JakeTalton, KathleenTawil, AhmedTawil, AliTimofeev, AustinUrbina, BiancaVanCamp, KateVartorella, Deion

4th GradeArman, NoahBeat, LeviBeat, LukeBonnice, MariannBoyd, CheyenneBrown, EmilyBundy, CalebByers, AlainaCalkins, KeeghanChen, VickyCollins, LucasCousino, JacobCurrier, AlinahDeal, CarleeDoggett, LuciusFaris, GraydenFinch, AlyssaHagdohl, NoahHorman, BradyJones, OliviaJurski, TrevorKarrick, JaidenKennedy, IsabellaKersh, JacobKessler, AndrewLagrange, DeklanLangschied, LeoLants, NoraLaPlante, GracynLepeak, MeganLewandowski, JadaMaletich, DominicMartin, ElizabethMawhorter, AndrewMcDonald, ZacharyMiller, QuintonMohon, LaneyNaugle, AndrewNichols, SydneyRasheed, KaylaRutkowski, BreannaSanchez, JelenaShort, RaymondSmith, AmberSpears, EthanStaudinger, ThomasUrbanski, KyleeVillegas, SerenaWatson, TrinityWoollard, ScottWoollard, ZacharyWyrick, DestinyYoung, Aaron

Jerusalem Elementary5th GradeAbbott, KatelynAmonette, GraceAndrus, IsaacBatch, Gary

Blade, MichaelBlausey, HannahBohland, SawyerBolander, DerekBooth, DawsonBurling, LonCampbell, ColtonChandler, TrentonCooper, TylerDalton, AudreyDavis, AllisonDeweese, CameronDickens, AaronFletcher, RobertGadus, TimothyGeorge, ChristaHansen, EmmaHauter, MorganHenry, MackenzieKoepf, NicoleLajiness, SierraMcVicker, EllieMeasel, SamuelMeinke, SydnieMohon, BaileeNowak, CassidyQuigg, CaliRigg, PaytonSegura, MariahShannon, LoganSharp, DevinSigler, KyleSilva, LukeSkitowski, AlexSlovak, KennedySnow, MiaSpitler, ElizabethStrasbourg, TylerStringham, JasmineThatcher, OliviaThiel, SpencerTilton, LukeVislay, JennaWesterman, Briana

4th GradeAbdoney, DanyaAckerman, AvaBeavers, KayleeBleau, JadynBricker, SierraBurkey, DominicCampbell, MadisonChurch, ErinClark, LaurenCook, MadisonDonbrosky, DyllanFoster, NicholasFranke, RileyFreck, JosephGlass, GageHeintschel, EricHorsley, OrloJoseph, JessicaKellison, EmilyKigar, CeciliaKulwicki, CaitlynLatta, AlexanderLatta, AshtinLimpf, NathanMacDonald, MiaMaix, MadisonMalin, Lillian

Mason Jr., KristoforMcGee, MichaelMoore, TrentonMorris, JakobMullins, MyaMyler, ZoieNelson, MalloryPatrick, NataliePowers, MichaelRigsby, KelseySeimet, KendallShope, EricaSnyder, EastonTakacs, KatelynnThompson, OwenTilton, AvaTolles, JustinWooten, John

Starr Elementary5th GradeArmstrong, LilyAvad, MaricelaBohland, GarrettBronowski, SierraCannon, BrendanChurch, KayleeCindle, KaylaClark, RyleeCollins, AndrewD Amore, HannahDeBlaere, AnastasiaDepinet, AdamDeWitt, BrandonDokurno, TylerDykema, MadisonEllis, SarahFournier, MadisonFouty, CarterGears, KaylaGladieux, MadisenGoetz, BayleeHaas, GregoryHendricks, KaylynnHudson, AaronHughes, AndrewHuss, MadisonJones, CourtneyJones, RachelKlein, ShawnaLambrecht, ZacharyLutes, CarterManthey, AlexandriaMays, SkylarMiller, TheodoreMurphy, AustinOatley, AnthonyOwens, MckennaPendergraff, TonyRew, AliviaRodriguez, AsiliaRowe, ZacharySass, HaleySiefke, CoraSims, KaitlynSmith, GraceSondergeld, ConnorSprague, CaitlynTaylor, MadisonThompson, AustinTorres, DominicTruman, TaylorUlch, Marina

Wamer, RugerWeirich, AshlynWeirich, CaitlynWolfe, HudsonYancey, AnthonyYanez, Madison

4th GradeAlexander, GavinAli, MushtaqAnderson, WestleyAngel, MaryAshley, EmilyAshley, SamanthaBaden, GraceBarney, CarlieBrammer, GaryBruns, GrantCarlen, JacobClark, GregoryCook, CameronCornell, RebeccaDart, PaigeDepinet, KelseyDomagala, AlisonDupler, ClintonDuran, CameronFlanagan, ChaseFlanagan, JohnathanGajdostik, HarrisonGomez, NicholasHamilton, DestinyHentges, DanielleHurley, MitchellKatschke, MikaeliKegley, SavannahKovach, TatianaKyer, AlannaLajti, ThomasLeichty, JacobLewis, KalieLowe, SofieLutheran, MatthewMabry, IsabellaMahler, LaurenMaurer, BritneyMcGath, BeccaMcGee, MatthewMiller, KadynMoon, JacobMurphy, SoniaNonekowski, JuliaO Connor, SeanPappas, NathanielPeace, EllaPotter, AshiaPusey, AubreyResendez, CarmenRoach, ZacharyRoberts, IsabellaRoberts, LoganRoot, AydenRye Barailloux, CourtneySchultz, CarlySheetz, CaraSmith, AbigailUlinski, KatieWehbi, AdamWilhelm, AaronWolfe, HannahYeager, DylanJudy, JamieTabler, Kylee

Veteran's Day

Volunteer Focus Trick Or Treat Event

Pictures L to R: (1) The "Trunk or Treat" event was moved indoors due to inclement weather. (2) Treats were handed out by parents, staff, and board members. (3) The Flintstones stopped by to help out.

Because of the unexpected cold and wet weather, the Volunteer Focus Trunk or Treat event was postponed and moved indoors to the Clay High School cafeteria. Thank you to the stu-dents, parents and board members who handed out candy to trick-or-treaters.

One of the most important calen-dar days in the fall is Veterans’ Day. It is on this day that we take time to remember those who served our coun-try, allowing us to have the freedom we cherish and sometimes take for granted. Coy Elementary School once again took time to honor veterans on this very important day. During our ceremony, students were asked to invite a veteran to the event so that they could be publicly honored. The students read a biog-raphy of their veteran’s service and

the places they visited during their tours of duty. The fi fth grade students sang several patriotic songs; the Boys Scouts demonstrated the proper han-dling of the fl ag, and a slide presen-tation played the anthems for each branch of service. These were just a few of the highlights. The ceremony ended with all the fourth and fi fth graders singing “I’m Proud to be an American.” This was followed by a reception for the veterans. It was an important educational moment for all the students “lest we forget.”

Coy students spent the day honoring veterans.

Laughter Yoga

Written by 8th Grade Fassett Student- Jenna Horvath

Laughter Yoga was a very enjoy-able and unique experience for every-one in Miss Stanton’s 8th grade class. Laughter Yoga is when you pick a type of laughing exercise to force yourself to laugh; it may make you feel uncomfort-able at times, but it is defi nitely a help-ful form of stress relief! An example of

a yoga exercise is to pretend to throw confetti in the air, while laughing, with a group of people. An expres-sion from Travis Breen-Meyers about why it was so fun, but also uncom-fortable was, “We had to stare at each other and laugh!” Jacob Schweitzer said, “It was an enjoyable experi-ence!” Laughter Yoga was a lot of fun and a great way to come together as a class and break down barriers be-tween us.

Laughing to relieve stress.

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OREGON ORACLEThis newspaper is issued by the Board of Education and staff of the Oregon City School District. Questions raised by this publication or other activities of this school district can be answered by contacting one of the following individuals or places:

Information Specialists:Tamara Swartz 693-0665, ext. 2044Dave Copsey 693-0661 ext. 3308

District Office:5721 Seaman Rd. Oregon, OH 43616Superintendent, Dr. Michael ZalarDir. of Educational Services, Hal GregoryDir. of Teaching and Learning, Dawn HenryDir. of Academic Assessment, Lu LaneDir. of Business Affairs, Dean SandwischTreasurer, Jane Fruth(419) 693-0661

Clay High School:5665 Seaman Rd. Oregon, OH 43616Principal, Jeff ThompsonAsst. Principal, James Jurski(419) 693-0665

Eisenhower Middle School:331 N. Curtice Rd. Oregon, OH 43618Principal, Becci Bihn(419) 836-7215

Fassett Middle School:3025 Starr Ave. Oregon, OH 43616Principal, Tim Holcombe(419) 698-6008

Coy Elementary School:3604 Pickle Rd. Oregon, OH 43616Principal, Amy Molnar(419) 698-6010

Jerusalem Elementary School:535 S. Yondota Rd., Curtice, OH 43412Principal, Dean Ensey(419) 836-7704

Starr Elementary School:3230 Starr Ave., Oregon, OH 43616Principal, Jennifer Conkle(419) 693-0589

Wynn Center:5224 Bayshore Rd., Oregon, OH 43618Building Admin, Lu LaneAdult Workforce, Brad Luebcke(419) 698-8003

Career and Technology Education5665 Seaman Rd., Oregon, OH 43616(419) 693-0668Director, Steve Bialorucki School Board Members P.J. Kapfhammer, PresidentCarol Molnar, Vice PresidentMike CsehiDiana GadusJeff Ziviski

The Oregon City Schools Board of Education has regularly scheduled meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the administration building. The public is always welcome to attend, however, the date and location may change so please call 693-0661 to inquire before attending.

The Oregon City School District complies with federal laws which prohibit discrimination in programs and activities receiving federal assistance. Title 1 Regulation-Parents may request information regarding the professional qualifications of their child’s teacher. Contact the Oregon City School administration building for information (419-693-0661) or visit the Ohio Department of Education’s website for teacher certification. http://www.ode.state.oh.us/ Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicap. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex. The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 prohibits discrimination of the basis of age. The Oregon City School District also complies with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 which grants to parents/guardians the rights to examine their children’s offical school records. Inquiries regarding unlawful discrimination may be directed to Hal Gregory, Assistant Superintendent, Oregon City Schools, 5721 Seaman Road, Oregon, OH 43616 or by calling 419-693-0661

It's Better To Give Than Receive

Shop Till You Drop Everyone is a shopper at Christ-mas, and as usual, Coy school made it a little easier to get shopping done. Local crafters gathered for two days in December to display their handiwork in the Coy gymna-sium. Prices started at well under a dollar and all the classes had the opportunity to browse the booths for the perfect gift. The Santa shop was also open to the public for one evening. Anyone interested in par-ticipating in the Coy Santa shop next holiday season, please contact Kelly Joldrichson .

The Volunteer Focus Group and In-tegrated Machining classes would like to thank the entire Clay Family, includ-ing students, parents and staff, for their generosity and kindness with the toy drive and canned food drive. A large number of youngsters received toys and other presents as a result of your gener-ous donations. Over 400 toys were do-nated along with over 1500 canned food items. The results of your efforts greatly brightened Christmas for a large num-ber of children and their families. Mrs. Soncrant and Mrs. Walendzak. The advisors of Volunteer Focus, and Mr. Spallino, Integrated Machining teacher, are very proud of the efforts, generos-ity and kindness of everyone involved. The experience of assisting those in need is heartwarming, and we are very lucky to be a part of this great group of students.

Top photo: Over 1500 can food items helped area families.Bottom photo: These donated toys helped brighten the holidays for area children.

Once again the generous parents and students of Eisenhower stepped up to help those less fortunate this holiday season. Cans of food totaling 1908 were collected for the Oregon Christmas Bas-ket Committee. The seventh grade teachers of Eisenhower challenged their students to go above and beyond to help the needy. Teachers promised a “Fun Day,” if seventh graders collected more than 500 cans. Students responded by collecting over 950 cans of food. As a reward, students watched a modern version of “Gift of the Magi,” a story the students had read in their Language Arts classes. They also were able to participate in a rotation of activities they chose for themselves: LEGO and K’Nex building, card games, and more. Thanks to all who helped make this can collection a success.

They CAN!

Students in Mrs. Andrea Spallino's social studies class pose with a pyramid of canned goods.

Reading Swiftly On October 24, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift dropped by Miss Stanton’s GT classroom at Fassett and talked to us about the power of reading. (Over the Internet, that is!) The pop country superstar, who has sold more than 20 million albums and taken home six Grammys, shared her love of great lit-

erature and explained how books have been instrumental in inspiring her own songwriting. During the live classroom webcast, which was part of Scholastic’s Read Every Day global literacy cam-

paign, Swift even took questions from students and performed a song from her new album RED. The 30-minute Web-cast was a wonderful way to end our day!

Fassett GT

students enjoyed

a 30 minute

Webcast with

Taylor Swift.