The 2014-2015 school year began on August 18th with 553 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade

students at Visintainer.

Mr. Sharosky is back for his second year as Principal after arriving last year from the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City Schools where he was principal of two middle schools-Monticello and Roxbo-ro. He moved his last school Monticello from a rating of “Academic Watch” to “Effective” on the state’s re-port card system in only two years. Prior to Cleveland Heights, Sharosky was a princi-pal, teacher, coach, and athletic director in the Twinsburg City

Schools.

“It is my great pleasure to be part of the tremendous Brunswick City Schools. We really have a family that is the staff of Visintainer and we add our parents and students to

that family.” Sharosky said.

“Last year we had some

new chal-lenges for our school with the new report card system for schools in the state of Ohio and the rating system

for teachers.

This year-we are also dealing with a change in the curriculum to a Common Core set of standards. Along with that change, there are new state tests. These are challenges, but we have a sin-gular vision of student success and the staff will work to make this happen” Mr. Sharosky

said.

“We revised our mission statement last year to reflect this change in expectations from the state.” Sharosky said. “Our mission is ‘We will pre-pare all students for college

and life by providing a challeng-ing curriculum (RIGOR) that connects students’ lives and their future (RELEVANCE) in a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment

(RELATIONSHIPS).”

As part of business this year, Viz is going to be giving the new PARCC tests mandat-ed by the state of Ohio. All the students will be taking performance-based assess-ments in February/March called “Performance Assessments.”

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New year brings excitement and challenges

Blue Devil Times begins publication for year two

The purpose of this news-

letter is to provide information

to our Visintainer students and

their families. Our goal is to

provide you with information

about past and present events,

special programs, and highlights

of our school’s day-to-day

operations. The newsletter will

be published on a monthly

basis and it will be posted on

our website to allow families

the opportunity to print a

color copy.

Beginning next month,

there will be opportunity for

student input to the Blue Devil

Times. Students interested in

writing can join the Viz news-

paper club under the direction

of Mrs. Boytim

All subsequent publications

will be posted on-line. And

emailed to those families that

have provided an email ad-

Blue Devil

Times September 2014

Volume Issue

Meet the new staff 2

Homework Club 2

Assistant Principal 3

PTO 3

Fall Sports 4

New rules 5

Guidance Dept. 6

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Special points of in-

terest:

The Viz staff com-

pleted the ALS Ice

Bucket challenge

on 8/29. Details

will follow in next

month’s issue.

V i s i n t a i n e r

M i d d l e

S c h o o l

Guidance Dept. 6

Fathers Walk 7

Upcoming Events 8

Principal’s Desk 8

Visintainer is proud to intro-

duce their “new” staff members for

the 2014-2015 school year: Ellyn

Coder, Jeffrey Cola, Kimberly

Cook, Dana Delnay, Janet

Dooling, Ethan Eraybar, Renee

Schweisthal, Nicole Schultz,

Chad Thompson and Jeff Zva-

ra. (Visintainer also welcomes a

new Assistant Principal-see the

story on page 3.)

Ellyn Coder is the “new” 7th

grade language arts teacher for the

Rock and Rollers team. Originally

from Medina, Miss Coder is a 2012

graduate of Ohio University, where

she majored in 7-12th grade lan-

guage arts.

“Writing is my favorite aspect

of the content area, and I hope to

help my students develop into con-

fident writers.” Coder said.

In her spare time, Miss Coder

enjoys traveling (having visited 10

countries), watching HGTV, being

outdoors, and spending time with

friends and family.

Jeff Cola is not “new” to

teaching or even Brunswick, but he

is “new” to Visintainer. He will be

the guest teacher for Mrs. Meczka

this fall semester teaching math and

science.

Mr. Cola grew up in Strongsville

and attended the University of To-

ledo, where he got a Bachelor’s

Degree in Math and Science Educa-

tion, and a Master’s Degree in Mid-

dle Childhood Education. While at

Toledo, he competed on the

school’s baseball team.

“Last year I completed two

Long-Term substitute teaching as-

signments: In the fall I taught 9th

Grade Physical Science at Bruns-

wick High School, and in the Spring

I taught 5th Grade Math and Science

at Copley-Fairlawn Middle School,

as well as coaching the 9th grade

baseball team at Copley High

School.”

In the summer, Mr. Cola is an

instructor for the Cleveland Indians

Youth Baseball program, as well as

head coach of a 16U travel baseball

team.

“I am extremely excited to be

back teaching in the Brunswick City

School District and I look forward

to the semester with the 8th Grade

students!”

Kimberly Cook is the “new”

guest teacher for Mrs. Klingbeil.

Mrs. Klingbeil added a baby to her

family this summer and Miss Cook

will be here until Mrs. Klingbeil

returns at the end of September.

Dana Delnay is a newbie. She

is “new” to teaching, Visintainer,

and Brunswick. She will be teach-

ing seventh grade Language Arts

and Social Studies as a member of

the Rock Stars. She graduated from

the University of Mount Union in

May. She was born in Southern

California, but grew up in Norton,

Ohio.

“This year I will live at home

with my parents, twin sister, two

dogs, and my three-legged cat.”

She loves being outside, listen-

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and can work with students during this time if they wish.” Assistant

Principal, Jessica Boytim, said.

Homework Club meets every Tuesday-Wednesday& Thursday from 3 to 4 pm in the Viz library. Students can stay and work with their friends on homework and projects. If they need additional

This year Visintainer is introduc-ing a new opportunity for students to get help with their homework-

the aptly titled “Homework Club”

“Homework club is not as-signed, rather it is an opportunity for students to stay and get help willingly. Teachers can communi-cate this to parents as an option

help, there will be a teacher pre-sent to help stu-

dents struggling..

Visintainer welcomes “new” staff

New Homework Club

BLUE DEVIL TIMES Page 2

New staff: (from left) Janet Dooling, Chad Thompson, Ellyn Coder, Jeffrey Cola, Kimberly Cook, Dana Delany, Nicole Schultz, Renee Schweisthal, and Ethan Eraybar.

Visintainer welcomes a new

assistant principal, Jessica

Boytim. Mrs. Boytim, formally

Jessica Thompson, was the

assistant principal at Edwards

Middle School last year. This

year, she will split duties be-

tween both schools.

“I have been part of the

Brunswick family for eight

years as a teacher, coach and assis-

tant principal. Prior to Brunswick, I

attended John Carroll University

and Padua Franciscan High School. I

completed my master’s degree in

Educational Leadership/

Administration from The University

of Akron.

Last year I happily joined the

Edwards family as an administrator

and I am eager to work with both

Visintainer and Ed-

wards this year.”

This summer she

married Biagio Boytim

at St. Ambrose

Church, welcomed

her first family mem-

ber, Wrigley, an Eng-

lish Bull dog (pictured

at right) and traveled to

Mexico!

“I enjoy outdoor activities such

as: hiking, camping, cycling and run-

ning. I also love Cleveland sports

and enjoy playing fast-pitch and co-

ed softball. In my spare time, I do

enjoy cooking, and inventing new

recipes to share with my family and

friends.

I look forward to working with

both schools and their communities

this year and I welcome you to call,

email or stop in whenever there is

a need. Thank you for welcoming

me into your

Viz Family! I am

excited for a

great year!”

Assistant Principal Spotlight

BLUE DEVIL TIMES Page 3

We would like to take this

opportunity to welcome students,

parents, teachers and staff back to

school! We hope you have a great

school year! PTO has many activi-

ties planned for this school year!

Here are just a few!

Visintainer’s Walk of Excellence

is scheduled for Friday, September

12th. Students bringing in dona-

tions of $25 or more by Sept. 4th,

will receive a free t-shirt and be

entered into a drawing for a spirit

wear prize package. A minimum

donation of $15 is requested. Stu-

dents completing the donation

form, and bringing in the monetary

donation, will be eligible to partici-

pate in the walk the last 2 periods

on Friday, September 12! Snacks

and music are planned for the

event.

The first Marco’s pizza night

was a success! Thanks to all who

ordered. We’ve already raised

$150 for our school! Our next

Marco’s pizza night is September

24. Don’t forget to give them the

name of your child’s AA teacher.

The AA class with the most orders

gets a pizza party!

Concession sales are underway.

Visintainer PTO will be selling con-

cessions at all 7th grade home foot-

ball games! Come and support our

7th grade football team and our

PTO!

Spirit wear sales will occur dur-

ing lunch on Friday, September 5th

and Friday, October 3rd. T-shirts

will be available for purchase during

the lunch period. Students may pay

via cash or check made out to Vis-

intainer PTO. Spirit wear and

“Class of” order forms will be avail-

able beginning Oct 6th. The sale

will go until October 24th.

Students will have the oppor-

tunity to

pur-

chase

popcorn

on “Popcorn Fridays” during

their AA classes. Only 50

cents a bag! Our next

“Popcorn Friday” will be Sep-

tember 26th and October

31st.

Thanks to all who attended

the first PTO meeting of the

year! We had a great turn out

and are excited for a great

year! Please join us for the

next PTO meeting Oct 9th @

7:00 in school cafeteria.

Interested in volunteering?

Interested in knowing about

school activities? Contact Vis-

intainer PTO at:

Vizpto@gmail.com or find us

on Facebook “Visintainer

PTO”.

Viz Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO)

Mrs. Jessica Boytim

Fall sports began under

the grueling August sun. Teams

began practicing in cheerleading,

cross country, football, and volley-

ball. For all sports, Visintainer

combines student-athletes with the

kids at Edwards Middle School to

form the “Brunswick South” teams.

The cheerleading squad will be

under the direction of

Darlene Cavett an

Intervention Specialist

teacher at Brunswick

High School.

“I have been

teaching at BHS for 3

years and this my sec-

ond year coaching

cheerleading. I

cheered in high school

and really enjoyed it.” Mrs. Cavett

said. “I have 2 wonderful teenage

daughters and a supportive hus-

band. We have 3 horses; both my

daughters ride and we show them

all year round. They are like family

and we spend every day at the

barn! I look forward to coaching

cheerleading this year!”

In the 7th grade Hannah Daw-

son, Lauren Gray, Andrea

Schieberl and Grace Varner are

part of the football squad while

Kate Gleske and Grace Varner

are on the basketball squad. The

cheerleaders perform at the foot-

ball games and the boys basketball

games. In the 8th grade Becca

Hein, Kristin O’Deens, Haley

Settle & Mya Som are football

cheerleaders; Stephanie Mangus,

Gwen McMonigle, McKenzie

Price, and Mya Ronske are on

the basketball squad.

Brunswick South also features

two cross country teams and they

are coached by Mrs. Bender (girls)

and Renee Schweisthal & Nicole

Bailey (boys).

Mrs. Bender is a school psy-

chologist at Edwards Middle School

and Brunswick High School. This is

her 15th year working in the dis-

trict. She has had the privilege of

coaching girls cross country for the

past nine years. She enjoys the

challenge of keeping up with and/or

beating her much younger runners!

In her free time, she is an avid run-

ner and enjoys spending time with

her family. She lives in Medina with

her husband and step daughter.

Mrs. Bailey is a physical educa-

tion teacher at Towslee Elementary

School. This is her 7th year of

teaching and coaching. Mrs. Bailey

loves running, playing sports, shop-

ping, supporting the Blue Devils,

and especially spending time with

her husband and son Jaxon

Mrs. Schweisthal is a 6th grade

math teacher at Visintainer Middle

School. Although this is Mrs.

Schweisthal’s first year coaching

XC, she has three years coaching

experience from Girls on the Run

at Towslee Elementary. Mrs.

Schweisthal has been teaching in

Brunswick for the past 16

years. She is married with three

children and a one-year-old Boxer.

Running across field and mead-

ows for the boys are Steven

Drum, Joshua Halter, Bennett

Kresty, Noah Maxwell, Sean

Nicewander, Luke Rimac, and

Tyler Simon.

The girls team includes Emily

Bardwell, Angela Demchuk,

Jennifer Drum, Tessa Gardella,

Madilyn Gaydos, Alyssa Gillis,

Kaitlyn Greene, Jenna Hill,

Becca Kowlasky, Kaitlyn Niese,

Jade Poore, Emily Richardson,

Aiden Saliga, Katelyn Skocic,

Alyssa Whelan, Emily Wiley, &

Alyssa Wolf.

The 8th grade football team has

27 athletes under the direction of

Mr. Buchner, head coach. Mr.

Buchner teaches 7th grade math at

Edwards MS and this is his 14th

year of teaching and coaching. Mr.

Buchner is married and has two

children. Assisting with

the team are Brian Lem-

mer and Steve Yoak. Mr.

Lemmer is a physical edu-

cation teacher at Hickory

Ridge and Mr. Yoak is a

7th grade math teacher at

Visintainer.

This year’s team fea-

tures Zach Abdallah,

Garret Anderson, J.D.

Andrews, JJ Berry, An-

drew Cellura, Cameron

D’Amico, Mike Fussi,

Garrett Gregg, Michael

Gregg, Austin Healy,

Curtis Helman, Spencer

Hrabak, James

Kraczonek. Danny Leo-

ne, Sam Lynch, Ben

Mewhinney, Craig Mil-

ler, Josh Paulick, Sam

Raiff, Carsten Safran,

Josh Stacho, Konner

States, Logan Steppen-

backer, Spencer Trun-

dy, Jacob Vejdovec,

Dominick Weeda, and Nick

Zografos.

Seventh grade team members

are Carlos Adrovet, Austin Al-

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Fall Sports update

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Mr. Buchner

Mrs. Cavett

Mr. Lemmer

Mrs. Bender, Mrs. Bailey & Mrs.

Schweisthal

Mr. Yoak

Then tt the end of the year, they will take an End-of-Course exam. All stu-dents will take reading and math. In addition, Sixth graders will take social studies tests and 8th graders take as-

sessments in Science.

Test preparations have already be-gun as teachers are working hard on planning meaningful assignments that connect to the standards established by the state of Ohio and the Common

Core.

One of the things done to prepare students to pass the state-mandated tests and make their learning more meaningful is the continuation of aca-demic teams and refinement of Profes-

sional Learning Communities (PLC’s).

The 6th grade teams consist of the Aviators: Ms. Banevich (LA), Mrs. Schweisthal (math), Mrs. Jakub (Science) and Mrs. Grebey (Social Stud-ies). Mrs. Heffner and Mrs. Davidson are Intervention Specialists for the 6th grade. The Cardinals are the other team: Mrs. Jeppe (LA), Mrs. Shepherd (Social Studies); Mrs. Carlisle (Math)

and Mrs. Wolf (Science).

The 7th grade has two teams. The Rock Stars are Miss Delnay (LA & So-cial Studies), Ms. Barnard (Science & Social Studies), & Mrs. Zielaskiewicz (Math & Social Studies); the Rock-n-Rollers are Miss Coder (LA), Mrs.

(Continued from page 1) Metzger (Science), Mr. Thompson (Social Studies) and Mr. Yoak (Math), Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Heffner, and Mrs. Kling-

beil are the Intervention Specialists.

The 8th grade has one team this year. The Buckeyes feature Mrs. Grib-ben (LA), Mrs. Novak (Science), Mrs. Hanchuk (Math), Mrs. McCune (Social Studies), Mrs. Dooling (LA & Science), Mrs. Meczka (math & science) and Mrs. Davis (LA & Social Studies). Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Kling-beil are the 8th grade

Intervention Specialists.

Besides the core teams, Visintainer is fortunate to have the Encore team. The En-core Tribe is Miss Schultz (Art), Mrs. Slusarski (Librarian/Media Specialist), Mr. Salisbury (Technology), Mr. Blessinger (Health), Mr. Eraybar (Band), Mrs. Barko (Orchestra), Mr. Albright (Choir), Mr. Clark (P.E.), Mr. Esterak (P.E.) and Mr. Zvara (Health). For the most part, the Encore Tribe team

teaches 6th, 7th, and 8th graders.

“Our Viz family also includes our support staff including Mrs. Eberwein, Mrs. Guddy, and Mrs. Skala who serve as paraprofessionals. Mrs. Busovicki and Ms. Fleming are the office secretar-ies and Mrs. Boytim is the Assistant

Principal.” Mr. Sharosky said.

We also have a very hard-working and caring cafeteria staff including Mrs. Crow, Mrs. Slepecky, Mrs. Morselli, and

Mrs. Coleman.

Keeping Visintainer in tip-top shape includes Mr. Savage our site manager and our two custodians Mr. Mullen and

Mr. Williamson.

Mr. Sharosky and Mr. Boytim met with 6th, 7th, & 8th grade classes the first week of school to discuss expec-

tations with the students.

“Besides letting the kids know what our expectations are for them” Mrs. Boytim said, “we also discussed the positive aspects of Visintainer. This year, the academic teams will continue to reward students for their efforts and we will honor students as ‘Students of the Week’ and ‘Month.’

This along with the ‘positive referrals’ that the students earn for positive con-tributions to school will enhance the

learning atmosphere at Viz.”

Mr. Sharosky thanked the students for their efforts but also challenged them that if we want our school to be “Excellent” it will take improvement from each and every one of them. He told them he has charged the teachers with providing them challenging work every day. He reminded them that it is a daily challenge to do everything they need to do in class every day to be

successful.

except when students are moving

to and from physical education

class and their lockers.

Pants – All yoga pants, leggings,

and tight fitting sweat pants are

prohibited this school year. Leg-

gings are acceptable, provided that

the student’s

top is longer

than finger tip

length with the

student’s hands

to his/her side.

Cell phones

– for safety pur-

poses, cell

phones should

be one of two

places: 1) in a student’s locker 2)

on their person, out of sight and

shut off. E-Readers are acceptable

only if the student has filled out the

The student handbook has un-

dergone some changes for the 2014

-2015 school year. Please make

sure to peruse the student hand-

book located in the front of your

student’s agenda for specific details

regarding guidelines and proce-

dures specific to our building.

Purses: All three Brunswick

middle schools have adopted the

policy that students are not permit-

ted to carry purses throughout the

school day. Due to hallways size

and safety con-

cerns, students are

only permitted to

carry, along with

their books, “bags”

no larger than a

pencil pouch. Bags

with straps and

drawstring bags are not permitted,

building

agreement

form with

their AA

teacher.

Please con-

tinue, as parents, to help us educate

children in the proper use of elec-

tronic devices. These are powerful

tools and when kids make mistakes

with them, they can often times be

large

ones.

School Year starts with Challenges cont...

Viz adopts some new rules

Page 5

and Visintainer.

Born in Columbus, Ohio, Mr.

Eraybar began his music career

playing in numerous bands and

Honor bands all around Central

Ohio. Throughout high school, he

was part of the prestigious Colum-

bus Youth Jazz Orchestra, where

the jazz orchestra got to perform

all around Ohio, including parks,

malls, and festivals. The orchestra

also opened for the matinee perfor-

mances of the Columbus Jazz Or-

chestra concert series in the South-

ern Theatre. During the summer

of 2010, the Columbus Youth Jazz

Orchestra toured and performed in

many venues in Lima, Peru.

While Mr. Eraybar was in the

Conservatory of Music at Capital

University, he played in the Wind

Symphony, Brass Quintets, Trum-

pet Choirs and Jazz Ensembles.

Ethan studied trumpet pedagogy

with Rob Parton, who is one of

Chicago’s most active and versatile

trumpet players. Amidst his studies,

Mr. Eraybar volunteered his time to

be the Brass Instructor for the Sal-

vation Army, where he taught brass

classes to inner-city students.

Mr. Eraybar is the Brunswick

South Middle School Band Direc-

tor. He teaches band at both Ed-

wards and Visintainer Middle

Schools. Other teaching duties in-

clude being one of the Assistant

Band Directors with the Brunswick

ing to music, rooting for Cleveland

sports, or hanging out with friends.

“From Norton Panther to Pur-

ple Raider, I am now proud to be a

Brunswick Blue Devil!” Delnay said.

Janet Dooling is not “new” to

teaching, working in Brunswick, or

even working at Visintainer.

“I am the new eighth grade sci-

ence and language arts teacher on

the Buckeye team. I have been

working for Brunswick City Schools

for thirteen years now, and am

ecstatic to have made my way back

to Visintainer!”

Mrs. Dooling taught at Visintain-

er and then moved around the dis-

trict. She taught at Willetts MS for

the last few years while her chil-

dren were being born.

“I have been married for eight

years to my husband, Jesse who is

also a teacher, and we have two

young children, ages five and

three.”

She attended Brunswick City

Schools and currently resides in the

district. When not at school, she

loves being at home and spending

time with her family.

“It was so nice to meet so many

of you at open house and I look

forward to a great year with your

children. “ Dooling said.

Ethan Eraybar is a recent

graduate of Capital University with

a Bachelors Degree in Music Educa-

tion. He is “new” to both teaching

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High School Marching Band. Be-

sides having a passion for music and

playing the trumpet, Mr. Eraybar

loves baseball (Cincinnati Reds

fan…), superhero and comedy

movies, biking, and spending time

with friends and family.

Nicole Schultz is another

“new” teacher to Visintainer, but

she is hardly new to Brunswick.

"I was born and raised a Bruns-

wick Blue Devil.” Miss Schultz said.

“I am extremely excited to be the

new Art Teacher at Visintainer.”

(Continued on page 8)

New staff continued….

BLUE DEVIL TIMES Page 6

Visintainer Guidance Department

Thank you to the 8th Grade “Blue

Crew” for assisting with 6th grade

orientation and helping to kick off our

“Visintainer Virtues” program for this

school year! The Visintainer Virtues

program is designed to encourage

positive character traits in our stu-

dents through school wide activities

and weekly classroom discussions.

Classroom Guidance Lessons

will be starting in September. Sixth

grade lessons will focus on building

social skills. Seventh grade lessons

will help students focus on their

emotional well-being, while eighth

grade will begin discussing career

readiness.

Visintainer is fortunate enough

to have a Student Assistance

Counselor, as well as, a F.A.C.T

counselor in our building on a

weekly basis to assist with the

needs of our students, beginning

in September. If you feel your

child could benefit from meeting

with one of our counselors, or

have any questions regarding the

program, please contact Mrs.

Rhoads.

Ethan Eraybar

Nicole Schultz

len, JC Asturi, Josh Barnes,

Dylen Braten, Jake Colbert,

Rashunaqui

Cole, Gage

Crain, Paul

Gnall, Brandon

Gregg,

Jerimaiah Guz-

man, Jstin Guz-

man, Brady

Harmon, Nick

Hoover, Pat

Hrabek, Jacob

Keckler, Christian

Kovacek, Jared

Laterwitz, Steven

Masouri, Mike

McFaddan, Billy

McKee, Dillion

Monroe, Tommy

Morgan, Brandon

Naugle, Hakim

Odeh, Nick Payne,

Evan Raabe, Jordan Riemer,

Chase Safeco, CJ Sibilis, Bran-

don Stevens, Brandon Stone,

Dylan Szrenkaxi, Mitchell Ter-

ry, Tim Thrasher, Teivis Tuio-

ti, Colton Uber, and Brandon

Zamerelli

The 7th grade team is coached

by Mr. Gerycz and Mr. Esterak.

Mr. Gerycz is the Health Teacher

at Edwards Middle School and the

Athletic Director for the middle

schools. This is Mr. Gerycz’s 25th

year of teaching and coaching. This

is his 16th year teaching in Bruns-

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wick. His family is the joy of his

life. He has been married for 22

years and has two children.

Mr. Esterak is a physical educa-

tion teacher at Visintainer. This

marks “Mr. E’s” 17th year teaching

in the Brunswick School District

(14th at Visintainer, first 3 at Apple-

wood) and 18th year coaching.

Currently he is the Head Girls Bas-

ketball Coach at Woodridge High

School (2007-current).

Many of his players have gone

on to play basketball at the colle-

giate level. Mr. E is also well

known for his coaching within the

Brunswick schools as he is the

Head 7th Grade Football Coach

(16th year) and the Track Coach

(12th) in Brunswick.

The Volleyball teams are under

the direction of Mr. Wenmoth (8th

grade) and Ms. Smith (7th grade).

This is Mr. Wenmoth’s 10th year

coaching the Lady Blue Devils

South team and his 17th year

teaching at Edwards MS. Although

he resides in Medina, he is a Bruns-

wick boy at heart. He lives with his

wife, Dina, who teaches Art at Ed-

wards, his 4-year-old son Joshua

and their miniature schnauzer

“Sammy.”

Cassie Burson, Melissa

Dulik, Megan Ferrari, Katie

Fischer, Stephanie Mangus,

Laura Miles, Macey Mullins,

Tessa Nero, Mary Raiff, Maddie

Ramicone, Brittany Samay,

Delaney Thompson, Erin Wa-

ters, and Melanie Zammarrelli.

hope to bring volleyball glory to Viz

this season as 8th graders.

Seventh grade team members

are Ashley Bring, Marissa Co-

hen, Trinity Coughlin, Leah

Gluck, Sarah Gluck, Alyssa

Harris, Cori Herbst, Allison

Klingbeil, Melody Lebus, Kate-

lyn Must, Abby Neuman, Mon-

ica O’Connor, Alyssa Smith,

and Megan Wallace.

As always, we expect our

teams/fans/etc. to demonstrate

exemplary sportsmanship. Parents

are encouraged to model appropri-

ate spectator behavior. It is best to

cheer FOR our teams, not

AGAINST other teams.

Next month there will be a

complete breakdown of each

team’s season. GO BLUE DEVILS!!

a village to raise a child’ and when

men are involved in their child’s

education, children perform better

in school.” Visintainer Principal,

Brian Sharosky said.

“Dads bring their children to

school and come to the cafeteria.

They will have a light breakfast-

donut or muffin provided by out

PTO. They can then eat breakfast

with their child.” Sharosky said. “I

On September 18, 2014 thou-

sands of fathers, foster fathers,

grandfathers, uncles, brothers, god-

fathers, cousins, and other signifi-

cant male caregivers will walk or

drive their children to school to

show their support of their chil-

dren’s education.

Visintainer has signed up to be

one of the schools participating in

this year’s walk.

“As the old saying goes, ‘It takes

think it sets a great example for

our students that ‘Fathers’ would

take time out to walk/bring them to

school. We had a good turnout

last year and I’m hoping to increase

those numbers this year.”

Fall Sports Update continued...

FAME Fathers Walk

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Mr. Wenmoth & Ms. Smith

Mr. Esterak

Mr. Gerycz

five years in multi-

ple capacities in-

cluding World History (9th), Amer-

ican History (10th), Government

(11th) along with leading the credit

recovery and digital academy pro-

grams at the high school.

I also coach JV boys golf

at Brunswick High School,

and JV girls basketball at Co-

lumbia High School, where

my dad is the head coach.”

Mr. Thompson is a graduate

of the University of Dayton

(in 2009) and spent four

years as a student assistant

with the men’s basketball

program.

“I got married this past summer

to Dawn Ruffner (BHS English

teacher) and have two step chil-

dren, Kendra and Kyle, and a Ger-

man shepherd/husky, Peyton.

Jeffery Zvara is not “new” to

Brunswick or teaching, but he is

“new” to Visintainer. Mr. Zvara is

a Health teacher at Brunswick

High School. He begins his day

there each morning and then

finishes at Visintainer teaching

seventh and eighth grade

Health.

“I am looking forward to

getting middle school experi-

ence since I have not had any

except when I was a substitute

before being hired. I look for-

ward to helping the students

She graduated from the Univer-

sity of Akron this past December

and worked as a long-term substi-

tute in two elementary schools this

past spring.

“I am looking forward to intro-

ducing my students to a large varie-

ty of art mediums and techniques,

as well as community art, and the

importance of having a life-long

appreciation of the arts." Schultz

said.

Renee Schweisthal is teaching

6th grade math on the Aviators

Team.

“I am very excited to be a part

of the Viz teaching staff after teach-

ing in Brunswick for 15 years. Pri-

or to teaching, I was a Child Life

Specialist at Fairview General Hos-

pital where I provided psychosocial

care to pediatric patients.”

Mrs. Schweisthal has been mar-

ried to her husband Mike for 28

years and they have three children,

Andrea, Michael and Kristin. In

addition, they have a one-

year-old Boxer named Lou-

ie.

Chad Thompson is

“new” to Visintainer, but

not “new” to teaching or

Brunswick. Mr. Thompson

is teaching 7th grade social

studies on the Rock ’N’

Rollers team.

“I have taught in the

Brunswick City Schools for the past

(Continued from page 6) and staff at Visintainer any way

possible.”

This year will be a challenge for

Mr. Zvara as he will be teaching six

classes, completing his administra-

tion internship in both the fall and

spring, along with taking a class in

the fall and spring. His goal is

to finish all his masters work

by May of 2015.

“Quick background on

myself, my family moved to

Brunswick in January of 1972.

I attended Brunswick Schools

K-12 (1988 Grad). My wife is

also a teacher at Brunswick

High School. She is a social

studies teacher and Department

Head. My wife, her parent, and

grandparent all attended Brunswick

School K-12. We have two sons

Paul who is 7 and Brock who will

be 4 at the end of September.”

Something “new” for Mr. Zvara

is in addition to his time at the mid-

dle school, he is not coaching foot-

ball this Fall.

“I have spent 18 years of my

career coaching football. But hav-

ing two sons, two knee surgeries,

and completing my masters. I have

stepped away.”

Welcome to all of the “new”

staff.

New staff continued….

BLUE DEVIL TIMES Page 8

Student behavior at varsity football games

The Brunswick Blue Devils varsity

football team began their season on

Friday, August 29th, at home versus

Medina.

While the staff and students of the

team appreciate the parent, commu-

nity and student support, there are

expectations for student behavior.

“The high school administrators

attend the games, but they do not

know the middle school children”

Mr. Sharosky said. “The middle

school administrators will be at

several of the games and each prin-

cipal has reviewed with their stu-

dents what the appropriate behav-

ior looks like.“

Students are expected to sit in

the middle school student section.

They are not permitted to wander

the stadium. There are other staff

that work the games and they will

direct students accordingly. But

they often do not know the kids

as well. If students do not follow

the rules, they will be asked to

leave the stadium and potentially

be excused from future contests.

Jeff Zvara

Chad

Thompson

FUTURE EVENTS AT Viz-Sept.

*This is not a complete list of athletic events-please see our website

well as any clothing or shoes found.

Please remember to have names

on everything. Things that have

names on them are returned to the

students. Things without names end

up in the lost and found. Absences and tardies are normal as students are learning where their classes are and learning their new schedules. If students do miss class because of illness, please make sure they see their teachers for any missed assignments. When students are going to be absent, please call the attendance

line (24 hrs. a day) at (330) 273-0448.

Having recently completed my ten-ure as a middle school parent (my youngest child is now a 10th grader), I know middle schoolers are not the most communicative about what hap-pens at school. I am committed to making this newsletter and our web site sources of information for parents. But, that being said, please do not hesi-tate to contact the office with any con-

cerns.

Welcome to the 2014-2015 school

year! I know the staff and I are looking

forward to an excellent year at Vis-

intainer.

We are continuing our programs to

recognize students for achievement.

The “Student of the Week” program

recognizes one student from each

grade as selected by the teachers.

Students can be selected for academic

or good citizenship reasons. Students

receive a candy treat along with a cer-

tificate. Students of the Month are

also selected by the teachers. They

receive a certificate, and a candy treat.

We will also be recognizing students

for being on the Honor and Merit

rolls. Athletes of the Month will also

be selected by the coaches. Next

month’s issue of the Blue Devil Times

will highlight our September Super

Students.

The lost and found section at Vis-

intainer is in the cafeteria. Lost text-

books and binders are turned in as

Parents have inquired about Kevin Barre, our former assistant principal. I was saddened with Mr. Barre’s depar-ture. He taught in a high school prior to coming to Viz and I know he would ultimately like to be a high school prin-cipal. He was offered an opportunity to be a high school assistant at a dis-trict much closer to his home. I know he struggled with that choice, but ulti-mately took that position. He will be

missed here at Visintainer.

From the Principal’s Desk….

Visintainer Middle School

1459 Pearl Road

Brunswick, OH 44212

Phone: 330-273-0402

Brian Sharosky-Principal

Jessica Boytim–Asst. Principal

Go Blue Devils!

MIDDLE SCHOOL

We’re on the web

http://

www.bcsoh.org/

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Viz’s office staff-Mrs. Eberwein, Mrs. Skala, Ms. Fleming, Mrs. Guddy, Mrs. Busovicki, and Mr.

Savage, Site Manager.

2 Cross Country-at North Royalton*

3 Staff Meeting 3:10 PM media center 7th grade Football-vs Medina Root* 7th grade football and cross country (boys & girls) pictures @Edwards field 8th grade Football-at Medina Root* 7th & 8th Volleyball–at Willets*

6 Cross Country-Tiffin Carnival @Hedges-Boyer Park

8 PTO “Executive” board meeting 3:15 conf room 121 10 7th grade Football-at North Royalton*

8th grade Football-vs North Royalton* 8th football and cheerleaders (7 & 8) pictures @Edwards field 8th Volleyball–at Elyria Northwood* 7th Volleyball–vs Parma Greenbriar*

12 PTO Walk for Excellence

13 Cross Country-at Wadsworth Bear Cub Invitational @Memorial Park*

17 7th grade Football-at Parma Shiloh* 8th grade Football-vs Parma Shiloh* 7th & 8th Volleyball–vs Medina Claggett* Volleyball pictures in Viz gym 3 pm*

18 FAME Fathers’ Walk their children to school 7:30-8:10 AM

20 Cross Country-at Cloverleaf Colt Pack Invitational @Cloverleaf HS*

24 PTO Marco’s Pizza Day/Night 7th grade Football-vs Willetts* 8th grade Football-at Willetts (not the HS stadium)* 7th & 8th Volleyball–vs North Royalton*

26 PTO “popcorn sale” during AA