WILLIAM CHRISMAN HIGH SCHOOL THE BEAR NECESSITIES V OLUME 1 THE WILLIAM CHRISMAN COMMUNITY AND PARENT NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 25, 2013 IMPORTANT DATES WHAT IS THE BEAR NECESSITIES? In the simplest form, The Bear Necessities is a newsletter. But, it is much more than that. This new, monthly news source, released around the 25th of each month, is an outlet to the community and families of Indepdence and William Chris- man, bringing important infor- mation, relay- ing what is going on at the high school, and promoting all the great things go- ing on with the Bears. The Bear Necessities will bring news, sports, schedules, information, photos and much more. It is a way to communicate with the community and another avenue for reaching out. This is your opportunity to kow what is happening at Chrisman as well as to play an important part as a stakeholder. If you need more info, have questions or comments, contact jason_ [email protected]. We will do our best to answer any questions and cover any important topics in the next issue. To get more in depth news of William Chrisman, visit the student newspaper at: envoy.indep.k12.mo.us or wchsenvoy.weebly.com. Get updates through twitter by following @WCHSEnvoy. Find sports information, schedule and much more at the Dis- trict sports site: www.isdsports.org. October 26 ACT Test October 28 No School November 4 Winter Sports Practices Start (Athletes Must Have Physical) November 7-9 WCHS THEATRE PRESENTS ‘GUYS AND DOLLS’ November 8 Registration Deadline For December 14 ACT November 13 Early Release THE BEAR NECESSITIES WILL BE EMAILED OUT ON THE 25TH We are very Happy Happy Happy Bears after the Wagon Wheel victory Friday night versus Truman High School. We look forward each year to our conversations with our parents at WCHS Parent/Teacher Conferences. In trade, I am sure our students are looking forward to their Fall Break with a four day weekend. I want to thank all of our students, staff, parents and patrons for the great start we have enjoyed this school year. The pride displayed in our hallways, the excellence displayed in the classrooms of WCHS, and the hard work put in by all, beginning way back in the summer and carrying through to today has been tremendous. As we now reach the halfway point of the semester, I chal- lenge all of us to continue to strive to be the best each and every day! As Always, GO BEARS! Principal Mike Becker From the Principal’s Desk Bears Beat Rival Truman and Hoist the Wagon Wheel
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William Chrisman high sChoolTHEBear NecessitiesVolume 1 The William Chrisman CommuniTy and ParenT neWsleTTer oCTober 25, 2013
imPorTanT daTes What is the Bear Necessities? Inthesimplestform,TheBearNecessitiesisanewsletter. But,itismuchmorethanthat. This new, monthly newssource,releasedaroundthe25thof each month,is an outlet tothe communityand families ofIndepdenceandWilliam Chris-man, bringingimportantinfor-mation, relay-ingwhatisgoingonatthehighschool,andpromotingallthegreatthingsgo-ingonwiththeBears. TheBearNecessitieswillbringnews, sports, schedules, information,photosandmuchmore. It isaway to
communicatewiththecommunityandanotheravenueforreachingout. This is your opportunity tokow what is happening at Chrismanaswellastoplayanimportantpartasastakeholder. If you need more info, havequestionsorcomments,contactjason_stacy@isdschools.org.Wewilldoourbesttoansweranyquestionsandcoveranyimportanttopicsinthenextissue. TogetmoreindepthnewsofWilliam Chrisman, visit the studentnewspaperat:envoy.indep.k12.mo.usorwchsenvoy.weebly.com. Getupdatesthroughtwitterbyfollowing@WCHSEnvoy. Find sports information,schedule and much more at the Dis-trictsportssite:www.isdsports.org.
October 26ACTTest
October 28NoSchool
November 4WinterSportsPracticesStart(AthletesMustHavePhysical)
November 7-9Wchs theatre
PreseNts ‘Guys aNd dolls’
November 8RegistrationDeadlineFor
December14ACT
November 13EarlyRelease
The bear neCessiTies
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WeareveryHappyHappyHappyBears after theWagonWheelvictoryFridaynightversusTrumanHighSchool. We look forward each year to our conversationswithourparentsatWCHSParent/TeacherConferences.Intrade,IamsureourstudentsarelookingforwardtotheirFallBreakwithafourdayweekend. Iwant to thankallofour students, staff,parentsandpatronsforthegreatstartwehaveenjoyedthisschoolyear.Thepridedisplayedinourhallways,theexcellencedisplayed in theclassroomsofWCHS,and thehardworkput inbyall,beginningwaybackinthesummerandcarryingthroughtotodayhasbeentremendous.Aswenowreachthehalfwaypointof thesemester, Ichal-lengeallofustocontinuetostrivetobethebesteachandeveryday! AsAlways,GOBEARS! PrincipalMikeBecker
FromthePrincipal’sDesk
Bears Beat Rival Truman and Hoist the Wagon Wheel
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Chrisman has CharaCTerCHARACTERPlus Trait For November is Citizen-
January:RESPECT–toshowconsiderationtoselfandothersFebruary:COOPERATION–torespectfullyplayandworkwithothersMarch:INITIATIVE–toactandmakedecisionsonyourownApril:PERSEVERANCE–tocontinuetryinginspiteofdifficultiesMay:SELF-CONTROL–toexpressyourfeelingsinanappropriatemannerJune:COURAGE–toremainstrongwhenfacedwithdifficultyJuly:LOYALTY–tobefaithfultoaperson,ateamoranideaAugust:AMBITION–tohavestrongdeterminationtoaccomplishgoalsSeptember:RESPONSIBILITY–tobeaccountableforyouractionsOctober:INTEGRITY–todotherightthingNovember:CITIZENSHIP–tobeaproductiveandresponsibleresidentDecember:COMPASSION–tounderstandthechallengesofothersandtowanttodosomethingaboutit
CharaCTerPlus monThy TraiTs
November’straitofthemonthisCitizenship,definedas“tobeaproductive,responsiblememberofsociety.” Teachersandstudentsalikewillhavemanyopportuni-tiestodiscusswhatitmeanstobeaproductivecitizenintoday’ssociety with your student, but we would also like to provideyousome“helpfulhints”onhowyoucanconnectthecharactereducationexperiencefromschooltohome. Teachstudentshowtouse technologyappropriately—becomingadigitalcitizen.Discusssocialandethicalawarenessofonlineactivities. Discuss something that communicates integrity, kind-ness,andawarenessofothers.Shareexamples.Makethesecon-versationsratherthanmemorizationandregurgitationofgoalsorbuzzwords. Talkwithkidsratherthanatthem.Whilethatmaybeasmuchanadultchallenge,timespentpaysoff. Interviewa person in your communitywho became acitizenoftheUnitedStates.Besuretoaskaboutthefollowing: •Whydidthepersonbecomeacitizen? •Whatwastheprocessofbecomingacitizen? •Whydidtheyfeelcitizenshipwasimportant?
Eachmonth, teachersnominatestudentscaughtdoinggooddeedswhichrelatetoeachofourmonthlycharactertraits.Thisyear’sselectedrecipientsinclude:
September(responsibility):HayleeAtagiOctober(integrity):ElizabethSnow
Teachersandstudentsalsohaveopportu-nitiestonominateStaffMembersofCharacterforrecognition.Thisyear’sselectedrecipientsare:
September(responsibility):LindsayRamseyOctober(integrity):LaurenBrandmueller
Thesestudentsandstaffaresubmittedtothedistrictforfurtherrecognition,receiveanoteofcongratulations,andarefeaturedinourstudentofcharacterframeddisplayinthefrontoffice. They are also listed in the Examinernewspapermonthly alongwith thedistrictwin-ner.
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chorale studeNts selected to all-Metro choir Chrisman was well represented at theAll-MetroChoralauditionsonSaturday,Oct.5atParkHillSouth. SixteenBears(sophomoresthroughseniors)joinedmorethan450sopranos,altos,tenorsandbassesaudition-ing. From thosewhoauditioned therewereabout40ofeach voice group selected for theAll-Metro Chorus andaround 20 Soprano 1′s, 2′s and altos selected for the Wom-en’sHonorChoir. Three Chrisman students were selected to theAll-Metro Choir: Sophomore Anna O’Renick (Soprano
1) seniorDavidSampson (Tenor)andsenior JerrySnow(Bass). SampsonandSnowarenoweligibletoauditionfortheMissouriAll-StateChoirattheendofOctober.Sopho-moresarenoteligibletoauditionforAll-StateChorus. TwoChrismanstudentswereselectedtotheWom-en’sHonorChoir: sophomoreAimeeDietiker (Alto)andseniorElizabethSnow (Soprano2). Both theAll-MetroChorusandtheWomen’sHonorChoirwillpresentacon-certonSaturday,January18.
William Chrisman freshmanthoughtshewasjusttakingpartinthedailyroutine of fifth-block BEAR time readingonTuesday,October15,inthelibrary. That was until she was tapped ontheshoulderassheread. She was met by her cousin, towhomsheisverycloseto.Hercousinhasjust returned from serving inAfghanistanandDavisthoughthewasstillontheEastCoast. The two embraced in a touchingmoment as Davis, shocked, greeted herrelative. VideooftheReunion: http://youtu.be/ILG0VDmET_0
surPrise reunion Chrisman To be Well rePresenTed aT sPeCial olymPiCs usa games 2014
AhandfulofWilliamChrismancoachesandathleteswillbeheadingtoNewJerseythissummerforthe2014SpecialOlympicsUSAGames. Three Chrisman athletes and two coaches have been selected tobeapartofTeamMissouri(MOMagic).TheathleteswerenominatedbytheircoachestoattendaselectioncampheldinMexico,MOthispastsum-mer.Theathleteswerethenchosenbasedonnotonlytheirskillwithintheirchosensportbutfortheirsportsmanship,attitude,andcommitmenttobeapartof theteam.(Athletesareeligibletobenominatedif theyhavebeenparticipatinginSpecialOlympicsforatleast5yearsandhavereceivedgoldmedalsintheirchosensports). The Chrisman athletes chosen were: Matthew Cepeda (senior)–Bocce,SamanthaSnow(senior)–GirlsBasketball,MichaelLunceford(senior)–Bowling. KathyandMikeLowry,SpecialOlympicscoachesforChrisman,werealsochosen tobeapartofTeamMissouri.Mrs.Lowry is theheadboccecoachandMr.Lowryisthesportsmanagerandunifiedpartneronthebocceteam. Theathletesandcoacheswilltrainwiththeirrespectiveteamsforthenext9monthsuntil theydepartJune14tocompete.Eachathleteandcoachmustraise$1,500tohelpcoverthecostsoftravel,lodging,anduni-forms.
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TheWilliamChrismanvarsitycheerleaderscon-tinuetoaddtotheirhonors. TheBearsfolloweduptheirRegionalChampion-shipfromthissummerbytakingfirstattheMCCAStateCheerleadingCompetitiononSundayinColumbia. Thesquadearnedrunner-uphonorslastyearbutcannowcallthemselvesStateChampions. “I was excited,” junior HattieYazel said abouttakingfirst.“Istartedcrying.” Itwasawiderangeofemotionsforthevictors. “I amveryproud,” seniorMelissaGall said. “IamproudtobeaBear.…IwantedtogetfirstatStateandwedid.” Thegrandresultwasduetothegirls’hardworkas theyworked toperfect the routineandget ready forstate.TheeffortpaidoffonSunday. “Wehitallofourstuntsandhadnopenaltiesontheentireroutine,”seniorJessicaMorainsaid. Now,theteamisfocusedonevengreaterthings.ThecheerleaderswillcompeteatNationalsinFloridalaterthisyear. ThemembersoftheChrismanCheersquadare:JessicaMorain,MelissaGall,MorganAshby,HattieYazel,TaylorKlotz,ZoeHuggins,MeganTheel,MackenzieClevenger,AlexisFreeman,AlyssaCromley,KaitlynLarkin,AlexisCole,OliviaJaynes.
William Chrisman High School in-ductedits2013AthleticHallofFameClassattheHomecomingFootballgameonSatur-day,September28atNormanJamesField. TheseveninducteeswerehonoredfortheirimpactonChrismanandthecommunityasathletes,coaches,andbenefactors. The inductees were recognized athalftime and also toured the school. TheywerealsotoparticipateintheHomecomingParadebutitwascanceledduetoinclementweather. The2013WilliamChrismanAthleticHallofFameInducteeswere:DickPuhr-Benefactor,RonKelley-Classof1964,BobBuckley–Classof1971(Benefactor),DavidRoss–Classof1978,Ellie(Wilkinson)nowLilly–Classof1992,AshleyBlum–Classof2000,BenKisner–Classof2005.
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Chrisman induCTs 2013 aThleTiC hall of fame Class
VarsiTy Cheerleaders brings home sTaTe TiTle
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soPhoMore earNs first teaM all-coNfereNce WilliamChrismansophomorecrosscountryrunnerElizabethStraubuseda late-closingpush to takesev-enthplaceattheSuburbanMid-SevenConferenceMeetatBeltononThurs-day,October10. The late surge was key as itearned Straub First-Team All-Con-ferencehonors.Thetop7intheraceearnedFirst-TeamhonorsandthenextsevenearnedSecond-Teamhonors. Two days early Straub wonthe Independence City Champion-shipsforthesecond-straightyear.
William Chrisman golferAmanda Olsen, in just her secondyear playing competitively, can al-readymarkoffanotherachievement. With a sixth-place finish atthe Suburban Middle Seven GolfTournamentonthePosse’CourseatParadisePointonMonday,Septem-ber 30, Olsen earned Second TeamAll-Conferencehonors. The top15earnAll-Confer-encerecognitionanditisthesecond-yearinarowOlsenhasbeenrecog-nized.Shemovedupninespotsfromherconferencefinishlastyear.
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William Chrisman High School (andIndependenceHigh)playedits1,000thfootballgameonSaturday,Sept.28againstNorthKan-sasCity. TheHomecomingGamehadextra-spe-cialmeaningasitmarkedamilestonethattook109-seasonstoreach. Entering this season, the Bears had a439-517-39overallrecord. Thesuccessfulfootball teamsatChris-man have produced seven undefeated seasons,threeDistrictTitles,and13ConferenceTitles. Numerous Bears have also gone on toplayatalllevelsofcollegefootball. Beforethegame,severalformercoacheswereintroducedandformerBearsplayerswereaskedtostandandberecognized. The2013WCHSAthleticHallofFameClasswasinductedandhonoredathalftime.
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uPComing eVenTsOctober26-CrossCountryDistrictsatKearneyNovember1-2-ConferenceSwimNovember2-CrossCountrySectionalsNovember4-WinterSportsPracticeStarts(Allathletesmusthaveaphysicaltopartuicipate)
For full sports schedules, visit: www.isdsports.org.
Last Chance To Help Chrisman Win WhatcouldChrismandowithanaddi-tional$100,000? HowexcitedwouldthestudentsbeifKellyClarksongaveaconcertjustforChrisman? Thesethingsarereallypossible.Infact,localStaleyHighSchoolwasoneofthewinnersofthisStateFarmcontestlastyear. FromOctober18-26,justfollowthesesimplesteps: Logontowww.celebratemydrive.com Validemail&birthdayinforequired IndicateyouwanttosupportWilliamChrisman IndicateMissouri,affiliationasastu-dent/teacher/communitymember&thensearchforschoolsinIndependence. SelectChrisman! Committodrivesafely
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Lookingforawaytohelppayforcollege? Well,there’sawaytogetthebasicclassesoutofthewayandhavethempaidforthroughMissourijuniorcolleges. ThisprogramisA+,andbyfollowingafewsim-plerules,youcouldgettwoyearsofcommunitycollegevirtuallyfree. Theguidelinesare;attendanA+certifiedschoolforatleasttwoyears,have95%attendance,haveaGPAof2.5,attendanA+trainingsession,anddo50hoursofdistrictapprovedtutoring. Starting with the Class of 2015, students must
scoreadvancedorproficientontheAlgebraIEOC. ThedatesfortrainingareNovember5,December3,January7,February4,March4,April1,andMay6.Alltrainingwilloccurbeforeschoolfrom7–7:20andafterschoolfrom2:30–2:50.Thetrainingswilltakeplaceintheconferenceroomacrossfromtheadministrationwin-dow. Allgradesareeligible,butfreshmanhavetowaituntilsecondsemestertoseehowtheirGPAisturningout.To start tutoring, you must attend the training meetingwithMr.Maglinger.
a+ helPs earn money for College
ALS - PleaserememberifyouhavesignedupforanALSclass,youmustattendatleastonedayaweekoryouareat-riskofbeingdroppedfromthecourse.ALSHours:M,T,andTHfrom2:15–3:45Upcoming ACT Test Dates:October26th,2013(registrationdeadlineclosed) December14,2013(registerbyNovember8thtoavoidlateregistrationfees)
SENIORS -Itisveryimportantthatyoucheckyourschoole-mailregularlyforimportantseniorcommunicationsandscholarshipinformation!!!Youdon’twanttomissoutontheopportunitytoearnfreemoneyforcollege!!
College Representatives will be at WCHS on the following dates (seeMs.Bennettincounselingifyouareinterestedinattending)
LinnStateTechnicalCollege10/31@8:00amMCCBlueRiver11/05@10:00amPittsburgState11/12@9:30am
UniversityofMissouriS&T11/12@1:00pmMCCBlueRiver11/14@1:00pm
SOPHOMORES -Ifyouareahighlymotivatedstudentinterestedingraduatingfromhighschoolwithanassociate’sdegree, theTrailblazerCollegiateAcademymaybe foryou.Youmusthavea3.0GPAandwilling to takecollegecoursesinadditiontoyourhighschoolclasses.PleaseseeMs.Fordincounselingformoreinformation.PleaseseeMrs.Jenkins(formerlyOttolini)inthecounselingofficeASAPifyouareinterestedinattendingtheHerndonShowcaseTourscheduledforNovember7th.
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