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Woodridge Local Schools

May 2018 | Volume 4, Issue 9

In This IssuePage 2

Students Of The Month

31st Annual Reading and Writing Festival

Fourth-Graders Visit WHS to Learn About Science

Key Maker Award Winners

November 2018 Operating Levy

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Gravity Racing Challenge 2018

Reading Doesn’t Take a Break!

NEOIAAA Meritorious Service Award

Woodridge Service Organization

State Leadership Conference

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Woodridge Bands Perform at Blossom Music Center

Farewell to Primary and Intermediate Schools

4th Grade Poetry Jam

WPS Fun Run/Jog and Walk

Calendar of Events

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Congratulations Class of 2018!

On May 21, 160 students from the Woodridge Class of 2018 walked across the stage for graduation at Blossom Music Center. Students in the Class of 2018 went above and beyond, demonstrating academic achievements and receiving an impressive number of honors and scholarships.Students in the Class of 2018 were offered over $3,000,000 in college scholarships. Local scholarships totaling over $25,000 were awarded at the Senior Recognition Ceremony held on May 16 in the Woodridge High School Auditorium. Several seniors earned full-ride college scholarships to continue their education.Merit Award recipients included Rachel Abood, Sophia DeBord, Matthew Demangeont, Kaela Folatko, Elizabeth Gale-house, Austin Hindley, Abigail Kozma, Zachary Kumar, Lana Norris, Ryan O’Leary, Spencer Robinson, Walter Sterling and Casey Teodecki. Anne Holan received this year’s National Honor Society Scholarship. The Man of the Year and Woman of the Year selected by Woodridge staff were Robert Taylor and Molly Howard. Finally, the top ten students from the Class of 2018 were Devin Vanyo, Zane Patterson, Molly Howard, Casey Teodecki, Noah Perrin, Walter Sterling, Austin Hindley, Julianne Dryer, Ryan O’Leary and Kaela Folatko. Congratulations to the Class of 2018!

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31st Annual Reading and Writing FestivalBy: Lauren Witsaman & Laura Rorrer

The weather was beautiful on Tuesday, May 1, as 20 seventh and eighth-grade students ven-tured to Kent State University’s Student Center to attend the 31st Annual Reading and Writing Festival. The Six District Educational Compact hosts this event every year for any seventh or eighth-grade student willing to read six prede-termined young adult literature books. After reading and demonstrating an understanding of the plot in these books, the students then at-tended the Festival at KSU where they listened to a celebrated YA author (whose books are on the list) and participated in several reading and writing-themed breakout sessions. This year the students were laughing as Patrick Car-man, author of “House of Power” and “Pulse,” shared his childhood memories and his wisdom about how to become a writer. After the author talk, students were dismissed to the sessions of their choice. This year a new session titled Book Breakout was a hit. Book Breakout created an “Escape Room” experience using information from the Festival books. Students had to form teams, decipher clues, and assemble a key that would unlock their box. Other sessions included book art design, book trivia, drama, and poetry to name a few. One session titled, So, You Want to Be An Author? allowed students to workshop their own writing with the Festival author. This year, seventh grader, Ailed Solis participated in this amazing opportunity, discussing one of her short stories with Patrick Carman. At the conclusion of the day, awards are handed out for students who demonstrated outstanding achievement in writing, group activities and art. This year, Ian Ricillo, Kyle McPherson and El-len Dejarnett were called to the stage to accept awards for their work at the festival.

Fourth-Graders Visit WHS to Learn About Science

Fourth-grade students in Mr. Lathem’s and Ms. Bartilson’s classes were treated to activities cre-ated by Woodridge High School students. Stu-dents reviewed animal biomes and adaptations, matched animals to their biome homes, used virtual reality devices to visit different habitats around the world, and even met a real, live, corn snake named Sam. So much fun was packed into a short time, that students didn’t want to leave! What a great review of science standards and a terrific opportunity to interact with stu-dents at the high school. Thank you, Woodridge High School students; we had a fabulous time!

Key Maker Award WinnersCongratulations to this year’s Key Maker Award winners. The Key Maker Award is sponsored by the Woodridge Parent Mentor Program. It is meant to provide an opportunity for parents to recognize Woodridge Local Schools’ person-nel and volunteers that have played an import-ant part in their child’s education. This year’s awardees are Guy Bonnay, Regina Chluda, John Galehouse, Patricia Grindshaw, Beth Har-rington, Lori Jogodzinski, Jill Kline, Kate Mat-vey, Keith Shovestull, Christine Sterling, Anne Travis, Patricia Wnoroski and Kara Zimmer. Congratulations and thanks to these individuals for making a key to open the door of education to all the children they serve!

Woodridge Begins Work on November 2018 Operating LevyBy: Superintendent Walter DavisThank you to everyone who supported Issue 5 on the May ballot, especially those who worked so hard to communicate the importance of the issue. Unfortunately, the levy failed by only 72 votes. The need for additional operating dollars is still very real, now more so than ever, as we have a final chance to pass a levy in November

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WPS Students Of The Month

Woodridge Primary recognizes students for demonstrating positive ways of thinking. Each month we encourage students to focus on a different growth mindset. The month of May’s mindset message was “I Can Al-ways Improve!” Congratulations to the May Monthly Mindset winners!Killian McKitrick, Kayla White, Dadnelis Marcelo Lebron, Hadley Forcina, Dylan Mazalic, Harper Hodge, Aaron Seward, Bailey Nixon, Addison Carswell, Roziya Islomova, Daylan Seward, Ryan Whims, Olivia Steedley, Aayusha Thapa, JaeDien Lamb, Lilly Mengon, Milly McGee, Armani Anderson-Daniels, Raya Sperrazza, Clara Donovan, Peyton Nixon

WMS Students Of The Month

APRIL

The WMS Students of the Month for May were:Rachael Demangeont, Angelo Caruso, Ailed Solis-Mazariegos, Adam Abdulla, Will Schmeltzer, and Lilly RainesMay’s theme was Improvement.

APRIL

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before being forced to make $5.6 million in cuts. This would be devastating to our district and jeopardize all non state-required programming. We are already working on the details for the November ballot issue and will continue to pro-vide updated information. Thank you again for your support of the Wo-odridge Local Schools.

Derby Dogs in the Gravity Racing Challenge 2018by Don Lathem, WIS

Woodridge Intermediate was well represent-ed on Saturday, May 19, at Derby Downs. Two teams of fourth and fifth graders were able to cheer on the cars they built, driven by fourth grader Caroline Kajimura and fifth grader Faith Johnson. In the Stock Division, Caroline fin-ished 3rd out of 33 racers. In the Super Stock Division, Faith finished 9th out of 95! Wonder-ful parents and grandparents rallied around the students for the entire project!

Reading Doesn’t Take a Break!Don’t forget that the easiest way to combat the “summer slide” is to read every day. Thankfully, we have a lot of local libraries who want to help you. Check out the READING ROCKS pro-grams at both the Cuyahoga Falls and Peninsula Libraries this summer. More information can be found at the WPS library page or on the local libraries’ websites. Students are also able to access our wonderful

resources through INFOHIO all summer long including Early World of Learning and Book-flix. Usernames and passwords will be sent home with students. Our Follett Shelf of ebooks is another great way to read, listen to reading or interact with reading. Look for usernames and passwords on end of year papers from your child’s library teacher. Lastly, @WPSLib will be posting Twitter Chal-lenges all summer long. Follow Mrs. Sterling to see what reading activities you can participate in through the digital world.

Woodridge Athletic Director Receives NEOIAAA Meritorious Service Award

Athletic Director Nick Mayer was presented with the Northeast Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administration Associa-tion (NEOIAA) Merito-rious Service Award. The Meritorious Service

Award is given to athletic directors in Northeast Ohio who have shown a strong commitment and contribution to interscholastic athletics at both the local and state levels. The recipient demonstrates an emphasis on the growth and development of its student athletes, coaches and the community.During his time at Woodridge, Mayer has worked tirelessly with the coaching staff to build on the success that the Woodridge athletic pro-grams and athletes have demonstrated, both on and off the field. During Mayer’s tenure, Wo-odridge has amassed 42 league titles, 12 sec-tional and district titles, 5 regional titles, and 2 team state championships and 1 individual state champion. Mayer has worked hard to put an emphasis on the importance of education-based athletics by instituting programs like the Woodridge Athlet-ic Leadership Council in 2015, and the Inside-Out Coaching Initiative. In addition to working with athletes and coach-es, Mayer has been a part of larger, district-wide, notable projects, such as a $40,000 fitness center renovation and the completion of Woodridge’s new high school gymnasium. Mayer has served on the executive committee of the NEOIAA for

the past five years.

Woodridge Service OrganizationThanks to the generous giving of our wonder-ful volunteers, WSO has had an amazing year of service to our high school and our families.Take a look at what we have been able to do TO-GETHER!• Four Teacher Conference Night Dinners

and one Appreciation Luncheon served and enjoyed

• 80 vendors + 500 shoppers = over $3,000 earned for scholarships at our 41st annual Arts & Crafts Show - our one and only fundraiser

• Veterans honored with light refreshments before the Veterans Assembly

• Food, gift cards, and other household goods collected and distributed to lend a helping hand within our own Woodridge High School family. Caps and gowns also purchased with great pride for our hard-working seniors.

• Speakers inspire, students and parents reminisce, and beautiful desserts tantalize as seniors begin their graduation journey with a special Baccalaureate Evening of Reflection.

WSO allows the humble work of my hands to touch many lives.

FCCLA Students Compete at State Leadership ConferenceBy Lana Norris

On April 25, FCCLA’s 23 students competed in the FCCLA State Leadership Conference.For the competition, a group or individual pre-sented a service project to a panel of judges. The projects are ranked gold, silver and bronze. The top two gold medal earners from each category have a chance to compete at the FCCLA Nation-

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al Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.Students earning gold medals and heading to the National Leadership Conference include: Nolan Spencer and Hailey Ilg for their Sports Nutrition project; Lana Norris for her indi-vidual project in Nutrition and Wellness; Nick Davis, Abby Kozma and Julia Mullins for their Advocacy project; Leah Stanfield for her project in the Leadership category; and Caitlyn Gerdes, Mary Hindley and Julia Mullins for their Chap-ter Service Project display. Several other teams also received gold medals, including: Anastasia Bakhun, Natalie Howard, and Belle Norris for their project in the Life Event Planning Junior category; Rachel Free-man, Rachel Lauck and Anna Schmeltzer for their Chapter in Review display; Rachel Abood, Matthew DeMangeont and Lindsay Kumar for their National Programs in Action project; Sar-ah Abood, Julianne Dryer and Lana Norris in the Interpersonal Events category; and Kaela Folatko and Casey Teodecki in the Focus on Children category.

Woodridge Bands Perform at Blossom Music Center

On Monday, May 14, the students in the Wo-odridge band program had the opportunity to perform at Blossom Music Center. Performanc-es included songs by the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth-grade bands, the high school concert band and wind ensemble, as well as several solo performances. The evening concluded with all of the bands playing a final song together. The band concert was a great way to end the school year and highlight the amazing talent of the Woodridge band program!

Woodridge Local School District to Say Farewell to Primary and Intermediate Schools

Woodridge Local School District will celebrate an open house event to bid farewell to Wo-odridge Primary School and Woodridge Inter-mediate School.The farewell event will take place on Wednes-day, May 30, from 5 to 8 p.m. All who attend-ed, taught or worked at either of the schools are invited to celebrate their favorite memories and say goodbye to the buildings that have served thousands of children over the years. The event is also open to anyone in the community who wishes to say farewell.Staff members and administrators from Wo-odridge Local Schools will be on hand to answer questions and show visitors around the build-ings.Woodridge Local Schools will open a new ele-mentary school, which will combine both pri-mary and intermediate students into one build-ing, in August.

Fourth Grade Poetry Jam

The amazing poets in Mr. Lathem’s and Ms. Bar-tilson’s classes hosted a Poetry Jam at the G.A.R. Hall in downtown Peninsula. It was an amazing night! The hall was packed with families ready to experience original poetry written by the stu-dents. Poems of a variety of styles and subject matter were performed while the audience nib-bled snacks donated by the families. Performers were so inspiring, the audience snapped fingers in appreciation, beatnik-style. Getting in on the act, parents, siblings, and even grandparents took advantage of the open mic to recite their own works.Many thanks go to the G.A.R. Hall Association for allowing us the use of their gorgeous and historical venue, to the parents who donated snacks, to the families who shared their love of poetry, and to the students for all their hard work. It was truly an inspiring evening!

Photo courtesy of Heather Johnston.

WPS Fun Run/Jog and WalkOn Friday, April 27, the students at WPS topped off Wellness Week with their annual Fun Run/Jog and Walk. All of the students had an oppor-tunity to make their way around the 1/4 mile trail that the custodians mowed in the field at WPS. Many parents came out to support the students by surrounding the pathway and cheering on the participants as they made their way around the path. After the event, students enjoyed popsicles that were provided by the Woodridge PTO. During the month of March, WPS students had the opportunity to participate in the annu-al American Heart Association Jump Rope for Heart Fundraiser. As the students were learning how to jump rope, they were also raising money for a good cause. More than 90 students par-ticipated raising $5,358.00. First grader, Cole-man Lyons, raised the most money ($392.00) at WPS. As a thank you, the American Heart As-sociation gave WPS a gift certificate for $350.00 to US Games to purchase new physical educa-tion equipment.

6/26 Board of Education Meeting (WHS), 6-8 p.m.

7/17 Board of Education Meeting (WHS), 6-8 p.m.

8/9 WMS JumpStart Sixth-Grade: 5:30-7 p.m. Eighth-Grade: 7-8:30 p.m.

8/13 First Teacher Day WHS New Student Orientation, 6 p.m.

8/14 WES Open House Grades K-2: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Grades 3-5: 6-7 p.m.

8/15 First Day of School

8/21 Board of Education Meeting (WHS), 6-8 p.m.

8/23 WHS Open House

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