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Consolidated

February is a fitting month to express concern for others and that is just what Sugar Creek Consolidated Elementary is doing!

An event “Dance For Those In Need” is planned as a benefit for the Red Cross. Mrs. Diana Aselage, a performer and music teacher at Sugar Creek Consolidated is providing her band, Frequency, free of charge for this event. The event will take place on February 24 at 6:00 until 7:30 p.m. Adults and children are welcome. Admission is $1:00 per child and $2:00 for adults. Profits from the admission and concession (food, hot dogs and drinks) will go to the local Red Cross Chapter. This event of great music with line dances and music requests will provide an evening of family fun for a philanthropic cause.

“Happy Heart Day” was a colorful day of those children choosing to wear red, white and pink. A donated $1:00 let you put your name on a colt’s paper horseshoe to fill a “heart”. This student council spirit activity supported the Red Cross also. The last student council activity of February is planned to benefit the St. Anthony Free Dental Clinic.

Visitors from the Dental League stressed the importance of good dental health to the kindergarten children as well as all grades. To further emphasize the importance of good health, the kindergarten children will experience a field trip to Union Hospital to participate in a program titled, “I’m In Charge.” The program offers a hands-on experience with medical equipment and emphasizes good health practices.

With February being Dental Health Month and including Valentine’s Day, many learning opportunities are presented to express an appreciation of others and the importance of being healthy.

— School staff



Davis Park

Kindergarten classrooms, at Davis Park Elementary School, participate in a weekly program developed to promote developing academic skills while integrating communication skills, language skills and interpersonal skills. The Reading Coach, Tanya Hemmings, and the Speech Language Pathologist, Tracy Goff, work collaboratively to develop six stations to target sensory, phonemic awareness, gross motor, language, fine motor, and social skills.

The children rotate, in groups, through these stations while the teachers, assistants, speech therapist, and reading coach circulate to help the students and elicit desired responses and skills. Each child is able to participate at his own level while benefiting from instruction and peer modeling. Not only do the students anticipate and love the stations, they benefit greatly. These targeted skills are transferred into the classroom reading blocks during literacy stations and small groups. The children learn to work collaboratively and apply learned skills.

— Tracy Goff



DeVaney

What a cold and blustery winter it has been so far! To help us learn about these weather patterns, second grade will be having Jesse Walker from WTWO. We always enjoy his lessons. He’s so fun to listen to and he really gets the kids participating. Mrs. Higham’s class will be sending their power point presentations to their 2nd grade pen pals at Dixie Bee with Mrs. Johnson. They will also be learning about government and the community with Jaime Frey & Junior Achievement and will be writing biographies. Mrs. Browne’s class will be researching different countries and creating a power point slideshow. Mrs. Miller’s class will be studying the solar system. Mrs. Boehler’s class will be researching the different presidents.

Other things on DeVaney’s schedule:

Feb. 16: Wendy’s Night

Feb. 18: Family Night-featuring Science Fair & International Night

Feb. 26: Early dismissal (1:45)

— School staff

Mrs. Sutliff’s first graders have been working very hard at DeVaney Elementary! We have been focusing on our math facts so we can have fact power. Fact power is when you know the answer without having to use our fingers or a number line to solve the equation. To help us get faster, we are taking timed math tests each day. The students love to see if they can beat the timer! We are also reading, reading, reading! Congratulations to Shakira Amores, Patricia Babb, Ryan Beadle, Alex Bradbury, Kaitlyn Capps, Eli Chapman, Colten Clements, Elias Clements, Jayson Cottrell, Walker Green, Abigail Griffith, Carter Hennecke, Kelissa Keller, LeeAnnah Keller, Ben Kocher, Logan Mathies, Apache Maybaugh, Megan Muriuki, Alyssa Popovich, Ceyda Rasor, Sean Roach, and Ware Smith for meeting their Book-It goal each month. Way to go parents for making reading a priority with your child! We are gearing up for our Science Fair/International night on Thursday, February 18th from 5:30-6:30. Come out and join us for a fun evening learning about 8 different countries and their cultures. The countries that will be represented are: India, Korea, Puerto Rico, Greece, Japan, Africa, Germany, and Northern Ireland. Thank you so much to our parents, North High School students, and St. Mary of the Woods students for helping make this night possible. I can’t believe we’ve already been in school for over 100 days! We’re looking more like 2nd graders every day!

— Mrs. Sutliff



Dixie Bee

Christmastime in an elementary school is always an exciting time. With the new snowfalls and Christmas decorations, first graders are filled with the wonder of Christmas. It was an especially exciting time at Dixie Bee as the first grade classes traveled to the Honey Creek Mall to visit Santa, participated in a Christmas scavenger hunt in the mall, selected books at Waldenbooks as Christmas gifts for their classmates and enjoyed pizza at the food court. Many parents joined in the fun, to make it an extra special day at the mall.

At school, the students also “traveled” to England, France, Germany, Mexico and Sweden to learn about Christmas customs in other countries. It was fun to learn that many of our customs come from other countries. What fun to know so many different names for Santa.

Christmas secrets were everywhere as the students made several gifts to give to the special people in their families and as they visited the Holly Jolly shop, sponsored by the Dixie Bee PTO, to buy gifts for giving, also.

The holiday season culminated with a special Christmas program for the other students and parents and holiday parties in the classrooms. The students left for the Christmas Holiday Break wondering what fun activities the teachers had planned for the New Year.

— Jane Light, first grade teacher

The kindergarten classes at Dixie Bee have been busy worker bees this holiday season! During the month of November, we were fortunate to have ISU math students in our classrooms. We worked on learning how things are symmetrical by painting and exploring leaves. We also learned how to play Monster Squeeze and reviewed shapes as we made creative shape pictures and built two-dimensional shapes out of straws!

As we prepared for Thanksgiving we discussed what we were thankful for and talked about all of the yummy foods that are commonly eaten during a feast. One special book that we read was called Yoko. This story was about animal friends, from different countries, and the food that they eat. In the book, the teacher suggested having an International Food Tasting Day so that they could try foods from different countries.

During the week of Thanksgiving, we encouraged our international students to bring a special dish in representing their culture. The following countries were represented: Nepal, Bangladesh, Russia, and the Philippines.

Thanks to those parents who helped with our international food tasting. Dixie Bee is so fortunate to have such a large percentage of international children that we can learn many new customs and traditions from.

We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and best wishes for a happy and healthy 2010!

— Erin Rader, hindergarten teacher



Farrington Grove

Happy New Year from Farrington Grove! Our New Year’s Resolution is 100 percent attendance. We can do it! Students in Mrs. Walter’s class enjoyed a lunch provided by Beef-O-Bradys for the highest attendance rate during the month of November. These students included Terrill Hampton, Brinda Lewis, Scott Lepper, Timmy Carter, Tyesha Brown, Micha Estes, Shane Rose, and Josh Knight. Congratulations and thank you Beef-O-Bradys!

Mrs. Jones had a reading contest during the month of December. The winners of this contest were Noah Hamilton, Cordell Bluck, Terry Roman, Gabe Wautelet, and Aaron Weger. These students earned a pizza party for all their reading at home. Education must be a team effort and these students and parents are showing they are willing to put in the extra effort for the best possible education. Congratulations for all the hard work!

Mrs. Hansen’s class enjoyed their trips to the mall, the library, and Clabber Girl. They enjoyed visiting with Santa Claus, finding new and exciting books about dinosaurs from the library, and enjoyed the Christmas displays at Clabber Girl.

Mrs. Hamm has joined our staff at Farrington Grove. She has helped make it possible to provide smaller groups for Reading and Math to assist our students. We would also like to extend a huge thank you to all our assistants who provide much needed support to our students and get little recognition for all the work they do. These wonderful ladies are Julie Acuna, Brittney Chumley, Stephanie Gilliland, Michele Howell, Debra Lane, Crystal Lawson, Mandy Lyttle, Debbie Morton, Mitzi Shewmake-Shield, Joyce Stamper, Karen Switzer, Nita Trueblood, and a special thank you to our Foster Grandmother Margaret Bunch.

— Special needs teachers Janice Crosby, Donna Hansen, Terese Jones, Tammy Walter, Brandy Hamm, and Charla Burns



Fayette

Students and staff at Fayette have been busy participating in fundraising activities for the American Red Cross Haiti Relief program.

The 4th grade classes of Mrs. Kastigar and Mrs. Curley decided on the first projects of a Hat Day and a Pajama Day for the students. Hat Day was held on Friday, January 29. For $1 students could wear a hat during the day at school. There were many different kinds of hats worn. One kindergarten student had one that was an alligator head.

On Thursday, February 04, 2010, for $2.00 students and staff wore their favorite pajamas to school. It was a busy, but relaxed day as students showed off their pj’s.

The Fayette Student Council sponsored a “Go Colts” poster contest with the “quarter” votes going to the school’s Red Cross Haiti Relief fund.

Each student was given a sheet of art paper for their poster design. When the posters were returned to the classrooms, each class voted on their favorite. The favorites were posted in the bus door hallway for easy viewing by the students and staff.

The students and staff placed their “quarter” votes in gallon jugs each labeled with pictures of the each of the winning classroom posters. Students and staff had the opportunity to vote on Thursday and Friday.

The 4th grade students in Mrs. Kastigar’s class encouraged students at school to help them collect jars of peanut butter, dried beans, dried pasta, and new blankets that will be donated to Covenant Ministries in Terre Haute who will help get the donations to Haiti.

It has been encouraging to see how thoughtful and caring the students were in their concern for the needs of the Haitian citizens. One child brought in money that he had collected at his church to add to the school’s Red Cross Haitian Relief money.

— Sally Carpenter, Library Media Specialist



Franklin

Franklin Elementary School students experienced a unique opportunity during the first semester learning about budgeting, saving, setting goals, and giving to their community from a special visit from the Money Bus. This specially designed and inviting bus was created by Networks Financial Institute at Indiana State University and supported by the Lilly Endowment. Franklin intermediate students boarded the bus and managed their money working with motivating staff members from ISU. Students learned about money transactions and how to maintain a personal budget. This interactive experience was a great highlight for Franklin students.

We extend our sincere thanks to ISU and Lilly Endowment for this relevant and motivating program.

— School staff

Franklin Elementary is proud to announce our Mayor’s Character Award Nominees and Winner for the month if January. The character trait for January was “gentleness.” The following students were nominated for this award by their classroom teachers and include:

From Mrs. Andrews’ class - Danna Gonzales; from Mrs. Bailey’s class - Jasmin Peters; from Mrs. Cox’s class - Autumn Brown; from Mrs. Phegley’s class - Ethan Salesman; from Mrs. Hewitt’s class - Shianna Terstegge; from Ms. Newport’s class - Michael Whitney; from Mrs. Greasor’s class - Elijah Newberry; from Mrs. Haley’s class - Cayley Johnson; from Mrs. Marrs’ class - Mackinzie Britt; from Mrs. Dunkin’s class - Izaiah Brown; from Ms. Garrett’s class - Amber Weger; from Mrs. Huey’s class - Cameron Chapman and from Mrs. Hildebrand’s class - Dakota Peters.

Franklin’s January Mayor’s Character Award winner was first grader Owen Hesselfeldt. Mrs. Norris says of Owen, “I believe that Owen exhibits the trait of gentleness for many reasons. First, Owen is always concerned about the feelings of others. He always makes it a point to befriend any new student in the classroom. Next, Owen makes it a point to help out any substitute teachers that teach in our classroom. He genuinely cares for all people that he comes into contact with. At last, Owen will tell you himself that he is a ‘sensitive guy.’ He takes the burdens of others and makes them his own. If someone in our classroom is in pain or hurt he feels for them. These are some of the reasons that I know Owen exhibits the character trait of gentleness.”

Keep up the TEAMWORK, Franklin Falcons!

— Submitted by school staff



Fuqua

Radishes … Who Knew?

“Mmmmm. These are good! Can I have a whole one, please?” This comment was heard more than once during a recent science lesson.

To illustrate at least one type of root, the taproot, fourth graders at Fuqua Elementary had an object lesson with radishes. After reading and talking about plants, the many types of roots they can have and so forth, students got to experience radishes through all their senses with the exception of hearing (though a little crunching could be heard while chewing them)!

Surprisingly, most of the students were not only willing to take a small taste test, but also quick to agree to having a whole radish to themselves! Some students had more than one although they were limited to no more than three.

Of course, not every lesson can include hands-on object lessons such as this but when they can, we teachers try our best to incorporate such illustrations. In this fast-paced, interactive world of video games, text-messaging and other sources of multi-media, standard paper and pencil lessons or the use of textbooks don’t do much to hold the interest of today’s students.

Still, there is a need for children to have lessons of all different types. How many occupations do you know of that imitate video games? Precious few, I’m sure. Students of all ages must recognize that some old-fashioned skills like concentration and the ability to read and comprehend documents that are placed before them will continue to be necessary long into the future. Teaching these skills and getting children to increase their attention span is quite a juggling act.

A simple lesson with an ordinary vegetable accomplished that feat. Who knew?

— School staff

Things are really adding up in the first grade! We recently finished Unit 5 in math, which leads us to volume 2 of our math journal! As we begin Unit 6, we are strengthening our math skills by practicing our addition and subtraction facts by learning to use a Facts Table and learning about Fact Families. In this unit, we also introduce the Fact Triangles, which are a fun way to practice our math facts. We will also be adding quarters to our money lessons, measuring in centimeters, and reading digital clocks. Our students enjoy the Everyday Math program and they are making great strides. By combining exciting and real life manipulatives with classroom instruction and hands-on math games, we are proud to say that our students are grasping some difficult math concepts! We also utilize the school computer lab to play math games online. Another resource that our students love is the help of our math liaisons, Janis Kluesner and Eleanor Rodie. They visit our classrooms to assist with teaching a lesson, or they work with children in small groups.

In addition to the many resources available to the students at school, they are able to access the online games from any computer away from school! Parents can request a password from their child’s teacher and log onto the website www.emgames.com. Many first graders have reported that they have played the games at home with their parents, which helping to reinforce the skills that we are learning at school. Thank you to our parents who do a wonderful job of working with their children at home.

— Mrs. Katrina Doty, first grade teacher



Hoosier Prairie

The month of January was a busy one for the kindergarteners at Hoosier Prairie while learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. and celebrating the 100 days of school! The students learned about Martin Luther King, Jr. through listening to stories and completing a booklet detailing how his beliefs influenced our country.

A celebration of 100 days in school occurred the last Friday of the month. The day began with students grouping their 100 items which they brought in to school into ten piles of ten and then parading around the room to see what everyone had brought in to share. The students participated in several stations which centered on counting to 100. Necklaces strung from assorted colors of cereal rings, grouped in tens, were created. A snack stew was used to fill a 100’s chart and 100 stickers were placed on placemats. The students also made100 cuts on a sheet of paper and wrote 100 tally marks. Many poems and stories involving the concept of 100 were shared during the day.

The kindergarteners showed their support of the Indianapolis Colts by creating players to celebrate the teams’ trip to Super Bowl XIV.

— Mrs. McCleary

Mrs. Francis

On Saturday January 30, 2010 four HP students traveled to Anderson, Indiana to participate in the State Chess Tournament. These students qualified for the state tournament earlier in the month. Our students had a great day and did very well. In the 3rd grade and under category Lucas Cooper placed 41 overall; in the 6th grade and under junior varsity category we had three players qualify, Levi Johnson placed 55, Grant Ward placed 33, and Isaac Manley placed 24 overall. Hoosier Prairie’s chess club will participant at the end of February in the State Team Qualifying meet for the State Team Tournament at the end of March.

— Mrs. Sharon Manley



Lost Creek

The annual Egg Drop competition was held by the Lost Creek Explorers after school on January 26. Competitors were to design a container that would protect an egg from breaking after a fall from the basketball goal to the gym floor. The successful, “Good Eggs” were then judged upon the bases of “Smallest,” “Lightest,” and “Most Creative” designs. There were three divisions, K-3, 4-5, and Adult, and 56 competitors vied for “fabulous prizes.” In the K-3 category the champions were Skyelee English (Smallest), Sarah Behnke (Lightest), and Michael Deckard (Most Creative). In the grades 4-5 category the champions were Molly Farmer (Smallest), Ty Lautenschlager (Lightest), and Kayce Deckard (Most Creative). Mrs. Pruitt was the only “Good Egg” adult. The Explorers club members worked diligently to set up, usher, assist entrants, take photos, judge entries, and clean up messes. It was all done in a 60 minute period and it took a lot of teamwork to make it happen. Coming soon will be the annual paper airplane contest.

— School staff



Meadows

The students and staff at Meadows Elementary school would like to recognize the nominees for the Mayor’s Character trait award for the month of January. The January character trait is “gentleness.” Nominees from Meadows are Brandon Mandino, Chandler Alanis, Brayden McMurray, Maggie Lawson, Ruby Nelson, Gabriel McNichols, Emily Sutton, Christopher Turner, Cortney Orndorff, Scott Gustafson, and winner from Mrs. Martin’s class, Adara Grady. The students and staff at Meadows would also like to congratulate Kirstin Schwanbeck. Kristin submitted artwork for a national art contest sponsored by Kids Hope USA. Kirstin was one of four students selected to be featured in the most recent issue of the Kids Hope publication. Mr. Young would like to recognize Megan Pendergast. Megan received the most reading counts points for first semester with 363. Other top students were Moses Hamm, Nikki Williams, and Seth Lakstins. Mr. Young would like to congratulate all students that took tests during first semester and would like to remind them to keep quizzing!

— School staff



St. Patrick’s

This month has gotten off to an exciting start for Miss Kymberli and Miss Lori’s preschoolers. When we first started our “winter” unit, it was very cold outside, but there was no snow. We stayed busy reading stories and learning rhymes about snowmen. We used paper and glue to make indoor snowmen because there was still no snow outside. One day we read a book called “Snow Dance” and we decided to try our own snow dance and wish for some real snow. The next morning there was so much snow that school was cancelled for two days! When we came back to preschool, we wore all of our warmest snow clothes so that we could go out and play in the snow. We made snow angels and snowballs and we had fun riding down the slides into the snow. Out teachers took turns pulling us around the playground on a sled. We practiced teamwork and cooperation as we worked together to build a whole family of snowmen. Our teachers took a lot of pictures of our fun day in the snow and later we wrote a story to go with the pictures.

On another cold winter day, our preschoolers stayed inside, cozy and warm in our pajamas all day. We read pajama stories, played board games, made a blanket fort and used our stuffed animals to act out the song, “Ten in a Bed.” For our Kids Cook lesson, the preschoolers helped make hot chocolate and popcorn. It was such fun to come to school in our pajamas!

Now our preschoolers are working on a unit about dinosaurs. We have been digging for dinosaurs in our rice table and matching them to the dinosaur posters on the wall. After reading about fossils, we used toy dinosaurs to make “fossil” prints in play dough. We’ve been dancing along to some dinosaur songs that have us acting and moving like dinosaurs by shaking our tails, poking our horns and munching on leaves. Next we are working on making some dinosaur craft projects.

Besides having all this fun, our older class has been getting ready for kindergarten by learning numbers and letters. We have already learned the names, sounds and sign language for half of the letters in the alphabet and we can’t wait each week to learn the next letter.

Soon we will begin registration for next year’s classes. St Pat’s offers classes from Preschool to 8th grade. If you would like more information about our school, please visit our Web site www.saintpat.org.

— Kymberli Payonk

Tammy Kikta



Terre Town

The Terre Town Honor Society received its charter from the National Elementary Honor Society during the 2008-2009 school year.

Membership is open to fourth and fifth grade students who meet required standards in Scholarship and Responsibility. On January 28, 2010, the second induction ceremony was held to honor new members in the school gymnasium. The Terre Town Honor Society is proud to announce it now has 50 members! Fourth grade members include: Garreth Abbinett, Jilyan Brentlinger, Emma Burchell, Jordan Butterfield, Ashley Curry, Evan Curry, Zoie Ferguson, Dylan Hane, Tavia Hedrick, Janysia Holtz, Dylan Keller, Taylin Livingston, Sierra Lowe, David McCollum, Gunner Nevill, Alexis Norton, Kayla Pennell, Lillian Roysdon, Camryn Scott, Lexie Sherrill, Kaylee Stewart, and Sara Townsend. Fifth grade students include: Bailey Barnes, Baylie Cole, Cole Davis-Brooks, Kirsten Denney, Joshua Gant, Autumn Hagy, Caleb Hamblen, Lauren Hamblen, Megan Hettinger, Morgan Jackson, Taylor Johnson, Dalton Jones, Colton Martinek, Jessica Moore, Alison Nevins, Ashley Osborn, Samantha Purcell, Zoe Rader, Tristin Reese, Ryleigh Scott, Brooklyn Shepherd, Rita Sinclair, Shyanne Spangler, Chase Strange, David Swiger, Nicholas Williams, Desi Wilson, and Kelsey Young. Once inducted, the members will participate in chapter projects and activities which promote Leadership and Service qualities. Inductees and their families should take pride in membership in such a prestigious organization. Congratulations!

— School staff



West Vigo

West Vigo Elementary Cooking Club has been busy making healthy recipes, learning about the food pyramid, nutrition facts and the need for physical activity to develop a balanced healthy lifestyle. In its second year, the cooking club has thirty third, fourth and fifth grade students enrolled in Cooking Club 1 for newcomers and II for advanced students. (Those who were in the club last year.)

Each club meeting focuses on a specific topic related to food. Students learn about food and kitchen safety and having adult supervision in the kitchen. The students decorated cookies and potholders as gifts for that special someone at Christmas. Students also had the opportunity to take a field trip to Clabber Girl for a holiday celebration. At Clabber Girl, students decorated a gingerbread cookie, made a twisted peppermint flavored candy cane cookie and a mouse cookie made out of graham crackers, chocolate-dipped cherries and almond slices. Students, along with several parents, took a tour of Clabber Girl learning about its history.

During cooking club meetings, students learn the importance of the food pyramid, making healthy choices, portion control and using exercise for fitness. Students learn how to interpret label nutrition facts, what they mean and what to look for when choosing healthy items. They also learn how to substitute an ingredient to make it more healthy.

Students especially enjoy making snacks and eating them. Often they are able to take home snacks they’ve made to share with their families. Future meetings will involve decorating chef hats, participating in a recipe contest through the “Drink Milk Recipe Promotion” and planning a family dinner. Plans are also underway for a bake sale or selling cook books that members make with proceeds going to a needy organization.

Several individuals and companies have helped fund the cooking club: GFS (Wade Fulford) has donated chef hats, Clabber Girl donated rolling pins, Pampered Chef, Jody Kirby, donated microwave sauce pans, paring knives, whisks, cook books for kids, and cut-n-seals. Sam Gumm from Commercial Kitchen donated money for T-shirts. The cooking club greatly appreciates these donations which help the club to succeed.

The club sponsor and cafeteria manager, Jackie Adams, has been busy submitting grants to help with funding. An award she received last spring from ISNA (Mary Ann Achlarb Single Unit Scholarship Award) was awarded, at her request, to the cooking club instead of to her personally. Mrs. Adams also received a grant from the Vigo Education Foundation and C.H.A.N.C.E.S. for Indiana Youth. Mrs Adams’ cafeteria employees, Kathy Kennedy, Laura Stephens, Sarah Price and Amy sons, have also volunteered their time two days a month to help the students with projects. Mrs. Adams appreciates all their time and hard work.

Cooking Club students are: Carlie Barnhart, Cierra Belleu, Morgan Blunk, K’Lee Collins, Yasmin DeBouse, Sadee Griffin, Marissa McCalister, Samantha Liffick, Natalie Owens, Shyanna Parsons, Bailee Price, Alaina Przybycien, Taylor Reese, Nathaniel Scott, Gracie Shook, Elizabeth Stuck, Marina Velazquez, Elysia Wiliams, Greg Bolin, Jamie Cuffle, Bailee Elkins, Lindsay England, Jordan Espinosa, Christopher Fritz, Creed Fritz, Katie Goodge, Molly McClain, Kyleigh McQueary, Jarakak Padgett and Hannah Stevens.

— Jackie Adams, cafeteria manager



Martinsville

Perfect attendance for the first semester: Aug. 20 to Dec. 18.

Kindergarten: Tyler Marcum, 1st Grade: Colin Branson, Tamara Mayer, Ella Schollenbruch, & Jay Sewell

2nd Grade: Zavier Harris, Samual Keller, Jesse “Lane” Ryan, Ty Toner, Storm Washburn, & Ashlei Wiley

3rd Grade: Morgan Cribelar, Shelby Hinkle, Olivia Marcum, Emma Plummer, Bethany Sewell, Dixie “Madison” Toner, & Curtis Wiley

4th Grade: Caitlyn Claypool & Harlie Lawrence

5th Grade: Brett Kemper, Garrett Lewis, Morgan Maxey, Dancie Truelove, Haley Wallace, & Dawson Wilson

6th Grade: Brianna Baird, Kaitlin Davis, Austin Davison & Justin Smith

— School staff



Turkey Run

At the Saturday, January 30 basketball game against Indianapolis Metropolitan, the Turkey Run High School cheerleaders and dance team were joined by several elementary students.

The cheerleaders and dance team had sponsored a clinic earlier that day. The elementary girls learned a dance routine and cheer to perform at halftime of the game. The group also participated in cheering on the Warriors during the game.

Those participating in the cheer clinic were front- Brooke Busenbark, Debbie McFarland, Heather Harbison, Linda McFarland, Delanie Seward; second row- Lexi Jones, Chloe Hardman, Olivia South, Sydney Trahan, Rebecca Snodgrass, Rachel Millikan; third row- Stormy Swaim, Abrieah Kolep-Everman, Audra Patton, Rachel Wirth, Kailey South, Angie McFarland, Olivia Marshall, Madison Whitlow; fourth row- Caylie Davis, Bryanna Reitsma, Mandy Girdler, Ellen Snodgrass, Meghan Sliz, Kyla Koch, Morgan Sliz; back- Lizzie Shaffer, Hannah Delp, Amber Kelly, Tiffany Hicks and Christina Miller.

The varsity cheerleaders are coached by JeAnne Wrightsman. /Debbie Hicks is the coach of the dance team.

— Lori Brown