8th Grade Musical Theatre Performance

May 2016
8th Grade Musical Theatre Performance
“Once On This Island Jr.”
May 6, 2016
7:00 pm at Southview Center
for the Performing Arts
Through almost non-stop song and dance, this full-hearted musical tells the
story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl who rescues and falls in love with Daniel,
a wealthy boy from the other side of her island. When Daniel is returned to
his people, the fantastical gods who rule the island guide Ti Moune on a
quest that will test the strength of her love against the powerful forces of
prejudice, hatred, and even death.
Student Pick-Up/Drop-off
Please follow the student drop off/ pick up procedures. This change in
traffic flow is designed for student safety and we appreciate your cooperation with the process. Picking up your child at the west end of the building
has eliminated students darting between buses to get into the parent’s car.
At the west end, it is important to pull up as far as possible so all parents
can drop their students off in a safe and timely fashion. Not only does this
increase safety with the parent and bus traffic, but with the high school student traffic as well. Northview High School uses the practice fields and stadium for their track teams which increases traffic at the end of the school
day.
It is also important to be aware of the times for the "busses only traffic" in
the main entrance: 7:45 - 8:15 am and 2:45 - 3:15 pm. We appreciate your
concern and support.
In This Issue . . . . . .

8th Grade Musical

Wolf Pack Welcome

Current 6th Graders—
Tdap & Meningitis Shot

4th Quarter Grade Cards

Parent Organization

Awards Ceremony

Homework Matrix

2016 Track Team

Kroger Rewards

Box Tops

Band & Orchestra News

Honor Roll Lists

My DynaCal

2016-2017 School Supply
Lists

Volleyball 2016-2017

2016-2017 Calendar

District News
Late Start
May 19th
Last Day of School
May 27th
Wolf Pack Welcome
Strength of Character Awards
2016-17 School Year
All students (6th - 8th) will be
asked to come to Timberstone
on August 9th (one day only)
from 10:00 am-6:00 pm. to
complete some of the tasks that
are necessary at the beginning of
the new school year.
We will have the school photographers here to take individual
fall pictures of the students.
Locker assignments/
combinations will be distributed.
Just giving the students an opportunity to practice their locker
combinations will help alleviate
some of the anxiety of beginning
a new school year. Also, you
will be able to fill out your
child’s emergency card and sign.
If you cannot attend this before
school event, those tasks can be
accomplished after the start of
school. Pictures can be taken on
picture make-up day.
We strongly urge you, however,
to attend this event if not on vacation. You will receive additional information about these
days as well as other information
about Timberstone in the August
Timberstone Newsletter.
We would like to announce the 2016 Strength of Character Award
Winners. Winners were chosen by peers after students completed a
9 week course in health class that stressed the importance of having
good values as a means of being a successful adult. Congratulations
to the following:
Courage -
Kennedy Warnecke Cameron Young
Family Commitment - Salma Jarouche
Sean Smith
Healthy Lifestyle -
Gabby Johnson
Andrew Miller
Honesty -
Paige Howell
Amaan Omer
Kindness -
Piper Nicely
Alexander Steenrod
Respect -
Mira Smith
Jacob Lowe
Responsibility -
Mackenzie Perry
Ben Doencke
Self Discipline -
Sophie Chan
Colin Smith
Service -
Sadie Landis
David Oberts
Sportsmanship -
Hayden Kilgore
Cameron Young
Music Concerts
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May 11th—Orchestra—
7:00pm @ Timberstone
May 18th—Band--7:30pm
Band Concert will be held
at Southview Performing
Arts Center.
6th Grade
Orchestra Information
Now is the time to sign up for the
Timberstone orchestra. We rehearse 3 days/week and perform
3-4 concerts each year. We also
visit the Toledo Symphony and
play many exciting styles of
music.
If you are interested or have any
questions, please feel free to contact Mrs. Sicheneder
End of the Year Grade Cards
4th quarter grade cards will be printed and
then mailed out on June 6th.
8th Grade Picture
The 8th grade class picture will be taken on Friday, May 6th. A
flier has been sent home with all 8th graders which describes the
class picture that can be purchased. The composite is 10 inches
by 24 inches. The picture can be purchased laminated for
$28.00 or non laminated for $20.00. Also, a keychain
for $9.50.
Students are not obligated to purchase a picture. Weather permitting, we will take the picture with the students in the
bleachers out by the track. The gym will be used if the
weather does not cooperate.
PTO News . . . . . . .
The Parent Club is looking to fill one last position. It is ideal for a 7th grade parent who is interested
in being included in their child’s upcoming 8th grade year.
We are looking to fill Last Day Activities Coordinator. Please contact Jennifer Marra if you are interested in the position at 419-346-7986.
Do you hate school supply shopping? Order “SchoolKidz” school supply kits. The order form was
sent home with your child. The kits will be delivered to Timberstone and you can pick them up at the
Wolf Pack Welcome on August 9th.
Parent Organization
Awards Assembly
Our final meeting of the year will
be held on Friday, May 20th at
1:00 p.m. in the teachers' lounge.
Timberstone's annual Awards Assembly will occur
on May 27th around 8:30 am. This is a day for
teachers to honor students for a job well done.
The meeting will open with a short
business segment which will include
the review of the officers for the
2016-2017 school year and the
selection of any open positions.
Awards will be given to students from their individual teachers. A ceremony will be held in the
morning to recognize Pride of the Pack winners
and other student achievements.
We will enjoy a spring luncheon together. If you plan to attend, please
bring a salad or dessert to share. The
Parent Organization will provide
tableware, drinks, and sandwiches.
Many thanks to parents who volunteered their time and talents toward
making this year's Parent Organization a great success!
Parent Leaders
Homework Matrix
Program
Timberstone Homework Matrix program can be
accessed on-line. Go to:
www.sylvaniaschools.org and choose Timberstone
under the “Visit our Schools” tab. Once you are on
the Timberstone page, you will see an option for
Homework Matrix on the left.
Thank you to our Parent Organization leaders who have contributed
greatly to Timberstone over the
past school year. A special thank
you to Jennifer Marra for
providing leadership in her role of
president. Well done!
7th and 8th Grade Cheerleading Tryouts
May 9th at 3:30-5:30 pm in the Cafeteria—There will be a cheerleading clinic. At this clinic
the students will learn the cheers and jumps needed for the cheerleading tryouts.
May 9th—There will be a parent/student meeting at 5:30 pm. If you are interested in trying
out you should attend.
May 11th at 3:30-5:30 pm in the Cafeteria—Clinic Day to practice material with friend and to
ask questions about material taught.
May 12th at 3:30-5:30 pm in the Gym—TRYOUTS
Good Luck to all students involved!!!!
Honor Roll Sundaes
Students who made the Timberstone Honor Roll were treated to sundaes on Friday, April 22nd.
Members of the Timberstone Parent Organization helped us with the scooping honors. Students
make the Honor Roll by achieving at least a 3.5 average or higher for each quarter of the school
year. A list of the Honor Roll students is contained in this Newsletter.
Current 6th Graders— Immunizations-Tdap &
Meningitis Vaccine
Ohio School Vaccination Requirements now include a Tdap (Tetanus, Pertussis, and Diptheria
vaccine) AND Meningitis booster shot for all children entering 7th grade. Please
plan now to make sure that your child is up-to-date!
Parents are encouraged to make an appointment with their child’s doctor, or to visit a Shots 4
Tots immunization clinic. Shots 4 Tots offers 12 monthly clinics around the Lucas County area.
For a complete list of locations, visit lucascountyhealth.com or call the Shots 4 Tots
Hotline at 419-213-4121. To verify that your student received their Tdap
& Meningitis vaccine, a form is attached with this newsletter.
Timberstone Track Team 2016
Coaches: Brian Helminiak, Kelly Heil, Joseph Wendt
Zayyan Ali
Louai Alshawa
Connor Applin
DeAnte Armour
Trent Arvay
Spencer Atkins
Cameron Awls
Jadyn Baldwin
Rico Beans
Jacob Benton
Wes Boeding
Alayna Bollinger
Quinn Clum
Matt Coate
Shayla Coles
Belle Conger
Timothy Creighton
Bryce Crowl
Shayane Abdouni
Austin Dell
Ben Doencke
Brayden Draughon
Hannah Eggenschwiler
Benny Golding
Theodore Gothier
Brennan Green
Jawdat Gurab
Ryah Haidar
Taj Haidar
Tenley Hartford
Haroon Hassan
Eric Hollar
Katelyn Imbrock
Sam Ingham
Nick Johnson
Mathieux Johnston
Liam Julian
Erin King
Tailyn King
Luke Knauf
Kayden Landis
Knickolas Laux
Taylor Legall
Dillin Leininger
Ethan Livingston
Nathan Longsdorf
Bianca Lopez
Jacob Lowe
Kaila Mangham
Roman Marra
Nick Marsalek
Caio Martins
Jacob McCullough
Kailynn McDonald
Kevin McDonald
Charnae Merrell
Kevlito Minor
Noah Moores
Ethan Music
Natalie Nagel
Damon Noltner
David Oberts
Amelia Ohmer
Amaan Omer
Lauren Perry
Mackenzie Perry
Jeremy Reece
Lily Rieman
Julia Robinson
Mo Salameh
Dominick Shadler
Anthony Shadler
Trent Simms
Elaina Smith
Sean Smith
Colin Smith
Mira Smith
Annika Smith
Tyler Spurling
Tyler Summers
Tyler Thompson
Maya Topoleski
Tristen Turkopp
Sydney Walkin
Tim Walsh
Kennedy Warnecke
Abby Williams
John Wolbert
Phoebe Zhu
Madyson Zoltowski
Skylar ZorovichLong
Volleyball Information for next year 2016-2017
Next year 7th and 8th grade
Timberstone volleyball is just around the corner. Cindy McClure and Elena Justice
will be coaching this season. Open gyms for both grades are scheduled to begin the
week of June 20th followed by a 2 week break and resuming on July 11. This
schedule is as follows: Monday’s 6-8pm, Tuesday’s 10 am –noon, Wednesday’s
10 am—noon. The open gyms will run until tryouts which will be held on
August 1st. Open gyms are optional.
The coaches will be at school during lunch on May 20th to get interested girls contact information. If you know that your daughter is interested in playing please
email Cindy at: jbmcclure@bex.net with parent’s name, player’s name, email
address and phone numbers.
We will have a parent/player meeting June 20th at 5:45 pm to answer any
questions.
Power of the Pen
2016 State Competition
We would like to wish the following 7th and 8th graders GOOD LUCK as they write their
hearts out and compete against 350 other 7th and 8th graders from the State of Ohio, at the
Power of the Pen State Competition at Wooster College on Friday, May 27th.
#WeCanWrite
Knickolas Laux
Jessica Molitor
Piper Nicely
Taylor Legall
Honor Roll
3rd Quarter
6th Grade
Chalres Abowd
Amani Abuomar
Duncan Adkins
Deema Alshawa
Molly Altman
Slyane Asah
Arol Augsburger
Jacob Ball
Brayden Barros-King
Charlotte Bauer
Alia Beseiso
Lilia Bishop
Dillon Black
Joshua Bratt
Elise Brown
Dylan Buganski
Jacob Cartwright
Lauren Coate
Macenzie Cordrey
Lucas Curran
Adam Davis
Joshua Dietrich
Bushra Djema
Tyler Dockery
Zachary Draeger
Kade Draughon
Kaden Dusa
Lexus Duszynski
Nicholas Earley
Olivia Ferguson
Adam Fneiche
Makayla Grady
Cooper Grill
Kaden Gust
Maira Hafeez
Connor Helvey
Sydney Hirsch
Adam Hollar
Allison Hood
Mackenzie Hough
Lillian Howe
Benjamin Hulsebus
Colin Huss
Charlotte Ide
Georgio Iliev
Charles Irons
Brooke Johnson
Andrew Jump
Samuel Kalniz
Solim Kim
Elaina King
Samantha Krall
Pawon Kummar
Wadiah Lakatos
Addilyn Lee
Joshua Lewis
Steven Liu
Anna Lowenstein
Evelyn Maloney
Emily Manning
Thomas Marsalek
Mikayla Maziarz
Juliet McArthur
Paul McGowan
James McNerney
Ella Mitchell
Ethan Muns
Jerry Ning
Skylar Nowak
Shana Phillips
Mia Prisby
Jaden Rains
Yara Ramadan
Olivia Ramsdell
Isabella Ramsey
Joelle Rawski
Alexander Retholtz
Ryan Rogers
Ahmead Salameh
Eve Saltzman
Callie Schramm
Rayyan Shah
Mavrik Silvers
Jasjeev Singh
Abigail Smeltzer
Hannah Smith
Ian Smith
Anna Snyder
Cara Soli
Dominic Spallino
Sydney Straka
Terra Sulier
Peter Sung
Skylar Super
Kenan Tas
Madison Taylor
Jonathan Truman
Audrey Tyo
Ashlyn Vaculik
Adishree Verma
Chloe Villa
Kristin Vo
Emma Walkowiak-Gmez
Jin Wong
Andrew Zheng
Samantha Zobrist
Honor Roll
3rd Quarter
7th Grade
Ezzat Abdel Kahlek
Trenton Arvay
Olivia Assenmacher
Rico Beans
Munawar Beseiso
Jaden Bittel
Hailey Blackford
William Bohmer
Isley Brown
Tongyu Cai
Sophia Chan
Scott Chen
Quinton Clum
Alyssa Cruz
Neerja Dave
Olivia DelVerne
Kaleb Demaline
Benjamin Doenecke
Megan Dona
Emma Dukate
Hannah Eggenschwiler
Logan Farschman
Preston Garner
Nathaniel Gore
Thedore Gothier
Ryah Haidar
Taj Haidar
Haroon Hasan
Cole Hennen
Sarah Higginbotham
Paige Howell
Samuel Ingham
Salma Jarouche
Gabriella Johnson
Brenna Kelsey
Hayden Kilgore
Tialyn King
Anna Knauf
Clare Kwiatkowski
Sadie Landis
Knickolas Laux
Tristan Lee
Brooke Leininger
Dawei Liu
Kaitlyn Long
Jacob Lowe
Thomas MacKinnon
Michael Mahoney
Madeline Maloney
Sophia Manzella
Kailynn McDonald
Caleb McNeal
Jenna Melville
Andrew Miller
Audrey Miller
Jessica Molitor
Ethan Music
Piper Nicely
Amaan Omer
Nicolette Owen
Jenna Owens
Grant Pahl
Joshua Pawlicki
Mackenzie Perry
Anthony Pham
Lucas Podolsky
Aaron Puterbaugh
Marissa Ray
Brooklyn Reed
Isabelle Remley
Lily Rieman
Julia Robinson
Elayna Rusgo
Jane Ryan
Tim Salman
Michael Sampson
Jaron Simon
Jenna Simon
Annika Smith
Colin Smith
Mira Smith
Haley Smith
Sean Smith
Alexander Steenrod
Alexandra Sykes
Darrell Taylor
Tyler Thompson
Joanne Tran
Ava Tuschman
Noah Volmerding
Emmalee Voyles
Kennedy Warnecke
Lauren Welt
Abigail Williams
John Wolbert
Kendall Wright
Jamie Wu
Cameron Young
Honor Roll
3rd Quarter
8th Grade
Jennah Aubomar
Kulsoom Ahmad
Zayyan Ali
Jaezene Ambucay
Elizabeth Artino
Nicole Arvanitis
Jadyn Baldwin
Jenine Ball
Ashley Blackford
Alayna Bollinger
Megan Bugert
Hannah Casanova
Dominic Castaldi
Donovan Chambers
Danielle Chopp
Madeline Clum
Isabel Conger
Caroline Cooper
Amanda Cross
Logan Danzeisen
Supriya Dhar
Amy Dong
Casey Drake
Leah Elzeeb
Dennis Filatoff
Jacob Fisher
Jessica Fisher
Megan Galambos
Catherine Gebers
Daniel Gehling
Benjamin Golding
Lindy Griesinger
Alexa Gudelman
Mackenzie Hamill
Tenley Hartford
Abigail Heisler
Samantha Hirsch
Marilla Hulls
Isabelle Huss
Caroline Ide
Katelyn Imbrock
Ross Imbrock
Henna Jarouche
Caleb Jerdon
Josiah Kalita
Abigail Kalniz
Alexa Kessler
Abby Kim
William King
Andrew Klepek
Taylor Legall
Ethan Livingston
Lydia Loch
Gabrielle Lowenstein
Carlee Mack
Robert MacKinnon
Michael Mancy
Kaila Mangham
Jordyn Maroszek
Roman Marra
Nicholas Marsalek
Kendal Marshall
Pauline Martinez-Hernandez
Caio Martins
Madelyn McArthur
Hannah Mehno
Michael Melville
Keelan Mills
Dylan Moores
Natalie Nagel
Brendan Newsom
Damon Noltner
Caitlin O’Shea
Haley Oslakovic
Kimberly Parsons
Sawyer Perry
Spencer Poczekaj
Madison Powers
Audrey Prisby
Owen Robinson
Nicholas Rogenski
Emma Rummell
Lexi Salley
Rena Salman
Carter Sangdahl
Samuel Shafransky
Nirmiti Shah
Rebekah Shelton
Vedika Singhania
Andrew Smeltzer
Elaina Smith
Mullin Smith
Alexander Snyder
Mikayla Szirony
Nathan Taylor
Grace Tefft
Maya Topoleski
Abigail Truman
Jonathon Truong
Tristen Turkopp
Timothy Walsh
Kenneth Zhang
Phoebe Zhu
Madyson Zoltowski
Summer Zubkoff
Paws Award
April Recipients
Congratulations to these students for their positive contributes that
they have made to Timberstone Junior High School.
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
Molly Altman
Yousef Abdel Khaleq
Joey Biddle
Slyane Asah
Trent Arvay
Hannah Casanova
Adrian Barror
Munawar Beseiso
Madeline Clum
Brayden Barros-King
Cole Blaze
Lindy Griesinger
Alia Beseiso
Kaleb Demaline
Kyle Jones
Lilia Bishop
Olivia DelVerne
Madison Lumm
Anya Davidson
Megan Dona
Nick Marsalek
Abdulrahman Eissa
Paige Howell
Michael Melville
Alia Eissa
Lidiya Hough
Natalie Nagel
Maira Hafeez
Salma Jarouche
Mary Sullivan
Connor Helvey
Nick Johnson
Charlotte Ide
Nicki Owen
Brooke Johnson
Jordin Rawski
Andrew Jump
Lily Rieman
Elaina King
Colin Smith
Pawon Kummar
Joanne Tran
Addilyn Lee
Kendall Wright
Emily Manning
Ella Mitchell
Hannah Smith
Cara Soli
Madison Taylor
Emma Walkowiak
Qualification Criteria for Timberstone Awards
Quarter Honor Roll – Grades 6, 7, 8
Quarter Honor Roll is for students who have maintained a 3.5 GPA or above; having no failures.
Awards and Criteria for “Awards Night”
Grade 8
Advanced Achievement Award is for students who have earned all A’s in each of their classes for
the first three quarters of the school year.
President’s Awards for Educational Excellence is to recognize academic success in the classroom.
The selection criteria are two fold:
1. Students are to earn a grade of all A’s in each class of their 6 th, 7th, and 8th grade years or for nice
consecutive trimesters/quarters (6th, 7th, plus 3 quarters in their 8th grade years). Effective for 20152016 school year the criteria will change and require students to achieve all A’s in each of their 6 th, 7th
and first 3 quarters of their 8th grade years.
2. Advanced achievement on standardized test(s) or teacher recommendation for outstanding
achievement
Timberstone’s Pride of the Pack Award is awarded to students who meet high standards of personal
conduct and maintain ethics of care, respect and responsibility.
Archie Griffin Award developed by the Ohio High School Athletic Association is awarded to the
student who displays sportsmanship, ethics, and integrity. Students are nominated by coaches and
physical education staff; however nominees do not have to be involved in sports programs to be
nominated.
Grade 7
Advanced Achievement Award is for students who have earned all A’s in each of their classes for
the first three quarters of the school year.
Grade 6
Advanced Achievement Award is for students who have earned all A’s in each of their classes for
the first three quarters of the school year.
DynaCal Directions . . . . . . .
Sylvania Schools has subscribed to a WEB based calendar program called My DynaCal. We have
converted our school calendar over to My DynaCal, so we can keep you updated on our school
activities and athletic events. Please follow the instructions below to subscribe to My DynaCal.
Our monthly newsletters will be posted to this calendar as well as the daily announcements. We
believe you will find this calendar program a useful tool in keeping up with the events at
Timberstone!
Go to: www.dynacal.com/sylvania
1. Click on the My DynaCal link (left navigation panel)
2. Enter email and password
3. Choose “Add New Calendar”
4. Give the calendar a name (i.e. Johnny’s Band Events)
5. Select the categories of events that you would like to view on this calendar
6. Once you select the categories you wish to view in this customized view click on “Save”.
You can create as many different calendars as you wish, by repeating steps 4 through 7,
listed above. Once your calendar views are created, you can choose to be notified via
email or text message in case of changes to events in your selected categories.
The notifications will be automatically generated once the event is cancelled, postponed, or
rescheduled. The notifications can reach you via email or mobile phone messages.
1. From the My DynaCal screen set your preferences for Alerts for each calendar view.
2. Choose the option of when you would like to be notified as changes are posted to the system a
certain number of days prior to the events’ date
3. If you choose to receive Text Alerts you will need to enter your mobile phone number and the
mobile carrier.
Observations:
Be sure to set your email spam filter to receive emails from DynaCal.com Mobile carrier charges
may apply for text message alerts. Be sure to verify your text message options and rates on your
mobile plan.
7th Grade Students Selected for Tech Trek at BGSU
Five bright 7th grade science students have been selected to attend the Tech Trek camp at BGSU
this summer in July 17-23, 2016. This program gives young women the opportunity to develop
their skills and further their interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) related fields. They will participate in hands-on and interactive classes throughout the
week while living in the dorms on the campus of BGSU. These young ladies were first nominated by their science teachers, Mrs. Lynn Nedrow and Mrs. Jennifer McDonald. Then they had to
complete an extensive application process which included writing an essay and being interviewed.
We are pleased to congratulate the following Timberstone 7th grade young women scientists for
being selected from a competitive field of applicants: Paige Howell, Jessica Molitor,
Nicki Owen, Mackenzie Perry and Lily Rieman
Student Council News . . . . . . .
The end is near—don’t forget to send in your box tops, pop tabs, Tyson food labels, and Campbell’s soup labels before the school year is out! Then make sure you keep saving them over the
summer for a big collection come fall.
We will be doing the POP Tab challenge again next year to benefit the Ronald McDonald
House, please save those tabs throughout the summer for this great cause!
Mrs. Nelson would like to thank her 2015-2016 Student Council Reps for their leadership and
help this year. These students did a great job helping out and stepping up!
Box Tops
We encourage you to save box tops from General Mills and Tyson Frozen Food products. We get
10 cents for every box top. We are planning one more collection on MAY 27th—please send
them in with your student! We also ask that you please continue to save them throughout the
summer. The money raised from Box Tops has helped Student Council purchase: Prizes for Box
Top Competitions, 1/2 cart of Chrome Books, a book laminating machine for the library, mouse
devices and headphones for use with the Chrome Books, water for testing, supplies for the our
“We Beat the Winter Blues” Day, and costs incurred with the Make –A-Wish Fundraiser.
Below are the items we will accept during a box top collection:
All Box Top Labels and bonus box top slips.
Tyson A+ frozen labels
Pop Tabs-(these will be dropped off at Ronald McDonald House at the end of the school year)
Campbell Soup labels-(these are given to the gym department for the purchase of new equipment)
Friends of the Lathrop House . . . . . .
April 9, 2016
Mr. Bader received the following letter from the Lathrop House:
On behalf of the Friends of the Lathrop House, I would to congratulate your student, Mia
Prisby, as a runner-up in the Grade 5-6 division of the Underground Railroad Essay Contest. Mia will be honored at a reception on May 3, 2016 at Wildwood Manor House at 6:45
pm. We look forward to honoring Mia.
Janice Scovic,
Secretary
DISTRICT NEWS
May 2016
2016-2017 School Calendar
The first day of school next fall will be August 16 (grades 1-6 and grade 9), August 17 (grades 7-8 and
10-12), and kindergarten will begin staggered starts, August 18, 19 and 22. The winter break is
December 22 – January 3. Spring break will take place April 14 – April 21. A full one page calendar
is available from the school offices or online at www.sylvaniaschools.org.
Late starts for the 2016-17 school year have been set as follows: September 22, October 25,
December 7, January 26, February 15, March 14 and May 18. Orientation Dates have been set for August. Photos will be taken and classroom and bus schedules will be provided at orientation.
Summer School for High School and Incoming Freshmen
Any Sylvania high school student, who needs to makeup credits or wishes to take selected courses for
credit, is eligible to sign up for summer school. Current 8th grade students can take credit recovery classes or gym. Brochures are available in the guidance offices for classes in physical education, health,
math, science, English and social studies courses. Two sessions will be held this summer at McCord
Junior High School:
Session One: June 6 – June 23
Session Two: July 5* - July 22
Class times are 8:00 am - 1:00 pm, Monday – Thursday. *Note that the first week of second session will
meet Tuesday – Friday due to the holiday. Please check with your school counselors to be certain that
you are enrolling in the course needed to receive the proper credit for credit recovery classes.
www.sylvaniaschools.org
LAST CALL: Nominations for Educators of the Year for 2016
Do you know a deserving teacher, administrator or support person working with your child in the
schools? Nominations are available from the school office or online at www.sylvaniaschools.org. Please
send your nominations to the Communications Office, (4747 N. Holland Sylvania Road) or call 419-824
-8553 for more information by May 6.
New Vaccine: Meningococcal Vaccine
Beginning with the start of the 2016-2017 school year, all students entering the 7th and 12th grade are
required to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease.
7th Grade: One (1) dose of meningococcal (and Tdap) vaccine is required prior to entry into 7th grade.
12th Grade: Booster dose of meningitis vaccine, unless the first dose was given after the child’s 16th
birthday
E-Flyers
Remember to check for flyers for activities and events on the District website. You can access flyers for
all schools under the parent tab or go to your child’s school and access the e-flyer page for your particular school. Please check the e-flyer page often as new flyers and exciting programs and opportunities for
students are uploaded daily. www.sylvaniaschools.org
Coming Events
Sylvania Community Orchestra will perform a free spring concert on May 15 at 4:00 pm at the
Franciscan Center at Lourdes University.
Memorial Day Parade on May30 in downtown Sylvania
Maple & Main Arts Festival on June 11-12 featuring over 100 area artists, music and food sponsored by the Sylvania Community Arts Commission. www.sylvaniaarts.org
News You Can Use
National Teacher Appreciation Week. The week of May 2 - 6 is Teacher Appreciation Week, with
May 3 designated as National Teacher Day.
Life Saving Help. The American Red Cross offers training classes as well as a first aid mobile app
which puts lifesaving information at your fingertips. www.redcross.org
Cyberbullying. The U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services developed a
Web site that contains a wealth of information to help schools and families deal with bullying.
www.stopbullying.gov
Calculate Potential Student Loan Debt. This Web site provides families with tools to help figure
out financial assistance and financial aid offers for students/families to determine college costs.
www.consumerfinance.gov/payingforcollege
For the Kids
College Planning? Navigating through the college planning and application process can be an
overwhelming and difficult experience. The College Board has put together a free step-by-step
guide for prospective students. www.bigfuture.org. A new federal resource also helps students/
parents find the right fit. www.whitehouse.gov/scorecard
Summer Camps and Programs. Below are a few of the many that are available for students of all
ages:
The Challenger Learning Center is offering camps for students entering grades K-12 in rocketry,
robotics, micronauts, and more. Call 419-245-4150 or go online to: www.esclakeeriewest.org/
challenger-learning-center
SAJRD. The Sylvania Area Joint Recreation District offers a series of summer camps, programs
and activities for children. www.playsylvania.com
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Coming Events
May 6
Sylvania Schools Parent Organization (SSPO) Meeting
12:00 pm, Bradley J. Rieger Administrative Offices
May 9
Board of Education Work Session
5:00 pm, Bradley J. Rieger Administrative Offices
May 23
Board of Education Meeting
7:00 pm, Southview
May 27
Last Day of School for Students
May 30
Memorial Day / Sylvania Parade
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