Superintendent s Weekly Newsletter

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1 Volume 1 Issue 13 February 3, 2017 Superintendent s Weekly Newsletter Remember that we will be using February 20 th, President s Day as a snow make-up day Boys Varsity Basketball Brings Home the Conference Title The Meadow Heights Varsity boys basketball team brought home a second consecutive conference win Thursday evening by defeating the Zalma Bulldogs in the Championship Playoff Game. Monday evening, during the first game of Round Robin play, the Panthers triumphed over the Leopold Wildcats Tuesday evening, they enjoyed a victory over the Marquand-Zion Tigers The boys resume play at home on Tuesday night vs. the Oak Ridge Blue Jays. With a win, the Panthers will own the Conference Regular Season Championship out-right. The Junior Varsity game starts at 6:00 p.m. followed by Varsity play. Remember to join us and come out to support our Panthers!

2 2 Panthers of the Week Abi Bristow is the Lady Panther Player of the Week. She drained 5 three pointers to aid us in our victory over Delta Monday night! Austin Gruenke is the Panther Player of the Week. Austin ramped up his game dramatically during a highly emotional and competitive Conference Tournament Championship Game. Austin s leadership and cool-manner on the floor helped guide the Panthers to victory! The Books Are Here!!! Once again the Scholastic Book Fair paid off for Meadow Heights students. With the proceeds from the last Book Fair we were able to buy over 70 new books for the library! Second graders were excited to be present when the boxes were unpacked and they got to view the new titles. Students were excited to see books in the popular series from Geronimo Stilton Cavemice, Creepella Von Cacklefur, Spacemice, as well as Owl Diaries, Notebook of Doom and Kung Pow Chicken. Non-fiction titles include books about red foxes, Canadian geese, sea horses, bald eagles, butterflies, electricity, and technology. A huge thanks to everyone that contributed in making this happen!

3 3 January Students of the Month: Addison Shrum, Jaylen Mayfield, Harper Miller, Jacob Bollinger, Elizabeth Hanners, Cathryne Wiggans, Ray Popeney, Madison Bess, Amber Meyer, Andrea Welker, Matthew Yamnitz, Tim Allen, Abbey Holley Not Pictured: Brecken Johnson and Allie Ennis TEACHER OF THE MONTH: MRS. AMY COOK What s Happening in the Elementary Students in Mrs. Borgfield s First Grade class just completed comparing our new president, Donald Trump, to Abraham Lincoln.

4 4 Fifth grade Science recently completed a unit on the Solar System. Works of Art! Featured artists are from Mrs. Besher s Functional Art and Art II classes. Pictured from Left to Right are Devon Wilfong and Harley Turner

5 Pictured from left to right arekali Proffer, Victoria Vuichard, Laura Grubbs and Bobbi Johahn and below is Brayden Johnson 5

6 6 Elementary Students See Success at Math Contests It has been a busy, yet successful week for Meadow Heights 5th and 6th grade students participating in mathematics competitions at SEMO and online with Sumdog contests. On Saturday, January 28th, 14 students from 5th and 6th grade competed at the MCTM Elementary Qualifying Math Competition at Southeast Missouri State University. 7 of those students advanced to Regional contest to be held on April 1. The math competition consists of 4 different tests. The first exam assesses number sense and consists of 80 mental math questions that must be solved in 10 minutes. The second test presents 30 multiple choice questions. The third exam is a target test where students are given 6 minutes to answer 2 questions. The final challenge is a team test where students work in groups of 3 or 4 to answer 10 questions. 5th graders advancing to the Regional competition are: Rachael Hellebusch, Rylee Shelton, Taylor Jones, Lori Kent. 6th graders advancing are: Morgan Lincoln, Beth Foltz, and Miranda Green. Morgan Lincoln tied for 5th place in the number sense test for 6th grade. Rachael Hellebusch was placed 1 st in the number sense test for 5th grade and 5th place overall for all 5th grade students. Beth Foltz was placed 1st in the sprint test for 6th grade and 5th place overall for all 6th graders. This week was also a Southeast Missouri Online Sumdog Math Contest. During the week, students logged on to their account to answer math questions based on their skill level. The site promotes mental math computation and fact fluency. 5th Grader Hannah Strothmann competed in the contest during her free time at home and answered 924 questions correct out of She placed 3rd overall out of 772 students. Pictured are the SEMO contest participants with their ribbons. From left to right front row: Beth Foltz, Miranda Green, Katrina Seabaugh, Lori Kent, Halli Bollinger and Bella Foltz. Back row left to right: Cooper Cagle, Alissa Jones, Rachael Hellebusch, Rylee Shelton, Garrett Barks, Morgan Lincoln and Taylor Jones. Not pictured is Kaden Cook.

7 7 FCCLA Excellence Earlier this week Mrs. Golden took a group of FCCLA students to compete in the annual STAR Events competition at SEMO. STAR stands for Students Taking Action with Recognition. All of the FCCLA students who competed donated their time and efforts to make either the school, community, or club better. Madison Ward competed in the senior division of Focus on the Child, Makayla Smith and Taylor Cook competed in the junior division of Focus on the Child, Maggie McCall and Zac Swisher competed in the senior division of Chapter Service Project, Bonnie Hanners and Madison Stevens competed in the junior division of Chapter Service Project, Alex Thompson, Jacyee Whitener, and Luaren Manning competed in Chapter in Review, and Hope Dietiker and Tierney Toombs competed in in Nations Programs in Action. Mrs. Golden is pleased to announce that her chapter walked away with nine medals, receiving two gold and seven top gold awards! They will now be moving on to compete at the state level in March. Wish them luck! Pictured from left to right are Alex Thompson, Lauren Manning, Bonnie Hanners, Jaycee Whitener, Makayla Smith, Hope Dietiker, Tierney Toombs, Taylor Cook and Madison Stevens. Important Dates: February 4 February 4 February 6 February 7 February 8 February 10 February 13 February 16 February 16 February 17 MH Elementary Tourney Here Elem Girls BB 4-8:00 and 6-9:30 GBB vs. Chaffee Home at 6:00 BBB vs. Oak Ridge at 6:00 Scott City at 6:00 BBB at Saxony at 6:00 GBB Senior Night at Home against Bismark 6:00 BBB Senior Night at Home against St. Vincent 6:00 Family Reading Night 4:00-6:00 PD Day-No School for Students