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Wright Brothers Band Concert
Monticello Sixth Grade Band Concert
End of Second Quarter
Winter Break/ 
No School
Dec 19-Jan 2
District Spelling Bee 
Jan 7
Board of Education Meeting
Jan 8
Preschool Parent Engagement - Bowling 
Jan 23
SOAR Family Engagement - Games Night 
Jan 29
Two-Hour Early Dismissal 
Jan 30
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December 15, 2014
To our Supporters,

Welcome to The Warrior Pride, the e-newsletter for Huber Heights City Schools! Every month we will send out news and upcoming events to keep our community informed about our schools and to support the Community Engagement pillar of our strategic plan. Thank you for joining us and supporting our students!

Huber Heights City Schools
District welcomes more than 200 guests to the 43rd Annual Senior Dinner

 

 More than 200 guests joined us for our 43rd Annual Senior Dinner this year. Open to every senior citizen who lives in the district, the event combines student entertainment with a delicious turkey dinner to thank our senior citizens for everything they do to support our schools. This year, National Junior Honor Society students helped serve, students Evin Jeter-Hunter and Raeanne Richard read "'Twas the Night before Christmas," the Wayne High School Choraliers sang, and ROTC students led the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

We are very proud of this tradition and the opportunity to share our students' talent with our special guests. Special thanks are also due to all of the local businesses, organizations, and volunteers who helped make this evening a success!

 

Wayne High School


P
roject Lead the Way puts Wayne students at the forefront of high-tech careers

Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is a national nonprofit organization developed to help schools give students the knowledge they need to excel in high-tech fields. PLTW is a four-year program for students interested in STEM careers. The curriculum prepares students to be competent employees in the technical fields. Wayne offers students the engineering program and the biomedical program. Rigorous but fun, the classes give Wayne students a chance to earn college credit while being at the forefront of new careers. Our PLTW students have hosted Robotics competitions and won awards thro

ugh this program.  

 

 

       

Wayne shares its thanks with the community for their support

 

Thousands of faithful Wayne Warrior supporters were in attendance to see our football team compete for the Division I State Championship. The Warriors cannot thank our community enough for their support and belief in our efforts! In addition, we wish to congratulate Coach Minton in his 200th win, which was accomplished in the game against Dublin Coffman. Pictured here is Robert Landers holding the state runner-up trophy on December 6, 2014, in the "Shoe" at OSU. Way to go, Warriors!

 

 
Weisenborn Junior High
Students who demonstrated improvement last month recognized
in the Hard Work Cafe

Students who earned the Hard Work Cafe award for the month were recently recognized for their efforts with lunch. The Hard Work Cafe recognizes students who have shown improvement in grades and/or effort, submitted outstanding reports or projects, demonstrated improvement in behavior, or exemplified positive conduct (such as respect, kindness, and positive decision-making). At the end of the month, the staff lounge is transformed into a student-centered VIP room to honor these students.

   
Students illustrate first homes for Thanksgiving project
 

For their Thanksgiving Day social studies project, students from Mrs. Raab's class visualized what early homes were like by building, designing, and coloring a living space from the Pilgrim era. 

 

 

Valley Forge Elementary
Patriot Ambassadors serve as role models for entire school
 

Valley Forge Elementary School Counselor Mrs. Murray has started a program to teach students how to be Patriot Ambassadors. Designed for fifth and sixth graders, the program focuses on stamping out bullying on the playground, helping at lunch with kindergarten and first grades, being a peer buddy for new students, and serving as greeters and ushers at Valley Forge's schoolwide events. Mr. Sussman is very proud of this new program and seeing the students shine and be positive role models for the younger students. An excellent program for students, Patriot Ambassadors also complements the Huber Heights City Schools Strategic Plan for School Climate and Community Engagement.

 

Charles H. Huber Elementary

Young spellers shine during Charles Huber spelling bee

On December 2, the school was abuzz with the the Charles Huber Spelling Bee. Two students per classroom in grades three through sixth participated, for a total of 30 contestants. Please join us in congratulating these proud spellers, along with the three winners: 

  • First: Selena Pugh
  • Second: Aubrey Harrington
  • Third: Caeden Hannigan

Selena and Aubrey will participate in the District Spelling Bee on January 7. Caeden is the alternate for Charles Huber.   

 

Special thanks go to our judges, Erika Schwartz, Lynn Becker, and Rachael Simpson; our pronouncer, Tammy Helton; and our coordinator, Julie Koepp. 

 

 


Students organize food drive to help St. Peter Food Pantry

Charles H. Huber Student Council members organized a food drive during the week of November 17 to provide much-needed items to the St. Peter Food Pantry. The students and staff were pleasantly overwhelmed by the generous donations that were provided by their Charles H. Huber families.


  
Breakfast with Santa welcomes students, families

Breakfast with Santa was a big hit with Charles H. Huber families last Saturday! Students had a chance to enjoy breakfast with their families and have their picture taken with Santa!

   

    
Monticello Elementary
Monticello rings in the holiday season with an evening of songs

 Monticello Elementary School celebrated the upcoming holidays with an evening of singing. On December 11, first and second graders performed three songs separately and then combined for one final song together. The Monticello choir, led by music teacher Mr. Hamm and consisting of students in grades four through six, also performed that evening. The choir sang seven songs from the program "Crazy Carols" by Sally Albrecht. Monticello also looks forward to the sixth grade band's holiday performance on
December 16.
 
 

      

 

 

Rushmore Elementary
Rushmore Spelling Bee winners present tough competition

Rushmore Elementary School held its annual Spelling Bee on December 4. Thirty-two students representing third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade participated in the Bee. Judges included South Community Therapist Mrs. Allison Doll, Instructional Coach Mrs. Shanon Vance, and School Psychologist Ms. Jennifer Taylor. Mrs. Dawn Pelishek was the Spelling Bee Pronouncer. Congratulations to Alexis Walborn and Breanna Bailey. Alexis was the Spelling Bee Champion, while Breanna was the Runner-up. Alexis and Breanna will represent Rushmore in the District Bee in January.   

 

"All of the students worked very hard to prepare for our Bee and did an outstanding job representing their classes.  I am very proud of all of them," said Mrs. Molfenter, principal.

 

 

Wright Brothers Elementary


Wrigh
t Brothers Food Drive challenges students to add feathers to Albuquerque Turkey

The students at Wright Brothers are in the giving mood! Student Council challenged the school to help Albuquerque Turkey gain feathers. For every 10 non-perishable food items or toiletries brought in for the Huber Heights Food Pantry, Albuquerque would earn a feather. In all, Albuquerque ended up with 75 feathers, for a grand total of 750 items donated. Way to go Wright Brothers! Also, a big thanks goes out to R.J. Mukes for his design of Albuquerque.

 

 

Studebaker
Santa Shop allows preschoolers to shop for their families

Last week, students were able purchase gifts for family members at the Studebaker Santa Shop. The Studebaker PTO parents supplied the items for purchasing and volunteered to run the Santa Shop. 

 

Preschool teachers and paraprofessionals also worked their magic to schedule a special visit from Santa Claus! Students had a chance to have their pictures taken with Santa!

 

Preschool students are also busy incorporating art, fine motor, social skills, and science to make their own gifts for their families. Students are using crayons, tissue paper, glue, tongue depressors, paint, and felt to create beautiful products to take home.

 

Preschool promotes literacy at home with book order program

To help promote literacy at home, the preschool teachers invited parents to purchase books via Scholastic books. More than $300 dollars in books were ordered between the six classrooms. Teachers will continue to send home Scholastic order forms monthly.

 

Invention Convention, magazine submissions, and more in the future for busy SOAR students

Several high-profile and creative activities are in the works for students in the SOAR Program, the district's gifted program for grades 2-6. Coming up: Invention Convention, Creative Kids Magazine, and Service Caring.

 

Students are busy gearing up for the district Invention Convention. Invention Convention is all about student inventions. Last year, nine of the 200 total participants from the Southwest Ohio Region were Huber Heights City Schools students! We have had numerous winners in the past, including two students who landed a spot on the Ellen DeGeneres Show for their dog washing invention. In addition to gaining skills related to creativity, problem solving, and collaboration, students earn college scholarships for their creations.

 

Students are also preparing submissions for Creative Kids Magazine. Last year Jace Kelley, then a fourth grader at Monticello, had his photograph published in Creative Kids Magazine. In his words, "Creative Kids Magazine is a magazine for creative kids featuring content submitted by other kids. Some examples of items that can be submitted are photographs, stories, drawings, or poetry."

 

SOAR teachers Mrs. Ashcraft and Mrs. Wilson will also give their students the opportunity to participate in a Service Caring project. One of the activities is a marathon for 4 Paws for Charity. A guest speaker from 4 Paws will visit the classes in January.

 

Did You Know?
We are preparing our students for the top-level industries of the future. Our academic offerings include:
  • Biomedical
  • Pre-engineering
  • Robotics
  • Technology