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Brookville High School
1 Blue Pride Drive
Brookville, OH 45309
937-833-6761
937-833-6302
Principal
Mr. Christopher Bronner
Asst. Principal
Mrs. Lynne Sayre-NIckell
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Brookville Intermediate School
2 Blue Pride Drive
Brookville, OH 45309
937-833-6731
937-833-6756
Principal
Mr. Erin Wheat
Asst. Principal
Mrs. Lynne Sayre-Nickell
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March Rotary Honorees
Senior Aleina Wells
Sophomore Kenton Osswald
BHS Math Teacher
Scott Broerman
You can read about the honorees on our website
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Brookville Elementary School
3 Blue Pride Drive
Brookville, OH 45309
937-833-6796
937-833-5354
Principal
Mrs. Stephanie Hinds
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Board of Education Offices
75 June Place
Brookville, OH 45309
937-833-2181
937-833-2787 - Fax
Superintendent
Timothy L. Hopkins
Treasurer
Mrs. Tiffany Hiser
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The Mission of Brookville Local Schools is to challenge, prepare, and support all students to realize their full potential.
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President
Scott Rutherford
Vice President
Judy Hoover
Members
John Gordon
Joe Mellon
Rick Phillips
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High School
9:50 a.m. - 2:35 p.m.
Intermediate School
9:50 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Elementary School
Grades K-3
11:00 a.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Preschool
AM 11:00 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.
PM 1:40 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Lessons from the Holocaust
8th Grade Language Arts Students Given Opportunity...
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Mrs. Angela McSurley's Eighth grade students just finished reading "The Diary of Anne Frank" and are beginning to learn about the Holocaust. To capture their interest, students had the opportunity on Friday, March 10, to listen to Mr. Felix Weil, a Dayton resident who escaped the
Holocaust on the Kindertransport when he was eleven. Unfortunately, Mr. Weil's sister and parents were not able to escape, and were killed in a concentration camp years later. Mr. Weil shared his experiences of facing discrimination for being Jewish in Nazi Germany. Mrs. McSurley commented
that, "students were deeply impacted by his first hand account, as evident by our class discussions that follo
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 Several BIS eighth graders had the opportunity to write letters on behalf of their classmates, thanking Mr. Weil for sharing his experience. Because of this experience, students will have a unique connection when visiting the Holocaust Memorial Museum during their eighth grade class trip at the end of March. They will certainly visit the museum with a new authentic knowledge of the events from this era.
Students will continue to explore the propaganda and discrimination that leads up to the persecution of a group of people, sometimes resulting in genocide. Upon the return from Washington DC, both eighth grade language Arts classes will use a project based learning experience to further explore the Holocaust and how it remains relevant globally.
Mrs. McSurley gives specific thanks to Lisa Byrne for connecting her classes to Mr. Weil. This is a great example of when learning comes to life. You can view additional photos on our website here.
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Superintendent's Corner
Shining a Light on Blue Devil Positives
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While newscast and stories about what is happening in our society and schools typically reflect the negative, the last couple of weeks at Brookville Schools have held many positive experiences. Children, teachers and parents are involved in activities that are productive and promote our common goal of supporting children to reach their full potential. In this article we choose to see the many good things that are happening in our schools. Take a moment to read the thumbnail sketch of just a few of these activities.
NHS Students Sponsor Feed Brookville:
 A cornerstone of the National Honor Society is service to others. On Saturday, March 4 the BHS Chapter of NHS gathered for this picture while preparing and serving food at Feed Brookville, a faith based Saturday lunch program for community residents hosted at the school district's administrative building. The students provided, helped to prepare and served the meal to families in need and elderly residents. The group is under the direction of high school teacher Mrs. Ross.
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Literacy Night at BES:
 Numerous groups that include the local preschools, Head Start, high school students, kindergarten teachers and other elementary staff came together under the direction of elementary principal Mrs. Hinds to hold the annual Literacy Night, Tuesday March 7. The theme was "Curious George". Students who will be entering kindergarten, head start and preschool units are invited on this special night. They enjoyed a pizza dinner and tons of fun activities around the joys of learning to read. Parents picked up some ideas on preparing their children to be ready for school next fall and the children spent time beginning to feel the joy of learning. You can watch a short video from one of the activities on our YouTube channel
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Teacher Appreciation Dinner:
 A variety of individuals who have mentored and taught students over the years were honored at a special banquet hosted by our National Honor Society. At this banquet, held March 8, all senior NHS members are invited to host a guest teacher or mentor who has been special in their life. Hearing the seniors speak specifically as to how these teachers have influenced them is truly one of the most uplifting evenings of the school year.
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Boys Basketball Tourney Run:
 Academic success in the classroom will always be our top priority. However, we recognize the benefits of participation in extracurricular activities. It is awesome when our student body comes together during the successful run of an athletic team. That was never more evident than during the fantastic tournament run of our 21-4 boys' basketball team. The day of the district final, March 9, students participated in a pep rally, our very own senior Monica Impson sang the National Anthem on the floor of UD Arena and the team, under head coach Jeff Davidson, represented us well in the last game of their record setting season. Kudos also to the community who showed up large and loud for every game!!
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FFA Banquet and Awards
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 March 11, was the Annual FFA Banquet and Awards Ceremony. Once again the many attributes of participation in a club or sport was on display. Leadership, teamwork and achievement were all front and center as our FFA students put on a tremendous program. Adviser, Mr. Nick Wright, had to be full of pride watching the members of his organization present themselves in stellar fashion. You can view a gallery of photos from the evening on our website
here.
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We invite you to take a moment to watch the video which highlights some of the exciting things that are coming up in the next few weeks at Brookville Local Schools.
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BHS Students Do Well in Writing Contest
Submissions to the Drug-Free Coalition are Winners
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The Montgomery County Drug-Free Coalition recently announced winners of the 2017 Poster and Poetry Contest. The contest chairman was Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer. Students were asked to submit either poems or posters that emphasized the Coalition's core mission of creating a drug-free society. All together well over 100 students from across Montgomery County submitted poetry and artwork.
In the Poetry Category for grades 9-12, Brookville High School had the first runner-up in Chelsey Shellabarger and the the second runner-up in Jasmine Ravenscraft. Both young ladies are sophomores in Mr. Robert Hope's English II class. The class discussed, studied and researched the given topic. Then, interested students began to work on their entries.
Chelsey and Jasmine both attended the awards presentation March 15 at the K12 Gallery & TEJAS in Dayton. Both received cash prizes for their winning work. We congratulate them and Mr. Hope for representing BHS so well. You can view their poems and the video of them reading the poems at the awards program on our YouTube channel here.
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Get Your Groove On
1st and 2nd Graders Dance Their Way Into Each Day
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First and second graders in Mrs. Chrissy Shore's room have added a little motivation to their mornings. Acting on a tip picked up on another teacher's social media site, Mrs. Shore introduced the idea of her students starting each day with a dance. Mrs. Shore said, "my class typically dances for about 5 minutes in the morning to get our day started off on a positive note. Once I saw the video, I knew that I had to incorporate this into our day." She went on to add that, "the kids love it and look forward to doing it every morning." The original song includes the school mascot which of course became the devils in Mrs. Shore's room.
For years we have seen manufacturing plants and retail stores who start their employees day with a brief exercise routine. Our own elementary has used Action Based Learning to incorporate movement into learning. This is a great way to get the blood flowing as a start to a good day. Beyond all of that, who can argue that as seen in this video Mrs. Shore has a really cute group of dancers!!
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We would like to introduce you to Mr. Nick Wright, one of our teachers at BHS. The Staff Spotlight is a regular feature in the Blue Connector and is designed to assist you in getting to know our teachers and staff. Please take a moment to learn a little bit about Mr. Wright and what he does at BHS.
Where is your hometown?
Brookville, Ohio
Where do you live now?
I live in West Alexandria, Ohio.
How many years have you been a teacher?
This is my first year teaching.
How many years have you taught at Brookville?
This is my first year at Brookville.
What is your position in the school district?
I am the Vocational Agriculture Instructor.
Tell us about your family and hobbies outside of teaching?
I married the love of my life, Cassie, this past August and we bought our first farm about a year ago. We raise brood cows, farm hay and sell freezer beef. We enjoy working around the farm and going camping.
What is your favorite thing about working in Brookville?
I love being able to come home to teach. This community is so supportive and I BLEED BLUE! I have spent my whole life in this town and I owe a lot to this school and past teachers (current colleagues) for the person I am today!
How do you spend June and July?
My summer = hay season!
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Brookville Schools are proud of our series "Where Are They Now", which features profiles of past Brookville High School graduates. These graduates have responded to brief questions concerning their education or training after high school, their current occupation and their words of wisdom to the students in our buildings.
Our current profile is of Marin (Gilbert) Ruffing, a 2003 graduate. Please take a moment to view this latest profile
here. You can also view our past profiles on our
website.
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Spring Musical at BHS
Meet Me In St. Louis
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The BHS Fine Arts Department is proud to present it's spring musical production,
Meet Me In St. Louis. The production will run from March 23rd through March 27, 2017. You can see the playbill which contains ticket information on our website
here.
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2017 Boys' Basketball Team
With a record 21 wins against only 4 losses, a sectional championship and district runner up trophy this group of young men and their coaches had a great experience. Throughout the season and the tournament they represented Brookville well. We are proud of their accomplishments!!
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Marta Embs and Jackson Selby, 2nd graders
Marta and Jackson are second graders who submitted entries in the Dayton Society of Professional Engineers coloring contest. Three finalist were selected from our region to move forward to the state level contest. As regional winners they will receive prizes and be eligible for more prizes in the state competition! This is part of the
Imagine Engineering
initiative. Congratulations to these to winners from Brookville Elementary and good luck moving forward. You can read the previous article about this initiative being introduced to our elementary students here
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Ms. Beth Young
Ms. Young, our elementary library media specialist, conducting our recent 'Right to Read Week". The week included many events related to sharing the joy of reading. Focus was put on the genres of literature with an example of each. Fiction, Nonfiction, Tall Tales, Poetry and Fairy Tales were all highlighted. Drop everything and read took place for 15 minutes each morning. Ms. Young puts much time and effort into making this a memorable week for our elementary students. Thank You!!
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