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Runnels Weekly E-Newsletter
from Head of School Marcia Mackay
Dear Runnels Family,
In this week's Friday Focus: Let's Hear It for the Senior Class!; Grand Champion Spellers; Turning the 1,000th Page; Newly Published Poets; High Marks for Solo and Ensemble's Fourth and Fifth-Grade Participants; Painting Class Donates Original Mural; Birthday Books;
Runnels Summer Camps; This Is My Country...and Flag; Kudos and Thank Yous;
Friendly Reminders;
Weekly Photo Album; and Athletic Corner.
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Let's Hear It for the Senior Class!
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| Joseph Armoney and Jeehan Mikdadi are all pumped up for the "Senior Walk." |
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A throng of supporters turned out this morning to cheer for our 2017 graduates as they took a celebratory and final "Senior Walk" across the length of the Runnels campus.
This new tradition seems to be a great success and was enjoyed by both young and old. It was a great way for seniors to revisit some of the classrooms and hangouts like Fort Wild Thing that hold a special place in their hearts. The seniors also received big hugs and pats on the back from teachers of days gone by.
The event also served as an opportunity for the senior class, represented by officers Anthony Emiliani, Jack Tooraen, Micah Danos and Eva Kruger to present the class gift to K-12 Theatre Program Chair Neena McLain. The gift was a donation in the amount of $2,000 for the Gladys Hague Runnels Theatre.
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| The top spellers in the 4th grade's Social Studies States and Capitals Spelling Bee are, from left, Dylan Evans, Leyna Huynh and Jenna Sheikha. |
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Fourth-graders showcased their spelling acumen in the final round of the Social Studies States and Capitals Spelling Bee held May 17 in the Elementary Drama Room.
Representing their grade sections were finalists Gibson Guay and Sofia Dodd (4A), Dylan Evans and Rowen Basso (4B), and Jenna Sheikha and Leyna Huynh (4C).
One-by-one, contestants were eliminated after stumbling over the spelling of toughies like "Hawaii," "Rhode Island," "Tennessee," "Alabama" and "Salt Lake City," until only one finalist remained: first-place grand champion, Leyna Huynh. The second-place finisher was Dylan Evans, and the third-place winner was Jenna Sheikha. Congratulations to all of the finalists and many thanks to fourth-grade social studies teacher, Christine Pousson, who organized the event.
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Closing the Book on 1,000 Pages of Reading!
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| AP U.S. History students, from left, Kalyee Freiberger, Alex Morgan, Numair Khan and Madeleine Alessi shuffle strips of paper denoting historical dates, events and figures into organized timelines as a review for their AP Exam. |
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After completing their AP Exams, students in AP U.S. History and World History AP paused to recognize a milestone in their lives as readers. They celebrated reading their 1,000th page in their course textbooks.
"Both courses are broad surveys," explained their teacher and Jr./Sr. High Social Studies and English Department Head, Norma Marsh. "AP U.S. History covers pre-Columbian to the present, and World History AP covers the Paleolithic Period to the present. This is the first time these students will have read textbooks of this magnitude from cover to cover." Each textbook, she added, is more than 1,000 pages long, with the pages broken into weekly reading assignments.
When the 1,000th page had been turned and AP Exams completed, the students broke out the cake and chips and sat back to enjoy the screening of historical movies.
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Student Poems Soon To Appear in Print
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| Among the 23 Runnels students whose poems will be published in "A Celebration of Poets" are, from left, Riley Mockler, Niki Barakhshan, Ally Sutton, Sarah Stanfield, and Phoenix Knowles. |
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A grand total of 23 Runnels students in grades 2, 4, and 9 have had their original poems accepted for publication in Creative Communication's upcoming anthology,
A Celebration of Poets. The poems were submitted to the publisher's poetry contest by high school teacher Michele Stanfield and elementary teachers Caroline Hader and Christine Pousson.
Congratulations to our soon-to-be-published poets: Harper Guay, Gibson Guay, Phoenix Knowles, Annie Fink, Minna Ismail, Sarah Stanfield, Erin Oehrle, Rachel Hargrove, Phillip Lukinovich, Niki Barakhshan, Isabella Hathorn, Kissa Nicholas-Whitt, Alex Johnson, Ally Sutton, Grayson Gulley, Madelyn Burney, Riley Mockler, Marlo Legrand, Cana Brumfield, Karli Hebert, Savannah McNeal, Julia Sager, and Anisah Ashraf.
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High Marks for 4th and 5th Grade Solo and Ensemble Festival Participants
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| Beginning Band trumpet players, from left, Olivia Brunner, Christian Caillouet and Sadie Miller. |
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Many of our 4th- and 5th-grade band students took part in the Solo and Ensemble Festival May 17 in the performing arts classroom building. Performing as soloists, members of ensembles, or both, students appeared before judges not affiliated with Runnels and were rated on their level of accomplishment. Congratulations to the participants and Beginning and 5th-Grade Band Director Shanna Drescher.
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Check Out Original Mural by Painting Class
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At work on the new outdoor mural in the kindergarten area with Mrs. McGraw are Hannah Page (left) and Grace Smith (right).
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The next time you're turning the corner into the kindergarten classroom corridor from the playground side of the campus, take a look at the new artwork on the wooden fence. An original mural bursting with bright and cheery images of children flying kites, reading books, and enjoying nature was installed on the previously unembellished fence by art students in Sydney McGraw's beginning and intermediate painting classes.
The students worked with Mrs. McGraw to design, draw and paint the mural. "We wanted to donate something meaningful to the school," explained Mrs. McGraw. Students involved in the project were Robert Law, Kyle Sieberth, Grace Smith, Maddie Sutton, Hannah Page and Zachary Sides.
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Birthday Yields New Books for Classroom Library
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| Arthur Donaldson, grade 5, presents a book donation to sixth-grade reading teacher Rebecca Hillman. |
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Arthur Donaldson's eleventh birthday turned into a book bonanza for sixth-grade reading teacher, Rebecca Hillman. Instead of presents, Arthur, who is in fifth grade, asked his friends and family to give him money for his birthday so he could buy books for the sixth-grade classroom library, which had been destroyed in last August's flood.
Arthur and his mom, Amy Donaldson, recently made a trip to the Scholastic Warehouse sale to purchase a full box of books for Mrs. Hillman's sixth-grade classroom. Each book will have the inscription, "Donated by the Class of 2024," on its inside cover.
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Runnels Summer Camps:
Preschool and Kindergarten "Harpsicle" (Harp) Camp,
Dance Camp,
Lion King Drama Camp,
Soccer Camp,
Strength Training Camps and
Math Camp.
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This Is My Country...and Flag
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| Holding aloft the distinctive flags they designed to represent imaginary nations they created in World Geography are, from left, Madelyn Burney, Cana Brumfield, Minna Ismail, Jack Kahn and Ben Holliday. |
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This week in Rhonda Tucker's ninth grade World Geography classes, students unfurled their creativity to design flags for imagined countries.
Each student was given free reign to create a flag that they felt truly represented the spirit of an imaginary country of their own devising. Colors and symbols were chosen to reflect key qualities of the nations.
The red, white and yellow of Minna Ismail's flag stood for patriotism, peace, and happiness, respectively. A yellow sun in the background symbolized happiness, and three raised hands (one white, one black, and one tan) in the foreground represented unity and diversity. On the paper she turned in for the assignment, Minna wrote that in her country, which she called "Jamalia," "Diversity is what makes us beautiful."
Students submitted thumbnail sketches of their flag designs and then worked to create more detailed sketches on legal sized paper.
When they had finished, the students were eager to share their flags with friends and classmates.
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Kudos and Thank Yous...
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Henry Forgey
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WAFB's "Best of the Class" ... Senior
Henry Forgey was selected to represent Runnels in WAFB's annual "Best of the Class" television tribute to graduating high school seniors. The video spotlights outstanding seniors from schools throughout the state of Louisiana. Henry was at the Lod Cook Alumni Center last weekend to film the piece, which will air throughout the graduation season. We'll let you know when a link to the video is available.
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Sam Day
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Academic All-State Honor ...
Sam Day
, grade 11,
is a recipient of the
Academic All-State Award presented by the Louisiana Music Educators Association (LMEA). The organization recognizes members of All-State performing groups in grades 10-12 who have attained academic excellence. Sam, a member of the Runnels Advanced Band directed by Jill Swetnam, was selected to play in the 2017 All-State Concert Band.
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| 2017-18 Poetry Club officers |
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Poetry Club Officers Elected ...
Congratulations to the newly elected officers of the high school Verse-Ace Poetry Club. They are (
from left in photo
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Hannah Cassano
, co-secretary;
Hannah Barback
, treasurer; McKenna Tregre, vice president; Rachel Wehbe, historian;
Maddy Sutton
, president;
and
Sydney Markham
, co-secretary. Michele Stanfield and Wendy Herumin are the club's co-sponsors.
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Upper Elementary Chorus
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In Concert ... The
Upper El
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mentary Chorus
and director Johnice Thoms treated us to their "For the Fun of It" spring concert on May 16 in the Drama Room. The performance featured a creative repertoire that paid tribute to ragtime, Broadway musicals, childhood rhymes, and playing the kazoo. It was an entertaining and enjoyable end to the concert season in the Drama Room.
We Sincerely Thank...
... Janet and Bert Toms, grandparents of Stuart Roark, grade 5, for donating a refrigerator for use in the hospitality preparation space in the Gladys Hague Runnels Theatre.
... Bronwyn Duos and Jonathan Willis, parents of kindergartner Addie Willis, for loaning their bouncy water slide to the kindergarten class for "Water Day" on May 18.
... Samantha Oakley, mother of Sadie Oakley, preschool 3s, for donating a copy of the picture book Even Superheroes Have Bad Days by Shelly Becker to the Runnels Preschool in honor of "Superhero Day."
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Friendly Reminders
May 20: High School Commencement, Theatre, 4:00 p.m.
(Due to limited seating, this event is by invitation only.)
May 22: Kindergarten Recognition Program, Theatre, 8:45 a.m.
May 23: 1st-Grade Finale, Theatre, 8:45 a.m.
May 24: Sixth-Grade Graduation Ceremony, Theatre, 7:00 p.m.
May 25: Last Day of Preschool (dismissal at regular time)
May 26: Last Day of School; Awards Ceremony- Grades 2-5, Theatre, 8:30-10:00 a.m.
(Dismissal follows the ceremony.)
2017 AP and Final Exam Schedule - click here
ANNUAL SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR THE 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR - CLICK HERE
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| "Everybody into the Pool!" - Our kindergartners, first graders and preschoolers all enjoyed their own unique "Water Day" activities this week. There were swimming pools, jumbo water slides, sprinklers, sponge relays, beachy arts and crafts, water-themed snacks, and many other cool and refreshing activities centered around the enjoyment of H2O. CLICK HERE FOR WATER DAY PHOTOS. |
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In this week's album: 3rd grade at the bowling alley, 4th grade math, board games, mural painting, solo & ensemble, 5th grade heart dissections and candids.
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Varsity Soccer
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Ally Garrity
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Ally Garrity, grade11, was named the Outstanding Player on the 2017 All-Metro Girls Soccer Team, Division III & IV. This season, she also was the Division IV, District 4 Overall MVP and was named to the Louisiana Soccer Coaches Association Division IV All-State Second Team.
Senior
Molly Johnson and junior
Lainee Alfonso were also named to the 2017 All-Metro Girls Soccer Team for Division III and IV.
Big Turn Out for Athletic Physicals
On Monday evening in the Catalano Gym, junior and senior high student athletes gathered for sports physicals needed to participate in team sports. The gym was transformed into a makeshift medical clinic with visiting doctors and physical therapists. With the assistance of several volunteers, 132 physicals were performed.
The athletic department would like to thank all of our volunteers for their hard work and the parents and athletes for their patience and cooperation.
Special thank yous go to the following volunteers:
... Baton Rouge General: Vincent Shaw, Jr., MD, ABFP, CAQSM
(Runnels Team Physician); Brian Harrell, MD, CAQSM; (Runnels Team Physician); Lacy Little Knowles, DO, CAQSM; Andrew Parks, MD; Monali Pandya, MD; Matthew Bumgardner, MD; Tara Bagen, MD and Brian Williams, DO;
... Baton Rouge Physical Therapy: Derek Laurent, PT, DPT, OCS; Luke Zumo, PT, DPT, OCS; Philippe Inhern, PT, DPT; Katie Peaslee, PT, DPT; Brett Hernandez, PT, DPT; Brendan Aitken, PT, DPT; and Patricia LeBlanc, PTA;
... Runnels Medical Staff: Marcella Babcock, MS, LAT, ATC; Beth Williams, RN; and Karen Rhinehart, RN;
... Runnels Coaching Staff: Karen Matthews, Julie Fink, Linn Fink, Sam Coates, Angie Mitchell, Mitch Reeves, Tom Babcock, and Fred Parker;
... Runnels Booster Club: Kristine Guillot; Julie Stevenson;
Meredith Wartelle
and Wendy Worsham;
... Sports Medicine Students: Riley Mockler and Chris Thomasson;
... Administration: Dana Schlotterer
Summer Athletic Conditioning
It's not too late to sign up for summer athletic conditioning. Runnels offers a variety of athletic conditioning programs for junior and senior high athletes.
Boys and Girls Summer Conditioning
Cross Country (XC) Summer Training and Conditioning
(Open to Runnels students entering grades 6-12.)
Runnels Powerlifting Strength Training Camp
(Open to Runnels students entering grades 7-12.)
Boys Summer Conditioning
Boys Baseball Summer Conditioning
(Open to Runnels students entering grades 7-12.)
Boys Basketball Summer Conditioning
(Open to Runnels students entering grades 8-12.)
Girls Summer Conditioning
Girls Basketball, Softball, and Volleyball Summer Conditioning
(Open to Runnels students entering grades 9-12.)
Registration, session dates and fees vary per sport.
Payments are to be mailed or delivered to
Pamela Babcock in the Jr./Sr. High School Office prior to the start of the summer session.
Please make
checks payable to Runnels School and indicate the sports program in the memo line.
For detailed information on how to register, session dates, equipment and fees, please visit our website -
Summer Athletic Conditioning.
JUNIOR HIGH SPORTS
BASEBALL
Monday evening, the junior high baseball team was defeated by the Tigers, 4-6. In
the fifth inning, the Tigers came back strong and took the lead.
THIS WEEKEND
FRIDAY, MAY 19
Junior High Baseball at Cedar Ridge -- 7:35 p.m.
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17255 South Harrell's Ferry Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
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PRESCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
