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Ballard R-II School

Barks ‘N’ Growls

First Edition, September 30, 2014

From the Superintendent’s Desk…. Publications Staff Editor-in-Chief Ms. Murchie Senior Editor

Samantha Walsh Junior Editor

Darby Hill Staff

Sydney Berry Jenni Burkhart Kartrina Clark Caitlyn Inglis

Tatiana Martinez

Parents, Students, & Community Another school year’s off to a great start! I would like to welcome everyone back for another year. Last year went by very fast, so brace yourself for what could be another quick one. Our custodial crew has done a fantastic job in getting the building looking great and prepared for the students and staff. I thank them for the wonderful job that they do. A new school year usually brings new faces to our staff. We had the nucleus of a great staff al-ready; then we added six new staff members. Mr. William Franklin is our new K-12 Counselor. We also have joining us: Miss Johnna Goucher, 3rd Grade teacher, and Mrs. Melissa Burke, 5th Grade. Teaching Special Education this year is Mrs. Mary Bauman, and Jill Hill is the new addition in the Food Service de-partment. Finally, rounding out the new additions is Mrs. Brenda Atchison, our new Speech Therapist. With the addition of the new members to our already wonderful staff, this should be a great year for all. The students should be filled with knowledge and surrounded by a caring atmosphere. Believe it or not, the first quarter will be ending soon. Since we are well into the first quarter, activities are also under way. Please remember to show support for our student-athletes, and display the excellent sportsmanship that Ballard has been well known for in the past years. More importantly, please show an interest in your child’s education, and feel free to contact teachers to communicate concerns or to get an update as to how well your students are doing. Each teacher has a plan time each day. You can contact the office to find out when those times are. Also, for parents who have internet access, don’t forget to look at the school’s website at www.ballardr2.net. I encourage you to contact Mr. Barton or me if you should ever have any questions or concerns that you want to express. As a school community, we all need to work together continually to improve and maintain a high level of excellence here at the Ballard R-2 School District. Everyone is important in the process of school improvement. Please participate by encouraging stu-dents, sharing ideas, attending school events, and communicating to people about our students, parents, staff members, and com-munity members. Most, if not all, of you have received information about the possibility of starting a pre-school here within our district. If you did not, there is a copy of the letter in this newspaper’s edition. This is a great opportunity for our community and school. If you have questions about the pre-school, please feel free to contact me here at the school. The education that our children receive here at Ballard R-2 should be some of the most memorable experiences they will encounter. We also know that some of these experiences will not always be enjoyable, as there are regulations that we must all abide by. Sometimes these put a damper on things. Our society is an ever-changing society so therefore we are accustomed to adapting. I am sure that we will get through these changes, as we have gotten through so many others. Again, please feel free to contact the school should you have any concerns or questions. We will work through the best that we can. Have a great 2014-2015 school year.

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A FRESH START Even the Polar Vortex can’t stop us! We are back, ready, and better than ever, giving the Ballard community the best possible school district we can. Now cross your fingers that snow day totals do not accumulate faster than the nation-al debt! We had a few changes in instructional processes and procedures this year. Students should have shared the student handbook with you by now. If not, a copy is on the district website, or you can request one from the office at any time. Some of the changes of note are Whole School Title Reading and Math services (grades 1-6); Bulldog Time in grades 4-12 is an intervention period for targeted individual instructional learning/re-learning; A+ tutors (Jr’s and Sr’s) whose schedules

permit are allowed to be peer instructors. More detail on each change is below. Becoming a “whole school” Title school allows us to continue with regular instruction in the classroom while providing some one-on-one and small-group aide to struggling students. Rather than being pulled from classes for help in reading and math, the Title teacher, Miss Gulling, rotates into classrooms to assist students in acquiring essential skills in reading and math. In the past, federal regulations mandated the classroom teacher must stop all instruction if even one child was pulled for services. Over time, it has been shown that continuing with regular instruction coupled with the add-ed resource teacher in the classroom produces greater and wider-ranging benefits for the whole.

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Three years ago, the high school staff and I examined what role “home room” played in instruction. It was deter-mined through discussion and surveys that home room could be better utilized to help with two functions: getting homework completed and improving student performance. Bulldog Time was created to replace home room and, for two years, we have continued to look at ways to improve its function and purpose in instruction. At the end of last year, we debated intervention strategies that would allow our core teachers the opportunity to pull students for individualized instruction using state and local scoring data. By focusing on the particular skill areas of the state standards that students struggle with, our hope is to provide reinforcement and practice in areas of known weak-ness. Students who are not being pulled to work with the ELA, Math, or Science teacher will be reading books within their Zone of Proximal Development (comfort range for reading). The ZPD is derived through student STAR reading scores. Using this score enables students to select a book that is not only easy enough to understand but also challenging to the reader. Finally, we have expanded our tutoring program for A+ students by combining the teacher-assistant option with tutor-ing. Students in the Junior and Senior class who were in the A+ program and had room in their schedules to be an aide were given priority for placement with a teacher. Further, we made a concerted push to put tutors into elementary classrooms be-fore looking at secondary options. So far, I have seen tremen-dous events happening when these elder students are working academically with the younger ones. It is a win-win from our perspective: the A+ students will gain more than the needed amount of tutoring to satisfy State requirements; and the rest of the school gets the benefit of having in-house mentors help guide students and assist teachers with actual classroom in-

struction. These tutors are not just grading papers and running copies; they are helping with English, math, etc. I believe the school year has gotten off to a fabulously smooth start. I look forward to seeing all the wonderful accomplish-ments our staff and students are striving to achieve, and I look forward to sharing them all with the Ballard community in the next few months! Happy Fall, everyone! NEW STAFF BR2 welcomes just six new faces to the educational team this school year: Melissa Burke is an Illinois native resid-ing in Clinton and will be teaching 5th grade; William Franklin comes to us from the Jefferson City area and will serve as our full-time district Counselor; Johnna Goucher is a lifelong Clinton area resident and will be teaching 3rd grade; Jill Hill is a Ballard resident and will be working in our kitchen this year. Brenda Atchison is the new speech teacher this year, and Mary Bau-man is the new Special Education teacher. Please be sure to give each of them a warm Ballard welcome when you get the chance, and thank them for serving our community! Get Connected Follow me and the school on Twitter: @Principaljrb, @BallardR2School. You can find links to great articles and news on almost any topic or person, including outstanding educa-tional resources for parents, students, and educators. It’s not facebook; it’s smarter! School text alerts are available by typing @BR2School into your message box and sending it to 23559. Event updates and school closing/dismissal information will be sent once decisions are made. Regular messaging rates will apply.

Written By Mr. Barton Typed By Samantha Walsh

6 Taylor Wilcox 7 Zoie Wheeler 9 Abbi Clark 9 Michaela Clark 14 Holly Tate 15 Sydney Berry 20 Kayla Wainscott 22 Katrina Clark 23 River Clark 26 Dayne Greer 29 Lexie Ward 30 Lilly Rotert 30 Amanda Teagarden 30 Graham Wainscott

4 Serenity Morris 8 Audrey Foster 8 Kody Green 12 Sudie Callahan 12 Stephen Jones 15 Kelsie Karo 17 Cade Callahan 17 Jailynn Wheeler 17 Morgan Wheeler 24 Clayton Bridges 24 Payton Miller 26 Brianna Pray 28 Brendan Moore 31 Levi Meade

Parents, Guardians, and Community Members: In light of the happenings of surrounding school districts, I feel that it is important to write you a note of assurance. In our ever-changing society, we never know what is going to happen next. Because we live in a society that is becoming increas-ingly complex and volatile, it is essential to develop a crisis plan within the school system. When personnel are prepared to deal with crisis, students continue to grow emotionally, intel-lectually, and physically. Here at the Ballard R-2 School Dis-trict, just as in any other school district, we have a Crisis Plan. Within that Crisis Plan are instructions for the staff members of the school. Each school also has an Emergency Plan Flip-Chart and an Evacuation Route Map in each instructional area. These are instructions for students and staff in the event of a crisis. The Superintendent’s, as well as the school’s, major responsi-bility is the welfare of the students. We have plans in place for each crisis event that may occur. While all emergencies may be different, they should all be acted upon in a similar manner. The safety of the students is the top priority. This may include moving our students to a safer environment off the school grounds. Law enforcement must be contacted. When we know that our students are safe and law enforcement has been contacted and it is safe that parents can be informed,

then we will do so immediately. We ask of you, as parents, to make sure that the school has up-to-date information regarding daytime and emergency contact phone numbers at all times. If the school must be dismissed prematurely as the result of a crisis, the parents of each student will be contacted if we have up to date information. It is imperative that all parents remain as calm as pos-sible when picking up your child as well as dealing with the crisis. Panic will affect the safety of our children. If a crisis situation occurs, it is understandable that you will be upset and worry about the safety of your child. I ask that you please remember the safety of all students and staff involved is important. We pray that these situations never occur, but we feel it is necessary to take every precaution to make sure we are as prepared as possible. The safety of our students is our number 1 priority, and we must have your help to provide an organized means to deal with a crisis. If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact me at the school. The phone number is 816-297-2656. Have a safe and successful school year.

The Ballard R-II School District is pleased to be working in conjunction with the Adrian Optimist Club to honor a Student of the Month for the 2014-2015 school year. Student of the Month is selected by the staff of the Ballard R-II School District using the following criteria: attendance; attitude towards others and school; behavior; leadership; and improvement in or maintenance of good grades. The Student of the Month for Septem-ber is senior Samantha Walsh, daughter of Dan and Karla Walsh. Technology Director, Cheryl Murchie, states, “Sam is an outstanding student, has a great personality, and is a great role model for her fellow classmates. Sam is willing to help her fellow students if they need it. Although Sam is a great team player, she can step forward and become a team leader as well. As a senior, Sam will be doing a juggling act with her studies, sports, extra-curricular activi-ties and the dreaded scholarships, but I know she will get through this with her own quiet style.” For Samantha’s hard work in school, she is receiving a certificate of recognition from the Adrian Optimist Club and $20.00 in Adrian Chamber of Commerce “Chamber Bucks.” Pictured: Principal Jimmie Barton, Samantha Walsh, and William Lunceford.

John Siebeneck Superintendent

Hello, my name is William Franklin. I am the new counselor for Ballard School. I have

had a variety of careers throughout my working career. I have been a union meat cutter for Cargill, a grocery store evening manager, a sewing machine mechanic, and I was an associate of the Gates Rubber Company, in which I held many different positions. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education with a Social Science Minor, Master of Arts in History, and a Master of Education in Guidance and Counseling, all from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO. I am currently working on my High School Practicum II class for Guidance and Counseling. I have two children. My daughter ,Brandy, is a student at War-rensburg, working towards her Bachelor of Arts in History. My step-daughter, Jessica, is a stay-at-home mom for our two grandchildren. My fiancée, Susan, is a 2nd grade teacher at Macks Creek, MO. This year, I will be teaching guidance lessons for grades K-6, as well as keyboarding. Our current guidance topic is anti-bullying. I also teach a junior high class called Life Skills. First semester I have 7th grade, and 2nd semester I will have 8th grade. It has been arranged for some guest speakers to come to Ballard to share their careers and knowledge with our stu-dents. Below is a schedule of speakers and events. On September 17th Mr. Josh Alpert came to speak with the student body. He is a Central Mo District manager at Sub-way. He spoke to grades 7-12 about his career and told what kids need to know for various jobs at different levels in the Sub-way restaurant chain. On October 1st ,the Nevada Welding Instructor will be speaking. The Butler Career Fair is October 21st between the hours of 1:00pm and 2:30pm. This is for all juniors and seniors. On November 12th, Jill Duncan, from MO State University in Springfield, will be coming to speak with grades 7-12 in the gym about programs the college has to offer. December 2nd is the Junior/Senior parent open house from 5:30-7:30 PM. On December 17th, the ASVAB test will be given at Ballard. The test will begin at 8:10 in the morning and will take approximately 3 hours. All sophomores will be testing. All seniors need to check the postings across from the gym for career fairs, college information, and other important items. I post scholarship information as it comes in on the bulletin board by the teachers’ workroom. I look forward to a great school year and working with your children. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at school, or send me an email. My address is: [email protected].

There are a variety of ways to keep informed on school happenings. We encourage you to utilize any or all of these: The district website at www.ballardr2.net is a good place to start for many types of information. You’ll find an activity calendar and menus for lunch and breakfast. The complete Board of Education Policy is there, as well as the Student Handbook. The Counselor page has a lot of good information, including ACT Testing; A+ Program; Jr. High / High School Class Schedules and Scholarship information. Each month, a color version of the school newspaper “Barks n’ Growls” is posted. Be sure to visit the dis-trict website for all this and much more! Also on the website is a link to PowerSchool, our student information system. By utilizing this link, parents can access indi-vidual student information. A parent can check student attendance, current grades, and lunch balances. If you have already been using this feature, your log-in information has not changed. If you need log-in information, just call the school and we’ll give it to you. The school has a Facebook page which is used for several types of announcements. There is a link to this page on the dis-trict website, or you can search on your Facebook page for Ballard R-II School District. We use the Facebook page to share remind-ers for upcoming events, announcements, fun things happening at school, etc. Click “Like” on the school’s Facebook page to re-ceive posts in your own news feed. Finally, we have two text notification groups available. To join the school-wide group (school closings and other all-school info), text @BR2School to 23559. To join the activities group (schedules, events, game time, changes), text @BallardBulldogs to 23559. As much as possible, urgent notifications are shared all three ways: www.ballardr2.net, Facebook, and text message. Less urgent items may be shared on the website and/or Facebook page, but not by text. The more options you utilize, the more in-formed you’ll be!

Written by William Franklin Typed by Jenni Burkhart

Written by Kerri Loyd Formatted by Samantha Walsh

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Mrs. Walsh

Welcome to a new school year! Your child is about to embark on an exciting learning adventure—and you can come along! Throughout the year, you will receive letters that provide important information and fun activities to help your child with reading, language arts, math, science, and social studies. You can recognize these letters by their format. There is a Did You Know? section that offers an expla-nation of why the activity is important and background in the activity's subject area. The second section is called How Can You Help? This section explains a parent/child activity through clear, easy-to-follow directions. Try each activity as you receive it. If you don’t have time to do an activity right away, keep the letter for later use. Activi-ties are designed to be used by you and your child, but many can be completed as a family. You may wish to keep the letters in a three-ring binder. That way, you can invite your child to choose favorite or new activ-ities to do during vacation or after the school year ends. Try one activity and you’ll try them all. They’re quick, easy, and best of all, an opportunity to spend special time with your child.

Provided by Mrs. Walsh Formatted by Jenni Burkhart

Miss Goucher

The class of 2024 is off to a great start in 3rd grade! We hit the ground running and jumping right into addition tests. Our class goal is for each student to pass the 60 problem addi-tion test in 7 minutes with 100% accuracy. Eve-ryone is working hard to make it to the final test and move on to subtraction and multiplica-tion. Wynne Oats is the first to pass all 9 addi-tion tests and complete the final addition test. Congratulations to Wynne for meeting his goal! Journal writing has become a favorite in the class. After discussing how to write a proper paragraph, we have been on a writing frenzy. Some days our topics might be funny, what would a sock say to a shoe, and other days we might get a little serious and write

about helping others. No matter the topics, these 3rd graders are learning, writing; and sharing with the class on a daily basis. They will hopefully develop a love for writing Spelling has been an area we have had some fun with so far this year. We have held a class spelling bee, and played Sparkle and team board spelling. I think the favorite spelling activ-ity thus far would have to be building our words from play dough. Students build the word, spell it forward and backwards, and then master the spelling of the word. I have heard several com-ments from students that this strategy is really working for them because they can visualize the word.

Pictured above is Lindy Gunter

Written by Miss Goucher Typed by Caitlyn Inglis

Madison counting ten chains to attach to her chain mat at center time.

Pictures provided by Miss Argabright Written and formatted by Sydney Berry

Miss Argabright

Kindergarten is off to a wonderful start! Here’s a little sneak peek of what’s happening in our classroom. So far, the kids have been working very hard on counting money, writing num-bers, and graphing! During center time, we have various activities that the kids do that help them with all sorts of skills, such as counting and fine motor skills. They are all putting forth a lot of effort, and they seem to be having a fun time in Kindergarten!

Payson is graphing M&Ms by color.

Mrs. Wainscott

We’ve started off a super year in 2nd grade! This year the kids wrote a letter to me, Mrs. Wainscott, telling me what they were looking forward to in 2nd grade and even what they were a little nervous about. I discovered that every single one of them was super excited for Rocket Math! This is our timed math fact test we do every day. They’ve been working so hard on their facts; I know they will soar right through addition and be on their way to subtraction! These kids have also been working very hard on identi-fying the main ideas in stories we read. We’ve done a few activ-ities to help with this skill, and they sure are taking off with it! We are looking forward to a great year in 2nd grade!!

Written by Mrs. Wainscott Formatted by Darby Hill

The Sixth grade is very excited to start a new year and fill our heads with knowledge. We learned about the seven seas, plants and animals, and other countries and how they are different. All the students are positive and acting as role models for the younger students to look up to.

Mrs. Bridges

Written by Dylan Tippie Typed by Sabrina Walsh

We’ve been practicing subtraction with big numbers! We round and estimate in subtrac-tion too. — Tucker Roach

We’ve been learning how to add big numbers. — Macie Mor-ris We’ve learned about the equator and prime meridian. — Jalyn Cook We’ve been learning about how animals adapt. —Aubrey Copeland We’ve learned how animals blend in from their predators. — Daylyn Vermillion We’ve learned about vertebrates and invertebrates and how cells are the building blocks of life. — Shawn Walsh We’ve learned about how animals can protect themselves. —Clayton Bridges We’ve learned about traits and character traits. — Lexie Ward We’ve been learning how to do D’Nelian letters. — Jentry Bergman I liked learning about the constitution. — Lucas Whitaker

Mrs. Moore

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Mrs. Burke What we’ve done in September… In reading and writing, we have been setting up Reader’s and Writ-er’s Workshop and learning strategies to be a good reader and writer. In spelling, we have been learning how to spell grade level and academic words, using dictionaries to learn meaning of words, and learning to spell words correctly, as well as using words correctly in complete sentences. In science, we have been learning the classification of animals. In social studies, we have been constructing maps and keys for the U.S. re-gions, topographic features of the U.S. major cities in Missouri. They also have been learning about all the 50 States and capitols of the U.S. In math, we have been reviewing multiplication and place value.

Written by Mrs. Burke Typed by Sabrina Walsh

At the end of the day on September the 12th, the elementary had a surprise visitor. Clifford, the Big Red Dog, came to Ballard! The kids were more than surprised to see the friendly red hound. He invited the children to visit the book fair in the library, that was due to be held the following week. Unfortunately, Clifford is a very busy dog and could only stay for a few minutes. We thank Clifford for all the fist bumps and handshakes. We wish him the best as he moves on to visit other schools. We also ask that he say “Hi” to T-bone and Chloe for us. Thanks for visiting, Clifford!

Written by Jenni Burkhart

Welcome back! The Junior class is looking forward to another great year. We are very excited to do the con-cession stand. We are also doing the 50/50 raffle. The vol-leyball season is doing well. The junior high basketball

teams are also starting their season. Come out and support the Bulldogs. We are all looking forward to the rest of the year.

By Sabrina Walsh

By Samantha Walsh

Wow! This year is crazy already. Switching classes, seven different teach-ers, lockers, and homework is all so different from last year! We have been talking about stress and how to be proactive in life skills. In math, we have been learning about absolute value. That’s about it for now. Bye! Written by Delaney Doll

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The Language Arts classes are off to a great start! The 8th grade has already completed their short story and poetry units, and they even wrote their own color poems-ask them to share with you! The 9th grade has completed their short story unit, as well. The 10th grade has been reading a variety of stories, and is about to start a Writer’s Workshop unit. The 11th grade has been read-ing works from Early America, including the Declaration of Independence, and they had a good time writing their own declarations. The College Prep class has greatly enjoyed reading Beowulf, and just completed a few tales from The Canterbury Tales, as well. They’re currently working on a project that compares what women were looking for in men during that time period to what wom-en look for today. It’s been a lot of fun! The Novels class is in the midst of reading The Maze Runner in preparation for the film that’s about to come out. They're really enjoying the suspense and mystery aspects of the novel.

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The senior class has been very busy lately making some major decisions. We've been designing our class T-shirt, and we have already decided on where we are going for senior trip! We just need to work out the mi-nor details. It feels like it’s already going by so quickly. Well, that’s all for now.

Mrs. Czyzewski

The school year has been off to a great start in the art classes. The elementary classes have been studying different prop-erties of art from various artists. The kindergarteners have been learning shapes and patterns, and the 1st grade is working on symmetry. The 3rd grade is doing an ongoing painting project. Last but not least, the 5th and 6th graders are painting and constructing their very own village out of materials like cardboard, and popsicle sticks, and one building even has a balloon in it. The junior high has been working together on a math related art project. They are creating dodecahedrons, which look kind of like soccer balls. You can see them hanging in the lunch room. The art 1,2,and 3 class has been working on monochromatic portraits of people they admire. In first hour, the exploratory art class made their own sketch books to be used throughout the semester. The independent art class created the new bulldog sign that you can see hanging in the gym. Just a reminder, Mrs. Czyzewski is collecting Kleenex boxes and container lids of any size to be used in the students’ art projects. Also, there will be an upcoming art club meeting.

By Samantha Walsh

Hey, everyone! How is school going so far? School is going great for the freshmen! By the way, we are going to have a taco dinner on October 24th from 5 to 7pm. We are also go-ing to sell pumpkins for Halloween. Everyone is welcome to paint a pumpkin. Pumpkins are $3.00 for one or two for $5.00.

The dinner is going to be $3.00 for kids and $5.00 for adults. Mark your calendars and bring your families! Following the dinner there is the NHS Carnival. There’s something fun for everyone! Thanks for reading this, and I hope ya’ll

have a great year! Written by Savana Allen Typed by Katrina Clark

Mrs. Wiskur

Now we have some great new books. Here are just a few. ELEMENTARY: Abe Lincoln’s Dream Mr. Tiger Goes Wild Barnum’s Bones, How Barnum Brom Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur I Need My Own Country The Day the Crayons Quit JUVENILE: Drones Navy Seal Dogs

Surrounded By Sharks Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies Captured the World’s Most Notorious Nazi Infinity Ring Series Jackpot HIGH SCHOOL: Insignia (Kincaid) Scarlet (Myer) Fallout (Bodeen) The Night She Disappeared (Henry) Written by Mrs. Wiskur

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Greetings from Ballard’s math department! The study of math in grades 7-12 is getting under way with each class starting to take its own direction after getting all the start-of-the-year stuff out of the way.

The math department has used standards-based grad-ing the past 2 years, but Ballard’s school board made a ruling this past summer to return to traditional grading methods. That means homework now counts toward a student’s grade rather than simply being practice in preparation for an assess-ment. At the time of the writing of this article, 81% of the stu-dents (34 out of 42 students) in grades 8-12 are finding their homework grades lower than their test & quiz scores. Natural-ly, students and parents want to know what can be done to improve those scores so the overall grade is not adversely affected.

Here are the tips Mrs. Kershner has been giving stu-dents when they voice concern over homework scores. Par-ents, you can help your students check for these attributes.

Are you… checking odds as you go? (Most of the texts have answers

to odd-numbered problems in the back of the text.) Checking after completing a problem is NOT cheating; it IS a way to keep your work on track. Checking odds is the best way to catch errors that will affect your score on evens. Mrs. Kershner will not score answers to odds, so simply copying (which is cheating) won’t accomplish anything. Mrs. Kershner does sometimes score work on odds, so showing how you arrived at an answer is important.

showing work on every problem that is not simply recall? Both you and Mrs. Kershner need to know how you arrived at the answer so mistakes can be addressed and successes can be celebrated and replicated. Com-munication of method is a skill the business world says is sorely lacking among today’s graduates.

taking notes (making corrections) when homework is dis-cussed in class? Mrs. Kershner compares the first copy of your homework with the copy you turn in after discussion and assigns a point for corrections if there should have been any. Those notes are what should help you as you study. You have to know where and what your mistakes were in order to avoid them the next time.

attempting every problem? Leaving blanks does not demonstrate that you are making an honest effort at every problem. Even if you can’t get all the way to the answer, you should be able to document what you do and don’t understand about the problem. That’s worth another point.

answering word problems in sentences? In support of the school’s communication arts objectives, Mrs. Kershner always expects the answers to word problems to be expressed in a complete sentence. There’s another point that’s easy to earn.

Best wishes as we continue our mathematical journey! 2014-2015 is bound to be a great year.

Written by Mrs. Kershner Typed by Sabrina Walsh

Mrs. Kershner

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Welcome back to a new year! We have three bits of news this month: new library schedules, a surprise visitor, and NEW BOOKS from the book fair! First of all, elementary classes now come twice a week to the library. The total amount of time is the same, but we split the class time with P.E. The result is that students get to the gym more often. Next, the elementary had a visitor from the library on Friday the 12th. It was a huge, red, over-sized puppy named………..CLIFFORD! Clifford just wanted to say “Welcome to a new year, and come to the book fair!” Finally, thank you all for coming to the Book Fair!

We are off to a great start in all of Ms. Bell’s classes! American Government (juniors and seniors) have been studying Su-preme Court cases that have defined

our First Amendment rights and are looking forward to tackling the study of the Judiciary Branch and Fourth and Fifth Amendment Rights next. World His-tory has conquered the Industrial Revolution in Eu-rope and the United States and is heading for war, the First World War, that is! This class is working on projects that will serve as teaching tools for other classes studying each of the ma-jor wars the U.S. has been involved in. American History I created codices of their life history. The Aztecs did not have an alphabet and told stories through pictures. We chose to forgo using tree bark and animal skins and instead opted for markers and extra large sheets of paper folded accordion style to document the main events in our lives. We have been studying the lives of various Native American people groups across North and South America, prior to the arrival of the first Europeans, and we are almost ready for the new arrivals. American History II has delved into the details of how the U.S. emerged as a World Power in the late 1800s and re-mained one ever since that time. We were reminded of how our relationships with Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rico began and are looking forward to studying Progressivism next. Finally, Social Studies has learned some really cool things about our planet, and we looking forward to learning many neat things about the great country we live in!

Written by Ms. Bell Formatted by Jenni Burkhart

The foreign language students are so excited to be learning about different cultures and how to speak in differ-ent languages! Darby and Morgan are learning Spanish, Holly and Jenni are learning French, and T.J. is learning Ger-man. At first, we had some struggles adjusting to an online class, but now we have figured it out and are thrilled about the prospects of being able to speak another language flu-ently. We believe this class will be a success due to the de-termination and dedication of the students. Written by Darby Hill

Mr. Bridges First Hour (Ag Business): They have been learning about

how agriculture impacts the government.

Second Hour (Small Engines): They have been learning about the internal combustion of small engines.

Third Hour (Plant Science): They have been learning about the scientific process of naming organisms and collecting plants.

Fourth Hour : They have been learning about the history of FFA and are learning the creed.

Fifth Hour: The class has been learning about conservation and its importance in the world today.

Sixth Hour ( Ag Structures): The class has been learning how to draw blue prints, learning to pour concrete, learn-ing about electrical wiring, and have been most recently working on projects out in the shop.

By Sabrina Walsh

Can anyone say spider? There is a spider named Heratio currently living in the Sci-ence room. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Missouri Tarantula is the largest spider that resides naturally in the state. It belongs to the family Theraphosidae in the

order Araneae. Females can grow to 2” in length (not including the legs), and male to 1 ½” in length. They are usually found in dry rocky glades, where they inhabit abandoned burrows from rodents. They are more active at night and feed on other insects. Tarantulas walk on the ground and grab insects that they encounter, or that amble past them. They have fangs that deliver venom that both subdues their prey and helps them digest it. Their main food sources include: crick-ets, cockroaches, beetles, and the like. The spider in the Science Classroom has been known to eat other spiders as well. “The body and legs are uniformly dark chocolate-brown, with reddish hairs on the carapace. The tarantula's large size and shaggy appearance is frightening to many people, leading them to believe it has a ferocious nature. It actually is a shy creature, quick to evade humans. Tarantulas are typically at home in areas seldom frequented by people. In late summer and fall, south Mis-sourians often see these large arachnids crossing roads. This wandering phenomenon has been documented in male tarantulas in southern California, but it has not been studied in Missouri.” — Missouri Department of Conservation To find out more about the Missouri Tarantula, visit the Missouri Department of Con-servation web page at: mdc.mo.gov Typed by Mr. Hurst

Formatted by Tatiana Martinez

For two days at the end of August, this year’s publication students took their annual trip to sell ads. With high heat, we were thankful to be able to take two vehicles instead of the usual bus. This year we were able to stop at more places and split up to go to different businesses. Overall, the sales this year were a success .

First Row (L-R) : Sydney Berry, Caitlyn Inglis, Tatiana Martinez, Jenni Burkhart Back Row (L-R) : Katrina Clark, Darby Hill, Sabrina Walsh, Saman-tha Walsh

So far, FFA has been off to a great start! This year we’ve already had two meetings. To encour-age more members to join, we have decided to bring snacks and drinks to our meetings. We have also decided to play an activity afterwards. After our August meeting, we played softball, and we all had so much fun! We have also decided who is going to be on our FFA trap teams. The B team is Kyle Teagar-den, Jacob Kroenke, Merrit Roach, Jordon Hinrichs, T.J. Sickels, and Kody Green. On the A team is Ben Oswald, Graham Wainscott, Colton Page, Caleb Morris, and Scott Morris. Their first trap shoot was Sep-

tember 17th; wish us luck for a good year of trap shooting! We had an FFA meeting on September 12th. We already have a general idea on who is going to go to National Conven-tion on Tuesday, October 28th. To decide who goes, the officers count up everyone’s points and pick the top ten. There is a four-way tie for the tenth person able to go. We are super excited, and have some ideas on what we are going to do at National Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. We went to area barnwarming in Harrisonville and had so much fun! We are also going to have our local barnwarming at the Oswald’s house on November 14th. We have also had our fruit sales going on, so if you need any fruit, vegetables, cook-ies, meat, or nuts, then hit up a FFA member! Come out and support our trap shooters in Adrian on Wednesday nights, and FFA members, don’t forget to turn in your dues!

By Katrina Clark

Samantha Walsh, 17, is the daughter of Dan and Karla Walsh. She has two sis-ters, Sabrina and Sonya, and one brother, Shawn. Some of Samantha’s favorites include Ag class, the color blue, Mexican food, and the song “Call Me” by Shinedown. Her favor-ite restaurant is El Camino in Clinton. Some of Samantha’s hobbies are horseback riding, softball, drawing, and reading. Samantha’s dream car is a ‘74 Nova SS. One of her pet peeves is people chomping on their food. Samantha’s famous last words are “Murchie! You’re in my space!” Her extracurricular activities include Volleyball, FFA, Basketball, NHS, Art Club, Scholar Bowl, and Baseball. Samantha’s plans for the future are to go to a community college and become a physical therapist’s assistant, then maybe transfer to a university and do something else. When she was asked, “Where do you see yourself in 15 years?” Samantha said, “Married, maybe have a kid or two. Maybe not. Working in a physical therapist’s office, probably helping some sweet old lady with a bad hip.” By Tatiana Martinez

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT

By Samantha Walsh

What is your name? Bradley Bergschneider

What grade are you in? Kindergarten

What is your favorite:

Show or Movie: Teenage Mutant Ninja

Turtles

Food: Sausage Pizza

Color: Red

Holiday: Halloween

Sport: Soccer

What do you want to be when you grow

up? Fireman

What is your name? Braylon McGurn



Show or Movie: Bugs Bunny

Food: Bacon

Color: Blue

Holiday: Halloween

Sport: Football

What do you want to be when you

grow up? Like my dad

What is your name? Daxtyn Greer



Show or Movie: Curious George

Food: Chickens

Color: Blue

Holiday: Halloween

Sport: Football


grow up? Farmer

What is your name? Harry Clark



Show or Movie: SpongeBob

Food: Deer Jerky

Color: Blue

Holiday: Easter

Sport: Karate


grow up? School bus driver

What is your name? Kennedy Borland



Show or Movie: Frozen

Food: Pizza

Color: Blue

Holiday: Christmas

Sport: Volleyball


grow up? A mommy

What is your name? Maribel Arredondo




Food: Pizza

Color: Blue

Holiday: Christmas

Sport: Basketball


up? Doctor

What is your name? Maggie Foster




Food: Cupcakes

Color: Orange

Holiday: Christmas

Sport: Volleyball


grow up? Teacher

What is your name? Payson Hill



Show or Movie: The Avengers

Food: Strawberry Cake

Color: Blue

Holiday: Halloween

Sport: Soccer


grow up? Do what Daddy does

Individual

Photo

Not

Allowed

What is your name? Macie Wainscott



Show or Movie: Frozen and Scooby-

Doo

Food: Hamburgers

Color: Pink

Holiday: Christmas

Sport: Volleyball


grow up? Ballerina

What is your name? Luke Meade



Show or Movie: Old Yeller

Food: Pizza

Color: Yellow

Holiday: Halloween

Sport: Football


grow up? Baseball player

What is your name? Olivia Porter




Food: Pizza

Color: Purple & Blue

Holiday: Christmas

Sport: Basketball


grow up? Doctor

What is your name? Serenity Wallace



Show or Movie: Pigs

Food: Chicken

Color: Red

Holiday: Christmas

Sport: Bouncy Ball

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Ninja Turtle

What is your name? Keslyn Page



Show or Movie: Strawberry Shortcake

Food: Cereal and Chocolate

Color: Pink & Purple

Holiday: Birthday

Sport: Swimming


up? Doctor

What is your name? Madison Meade




Food: Spaghetti

Color: Yellow

Holiday: Christmas

Sport: Stretching


up? Doctor

What is your name? Ashton Siebeneck



Show or Movie: Papa Troll and Shrek

Food: Chicken Nuggets

Color: Purple

Holiday: Christmas

Sport: Cardinals Baseball


up? Artist

What is your name? Jentry Bergman

What grade are you in? 4th


Show or Movie: Fast and Furious 6

Food: Pizza

Color: Orange

Holiday: Christmas

Sport: Football


grow up? Construction Worker

What is your name? Timothy Simpson



Show or Movie: Myth Busters, Duck

Dynasty and Dukes of Hazzard

Food: Pizza and Tator Tot Casserole

Color: Blue & Pink

Holiday: Johnny Appleseed’s Birthday

Sport: Football


grow up? NFL Player

What is your name? Sydney Berry



Show or Movie: Teen Wolf

Food: El Camino

Color: Blue & Green

Holiday: Christmas

Sport: Volleyball, Basketball, Soft-

ball


grow up? Clinical Psychologist

What is your name? Stephen Jones



Show or Movie: Supernatural

Food: Cheeseburger

Color: Black & Gray

Holiday: Christmas

Sport: Basketball


grow up? Welder

What is your name? Brenden

Card

What grade are you in? 2nd


Show or Movie: Pink Panther

Food: Pizza

Color: Red

Holiday: Christmas

Sport: Football

What do you want to be when

you grow up? Firefighter

What is your name? Donovan Card

What grade are you in? 3rd


Show or Movie: Ben 10

Food: Pizza

Color: Lime Green

Holiday: Christmas

Sport: Golf


grow up? Firefighter

Haunted House: Chaos of Terror

The 9th annual Bates County Elks Lodge 2653 haunted house!

$6.00 per living soul

SE corner of the Butler Square above

El Dorado Mexican Restaurant and

Cantina

Door opens at

7.00pm till?

Oct. 17th-18th

Oct. 24th-25th

Come face your fears at Bates County’s only Haunted House!

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Photo

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What is your name? William Franklin

What class or classes do you teach? K-

12 Guidance Classes, Elementary Key-

boarding, and 7th grade Life Skills


Food: Fresh Fish/Seafood

Color: Blue

Holiday: Christmas

Hobby: Traveling

Favorite class when you were in school?

Phy. 506 Positive Psychology—it was dur-

ing this class that I taught my cat Iris to sit!

Where did you come from? My father’s

family is from Osceola, MO; my mother’s

family is from Stover, MO; I grew up near

the Lake of the Ozarks, which is south of

Stover.

What is your name? Mary Bauman

What class or classes do you teach?

Special Education


Food: Chinese

Color: Purple

Holiday: Christmas

Hobby: Grandkids

Favorite class when you were in school? Reading

Where did you come from? Sedalia,

MO

What is your name? Melissa Burke

What class or classes do you teach? 5th


Food: Chicago Style Pizza

Color: Green & Purple

Holiday: Christmas

Hobby: Scrapbooking & fishing


Science

Where did you come from? Bolivar,

MO—Lived in Missouri for 3 years now;

originally from Bourbonnais, IL

What is your name? Johanna Goucher


3rd


Food: Lasagna

Color: Pink

Holiday: Christmas

Hobby: Hunting, fishing, photography

Favorite class when you were in

school? Yearbook

Where did you come from? Clinton,

MO—born/raised, College—CMU—

Central Methodist

What is your name? Brenda Atchison


Speech and language therapist


Food: Chocolate

Color: Yellow

Holiday: Thanksgiving

Hobby: Travel


History

Where did you come from? I have al-

ways lived in Missouri. I grew up in

Creighton, MO; I now live in Kansas

City, MO.

We would like to intro-

duce the newest members to the

Bulldog staff. Each person was

given a survey to fill out, so we

could get to know them better.

The information is formatted as

they are standing. Welcome to

the Bulldog family and good luck.

Welcome!

First Row (L-R): Savana Allen Abbi Clark Harley Copeland Darby Hill Second Row (L-R): Holly Tate Savanna Snethen Maddy Murray Mikayla Whitaker Third Row (L-R): Sydney Berry Morgan Meade Sam Walsh Adelyne Dowse Coach-Missy Callahan Sabrina Walsh Tori Kiffer Katrina Clark Micah Patrick

By Caitlyn Inglis & Katrina Clark

On August 26, the Lady Bulldogs had their first Volleyball game! They hosted the Archie Whirlwinds and didn't come out with a great start. The first set they lost 9-25. In the second set they were fired up and eager to get a win; they pushed and fought and almost won the second set with the score 21– 25.

On September 2, Ballard took on the Miami Ea-gles. The first match was very close. They almost beat the Eagles, 24-26. The Bulldogs fought; with every pass they tried and tried to beat them the second set, but came up a bit short. They lost 16-25, but are determined to play them again and hopefully get a great win!

Ballard vs. Adrian Sept. 11

Set Ballard Adrian

1 6 25

2 3 25

Ballard vs. Hume Sept. 12

Set Ballard Hume

1 15 25

2 19 25

The ladies have been working hard this year to bring forth some wins. They have been practicing hard and are trying to improve the efforts as a team. Good luck ladies!

Bulldogs Battle the Eagles

Bulldogs Fight the Whirlwinds

Ballard vs. Chilhowee Sept. 15

Set Ballard Chilhowee

1 21 25

2 20 25

Ballard vs. Lakeland Sept. 15

Set Ballard Lakeland

1 14 25

2 25 23

3 13 25

First Row Sudie Callahan Second Row (L-R): Delaney Doll, Jailynn Wheeler, Morgan Wheeler Third Row (L-R) Kelsie Karo, Amanda Teagarden, Kayla Wainscott, and Sonya Walsh

Front row (L-R): Jimmy Kiffer, Jake Light, Donovan Hinrichs Second Row (L-R): Manager Kale Oerke, Jaeden Schliem, Jack Rotert, Brice Eidson, Garrett Oerke, and Manager Drake Vermillion

On September 22, the Ballard Bulldogs hosted the Kingsville Tigers at home. They came into the game anticipating a win. They started off very well working together with the crowd fired up. They worked very hard in the first set and came close to a win with the score 22 –25. The Bulldogs fell a little short with a loss of 6-25, but they were going to try harder the next game!

Ballard vs. Bronaugh Sept. 23

Set Ballard Bronaugh

1 14 25

2 21 25

Set

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KILL!!!!

This year’s Junior High Bulldogs are off to a great start! The girls have come within points of win-ning every time but have just fallen short. The boys have their first victory under their belts, and are work-ing hard. Good luck to both teams this year!

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Q. Why do people

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