Harrison Hills City School District Newsletter

Week of 1/15/14 “Home of the Huskies”

Harrison Central Jr. /Sr. High School

Congratulations to the Advanced Parliamentary Procedure Team on being crowned

State Champion

IEP conferences held throughout grades 7-12

Successful food auction run by Ms. McIntosh and the Junior Class

The 2nd round of SRI testing is nearing completion

Teachers provided students with study guides for their up and coming semester exams. This

will provide the students with adequate time to review the information

Outstanding job to the Harrison Central bands on a great Christmas concert

Students grades 7-12 were participants in the first ever “Assembly Wrestling Match”.

Congratulations to our wrestlers on their victory over Toronto

Harrison Central senior student Kyle Custer completed a model replica of Harrison Central’s

Football Stadium

Senior students Matthew Hawthorne and Brittani Jones volunteered for the Salvation Army

Up and Coming

12-22-14 JH Girls vs. Follansbee 5 PM (Scio)

12-23-14 Varsity Boys vs. Creek 6 PM

12-30-14 JH Boys vs. Buckeye Local 5 PM (HC Gym)

1-03-15 Varsity Boys vs. Bellaire 6 PM

1-03-15 Varsity Girls vs. Creek 12 PM

1-05-15 JH Boys vs. Oak Glen 5 PM (Scio)

1-05-15 Varsity Girls vs. Bellaire 6 PM

1-07-15 JH Girls vs. Buckeye Local 5 PM (Scio)

1-08-15 JH Boys vs. Weir 5 PM (Scio)

1-10-15 Varsity Boys vs. Shadyside 6 PM

Harrison North Elementary

Tuesday’s professional development included grade level meetings for preschool and 4th grade thru 6th

grade and a webinar for grades Kindergarten thru 3rd grade on DIBELS/Amplify on data reporting.

Over 75 students attended the Wacky Wednesday after school event sponsored by the Scio Methodist

Church.

Donnie Madzia and Jen Birney attended the administrative professional development on Wednesday

afternoon provided by Blair Closser and Ron Sismondo of the Jefferson County ESC.

Shawnee Arbaugh, Anna Tipton, Charlotte Sayre, Donna Carpenter, Donna Pendleton, Donnie Madzia

and Jen Birney attended the licensure renewal meeting provided by the district’s LPDC committee on

Wednesday.

Our Winter Music Program entitled “Christmas Wishes” was held on Thursday afternoon featuring the

Kindergarten, 2nd, 4th and 6th grade students. Special thank you to Dan Erbacher for preparing our

students for this program.

6th grade students recently polled 1st and 2nd grade classes on a variety of holiday related topics such as

“Would you rather live in a giant ginger bread house or ride on the polar express?” and complied data

in the following illustrated graphs.

Following the conclusion of the Winter Music Program on Thursday afternoon, students and families

attended our first Winter Holiday Fest Afternoon held in the auditorium which was filled with displays

including the OSU Extension Office, the North Pole drop off box provided by the Scio Post Office, art

activities, holiday story readers, 4th grade students sharing their PowerPoint presentations, cookies &

milk, raffles and activity packets for winter break. Special thank you to our Title I teacher, Tenley Telfer

for organizing this event.

Congratulations to 4th grade student, Jazymne Brown as she was the lucky winner of the Winter

Holiday Afternoon Fest gift basket.

Donna Carpenter and Louan Demas’ 3rd grade students visited the Harrison Co County Home and

Ashley Jacobsen, Lisa McAfee and Heather Soos’ 1st grade students visited the Sunnyslope Nursing

Home on Friday morning to spread some holiday cheer to the residents with songs, story reading,

cards and artwork.

Upcoming Events: 12/22 Winter Break (12/22 thru 01/02)

01/05 Classes Resume

01/14 District Spelling Bee (6:00PM) – Harrison Central, Auditorium

01/15 January Staff Meeting (8:30AM) – Library

01/16 2nd Nine Weeks Grading Period Ends

01/19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No Classes

01/23 Report Cards Sent Home w/Students for 2nd Nine Weeks

01/27 Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet @ Dover High School (11AM)

Harrison East Elementary

Mrs. McAfee’s Second Grade class made a Reindeer decoration to usher in the holiday season.

Harrison East Students demonstrated their gift giving by bring toys for Stuff the Ambulance. Over 300 toys were donated towards this worthy cause.

The District’s Safety meeting was held on December 18 at Harrison East. Mr. Madzia and Mrs. McKinney both attended.

Kindergarten, 2nd, 4th and 6th grades performed a medley of Christmas songs. They drew a crowd that filled the Gym.

Mrs. McAfee’s SRI point leaders with Shelby Gossett earning 200 points and Mykel Quito, Markus Hilbert and Brody Yeager earning 100 points so far.

UPCOMING EVENTS!

Classes will resume January 5th.

January 9th- The NED Show is coming to Harrison East.

January 19th- No Classes in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

DISTRICT OFFICE:

Mrs. Snider and Mrs. Harding attended the Family and Children First Counsel meeting.

Licensure renewal meeting was held on 12/17/2014 to assist teachers with the new online process.

Administration attended holiday events in all buildings.

Treasurer prepared the tax budget and has on file for review prior to approval on January 11, 2015.

Superintendent and Treasurer met with County Auditor to discuss values and collections.

Superintendent and Treasurer attended the Family and Children First Council Meeting.

Treasurer completed and filed the SERB summary sheet for the OAPSE contract beginning 7/1/14.

Treasurer completed accounting procedures/report for Ohio Department of Health for the MIECHV grant. IEP reviews were held this week at Harrison North Elementary, Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School, Harrison Career Center, and the Harrison County Board of Developmental Disabilities

Administrative professional development was held on 12/17/2014

Further planning for Ohio's New State Tests was held at Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School

Career Tech funding webinar attended by Mr. Parker and Mrs. Gibson at the J.C.E.S.C.

Ohio's K-12 monthly assessment newsletter distributed to Harrison Hills administrators

Student enrollment assistance provided to new district residents

Resident Educator program discussed with effected district employees and external contact established for follow up

Happy Holidays to all !

The Safe School/Healthy Students Team would like to wish you all

A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for

your support of the program this implementation year. We

appreciate all you do. With Joy!! Janet Groome, Jenny Gibson,

Ashley Doren, Tiffany Stock, Krissy Foraker, Cayla Pierce,

Mark Smith and Amy Hercules