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DFYITDFYIT t h is year is under t he leadership of All ie Row land, Kyler Com ley and Debi Schm idt . The year k icked of f w it h st udent s donat ing t o a cancer pat ient in our school.  We donat ed t o t he Fr iendship Meals and bought all t he dinners for t he elder ly for at Jef ferson Plaza Silver Threads.  DFYIT also delivered m eals t o fam il ies in St er l ing w it h a t urkey and box of Thanksgiving supplies t o m ake a dinner .  

We have just f in ished up collect ing for t he Goodfellows and have over 17 boxes of supplies t o deliver along w it h a check for $200.00. Also on our plat e, is care packages t o be delivered t o t he police of f icers in St er l ing.  We just want t o let t hem know how m uch we appreciat e t hem .DFYIT com m unit y hours have changed t h is year . High school st udent s m ust have 15 hours t o at t end t he drug f ree fest ival and junior h igh w il l need 10 hours, i t is st i l l 20 hours t o let t er . Lindsey Gilm ore is work ing on a program for our websit e and st udent s w il l just go on l ine t o t urn in t heir hours and sign t heir com m it m ent sheet .  Hopefully we w il l have t h is up and going by February.

DECEMBER 15, 2016A Publication of USD 376

S t u d e n t s i n v o l v e d s e r v i n g o t h e r s

Volume 35: Issue 3

DFYIT Officers/Members Pictured:

Edward-Member, Kyler-Vice President, Debi-Sec/Treasurer, Wyatt-Member,

Alley-President.

Sen ior s: I f you haven?t app l ied to the col leges you are th ink ing about at tend ing, p lease do so ASAP.

Also com plete the scholar sh ip app l icat ions at these col leges too. Rem em ber to look for nat ional

scholar sh ips th rough : www.fastweb.com , www.scholar sh ips.com , and th rough Career Cr u ising. Ut i l i ze

Chr istm as break to app ly for som e of these. I n late Januar y / ear ly Febr uar y local scholar sh ips w i l l be

avai lable to app ly for too.

Ju n ior s: I n D ecem ber and ear ly Januar y I am schedul ing Paren t/ Counselor m eet ings w i th jun ior s.

D ur ing these sessions we w i l l go th rough PSAT resu l ts, career in terests, cour se select ion for sen ior year ,

and post- secondar y p lann ing. Jun ior s and Paren ts: check your em ai l for avai lable day and t im es to

m eet. I t i s good for studen ts to take the ACT once thei r jun ior year . Go to www.actstuden t.or g to

register and decide when you wan t to take i t .

GREAT FREE ACT T EST PREP SI T ES f or Ju n i or s an d Sen i or s:

www.actstuden t.or g

www.m arch2success.com

www.power score.com

Cou n selor / Par en t V i si ts: in Januar y and Febr uar y I w i l l be schedul ing days/ t im es to m eet w i th each

studen t and thei r paren t(s). I n each of these m eet ings we w i l l r ev iew assessm en t scores, cur ren t

academ ic p rogress, career in terests, and post- secondar y p lann ing. I look for ward to talk ing w i th each of

you about your p lans for the f u ture.

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Ba nd New s by : La r r y Br ow nl eeT h e Ster l i n g Jr . H i gh an d H igh Sch ool ban ds p er f or m ed th ei r an n u al "Sou n ds of Ch r i stm as" con cer t at 7:0 0 PM on M on day, D ecem ber 12 at th e SH S Au d i tor i u m .

T h e con cer t f eatu r ed th e 7th -gr ade jazz ban d , 8th -gr ade jazz ban d , h i gh sch ool jazz ban d , th e Jr . H i gh Con cer t Ban d an d SH S Con cer t Ban d .  

T h e th r ee jazz ban ds al so p er f or m ed at th e gr ade sch ool on W edn esday, D ecem ber 14. Each gr ou p p layed tw o select i on s f or th e gr ade sch ool stu den ts.

O n Fr i day, D ecem ber 16, th e 6 th -gr ade ban d p er f or m ed th ei r ver y f i r st con cer t . T h ey p layed som e sh or t tu n es th at th ey h ave been w or k i n g on i n cl ass f or th e gr ade

sch ool an d p ar en ts.  T h e stu den ts h ave ju st been p lay i n g a ban d i n str u m en t f or 3 m on th s.

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T h e ban d h eld tw o f u n d r ai ser s i n N ovem ber , both w er e ver y su ccessf u l . T h e f i r st even t w as a m att r ess sale.  T h i s w as th e f i r st t im e th e ban d h as don e th i s even t an d th ey m ade $5,0 0 0 f r om th e sale.  T h e secon d even t w as th e b i -an n u al Jazz N igh t .  i n str u m en tal an d vocal gr ou p s f r om th e h i gh sch ool an d ju n i or h i gh p er f or m ed an d a desser t bar w as avai l ab le f or p atr on s to en joy w h i l e l i sten i n g to th e m u si c.

 T h e ban d m ade $925 at th e jazz n i gh t .  Pr oceeds f r om both even ts w i l l h elp to p ay f or f u tu r e ban d t r i p s.  T h e ban d w ou ld l i ke to th an k ever yon e w h o su p p or ted th ese

tw o even ts.

St er l i ng Ta l en t o n St age at Fl ag T h eat r e

Two Sterling USD teachers and two parents of Sterling students will be performing in a musical at the Flag Theatre in Hutchinson on January 12-15. The musical, "Radio Gals," is a production of the Sterling Community Theatre Troupe.  Sterling School District librarian, Amy Brownlee, band director, Larry Brownlee, and parents Piper Harding and Seth Svaty, will all be participating in the production.

The show is a day in the life of Hazel Hunt and her friends who run a daily radio show from her home in 1920s Arkansas. The musical features cleaver and often hilarious music.  A unique feature to this show is that the cast

 also play all of the instruments for the production.  Five of the seven cast members play the piano, three play flute, five play percussion, three play string bass, and all seven play ukulele.  Other instruments being performed during the musical include: guitar, violin, accordion, trombone, trumpet, tuba, clarinet, and a variety of other percussion and noise-making instruments.

St udent s par t icipat e in dent al screenings

The st at e of Kansas requires year ly dent al screenings. USD 376 dent al screenings were held in Oct ober and Novem ber . Prair ie St ar Healt h Cent er preform ed t he screenings. Screenings do not t ake t he place of an exam inat ion in a dent ist ?s of f ice. These screenings only point out easily found defect s. Let t ers were m ailed hom e if concerns were not ed. Som e Sr / Jr h igh school st udent s t hat had signed parent al consent s received prevent at ive care such as cleanings, sealant s and f luor ide t reat m ent s.

Dent al Cleanings for St er l ing Grade School

Our school has been select ed t o par t icipat e in t he Kansas School Sealant s Program . Dent al professionals w il l be of fer ing t he follow ing services in t he school: sealant s, f luor ide, and dent al cleanings.

Prair ie St ar Healt h Cent er w il l be at St er l ing Grade School on January 17 of fer ing cleanings, f luor ide t reat m ent s and sealant s. It is not t oo lat e t o sign your child up. If you would l ike your child t o par t icipat e you need t o f i l l out a consent form and a m edical h ist ory form . These form s are available in t he of f ice. This is a great oppor t unit y t o get prevent at ive services.

St at ist ics

In t he Unit ed St at ed 1 in 5 children age 2-19 have unt reat ed decay. Children w it h dent al disease m iss m ore school. Painful t eet h can cause problem s w it h at t ent ion. This can have an ef fect on overall school per form ance.

Have You Been Naught y or Nice t o Your Teet h?

Brush t eet h at least t w ice a day w it h a f luor ide t oot hpast e. Keep in m ind t hat children under seven m ay need assist ance. They m ay not be able t o m ake all t he hand m ovem ent s necessary t o clean all sur faces of t heir t eet h.

Floss once a day

Avoid f requent snack ing. Try t o choose healt hy snacks. Diet s high in sugar and carbohydrat es m ay increase t he r isk of t oot h decay. Lim it sugary sodas, ju ices and spor t s dr inks. Fin ish sugary dr inks and snacks in one set t ing. Sipping or chew ing all day can great ly increase t he chance of t oot h decay.

NURSE'S NOTES BY: KRISTI WILSON

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J-TeensT h i s year th e J-Teen s h ave been bu sy w i th th e f al l dan ce. T h ey en joyed

dan ci n g th e n i gh t aw ay an d d r essi n g u p i n H al l ow een costu m es.  T h e dan ce i s on e of th e h i gh l i gh ts of th e f i r st sem ester of sch ool .  T h e en t i r e ju n i or

h i gh sch ool w as i n volved .

J-Teen al so don ated to th ei r ow n p ar a w h o i s f i gh t i n g br east can cer . T h e gi r l s r eal l y m i ss h er an d w an t h er to get w el l soon .  B r east can cer i s J-Teen s al t r u i st p r ogr am .  T h e gi r l s ar e p lan n in g a bu sy Febr u ar y w i th h ear t si ster s,

k i n g of h ear ts, an d con cessi on s. O f f i cer s f or th i s year ar e:  M add ie Ch esn ey, Au br ey A n der son , Cou r tn ey Bal l , H an n ah Ben n et, K ay la M or r i s, Ri l ey

Ri ch ter , Cam dy n M im s.  T h i s year i s f l y i n g by so f ast , an d bef or e w e k n ow i t , i t w i l l be su m m er .  

Above left: Snowball Slow Dance

Above Right: All lined up!

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Fr ee O n l i n e Resear ch D atabases Avai l ab leT h e State L i b r ar y of K an sas p r ov i des access to excel l en t on l i n e r esear ch databases to ever y K an sas r esi den t f r ee of ch ar ge. D i st r i ct l i b r ar i an A m y Br ow n lee h as p r ov i ded access i n f or m at i on to stu den ts an d teach er s on u si n g th ese r esou r ces, p oi n t i n g ou t ap p r op r i ate tool s f or var i ou s gr ade l evel s an d su b ject ar eas.

B r ow n lee h as al so team ed w i th teach er s to i n str u ct stu den ts on u si n g database r esou r ces to r esear ch f or sp eci f i c cl assr oom assi gn m en ts. ?Usin g an on l i n e database r equ i r es d i f f er en t sk i l l s th an p er f or m in g a Google sear ch ,? B r ow n lee ex p lai n ed .  ?Col l eges r ep or t th at 60 % of i n com i n g stu den ts do n ot h ave th e sk i l l s th ey n eed to com p lete col l ege- l evel r esear ch .  Teach i n g ou r stu den ts to ef f ect i vely u se on l i n e databases i s a col l ege- r eady sk i l l i n l i n e w i th ou r state l ear n i n g stan dar ds.?

Fr equ en t ly A sked Q u est i on s

Q : W h at i s an on l i n e r esear ch database?

A : I t i s a l ar ge col l ect i on of h i gh -qu al i ty r esear ch m ater i al s accessed th r ou gh th e I n ter n et .  I t i s a su bscr i p t i on -based ser v i ce, m ean in g som eon e h as to p ay to gai n access.  T h e State L i b r ar y p ays f or al l K an sas r esi den ts to h ave access.

Q : W h at k i n d of i n f or m at i on i s avai l ab le?

A : M agazin e, n ew sp ap er an d sch olar ly jou r n al ar t i cl es, p h otos an d oth er i m ages, v i deo an d au d io cl i p s, ebook s, r ef er en ce ar t i cl es, an d m or e.  W e access th e databases th r ou gh th e I n ter n et , bu t th e con ten t i n clu des i n f or m at i on th at i s N O T avai l ab le f or f r ee on th e w eb (m ean i n g i t can ?t be accessed th r ou gh sear ch en gin es l i ke Google).  

Q : W h at ar e th e advan tages of u si n g an on l i n e database?

A : D atabases con tai n com p r eh en sive, u p - to-date, r el i ab le i n f or m at i on .  T h ey ar e u p dated th r ee t im es a day an d i n clu de i n f or m at i on f r om ar ou n d th e w or ld on ever y i m agi n ab le top i c.  M u ch of th e i n f or m at i on i n databases w as p r i n ted i n a n ew sp ap er , m agazi n e or jou r n al f i r st , so i t h as gon e th r ou gh an ed i tor i al p r ocess w h er e th e f acts h ave been ch ecked , u n l i ke w eb p ages on th e I n ter n et .  T h e databases al so gi ve ci tat i on i n f or m at i on f or stu den ts to h elp th em cr eate w or k s ci ted or b i b l i ogr ap hy en tr i es f or th ei r r esear ch .  Usi n g databases f or r esear ch r ath er th an ju st r ely i n g on Google sear ch es m ake a stu den t 's w or k m or e r el i ab le an d cr ed i b le.

Q : H ow can I access th e on l i n e databases?

A : T h er e ar e l i n k s to th e databases on th e l i b r ar y w eb p age an d on th e State L i b r ar y of K an sas w eb p age. T h ese l i n k s ar e set u p so u ser s i n K an sas do n ot h ave to en ter u ser n am es an d p assw or ds. T h e databases can be accessed f r om sch ool , h om e or an y dev i ce w i th an I n ter n et con n ect i on .  To access th e databases f r om ou t-of -state, con tact th e l i b r ar y to r equ est a f r ee K an sas L i b r ar y Car d accou n t .

State L i b r ar y w ebsi te: h t tp :// w w w.k sl i b .i n f o/ stu den ts

Q : H ow can I f i n d ou t m or e?

Vi si t th e sch ool l i b r ar y w i k i an d v i ew th e sear ch t i p v i deos M r s. B r ow n lee p osted , or con tact th e sch ool l i b r ar y.

H i gh Sch ool L i b r ar y w i k i (f or SJH an d SH S): h t tp :// ster l i n gh sl i b r ar y.w i k i sp aces.com

Gr ade Sch ool L i b r ar y w i k i :

h t tp :// sgsl i b r ar y.w i k i sp aces.com / Resear ch _ Tools

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Kansas Reads t o Preschoolers

D ar by Str aw n 's m or n i n g an d af ter n oon p r esch ool cl asses en joyed sp eci al act i v i t i es i n th e Ster l i n g Gr ade Sch ool L i b r ar y on N ov. 17 to celebr ate K an sas Reads to Pr esch ooler s, an an n u al even t p r om oted by th e State L i b r ar y of K an sas.

T h e book f or th i s year 's even t w as Bear Sees Color s by K ar m a W i l son . L i b r ar i an A m y Br ow n lee r ead th i s book alou d to stu den ts alon g w i th r elated book s abou t color s.  Each stu den t th en p ar t i ci p ated i n a h an ds-on act i v i ty by sor t i n g Fr u i t L oop s cer eal by color .  A f ter th e sor t i n g w as f i n i sh ed , stu den ts w er e ab le to en joy th e cer eal as a sn ack .

I sabel sor ts cer eal by color i n th e SGS L i br ar y as p ar t of th e K an sas Reads to Pr esch ooler s

T h e Ster l i n g Rotar y Clu b p r esen ted a d i ct i on ar y to each th i r d -gr ade stu den t i n th e SGS L i br ar y on D ec. 9. T h e clu b p r ov i des th e d i ct i on ar i es as a ser v i ce to stu den ts so th ey h ave th i s im p or tan t l ear n i n g tool to keep at h om e to h elp th em w i th h om ew or k . Stu den ts w er e exci ted

to f i n d th at th e d i ct i on ar i es n ot on ly i n clu de th e def i n i t i on s of w or ds, bu t al so m an y p h otogr ap h s, d i agr am s, m ap s, l i sts of p r esi den ts, f l ags, gr am m ar an d p u n ctu at i on r u les, an d m an y oth er stu dy tool s. O n e th i r d gr ader r em ar ked , "I d i dn 't k n ow a d i ct i on ar y cou ld be so

cool !"T h e l ocal Rotar y Clu b h as been p r ov i d i n g d i ct i on ar i es to Ster l i n g th i r d gr ader s each year

si n ce 20 10 . T h an k you to th e Rotar y Clu b f or th ei r gen er ou s gi f ts.

Third Graders Receive Dict ionar ies

Left: Ben enjoys his new dictionary.

Right: Peyton receives a dictionary from Rotarian

Taggert Wall