Photography On DisplayChagrin Falls High School seniors Emily Loomis and…

April 4, 2013

Photography On Display
Chagrin Falls High School seniors Emily Loomis and Ana Medina-Fetterman have had their digital print photography work chosen among 300 works statewide to be exhibited in the 2013 Governors’ Youth Art Exhibition. Their work was selected from more than 12,000 pieces, which were entered in fifteen regions around the state. The students will receive a special certificate of recognition on April 14 during an awards ceremony at the Riffe Center in Columbus.
Thad Ricker, executive director and coordinator of the exhibition said, “It is with great pride that we exhibit these students’ artworks at the James A. Rhodes State Office Tower. The exhibition is a testament to the high quality of visual arts education that exists in our state. It is vital that the community understands the value and importance of arts education and the impact it has on our young people.”
The 43rd Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibit will be open for viewing at the James A. Rhodes State Tower beginning April 14 and remaining on display until May 16, weekdays only. The exhibition is a cooperative effort between the Governor of Ohio, the Department of Education, colleges, universities and corporate sponsors.
Food for Thought: A Writing Carnival
In Mrs. Katherine Owen’s middle school language arts classes, students planned a fun writing carnival for fourth and fifth-graders that they called “Food for Thought.” They came up with educational writing lesson plans with food tied into each activity. Some activities were Parts-of-Speech BINGO, Chocolate Caption Challenge, Adjective Eating, Acrostic Poems and Concrete Poems. The fourth and fifth-graders that participated had a lot of fun while learning and being rewarded.
Livi Andresen, a sixth-grader who participated in the carnival said, “The kids walked away with something, and not just food.”
Mrs. Heartz’s class wrote thank-you notes using many of the ideas they learned at the carnival.
Tyler Bookman, (Byler Tookman as he wrote, because he learned about spoonerisms) said, “Thanks for all the work you did for us!” Courtney Curtiss, a sixth-grader said, “I think this is a meaningful experience, because the fourth-graders learned a lot.”
When asked if Mrs. Owen should do this again, Grace Qua, a sixth-grader, said she should. “I think it gives the kids (sixth graders) the ability to be the teachers.”
Alice Patton also agrees with this. She said, “They (the kids) learned a lot, and it was fun for everybody!” Based on all the feedback from “the teachers” and their “students” reaction, Mrs. Owen is looking forward to hopefully doing this again. If you were a sixth-grader who was part of Food for Thought, when you looked around at all the smiling faces, or all the students focusing, you thought to yourself, ‘This is what it feels like to be a teacher.'” (Submitted by sixth-graders Anna Orywal, Alice Patton and Grace Qua)
CFMS Principal Honored
Chagrin Falls Middle School Principal Rebecca Holthaus was given a surprise ceremony honoring her for being named as the National Association of Secondary School Principals National Principal of the Year for Ohio. The ceremony was held in the District’s Performing Arts Center with the entire middle school student body in attendance.
The surprise was carried off before a scheduled assembly. Superintendent Bob Hunt and Board of Education President Ann Thomas spoke at the event. In addition, middle school teacher Larry Richmond represented the staff while eighth-grade student council officers Jack O’Brien and Christopher Currey presented Ms. Holthaus with a building photo composite with a nameplate indicating “Principal of the Year.”
Blood Typing
Students in Mrs. Lisa Salyers anatomy and physiology classes have been learning about human blood typing. They first did blood typing with fake blood and then the culminating activity of blood typing with their own blood. Salyers and school nurse Pam Hoover conducted the process identifying each student’s blood type.
The test to determine a person’s blood group is called ABO typing. A person’s blood sample is mixed with antibodies against type A and B blood, and the sample is checked to see whether or not the blood cells stick together (agglutinate). If blood cells stick together, it means the blood reacted with one of the antibodies.
The second step is called back typing. The liquid part of a person’s blood without cells (serum) is mixed with blood that is known to be type A and type B. Persons with type A blood have anti-B antibodies and those with type B blood have anti-A antibodies. Type O blood contains both types of antibodies. These two steps can accurately determine a person’s blood type.