KHS Students Of The MonthCongratulations to Kenston High School students…

April 11, 2013

KHS Students Of The Month
Congratulations to Kenston High School students of the month.
Selected for special recognition were freshmen Tatyana Hill and Harrison Uveges; sophomores Hannah Cubberly and Victor and Vitale; juniors Claire Abourjeily and Tyler Lance; and seniors Nicholas Astalos and Hannah Bates.
Rotary Senior
Jennifer Baumgartner has been selected Kenston’s Chagrin Valley Rotary Club student for April. She maintains a 4.3 grade point average and will graduate summa cum laude. She has earned academic awards in AP European history, AP government, business management, environmental science, health and introduction to business.
Jenny was a semifinalist in the “Stop the Hate” Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage’s essay competition. She has earned a talent grant, blue ribbon and honorable mention in the Lakeland Art Show and had her work published in “Janus,” the high school literary magazine.
Jenny is active in National Honor Society, Spanish Club and Envirothon and also playing volleyball for two years.
Jenny plans to attend either Indiana University Kelley School of Business or Miami University of Ohio Farmer’s School of Business, majoring in marketing and studio art.
Tickets on sale for Hello, Dolly!
Kenston Center Stage will present “Hello, Dolly,” an ebullient and irresistible story of the joy of living, glittering with happy songs, shining with loving scenes, alive with the personality of one of the most fabulous characters on the musical stage – Dolly Gallagher Levi. The show features classic musical numbers, including “Put On Your Sunday Clothes,” “Ribbons Down My Back,” “Before the Parade Passes By,” “Elegance,” “It Only Takes A Moment” and “So Long, Dearie.”
Online tickets are available through the Kenston High School website. Reserved tickets are available for $8 or $14 for the shows on April 19 and 20 at 7 p.m. or April 21 at 2 p.m.
Renewable Energy Dedication
The Kenston Community is invited to celebrate Earth Day 2013 with the dedication of the wind turbine and solar panels on April 21 at 1 p.m. adjacent to the tennis courts. Refreshments and hands-on activities will take place following at short ceremony in the Kenston Intermediate School multi-purpose room.
Earth Day 5K
Kenston High School Envirothon is hosting a community race to recognize Earth Day on April 28 at 9 a.m., with registration beginning at 8:15 a.m. The race will begin at Kenston Community Stadium.
Cost covering entry and a T-shirt is $15. Make checks out to KBOE.
Proceeds from the race will be used to support Kenston Trails and scholarships for environmental learning. Registration forms are available on the high school website.
Youth 12 and under may start 10 minutes early and will have their own prizes.
Fitness And Nutrition Experts Converge At Community Day
On April 14, the Kenston School District will host its second annual Play Blue in Motion event to engage the community in celebrating physical fitness and its positive impact on academic performance. The free event is open to the public and will be held from 1-4 p.m. at Kenston High School, 9500 Bainbridge Road in Bainbridge Township.
“Play” is an acronym for Promoting Learning through Active Youth.
Kimberly McCune Gibson, chef and local representative of First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” initiative, is serving as Play Blue honorary chair. New England Patriots punter Zoltan Mesko, who is from Romania, but grew up in Twinsburg, is the Play Blue keynote athlete and will be at the event to interact with kids and sign autographs.
In addition, attendees can enter to win raffle prizes, one of which includes a pitching lesson from former MLB pitcher Brian Anderson. The pitching lesson is part of a larger Cleveland Sports raffle prize featuring tickets and memorabilia, in addition to the pitching lesson. Another raffle prize is a gourmet dining experience featuring a five-course dinner for 12, cooked and served in the prizewinner’s home by Ms. McCune-Gibson.
McCune-Gibson grew up in Geauga County and is a partner in Hungry Bee, LLC, which offers personal chef services, catering, cooking classes, and event planning. In 2011, she and her business partner Ann Larrance created ReHive Ale, one of the first sustainable craft beers brewed by women and the first product released in McCune-Gibson’s “Beekeeper’s Daughter” food & beverage line.
Mesko participates in a number of New England Patriots Charitable Foundation community events, including the team’s “Celebrate Volunteerism” campaign. In the summer of 2012, Mesko launched The Zoltan Mesko Foundation, a nonprofit to provide financial support to organizations that foster the social, emotional, economic and physical well-being of children. In August 2012, Mesko was awarded with the Ron Burton Community Service Award, given to one Patriots player each year for his outstanding work in the community.
Throughout the Play Blue in Motion event, Kenston High School coaches and athletes will lead mini sports-clinics, and local fitness experts and business owners will conduct demos and workshops in martial arts, dance, yoga, spin classes and much more. With a focus on health and wellness, the event will also feature food vendors, cooking demonstrations, free samples from an A to Z salad bar and more.
The Play Blue initiative began when Kenston was awarded a $677,000 federal grant in October 2010 for physical education programming for the district’s 3,200 K-12 students. For more information, see KenstonLocal.org and click Play Blue.