The 2014-2015 Walter/Horn Awards Outstanding Achievement Ceremony took place on April 29 at Auburn Career Center. The awards ceremony recognizes students in special…
Outstanding Student Named
The 2014-2015 Walter/Horn Awards Outstanding Achievement Ceremony took place on April 29 at Auburn Career Center. The awards ceremony recognizes students in special education in Lake and Geauga counties for the achievements.
Kelsie Keyes, a senior at Newbury Local Schools, was one of 29 students recognized as a 2014-15 Outstanding Student.
One of her teachers submitted the following on Kelsie’s behalf:
“Kelsie has grown into a mature young person, who will be graduating this June from Newbury. Her greatest achievement is her ability to self-advocate. She does not hesitate to ask questions about what she does not know and take the information she is given and do something positive with it. But most amazingly she is an advocate for others in a very polite and mannerly way. She is exactly what is special when we use the term ‘special education.’ We teach her, she learns from us. She teaches us, we learn from her.”
Congratulations, Kelsie.
Pennies For Pasta
Students at Newbury Elementary School took part in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society: Pennies for Pasta the week of April 27. Each day there was a theme to the coin collection.
On April 30, students participated in “Stuck for a Buck.” They had the opportunity to buy a foot of duck tape and tape Mrs. Tomassetti, the principal, to the wall.
At the end of the five-day fundraiser, Newbury collected over $1,100. Mrs. Miller’s kindergarten class collected the most money, with just over $300. The class will receive an Olive Garden lunch. The third-grade had the second highest collection, with just over $200. The students will receive a lunch from Subway.
Everyone was a winner, however, for helping those suffering from leukemia and lymphoma.
