Kenston School News
April 1, 2021 by Staff Report

Congratulations to Timmons Elementary School Students of the Month, who were recognized for their positive attitude...

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Congratulations to Timmons Elementary School Students of the Month, who were recognized for their positive attitude. Kindergartners honored were Hannah Boehnlein, Ryder Currutt, Aubree Geisweidt, Solomon Gregan, Jack Hegedus, Nathaniel Park, Zachary Rim, Kennedy Szarka and Giorgio Tomaselli. First-graders were Anthony Baldwin, Callie Baroni, Julia Bulho, Ledger Dalton, Simone English, Lillian Lindberg, Jewel Mbajika and Delaney Phillips.

Second-graders were Amelia Eliazo, Layah Johnson, James Keegan, Anna Marth, Amy May, Blake Pleune and Erin Zydyk. Third-graders were Jameson Dailey, Emma Gordon-Reed, Liam Johnson, Avala Mekhael, Clara Nilsson, Alishay Qureshi, Natalie Rabe, Lily Roland and Zisimos Tomaselli.

KMS Student of the Month

Kenston Middle School recognized their Students of the Month for March. They were sixth-graders Janie Eibler, Andrew Lupca, Charlie McMicken and Giuliana Walters; seventh-graders Ryan Menary, Olivia Muzzio, Sienna Peterson and Robert Sopis; and eighth-graders Hannah Cooper, Jay Kirkman, Ewan Paterson and Paige Stedman.

KMS Student of the Quarter

Kenston Middle School students were recognized as Students of the Quarter by their encore teachers, art, music, physical education and foreign language. They are sixth-graders Gavin Lewis and Greylan Lewis; seventh-graders Graysen Bischof and Aurora Young and; eighth-graders Sabrina Billock and Josh Rice.

Science Olympiad Teams State Bound

Kenston middle and high school Science Olympiad students, coaches and volunteers have qualifyied for the 2021 state tournament.  The KMS Division B team, including KHS ninth-graders, placed second in the Science Olympiad Northeast Ohio Regional Tournament. The high school team place seventh at the regional tournament.

Scientists in Division B placing in their events were Ben Fink and Max Rossiter for Digital Structures, first place; Jack Beclay and Lindsey Myshrall for Disease Detectives, second place; Jack Beclay and Sophie Voudris for Fossils, second place; Ryan Menary and Max Rossier for Mousetrap Vehicle, second place; Lisa Markoff and Max Rossiter for Experimental Design, third place; Jack Beclay and Ben Fink for Food Science, third place; Lisa Markoff and Gavin Meine for Meteorology, third place; Sarah Miller and Charlotte Syslo for Mission Possible, third place; Lindsey Myshrall and Samantha Worsdall for Ornithology, third place;  Lindsey Myshrall and Max Rossiter for Road Scholar, third place; Ben Fink and Ryan Menary for Write It CAD It, third place; Lisa Markoff and Sophie Voudris for Dynamic Planet, fourth place; Michael Thompson and Samantha Worsdall for Mission Possible, fourth place; Sophie Voudris and Samanth Worsdall for Reacher for the Stars, fourth place; Jack Beclay and Michael Thompson for Heredity, sixth place; Piper Noda and Sara Studer for Water Quality, sixth place.

High school competitions placing in the top six individual events at the regional tournament were Maddie Worsdall and Louis Polien for Water Quality, second place; Amelia Witmer-Rich and Jessie Kirschman for Disease Detectives, fourth place; Ava Intelisano and Maddie Worsdall for Ornithology, fourth place; Sam Koltas and Lucas Gulas for Gravity Vehicle, fourth place; Ava Intelisano, Leah Jarmolowicz, and Emma Smith for Experimental Design, fifth place; Johnny Martino and Tyler Larkin for Fossils, fifth place; Amelia Witmer-Rich and Jessie Kirschman for Protein Modeling, fifth place; and Viktoriya Taran and Louis Polien for Anatomy & Physiology, sixth place.

Kenston’s Science Olympiad teams will compete in the state tournament that will be conducted virtually by The Ohio State University on April 10.

Science Olympiad, a national non-profit organization founded in 1984, is dedicated to improving the quality of K-12 science education, thereby creating a technologically literate workforce and providing recognition for outstanding achievement by both students and teachers. Traditionally, events cover earth science, biology, chemistry, physics, engineering and computer science. The National Science Olympiad has grown to include nearly 8,000 teams in 50 U.S. states.

International Festival

Third-graders at Timmons Elementary School participated in their annual International Festival. Each student researched a country and shared his or her knowledge with their classmates. They also created videos for families to enjoy at home.

The festival is a culmination of five weeks of study, incorporating social studies map skills, ELA nonfiction reading skills and strategies, research skills and methods and technology.