Timmons Elementary School third-graders who work hard and show great effort are named to the Zoo Crew. Members of the Zoo Crew are…
TES Zoo Crew
Timmons Elementary School third-graders who work hard and show great effort are named to the Zoo Crew. Members of the Zoo Crew are rewarded with goofy and crazy games and activities before school each week for eight weeks.
Congratulations to the second quarter Zoo Crew members: Sophia Alandt, Owen Bell, Bridger Bischof, Mackenzie Blackford, Jack Bornstein, Hunter Brownfield, Tyler Brownfield, Skyler Cieszykowski, Charlotte English, Tommy Garvey, Alexa Herbert, Kate Hershberger, Camille Jackson, Tyler Jones, Ellie Lupoli, Lucia Martino, Zach Matthews, Erin McFadden, Tommy Moores, Aaron Moss, Gavin Niehenke, Marra Parker, Maddie Rees, Max Robarge, Max Rossiter, Alex Seifrit, Kaden Selby, Alayna Stachiw, Iris Valadez and Blaize Vitullo.
KIS Students of the Month
Kenston Intermediate School is pleased to announce their Students of the Month for January.
Students honored with “self-control” awards were fourth-graders Adrienne Akers, Ryan Batista, Molly Bochenek, Ben Chance, Lauren Jaroch, Sarah Johnson, Aidan Kenny, Clare Kenny, Grace Lupoli, Grace Meine, Thomas Meyers and Logan Toft; and fifth-graders, Alec Barrett, Collin Bell, Brendan Garvey, Tanner Kuhen, Ronja Markoff, Matthew Pierce, Will Pollack, John Schuler, Eli Seifrit, Gwen Sheely, Matthew Smith-Skladany and Reece Weber.
Do I DARE
Kenston Intermediate School fifth graders recently graduated from the Drug Alcohol Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program. The fifth-grade choir performed “Do I Dare” for classmates and parents.
The DARE program is taught by Bainbridge police officer Brian Reardon and supported by Bainbridge Police Department and Bainbridge Township. Kenston resident and 1999 Ohio’s Mr. Football, Brandon “Bam” Childress, encouraged fifth-graders to make good choices and work hard for their dreams.
Future City Competition
Addison Paystrup, Olivia Heysek and Ali Lesner and alternate Gabby Powell earned first place in Best Use of Energy, first place in Best Architectural Model and Rookie of the Year honors as they represented Kenston Middle School STEM classes at the 17th annual DiscoverE’s Future City Competition in Columbus. They studied city infrastructure features such as energy, transportation, food sources and communication, while employing such skills as engineering design process, computer simulation, research, cooperation, public speaking and construction of a scaled model.
They built a concept model of the city of the future, wrote a narrative and developed an essay on the topic of “Feeding Future Cities,” which challenges students to think about how to produce enough food for the plant’s growing population. The team was advised by teacher Lynn Fagerholm and community engineer mentor John King.
Speech and Debate Update
Kenston hosted their first tournament over winter break. Twenty-three schools attend with competition at both the middle school and high school. Emily Herbruck earned first place honors in expository speaking, earning her a bid to the state speech and debate tournament. Morgan Spehar took home sixth place honors in humorous interpretation while Nick Vitello finished sixth in expository speaking.
Competing in the Berea Tournament, Emily Herbruck brought home a third place trophy in expository speaking, Cassie Holub earned a seventh place finish in original oratory and the team of Megan Herbruck and Savannah Georgian were awarded seventh place in duo interpretation.
Standouts at the Laurel Tournament were Nick Vitello finishing fourth and Jimmy Spriggs placing sixth.
Emergency School Closing
In case of severe weather or calamity requiring school to be closed, an official announcement will be made via an AlertNow phone call to the homes of families with children attending the Kenston schools. If you are uncertain about school closing, you can call 440-564-2134 or log in to www.kenstonlocal.com for up-to-date information. The message is updated by 6:30 a.m. when conditions warrant.
If school is closed due to weather, all activities and athletic contests are canceled whether home or away.
KMS Musical
Kenston Middle School will be presenting the musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat” on Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 7 at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. at the Kenston High School auditorium.
Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door the night of the show.
Gold Cards Available
All residents of Auburn and Bainbridge who are 60 years of age or older may obtain a free, lifetime “gold card,” which will admit them free of charge to any school sponsored event in which students participate, including home athletic events, musical and dramatic performances.
Gold cards are not valid when an event is sponsored by an organization other than the schools (P.T.O., Booster groups, etc.) as a fundraiser. Cards cannot be used for athletic events such as conference, regional or state playoffs.
Gold card membership can be obtained at the Kenston Board Office, 17419 Snyder Road.
