The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 9, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 March 1984 — Page 12
THE MAIL-JOURNAL - Wed., March 14,1984
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School news
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TOP SPELLERS — Winners in the Syracuse Spelling Bee finals include, left to right, Shelly VanVorst. Beverly Begley. Jennifer Carty, David Schmahl, Coung Reed and Tonya Perzanowski. David and Jennifer will be competing in divisions of the county competition at Warsaw.
David Schmalh becomes Syracuse spelling champ
Tuesday, Feb 28, twenty finalists from the fifth through the eighth grades participated in the Syracuse School Spelling Bee After 50 minutes of continuous spelling, sixth grader David Schmahl was the school's champion speller. Dave is the son of Mr. and Mrs Douglas Schmahl and his language teacher is Mr. Tom Jones Every student in the fifth through eighth grades had competed in the preliminary contests which narrow the field to to 20 competitors. The final five students from each grade level then spelled in competition to determine the champion. Finishing second behind Schmahl was Jennifer Carty, a seventh grader. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Jack Carty. Jennifer will represent Syracuse in the Kosciusko County Spelling Bee Seventh and Eighth Grade Finals at Warsaw, March 20, at 7 p m. She is a student in Mr Russell Sonafrank’s language arts class. Schmahl earned the honor of representing Syracuse in the Kosciusko County Spelling Bee Fifth and Sixth Grade County Championship at Warsaw, March 19, at 7 p.m. Finishing second to David was sixth grader Coung Reed. Tonya Perzanowski. a
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sixth grader, finished third. Coung is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Reed and Tonya is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Perzanowski. Coung is a student in Tom Jones’ language arts class and Tonya is in Mrs. Janet Lant’s class. •The second and third place finishers in the seventh and eighth grade were Beverly
Nurses to give 2 scholarships
District number 12 Indiana State Nurses’ Association is announcing the availability of two SSOO nursing scholarships to be awarded this May. One scholarship is to be given to a nursing student in his/her last year of a BSN program during the 1984-85 school year. The student must be Brent * e i 1 Beer • Named Milford Music Student Brent Beer, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beer, Milford, has been named the Music Student of the Month at Milford Elementary School by Donna Pollen, instructor. The fifth grader uses his musical talents both during school and outside the school, noted Mrs. Pollen. He has been singing solos and playing major roles in school programs since he was in the first grade. Last year, he was a featured soloist as well as a member of the main cast of P.T. Barnum. This year, Brent is a member of the Fifth Grade Special Choir and he played a leading role in the Christmas play, “Three Wee Kings,” where he sang in a trio. Brent has been taking private guitar lessons for approximately one year and he recently performed for his class. He also sings in a group at his church and plans to continue chorus as a sixth grader as well as playing in the band.
Begley and Shelly VanVorst. Beverly’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davis and Shelly’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles VanVorst. Both are students in Mr. Sonafrank’s class. Trophies are awarded to the winners and ribbons are awarded to the top three finishers in each division.
attending an accredited school of nursing, must be a high school graduate of Elkhart or Kosciusko County, must provide evidence of academic excellence, and must be in need of financial assistance. The second scholarship is to be awarded to an RN pursuing a bachelor of science degree in nursing. The applicant must be in the last year of schooling, must provide evidence of academic excellence, and must be in need of financial assistnace/ Preference will be given to District number 12 ISNA members The committee is accepting requests for application forms at this address: ISNA District 12 Scholarship, 113 E. Madison, Goshen, 46526. Application deadline is April 20,1984. •A Test days listed, other dates Parents of college bound juniors, juniors have been given the registration form for the May or June SAT and the June ACT, according to Marilynne Curtis, guidance director at Wawasee High School. It is suggested that the college entrance tests be taken in the spring of the junior year. These tests may be retaken in the fall of the senior year. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in a SAT workshop the two weeks before the May SAT. Students may register for this workshop in the guidance office. There is a fee. A Higher Education Night is scheduled for Thursday, March 22, at 7 p.m. in the case annex for parents of college bound juniors. Parents of freshmen and sophomores are welcome to attend. This will be “What parents need to know about college admissions.” This meeting will be especially important for parents with a first time college bound student. Please call the guidance office to give name or names of parents attending. FAF Deadline Seniors, financial aid deadline for the FAF mailing was March 1 to qualify for Indiana grants. Students may apply for the Pell (federal) grant if the FAF was not mailed. Forms are available in the guidance office. Parents in Action will be sponsoring Bill Essex’s presentation on “How Drugs/Alcohol Can Affect Your Children and Community” at 7 p.m. March 20, in the high school gymnasium. Essex is a former undercover detective with the Indiana State Police and a nationally recognized expert in drug abuse. Parents in Action is also interested in sponsoring group sessions in cooperation with a local mental health agency. Suggested topics are “Coping with divorce and separation,” “Coping with the problems of a one-parent family," and “Effective parenting." If anyone would like to attend any of the four sessions contact Mrs. Curtis in the guidance office to ore-register.
Events slated at Milford schools
Several activities have been set at Milford Elementary and Junior High Schools including the annual Milford Baseball Booster Club chili supper, a survey for all potential kindergarten students and a hearing screening for preschoolers. On Saturday, March 17, the Baseball Booster Club will have its annual chili supper with tickets available from students in fourth through eighth grade. Also during the chili supper, the PTO will have its annual used book sale and elementary school art festival. Used books are still being accepted for the sale at the school. Milford is also conducting a survey to determine the number of children who will be attending kindergarten at Milford in September, announced Ned L. Speicher, principal. The survey is in preparation for the Lakeland School Lunch Menu' March 19-23 MONDAY — Chili soup and cheese wedge, peanut butter sandwich, 'crackers, corn or lettuce salad, peaches, milk TUESDAY — Chef salad, hot rolls, peas or diced carrots, apple slices, milk WEDNESDAY — Pancakes with syrup, sausage links, hash browns, vegetable sticks, orange juice, milk THURSDAY - Turkey and noodles, mashed potatoes, strawberries and bananas or fruit salad, bread and butter, milk FRIDAY — Rib sandwich, french fries, pears or pineapple, pudding, milk t
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NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION WEEK — Third graders in Mrs. Stookey’s class at Syracuse Elementary School are learning about newspapers for Newspaper In Education Week, March 5 to 9. They have investigated the following parts of the newspaper, weather, television, movies, newsstories, business, sports, classified ads and comics. During their study, they have done special projects with comics, “shopping” with advertisements. and have learned the five W’s in writing newspaper articles. Along ’vith their projects, they have compiled a bulletin board with pictures token from the newspaper. The culmination of the project will be the children’s writing of their first edition of a classroom newspaper. Class members pictured are in front, left to right, Amy Logan and Joanna Ltmt. Brian Grothaus is pictured in the center and back row, left to right, are Ashley Dick, Chris Peterson and Carrie Schmahl.
THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STUDENTS OF VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE WAWASEE FFA R380X6628 SYRACUSE, INDIANA WAWASEE FFA ANNUAL SLAVE AUCTION Ken Schafer Dave Roberts Chuck Cotton Kevin Clark Gary Coy Jay Rhodes Rich Miller Chris Maze Rich Karst Jeff Young John Haab Ned Hunsberger John Zimmerman Troy Harney Marty Brown Rob Hare Rod Aaron Deb Whitacre Kent Nulf Scott Barker Randy Beer Dave Mills Steve Tethrake Randy Jessop Troy Moneyheffer Troy Reith Roberta Whitacre Dale Grady Mitch Stidams Kevin Grimm Debra Schafer Kirk Stidams Jacob Kizer Steve Carson Todd Roberts Mike Clark Monday, March 19 7:00 P.M. CAFE. ANNEX - WAWASEE HIGH SCHOOL Farm Work Yard Work Spring Clean-Up
Kindergarten Roundup scheduled for April 10 and officials would like to know the number of people attending so plans can be made. To be eligible for kindergarten, a child must be 5 years old on or before September 1 and must reside in Van Buren or the east half of Jefferson Township. People who will be participating in the Kindergarten Roundup are asked to contact the school office for registration. On Monday, March 19, the Milford Lions Club is sponsoring a hearing screening for preschool children ages The screening will be held at the elementary school from 6 until 9 p.m. and is free to all children. FFA members tour agribusinesses During National FFA week, students in the Wawasee High School vocational agriculture classes spent one day learning more about Indiana agriculture and supporting agribusinesses. The day began with a tour of Universal Livestock Manufacturing in Goshen. Universal is the production headquarters for a large number of livestock related equipment. During the afternoon the classes attended the Michiana Farm Show in South Bend. Exhibitors from throughout the midwest assembled in the Century Center. Students were able to visit with and see a large number of displays ranging from crop chemicals, seeds, irrigation equipment, grain handling, farm machinery to microqomputers. Instructors Lee Troyer and Randy Warren along with Jon Roberts, Bernard Roberts, Roger Miller, and Devon Davis accompanied the group.
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HELPING OUT — Mrs. Turner’s second grade class at North Webster Elementary School Illustrates some of the ways students can help at home. Presently the students are completing a health unit about family interdependence. Pictured above are, kneeling is Colleen Hoffert; standing, Jason Ross and Sarah Locke. In the back row are Kelly Harris, Cory Tom, Greg Hormann, Cassie Bonner, Aaron Graham, I Vannessa Shoemaker and Angie Vallejo. (Photo by Mark Weinstein)
Wawasee FFA to hold slave auction March 19 The Wawasee FFA Chapter will hold its annual slave auction, Monday, March 19, at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria annex at Wawasee High School. Members will be auctioned of to the highest bidders to do farm work, yard work, and miscellaneous jobs. Anyone desiring a high school age student should plan on attending the auction, or contact the vocational agriculture department at the high school. Members are obligated to work eight hours for the person purchasing their services. Proceeds from the sale are divided among the members doing the work and by the chapter to carry on the activities of the local organization.
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