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The Press-Dispatch School Wednesday, November 13, 2019 C- 9 SADD Club members Cassidy Perry, Han- nah Brackney, Carlie Perry, Easton Bailey, Em- ma Brock and Hannah Fort in front of a bulletin board they created with this year's Red Ribbon Week Theme: "Send A Message. Stay Drug Free." A few students participating in the homeless unit in Mrs. Bohnert's English class visited Somebody's Place on Nov. 5 to volunteer. Students helped move boxes and begin setting up for the Christmas sea- son. Students also received a tour of the facilities and learned about the operations of Somebody's Place. Pictured are Jerzey Reibold, MaKayla Thorne, Ethan Hill and Samuel Haycraft. Left: Students in Mr. James DeCrane's Spanish classes celebrated the Day of the Dead last week. The Spanish Club (Sar- ah Lane, Nakiah Hickey, Josh McHargue, Sam Haycraft, Samantha Perry and Reece Ashley) helped to decorate the classroom for the full effect of the tradition. El Día de los Muertos is a big holiday in Mexico as a day of remembering loved ones. Stu- dents at Pike Central learn about this hol- iday and also look at the common connec- tions shared amongst all cultures of how to mourn the loss of a loved one. As an assignment, students will create some- thing to remember a lost loved one, pet or a famous person from history. These will be added to the displays to remem- ber throughout the month of November. Realizing a dream takes commitment, hard work, and, most often, a helping hand from fam- ily and others. And that's exactly what 30 stu- dents from Indiana's private, non-profit colleges and universities were celebrated for at the 30th Annual Realizing the Dream banquet. Oakland City University chose former Pike Central stand- out Taylor Deffendoll as this year's recipient. Def- fendoll is a Criminal Justice major at OCU, where she serves as a Student Government senator and the Criminal Justice Student Association presi- dent and treasurer. She is the daughter of Jeremy and Jennifer Deffendoll, of Winslow. Each hon- ored student received a $3,000 check to help with college costs, and each student's selected "most influential" teacher/mentor received a $1,000 professional development grant. Deffendoll chose Pike Central Criminal Justice teacher Chad Mc- Clellan as her most influential teacher. Deffendoll and McClellan were honored at the Realizing the Dream banquet held in Indianapolis on Saturday, Nov. 2. SADD Club members Cassidy Perry, Easton Bailey, Hannah Brackney, Emma Brock, Hannah Fort and Carlie Perry in front of a bulletin board they created to promote living drug free. Andy Barrett and Chris Nicholson answer some Red Ribbon Week trivia for the chance to win some prizes from SADD Club members LJ Def- fendoll and Xavery Weisman. Above: Hope Readle, fourth grade, explains how she built her longhouse. Right: All of the students at OMA participated on Halloween by dressing up and having a cos- tume parade. Dutchtown Homes of Otwell came in with prizes to judge each class. Two winners from each grade level were selected and award- ed prizes. Pictured are, front row (l to r): Ebo- ny Mason, Phoebe Simmons, Bristol Grubb, Ken- zie Miller-Kio, Bentley Aldridge and Kellcyn Rik- er. Back row: Krysanya Grierson, Jayden Melton, Sawyer Kabrick, Peyton Taylor, Ella Winchell and Ryder Troutman. Top middle: Jace Fields is presenting his long- house for the fourth grade historic tribe project. Top right: Ryder Troutman in fourth grade is presenting his historic tribe project, Otwell Miller Academy Pike Central Church Notes Email: schoolnews@pressdispatch.net DO YOU HAVE SCHOOL NEWS!