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C-12 Wednesday, September 19, 2018 The Press-Dispatch EAST GIBSON NEWS Submit school news: Email: egnews@ pressdispatch.net Deadline: Noon on Friday GOT SCHOOL NEWS? Email: egnews@pressdispatch.net Oakland City Elementary Embyr Beasley focuses on getting the moves right while watching a workout video in kindergarten P.E. at Oakland City Elementary. Kenzie Ru- dolph photo Above left: Oakland City Elementary kinder- garten students Nora Criss and Layla Norrick singing in Mrs. Like's music class. Kenzie Ru- dolph photo Above middle: A happy Daniel Bravo plays an instrument in Mrs. Like's music class. Ken- zie Rudolph photo Above right: Wyatt Brogan, sitting next to Madyson Brown, shakes maracas in Mrs. Like's kindergarten music class. Kenzie Rudolph photo Left: Kashton Cox works on learning a new song on the recorder in 4th grade music class at Oakland City Elementary. Kenzie Rudolph photo Right: A very excited Jonas Green shows off his recorder last Wednesday morning in Mrs. Like's music class. Kenzie Rudolph photo Damon Riley watches a workout video and follows suit during kindergarten P.E. with Mr. Oxley. Ken- zie Rudolph photo Kindergarten student Berk- ley Atkins enjoys P.E. in the fitness center with Mr. Oxley. Kenzie Rudolph photo CALENDER Sept. 19 – Fifth grade vi- sion screenings Sept. 20 – Volleyball vs. BTS, 4:30 p.m. Early Dismissal, 12:50 p.m. Sept. 24 – Think First Stay Safe Program Sept. 25 – Volleyball vs. Fort Branch, 4:30 p.m. Sept. 28 – Volleyball Tourney at FES, 4:30 p.m. MENU Thursday, September 20 : Salisbury steak with pota- to, chicken patty, Italian sal- ad and PB&J, with green beans, fresh fruit, veggies with applesauce. Friday, September 21: Cheese pizza, hotdog, grilled chicken salad or ham and cheese, with sweet corn, fresh fruit, veggies and mixed fruit. Monday, September 24: Chicken patty, BBQ chick- en, chef salad or PB&J, with carrots, fresh fruit, veggies and mixed fruit. Tuesday, September 25: Nachos, grilled cheese, popcorn chicken salad or ham and cheese, with green beans, fresh fruit, veggies and diced peaches. Wednesday, September 26: Popcorn chicken, hot- dog, taco salad or turkey and cheese, with baked beans, fresh fruit, veggies, diced pears and jello. Wood Memorial WOOD MEMORIAL SPORTS SCHEDULE THURSDAY, SEPT. 20 Girls' Varsity Volleyball vs. Princeton Communi- ty, A, 5:30 p.m. Boys' Varisty Tennis vs. Heritage Hills, A, 4:30 p.m. FRIDAY, SEPT. 21 Boys' Varsity Soccer vs. Rivet, H, 6:30 p.m. MONDAY, SEPT. 24 Boys' Varsity Soccer vs. Washington Catholic, A, 5 p.m. Boys' Varisty Tennis vs. Loogootee, A, 4:30 p.m. TUESDAY, SEPT. 25 Girls' Varsity Volleyball vs. North Posey, A, 6 p.m. TROJANS BOYS' TENNIS RESULTS SEPT. 17, 2018 WOOD MEMORIAL 2, EVANSVILLE DAY 3 Singles #1, Jalen Doerner ( W ) vs. Braedon Chridtie (ED), 0 -6, 0 -6, L #2, Paxton Schwomeyer ( W ) vs. Evan Rigney (ED), 0 -6, 3-6, L #3, James Gates ( W ) vs. Ty Wellemeyer (ED), 1-6, 3-6, L Doubles #1, Ryan Memmer and Braydon Bell ( W ) vs. Grant Allyn and Reid Staubitz (ED), 6 -3, 6 -0, W #2, Isaiah Norrick and Jacob Elaman ( W ) vs. Duke Moosbrugger and Noah Hupmann (ED), 6 - 3, 6 -1, W JV Boys' Tennis won 2-0 SENIOR NIGHT SEPT. 13, 2018 WOOD MEMORIAL 5, SOUTH KNOX 0 Singles #1, Paxton Schwomey- er ( W ) vs. Nathan Ruppel (SK), 6 -1, 6 -1, W #2, Jalen Doerner ( W ) vs. Caleb Cunningham (SK), 6 -0, 6 -1, W #3, Default win to Wood Memorial Doubles #1, Ryan Memmer and James Gates ( W ) vs. Tom Schmidt and Nolan Hays (SK), 6 -0, 6 -2, W #2, Isaiah Norrick and Braydon Bell ( W ) vs. Jace Willis and Zack Schmidt (SR), 6 -0, 6 -1, W SEPT. 11, 2018 WOOD MEMORIAL 1, SOUTHRIDGE 4 Singles #1, Jalen Doerner ( W ) vs. Carson Mundy (SR), 0 - 6, 3-6, L #2, Paxton Schwomeyer ( W ) vs. Owen Kinker (SR), 6 -3, 6 -2, W #3, James Gates ( W ) vs. Austin Barkley (SR), 3-6, 4-6, L Doubles #1, Ryan Memmer and Brayden Bell ( W ) vs. Gar- rett Altmeyer and Michael Kapper (SR), 3-6, 4-6, L #2, Isaiah Norrick and Alex Poe ( W ) vs. Alex Bie- hl and Max Rashe (SR), 4- 6, 1-6, L SEPT. 10 2018 WOOD MEMORIAL 0, BARR-REEVE 5 Singles #1, Jalen Doerner ( W ) vs. Kayden Graber (BR), 0 -6, 0 -6, L #2, Paxton Schwomeyer ( W ) vs. Nathan Hunt (BR), 0 -6, 1-6, L #3, James Gates ( W ) vs. Brycen Graber (BR), 0 -6, 1-6, L Doubles #1, Ryan Memmer and Alex Poe ( W ) vs. Gage Wil- son and Isaac Wagler (BR), 0 -6, 1-6, L #2, Braydon Bell and Isa- iah Norrick ( W ) vs. Logan Graver and Tommy Kidwell (BR), 1-6, 3-6, L Trojans tennis takes down South Knox at senior night matches The Wood Memorial boys' varsity tennis team, backed with a nice crowd celebrating senior night, beat South Knox on Thurs- day, Sept. 13 by a score of 5 -0. Coach Bolin states, "It was nice to get a win on se- nior night and have a nice celebrating crowd on our last home match of the year." Trojan Paxton Schwom- eyer defeated Nathan Rup- pel 6 -1, 6 -1 in the number one singles. Wood Memo- rial senior Jalen Doerner won against Caleb Cun- ning 6 -0, 6 -0 in the num- ber two singles. While the number three singles were won in default by Wood Memorial. In the number one dou- bles, Trojan seniors Ryan Memmer and James Gates defeated Tom Schmidt and Nolan Hays 6 -0, 6 -2. While Wood Memorial's seniors Isaiah Norrick and Bray- don Bell won against Jace Willis and Zack Schmidt 6 -0, 6 -1 in the number two doubles. All five seniors got to play and all won their matches, a great way to celebrate senior night and take the competition by storm indeed. Like's 24th year at East Gibson By Kenzie Rudolph Julie Like, the music teacher for Oakland City Elementary, Barton Town- ship and Francisco Elemen- tary schools, has just start- ed her 24th year at East Gib- son. Like is from Pike Coun- ty, and started teaching in 1994. She knew from a young age, four years old, that she would become a music teach- er, and she never wavered. "I would come home from church, we had a little chord organ, one of those tiny little old things, and I would start picking out melodies of the songs we sang at church, and they were like 'doggone, she's only four years old, we need to get her into piano les- sons,' so they bought me a pi- ano and I have been playing ever since," said Like. She got her bachelor's degree from University of Evansville and her master's from Indiana State. Like, who grew up in Pe- tersburg, says that she found her home at Oakland City El- ementary, and that she has never wanted to teach any- where else. Like's first job was at Oakland City Elementary in 1994, after a year of sub- stitute teaching right out of college, and she thinks that former principal, Mr. Cham- ness, hired her because he liked Bluegrass music, and she was in a band with Tony Rothrock for four years. Things have changed over the past 24 years, like her room location, but Like still teaches the same. "I kept the basic main things that I think the kids really need," Like said. When it comes to positives and negatives of her job, Like cannot find anything that she does not like about teaching music. Like said, "Well, I like that, based on research studies, music really helps kids...there was a research study done a long time ago by Phyllis Wiekart based on a bunch of football players in high school and the ones that had a really good elementa- ry music background, like with a really good teacher, they played better than the ones that had not. And a lot of it was based on movement and steady beat activities. That's one thing that I real- ly pull from that. I do a lot of that. I think that the kids re- ally benefit from that." The younger kids are learning steady beats, sec- ond and third are learning songs of America, third grad- ers are also learning notes of the treble clef, fourth and fifth are learning their in- struments and sixth grade is learning about the elements of music. According to Like, she does not have a favorite age group to teach. "I get to do different things with different grade levels, like fifth grade plays guitars, fourth grade plays recorders, you know it's something dif- ferent with each grade level, so I enjoy each grade level for what it is," added Like. Her favorite part is, "The kids' enthusiasm for music...I would say almost 95 percent of them really love coming to music class," Like said. Mrs. Like leading her music class in song at Oakland City Elementary. Kenzie Rudolph photo