The Press-Dispatch
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See Central Park, Rocke- feller Center, Times Square, Wall Street, the 9/11 Memorial and much more! • Visit Ellis Island and Liberty Island - Home of the Statue of Liberty. • Visit the NEW National 9/11 Museum! • For more pictures, video and information, visit: www. GroupTrips.com/leisuretraveler. Rhonda Ruiz, Rae Ann Brock and Vicky Phillips were out early Saturday morn- ing checking out the yard sales for bargains at Vaughn and Amanda Welch's sale in Meadowbrook. "We are just getting a good start," said Phillips. Petersburg was bus- tling with yard salers on a beautiful spring morning. They had plenty of places to search for just the right thing as there were 38 advertised yard sales in Petersburg. are to be deposited into the general fund. The board moved a few items around for a better fit in the Pike Central Mid- dle School Handbook, but no changes in content were made for the 2017-2018 school year. The board approved two high school overnight field trip requests. Kevin Carter is taking a group to Louis- ville June 19 through 23 for the 2017 Skills USA National Welding contest and coach Jason Roach will be tak- ing the boys to a Wesleyan University basketball camp from June 30 through July 2. A chemistry book change at Pike Central High School and health textbook chang- es for sixth, seventh and eighth grade were approved for the middle school. German American Insur- ance agent Brent Pfister pre- sented the insurance renew- al for 44 vehicles and buses, plus cyber insurance for the corporation. The annual pre- mium is $147,902 for the au- to renewal and $2,879 for the cyber insurance, which Pfis- ter said did not change. Da- vid Waltz had inquired about coverage for hardware and software and Chris McK- inney has a question about law enforcement coverage. Chris Satterfield made a mo- tion to accept, Ron Sharp made the second and the motion carried 5 -0. HIRINGS AND APPOINTMENTS APPROVED WES Principal Ritch Luk- er recommended Miss Emi- ly Abel for the music teacher position vacated by Mr. Car- roll Clark, who had 37 years with the corporation. Lea Heaton also tendered her resignation effective May 24 from the Winslow Elementa- ry School cafeteria. Technology director Phil Clauss recommended sum- mer school dates and times for all three schools, with May 30 through June 9 the dates for Winslow and Petersburg Elementary schools. Times are from 8:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. iRead 3 re- testing will be the last few days for both schools. Pike Central summer school will run June 5 through June 29 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with ECA retesting set for the last few days. Petersburg Elementary School Principal Rick King recommended Winnie Fos- ter as a summer school as- sistant for iRead 3 remedi- ation and testing, Kristy Stone a summer school teacher for iRead 3 remedi- ation and testing, and Man- dy Adams as a Title 1 assis- tant two days a week for the rest of this school year. Summer school recom- mendations from Pike Cen- tral Rrincipal Brian Holland were approved and included: Mrs. Cassi Craig for credit recovery, Mrs. Ketina Bai- ley for credit recovery aide, Mr. Chris Ashworth, band and Mr. Daryl Kluemper, agriculture. Summer school recom- mendations from Winslow Elementary School Prin- cipal Ritch Luker were ap- proved and included: Miss Abby Aldridge as an instruc- tor and Mrs. Karla Hill as an instructional assistant. ATHLETIC RECOMMENDATIONS APPROVED Twenty-one coaching recommendations present- ed by Pike Central High School Athletics Director Billy Hewig were consid- ered by the board during Tuesday's regular meeting of the Pike County School Corporation Board of Di- rectors. Kyle McCutchan was named head varsity girls' basketball coach and Jason Roach remains the head varsity boys' basket- ball coach. Others approved were: James DeCrane, head varsity girls' soccer coach; Chris Kramer, assistant var- sity girls' volleyball coach; Stephanie Shedd, head sixth grade girls' volleyball coach; Brandi Chestnut, head eighth grade girls' volleyball coach; Lexi Shoultz, volun- teer assistant eighth grade girls' volleyball coach; Trent Whitehead, varsity assistant girls' basketball coach; An- drew Wibbler, junior varsi- ty girls' basketball coach; Tara Wornica, freshman/C girls' basketball coach; Erik Knight, eighth grade girls' head basketball coach; Ryne Biesterveld, seventh grade girls' head basketball coach; Rochelle Johns, sixth grade girls' head basketball coach; Jacob Western, varsity assis- tant boys' basketball coach, Hunter Elliott, junior varsity boys' basketball coach; Jer- emy Howald, freshman/C team boys' basketball coach, Fran Lewis, volunteer assis- tant girls' varsity golf coach, Jacob Wester, varsity assis- tant boys' soccer coach; Will Teague, varsity cross coun- try coach, Tanner Mason, boys' varsity assistant track coach. Recommendations from Corporation Maintenance Coordinator Ross Elmore and Support Services Di- rector Todd Harker for sum- mer labor positions were ap- proved: Zack Pancake, Crit Downing and Alexis Mc- Dowell to work in the main- tenance and transportation department. MINDS IN MOTION Winslow Elementary's Mrs. Jenny Cherry was ac- companied by Mrs. Abby Al- dridge and guidance Coun- selor Mrs. Natalie Werner and assisted by students Ri- ley Russell and Ethan Nel- son while presenting the "Minds in Motion" program at Winslow Elementary, which was recently funded by a $2,500 grant. The activ- ity involves 15 stations that involve hand and eye coor- dination and balance situa- tions that not only allow stu- dents to gain skills, but also help identify areas that can be addressed by physiology professionals. PES Principal Rick King stated Petersburg has also been utilizing the "Minds in Motion" program but to a lesser extent than Win- slow. He said they use the long hall inside the school for their "Minds in Motion" program but haven't gotten as far along as Winslow El- ementary. King added that there has been a lot of end of year activities with Swing Choir and field trips. Board President David Waltz made a motion to make Academic achieve- ments a part of the corpo- ration agenda above admin- istrative comments. It was seconded by Ron Sharp and carried 5 -0. Also under the board comments section, Chris Satterfield stated that two Pike Central students that he teaches became na- tionally certified with NC3 with Snap On student edu- cation. Satterfield said that Pike Central is the first high school in Indiana to use the master digital multi-tool pro- gram. The board accepted dona- tions from Circle K of $101 to Winslow Elementary School for the book fair and $1,000 for Pike Central High School Business Professionals As- sociation from Main Street Presbyterian. A $250 dona- tion from Flat Creek Pork for the Mark Scott Green Power Car was also approved. SCHOOL Continued from page 4 PETERSBURG ABUZZ WITH ACTIVITY OVER THE WEEKEND Brylee Walker and Chloe Burgess had a yard sale on Sunday on Ninth St. The girls did cartwheels and hand stands on the sidewalk to draw attention to their yard sale. The Pike Central Color Guard did impromptu performances on Main St. Petersburg in front of German American, where they were having a bake sale fundraiser during the City-Wide Yard sale.