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The Press-Dispatch School Wednesday, May 24, 2017 C- 5 Pike Central Above: On May 18, students who had perfect attendance for the entire year were awarded pizza and a trip to King Pin Bowling in Washington. Right: In our 8th grade social studies class, we read Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." To coincide with the story and the actual Calavaras Frog jump that is taking place this week in California, the students were allowed to bring in there own frogs they caught for a little friendly competition. Our top frog, jockeyed by Garrett Boyd, cleared 4' in three jumps. Pictured are: Garrett Boyd, Gage Blount and Ty Burns. Madelyn Fiscus and Calb Charkosky are show- ing off their science projects in the science lab. Ella McGuire, Quintin Sanders, Philip Stafford and Noah McFarland showing off their science projects. Above: Wood Memorial High School junior Lexi Lashbrook attempts to clear the crossbar while competing in high jump during the sectional meet on Tuesday, May 16, at Princeton. Lashbrook placed third with a leap of 4 feet, 10 inches, to advance to the regional meet on Tuesday, May 23, at Evansville Central. Ed Cahill photo Right: Wood Memorial High School senior Ash- lyn Morgan competes in preliminaries for the 100-meter dash during the sectional meet on Tuesday, May 16, at Princeton. Morgan placed fifth in the event with a time of 13.94 seconds. Ed Cahill photo Left: Wood Me- morial High School senior Chloe Bart- ley competes in the 800-meter run during the section- al meet on Tues- day, May 16, at Princeton. Bart- ley placed first in the event with a time of 2:23.37 to advance to the regional meet on Tuesday, May 23, at Evansville Cen- tral. Ed Cahill photo MENU Wednesday, May 24: SACK LUNCH - Sand- wich, chips, fresh veggie, V-Blend juice, fruit, fruit juice and treat. "Far Out" Speaker! Right and Far Right: Retired PCSC teach- er Denise Stewart visit- ed PCMS 6th grade stu- dents and wowed them with her "far out" col- lection of space objects. She discussed meteor- ites and showed them several samples from her personal collection. Stu- dents got to see and pass around pictures, meteor- ites and even other ob- jects, like jewelry made from meteorites and me- teorite impacts. The "Scoop on the Scope" Right: The PCMS 6th graders have been busy learning about space ob- jects visible through a telescope and microscop- ic objects visible with a microscope. Mrs. Weis- man's science classes re- cently did a solar system project where students were able to choose a 3D physical model, Google slides, or essay to pres- ent. Students were also learning the parts of the microscope, how to use the microscope and how to prepare slides for a mi- croscope unit. Plant and animal cell parts were al- so covered. Wood Memorial CALENDAR May 25 – Snow Day 5 May 26 – Snow Day 6 May 27 – Graduation May 30 -June 2 – Girls' Basketball Camp EGSC COUNTDOWN Last Day of School .. May 24 ..... Today Graduation ............... May 27 ..... 3 days INFORMATION OF INTEREST • Senior students are be- ing asked to provide pic- tures for use in the grad- uation ceremony. Each senior should bring one senior picture and one ba- by shot to Ms. Nossett as soon as possible. Student names should be provided on the back of the respec- tive picture. • Through a grant from Alcoa, Ivy Tech is offering an opportunity for high school students who are ju- niors and seniors to earn up to six college credits during the summer at no cost. To learn more about this opportunity, visit this link: https://www.ivytech. edu/southwest/17903.ht- ml. • The high school gym- nasium will be closed to all activities beginning Mon- day, May 22 through grad- uation. This is to allow for preparations for the 2017 graduation ceremony to be conducted effectively. • The Riley Dance Mar- athon has been canceled for this year due to sched- uling conflicts with other events. • Wood Memorial High School is planning on launching a Bass Fishing Team in the fall. A coach has been identified and we would like to now gain in- put on those students who may be interested in tak- ing part in the program. If you are interested, please stop by the high school of- fice and give us your name. An organizational meeting will be held after the start of the 2017-2018 school year. GRADUATION PRACTICE Graduation practice will take place on Wednesday, May 24, beginning with an 8 a.m. breakfast in the cafeteria. Immediately fol- lowing, students will move to the gymnasium to walk through the details of Sat- urday's graduation cere- mony. The practice will last as long as necessary to ensure a professional program, befitting our stu- dents, on Saturday. The seniors will conduct one final activity prior to enjoying pizza for lunch. Following this, they will be free to go. SUMMER SCHOOL SCHEDULE Summer school will run as follows: May 30 – June 23, 2017, Monday th- ru Thursday, week 1, 8:30 a.m. – noon, weeks 2 – 4, 8 a.m. – noon. We will offer the follow- ing classes: Junior High School Math, Junior High School English, Physical Education I ( for incoming Freshmen), Credit Recov- ery Classes, High School Courses (must be ap- proved). The Wood Memo- rial student services team will be making contact with students and parents in the upcoming weeks. EAST GIBSON NEWS Submit school news: Email: egnews@ pressdispatch.net Deadline: Noon on Friday We're not afraid to shed some light on the truth. 812-354-8500 SUBSCRIBE TODAY!