The Press-Dispatch
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C-14 Wednesday, May 9, 2018 The Press-Dispatch EAST GIBSON NEWS Submit school news: Email: egnews@ pressdispatch.net Deadline: Noon on Friday SUMMER SCHOOL AND UPCOMING SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES Preparations for the 2018 Summer School are in place, with instructors prepared to provide educational opportu- nities for junior high school students in the areas of math and English. Our instructors are in the process of contact- ing parents of those students whom we believe would ben- efit from attending summer school. We are utilizing data such as ISTEP results, class- room formative and summa- tive assessment results, as well as the respective stu- dent's current academic sta- tus when determining the val- ue of the summer school op- portunity for a student. Additionally, incoming freshmen may enroll in their high school physical educa- tion course, earning a gradu- ation credit, during the sum- mer school period. By doing so, a student will open up addi- tional academic time for their schedule. High school courses are be- ing offered in a number of cur- riculum areas this summer, with a focus on providing stu- dents with credit recovery op- portunities. For questions regarding summer school, including to enroll, please contact Ms. Elizabeth Hill, in the Wood Memorial Student Services area. SENIOR HONORS NIGHT The 2018 Senior Honors Night will be held on Thurs- day, May 10. Ms. Carlton has been coordinating the plan for this year's event, during which our senior stu- dents will be recognized for their academic accomplish- ments. There will be more than $45,000 in scholar- ships awarded to Wood Me- morial seniors this year. The school-community is invited and encouraged to come out to help honor this fine group of individuals. MAKE UP DAYS In order to make up the three (3) days of missed school, due to the recent win- ter weather, our schools will be in session on the follow- ing dates: Wednesday, May 23; Thursday, May 24; Fri- day, May 25. The second se- mester is now scheduled to end on May 25. OPEN OFFICE SESSIONS Once again this year, I will be utilizing a collabora- tive opportunity for all mem- bers – students, staff, par- ents, guardians, and commu- nity members – of the Wood Memorial School Community. With this said, I believe to be most effective with the devel- opment and growth of our stu- dents it is imperative that ev- ery stakeholder of Wood Me- morial have an opportunity to collaborate and provide input in any area/aspect of interest involving our school(s) they may have. Thus, I will con- duct monthly "Open Office" sessions, focused on provid- ing time for such collabora- tion to occur. I encourage you to come meet anytime to review items of interest you may have. You may schedule a meeting by calling 812-749 -4757 and re- questing a time. In keeping with the theme of collaboration and commu- nication, I want to invite Wood Memorial stakeholders to fol- low the happenings at the ju- nior high and high school by joining us on twitter at WM- Trojans1. Wood Memorial CALENDAR Tuesday, May 8 AP Physics Exam, 8 a.m. United Way Day of Caring – Seniors Rain Date, 9:30 a.m. Golf at Princeton, 4:30 p.m. Baseball vs. North Daviess, 5 p.m. Coed Track at North Knox, 5 p.m. Patoka Valley Refuge Meeting, 5:15 p.m. Softball vs. Perry Central, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 AP English Exam, 8 a.m. Understanding the Impact of Bullying, Indiana Youth Institute Resources, Vin- cennes University – Gibson County Cen- ter, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Teacher Appreciation Lunch, 11:30 a.m./12:13 p.m. HS Student Council Meeting, 12:15 p.m. WMJHS Spirit Club Meeting, 3:30 p.m. Baseball vs. Evansville Bosse, 5 p.m. Softball vs. Forest Park, 5 p.m. Thursday, May 10 Senior Class Meeting, 11:30 a.m. Nurses Appreciation Lunch, 11:30 a.m./12:13 p.m. Tennis vs. Princeton, 4:30 p.m. Senior Honors Night, 6 p.m. Friday, May 11 AP US History Exam, 8 a.m. Baseball at Mt. Carmel, 5 p.m. Softball at North Posey, 5 p.m. Saturday, May 12 Baseball at Evansville Bosse, TBD Golf at Barr Reeve, 7:30 a.m. ADDITIONAL DATE OF NOTE ISTAR, April 16 – May 18, ECA – Spring, April 23 – May 25, Gib- son County Department of Child Ser- vices, Princeton Courthouse Square, 1:30 p.m. Physics AP Assessment, May 8 English 12 AP Assessment, May 9 Senior Honors Night, 6 p.m., May 10 US History AP Assessment, May 11 Calculus AP Assessment, May 15 High School Chemistry Lab Day, at Vincennes University, May 16 English 11 AP Assessment, May 16 JHS Awards Day, May 24 End of 2018 School Year, May 25 2018 Graduation, May 25 Agencies walk to raise awareness of child abuse and neglect By Janice Barniak Gibson County Dept. of Children's Services hosted a walk to cap Child Abuse Awareness Month April 30 at the courthouse square in Princeton. Participants, who came from several agencies that deal with abused and neglected children, walked around the square, then launched a balloon for each child in the county child services programs. Guest speaker Abigail Cox, with the Prosecutor's Of- fice, commended the collaboration of the agencies who work together in the county to serve abused and ne- glected children. "People can actually suffer as a result of a failure of professionals and agencies to work together, which cre- ates a need for effective collaboration, because failure isn't an option when we're talking about child abuse and neglect," Cox said. Hundreds of balloons represented children served by Gibson County's children's service agencies during acknowledgment of Child Abuse Awareness month. Many agencies came to show support of the event, including a mobile dental lab and local law enforcement agencies. Participants circled the courthouse square. Youth theater faces $10,000 shortfall By Janice Barniak Gibson County Youth Theater hosted a fundraising variety show Saturday night at Princeton Communi- ty High School auditorium, part of an effort to make up a $10,000 grant shortfall for the program this year. While the show will go on for area drama students, the group is doing what they can to make up for less funding, said theater parent Dorothy Jacquemai, of Owensville. The students are putting on The Addams Family this summer ( June 21-24), and are borrowing the items they'll need for the show from Reitz in Evansville, since their school theater recently performed the production. They also hope to increase enrollment in their youth drama camp, which will audition May 8 -9 and host a camp May 29 through June 2, wrapping up by perform- ing Seussical the Musical. The program brings together students from all Gib- son County schools, and Gibson Southern student Mya Jacquemai, daughter of Dorothy, said it's a benefit to meet students from other schools and see GSHS stu- dents that are in theater over the summer. "Theater has helped my self-confidence. It's a good environment to be around," she said. She sang "She Used to be Mine" and joined the full GCY T cast for "To Be An Addams." "It gives them something to do in the summer, gets them off the streets and it's something to belong to," Dorothy Jacquemai said. The variety show, dedicated to the late Paul Hammes, a volunteer and friend of the program, fea- tured several performers with local ties, including Jon- athan Dixon, who sang "I Got A Pea," a vegetable med- ley, Helaena Pfeiffer, with "You Are Not Alone," Syd- ney Dixon and Aubrie Reid singing "Jolene," Brielle Armstrong and Brooklyn Casburn singing "A Million Dreams," Taylor Wilke and Bradee Wilzbacher per- forming "Look What You Made Me Do," Matthew Mer- chant singing "Proud of Your Boy," and Mayi Reyes singing "Taylor the Latte Boy." Mayi Reyes sang "Taylor the Latte Boy" at Gibson County Youth Theater's fundraising talent show Saturday. County partners with OCU for added employee benefits By Janice Barniak Commissioners approved a partnership with Oakland City University last week to offer a partner discount program that will allow the county's employ- ees to continue their education at a reduced rate. The program will allow em- ployees to pursue a bache- lor's or master's degree with a $1,000 discount per course, with an employee eligible for one class every five weeks. The university has more than 20 partner employers. According to Commissioner Stephen Bottoms, the universi- ty knows they cannot meet em- ployees on work time. Highway Dept. starts pothole blitz By Janice Barniak The Gibson County High- way Dept. launched a push against potholes thanks to the warm weather, Highway Dept. Supervisor Chuck Lewis told the county commissioners last week. Part of that effort was rent- ing an additional piece of equip- ment called a hot box, which is a mounted unit that lets the de- partment purchase hot asphalt and follow it with a road roller for what Lewis said was a bet- ter result than the cold patch they've been using. He said the commissioners could expect him to be asking to add a hot box to the depart- ment's equipment in the future. "I feel like it's going to be a lot more permanent fix," he said. As far as equipment, he also reported that the new 10 -wheel Freightliner dump truck ar- rived, complete with a snow plow and additional safety fea- tures. "We're bringing things right up to grade," Lewis said.