WABASH COUNTY, Ind. – Donations were accepted and approved for a total of:
$515.00
Student and staff recognitions:
Staff Spotlight:
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Metro North student Sheila Smith and parents, Larry & Tiffany, shared their Spotlight for Teacher Amy Stearley at Metro North Elementary: Sheila said she is an awesome teacher!
Metro North Elementary School
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Our Metro North family raised over $4000 to assist 2nd grader Max Leffel in the purchase of his first wheelchair during a Metro North Spirit Week occurring the first week of December. Thank you to our all of our students, parents, grandparents and major donors that assisted us with this special project. Major donors included Urbana Yoke Parish, the Lagro American Legion, and Tiffany Haupert. Yesterday, our school presented Max with his check for $2,703.39. Since then, an additional $1,300 has been donated.
Northfield Jr./Sr. High School
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Northfield would like to congratulate Ariel Dale for her eclipsing a 1000 points in her career on the basketball court.
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NHS – Congratulations to Faith Macy the 2019 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Winner!! That is quite the accomplishment and we’re very proud of her.
Southwood Elementary School
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Six students competed on Saturday, 12/8, in the area Elks Hoop Shoot free throw competition. Those students are: 8-9 yr olds – Adeline Boone & Braylon Basset (2nd place; 10-11 yr olds – Shania Rhamy (3rd place) & James Unger; 12-13 yr olds – Courtney Finney (3rd place) & Luke Andrews.
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At a VEX IQ Robotics Competition at Carroll Elementary School on 12/1, our Red Circuit Breakers won two team awards for the day – the Judge’s Award and the Skills Award. The Judge’s Award is given to a team as selected by judges as performing well in a number of areas including sportsmanship, teamwork, and performance. The Skills Award is given to the team placing at the top of the combined skills categories of driving and coding/programming. The Red team also qualified for the VEX IQ Robotics State Championships in Indianapolis on March 9.
Southwood Jr./Sr. High School
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SHS received another exemplary behavior report for our basketball team. The official from the game on 11/30 wrote: I wanted to report to the schools and the IHSAA that both teams and coaches showed excellent sportsmanship during the contest that I worked. It’s nice to have athletes respect the game and their opponents and have coaches that respectfully address officials when speaking with them and focus more on coaching their teams than officiating. Both of these teams and coaches should be commended for their sportsmanship and the class that they show.”
Superintendent report:
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Mr. Keaffaber attended the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents (IAPSS) Annual Meeting and shared information from some of the presenters.
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Shared the professional development that will occur on the last scheduled eLearning Day in March and also the speaker who will be at MSDWC on the first scheduled eLearning Day next school year – September 13, 2019.
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Reviewed the Indiana Department of Education Transfer Report that was made public.
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Thanked Parkview Wabash Hospital for sponsoring the Drug Awareness and Prevention speaker, Nathan Harmon as he presented to our grades 5-12 and also to the public at Ford Theater.
Curriculum report:
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Mr. Drake shared updates on the present testing schedule.
Financials:
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General Fund balance for November was 3.5 million+
New Business:
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Dr. Kuhn conducted the Bond Hearing with all supporting legal resolutions which were approved by the School Board.
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The School Board approved the recommendation to accept North Miami Community Schools into the Wabash-Miami Area Program.
Metropolitan School District of Wabash County along with many partners continue to Dream Big and Work Hard! Thank you parents and community for sending your children to our schools!