Visintainer
Middle
School
Blue Devil
Times
Volume
Issue
December 2015
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Grandparents help celebrate Veterans Day
Dress for the weather
2
P.T.O. news
2
Government day
3
Students of the month
3
Boys basketball
4
Girls basketball
4
Student computers
5
Aladdin
5
Calendar
6
Principal’s Desk
6
Special points of interest:
 Come out and see our
winter concerts:
Choir—December 1st
Band—December 14th
(7:30 pm at Edwards MS)
Orchestra—December 16th
(at Brunswick HS)
On Wednesday, Nograndchildren are really
vember 11th, Visintaingetting an excellent eduer held its second
cation. Please welcome
Grandparents Day to
our former superintenhonor grandparents and
dent, Mr. James Hayas.”
veterans.
Sharosky said.
The program was
Mr. Sharosky then
held in the cafeteria and
introduced Adam Alfeatured refreshments
bright, Visintainer’s vocal
for the special guests
music director. Mr.
and their grandchildren
Albright selected stuFormer superintendent, James Hayas, his wife and
Visintainer Principal,
dents from the 8th
grandson
Mr. Sharosky, welcomed
grade choir to perthe grandparents to the
form. Albright also
event and thanked them for
volvement has really inwelcomed our veterans and
all of the positive effects
creased in the last several
had them stand for recognithey have had on their
years.”
tion.
grandchildren.
“We have a special
Some of the students
“When I started in eduguest in the audience that I
even walked their grandparcation, there were always
would like to recognize.
ents to meet some of their
grandparents in the picture,
Brunswick is really a great
teachers although quite a
helping to raise children.”
place to work and through
few were in attendance
Sharosky said. “But the
the efforts of their teachers
amount of grandparent inand this next person, your
Visintainer helps the needy
As the families of Brunswick enjoyed their Thanksgiving dinners with loved
ones, there were nearly 50
families who did so because
of the generosity of the
Visintainer family of students, parents, and staff.
The 6th graders had
their annual Thanksgiving
meal drive under the guid-
ance of Mrs. Grebey and
Mrs. Shepherd.
The drive doesn’t just
collect turkeys, but all of
the fixings to provide an
entire Thanksgiving feast
including dessert.
Oh, the weather outside is frightful
There is a line from a holiday
song that goes, “the weather outside is frightful.” But you would not
know that based on the way some
of the middle school kids dress.
Although we have been spared
some poor weather like the blizzard we had last November, now is
a good time to remind students and
families about dressing for the
weather.
“It is an interesting phenomena,
the dress patterns of middle school
students. When it was 90 in August, we had students wearing
hoody sweatshirts to school and
now that the weather has turned to
freezing temps, we have students
who come to school wearing tee
shirts and shorts.” Mr. Sharosky,
the Principal, said.
“I know we have small lockers
here and some students do not
wish to wear a winter coat because
it is difficult to get books out of the
locker when a coat is jammed in
there” Sharosky said.
“But I am concerned that some
students don’t even wear a sweatshirt when it is literally freezing
outside.”
The students who attend breakfast are allowed into the building at
8 AM. The regular bell rings at
8:10 AM to let students into the
building. The students on the busses are not let off until about 8:10,
but students that walk or are
dropped off who get here early are
often standing in the parking lot
dressed inappropriately.
When the weather is especially
inclement (heavy rain, for example)
Mr. Sharosky will open the doors
and let the kids wait in the hall for
the bell to ring. If the temperature
is also below zero, he will do the
same thing for the students that are
not on the
busses, but
those are
really the
only two
examples
where students can
come into
the building
early.
“Teachers are not on duty until
8;00, so there is no supervision in
the halls unless the assistant principal or I provide it” Sharosky said.
“So parents need to be aware that
their students might have to stand
outside depending on what time
they are dropped off. The earlier
they are dropped off, the longer
they will have to stand outside. It
would only make sense for kids to
dress in layers with hats and gloves
when the temperatures dip into the
40’s and below.”
P.T.O. News and Notes
Join us for our 4th annual Visintainer Family Day at Kalahari. Overnight accommodations for
4 on Thursday, January 14 through
Friday, January 15, 2016 are
only $119 plus tax. Overnight
accommodations for 4 on Friday,
January 15 through Saturday, January 16, 2016 are only $189 plus
tax. To book your room, call 1877-525-2427 and ask for the Visintainer Middle
School PTO room
block. Deadline to
book is Tuesday,
December 15,
2015.
Remember to keep
collecting your Box
Tops! The Box Top
challenge is planned
for January 4-22. The
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grade level team bringing in the
most box tops wins a party!
Cleaning out closets, basements,
or toy rooms in preparation for the
holidays? Consider donating your
gently used items, to the Visintainer
Rummage Sale, to help raise money
for a new sound system for our
gym. The rummage sale is planned
for March 2016.
PTO will be selling concessions
at the 7th and 8th grade
boys/girls basketball
games at Visintainer. Please consider volunteering a few hours.
The PTO provides
the snacks for Home-
work Club after school. If you are
interested in donating to this cause,
please drop off any items in the
Visintainer office. Donations must
be store bought.
Thank you for your continued
support of our students, our teachers and our school!
And finally, with the holidays
approaching, we wish you all a
wonderful holiday season and a
Happy New Year!
B L U E DE V I L T I M E S
Student council participates in rotary
The Rotary Club of Brunswick
presented their “Government Day”
on Thursday, October 29th at the
Brunswick Recreational Center.
For the third time, Visintainer
participated in the event and was
represented by the Student Council
officers. Melody Lebus, student
Council President represented the
8th grade. Max Fleischer, the 7th
grade Vice President, and Paige
Oppman, Treasurer, represented
the 7th grade and Julia Partem,
6th grade Vice President represent- Front: Melody Lebus, Ashli Snider, & Paige
ed the 6th grade. Student Council Oppman; Back: Mrs. Keener, Julia Partem, Max
advisor, Mrs. Novak, attended the
Fleischer, & Mrs. Novak.
event along with Mrs. Keener, Visintainer Assistant Principal and Mr.
about.
Sharosky.
The students also heard from
It was a great opportunity to
guest speaker, Adam Fredrick who
see how local government works
is a Medina County Commissioner.
and realize that any citizen can and
Mr. Fredrick spoke on the topic
should get involved. Our student
of “What is government?” He
council members were the perfect
spoke to the students about what it
kids to invite because they are alis to be involved in government.
ready choosing a path of service.”
He shared his experiences with
Principal, Brian Sharosky, said.
being a parent and having children
The students had a bountiful
in the Medina City Schools. He
breakfast and had the opportunity
related his children to the students
to see what a rotary meeting is all
that were in
attendance from the Brunswick
City Schools.
Brunswick City Schools
were well represented as Willetts Middle School and Brunswick High School students also
participated.
Students of the month
Each week Visintainer Middle
School honors a student at each
grade level as being the student of
the week. In addition, there is a
monthly Student of the Month selection. Students receiving the
honor of STUDENT OF THE
MONTH are recognized for meeting all six of the criteria listed below. Each student has to meet all
six criteria in ALL of their classes as
the entire teaching team decides
upon the students to be selected
each month.
CRITERIA:
1. Shows respect and consideration
for others.
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2. Shows enthusiasm for academic
and extracurricular activities.
3. Exerts a positive influence on
classmates.
4. Exhibits leadership characteristics.
5. Exhibits patriotism and democratic principles.
6. Shows responsibility (punctuality,
assignments, etc.)
Visintainer’s students of the
month for November were: Austin Zimmer (Aviators), Caitlin
Sivy (Cardinals) and Cassandra
Kobasic (Encore) in the 6th
grade; Angelina Tench (Rock
Stars), Carolyn Trepal (Rock-n
-Rollers) and Alaina Sarris
(Encore) in the 7th grade;
Braden Zeman (Buckeyes),
Arlene Pompa (Team Edison)
and Kira Maffia (Encore) in the
8th grade.
All recipients will receive a
commemorative t-shirt and a certificate from Mr. Sharosky. They will
also be recognized on the school
website and a receive a candy prize.
B L U E DE V I L T I M E S
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Boys basketball selects rosters
The boys basketball season began in October with tryouts to
select the athletes that would represent Brunswick South this year
on the court.
The 7th grade team is comprised of Ali Abdirasul, Chavy Cole,
William Hirsch, CJ Novicky and
David Simonitis from Edwards and
Ryan Arcuri, Garrett Fleming,
Andrew Haber, Gerald Lepre,
Quintyn McKinley, Connor
Murphy, Kyle Scherette, Blake
Schumacher, Brian Trujillo,
and Kyle Utrup from Visintainer.
The 7th grade team is coached
by Dave Telischak. Mr. Telischak is
an Intervention Specialist at Brunswick High School.
The 8th grade Blue Devils are
Edwards’ students JC Asturi, RJ
Cole, Anthony Costanzo, John For-
moso, Trevor Mackey, Alex Nagirnyak, Hakim Odeh, Matt Trnka,
Teivis Tuioti, and Rahmek Tyus.
They will be joined by Visintainer
students Adian Diaz, Nick Hoover, Henry Hyde, and Chase
Safko.
The 8th grade team is coached
by Mallory Nixon. Mr. Nixon is the
art teacher at Applewood elementary school.
The teams started their season
with a scrimmage versus Strongsville Center on November 23rd.
“Center will give us a nice idea
of where we’re at because they are
typically the class of the conference” 8th grade coach, Mallory
Nixon, said.
The first regular-season games
originally scheduled for December
1st were moved to December 4th
because of the choir concert scheduled in the Visintainer gym.
Lady Blue Devils prepare for the season
The girls basketball season began in October with tryouts to
select the athletes that
would comprise the Lady
Blue Devils Brunswick South
teams this year.
The 7th grade team is
comprised of Ciana Artino,
Alyssa Forman, Courtney
Goessler, Briana Helman,
Brooke Helman, Jackie
Pierson, Chloe Sperry, and
Sydney Tarbuck from Edwards and Samantha
Grabowski, Gianna
Hasrouni, Sabrina Mason, Maggie McGinnis, and
Rebecca Zemanek from
Visintainer.
The 7th grade team is coached
by Steve Yoak. Mr. Yoak is a 7th
grade math teacher at Visintainer.
The 8th grade Blue Devils are
Edwards’ students Rylie Barabash,
be joined by Visintainer students
Kaylee Feckley, Kourtney
Feckley, Maddie Grabowski,
and Melody Lebus.
The 8th grade team is coached
by Alexandra Anderson. Miss
Anderson is a Title 1 teacher at
Huntington Elementary School.
The teams started their season
with a scrimmage at Strongsville
Center on November 23rd.
The games originally scheduled
for December 1st were moved to
December 4th because of the
choir concert scheduled in the
Visintainer gym.
Christian Coles, Jillian Gillesp, Maddie Kurtz, Victoria Maggard, Tara
Martin, and Kayla Stacho, Megan
Wallace, Hannah Wolff. They will
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Student chromebook distribution
The Brunswick City Schools
jumped into 21st century learning
with its announcement that
they were providing devices
for all of their students in
grades 6-12. The high school
students received their
Chromebooks in October.
The middle school students
will be receiving their
chromebooks in January.
“The tech department and
middle school administrators
will be passing out chromebooks to students on Saturday, January 16th from 9 AM
to 2:30 PM in the library at Brunswick High School.” Mr. Sharosky
said.
“A parent information packet
will be sent home on Friday, De-
cember 11th with more information.”
Students can report to the
Brunswick HS library at any time
between 9 am and 2:30 pm on January 16th to pick up their devices.
Each of the three middle schools
will have their own distribution
lines according to grade level. Students must pick up their own
chromebook. Parents and/or other
students cannot pick up chromebooks for other students.
“Students will have the signed
parent sheet and present that when
they pick up their computer. The
computers will be scanned in and
the students then take them home.
The whole process (other than
waiting in the line) shouldn’t take
more than 10 minutes” Sharosky
said.
Parents will have the opportunity to purchase a protective sleeve/
bag for the computer for approximately $10 dollars. The students
will keep the bag when they return
the computer.
Drama club prepares for second production
Rehearsals have begun for the
second annual Brunswick South
drama production, “Aladdin.” The
production is under the direction
of Visintainer and Edwards’ choir
director, Adam Albright.
“Last year, the club put on “The
Little Mermaid” and it truly was
spectacular” Mr. Sharosky said.
“Mr. Albright has really tried
to get as many students involved
as possible. Every child that
tried out for a part, Mr. Albright
found a part for them.” Sharosky said.
The actual performances will
be at the high school in the
Hayas PAC” Sharosky said.
“We cannot match the level of
technical sophistication that the
PAC brings with lighting, sound
and even the physical space.
Although I would rather host
the performances at Visintainer, it
is better for the cast and crew to
have the opportunity to perform
on the larger stage with the equip-
ment at the PAC.” Sharosky said.
Cast members include Alex
Hofferth & Paul Fleischer
(Aladdin), Angela Lods (Jasmine),
Kaitlyn Tumney (Genie), Tanner Garrey (Sultan), Maya
Ursem (Iago), Nathan Zadzilka
(Razoul), Sarah Hennigan &
Ashli Snider (Abu), Katarina
Maras (Baker), Max Fleischer
(Prince Baba of Ganoush), Jack
Ballachino (Prince Dahdu RhanRahn), Raymond Cotis as Prince
A.K.A. Artist, Dana Oehme,
Vivian Pell, Elisa Ramsey,
Hope Stasik, Shelby Hasselbusch and Joy Haughland as the
Guards, Mya Nyquist, Carlie
Fox, Kylee Mitchell, Ava Fallon, Betty Dong, Julia Koval,
Kristen Crane, Jenni Drum,
Emily Kinney, Maddie Wyatt,
Sasha Jaskolka, Olivia Hunt,
Lacinda Pescinska, Lily Pace,
Isabella Bryson, Chloe Haught,
Abby Petitto, Camryn Sperry,
Hannah Collis, Nicole Walentik, Sydney Williams, Victoria
Cooper, Savannah Podolan,
Lynn Triptow, Samantha
Drum, Savannah Carr, Kayla
Ginley, Nick Yuravak, Antonia
Tsouris, Isabelle Parr, and Mikayla Metz as the townspeople.
Performances are February 19th
( 7 pm) and 20th (2 pm & 5 pm)
FUTURE EVENTS AT Viz-Dec.
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Choir Winter Concert 7 pm gym
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8th grade Holocaust field trip 8:30-1:15
Boys/Girls Club @Edwards 3-5 pm
PBIS Spirit Day- Blue Out
Boys BB-vs Willetts
Girls BB-at Willetts
Boys BB-vs Mentor Ridge
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Visintainer Middle School
1459 Pearl Road
Brunswick, OH 44212
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“Aladdin” rehearsal 3:15-5 pm café’
Boys BB-at Elyria Westwood
Girls BB-vs Elyria Westwood
6th grade field trip to “A Christmas Carol”
“Aladdin” rehearsal 3:15-5 pm café’
Wrestling- at Elyria Westwood
Boys BB-at Medina Root
Girls BB-vs Medina Root
PBIS spirit day-Pajama day
Go Blue Devils!
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Wrestling- at Garfield Hts. Duals
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We’re on the web
www.bcsoh.org/
Domain/11
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PTO Teacher Appreciation Week (12/14-17)
Band Winter Concert 7pm EMS gym
“Aladdin” rehearsal 3:15-5 pm café’
Phone: 330-273-0402
Brian Sharosky-Principal
Jessica Boytim–Asst. Principal
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MIDDLE SCHOOL
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From the Principal’s Desk….
The holiday season is upon us and
with the publication of this newsletter,
we are nearly at the end of the first
semester. Students will go on winter
break beginning December 17th. Friday, December 18th is a work day for
the staff and a non-school day for the
students. When students return from
winter break in January (on January
4th), they will begin the third quarter.
Students begin the second semester in
January.
The following students have been
selected by the staff as Students of the
Week for their contributions to Visintainer. The week of November 2nd
featured 8th grader, Jacob Hughes
Jakob Harris (7th), and Ellie Casper
(6th). The staff decided that each team
would recognize a student of the week
beginning the week of November 9th.
Eighth graders Christian Kovacek
and Justin Kulka, 7th graders, Olivia
Borowski, Connor Murphy, and
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Algebra exam periods 2-3-4
Boys BB-vs Strongsville Albion
Girls BB-at Strongsville Albion
Orchestra Winter Concert 7 pm BHS
Last day before Winter Break
End of the second grading period
Boys/Girls Club @Edwards 3-5 pm
Winter Break-NO SCHOOL (Dec. 21-Jan. 1)
Rebecca Zemanek, and 6th graders
Jamie Zak and Gavin Harry were
honored as the students of the week.
The week of November 16th had
Lauryn Nitschke and Dillon Van
Newkirk (6th,) Angela Lods, Nick
Evanoff, and Andrew Haber (7th)
and Kristine Crane and Kayla Ginley (8th) recognized.
Thanks to all of the families that
contributed to Viz’s annual Thanksgiving Feast sponsored by the 6th grade
Aviators team. Mrs. Grebey and the
team collected enough turkeys and
fixin’s to provide quite a few families
with a full Thanksgiving feast.
We have children who have not
paid their student fees. It is the district
policy that students cannot attend field
trips if they have not paid their fees.
We have both the 6th grade and the
8th grade taking field trips this month.
As I mentioned last month, we have
several students in the 8th grade who,
because of family circumstances, cannot afford to attend the 8th grade
Washington, DC trip in May 2016. If
there are any individuals or families
who would like to contribute to our
“Angel fund” to help pay for students
to attend the trip, please contact me.
Thank you for your consideration.
On behalf of the Visintainer staff,
we hope that all of the Visintainer families have a wonderful holiday season
and a Happy New Year!