Honor Roll Sundaes
Students who made the
Timberstone Honor Roll were
treated to sundaes on Friday,
November 15th. Members of the
Timberstone Parent Organization
helped us with the scooping
honors. Students make the
Honor Roll by achieving at least a
3.5 average for each quarter of
the school year.
Principal's List honors are
achieved by earning all A's or a
4.0 grade point average. A list of
the Honor Roll students is
contained in the newsletter.
Spelling Bee
Congratulations to the following
students on the 2013-2014
Spelling Bee team:
Emilie Jump
Arman Serpen
Daniyal Nadeem
Billy Fong
Akhil Katragadda
Four Timberstone students will
compete in the Lucas County Spelling
Bee on Tuesday, February 4, 2014
at the Maumee Indoor Theatre.
The top winners in the Lucas County
Spelling Bee will progress to The Blade
Championship Bee on Thursday,
March 8, 2014.
Delay/Closing of
School
Winter weather is upon us. Please plan on
alternatives for your children when a delay
exists or a school closing occurs. On a delay,
buses will run exactly two hours behind.
Always listen to the radio and TV in the morning
for any school delays or closing.
Issue 5
December 2013
In This Issue . . . .
Honor Roll
Spelling Bee
Dyna Cal
Power School
Delay/Closings
Paws Award
Athletic Admission
Athletic News
Youth to Youth
Concert Dates
Student Council News
District News
Late Start
Tuesday
December 10, 2013
Winter Break
No School
December 23, 2013
through
January 3, 2014
Classes Resume on
January 6, 2014
8th Grade Boys Basketball
7th Grade Boys Basketball
Coached by Mr. Mike Bretelson
Coached by Mr. Terry Awls and
Mr. Pratik Shah
Jacob Bader
Ethan Breeden
Ryan Fries
Jack Grombacher
Jason Johnson
Cameron Long
Jared Oslakovic
Adam Rusgo
Ryan Salazar
Justin Tyo
Jordan Topoleski
Christian Wagenhauser
Joshua Bader
Connor Bush
Eloy Garza
Tanner Hall
Tehree Horn
Usman Khan
Cole Kwiatkowski
Jaren Mangham
Parker McClure
Elijah Quinn
Brayton Schmidt
Jacob Spurgeon-Hess
Wrestling Team
Coached by: Mr. DiMichele, Mr. Duhaime and Mr. Geha
Brenden Anderson
Kyle Blaze
Jordan Brockman
Mason Brown
Wade Dennis
Ahmed Elassir
Duncan Farschman
Dorian Gonzalez
Mazen Knestrick
Alex Lippens
Zach Loudenslager
Luke O’Neill
Brandon Parker
Steven Spurling
Jacob Vanco
Gabby Wandersee
Jordan West
Girls Basketball
The Timberstone Lady Wolves will have tryouts on
the following dates listed below. Girls interested in
playing on the 7th and 8th grade team should listen
for announcements regarding girls basketball. Girls
in the 6th grade will have their basketball training
through Sylvania Recreation.
December 12th—7th Grade— 7:00-8:30 pm
8th Grade— 7:00-8:30 pm
December 13th—7th Grade—3:00-5:00 pm
8th Grade—5:00-7:00 pm
Athletic Admission
Effective as of Nov. 1st
Admission for all away and home
athletics contests is $2.00 for
students, $4.00 for adults.
Booster passes can be used at all
home games (not tournaments).
8th grade Basketball
Cheerleaders
7th grade Basketball
Cheerleaders
Coach: Danielle Hrovat
Alexa Bader
Morgan Beaverson
Katie Estep
Autumn Fritz
Maia Grams
Sarah Huntsman
Kaitie Ingham
Kaitlin Kinn
Abby Miller
Elizabeth Ryutov
Kellie Smith
Coach: Danielle Hrovat
Megan Busse
Erica Cline
Victoria Hagmeyer
Alexis Hough
Kerstyn Martinez
Erin Mills
Semira Neely
Nia Snelling
Gabby Wandersee
Serena Ysassi
Yearbook Staff
Advised by Mrs. Sara Nelson
Youth to Youth
Lydia Applin
Elizabeth Atkins
Katherine Barricklow
Iyah Fneiche
Victoria Hagmeyer
Sabrina Hawkins
Katie Ingham
Annsley Mann
Lexie Mann
Saanie Naqvi
Meghan Nash
Jessica Potter
Mackenzie Stansley
Kathryn Urrutia
Lark Yan
Advised by Ms. Kelly Heil and
Mrs. Leslie O’Brien
Dominic Castaldi
Hudson Chesser
Logan Danzeisen
Ananya Haldankar
Kyle Jones
Alexa Kessler
Taylor Loeffler
Michael Mancy
Madelyn McArthur
Breanna Payne
Nirmiti Shah
Morgan Shaw
Trent Simms
Devin Walworth
Food Drive
Parent Organization
Timberstone is sponsoring Holiday
baskets for local families this
month.
Student council led the canned
food drive and Youth to Youth
members will collect monetary and
gift card donations. Youth to Youth
will meet December 17th from
3:00-3:45 pm to assemble the
baskets for each family.
The extra canned goods were
donated to the general food bank at
Sylvania Area Family Services.
The top can collection homeroom
will be announced later. The
winning homeroom will receive a
homeroom prize.
The Timberstone Parent Organization will not have a December
meeting since December is a very
busy month. The next meeting of
the parent group will be on
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at
9:30 am.
Concert Dates
December features our band
members in the evening
performance. On Wednesday,
December 11th the Band Holiday
Concert will be held at 7:30 pm
at Southview.
Meetings/ Events on
Delays or Closings
When we have unexpected school
delays or cancellations due to inclement weather, please note that
any meetings that have been
scheduled for that morning
(school delay) or that day (school
cancellation) are cancelled. A
member of the staff will call you
to reschedule the meeting. If
school is canceled, all after school
activities will also be canceled.
Please join us for the musical
event.
Assisting Students
PowerSchool News. . . . . . . With Forgotten
Important: Parent Grade Access Items
System: Information about how to
DynaCal
If you haven't already done so,
please sign up to use our online
calendar system, DynaCal. All
Timerstone events are listed on this
calendar as are the daily announcements and monthly newsletters.
Hundreds of parents are taking
advantage of this form of
communication.
create your own account can be
We understand that students forget
found on the district website:
homework, gym clothes, lunches,
http://www.sylvaniaschools.org
lunch money, etc. If you drop off
You will need the access ID and
any item to school, put your
password found on your student’s
students first & last name and
schedule they received on the first
day of school in order to create your grade on the item and bring it to
the office. We will have a desigaccount.
Important: Student Grade Access nated area that students will check
System: Students will use the Portal for pick up.
from the district website as well.
Please encourage your
Their username and passwords are
the same as last year (ID and birth- student to become more responsidate); however, leading zeroes have ble to remember items.
been removed. For example:
a January 9, 1996 birth date will
now be entered as 191996.
Students
Parents
Teachers
Paws Award
Timberstone is offering a program for student recognition. This program is called the Paws
Award. The goal of this program is to promote academic excellence through recognition, communication, and action. This program is an opportunity for parents to nominate their child for
improved study habits at home, grade improvement, positive academic attitude, etc. Parents of
Timberstone students can nominate their child by completing and returning the Paws Award
form found in the Timberstone Wolf Cry newsletter. The form is to be submitted to Mrs.Hehl.
Mrs. Hehl will reward students in a variety of ways using certificates, pencils, candy, ice cream,
etc.
Paws Award Nomination
Please fill out the entire form and submit to Mrs. Hehl, Timberstone Junior High School.
Nominator’s Name _____________________________________
(Please Print)
Name of Student________________________________ Grade__________
Reason for Nomination________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Parent Signature_____________________________________Date____________
Paws Awards
The following students were chosen as recipients of the November Paws
Award. Congratulations to these students for their positive contributions to
the Timberstone community!
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
Meg Galambos
Kyle Blaze
Devynn Blackman
Stefan Gingrich
Allie Duffey
Logan Conger
Marilla Hulls
Marissa Gilmore
Ashara Gilbert
Taylor Legall
Vanessa Lopez
Shoshanah Gore
Michael Mellville
Emma Rieman
Shauna Kalita
Charnae Merrell
Wesley Wineinger
Emma Miller
Keelan Mills
Kyle Monroe
Marissa O’Henry
Meghan Nash
Caitlin O’Shea
Olivia Nielsen
Spencer Poczekaj
Destiny Parks
Madi Powers
Benny Rosen
Vedika Singhania
Allison Scott
Andrew Smeltzer
Mackenzie Stansley
Athletic Events. . . . . .
Students who wish to stay after school and wait for an athletic event to take place are more than
welcome to do so. However, please keep in mind that most of the athletic events don’t start until
4:30 p.m. This would leave students with approximately an hour and half of time spent in the
building that is not supervised. When the library is closed, after school students will be asked to
stay in the gym lobby area only. The academic wing will be closed via the gates within the building at 3:15 p.m. Again, remember that there is no supervision provided for students on game
days and your child’s safety is our number one concern.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding with this matter.
Mr. Bader, Principal
Mrs. Hehl, Assistant Principal
Mr. Wendt, Athletic Director
I Will Pledge
If you visit Timberstone, one cannot miss seeing the huge I Will Pledge banner that hangs in our
lobby. Smaller versions of the pledge also hang in the rooms and appears in the student agenda
books. The pledge is also recited every Friday morning on the PA. Most of the students live up to
this pledge on a daily basis.
• I will not tease, threaten, or harm others.
• I will not start or spread rumors.
• I will treat others the way I want to be treated.
• I will look for the good in other people.
• I will not do what is popular, but what is right.
Great News from the Art Room. . . . . .
Selected Timberstone Artists will have their work
displayed for The Superintendent’s Art Show! The
artwork will remain on view, at the Hickman Cancer
Center at the Flower Hospital on December 6th and 7th as
part of the Sylvania Arts Commission’s 4th Annual
Art Trail. Congratulations to the following students:
8th Grade—Emmie Brody, Meranda Estep,
Autumn Fritz, Maia Grams and Justin Maroszek
7th Grade— Payton Helvey, Lauren Manore, Melanie
Monagan, Trevor Kruszynski and Ella Neugebauer
6th Grade—Nathan Longsdorf
Box Tops for Education
Don’t forget to keep collecting BoxTops
for Education labels. It’s easy, just clip
them and have your child turn them into
their homeroom teacher.
Each homeroom has a student designed
collection box.
Student Council News . . . . . . . . .
Michigan/Ohio State Day was a success. Students dressed in team colors to declare their side
and 8th grade students participated in a knee football game in the afternoon. It was a great way
to end the day before leaving for Thanksgiving break!!
December 9-13th is the Winter Clothing Drive
December 6th is National Mitten Tree Day-In honor of this special day, Student Council is partnering with Mrs. Dubiel’s reading classes to run a Winter Coat, Mitten, and Hat Drive. Donated
items will be delivered to Sylvania Area Family Services to assist them in keeping our community warm this winter. Please clean out your closets and look for gently used coats, gloves,
boots or hats. Items can be dropped off in Mrs. Dubiel’s room, Mrs. Nelson’s room, or in the
boxes located in the lobby.
December 11th—Box top Collection Day/Student Council Meeting
December 20th—Box top Competition in A+
Yearbook News . . . . . . . .
There are only 26 school days left to order your copy of the 2013-2014 yearbook. Remember
that no extra copies will be ordered. You must pre-order to get a copy of this amazing book in
June.
HELP!!! The yearbook staff is in desperate need of pictures from the 6th grade Halloween
dance. If you have a picture you would like to share, please email it to
[email protected]
Qualification Criteria for Timberstone Awards
Quarter Honor Roll – Grades 6, 7, 8
Quarter Honor Roll is for students who have maintained a 3.5 GPA or above; having no failures.
Awards and Criteria for “Awards Night”
Grade 8
Advanced Achievement Award is for students who have earned all A’s in each of their classes for the
first three quarters of the school year.
President’s Awards for Educational Excellence is to recognize academic success in the classroom.
The selection criteria are two fold:
1. Students are to earn a grade of all A’s in each class of their 6th, 7th, and 8th grade years or for nice
consecutive trimesters/quarters (6th, 7th, plus 3 quarters in their 8th grade years). Effective for 2014-2015
school year the criteria will change and require students to achieve all A’s in each of their 6 th, 7th and
first 3 quarters of their 8th grade years.
2. Advanced achievement on standardized test(s) or teacher recommendation for outstanding achievement
Timberstone’s Pride of the Pack Award is awarded to students who meet high standards of personal
conduct and maintain ethics of care, respect and responsibility.
Archie Griffin Award developed by the Ohio High School Athletic Association is awarded to the student who displays sportsmanship, ethics, and integrity. Students are nominated by coaches and physical
education staff; however nominees do not have to be involved in sports programs to be nominated.
Grade 7
Advanced Achievement Award is for students who have earned all A’s in each of their classes for the
first three quarters of the school year.
Grade 6
Advanced Achievement Award is for students who have earned all A’s in each of their classes for the
first three quarters of the school year.
Academic Teams
All members of academic teams will be recognized. Photo plaques will be awarded to students and
teams that place first in leagues and/or tournaments.
First Quarter
Honor Roll—All A’s
6th Grade
7th Grade
Zayyan Ali
Abigail Truman
Jaezene Ambuy
Jonathon Truong
Alayna Bollinger
Tristen Turkopp
Dominic Castaldi
Kenneth Zhang
Danielle Chopp
Madyson Zoltowski
Caroline Cooper
Allison Davis
Amy Dong
Dennis Filatoff
Jacob Fisher
Jessica Fisher
Megan Galambos
Catherine Gebers
Tenley Hartford
Abigail Heisler
Marilla Hulls
Isabelle Huss
Henna Jarouche
Alexa Kessler
Kayden Landis
Taylor Legall
Grace Levine
Gabrielle Lowenstein
Robert MacKinnon
Michael Mancy
Jordyn Maroszek
Kendal Marshall
Madelyn McArthur
Hannah Mehno
Michael Melville
Natalie Nagel
Aylia Naqvi
Sawyer Perry
Spencer Poczekaj
Audrey Prisby
Nicholas Rogenski
Carter Sangdahl
Nirmiti Shah
Vedika Singhania
Andrew Smeltzer
Alexander Snyder
Mikayla Szirony
Nathan Taylor
Maya Topoleski
Lydia Applin
Cherice Chan
Joshua Davenport
Madeline Doenecke
Jordan Edgar
Joseph Golding
Victoria Hagmeyer
Tanner Hall
Injun Hwang
Lila Jarouche
Emilie Jump
Lexi Knight
Ashley Le
Parker McClure
Eleanor Neugebauer
Megan Peng
Jessica Potter
Emma Rieman
Abigail Royfman
Braden Schwallie
Lauren Smith
Jacob-Spurgeon-Hess
Anika Sweeney
Scott Warton
8th Grade
Cassandra Arvay
Reem Abdel Khaleq
Elizabeth Atkins
Alexa Bader
Margaret Bohmer
Jack Bucher
Savannah Carmona
Maxwell Clausius
Jacob Connolly
Madeline Crandall
Samuel Curran
Lauren Day
Justin Falor
Preston Fischer
Matthew Fisher
Billy Fong
Michael Fong
Arukshita Goel
Felix Guan-Griffin
Hassan Hafeez
Catherine Ide
Katherine Ingham
Nolan Johnson
Shauna Kalita
Akhil Katragadda
Nina Koyilla
Asher Kripke
Jefferson Le
Khalan Le
Alexa Levison
Marwin Li
Cameron Long
Alexandria Mann
Emma Miller
Daniyal Nadeem
Saanie Naqvi
Olivia Nielsen
Joshua Park
Kotone Pax
Marnie Peterson
Michael Petrovski
Jazele Rabbani
Ben Rosen
Elizabeth Ryutov
Layal Salman
Alexander Serpen
Savannah SewellConley
Asmahan Shaheen
Mackenzie Stansley
Jordan Topoleski
Dylan Truong
Edward Walsh
Alisa Warton
Peter Wurster
Lark Yan
First Quarter Honor Roll — GPA 3.5 & Above
6th Grade
Kulsoom Ahmad
Elizabeth Artino
Nicole Arvanitis
Spencer Atkins
Jadyn Baldwin
Jenine Ball
Ashley Blackford
Megan Bugert
Donavan Chambers
Madeline Clum
Logan Danzeisen
Supriya Dhar
Leah Elzeeb
Daniel Gehling
Benjamin Golding
Alexa Gudelman
Mackenzie Hamill
Samantha Hirsch
Caroline Ide
Katelyn Imbrock
Ross Imbrock
Caleb Jerdon
William King
Andrew Klepek
Hunter Little
Ethan Livingston
Lydia Loch
Roman Marra
Nicholas Marsalek
Caio Martins
Keelan Mills
Brendan Newsom
Damon Noltner
Caitlin O’Shea
Kimberly Parsons
Jedidiah Root
Emma Rummell
Lexi Salley
Rena Salman
Rebekah Shelton
Brandon Shoffer
Austin Smith
Mary Sullivan
Grace Tefft
Abigail Utterback
Pheobe Zhu
7th Grade
Maira Andrabi
Joshua Bader
Katherine Barricklow
Leah Burke
Connor Bush
Jessalyn Cruz
Caleb Davis
William Delo
Ashley Draeger
Kari Evans
Iyah Fneiche
Mackenzie Grady
Ananya Haldankar
Benjamin Heisler
Payton Helvey
Alexis Hough
Usman Khan
Cole Kwiatkowski
Kyle Lippens
Arthur Liu
Abigail Mann
Caden Melfi
Rachel Miller
Erin Mills
Melanie Monagan
Nicholas Petrovski
Alex Pham
Anna Scharf
Brayton Schmidt
Alishbah Shoib
Madison Smith
Nia Snelling
Hunter Spino
Matthew Stansley
Gary Sung
Kennedy Taylor
Joseph Turley
Kathryn Urrutia
Joshua Vaculik
Jeanelle Wu
8th Grade
Brenden Anderson
Onileola Arowolo
Jacob Bader
Alexandria Bauer
Jerry Chen
Brendan Cook
Sunita Dhar
Dominic Edwards
Kaitlyn Estep
Duncan Farschman
Autumn Fritz
Freeman Gao
Allison Gehling
Doran Gonzalez
Shoshanah Gore
Maia Grams
Carson Greisiger
Jack Grombacher
Morgan Holloway
Jason Johnson
Selena Johnson
Tatum Johnson
Madison King
Samantha Kujawa
Alyssa Mahoney
Ian Mahoney
Justin Maroszek
Alexander Martin
Abigail Meyers
Abby Miller
Lauren Millington
Meghan Nash
Destiny Parks
Alexander Pfaff
Michael Ragusa
Rachel Root
Mikayla Rummell
Adam Rusgo
Ryan Salazar
Allison Scott
Kellie Smith
Benjamin Taylor
Alexander Truman
Justin Tyo
Madysen Vance
Nicholas Voyles
Christian Wagenhauser
DISTRICT NEWS
December 2013
MySchoolBucks offers Families Online Payment Option
Sylvania Schools offers families an online payment option for school lunches through the MySchoolBucks Program. Simply go to www.myschoolbucks.com and follow the simple instructions.
Safety – eliminates worries about your child carrying money to school.
Convenience – make payments when it is convenient for you, from the comfort of
your own home, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
Control – you will be able to view your child’s meal purchases at the school cafeteria.
You can also set up an automatic e-mail reminder to alert you when a payment is
needed for your child’s account.
Efficient – make payments for all of your children in one step, even though they may
attend different schools in our District.
Did you know that you can also drop off payments in a secure lock box in the lobby of the Administration Building at 4747 N. Holland Sylvania Road, open during the week – Monday – Friday, from 7:30 am – 4:00 pm.
Secondary Open Enrollment
Open enrollment will be available for high school students residing in the Sylvania Schools
boundary area between November 1 – December 20, 2013. Open enrollment is limited by the
building capacity and is handled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Applications must be done in
person through the Student Services Department at 4747 N. Holland Sylvania Road, Monday –
Friday between the hours of 7:30 am – 4:00 pm.
Deck the Walls Holiday Art Trail
Over 100 artists from all of the Sylvania Schools will have artwork on display as part of the Sylvania Arts Commission’s Holiday Art Trail on December 6-7. An artist reception will be held to
kick off the event for the artists and their families. The artwork will be on display in the Hickman
Cancer Center at Flower Hospital through the weekend to help support the arts in Sylvania.
Kindergarten Parent Information
Parent meetings will be held at each school during January/February to answer questions and
schedule registration. Individual school sessions will begin at 7:00 pm on the following dates:
January 28
Central Trail Elementary
January 29
Maplewood Elementary
January 30
Sylvan Elementary
February 3
Whiteford Elementary
February 4
Stranahan Elementary
February 5
Hill View Elementary
February 6
Highland Elementary
For parents unable to attend their school-site meeting, contact Student Services at
419-824-8581 to get a registration packet and set up an appointment.
News You Can Use
College Planning? The Ohio Department of Education offers college and career readiness resources to
help students and parents understand their options, plan a timeline, begin the financial aid process and
make transitions following graduation. http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Academic-Content-Standards/
Graduation-Requirements/Career-and-College-Planning
Internet Safety. Two good sites for parents to learn more about cyber etiquette and safety tips for children and families.Embrace Civility in the Digital Age, formerly the Center for Safe and Responsible
Internet Use, offers a number of resources and tools to teach children how to be cyber-savvy.
www.embracecivility.org NetSmartzKids, a program of the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children, offers digital citizenship and online safety resources. www.netsmartzkids.org Protecting Kids
Online. Kids have lots of opportunities for socializing online, but many come with risks.
http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/protect-kids-online
Easy Tips to Manage Your Child’s Health. These tips can help save time and managing your child’s
health a little easier. Track immunizations and developmental milestones http://publications.usa.gov/
USAPubs.php?PubID=737 Information and resources on a variety of health-related issues
http://kids.usa.gov/health-and-safety/health/index.shtml Track outbreaks of flu, allergies and other illnesses across the nation www.sickweather.com The American Red Cross offers guidelines to help
families cope with stress following traumatic events http://www.redcross.org/find-help/disasterrecovery
Did you Know...
50th Children's Wonderland. Tam O’Shanter is now the home of the Lucas County Children’s Wonderland. This year, they are celebrating their 50th year with many new and exciting events and displays
which includes train rides, breakfast with Santa, an interactive zone along with many of the traditional
displays. Children's Wonderland will be open from December 13 - 28. www.childrenswonderland.org
Sylvania Natatorium. The pool at Northview is open for swim lessons, open swims and even birthday
parties. Contact Melissa at [email protected] or check out the website at
www.sylvaniaschools.org for more information.
Community Events
Sylvania Schools Parent Organization (SSPO), December 6, noon at the Administration Offices
at 4747 N Holland Sylvania
Board Work Session, December 9, 5:00 pm, Administration Offices
Board Meeting, December 16 at 7:30 pm, Southview High School
NO SCHOOL - Winter Break, December 23 – January 3
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