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December 21, 2015
22nd Edition
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In This Issue
Christmas Memories and Wishes
Superintendent's Corner
A Tradition Hits 60 Years
Blue Devil Athletics
Learning Through the
Holidays
Staff Spotlight
Where Are They Now?
The Giving Tree
High Five's
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The hallways are empty and rooms silent as everyone has headed home for
Christmas break. Before they left, however, our roving reporter caught up
with several Brookville School employees to find out what their family
Christmas traditions, holiday wishes and memories are. We hope you enjoy
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this brief video as these staff members share their thoughts with you about
Christmas.
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Brookville High School
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Brookville, OH 45309
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Principal
Mr. Christopher Bronner
Asst. Principal
Mrs. Lynne Sayre-NIckell
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We also take this time to wish each of you
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Superintendent's Corner
Blue Devils
Athletic Schedules
Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball
Swimming
Brookville Denied FabLab Grant...However, Experience Fuels our Desire
We are disappointed to notify
everyone that
Brookville Schools did not receive the Northrup
Grumman FabLab Grant that was recently promoted.
Northrup Grumman informed the district of this late
Friday morning.
While discouraged, we are hardly disenchanted by
Wrestling
this news. First, as a school district, we were
overwhelmed by the support from across the Miami
Valley in the Facebook voting. We want to thank you, the parents and
community members of Brookville. The extent to which everyone rallied
behind our goal was monumental. Getting out the vote on November 20
became an area wide effort with numerous other school districts and
businesses backing our cause. It was exciting to see so many people
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Brookville Intermediate
School
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encouraging their families, friends and colleagues to vote for Brookville. We
are most appreciative of the support shown.
Secondly, the energy created by this attempt to gain a grant for STEM
education fueled our desire to provide students with quality instruction. We
are driven by your show of support to see that all children continue to receive
the best education possible, specifically in the areas of STEM and Project
Based Learning.
Mr. Erin Wheat
Finally, it is important to recognize the efforts of our BIS science team and
Asst. Principal
their leader in this endeavor, Miss Katie Henry. The energy Miss Henry
Mrs. Lynne Sayre-Nickell
created by her venture into this competition was remarkable. She and her
colleagues are to be commended. In fact, in their continuing effort to expand
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our STEM curriculum, they recently held an after school STEM activity titled
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the Hour of Code. Over 130 intermediate school students attended and you
can see the gallery of pictures from that afternoon here. You can also click
here to see a short video of the Sphero Robot in action.
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An Annual Christmas Tradition Hits 60 Years
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Mr. Wheat, Mr. Bronner, Mrs. Sayre-Nickell,
Mrs. Anyanwu and Mrs. Hinds prepare to serve breakfast.
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Friday
morning December
18, over 200 current and
retired
Brookville
school
employees gathered in the
high school cafeteria for the
annual Christmas Breakfast.
This year marked the 60th
time this tradition has taken
place. The guests of honor
each year are our retirees
who return to share their time
and fellowship with our current staff. This year there were over forty former
employees in attendance. Classroom icons such as Margaret Porter
(pictured in the photo above in the red sweater), Mitch Reed, Chuck Gross
and David Fine will be remembered by generations of graduates. Each of
these guests plus many more found their way back to Brookville Schools for
this special morning gathering. A note of interest is that Mrs. Porter, a former
English teacher and librarian for the district, has been in attendance for all 60
of the breakfasts.
The morning began with a meal
Brookville Elementary
prepared by the school nutrition
School
team and served by the male staff
3 Blue Pride Drive
members. After the introduction
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of new staff, retired employees
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and the reading of a few notes
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from retirees who couldn't attend,
everyone
Principal
Mrs. Stephanie Hinds
enjoyed
being
entertained by Shades of Blue.
This high school show choir, Mrs. Ketron, Ms. Ross and Mrs. Stammen
under
the
direction
of
Mrs.
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Melanie Sipusic, performed an excellent early morning show that was
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thoroughly enjoyed by all in attendance. Click here to see their performance
of Deck the Halls.
For our school district this is an event that started in 1955 and each year is
still greatly anticipated and well attended. It is a wonderful time for today's
staff to reconnect with their retired peers and transition into the holiday break
with friends and colleagues. You can view additional pictures from this year's
breakfast here.
Blue Devil Athletics
School Calendars
Basketball Season is in Full Swing
2015-2016
2016-2017
BHS basketball teams, both boys and girls, are well into their 2015-16
season. The teams have been working hard and fans have enjoyed some
very exciting contests already this year. Both teams have a nice blend of
seniors, veteran players and underclassmen who are getting their first taste
of playing varsity. We wish these two programs the very best as they head
into the thick of their schedules after the holidays.
Boys Basketball
The men's basketball team enters
Christmas with a record of 3 wins
and 2 losses.
The season was
backed up a week causing the first
two games two be rescheduled. This
delay was due to
the extended
playoff schedule of our football team.
The first of those two games will be
made
up
tonight,
Monday,
December 21, at home against
Carlisle. There have already been
both team and individual highlights to
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Menus
this young season. The Blue Devils
won a hard fought victory in overtime against the Dixie Greyhounds, our
rivals from New Lebanon. That same night, junior Cody Cox wrote his name
into the Brookville basketball record books by hitting 8 three pointers.
Elementary
After tonight's game the cagers will next compete in the Jet Holiday
Intermediate / High
Tournament at Franklin-Monroe.
They will play Arcanum at 6 p.m.
December 28 at Franklin-Monroe. The opponent and time for the game the
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following evening is yet to be determined. The Blue Devils next home game
will be the other rescheduled game which is against Bellbrook, on
Wednesday, January 6.
Girls Basketball
The women's basketball
team enters the holiday
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Superintendent
Timothy L. Hopkins
Treasurer
Mrs. Tiffany Hiser
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break with a record of 4
wins and 5 losses. After a
slow start of 0-4 the team
has righted the ship with
improved play and has
been
rewarded
several wins.
with
Led by
seniors Jordann Gudorf,
Bailey Boston, Allie Conry,
Alayna Miller, Eli Landis
and Michelle Smith, the
girls hope to work hard in practice over the holidays and continue this
winning trend after the New Year.
It will be busy for the ladies after break. Their first four games will be at
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home and in rapid fire. January 4th they host Twin Valley South, the 5th
Oakwood comes to town, then the 7th Monroe is here and finally Saturday,
January 9th our ladies will host Franklin.
Our Mission
The Mission of Brookville
Local Schools is to
challenge, prepare, and
support all students to
Come out and enjoy a high school basketball game. Our Blue Devils are
providing a lot to cheer about! To keep up with the schedules, please check
out the athletic calendar for December here and January, 2016 here.
Gingerbread Houses Prepared for Holiday Season
Christmas Provides Project Based Learning Opportunity
realize their full potential.
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Board of Education
Mrs. Hollon's Healthy Living and Safe Foods classes used the spirit of the
season to put one of this year's district instructional goals into action.
Teachers have been challenged to increase the amount of project based
learning (PBL) opportunities provided to students. So, as the holiday season
approached Mrs. Hollon divided her classes into groups that were given the
question of how to best construct a holiday gingerbread house.
It is important to note that PBL is
not about teachers delivering the
lesson in a traditional manner and
then having students do a project.
Rather it is about asking students
a rigorous and relevant question to
which they have to create a
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President
John Gordon
Vice President
Rick Phillips
Members
solution. Adults live everyday in a
project based world. Whether it is
on the job or in our home and
family lives we are constantly working to find answers to whatever project is
at hand.
This practice creates critical thinking, communication and
collaboration skills.
You can see the final products of this
Gingerbread House project here.
Judy Hoover
students truly enjoyed the process and
Scott Rutherford
many found their end result somewhat
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tasty!!
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2 Hour Delay Schedules
High School
9:50 a.m. - 2:35 p.m.
Intermediate School
9:50 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Elementary School
Grades 1-3
11:00 a.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Preschool
AM 11:00 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.
PM 1:40 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
The
We would also like to share photos from a
4th Graders at
Sunwatch Village
sampling of other project based learning
lessons
that
have
taken
place
this
semester. There have been many others
and this practice will continue into the second semester.
4th Grade PBL....
Mr. Beck, Miss Weidner, Mrs. Rhoades, Miss Gueth, Miss Sano and Miss
Wood posed this question to their students, "What recyclable material could
have been used by Native Americans to build public spaces?" The students
were taken on a field trip to Sunwatch Village as part of the PBL. See photos
of their projects here.
Mrs. Hutsell's Spanish Class.....
Students used Arts integration to learn
Spanish and cultivate a classroom culture
of laughter, risk taking and teamwork.
See photos of their interactive and
collaborative learning here.
Staff Spotlight
Our Staff Spotlight segment will return in the January 4, 2016. We look
forward to continuing to introduce you to our staff in the new year.
Where Are They Now?
Brookville Schools are proud of our series "Where Are They Now", which
features profiles of past Brookville High School graduates. These graduates
have responded to brief questions concerning their education or training after
high school, their current occupation and their words of wisdom to the
students in our buildings.
After 21 profiles over the last year, this series is the most popular in our enewsletter. We are taking a brief break during the holiday, but the next profile
will be included in the January 4, 2016 edition of the Blue Connector. Please
check out the archives of our past profiles.
The Giving Tree
For
a
few
years
now,
the
elementary building has put up a
"Giving
Tree".
This
tree
is
decorated with hats and gloves,
most hand made, for boys and girls
to take as needed. This tree is a
project the of "Piecemakers" group
of Community United Methodist
Church. The dedicated individuals
of Piecemakers meet every Thursday and create many handmade items,
including the hats and gloves which adorn the tree. These treasures are
taken off the tree by children who might need a warm pair of mittens or a
hat.
Mrs. Hinds, the principal of the elementary
building, has seen many children wearing the
hand made items, sometimes even an entire
class. The children love picking out their favorite.
Sometimes, a pair of mittens may be taken from
the tree, and the next day, a few new pairs are
returned to share. The children know they can take what they "need", without
any questions and are learning in the process about the power of giving
back.
Brookville students are fortunate to have community outreach programs that
are so involved in our schools and community.
Piecemakers were
previously involved in a project with the Key Club, making quilts for the
homeless with our students. You can read about that project here.
High Five's
To Sophomore Casey Phillips.
Casey was recently
judged as a top winner in the 15th Annual Families
Matter Essay and Poster Contest.
The contest is
hosted by the Family Services Association and is held in
correlation with the start of national Family Week.
Casey, his family and English teacher Mr. Robert Hope
attended a celebration breakfast to honor winners at the
Mandalay Banquet Center. Casey is receiving awards
from numerous sponsors of the contest.
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To our Athletic Trainers for a successful
transition. Current Trainer Vic Billheimer
(on the left) will be leaving for one year to
fulfill his duties in the Navy Reserves.
His replacement is Keenan Kidd who
most recently worked with FranklinMonroe athletes. We wish Vic a safe tour
and sincerely thank him for his service to
our country and we welcome Keenan who has already developed a positive
relationship with our student athletes.
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To Junior Cody Cox. Cody recently set a new school
record by making 8, three point shots in a boys'
basketball game.
This came on a night when Cody
scored 31 points in an overtime victory over Dixie.
Congratulations Cody and we hope to see many more
three pointers ahead!
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