March, 2016
Ripon Area School District
Upcoming Events!
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March 15
Music in Our Schools
Concert
Music in Our Schools
Concert
st
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March 21 – 25
Spring Break
The annual Music in Our
Schools concert will be
April 8th & 9th
Play Performance
held on March 15th in the
high school gymnasium.
The concert will feature
the 5th through 12th grade
music
programs.
The
of
made
the
progress
between
New Lunch Rotation
Our new lunch rotation will
begin on Monday, March 7th
and last for the remainder of
the school year.
First Lunch: RMS 7th graders
and RMS 6th graders
Second
graders
graders
Lunch:
all
and Catalyst
8th
7th
Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri
Lunch A – 10:55-11:34
Lunch B – 11:47-12:27
Wed
Lunch A – 11:25 – 12:08
Lunch B – 12:08 – 12:54
annual event is a quick
view
www.ripon.k12.wi.us
each
level in both band and
choir.
It
will
impressive
be
an
lasting approximately 45
minutes.
April 8th & 9th
concern
Tell your family
Ripon High School Auditorium
7:00pm
and friends and come
join in the fun!
Tickets are $3.00 for adults &
$1.00 for students
Ripon Area School District Bylaws & Policies
3122 – NONDISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
The Ripon Area School District does not discriminate on the basis of sex, color, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information, sexual
orientation, or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability or handicap or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Principal’s Page
Dear Students, Parents and Staff,
We are halfway through the 3rd quarter already and SPRING
is just around the corner. Please keep monitoring your child’s
grades in Infinite Campus(IC) and talk with teachers if you
have questions or concerns. We want our students to finish this
term strong and have a positive start to the 4th quarter. Also, thank you to
those parents who attended the February Parent Teacher Conferences!
We have Spring Break starting March 19th- March 27th. In April, our students in
grades 6-8 will be taking the Wisconsin Forward Exam. Watch for information in
the near future regarding the testing and the dates each grade level will be
testing. If possible, please avoid scheduling appointments on testing days so
your child will not need to miss additional class time to complete make-up
testing.
Think Spring!
Mr. Rick Bunge
Principal
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Be
Be
Respectful
Responsible
Be
Be
Your Best
Courteous
Tweet, Tweet!
Tweet, Tweet! Are you on Twitter? Follow
@MrsOsheimRMS
for
pictures
and
updates of the great learning happening
in 8th grade math. Check out students
matching graphs to verbal descriptions,
in the heat of the slope relay race, and
solving
our
latest
Crime
Scene
Investigation!
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Choir News
Concert Dates for 2015 - 2016
Tuesday, March 15 - All District Concert - 7:00pm - High School Gymnasium
Friday & Saturday, April 8 & 9 - Musical - 7:00pm - High School Auditorium (optional)
Thursday, May 26 - Spring Choir Concert - 7:00pm - High School Auditorium
Footloose:
RMS/Catalyst students involved in the musical are working hard to perfect their acting skills.
Rehearsals are now lasting until 5:30pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday each
week. Our performance will be on Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9 th starting at 7pm
each night. Tickets are $1 for students and $3 for adults. Set strike/clean-up will be on
Sunday the 10th with a cast party to follow.
Solo & Ensemble:
On Tuesday, February 23 ALL of the 7th and 8th grade choir students participated in our
local RMS/Catalyst solo and ensemble festival at the Ripon Middle School. Students
demonstrated their music skills in front of a judge and a room full of peers and parents as
they sang solos, duets, trios, and quartets. Students were judged on five categories:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
Tone quality (using good vowels and demonstrating good breath control)
Intonation (singing on pitch)
Balance (blending with the other members in the group/listening skills)
Technique (Showing good posture, correct diction, notes, and rhythms)
Expression (How did they interpret the song with use of dynamics, tempo, phrasing,
etc)
When the students were not performing they were still being evaluated. Students had to
demonstrate appropriate concert etiquette as well as use critical thinking and writing skills
to fill out critique forms for 15 other performances.
This event is an excellent opportunity for students to gain confidence in their abilities to sing
and read music. This event is a culminating evaluation of their year’s progress so far. The
need for the students to remember everything taught to them all year long is watched and
evaluated by other people, a big deal to a 12 and 13 year old students. Kudo’s to all!
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Solo & Ensemble Results
Solo
1 Ellie Ewald
1 Emma Saecker
2 Phoebe Koentopp
1 Logan Schuelke
1 Grace Ruedinger
1 Callie Smith
1 Macenzie Powers
2 Meridian Gassen
1 Jacob Rondorf
1 Lizzie Grewal
1 Cierra May
1 Emily Edinger
1 Danyel Kupihea
1 Desirae Peterson
1 Charlie Rondorf
1 Austin Velie
2 Samantha Jones
2 Emily Smit
2 Cassidy Wichman-Hauer
1 Tabatha Conlon
1 Bryn Moderow
1 Aaliyah Wilson
2 Marissa Pick
1 Zach Kleinschmit
1 Creed Klein
2 Destinee Treptow
2 Ella Altnau
Duet (Double Duet)
1 Cierra May and Macenzie Powers
2 Ella Kimball, Hannah Silloway, Kenzie Toombs and Zaria Marquardt
2 Brett Malkowski, Loki Larson, Tabatha Conlon, Grace Luebke
2 MaKayla Mosby and Grace Ruedinger
2 Courtney Kurth and Sheila Kasuboski, Jasmine Ocampo-Gomez, Marissa Pick
1 Bryn Moderow and Logan Schuelke
2 Tabatha Conlon, Phoebe Koentopp, Cassidy Wichman-Hauer and Destinee Treptow
1 Conor Diedrich, Zach Kleinschmit and Grace Ruedinger
1 Lizzie Grewal, Susan Kutz, Ella Altnau, Haley Krumenauer
2 Desirae Peterson, Marissa Pick, Charlie Rondorf and Evan Heiling
1 Maria Meincke and Maddie Huber
1 Leah Carriveau and Jacob Rondorf
1 Desirae Peterson, Marissa Pick, Samantha Jones and Meridian Gassen
1 Emily Edinger, Artesa Elliott, Taylor Bruins, Becca Bogucke
1 Madisen Hunt, Abby Haas, Grace Kouba and Becca Lammers
1 Danyel Kupihea and Creed Klein
1 Cassandra Jennings, Tashia Price, Austin Velie, Daniel Zimmerman
1 Ella Heiling, Callie Smith, Eric Wipijewski, Hunter Workowski
1 Angela Milin, Shayla Schackow, Joslyn Godson,
2 Samantha Jones and Austin Ziegler
2 Bryn Moderow, Lexi Elegbede-Peer and Isabelle Willett
2 Billy Schabo, Mason Felton, Danyel Kupihea, Michaela Bokowski
1 MaKayla Mosby, Connor Diedrich
1 Chloe Gurke, Deanna Krahn, Cassandra Jennings, Cassie Huar
1 Emma Saecker and Hunter Cook
2 Danyel Kupihea, Michaela Bokowski, Emily Smit, Cassie Boening
2 Emily Smit and Isaiah Ellis and Tannor Fromm and Courtney Kurth
1 Lizzie Grewal and Hunter Cook
1 Tashia Price, Samantha Stellmacher, Alexis Keeler, Ashley Hernandez-Diaz
1 Grace Luebke, Alana Kaleas, Olivia Thacker, SkyAnn Reisen
1 Aaliyah Wilson and Kayla Plurkowski
1 Emma Saecker and Theo Rauch
2 Ellie Ewald and Leah Carriveau
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Solo & Ensemble Results
Trio (Triple Trio)
1 Aaliyah Wilson, Callie Smith, Cierra May, Macenzie Powers, Savannah Maczuzak, Becca
Bogucke, Kayla Plurkowski, Eric Wipijewski, Ella Heiling
3 Samantha Jones, Meridian Gassen, Destinee Treptow
1 Grace Luebke, Bryn Moderow, Danyel Kupihea, Lexi Elegbede-Peer, Olivia Thacker,
Michaela Bukowski, Alana Kaleas, SkyAnn Reisen, Emily Smit
1 Ashley Hernandez-Diaz, Zaria Marquardt, Cassandra Jennings, Chloe Gurke, Deanna
Krahn, Cassandra Huar; Tashia Price, Alexis Keeler, Samantha Stellmacher
1 Ethan Schuld, Nick Cutts, Zach Kleinschmit, Gabe Galica, LeeRoy Cotton, Garrett
Jennings, Hunter Cook, Conor Diedrich, Noah Petasek
1 Ellie Ewald, Emma Saecker, Leah Carriveau
2 Jasmine Ocampo-Gomez, Courtney Kurth, Desirae Peterson, Marissa Pick, Cassie
Boening, Sheila Kasuboski, Phoebe Koentopp
1 Lizzie Grewal, Ella Altnau, Haley Krumenauer
1 Remi Mueller, Daniel Zimmerman, Alex Jacobsen, Carter Bradley, Austin Velie,
Sebastian Crego, Aaron Socha, Sam Vanevenhoven
1 Maria Meincke, Grace Kouba, Abby Haas, Maddie Huber, Becca Lammers, Isabelle
Willett
1 Grace Ruedinger, Susan Kutz, Hannah Silloway, Ella Kimball, Kayla Diamond: Shayla
Schackow, Joslyn Godson, Kenzie Toombs
Barbershop Quartet
2 Hunter Cook, Conor Diedrich, Garrett Jennings, Gabriel Galica, Leeroy Cotton, Nicholas
Cutts, Zachary Kleinschmit, Ethan Schuld
2 Theo Rauch, Creed Klein, Charlie Rondorf, Jacob Rondorf, Isaiah Ellis, Logan Schuelke,
Billy Schabo, Evan Heiling
2 Theo Rauch, Mason Felton, Loki Larson, Brett Malkowski
2 Eric Wipijewski, Hunter Workowski, Andrew Crosson, Sebastian Crego
2 Alex Jacobsen, Aaron Socha, Daniel Zimmerman, Remi Mueller, Austin Velie, Carter
Bradley, Sam Vanevenhoven, Sebastian Crego
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Annual 8th Grade Tour of Excellence
As an enrichment activity, the 8th
grade students will be taking a field trip
to three area colleges on April 15th.
The trip is designed from the
comprehensive
school
counseling
th
model that sponsors the 8 grade SPEC
(Student and Parent Education/Career)
conferences.
Students will visit three prominent area
colleges and see for themselves the
opportunities that are available to
them.
If you have any questions about this
field trip please contact Mr. Arft.
WIAA Free Physicals for Athletes
Parents of seventh and eighth grade athletes
are asked to take note of a free physicals
clinic, which will be sponsored by Ripon
physicians in April. Initial physical exams for
sport competition must be done by the family
physician at the parent’s expense. A detailed
letter and green card will be sent home with
the students once the final date has been
scheduled. It is highly recommended that
students wear a t-shirt and shorts. Watch for
more information in the near future!
“Wall of Inspiration”
Builder's Club students are creating a
"Wall of Inspiration". Students are choosing
their favorite quotes or sayings to help
motivate their peers to achieve their
goals. Tiles will be placed in a central
location where students can observe the
wall for inspiration.
Congratulations to the Stellar Spellers!
Three Ripon students recently attended
the regional Scripps Spelling Bee in
Oshkosh. Theo Rauch (Catalyst), Jules
Messitte (RMS), and Jason Recheck (MPES)
represented our district. Jason came in at
ninth place out of 39, lasting until the sixth
round. Both Theo and Jules went out
during the third round. Congratulations to
our representatives!
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Catalyst Charter Middle School held a Gallery Walk on Thursday, February 11th. Projects
highlighted included catapults designed by 6th grade students as well as a game board
which challenged directional writing skills. In addition science information was displayed such
as the periodic table and grouping of elements. The 7th graders shared their robotics projects
and information about global awareness. 8th graders collaborated to feature all that they
had learned about the American Revolutionary War. Our thanks to the businesses and
individuals who donated to help make the event a great success!
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Digital
Learning
Day
provides
an
opportunity to collaborate with peers,
share ideas, try new digital tools, and
celebrate education innovation.
A
variety of technology tools are utilized
every day in the middle school
classrooms.
Sixth grade classrooms
explored Webquests about moon phases
in RMS, while 6th grade Catalyst students
used a TinkerCad program to create 3D
images to be printed on the MakerBot.
iMovie book commercials were created
in 7th grade Catalyst and digital Punnett
Square simulations were used in 7th grade
RMS science classes. An online graphing
calculator called Desmos was used during
an interactive lesson in RMS 8th grade,
and students in 8th grade Catalyst took
Sphero balls for a spin to simulate a
prototype activity for ocean research
devices. Art students were able to use
iPads to edit digital photos with Pixlr Photo
Editor. Tech Ed students used a program
called Autodesk Revit. The program can
simultaneously create 2D and 3D drawings
of architectural buildings. One of the
technology tools used in music is a
program called Mixcraft Pro Studio
6, which is used to record and notate
students’ original music. The guidance
counselor uses a program where students
develop individual learning plans on the
website called Career Locker, which was
developed in UW Madison. Career Locker
allows students in 6th - 8th grade to
explore personal interests, careers, and
develop a plan during and after high
school.
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