Spring / Summer 2016
A.I. Root Middle School
A.I. Root Newsletter
Bike to School
333 W. Sturbridge Drive
Medina, Ohio 44256
330‐636‐3500
Office Hours:
7:00 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Student Hours:
7:38 a.m. - 2:22 p.m.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Soap Box Derby
2
Mock Trial
Leadership Academy
3
Pictures
Going the Extra Mile
3
20 Years of Root
Calendar of Events
4
Root Bike To School Challenge 2016
Root celebrated their 5th
year of the Bike To School
Challenge. Students are
encouraged to ride to and
from school during the 2
week chalenge. Throughout the
10 days, students received some daily giveaways that are donated by
local businesses. Students are learning and
practicing the Leader In
Me habits by participating
in this program.
Students who rode all 10
days were eligible to win a
Cedar Point season pass
and a free pizza a week
for 5 months from Courthouse Pizza. Two eighth
graders won those prizes.
Root students took 943
bike rides and rode 3,866
miles round trip. Riders
also burned 104,382
calories from riding. The
calories burned is equivalent to 143 cans of CocaCola. In addition, stu-
dents saved our environment 4,252 pounds of
CO2 emissions. Students
rode to school despite
cooler and rainy mornings.
Students rode May 2nd13th. On the last day,
May 13th, Root students
and staff met at Greenwood Park and formed a
bike train riding in to
school. That was also our
highest day of riders at
115.
Our assembly was May
16th with a special guest
speaker, Mayor Dennis
Hanwell. Century Cycles
Manager, Mike Petcher
also joined us for our
celebration. Twenty six
students won prizes that
day. Our Grand Prize
winner was a 7th grader,
Josh Kolasinski.
Root hosted a special
lunch on May 18th for 11
student riders. Three
students from Blake, four
students from Claggett
and three students from
Root had lunch with the
Browns mascot,
Chomps. A good time was
had by all. Special thank
you to Officer roland for
helping set up this luncheon.
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A.I. ROOT NEWSLETTER
Soap Box Derby
On May 14th, 2016 A.I Root
middle school participated in
the soap box derby gravity
challenge in Akron Ohio at
derby downs. This was the
fifth year that we participated with 8 students going from A.I. Root.
The students began preparation for the race at the beginning of January, taking apart
the cars from previous years
and rebuilding them, which
teaches students how a car
works. The students learn
teamwork and problem solving skills as well.
At the actual event our
school entered 4 cars. All 4
cars made it passed the first
round of racing and one of
our cars made it to the
final 8 cars before being
eliminated. It was a great
day where students worked
together even having a
break issue in which they
banded together and
solved the issue to be able
to continue in the race.
Middle School Mock Trial
The Middle School Mock Trial Showcase May 19 was a success! Twelve
Root students and nine Claggett students faced others from Black River
and Wadsworth to try the case of The
State of Oklahoma vs. Cade based
on The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Each
team got to try the case twice, competing against a different team each
time. While no ruling was made by the
presiding magistrate a great deal of
feedback was provided to our students.
In each of the four rooms, a best attorney and best witness was chosen for
each round.
Here is the list of those Root students
recognized for their efforts:
Round 1Sveta Post-best witness as Pony for
never wavering on her testimony
Round 2Andy Kancler-best witness as Randy
for knowing his facts
Andrew Altiere-best attorney for taking
small bites from his witness and eating the whole fish!!
Melanie Cora-best witness as Pony for
being so believable in her role
El Hadji Diop was presented with a
best bailiff award!!
SPRING / SUMMER 2016
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Leadership Academy
On Monday, May 23rd A.I. Root Middle School honored the 2016 Inductees in to the
Leadership Academy. Students are selected based on grade point average, teacher recommendation, community and extra-curricular involvement. The following students were
chosen as this years inductees:
Makenna Byrne
Anna Darrell
Noah Field
Lauren Hallock
Shanie Holladay
Elis Johanson
Michael Kelly
Hannah Kovalik
Allison Lofis
Madeline Macron
Ethan Mardovin
Mallory Miller
Austin Montgomery
Riya Patel
Victoria Petey
Sveta Post
Ben Prochaska
Jack Reynolds
Emma Semus
Brandon Thompson
Emily Wilmer
Congratulations !!!
SPRING / SUMMER 2016
Pictures from A.I. Root Middle School
A.I. Root
Middle School
2015—2016
#WeAreRoot
Going the Extra Mile
Special Congratulations to Mr. Kevin Bux on receiving the “Going the
Extra Mile Award”. Mr. Bux initiated a program to have high school student-athletes read to and mentor our elementary students.
You have made Root Middle School proud !!!!!!!
Celebrating 20 Years
The staff of A.I. Root celebrated 20 years of educating
children, by inviting back the
original staff from the 19951996 school year. We had a
great turn out and fun was
had by all. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to
the success of Root Middle
School over the past 20
years. We Are Root !!
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Calendar of Events
August 11 …………………….
New Students Orientation to
Medina City Schools (9:00 a.m.)
August 15 ……………………
6th Grade Orientation (6:00 p.m.)
6th Grade Schedules Released
August 16 …………………….
7th/8th Grade Open House (5:00 p.m.)
7th/8th Grade Schedules Released
August 17 …………………
First Day of School
September 5 …………………
Labor Day (No School)
September 15 …………………
Picture Day
DC Parent Meeting (8th Grade Only)
September 29 …………………
A.I. Root Middle School
333 W. Sturbridge Drive
Medina, OH 44256
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