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JH Spell Bowl Team Places 7th at State
• Dec. 10—Band Congratulations to the Rockville Junior High spell bowl team on their seventh place finChristmas
ish at the State Competition yesterday at Purdue University. Rockville competed against 41 other schools state-wide for a place in the
Concert 7:30
• Dec. 12—
Financial Aid
Night 6:30
state contest. Twins Hannah and Holly Buchanan both earned perfect scores in their rounds of spelling competition, a difficult task at
the state level. Other team members include Alexis Duke, Sarah Kate
Connor, Jaydan York, Allison Martin, Delaney Butler, and Katie
Snodgrass.
• Dec. 21-Jan.
5—Winter
Break
Band Students Chosen for Honor Bands
Inside this
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Teacher of the
Month
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Classroom News
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Athletic Banquet
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Volleyball Wrap-Up 4
Art Field Trip
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Immunization
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Wrestling Results
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PVETI Certification 6
Christmas Concert 6
Financial Aid Night 6
Congratulations to Holly Buchanan, Brenna
Kelley, (trombone) and Hannah Buchanan
(percussion) for being selected to the Indiana Bandmasters Association All-Region
band this weekend at Cloverdale Middle
School. The group will rehearse all weekend and give a concert tomorrow under the direction of
guest conductor
Mr. Murray Weaver, band director at
Discovery Middle
School.
Congratulations to Eliza Becker and Avery
Butler for their participation in the Indiana
Bandmasters Association All-District band
this weekend at Northview High School.
Musicians from nineteen west central Indiana schools were selected to the group.
The group participated in two days of rehearsals culminating in a concert this evening under the direction
of guest conductor Dr.
Jeffrey Doebler, Director of Bands at Valparaiso University.
NHS Raises Money for Local Families
The National Honor Society held a dodge
ball tournament on November 19-21. The
tournament took place during homeroom
periods. Teams had to pay $1.00 per member to play. Students could pay .50 to
watch. Students contributed $122.00 over
the three day period. This money was given to two RHS families to help buy food
over the Thanksgiving Holiday. Thanks to
all who participated.
Samantha Woodard Named Teacher of the Month
Rockville Junior-Senior High School's
Teacher of the Month for December is Mrs.
Samantha Woodard. Mrs. Woodard is a language arts teacher at Rockville. She is married to Nathan (8 years), and her children
include Nate (5) in kindergarten and Amelia
(3) in preschool. Mrs. Woodard is a homegrown product as she graduated from Rockville in 1997.
Mrs. Woodard attended St. Mary-of-theWoods College for her freshman year, then
transferred to Indiana State University
where she graduated in December of
2001. While in college, she won several
English scholarships within the department
at ISU.
Mrs. Woodard credits former Rox teachers
Mr. Cowan and Mrs. Lohrmann for her love
of language arts along with current teacher
Mr. Kyle for his love of Shakespeare! Her
favorite class to teach is AP Literature and
Composition because she has the most freedom to be creative.
Not only is Mrs. Woodard a valued member
of the RHS family, but she is also a part of
the state-wide committee that oversees the
English ECA test for sophomores. She has
served as both a grading quality control
chair, making sure that all ECA writings are
graded in a fair and consistent manner
across the state, and as question bank monitor, checking for appropriateness and editing wording as needed to clarify questions
and answers on the actual test given to students state-wide. She has also served in
those same roles in the past with the ISTEP
test for grade 8.
Samantha's hopes for the future are to add to
her teaching license so she can try out teaching some new classes at some point. Long
term plans may include possibly getting into
school administration before retiring in Italy.
Ironically every school where Mrs. Woodard
attended or taught has had a strange mascot
including the following: Rox, Pomeroys, Sycamores, and Sparkplugs. She also started her
first teaching job before she even graduated
from college. Her favorite pastime includes a
"slight" obsession with college basketball.
March is a wonderful month for her!
Principal Mahurin stated, "Rockville is incredible fortunate to have a teacher of the
caliber of Samantha Woodard. Winning this
award is a no-brainer for her. She's just very,
very good for our kids."
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Freshmen English classes are now concluding the task of writing children's stories on a webbased site, Storybird.com.
Spanish I students have been learning how to order food at a restaurant. They created menus and acted in a skit.
Spanish I students have been learning how to order food at a restaurant. They created menus and acted in a skit.
Spanish III just read some interesting facts about the southern cone of South America, including how the penguin got its name and how the cattle outnumber people in parts of Argentina.
8th grade science students are finishing up the Chemistry unit with balancing equations,
chemical reactions, catalysts, and inhibitors!
7th grade science students are beginning Earth science by making models of Earth's layers
and learning to read contour lines.
PLTW Medical Intervention students just finished testing their own genes with PCR, and are
studying genetic technology/therapy.
Biology I - students are currently studying the cell and it parts. They will be doing a lab activity with cells and binocular microscopes
Human Body Systems - students are studying the nerve and the nervous system. They also
recently attended a genetics symposium given by Dr. Sam Rhine at Terre Haute South High
School.
AP Biology - students are currently doing an enzyme activity and learning about cell communication. They also attended the genetics symposium given by Dr. Sam Rhine at Terre Haute
South High School.
Principles of Biomedical Science - students are continueing to learn about diabetes, feedback
loop and insulin.
Government class conducted a mock election and had junior high vote for the candidate of
their choice. Dr. Gambaiani and Dr. Rohr talked to the students about local and state government.
Mrs. Lohrmann talked to world history classes about King Henry VIII and his
wives. Students are currently researching an explorer to present in class.
Criminal Justice students played an interactive computer game called Make Your Own Case
and discussed the role of jurors after watching 12 Angry Men. The class had three guest
speakers: Judge Swaim (court), Jason McHargue (drug court), and Nina Alexander ( sentencing).
The best way to study for math finals is to review old tests. Students can also find odd problems in the book over the sections they want to review and then check their answers in the
back. Study resources are also available with their online book. If students have lost their
usernames and/or passwords, they can see Mrs. Lugar. Finals will cover the following chapters: Math 7: Chapters 1-5 and the first section of chapter 6; Pre-Al 7: Chapters 1-3 and the
first two sections of chapter 4; Pre-Al 8: Chapters 1-4; 8th grade Algebra 1: chapters 1-4
Yearbook students finished up selling ads to local businesses to lower the cost of the book
for students.
8th grade English students are finishing up a grammar study of complements and are reading
the novel The Pigman by Paul Zindel.
Athletic Banquet Award Winners
Volleyball Awards
Defense Award: Morgan Black
Offense Award: Meagan White
Top Serving Award: Maddie Shaffer
Football Awards
1000 yards rushing - Keiontre
Wilkey (1266 yds, 1875 total yds)
Outstanding Offensive Lineman - Alec Dalton
Outstanding Defensive Lineman - Isaiah
Thurman
Outstanding Offensive Back - Ben Cunningham
Outstanding Defensive Back - Drake Spangler
Brooks T. Collings Award - Avery Butler
Most Improved - Brandon Cooper
Most Respected Player - Tyler Knoblett
Rox Award - Thomas Soltermann
Golf Awards
Low Average: Alexia Lear
Best Putter: Megan Baxter
Best Chipper: Meghan Bullington
Most Improved: Haley Lewis
Boys Tennis
Most Wins: Lucas Rowe
Best Doubles Team: Shane Slaven
Best Doubles Team: Cole Butler
Most Improved: Kegan Wimsett
Cheerleading
Mental Attitude-Brenna Kelley
Student-Athlete-Aarin Lien
Most Improved-Tati Schroeder
Leadership Award-Emily Rohr
Spirit Award-Maddy Pruitt
Cross Country Awards
Top Male Runner: Lance Hopkins
Top Female Runner: Bailey Hayes
Most Improved: Kayla Houvenagle
Mental Attitude: Bailey Hayes
Team Leader: Rachel Overpeck
Letter Jacket Recipients
Volleyball Season Wrap-Up
The 2013 Lady Rox volleyball team finished the
season with an overall record of 12-20, losing in
the Sectional semi-finals to Lafayette Central
Catholic, who will be playing in the 1A State Finals for the fourth time in the past 7 years. Both
the Varsity and JV teams won the Banks of the
Wabash tournament.
The Lady Rox will lose just one senior to graduation--DonaMarie Kelley, who led the team in
blocks the past 2 seasons and was selected AllWRC this year and was Honorable Mention as a
Junior. With a plethora of returning talent and
experience (including 2013 All-WRC Meagan
White and Honorable Mention Matty Tinkle), the
2014 Lady Rox should not only improve on their
2013 campaign, but are poised to compete for a
conference championship and make a deep
playoff run.
Field Trip to Indianapolis Museum of Art
On November 14th, Rockville Jr. Sr. High School art
students spent the day at
the Indianapolis Museum
of Art. Twelve students
from Rockville and fifteen
students from Turkey Run
shared the cultural experience of seeing the special
exhibit of French artist,
Henri Matisse. Students were led through
the paintings and sculptures created by Matisse by a docent who described his life and
work. Students have been learning about
different artists, one of whom was Matisse.
Students commented that seeing his work
in person was so inspiring and brought the
artist to life.
Students who participated were: McKayla
Billings, Meghan Bullington, Brandon
Cooper, Sam Donahue, Bailey Hayes, Zabrina Hinkle, Anna Lee, Trinity McFall,
Reagan Ruark, Tatjana Schroeder, John
Thomas and Meagan White. Special
thanks to the chaperones, Laura Hayes and
Nellie Myers.
Pictured is Reagan Ruark standing in front
of Matisse’s painting, The Yellow Dress.
Also, Sam Donohue, John Thomas, Trinity
McFall, and Bailey Hayes are pictured with
Kim Beck’s NOTICE: A Flock of Signs.
Turkey Run art teacher, Becky Loudermilk
and Rockville art teacher, Rita Jacks, coordinated the field trip.
Immunization Update
As many of you are aware, immunizations
are a hot topic! In order to stay ahead of
the game I would like to inform you of the
new 2014-2015 requirements. The Hepatits
A vaccine will be a REQUIREMENT for all
incoming kindergartners and 6th graders next
year. Please, start looking ahead at your
child's immunizations to be prepared for the
Wrestling News
Parke-Vermillion Bi-County Champs
2nd in Turkey Run Invitational
126 Nic VanHook
106 Jacob Gregg
220 Justin Earl
126 Nic VanHook
220 Justin Earl
Forrest Receives Nurse’s Aide Certification
Students from Parke-Vermillion Education
Training Inter-local Career and Technical
Education Health Careers program, took
their Certified Nurses Assistant test on November 13, 2013 at Vermillion Convalescent
Center and passed. This is a 2nd year program available to seniors for ParkeVermillion area high schoolers. Students are
in the classroom for approximately 30 hours
and then receive 75 hours of clinical training
in a certified nursing home setting. Upon
completion of the training, students will take
a written and skill test through Ivy Tech
College. If students achieve 80% or higher
on their written portion and pass their skills
portion they receive an Indiana State Certification to work in the capacity of Certified
Nurses Aide. Congratulations to these area
Parke-Vermillion
students who
have received
such certification
and for a job well
done.
Band Department Christmas Concert
Usher in the season with some great music!
The Christmas Concert is Tuesday, Dec.
10th @ 7:30 pm (featuring 7th grade band,
HS band, small ensembles)., lasting around
45 minutes,. Punch and cookies will follow.
Financial Aid Night
Any senior or junior who is graduating after
first semester of next year should attend Financial Aid Night on Thursday, December 12th at
6:30 pm in the RHS Media Center. Advisers
will be on hand to assist in learning about filling
our the FAFSA and about the details of the
21st Century Scholars program.