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 Oct. 10—Cross
Country sectional
 Oct. 12—
Parent/Teacher
Conferences
3:30—6:30
 Oct. 14—PSAT
 Oct. 15-16—Fall
Break
 Oct. 16—
Football Senior
Night
9 — I s s u e
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O c t o b e r
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Welcome New Staff Members
Mrs. Samantha
Forrest
7th & 8th grade
science
I am from Rockville,
Indiana. I attended
Indiana State University. Prior to coming
to the Jr./Sr. High School, I taught at Rockville Elementary. My hobbies include traveling & reading. I have
two daughters, Glory &
Skylar.
Ron Alabaugh
7th grade social studies, AP US History,
AP World History
I'm from Clinton, Indiana. I graduated from
Indiana State University in 2013. I did my
student teaching at Rockville and coached
baseball and girls basketball. I had a 20 year
career in the automotive industry before
going back to college to become a teacher. I
just got married on October 3rd. I have one
son and a step-daughter. My hobbies include baseball card collecting and hanging
out with friends and family. I am super excited about finally being part of the Rockville family and love coming to school every
day.
 Oct. 28—Picture
Retakes
Monday,
Oct. 12
3:30-6:30
Inside this
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Classroom News
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FFA News
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8th Vision Tests
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7th Math News
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Interact News
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Volleyball Banks
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Cross Country
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Box Top Program
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Stamp Contest
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Homecoming
5
History Field Trip
6
Guidance News
6
Parke County
Project
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New School Messenger Notification
The former School Reach program has been
upgraded to School Messenger for the 20152016 school year. This system is used to notify parents of important events and news
regarding their school. Individual buildings
use it for things like notification of School
Picture Day or Parent Teacher Conferences. The District will use this system to
notify parents of corporation wide events like
weather delays or closings. When normal
announcement calls are made, School Messenger will call guardian phone and whatever
phone number was listed in the Alert 1 field
of their student demographics page in Harmony. When the district has to make Emergency calls, it will call all the numbers that
you have listed in your phone and alert
fields. If you need to update your phone
numbers, log into your students Harmony
portal and update the numbers as needed.
Classroom News
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AP Biology students are running a campaign to get their cell organelle elected as "The
Most Important Organelle". Working in groups they are trying to persuade designated
faculty, staff, and classmates to vote for their organelle. Projects include posters, pamphlets, mudslinging, and campaign speeches. Election Day is October 13th. Stay tuned
for results.
Physics students have been busy performing labs dealing with speed, velocity, and air resistance. Students had to design an egg apparatus that would allow the egg to survive being dropped from the top of the football bleachers. Many succeeded; some had a mess.
Chemistry students are learning about electrons and their specific configurations. Students enjoyed performing flame tests on multiple metals and were excited to see all the
different colors produced.
Biology I classes just finished a web quest on Biomes and are ready to start learning about
Chemistry in Biology.
Pre-AP Biology class is learning about Population Ecology.
Biology II is finishing up a chapter on Earth's History and getting ready to learn about
Evolution.
Principles of Biomedical Science class is learning about gel electrophoresis and DNA fingerprinting.
Students in Mrs. Woodard's sophomore pre-AP English class are practicing different discussion and note-taking strategies in class. Students have enjoyed discussing different topics in the fishbowl environment, such as technology in schools and discipline issues. They
have also been practicing note-taking methods with both fiction and non-fiction pieces.
Criminal Justice students have completed presentations on amendments and court cases
related to law enforcement. The following guest speakers have talked to the students: retired police sheriff, Rockville police, IN State police, instructor at Law Enforcement
Academy, K-9, CSI, prescription drug enforcement officer, and deputy sheriff about
amendments
World History completed presentation on Asia and Africa and played a game called the
Silk Road.
Government students complete a unit on the branches of government. Students conducted oral presentations using power point. In addition, they developed games, skits, review
questions, and discussion questions over their branch.
Sociology students conducted oral presentation using power point, In addition, students
developed skits, review questions, and discussion question over the unit on adolescence
and adulthood. Students just finished a section on deviance and crime.
The AP Language & Composition classes are perfecting the art of arguing through the
debate process. Using a modified Lincoln-Douglas debate format, students presented the
pros and cons of topics like legalizing marijuana, lowering the drinking age, testing on animals, government subsidies of renewable energy, arming school personnel, and capital
punishment.
7th grade English students have studied subjects, verbs and adjectives, have learned the
web tool Animoto to create a book trailer of a self-selected novel, and are currently finishing the novel Unwind that is part of a study of modern medical techniques.
FFA News
The Turkey Run FFA competed in the Soils Judging Career
Development Event on Friday,
Oct. 2. In this competition,
students examine four sites for
the soil structure and land capabilities. For example, they
examine if a particular area can
be used for a home, sewer system, field or other agriculture
use. The students are learning
about the foundation of everything we do
and the principles that all of our homes are
built on.
The team consisting of McMullen, Buell, Lien
and H. Jones placed 12th out of 27 teams.
High individuals for Turkey Run were
McMullen and Buell.
hoe digs out a big hole. This year the competition was held on a Christmas tree farm
north of Greencastle; however, the sites
move around from year to year.
Pictured are Front row L to R: Jaydan York,
Colton McMullen, Beau Buell, Aarin Lien.
Back row: Hallie Jones, Cole Jones, Isiah
Parsons, Kyle Kochert
The students are standing in a soil pit, which
is how the students look at the soil. A back-
Vision screenings for 8th graders will be October 6th. All 8th graders who wear
glasses/contacts need to make sure they have them with them this day. Parents
will only be notified if their student does NOT pass the screening.
7TH GRADE PARENTS
INTERACT NEWS
7th graders are not to use scientific calculators. Mrs.
Lugar needs to ensure that they have mastered the
skills that those calculators do for them. If you have
already purchased a scientific calculator, just save it
for 8th grade. This year, a simple dollar store
calculator will be perfect. (Try to find one that
includes a square root key.) We apologize for any
inconvenience, but students have been reminded of
this since the first day of school. Thank you for your
cooperation
Interact revs up for fall clean-up community
service: Members have helped clean-up after
the September 4 and 11 home football games and
will assist the Rockville Rotary Club with its highway
clean-up efforts on October 5, just prior to the
Covered Bridge Festival. They, too, will assist the
Rotary with drink sales at the Drink Tent on the
square throughout the festival.
8th Grade Banks Champs
The 8th grade volleyball team brought
home the Banks of the Wabash Tournament trophy for the second year in a
row. The Lady Rox won the first match
by defeating Turkey Run 26-24 and 2513. They beat Riverton Parke in the
championship game, 25-15, 18-25, and
17-15. Karlee Jeffries led all scorers with
20 points. Macenzie Cole served 19
points, and Macy Millspaugh added
14. Their current record is 6-5 .
Cross Country Kudos
Cross country girls take home the first
known team trophy! Rockville High
School ran in the North Vermillion Invitational. The girls tied with Attica for second place, but in a tie-breaker they won.
Therefore, the girls received a runner-up
trophy for the invitational.
Box Top Competition
Please help your school by clipping Box
Tops from various different products
sold by General Mills. Rockville Jr./Sr.
High School earns 10 cents for each Box
Top clipped. Simply clip, have your student bring them to school, and give them
to Mrs. Forrest. Thank you for your support!
Stamp Cancellation Contest Winner
For approximately 21
years, the Rockville Jr.
Sr. High School art students have submitted
pen and ink drawings of
county bridges to the
postmaster of Rockville.
The postmaster, with the assistance of the
staff, reviews and picks the winning drawing to be represented on a commemorative, cancellation postmark. The postmark is then used during the 10 days of
the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival.
This stamp is not only used as a postmark
to cancel stamps, but has evolved into a
collector’s image for tourists and locals
alike.
can see how their artistic talent can be
used in the real world, where they can
understand how art experiences affect
daily life and identify opportunities for
involvement in the arts. All entries will
be on display at the post office for most
of October.
Zoe Adams-Schlee, a senior at Rockville
Jr. Sr. High School, had the winning entry this year. She is the daughter of
Chris and Shara Schlee of Rockville.
Schlee’s winning entry is
of the Wilkins Mill
Bridge.
Students’ pen and ink drawings were submitted again this year from Rita Jacks’ art
class as a community project. Students
front row: Emma White, Sydney Secuskie, Anna Lee, Mr. Football Nick Loomis,
Queen Morgan Black, Morgan Dugger, Mackenzie Casey
back row: Jaylan Kerr, Ross Akers, Matt Wake, Tyler Rapp, Kegan Wimsett, Wesley Cottrell
Mr. Football Nick Loomis &
Queen Morgan Black
History Field Trip
The US History and AP US History
classes took a trip to Vincennes to the
Military Museum, the George Rogers
Clark Memorial, and the William Henry
Harrison home. Thirty-eight students
plus Mr. King and Mr. Alabaugh enjoyed
the day.
News from the Guidance Department
UPCOMING PSAT TEST
Upcoming College Visits
All sophomores and juniors will take the
PSAT on the morning of 10/14 at the
high school. The state will be paying the
fees for both grades this year.
Freshmen who opted to take the PSAT 9
will test on November 18th. The test is
free to students who receive free/reduced
lunch, and $10 to all others.
10/5 - Manchester
10/19 - ISU
10/28 - Indiana Tech
NEW SCHOLARSHIP
LIST AVAILABLE!!
SESSIONS FOR P/T CONFERENCES
During Parent/Teacher Conferences on Monday, 10/12, Mrs. Mitchell
will hold informational sessions in the library. Each session will last
approximately 15 minutes (with time after each for
questions). Sessions will include NCAA Rules for DI & DII (4:00),
Diploma & Graduation Requirements (4:30), and Applying to College
& Financial Aid (5:00). No registration is necessary.
PARKE COUNTY PROJECT
Students from Mrs. Woodard's etymology class and Mr. Harper's
Interact Club recently completed a research project featuring people
and places from Parke County's past. The exhibits will be on display at
the Rockville Public Library during the festival. They will also be
displayed at the courthouse through 2016 as part of the bicentennial
celebration.