Salem High School re-

cently hosted the 7th annu-

al Salem Education Founda-

tion (SEF) Lion Legacy

Awards Program. Each

year since 2010, the SEF

selects a class of SHS alum-

ni that have gone on to do

great things in their lives.

The Lion Legacy Class of

2017 (pictured below with

student hosts) included

Chet Smith (1930), Lee

Smith (1943), Paul Scifres

(1957), Diane Cornwell

(1973), Dr. Jeffrey Morgan

(1977) and Dr. Susan Leh-

man (1989). Chet and

Lee Smith were honored

posthumously.

Each year, the Legacy

honorees arrive at SHS in

the morning and speak to

the student body in

Brooks Memorial gymna-

sium. A student host is

assigned to each honoree

and served as a tour guide

of the school after the as-

sembly.

SHS teachers have the

option to request an hon-

oree to speak to one or

more of their classes

throughout the remainder

of the day. This year Diane

Cornwell spoke in Mr.

Carter’s senior English

class, Dr. Morgan spoke to

Mr. McCurdy’s afternoon

Biology classes and Paul

Scifres and Dr. Lehman

spoke in Mr. Calhoun’s

Physics class.

The honorees returned

to SHS in the evening for

the Lion Legacy Dinner and

Awards Ceremony. Tickets

for the dinner were sold in

the community in the

weeks prior to the event

and the dinner was catered

by Christie’s.

After the dinner, every-

one adjourned to the

Presentation Room for the

awards ceremony. Each

honoree was introduced by

their student hosts and

made remarks to the audi-

ence. At the conclusion of

their remarks, Dr. Lynn

Reed, Superintendent of

Salem Community Schools,

presented each honoree

with a Lion Legacy statue.

Proceeds from the event

go to scholarships awarded

through the SEF.

Pictures of the events

throughout the day are lo-

cated on page 6 of this

newsletter.

SHS Hosts 2017 Lion Legacy Dinner

Lion’s Roar

S A L E M H I G H S C H O O L

Volume 5, Issue 7

April 11, 2017

It’s Testing Time 2

Fine Arts on Display 2

Counselor Corner 3

Students of the Month 3

Writer’s Showcase 4

Screenagers 5

A Delightful Quarantine 5

Lion Legacy Photos 6

Mark Your Calendar 7

SRO Ratts speaks to

Digital Apps Class 7

Inside this issue:

DeJean Scholarship Awarded at Lion Legacy Dinner DeJean was named a Lion

Legacy in 2011. The schol-

arship was established to

be awarded to a Salem al-

um who was already en-

rolled in college and is a

renewable scholarship.

Madison Smith, a 2015

graduate of SHS and cur-

rent sophomore at Purdue

University was named the

recipient of the Edgar and

Elinor DeJean Lion Legacy

Scholarship.

The picture to the left

shows Madison with SHS

Science teacher Greg

McCurdy.

At the conclusion of the

Lion Legacy awards cere-

mony, SHS Director of

Guidance, Mrs. Jennifer

Martin announced the win-

ner of the second Edgar

and Elinor DeJean Lion

Legacy Scholarship.

This scholarship was

created after Dr. Edgar

It’s Testing Season

Page 2 Lion’s Roar

Spring has sprung and that

means that SHS students will soon

be taking state mandated tests like

they do every year at this time.

This year will be the second year

that students will be taking ISTEP+

and ECA tests as we are continuing

the transition to the ISTEP+ exams.

In addition to these state man-

dated exams, students in Ad-

vanced Placement (AP) classes will

also be taking course exams in

early May.

Once again, SHS Assistant Princi-

pal, and testing coordinator, Mr. Jerry

Hickey, has scheduled these tests so

there is a reduced chance of class

disruption. We are asking parents to

encourage their children to do their

best when they take these tests. The

chart below was created to inform

parents as to when these tests will be

administered.

Fine Arts on Display Prior to Spring Break, the SHS Choir and Pep Band both had performances at the Performing Arts Center at Salem Middle

School. The Pep Band Pops concert and the American Songbook choir concert are examples of the fine talent SHS is fortunate to

have. The pictures below are from these two concerts. Special thanks to Miss Bonnie Harmon and Mr. Bill Spencer-Pierce for

their work with students.

What do you want to be when you

grow up? This is a question that you

may have asked your son or daughter

several times over the years. He may

have had several answers, a doctor,

lawyer, nurse, fireman,

teacher, police officer,

farmer, or a professional ath-

lete. Now if you ask your

teen he may still have several

answers or he may say that

he doesn’t know. There are

several things you can do as

a parent to help your teen

focus on possible career

paths..

College is not for every-

one, but everyone should get

some sort of training after

high school. There are sev-

eral options. The military

offers excellent preparation for a vari-

ety of careers (www.military.com).

Vocational training and apprentice-

ships (www.doleta.gov) help students

learn a trade and often find employ-

ment in a high paying field. Education

pays- statistics show that “the more

you learn, the more you earn.” Over a

lifetime, a person with a bachelor’s

degree from college earns over one

million dollars more than a person

with a high school diploma.

It is okay if a teen doesn’t know

what direction his career path will

take. The majority of college students

enter college as an undecided major.

Those that enter with a declared major

often change it. Hopefully throughout

high school, career focus will be

gained. (Example: I like science, and

writing is

not one of

my

strengths).

Encour-

aging your

teen to job

shadow is

one way he

can be in-

troduced to

possible

careers. It

is also pos-

sible for

your teen to

volunteer in some places while he is

job shadowing. By doing this he per-

forms community service and also

learns about a possible career.

There are several interest invento-

ries that can be taken at no charge to

help your teen discover potential

strengths. When registering for the

ACT as a junior or senior he can take

the interest inventory as part of the

registration process. Your teen’s re-

sults are sent with the test scores. The

PSAT (which is taken by many sopho-

mores and juniors) has a similar com-

ponent. If your teen has taken one of

these tests, look on the score sheet to

see the results. There are also several

online assessments. Three of my per-

sonal favorites are

www.learnmoreindiana.org and

https://myroad.collegeboard.com .

When looking to the future, the Oc-

cupational Outlook Handbook has pre-

dicted the top jobs for the future

(through 2020). The entire report can

be accessed at http://www.bls.gov/

ooh . This site is also full of infor-

mation about nearly every career im-

aginable. The top jobs for the future

will be in technology, education, and

health services. With the aging baby

boomer population, it is no surprise

that the need for health services will

be growing. The area of professional

and business services also will see

growth in the next decade.

An excellent website that you and

your teen can explore together is

http://www.careeronestop.org. This

website is full of information, videos,

job descriptions, etc. and is geared

towards both parents and students.

”When my child grows up” is really

not that far away. Employing various

methods of career exploration can

alleviate some of the anxieties.

Counselor Corner articles are written

by SHS Director of Guidance Mrs. Jen-

nifer Martin.

Page 3

Counselor Corner—Helping Your Teenager Think About Careers

February Students of the Month

From left to right: Bradey Hargis

(freshman), Xavier Haendiges

(sophomore), Cameron Foutch

(junior), Allie Jones (senior).

Student Work Presented at Writer’s Showcase

Page 4 Lion’s Roar

The 4th Annual Writer’s Show-

case was held the week before

Spring Break in the Presentation

Room at SHS. This event features

members of Writer’s Club who

gather to publicly read pieces of

creative writing they have written

throughout the school year.

Writer’s Club Sponsor Mr. Matt

Adkins began the evening by

reading an original work of his.

Pieces by students included short

stories, essays, poems and a couple

of “rap battles.”

This year’s showcase included

works by senior Iris Ries, junior

Kielynn Tally, sophomores Tony Eng-

land, Alyssa Hammack, Rachel Kiefer,

Rebecca McKinley, Neal Scoggins,

Elise Tally and freshman Jon-Erik

Cornelius.

The showcase provides these stu-

dents a forum to display their talents

for the community. It also gives the

public a glimpse into the creative

writing process at the school. The

showcase allows students to have the

opportunity for positive audience

feedback and provides incentive for

them to continue writing. Photos from

the event are below.

Did you know that teens spend an

average of 6.5 hours a day in front of a

digital screen? And this does not

even include school or homework

time. Many families are finding that

navigating the world of

social media, comput-

er games and internet

browsing is one of the

biggest challenges

they face.

What are the effects

of screen time on

teens, how much is too

much, and how can we

find balance?

Screenagers: Growing

up in the Digital Age is

a new documentary that explores the

impact of digital screen time on stu-

dents’ academics, relationships and

personal development. Physician and

filmmaker Delaney Ruston says the

idea for the movie came while strug-

gling with her own children over the

use of screen

time. As a physi-

cian she wanted to

understand the

science of tech

time on children’s

development, and

as a mom she

wanted to know

what to do.

The resulting

film is an eye-

opening look at

ways digital screen time has taken

hold in our lives.

Most importantly, the film offers ideas

on ways that families can manage this

technology with their teens.

Screenagers will be shown at Salem

High School on Tuesday, May 2 at 6

pm. There is no charge for admission,

but in order to plan for seating and

refreshments, reservations are re-

quested through the Screenagers link

at www.salemschools.com or by call-

ing Salem High School at 812-883-

3904.

Page 5

Film on Teens and Technology to be Shown at SHS

Studio Theatre Presents: “A Delightful Quarantine” The SHS Studio Theatre pre-

sents its’ final production of the

2016-17 season with Mark Dunn’s

comedy “A Delightful Quarantine”

April 18-19 at the Presentation

Room.

When an extra-terrestrial

"invasion" of the suburban, middle-

class community of Susqua Creek

Acres, Pennsylvania places its hu-

man residents and visitors under

sudden house-bound quarantine,

secrets get revealed, conflicts erupt

and recede, and long-standing re-

sentments are addressed.

This family-friendly play presents

the interwoven stories of a mother

reunited

with the

daughter

she gave

up for

adoption

thirty-two

years earli-

er; a man

with a se-

cret that

upends his

marriage; a

woman with fourteen cats, all invisi-

ble; a foiled house burglary that

must wait three days for the

police; a rekindled high

school romance; and a cou-

ple of fashion-conscious

girls "home alone" for the

duration.

“A Delightful Quarantine”

runs Tuesday-Wednesday,

April 18-19 at 8:00 pm. Ad-

mission at the door: $5

Adults, $3 Students.

Lion Legacy Photos

Salem High School

700 North Harrison Street

Salem, IN 47167

Phone: 812.883.3904

Fax: 812.883.3905

Principal: Derek Smith dsmith@salemschools.com

Assistant Principal: Jerry Hickey jhickey@salemschools.com

Athletic Director: Hank Weedin hweedin@salemschools.com

Counselor (11 & 12): Jennifer Martin jmartin@salemschools.com

Counselor (9): Christine Mahuron cmahuron@salemschools.com

Counselor (10): Anne O’Connell aoconnell@salemschools.com

At Risk/ Attendance: Cathy Huey chuey@salemschools.com

Treasurer: Norma Gramlin ngramlin@salemschools.com

Attendance-Rachel Huffaker rjhuffaker@salemschools.com

Adm. Asst.-Sarah Richards srichards@salemschools.com

Designing Quality Work For Students And Leading Them To Success

We’re on the Web!

www.salemschools.com

Mark Your Calendar April 14 8th Grade Tour of SHS 1:30 pm

April 18 Senior Orders from Herff Jones delivered 11 am - 3 pm

April 18 Class Ring Orders from Herff Jones delivered @ lunch

April 18-

19

“A Delightful Quarantine ” by Studio Theatre (Presentation

Room) 8 pm

April 24 8th Grade Parent Night/ Course Registration 5:30 & 6:45 pm

both night (parents only need to attend one session)

April 26 8th Grade Parent Night/ Course Registration 5:00 & 7:00 pm

both night (parents only need to attend one session)

April 28 Alumni Banquet (Brooks Memorial Gym) 7 pm

April 30 Academic Awards Program (Brooks Memorial Gym) 2 pm

May 2 Screenagers (Presentation Room) 6 pm

May 6 SAT @ SHS

May 6 Prom @ Huber’s Plantation Hall 7-11 pm

The photo to the left shows Salem

Community Schools SRO Scott Ratts

recently speaking to Mrs. Jennifer Mor-

ris’ Digital Applications and Responsi-

bility classes.

The Indiana Department of Educa-

tion course description for this class

says, “students learn what it means to

be a good digital citizen and how to use

technology, including social media, re-sponsibly. Officer Ratts covered a variety of

topics on this day that all related to dig-

ital responsibility and cyber safety.