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Band News 6

Year-End Program 6

Academic Teams 7

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• May 16—

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• May 19—

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• May 19—End of

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• May 22 & 23—

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• May 24—

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Senior Rachel Overpeck was awarded the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship. She is the daughter of Rich and Patty Overpeck and will be attending IU in the fall to major in Environmental Science.

The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program is designed to raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana and increase aware-ness of the potential of Indiana's community foundations to improve the quality of life of the state's residents. Begun in 1998, the program offers four-year, full-tuition scholarships to Indiana students who intend to work toward a baccalaureate degree at any accredited public or private college or university in Indiana. The scholarship also provides $900 per year for required books and equipment.

Overpeck Awarded Lilly Endowment Overpeck Awarded Lilly Endowment Overpeck Awarded Lilly Endowment Overpeck Awarded Lilly Endowment

Rockville Jr./Sr. High School conducted its 2014 National

Honor Society inductions on Wednesday, April 16th at 2

p.m. The ceremony opened with a prayer by Rachel Over-

peck, and member Emily Rohr welcomed everyone. Kim

Rogers announced the inductees who were met by their fami-

lies. The emblem and essential traits of all NHS members

were explained by Megan Gordon, Avery Butler, Meghan

Bullington, Maddy Pruitt, Megan Baxter, and Brianna Wells.

Member Eliza Becker led the new inductees and all existing

members in the pledge to renew a commitment to character, scholarship, leadership, and ser-

vice. The new members lit a candle to rest with the candle of life and knowledge and signed

their names into the official membership book. The program closed in prayer by Hanna Mills.

National Honor Society sponsors are Mrs. Dawn Mitchell and Mrs. Jane McMullen. New induc-

tees are Craig Overpeck, Amy Rohr, Libby Asher, Bailey Hayes, Sydney Secuskie, Madison Shaf-

fer, Ross Akers, Jade Spangler, Dakota Whitmer, Morgan Black, Matty Tinkle. Existing mem-

bers of National Honor Society include Megan Baxter, Eliza Becker, Paige Boardman, John

Brown, Meghan Bullington, Avery Butler, Rachel Clingerman, Aspen Donohue, Glory Forrest,

Megan Gordon, Cameron Helderman, Molly Jones, DonaMarie Kelley, Haley Lewis, Hanna

Mills, Lucas Monroe, Luke Overpeck, Rachel Overpeck, Eli Palm, Maddy Pruitt, Kim Rogers,

Emily Rohr, Andy Rozsa, Shane Slaven, Isaiah Thurman, Carly Vandivier, Ben Wake, Brianna

Wells, Erika White, and Kiara Wimsett.

National Honor Society InducteesNational Honor Society InducteesNational Honor Society InducteesNational Honor Society Inductees

The final Teacher of the Month at Rockville High School for the 2013-2014 school year has been named as Mrs. Laura Reberger. Mrs. Reberger and her husband, our band teacher Kevin Reberger, comprise the only husband-wife combo faculty members currently working at RHS. Mrs. Reberger currently teaches 8th Grade Eng-lish, AP Language & Composition, Yearbook, Creative Writing, and Film Literature and is in her 11th year of teaching. She came to Rockville in 2005 and prior to that taught at Union Dug-ger High School . Mrs. Reberger attended Castle High School in Newburgh, Indiana before going to Indiana State University where she Majored in Eng-lish. Laura and Kevin have one son Daniel, age 19, who just finished his freshman year at Indi-ana University where he is a music education major. The Rebergers currently reside in Brazil, Indiana. Not only does Mrs. Reberger teach several dif-ferent classes at RHS, she serves the school as publicist as well. She also coaches the middle and high school Spell Bowl Teams, English Aca-demic Teams, and the high school Fine Arts Academic Team. Mrs. Reberger's teams have produced numerous state finalists in the Spell Bowl and English academic competitions teams at both the middle and high school levels. Mrs. Reberger belongs to the National Council for the Teachers of English, Indiana State Read-ing Association, Indiana State Teachers Associa-tion where she serves as the North Central Parke Classroom Teachers Association co-president. To add another feather in her cap, Mrs. Reberger recently took over planning for the end of the year awards program. Mrs. Reberger stated, “I love being in charge of the Student Rewards Program and most pep sessions. While students are here to learn, we can make it an enjoyable place to do that. And let's face it,

L. Reberger Named Teacher of the Month most of the memorable parts of our school years are those fun, silly times when teachers make fools of themselves and we get to laugh and have fun together. I am really looking forward to our end of the year program on May 19th where we are blending an awards program with the old Food Follies. It should be a blast!” Mrs. Reberger recalled her most memorable ac-complishment as a teacher, “Very few students love writing essays, but learning to do so well is a skill all college-bound students need. I take great pride in hearing from former students who thank me for making them learn how to do synthesis essays or analyze visual rhetoric or properly cite sources. It makes all the hours of grading papers worth it!” When asked what she does in the summer for fun, Mrs. Reberger responded, “Our son is a member of the Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps. We spend five weeks out of the summer working on the cook truck where we prepare and serve four meals a day to 200 members and staff.” Principal Mahurin said, “Mrs. Reberger is one of

many great teachers we have here at Rock-

ville. She works very hard to make our climate

the best it can be. She is a very, very good Eng-

lish teacher, but she serves the school well in nu-

merous capacities. We are very fortunate to have

her here!”

• English 10 will finish the year with a career exploration unit, building skills in resume develop-

ment and business letter writing, culminating in a career presentation.

• Pre-AP will read The Great Gatsby and will create a presentation rooted in the culture of the

1920s.

• AP Literature will present their end-of-year creative projects on Friday, May 16 in the multi-

purpose room.

• PLTW Medical Interventions students are performing a lab called genetic transformation. They

use a simple procedure to transform bacteria with a gene that codes for Green Fluorescent

Protein (GFP). This procedure will cause the bacteria to glow a green color under UV light.

• 7th grade science students are working on a Human Body System project. They will describe

the major functions, include a diagram with the major parts and organs labeled, explain how

the body system works with others in the body, and find interesting facts about their chosen

system.

• 8th grade science students are learning about the animal phyla. They will research the evolution-

ary history of an animal of their choice and present their findings as a research paper or

slideshow presentation.

• Mr. Campbell talked to the world history class about the Manhattan Projects including the

atomic bombs. Students are giving power point presentations over topics since WW 2.

• Government classes are presenting power points and discussing issues related to First Amend-

ment rights. Mr. Mahurin talked to students about school law, policy and reasonable suspicion.

• Sociology students designed a city and are now studying social movements.

• Psychology students are focusing on mental illnesses and therapy.

Classroom News

IT’S TESTING SEASON!

Algebra I (608) and English 10 (Woodard) will be May 13-14.

AP US History will be May 21 at 8AM. AP Calculus will be May 22nd at

8AM. AP Literature will be May 23rd at 8AM. AP Biology will be May

23rd 12PM.

Finals for periods 1-4 are May 22. Finals for periods 6-8 are May 23.

Violin Contest Winners

The results of the juried exhibition of student

art for the International Violin Competition of

Indianapolis were recently announced. The

main requirement for the contest is that students

create 2D art pieces that incorporate the violin

as part of the subject matter. The purpose of

the competition is to affirm the highest stand-

ards of visual arts in schools and to encourage

the pursuit of visual arts as a career.

This year students from Rockville Junior Senior

High School art department placed seven in the

regional competition.

Students that were selected from entries in re-

gion 5, which includes 18 counties, were:

Eighth grade: Emily Hayes; Maddie Lovett

and Trinity McFall

Ninth grade: Angela Klunk and Ashton

White

Tenth grade: Zoe Adams-Schlee

Twelfth grade: Tatjana Schroeder

These students will receive certificates and a

monetary award.

Numerous Art Competition Winners

D’Arlier Contest Winners

Student Artists Receive Awards at d’Arlier

The winners for the 2014 d’Arlier art show were

recently announced. Fifteen schools participated

with student artwork on display at the d’Arlier

Cultural Center in Veedersburg April 18nd and

endimg with an awards presentation and recep-

tion on April 24th. Rita Jacks’ art students at the

Rockville Jr. Sr. High School had several winners

in various categories. Students received ribbons,

certificates and monetary awards.

Winners were: Nicole McKinney placed with an

honorable mention in Visual Design category;

Elizabeth Wilson with 3rd place in Pencil;

Jaydan York with 2nd place in Pen and Ink;

Hannah Buchanan with honorable mention in

Visual Design; Holly Buchanan with honorable

mention in Collage; Angela Klunk with honora-

ble mention in Pencil; Taylor Harmelss with 1st

place in Colored Pencil; Ashton White with hon-

orable mention in Mixed Media; Morgan Cardin

with 2nd place in Collage; Meghan Bullington

with honorable mention in Mixed Media; Tatjana

Schroeder with 1st place in Communications art;

Nadja Kessler with 3rd in Collage; Rachel Over-

peck with a 2nd and a 3rd in Sculpture.

Front row: An-

gela Klunk, Ra-

chel Overpeck

2nd row: Nadja

Kessler, Morgan

Cardin; Jaydan

York, Holly Bu-

chanan

3rd row: Nicole

McKinney, Han-

nah Buchanan,

Meghan Bullington, Ashton White

Back: Tatjana Schroeder, Elizabeth Wilson, Tay-

lor Harmless

Front row: Trinity

McFall, Emily

Hayes, Zoe Adams

-Schlee

Back Row: Angela

Klunk, Ashton

White, Tatjana

Schroeder, Maddie

Lovett

Students of the Month

The following students were named Students of the Month for exhibiting:

Front Row: Dusty Simpson, Front Row: Dusty Simpson, Front Row: Dusty Simpson, Front Row: Dusty Simpson,

Tiffany Rippy, Bailey Hayes, Tiffany Rippy, Bailey Hayes, Tiffany Rippy, Bailey Hayes, Tiffany Rippy, Bailey Hayes,

Connor Hartman, Libby Asher, Connor Hartman, Libby Asher, Connor Hartman, Libby Asher, Connor Hartman, Libby Asher,

Rachel OverpeckRachel OverpeckRachel OverpeckRachel Overpeck

Back Row: Hanna Mills, Kevin Back Row: Hanna Mills, Kevin Back Row: Hanna Mills, Kevin Back Row: Hanna Mills, Kevin

Simpson, Lacy Kinsey, Elijah Simpson, Lacy Kinsey, Elijah Simpson, Lacy Kinsey, Elijah Simpson, Lacy Kinsey, Elijah

Elmore, Austin Newgent, Con-Elmore, Austin Newgent, Con-Elmore, Austin Newgent, Con-Elmore, Austin Newgent, Con-

nor Hartman, TJ Cowannor Hartman, TJ Cowannor Hartman, TJ Cowannor Hartman, TJ Cowan

Art Collaboration Students in Mrs. Jacks’ ceramics class did a collaborative project with the Turkey Run second grade

students and the art teacher Mrs. Loudermilk.

The second grade students were asked to draw a monster from which Rockville students created a

three dimensional interpretation of the monster drawing. The integrity of the drawing was carefully

retained through shapes and color.

The Turkey Run art teacher, Becky Loudermilk, had her ceramic students do the project as well.

Thirty monsters were created from clay. The result is a keepsake that will be presented to the second

grade class Tuesday, May 13th when Rockville students go to Turkey Run to view the work and pre-

sent the pieces to the second grade artists. The monsters will be displayed with the

drawing in a diorama format. The monsters will be viewed, cookies and punch shared

and the high school students will interact with the children.

⇒ The Rockville HS Band participated in

the ISSMA Concert Organization Con-

test on Friday, April 11th at Northview

HS in Brazil. The group received a gold

rating for their performance of prepared

music and sight-reading for the 6th con-

secutive year. Selections performed by

the band included "A Galop to End All

Galops" by Warren Barker, "Hymn for

Band" by Hugh Stuart, and "Rampage!"

by Todd Stalter.

⇒ The Band held its annual spring concert and awards program on April 7th. Students

earning their letter jackets were Ross Akers, Lauren Minger, Austin Newgent, and Jona-

thon Spence. Most Improved members included Samantha Wood (7), Dalton Becker

(8), and Austin Newgent (HS). Outstanding members were Drake Eisele (7), Hannah

Buchanan (8), and Eliza Becker (HS). The senior class of Eli Palm, Sarah Stillwell, So-

phia Stillwell, and Cody Vauters were recognized. Senior Cody Vauters was awarded

the prestigious John Philip Sousa award.

Concert Band Contest & Award Winners

Jacket Winners Outstanding & Most Improved Seniors

END OF YEAR CELEBRATION!END OF YEAR CELEBRATION!END OF YEAR CELEBRATION!END OF YEAR CELEBRATION!

To celebrate the end of the year, to honor outstanding and improved students, and

to showcase our many talented students, RHS will have a year-end awards program

on Monday, May 19th at 1:40 pm at the Ritz Theater. The program will mirror an

Oscar/Emmy style show with award winners and acts of entertainment intermixed.

There are 16 acts, ranging from lip synch to singing to drumming to dancing to play-

ing the tuba. Everyone is welcome to attend!

⇒ The JH and HS Academic teams completed their competition seasons. The theme of

the year was Westward Expansion. The teams earned the following placings:

HS English—4th HS Fine Arts—5th

HS Science—3rd HS Interdisciplinary—4th

HS Social Studies –3rd (tied for highest score—3rd by tiebreakers)

HS Math—3rd (tied for highest score—3rd by tiebreakers)

JH English—1st (Placed 6th overall at state level)

JH Social Studies -1st (Placed 5th overall at state level)

JH Science—2nd JH Math—5th

JH Interdisciplinary—3rd

JH & HS Academic Teams Compete

High School Junior High