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Volume 8 Issue 3
Nov. / Dec. 2009
CALENDAR
December
9th Charity Activity – Holiday
Dance @ YJH 6-8 PM
10th Board Mtg. – 7:00 p.m. @
Yale El.
10th Band Solo & Ensembles @
North Branch 8 AM – 5 PM
11th Progress Report Period Ends
15th Band Holiday Concert – 7 PM
@ YJH
16th Choir Holiday Concert – 7 PM
@ YHS
17th PIN Mtg. – 6 PM in JH Media
Center
18th Progress Reports Sent Home
21st – Jan 3rd Holiday Break
January
4th Classes Resume
14th Board Mtg. – 7:00
21st PIN Mtg. – 6:00 in JH Media
Center
26th ½ Day – 1st & 2nd Hour Exams
27th ½ Day – 3rd & 4th Hour Exams
28th ½ Day – 5th & 6th Hour Exams
29th Records Day –
NO STUDENTS 1st Semester Ends
198 School Drive Joseph Haynes, Principal Telephone (810)387-3231
Yale, Michigan Robert Keefe, Assistant Principal Fax (810) 387-9207
48097 Shari Muxlow, Counselor www.yale.k12.mi.us
Patriots Pen T I S THE SE ASON
1st Marking Period
Honor Roll
Page 2 & 3
Congratulations to all who
earned this honor!
The students, staff and parents of Yale Junior High School started off the holiday season by supplying twelve local families with extra large Thanksgiving baskets. The 12 turkeys were donated by Mr. Todd Kaatz and Ben’s Supermarket in Brown City. The student council and class officers collected canned and boxed food from students and parents at parent teacher conferences. Lastly, the Yale Junior high School staff donated $250.00 and had a staff member volunteer to go out and purchas the remaining necessities for the Thanksgiving baskets. We would like to thank all of the individuals that made the Thanksgiving basket donations a reality.
Yale Junior High School has a history of raising funds for “Julie’s Kids” during the Christmas season. Money raised goes to help needy students and families in our community. This year, students are hosting a holiday dance with 100% of the proceeds going to “Julie’s Kids”.
Class officers McKenzie Kosiara and Savannah McEvoy, along with Student Council member Rachel Bartley pack Thanksgiving baskets with food donated by students, parents and staff.
Patriots Pen, a youth essay writing contest sponsored by
the V.F.W is a nationwide writing competition that gives
students in grades 6, 7 and 8 the opportunity to write es-
says expressing their views on democracy. First place
this year went to Bailey Bischer with the topic WHEN
IS THE RIGHT TIME TO
HONOR OUR MILITARY HE-
ROES? Bailey, son of Ric and Dawn Bischer is an 8th grade
student in Mr. Rick Collins Social Studies Class. Runner
up Danielle Mackey, daugh-ter of John and Kathryn
Mackey is an 8th grade stu-dent in Ms. Sally Morgan’s
social studies class. Mrs. Steen spearheaded this pro-
ject at the Junior High.
Bailey’s essay will compete at the district level at a banquet
held in Cass City on January 10, 2010. If he is chosen at
districts he will move on the state competition in Kalama-
zoo followed by nationals in Washington D.C. with the
opportunity to win a $10,000.00 Savings Bond.
Heather May, Student Council
President, works on creating a Thanksgiving basket
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6th Grade Honor Roll
Kyle Avery
Sarah Barnes
Jill Biskner
Kristen Bosman
Jacob Bowman
Lindsay Bradley
Jacob Brown
*MacKenzie Burns
Brian Campbell
Vincent Campbell
Gabrielle Cani
Isaac Cieplechowicz-Fodor
Trevor DeHate
Heather Demaray
Megan Dunsmore
Cortney Eberlein
Alysia Edgerton
Holly Engel
Sarah Fuller
Rachel Gentner
Jillian Gilbert
Christopher Heidt
Melanie Hilliker
William Hoppe
Alyssa Hyde
Paige Iseler
Duane Jonseck
*Joshua Juip
MaKayle Kean
*Natalie Keith
Alaina Kersten
Tyler Klause
*Karli Klocke
Alston Krikorian
Alexandria Leenknegt
Brittny Leenknegt
Amber Lossing
Austin Mabry
*Brendan Macias
John Mackey
McKenzie Mathews
Katlyn McGuire
*Kayla McKillop
Zachary Messing
Amanda Mlocek
Joseph Moza
Kane Paris
*Logan Petiprin
Jared Pingitore
DeLani Porrett
Katelyn Pruitt
*Megan Ripenbark
*Reannon Robinson
Natalie Rose
Tristan Roth
Kaylee Schiffelbine
Stephanie Schlorke
Jeffrey Schutt
Tristan Shaieb
Mikayla Smith
*Madison Sokacz
Hayley Stamps
Rachel Stawecki
*Kyle Swoffer
Brendan Thorman
Nathan Trombley
Kylie Veldman
Andrew Vincent
Olivia Walters
Jacob Ward
Jacob Wendt
Emily Whitican
*Hannah Wiegand
William Wilds
Gregory Woods
* = All A’s
Hannah Ainsworth
Anthony Anderson
Autumn Armstrong
Brett Barr
Alison Bastianelli
*Garrett Bondy
Lisa Bricker
Bryanna Bush
*Cheyenne Cani
Kara Carr
Kyle Carr
Mekaila Chafins
Kimberly Charney
*Justin Chauvin
Mackenzie Clark
Austin Colden
Matthew Collins
Allison Cowhy
Audrey Curtin
Darren Davis
*Timothy Donnellon
Justin Evola
Zachery Farrow
Robert Felster
Nicole Fields
Jacklyn Fisher
Allison Fleming
*Spencer French
James Fuhrman
Emily Fuller
*Mallory Gebauer
*Austen Gentner
Adam Glavach
Amber Glavach
Jacob Gleason
Kelsey Goeschel
Honor Roll Recognition — “The Goods”
It pays to be on the honor roll. Students are recognized in a number of ways at Yale Junior High School. For those individuals who work hard and earn high academic marks in their classes, the honor roll recognition “goods” are your reward. Students who make the honor roll are asked to pick up their recogni-tion “goods” during their lunch period. Students earn pennants, pins, bumper stickers, and wrist bands every time they make the honor roll. Congratulations to all students who earned the honor roll this last marking period.
SEVENTH GRADE HONOR ROLL STUDENTS
Jacob Ramsey
Autumn Rivard
Matthew Roberts
Tiffany Rosczewski
Alexis Roth
Kayley Rowbotham
*Nicholas Salski
*Autumn Schade
Jasmine Schuette
Brent Schweiger
*Zane Smeznik
Josie Smith
Austin Snider
*Christian Sokacz
Julia Sommers
Barbra Larsh
Madison Liebler
*Megan Lohr
Kenzie MacDonald
Jessica Marks
Elizabeth McCall
Joshua McClelland
Grace McGhee
John McIntyre
Hannah Meyers
Tyler Monarch
Gunner Nolan
Michelle Painter
Madison Pearl
Mitchell Pratt
Bulldog Pride Page 3
S E V E N T H G R A D E H O N O R R O L L S T U D E N T S ( C O N T I N U E D )
Emily Allor
Justin Antilla
Kelley Arsenault
Tyler Barnes
Bonnie Barnum
*Rachel Bartley
Justin Batz
*Nicholas Bennett
*Brenna Besko
*Bailey Bischer
Joshua Boggia
Kayla Bowers
Jacklyn Bowman
Jared Bradley
Stacy Brennan
Jenesa Brenton
*Holly Bricker
Derek Brown
Derek Burns
Derek Castro
Ingrid Cieplechowicz-Fodor
Andrea Clark
Katelyne Click
Amber Cline
*Kristi Cloutier
Gregory Cook
Kevin Cowan
Jason Cowhy
Courtney Crawford
*Melissa Creutz
Thomas Cribbins
*Natalie Currie
*Derek Desloover
James Devroy III
Alexis Downey
Corey Edgerton
Jonathan Eidson
Broderick Flynn
*Rachel Gebauer
*Joshua Gentner
Elizabeth Glombowski
Heather Goold
Joel Grant
Robert Guigar
Mark Heidt
Jennifer Heilig
Brittany Hein
Mitchell Hein
Tyler Hillis
*Cassidy Hossack
Tayler Jasper
Brett Kean
Garrett Kersten
Alexander Kingsbury
Courtney Klebba
*Kati Klocke
Alex Kocis
*Alana Koepf
*McKenzie Kosiara
Scott Krzak
Taylor Larsen
Troy Longman
Bradley Lotte
*Danielle Mackey
Breyonna Markham
*Heather May
Savannah McEvoy
James McGhee
Lindsey McLeod
Devin McNeice
Sarah Mlocek
Calli Morris
Courtney Mowat
*Noah Nicholl
Kade Nicol
Derreck Phillips Jr
*Lauren Piatek
Joshua Porrett
*Nicholas Priehs
Sara Purkiss
Taylor Reid
Allison Roestel
*Lauren Schoof
Tyler Scott
*Eliza Seros
*Katalin Shappee
Keely Sheldon
*Curt Silverthorn
*Ashley Siwak
Kyle Smith
Robert Smith
Miranda Taseski
*Adriona Thomas
Tricia Timlin
Cole Tippit
Payton Waldeck
Katelyn Walter
Melissa Wendt
Franki Whittaker
*Melany Wiczorek
*Jacquelyn Wisniewski
Sean Wolfinger
Cassidy Zwack
8TH GRADE HONOR ROL L
Brooklyn Gordon
Karlee Hartman
Daniel Hazzard
Natalie Hoist
*Paul Jarackas
*Alexandria Jedrzejczak
Steven Jordan
Nathan Kaatz
*Brennan Kersten
*Mariel Kincaid
Emilee Kinney
Riley Koepf
Holly Koglin
Ashlyn Kulek
Brianna Lappin
Alyssa Stern
*Daniel Strunk
Annemarie Taylor
Sarah Beth Taylor
Mallory Turney
Hunter VanHevel
Kierstyn Verbeke
Robert Vinckier
Elizabeth Waitkus
Mercedes Walanis
*Jessica Wilcoxon
Maxwell Wittner
Thaddeus Zabor
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7TH GRADE BOYS ’ BASKETBALL
8TH GRADE BOYS ’ BASKETBALL
Cheerleading—Winter Season
Volume 8 Issue 3
8th Grade Basketball
Justin Batz
Josh Boggia
Derek Brown
Kevin Cowan
Jason Cowhy
Brandon Dupuis
Tyler Hillis
Cameron Kegley
Garett Kersten
Alex Kocis
Noah Nicholl
Jeremy Schott
Curt Silverthorn
7th Grade Basketball
Steven Jordan
Robert Vinckier
Brennan Kersten
Austen Gentner
Zane Smeznik
Garrett Bondy
Adam Glavach
Christian Sokacz
Josh McClelland
Spencer French
Nathan Kaatz
Brett Barr
Tim Donnellon
James Fuhrman
Felipe Macias
John McIntyre
Cheerleading
8th Grade
Taylor Larsen
Cassidy Zwack
Breyonna Markham
Taylor Reid
Kayla Bowers
Nicole Harnden
Miranda Taseski
Makayla Moody
Donyele Watson
Katalin Shappee
Taylor Rapley
Franki Whittaker
Kristi Cloutier
Paige Kutchen
Payton Waldeck
Rachel Bartley
Breeyanna Daniels
Amanda Epling
Alexandra
Kerswell
Sabrina Wicker
Madison Pearl
Halley O’Connell
Hannah
Ainsworth
Alexandra
Kerswell
7th Grade
Natalie Hoist
Kenzie Mac-
Donald
Brianna Lappin
Allison Fleming
Halley O’Connell
Hannah
Ainsworth
Sabrina Wicker
Madison Pearl
Autumn Armstrong
Riley Koepf
Heather Blanton
Michelle Painter
Jasmine Schuette
April Timlin
Bulldog Pride Page 5
WINTER II SEASON
Volleyball and Wrestling sea-sons start in mid– February. If you are interested in trying out for either team, please make sure to have an up-to-date physical on file in the main office. If you have any ques-tions about athletic participa-tion, please feel free to contact Mrs. Maureen Klocke at 387-3231 ext. 251.
How Can You Keep In Touch With Athletic Department Schedule Changes?
Contact The Yale Public Schools’ Athletic Department Hotline or Webpage!
Athletic Department Hotline - 387-3231 Press #1, then Press #8
Athletic Department Webpage www.highschoolsports.net . Select “Michigan”, Select
“Yale Public Schools”
Stay Connected To Your School
One of the most important things a parent can do for their child is stay involved and know what is going on in their life. School also plays an important role in the development of a child. In order to better serve parents and establish communications between the school and home, Yale Junior High School offers a variety of different communication tools. All staff e-mails are posted on the school web-site (www.yale.k12.mi.us). Parents can also access their child’s academic grades (homework, test score and overall average) through Parent Connect. If you have not enrolled in Parent Connect, please contact Joann Sabada at 387-3231 ext 284.
A special thank you needs to go out to Mrs. Jenise Brennan, Media Tech, for all of her work and record keeping that she does for the AR program. On the following page is a complete listing of all of the students participating in the junior high school AR reading program and photos of the top four readers in each class. Thank you Mrs. Brennan!
Greetings from the 2010 Yale Junior High Yearbook
Staff! This year has been hard but rewarding; Year-
book Staff has been busy designing and submitting
pages to meet our deadlines. In addition to learning
new photography skills, staff is using computer pro-
grams like Herff Jones eDesign, MS Publisher, and MS
Excel. We have also learned sales techniques for sell-
ing yearbooks and advertisements. The 2010 Yearbook
costs $25 and is still available for purchase. If you are
interested in purchasing advertising for the yearbook,
please contact the Junior High office at (810) 387-
3231 ext. 232 or Ms. Morgan at
Yale Junior High School’s
—�Yearbook Class—�
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Accelerated Reader News
We are almost half way through the school year and thought that it would be a good time to recognize the students who are putting forth the extra effort to challenge themselves and their reading comprehension skills. A.R. is a curriculum–based assessment tool that monitors both the quality and quantity of reading performed by the students. This reading program is strictly voluntary. Each book has a point value based on the number of words and its reading difficulty. The Junior High has currently has over 900 Accelerated Reader titles the student may choose from. As students accumulate points they are awarded small incentives, 25 pts = E_Z Glide Pen, 50 pts. = Econo Water Bottle, 100 pts. = Locker sized Whiteboard w/pen, 150 pts. = Pen on a Rope, 250 pts. = Lunch with the Principal and a T-Shirt, 500 pts. = Mega Reader Certificate at the Awards Ceremony and the student’s name engraved on a plaque. Congratulations to the following high achievers and their efforts put forth to earn their points:
Sixth Grade Accelerated Sixth Grade Accelerated Sixth Grade Accelerated Sixth Grade Accelerated ReadersReadersReadersReaders:
Joshua Juip, Isaac Cieplechowicz-Fodor, Kayla McKillop, Vincent Campbell, Joseph Moza, Brady Bischer, Jillian Gilbert, William Hoppe, Hannah Wiegand, Virginia Hether, Christopher Heidt, Lindsay Bradley, Joshua Gorney, Megan Dunsmore, Tyler Smith, Katelyn Pruitt, MacKenzie Burns, Mia Krotak, Amanda Mlocek, Keaton, DeBruycker, Kyle Avery, Mikayla Smith, Reannon Robinson, Shayna Salisbury, Torie VanCamp, Andrew Vincent, Alysia Edgerton, Kyle Swoffer, Jonathan Creutz, Amber Lossing, Amanda Randazzo, Jacob Bowman, Alexandra Moran, Sarah Perry, Logan Petiprin, Kevin Waite, Kylie Veldman, Ryan Toth, Tim Green, Brendan Macias, Madison Sokacz, Tristan Roth,
Eileen Maloney, Gregory Woods, Amber McLeod, Trevor DeHate, Riley Besko, Melanie Hilliker, Kaylee Schiffelbine, Megan Ripenbark, Michael Trombley, Dean Mitch, Cheyenne Batz, Cole Holley, Jared Falk, Jarod Morency, Ellen Harrington, Marc Toper, McKenzie Mathews, Mikayla Lesko, Alexander Phillips, Jessica Salski, Tyler Cook, Jeff Schutt, Angela Shaffer, Tia Ginzel, Cameron Wright, Nicholas Engel, Paul Elkins, Aaron Bular, Matthew Rapley, Cole Dowd, Jill Biskner, Kane Paris
Seventh Grade Accelerated Seventh Grade Accelerated Seventh Grade Accelerated Seventh Grade Accelerated Readers:Readers:Readers:Readers:
Mekaila Chafins, Kara Carr, Matthew Collins, Elizabeth McCall, Holly Koglin, Charles Greb, Justin Evola, Casey VanCamp, Daniel Strunk, Barbara Larsh, Emily Fuller, Autumn Schade, Paul Jarackas, Christian Sokacz, Sara Rabior, Elizabeth Waitkus, Alexandria Jedrzeiczak, Megan Lohr, Hunter VanHevel, Autumn Armstrong, Megan Clark, Allison Cowhy, Austen Gentner, Ted Zabor, Garrett Bondy, Austin Snider, Mallory Turney, Alexis
Joshua Juip
6th Grade
344.7
Isaac Cieplechowicz-Fodor
6th Grade
334.8
Kayla McKillop
6th Grade
228.2
Vincent Campbell
6th Grade
213.5
Mekaila Chafins
7th Grade
89.1
Kara Carr
7th Grade
69.5
Matthew Collins
7th Grade
62.3
Elizabeth McCall
7th Grade
61.2
Callie Morris
8th Grade
230.6
Jacob Klein
8th Grade
168.6
Noah Nicholl
8th Grade
93.9
Emily Allor
8th Grade
82.8
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Inclement Weather
On very stormy or foggy days, school and bus infor-mation is announced on the radio and television. Below are stations that announce information concerning the Yale Public Schools
WHLS (1450 AM)
WMIC (660 AM)
WPHM (1380 AM)
WQSA (1170 AM)
WFIN (1590 AM)
WNFA (88.3 FM)
CHANNEL 2 (TV)
CHANNEL 7 (TV)
In particular on fog days, the announcement will state the length of time morning pick ups are de-layed. You are encour-aged to have a plan to care for your child / chil-dren returning home when school is dismissed early due to severe weather conditions.
Just a reminder that student lockers are property of the school
district. School representatives have the right to inspect lockers if
there is a concern regarding student safety. If students abuse their lockers (destroy, jam, or
allow other students to use without consent from their teacher), they may forfeit their right to that locker or
any other locker.
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Support the Junior High Media Support the Junior High Media Support the Junior High Media Support the Junior High Media Center by donating the cost of a Center by donating the cost of a Center by donating the cost of a Center by donating the cost of a new book.new book.new book.new book.
Students, parents, and all Students, parents, and all Students, parents, and all Students, parents, and all interested parties are offered this interested parties are offered this interested parties are offered this interested parties are offered this opportunity to donate the cost of a opportunity to donate the cost of a opportunity to donate the cost of a opportunity to donate the cost of a book to the library. The donors book to the library. The donors book to the library. The donors book to the library. The donors name is inscribed in the book, name is inscribed in the book, name is inscribed in the book, name is inscribed in the book, which then becomes a permanent which then becomes a permanent which then becomes a permanent which then becomes a permanent
part of our school part of our school part of our school part of our school library. For further library. For further library. For further library. For further information please information please information please information please contact Mrs. contact Mrs. contact Mrs. contact Mrs. Brennan at Yale Brennan at Yale Brennan at Yale Brennan at Yale Junior High Media Junior High Media Junior High Media Junior High Media
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Seventh Grade Accelerated ReadersSeventh Grade Accelerated ReadersSeventh Grade Accelerated ReadersSeventh Grade Accelerated Readers
(Continued):(Continued):(Continued):(Continued):
Roth, Alison Bastianelli, Dillon Reid, Andrew Gretz, Riley Koepf, Kim Charney, Madison Liebler, Nick Salski, Russell Klebba, Gerald Stuckert, Tessa Palmateer, Alexandra Kerswell, Audrey Curtin, Daniel Braley, Jessica Wilcoxon, Nathan Kaatz, Quinten Poitra, Aaron Korotko, Joshua McClelland, Bryce Ginzel, Tony Chanda, Max Wittner, Brent Schweiger, Mason MacPherson, Josie Smith, Nicole Bular, Kierstyn Verbeke, Karlee Hartman, Annmarie Taylor, Jacqueline Macias, Dominique Kincaide, Trevor Osko, Kendrick Coleman, Mackenzie Clark, Jake Thibodeau, Bryanna Bush, Brian Rosczewski, Joseph Crosley, James Fuhrman, Kyle Danielkiewicz, Nicholas Klei, Streu Streu, Tyler McCormick, Anthony Anderson, Halie Bearden
Eighth Grade Accelerated Readers: Eighth Grade Accelerated Readers: Eighth Grade Accelerated Readers: Eighth Grade Accelerated Readers:
Callie Morris, Jacob Klein, Noah Nicholl, Emily Allor, Chace Palmateer, Curt Silverthorn, Kevin Cowan, Breyonna Markham, Taylor Larsen, Shelby Dudley, Alana Koepf, Lauren Piatek, Cassidy Hossack, Justin Antilla, Brenna Besko, McKenzie Kosiara, Bonnie, Barnum, Melissa Wendt, Sarah Mlocek, Kristi Cloutier, Eliza Seros, Josh Gentner, Lindsey McLeod, Jacob Morrison, Rachel Bartley, Erika Stiles, Garrett Kersten, Cameron Kegley, Tyler Hillis, Heather Goold, Mitchell Hein, Amanda Epling, Meagan Proctor, Derek Burns
Title I
Title I is a federal supplemental program designed to help students reach high academic standards. Avoca, Yale Jr. High, and Yale Elementary Schools all receive Title I services. In receiving funds for these programs, Yale Public Schools has a require-ment to provide information to parents regarding your child’s classroom teacher’s professional qualifications upon request.
Information will be provided to you upon request of the following:
-Whether your child’s teacher has met Michigan qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction.
-Whether your child’s teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which Michigan qualifi-cations or licensing criteria have been waived.
-The baccalaureate degree major of your child’s teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree.
-Whether your child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their quali-fications.
You will also receive timely notice if your child is, for whatever reason, assigned, or has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified. A highly qualified teacher would be defined as a teacher that meets Michigan’s qualifications and licensing criteria for the grade level or subject in which the teacher is providing instruction.
You may also re-quest additional in-formation on the level of achievement of your child in each of Michigan’s as-sessments. Michi-gan uses the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) to determine levels of achieve-ment. Information on your child’s MEAP assess-ment will be available at the school your child at-tends in late Jan. or Feb. Information on teacher qualifications can be obtained from the Central Administration Office.
198 School Drive Yale, MI 48097 Joseph Haynes, Principal Robert Keefe, Assistant Principal Shari Muxlow, Counselor Michelle Manger, Secretary Joann Sabada, Secretary Linda Elert, Attendance Clerk
Yal e Junior H igh School
Please Remember:
December 21st- January 3rd (No School - Holiday Break)
January 4th- Return to School
January 26th, 27th and 28th (Half Days - A.M. Exams)
January 29th- No School
February 1st– Start of Second Semester
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