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

————-The Electronic Version of Our School Newsletter————-

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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

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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

Page 4

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

smorgan@yale.k12.mi.us

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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