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August 10, 2011
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Honors classes to be weighted
By Mary Dannemiller
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THANKS TO MEG KRSACOK
Seipelt Elementary students Seth Bennett, Will Bradley and Ethan Pettigrew won first place for their model entered in the Reading Riverview project of the Architecture by Children program’s annual contest.
Budding architects at Seipelt Elementary The Architecture Club at Seipelt Elementary won two first-place awards and an honorable mention in the Architecture by Children program’s annual contest. Students Seth Bennett, Will Bradley and Ethan Pettigrew won first place for their model entered in the Reading Riverview project, winning Master Craftsmen. Christopher Hayes, Rose Kaetzel and Samantha Lemar won first place in the Soul Soothing Water World project, with the most successful use of green design solutions. Karl Chavez, Connor Noon and Jacob White received an honorable mention for their Living on the Edge project. The Architecture by Children program is sponsored by the Cincinnati Chapter of The American Institute of Architects. Last year, the chapter sponsored a contest for students themed “Sacred Spaces.” This year the students worked collaboratively in design teams to design a sacred space for a real client on a real site. The club at Seipelt, composed of students in third and fourth grade, meets weekly for several months learning about architecture and sustainable design under the guidance of the building’s intervention specialist, Lois Swisher, and Zoe Hardy, an area architect.
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THANKS TO MEG KRSACOK
Seipelt Elementary students Christopher Hayes, Rose Kaetzel and Samantha Lemar won first place in the Soul Soothing Water World project of the Architecture by Children program’s annual contest.
MILFORD - Students will now get a boost to their grade point averages for taking an honors class at Milford High School. A committee comprised of teachers, parents and board of education member Debbie Marques worked on the new policy for several months before it was adopted. Starting this school year, honors classes will carry a 0.015 weight if the student earns a C or better, said Superintendent Bob Farrell. The board also voted to increase weight carried by Advanced Placement classes from 0.025 to 0.030 if the student earns a C or better, he said. “Honors courses are now receiving some weighted grades and that wasn’t the case before,” Farrell said. “What’s so important about that is that now there’s more of an incentive for the kids to take the pathway to AP classes.” The change will not be retroactive. Therefore, students who took honors or AP classes in their freshman, sophomore or junior years will not receive the extra weight on their grade point averages for those classes, Farrell said. “Upon request, we will provide a supplemental transcript that shows all of your classes (as) if they were weighed,” he said. “We’re able to do that and it can help with scholarships.” Marques said the committee
carefully considered whether or not the policy should be retroactive before deciding it would not be fair. “My son is going to be a sophomore this year and he took honors classes and will be negatively affected by this, but you really have to look at what’s best for everybody as a board member,” she said. “I think we made the right decision and the committee felt really good about what we did.” Ann Behrens was one of the parents on the committee and has a junior and a freshman at the high school. Even though her older daughter will not receive extra weight for the honors and AP classes she has already taken, she agreed with the policy. “I’m just thrilled, even if it’s not retroactive, because for the next two years my daughter will get a little extra bump for stepping up to the plate,” she said. “Students who go that extra mile should get rewarded for it and I think it’s going to be great for the district as a whole.” Changing the policy was necessary to help Milford students compete for scholarships with other local students whose schools offer weighted grades, Marques said. “We were one of the only districts that wasn’t doing it and when our kids went up against kids from Loveland or Kings or Indian Hill, they were at a disadvantage,” she said. “We want it to be fair and put our kids on equal footing.”
COLLEGE CORNER Graduates
Western Kentucky University – Kristen Martin, Milford, bachelor of arts; Katelyn Porter, Milford, bachelor of arts.
Dean’s list
Virginia Tech – Kathryn L. Briggs of Goshen, architecture major.
Scholarship
THANKS TO MEG KRSACOK
Seipelt Elementary students Karl Chavez, Connor Noon and Jacob White received an honorable mention for their Living on the Edge project in the Architecture by Children program’s contest.
The Herb Society of Greater Cincinnati (www.herbsociety.net/index.htm) has awarded scholarships to three Cincinnati State students for the 2011-2012 academic year. The scholarships are based on academic achievement and the recommendation of the chair of the Horticulture Program Mark Deacon.
The local recipient is Alex Benoit, a Milford resident, was awarded a $750 scholarship. He has been a student in the Landscape Horticulture Technologies and the Turfgrass Management programs. He expects to graduate August. Benoit has worked at Hickory Woods Golf Course in Loveland for the past six years and this past fall was employed at Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum for four months. His career goals include acquiring a master’s degree in horticulture and eventually teaching at a community college. Additionally, he is working toward certification as an International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist and as a Professional Grounds Management Society Grounds Technician as well as working to obtain an Ohio Pesticide License and Ohio Class B CDL.
HONOR ROLLS Spaulding Elementary School The following students have earned honors for the third quarter of 2010-2011.
Third grade
A Honor roll – Ben Bross, Lili Cash, Jenna Hall, Chase Huff, Kierra Miller, Austin Paprocki, Sara Whitt, Makenzie Wilson and Luke Zeinner. A & B Honor roll – Madison Arnett, Dylan Ashcraft, Silas Bowman, Gunnar Bryant, Taylor CagneyWabnitz, Dylan Campbell, Jonathan Chandler, Brianna
Chewing, Carleigh Combs, DJ Conover, Sophia Craig, Madison Curee, Nathan denOuden, Samantha Dunaway, Dalton Garrison, Zachary Grubbs, Carinae Harris, Madison Hatfield, Madi Hayslip, Alex Hirsch, Connor Holmes, Morgan Horr, Clayton Jones, Blake Kuechler, Michael Lee, Hope Libecap, Nathan Maphet, Logan Marlowe, Zoey McAninch, Emma Meiers, Caleb Morris, C.J. Munafo, Kaitlyn Nichols, Morgan Owens, Jayden Parrott, John Philpot, Colton Rich, Morgan Riddle, Connor Robinson, Caleb Sexton, Sarah Slate, Hunter Slusher, Abby Smith, Bailey Smith, Gabe Spaulding, Zander Spencer, Bree Wallace, Madison Walter,
Brecken Wells, Isabelle Williams and McKenzi Wilson.
Fourth grade
A Honor roll – Anna Bauer, Hailey Carrier, Emily Craigmyle, Brett Dietrich, Paige Garr, Selina Guerrero, Olivia Litzau, Whitney Turner and Ethan West. A & B Honor roll – Darci Akers, Trey Armacost, Connor Ausec, Jessica Benson, Nate Billingsley, Caleb Bittner, Kayla Bodner, Jillian Burke, Beth Cannava, Zac Casey, Ty Clements, Mackenzie Croucher, Trevor Dato, Andrew Daye, Hailee Dillion, Sarah Drees, Annellise Elmore, Abbie Frazer, Mackenzie Gehler, Jacob Haas, Jessica Honican, Ashlely Hoover, Sami Huhn,
Makayla Jakeway, Luke Jeandrevin, Melanie Jenkins, Skyler Kern, Will Kilgore, Nicholas Lamb, Hannah Lambert, Jeff Landers, Lilly Lemmel, Jeremiah Loveless, Laura Luthy, Paige McIntosh, Dinah Middick, Hannah Miracle, Tayor Munafo, Danielle Myers, Skylar Newman, Logan Perry, Jeremiah Price, Tristyn Shull, Melody Singleton, Hobert Skinner, JT Teague, Erica Tomes, Makenzee Turner, Dilan Velagic, Shayna Velagic, Brianna Vonderau, Katrina Webb and Cheyenne West.
Fifth grade
A Honor roll – Daniel Adamson, Avery Amundson, Brooke Ashcraft, Ayden Bennett, D.J. Cayse, Alyssa
Chaney, Carley Cox, Ben Cranston, Dion Cullum, Annie Grause, Austin Heim, Alyssa Hittinger, Matt Hodge, Lyric RainsBury, Josie Rogers, Alli Shelton, Lauren Smith, Emerald Smoke, Abby Tackett, Jordan Ward Dougie Widner and Jesse Williamson. A & B Honor roll – Sebastian Abshire, Jessica Albers, Kordell Ash, Daniel Baldridge, Anthony Baldwin, Brandi Bradley, Nikki Branham, Brice Briggs, Ethan Brock, Ethan Brown, Austin Burrows, Aaron Campbell, Caitlyn Clancy, Kierstin Coldiron, Andy Council, Savannah Deuer, Brian Dusebout, Jared Ellerman, Eric Felts, Sawyer Garrison, Cole Geary, Alan Greger, Ian
Haskamp, Kristen Hillman, Mikey Hoff, Randy Holmes, Kara Huffaker, Rehannon Hutchens, Samantha Ilijin, Hannah Jones, Maggie Kelly, Seth King, Jacob Kube, Payton Leugers, Tia Long Plummer, Wesley Lyons, Logan Mantz, Marien McAninch, Branden McKinney, Britney McQuitty, Miranda Meyer, Hailey Mongenas, Tony Moore, Ariana Nelson, Lexi Payton, Aaron Pemberton, Allie Popp, Haley Raines, Dawson Ramey, Logan Reichert, Skyler Rice, Kaitlyn Rigdon, Kody Salcedo, Hailey Sexton, Elizabeth Short, Mackenzie South, Lee Vest, Hannah Walker, Melanie Walters, Taylor Webster, Haily Wheeler, Jade Williams and Michaela Workman.
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