Rustin Review - June 2016 by WCASD

Rustin Review June 2016

Volume 4, Issue 10

Upcoming Events

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Class of 2016—thank you. You have set a remarkable example for your classmates to follow. The way that you have conducted yourself these past four years, and especially these past few weeks, has been nothing short of stellar. Your energy, your enthusiasm, and your sheer love for Rustin has been evident in everything you have accomplished. Your teachers, administrators and classmates appreciate everything that you have done for us.

June 6: 7:30 am Graduation practice June 7: Graduation—6:00 pm June 8 & 9: Early Dismissal for Students

At the beginning of this year, I asked you, as a class, to leave as your legacy a greater June 10: sense of unity among the students. Immediately, a number of you came to me with ideMake-up Day for Students as on how to do just that. Together we started a peer mentoring club, established a student character recognition program, initiated the use of student surveys, formed a student advisory committee, brought a more positive and inclusive spirit to our homecoming festivities, and took steps to increase student involvement and include students in the decisions that govern our school; all with the goal of building community and establishing the positive relationships that your success—and the success of every member of our community—depends upon. It is these relationships that matter most, and it is these relationships that you will remember most. So for the next few days as you finally get to relax and enjoy your accomplishments and celebrate the relationships that you so cherish, put down your phone, forget about the selfies, look each other in the eye and tell each other how much you mean to one another, and remember these moments that you will share. You will only get to live these next few days once but you will want to remember them forever.

June 7, 2016 6:00 pm

2015-16 Rustin Administration Team PRINCIPAL:

ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS:

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR:

Dr. Michael Marano—9th grade

Mr. Brian Lindros—10th grade Mr. Corey Fields—11th grade Mr. Joseph DiAntonio—12th grade

Mr. Chris Lunardi

STUDENT ASSESSMENTS KEYSTONE EXAMS: The Pennsylvania Department of Education will release Keystone Exam results during the summer. Results will be shared with students and parents in the form of a mailing sent mid– to late-summer. Students graduating in 2019 must score proficient or above in order to graduate. Those students who do not score proficient will retake the exam(s) during the 2016-17 school year.

REGISTERING FOR SAT TESTING: Students taking the SAT exams must register on the CollegeBoard website at: http://sat.collegeboard.org/register/satus-dates. ACT TESTING—Students must register for the ACT exams by accessing the website at: http://www.actstudent.org/regist/dates.html.

AN INVITATION TO WESTTOWN RESIDENTS All residents of Westtown Township are invited to share thoughts on what makes Westtown a special place and how the Township can evolve over the coming years to become even better. A Community Visioning Workshop will be held on Thursday, June 23 at 7 p.m. at Rustin High School cafeteria (1100 Shiloh Rd, West Chester). Your feedback is important and will assist the Township in updating its Comprehensive Plan, a strategic policy document guiding future growth and development.

SHINING STAR AWARD Zachary Wiesner, a ninth grader at Rustin High School, was awarded the Keystone Federal Credit Union’s 2016 Shining Star Award. Since 2008, the Shining Star program recognizes Chester County public school students who have shown noticeable improvement in their academic performance, extra-curricular involvement, attendance, and classroom conduct. Nominated by their teachers, one winner from each level (grades K-5, 6-8, 9-12) in every county district receives a trophy and $200 certificate of deposit from Keystone Federal Credit Union. The nominating teacher also receives a gift certificate to use for supplies. 2

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM The Rustin Science Olympiad Team medaled in 3 (starred below) of the 23 events at the National Science Olympiad tournament in Menomonie, Wisconsin, placing 13th in the nation. There were also many outstanding performances in several other events. As always, the team represented the Event Place Participants school, district and state exAir Trajectory* 6 Faith Brown, Morgan Wade tremely well. Below are the Astronomy 11 Milan Roberson, Austin Antonacci events and participants from Rustin that placed in the top 20 Cell Biology 16 Milan Roberson, Raza Sheikh out of 60. Chem Lab 12 Nathaniel Kinzly, Milan Roberson Dynamic Planet*

Raza Sheikh, Ruben Verhagen

Electric Vehicle

Nathaniel Kinzly, Raza Sheikh

Fossils*

Matthew Chan, Nathaniel Kinzly

Game On

Philip Saroka, Morgan Wade

Green Generation

Faith Brown, Aravind Kavuturu

It’s About Time

Austin Antonacci, Andrew Nguyen

Protein Modeling

Maggie Page, Milan Roberson, Grace O’Malley

Robot Arm

Philip Saroka, Moran Wade

Wind Power

Nathaniel Kinzly, Milan Roberson

Wright Stuff

Grace O’Malley, Faith Brown

ACADEMIC TEAM On Tuesday, May 17, Rustin’s Varsity Academic Team members attended the end of year banquet at the Desmond Hotel in Malvern. Captain Jason Chang was honored at the reception as a Top Competitor in the Chester County Academic Competition. He was chosen as the recipient of this award based on his dedication to the team, his leadership skills, and his overall knowledge, skills, and contributions to the team’s successes this year. Congratulations to Jason on this well-deserved honor!

RUSTIN SPEAKING CONTEST Eleven Rustin students took to the stage on Friday, May 27 to compete in the tenth annual speaking contest. Each contestant memorized a three to four minute oral interpretation and performed in front of a packed auditorium. Selections ranged from comedic to dramatic, and the participants were commended for their incredible confidence in public speaking. Ben Tancredi won first place, Kira Floersheim placed second, and Ken Bower earned third prize. Other participants included Jack Carmody, Isaac Dickinson, Carolina Franco, Collin Keogh, Grace Nelson, Alicia Quinn, Maggie Siegert, CJ Walsh. Congratulations to all contestants!

ART NEWS West Chester Gallery Walk Hosted by local businesses, several area artists show their work on the Gallery Walk in downtown West Chester each spring and fall. Rustin artists junior Alicia Quinn (below) and senior Julia Meikle (at right) were hosted by the West Chester Armory and in early May. Their work was incredibly well received and each student was able to sell their work in a retail setting. We are very proud of these two Rustin students for being featured in such a professional and prestigious venue.

Rustin Art Slam The 10th annual Rustin Art Slam (photos at right) featured more than 400 pieces art from all grade levels and disciplines, and music from our choral group. Twenty one senior art students hosted their own sections, displaying large bodies of work representative of their high school art experience. The displays ranged from painting, drawing, computer art, sculpture, fibers, performance and fashion. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Art Slam also featured a fashion show by the Rustin Fashion Club, a living sculpture by CJ Walsh, and a performance art piece by Kendall Zwilling and Katerina Shurek.

Tie Dye Day Students in the National Art Honor Society learned how to buy, mix and finish professional grade dyes in preparation for Tie Dye Days where they taught students and teachers how to tie dye their own garments. 5

MUSIC NOTES

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Rustin Music Department's performing ensembles had a phenomenal year of concerts and performances both on the Rustin stage as well as within Chester County and the Philadelphia region. The most impressive venue and one of great honor for five of Rustin's ten ensembles was the Kimmel Center. On May 24th, the String Orchestra, Women's Choir, Concert Band, Concert Choir, and Wind Ensemble had the unique opportunity and privilege to perform on the Verizon Hall stage at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. Part of the experience included receiving valuable input from world-renowned band, orchestral, and choral conductors during a 30-minute master class which followed each performance. Another great highlight for the music department this year was the acquisition of professional concert attire which was obtained through several fundraisers as well as many generous donations by parents, audience attendees, the New Century Club, and our own PTO. The students not only sounded their very best, but they also looked incredibly polished and professional in their tuxedos and long black concert gowns. The Rustin Music Department is sincerely grateful to the many people who donated financially as well as the parents who helped to measure, alter, hem, and press over 170 outfits for our student musicians. It has truly been a note-

WORLD LANGUAGE HONOR SOCIETY The annual World Language Honors Society induction was held in mid-May. Attended by 175 guests, more than 50 inductees from Latin, Spanish, French, German and Italian were honored during the evening ceremonies. The banquet, prepared by Jamie Minnick of “A Catered Affair” featured food from each of the different countries represented by the five languages offered in the District. The evening included music from the Rustin String Quartet, keynote speaker and Rustin graduate, Dhario DeSousa, and congratulations by the District’s Supervisor of World Languages, David Ehrhart. 6

KNIGHTS WITH CHARACTER AWARD The Knights with Character Award has been designed to recognize students and staff members for actions that support a culture of excellence. The award was presented to the following students that were nominated for displaying the following traits: integrity, courage, compassion, giving of self, responsibility, and excellence. Daniele Cella R.J. Clevelane Brendan Crowe Justine Davis Skyler Demis Patrick Durant Brandon Frazier

Anna Gentile Alexa Greco Anna Hedstrom Nathaniel Kinzly Samantha Licwinko Andrew Madonna

Julia Meikle Ryan Michael Christy Mullin Kyle Mullin Madison Reber Reena Samkutty

Congratulations to all our Knights with Character!

Baily Schwandt Torri Seaman Emily Simpson Carly Truitt Dante Warfield Jake Wilsey

SPORTS UPDATE Five Track Athletes Compete at States It was an exciting Memorial Day weekend for the boys who competed at the PIAA Track and Field State Championships at Shippensburg University. Connor Cummings finished 14th in Shot Put with a new school record throw of 51 feet 4¾ inches. Brandon Hontz finished 13th in the 1600 with a time of 4:24.80, just missing the final by .29 seconds. Richard Iovanisci finished 15th in the pole vault with a jump of 13 feet 3 inches. Charley Dever and Edem Asamoa also competed and turned in solid performances. Congratulations to these guys and the entire Track and Field team on a great season!

Ten Rustin Seniors to Continue Athletic Careers in College The following Rustin seniors have made commitments to continue their athletic careers in college: Front Row - Patrick Durant (Gettysburg College, Football), Dontrim Namani (St. Joseph’s University, Soccer), Cassie Cheeseman (College of the Holy Cross, Soccer) Middle Row - Jenna Moser (Millersville University, Soccer), Alexander Halladay (Wilkes University, Baseball), Jack Carmody (University of Vermont, XC/Track), Chris Boyd (Arcadia University, Soccer) Third Row - Ashlyn Kearney (High Point University, Soccer), Caela Abadie (St. Joseph’s University, Softball), Defrim Namani (St. Joseph’s University, Soccer)

Looking Ahead to 2016-2017: Key Dates August 8 August 11 August 15 October 8

First official practice for JV/V Football* PIAA Physicals due for Fall Sports (JV/V Football due August 4th) First official practice Fall Sports (not including JV/V Football) Homecoming Football Game & Dance

PIAA

PIAA physicals will be offered at Rustin High School n the Athletic Training Room (next to the main gym) by Dr. Mike Krafchick and his staff. The schedule is as follows: Thursday, June 9 @ 5:30 p.m.—BOYS Thursday, June 9 @ 6:30 p.m.—GIRLS Physicals will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. Should your son or daughter be planning to attend, please RSVP to our head trainer, Steve DePaul at sdepaol@wcasd.net so that we are appropriately staffed. The cost is $30 which may be paid in cash or with a check to “Dr. Mike Krafchick.” Physical forms may be found on the Rustin athletic page at http://www.edline.net/pages/Rustin_High_School/ Athletics/Athletics_Resources/Physical_Form_and_Info

and that even a few serious sunburns can increase your risk of getting skin cancer. The sun’s rays are the strongest between the hours of 10:00 and 4:00 so protect yourself by avoiding the outdoors during these hours or by wearing long sleeves and pants, and applying sunscreen and a protective lip balm with an SPF of 15 or higher. Be sure to reapply frequently especially after swimming.

Summer Physicals, Sport’s Physicals and Driver Permit Physicals!! All students entering 11th grade in the fall are required by PA State mandates to have a physical exam and immunization update. Please remember to provide a copy to the school nurse directly. The nurse does not know who may have a sports physical on file and is not responsible to look for it. Please ask your child’s physician to provide an immunizations/updated immunization record. Thank you to all of those who have already sent in their physical!

HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES: Heat exposure caused 8,015 deaths in the United States from 1979-1999. Most heatrelated deaths occur in the hot summer months, and the elderly, the very young, and people with chronic health problems are most at risk. Because even healthy people can fall victim to summer heat, take the following precautions to reduce your risk:  Drink plenty of water or other non-alcoholic beverages;  Wear lightweight, loose-fitting clothing that is light in color;  Reduce strenuous activities or do them during the cooler parts of the day.

SUMMER HEALTH TIPS: VECTOR-BORNE ILLNESSES: Ticks, mosquitos, biting flies, and fleas are all known transmitters of disease. Bed bugs and lice are not known transmitters of disease but can certainly make one’s life miserable. Ticks may transmit Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, Erhlichiosis and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Mosquitos have been in the news lately due to the Zika virus but they also carry and can transmit many other illnesses such as West Nile Virus, Dengue, Chikungunya, Malaria, Yellow Fever and others. Flea bites may become infected from itching and scratching but are also vectors for plague in some areas of the country. Biting flies may carry Onchocerciasis, and when one scratches an itchy bite, the area may become infected with staphylococcus causing impetigo which is highly infectious.

DEHYDRATION is characterized by dry mouth and eyes, dry skin, sweating nearly stops, muscle cramps, nausea, palpitations, and lightheadedness. Treatment is fluid replacement either by oral intake or in severe cases via intravenous fluid replacement. Success of fluid replacement at home is measured by urine output which should be a need to void every two hours and color of urine light yellow to clear in color HEAT EXHAUSTION is characterized by sweating decreases, weakness, dizziness, headache, nausea, fainting and muscle cramps. Move to shade or air conditioned area if possible and re-hydrate. Apply cool compresses to head, neck and axilla. Seek emergency care if unable to drink due to nausea/vomiting.

What can one do to protect oneself and still enjoy outdoor activities? Prevention! When planning a trip do your homework! Learn about destination-specific health risks and recommendations by visiting CDC Travelers' Health website. Pack a travel kit which includes insect repellants with products containing DEET, (Cutter’s, OFF and Skintastic), picaridin, (Cutter Advanced, Skin So Soft, Bug Guard Plus), and oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE). Repel contains OLE. Wear long-sleeved pants and shirts weather permitting and tuck pant leg into socks. Fix screens and use air-conditioning where available to keep insects out. Remove ticks promptly but carefully so as to remove the head of attached tick. Clean area well and mark your calendar with the date and type of tick, if known. Notify your healthcare provider if you develop flu-like symptoms within a week or two, or if a ‘bulls-eye’ rash appears, (deer tick), or a generalized rash that may appear even on palms of hands, (larger wood tick).

Heat Stroke—Severe hyperthermia (Medical emergency!) is characterized by lack of sweating, red, hot, dry skin, mental confusion, abdominal pain, coma. Seek immediate medical assistance. Heat Cramps are characterized by spasms of the abdomen, arms or legs; usually occurs in coordination with strenuous physical activity. Make sure to hydrate before and frequently during physical activity. Avoid outdoor exercise in extreme heat. Prickly Heat (miliaria rubra): Sweat glands become blocked causing an irritating prickly sensation. If possible, stay in a cool, dry environment. Avoid the use of lotions and powders as they may contribute to the blocking of sweat glands. Calamine or Caladryl Clear may give temporary relief.

SUN: Studies show more than a million cases of the most common forms of skin cancer are diagnosed each year,