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Quick NewsNovember 15, 2012Have a Safe and Wonderful Thanksgiving!No School - Thanksgiving Break 11-21 thru 11-23Board of Education Seeking Your Input!The Board of Education is seeking your input regarding an upcoming levy and cost-saving measures in thedistrict. Some areas we are considering include:- Larger class sizes (Elementary example: 23 students moving to 26 or 31)- Reducing janitorial services so buildings are cleaned every other day- Pay to participate increasing from $150 to $300 or even possibly higher- Busing going from 1.5 mile to 2.0 mile no transportation zone- Busing service eliminated for high school students- Freezing insurance and benefits for staff (They would pay for any increases.)- Freezing wages for staffIf you have opinions about these areas or have other ideas or solutions, please email the Board of Education atBOEMembers@tippcity.k12.oh.us. Due to anticipated volume, we would ask you to keep your response to 50words or less, and we hope you will understand if we do not respond to each. The deadline for these suggestions isNovember 30, 2012. We will consider allcomments and value your input.Fifth Grade is a special year for students. At Tipp City Schools,the students are in their last year of elementary school andpreparing for middle school. Fifth grade teachers provide anumber of special learning experiences throughout the year toprepare the students for middle school. Not only are the studentslearning the Core Standards of Math, Science, Social Studies,and Language Arts; they get a daily dose of Computer, Art orMusic. While these are the expectations of school, L. T. Ball’steachers go above and beyond in teaching the Core Standards. InFifth Grade, students participate in the DARE Program; taughtby Officer Dan Rittenhouse. The DARE program gives childrenthe life skills they need to avoid involvement with alcohol,drugs, gangs, and violence. The Fifth Grade teachers are very instrumental and involved in the program. OnVeteran’s Day the fifth grade students go to the Veteran’s Memorial in Tipp City to participate in the program andlay a wreath to honor our community’s veterans. In January the fifth grade attends a performance at VictoriaTheater to enrich their experiences with the arts. The fifth grade teachers are also instrumental in organizing MathClub, the Blizzard Blast, Invention Convention, Creative Writing Club, Science Club, Art Club, the NativeAmerican Museum and Wax Museum. These valuable experiences leave a lasting impression on LT students. Thededication demonstrated by the teachers is yet another example of how our teachers go above and beyond to meetthe needs of Tipp students. Camp Kern is one of the most memorable events in a student’s educational career.Students talk about it for years; the L.T. Ball Fifth grade teachers know it’s a great educational opportunity for thestudents. The fifth grade teachers and parent chaperones spend the night with the students and are away from theirown families every year with no compensation for the extra hours and planning involved. And that is why the L.T.Ball teachers, (front row, left to right) Mrs. Ashley Flynn, Mrs. Beth Hanes, Mrs. Deborah Haas, Mrs. ChristaOen, Ms. Molly Flatter, Mr. Brad McKinley(back row, left to right) Mrs. Sandra Wagner, Miss Carrie Robison, Mrs. Kem Fischer, Mrs. Karen Weber, andMr. Mike Vagedes deserve to be In The Spotlight!

Superintendents Corner…Dr. John KronourTipp City SchoolsSuperintendentDr. Kronour has a new blog subject that can be found on the front page of the District’s website. Dr.Kronour blogs regularly and addresses issues concerning Tipp City Schools.The current blog is titled: What Do You Feel Makes A Good School District? -To read more andcomment go to www.tippcityschools.com .L. T Ball 5 th Grade Veteran Celebration at Tipp MemorialEvery year, specifically on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month when major hostilities of World War Iwere formally ended, Americans pay tribute to all veterans – living and dead – who served their countryhonorably during war or peacetime.L.T. Ball fifth graders walked to Veterans Memorial Park on Friday to take part in the annual Veterans Dayceremony. Students participated in the ceremony by doing a choral reading and Lindsey Viskup & Garrett Cookplaced a wreath at the base of the Veterans Memorial in town.For more photos of the ceremony click here: http://tippcityschools.smugmug.com/Other/5th-grade-Veteran-Celebration/26429682_FCPSbT#!i=2205229934&k=tr4zzCTVeteran’s Day Lunch at L. T. BallLT Ball 4 th and 5 th grade students honored Veterans byinviting family members and friends who have servedin the military for our great nation. About 150 platesof lasagna, green beans, applesauce and rolls wereserved in the patriotically decorated dining hall of LTlast Friday. Dessert was a special treat, thanks to Mrs.Lammers and her students for making deliciouspumpkin pie. The entire lunch was provided byRandall Residence, the assisted living facility openingsoon on 25A. Students had the opportunity to learnfirst-hand the dedication and pride of our many localVeterans. Special thanks to Pam Schuller for assistingstudents in creating a memento for the Veterans andfor decorating the tables and dining hall. Kudos to ourart teacher, Mrs. Stumpf, and her students for theincredible bulletin boards and colorful stars. Thankyou also to the LTPA volunteers Christy Peters, Carli Amlin Dean, Amanda Riffell and Staci Shirley for servingup the meal. It was a wonderful experience for young and old alike! Deep appreciation for the commitment ofour Veterans! For more photos click here: http://tippcityschools.smugmug.com/Other/Veterans-Day-Celebration-LT/26428675_wCjkNf#!i=2205135222&k=CQxJ4KW

L. T. Ball Hoe Down!L. T. Ball was hopping Saturday Night! It was the fourth grade Hoe Down SquareDance! Students and their parents dressed in square dance attire and joined togetherfor a Hoe Down! For more photos click here:http://tippcityschools.smugmug.com/Other/HoeDown-2012/26477278_2SnwTT#!i=2210581181&k=ks5hr32STEM Club Second Engineering DesignChallengeThe Tippecanoe Middle School STEM Club recently completed their second designchallenge. The students were required to engineer a table made from one 22" x 28" posterboard, 3 meters of masking tape, and 1 glue stick. The requirement was to construct a tablethat was at least 6 in tall with the top having an minimum area of 93 sq. in. Every team ofstudents was able to create a table that held at least 160 lbs. and the winning teamengineered a table that held 210 lbs!Next, the STEM Club will be learning basic circuits and programming to create a workingrobot. STEM Club meets every Friday from 2:30 to 3:30. Any 6th through 8th grader isstill welcome to join STEM Club!TIPPECANOE MIDDLE SCHOOLPRINCIPAL’S LISTFirst Quarter – 11/9/12GRADE 6Brooke Aselage, Jaclyn Bashore, Kaitlin Break, Isabelle Crow, Melanie Dodson, Mason Doll, Stephanie Fink,Kaitlyn Glaser, Hannah Gootzeit, Jackson Kremer, Lunden Mason, Madeline May, Logan Oskey, Michael Pfister,Payton Schenk, Taylor Shaw, and Katie Taylor.GRADE 7Cole Ballard, Payton Bonifas, Tasha Bruner, Alissa Buynak, Zachary Carner, Kaylee Cornelison, Kyle Demers,Makenzie Dietz, Laura Fink, Tyler Hemmelgarn, Evan Hill, Claire Hinkle, Emily Hodge, Taylor Hudson, SamuelJensen, Kristine Kreusch, Alea Leganik, Lauren Lester, Allison Mader, Mason McClurg, Raegan McElhose,Taylor Mikels, Jessica Miller, Victoria Nordquist, Brandon Prouty, Addisyn Richardson, Joshua Riebe, GretchenRiggle, Lydia Thumser, Hailee Varvel, Abigail Walker, Lauren Weimer, and Blake Wogoman.GRADE 8Zachary Bonifas, Kayla Bruns, Zachary Dix, Adam Grieshop, Nathan Hamberg, Samuel Hart, Rebekah Hartman,Aaron Hughes, Cassandra Hurd, Kali Jordan-Debruin, Ryan Koogler, Victoria Livesay, McKayla Mangen, ColtonMoran, Nikita Parks, Olivia Raypole, Kelly Rhoades, Cade Rogers, Amanda Sauls, Emma Smith, Kaitlyn Stocker,Austin Subler, Alexander Taylor, Faith Walker, and Carsyn Woltz.

TIPPECANOE MIDDLE SCHOOLHONOR ROLLFirst Quarter – 11/9/12GRADE 6Lewis Abrams, Colin Achterberg, Shelby Allen, Tyler Altic, Benjamin Ambos, Ellie Baker, Noah Ballard, Aubrey Beaty,Bradley Bernhold, Levi Berning, Christian Blake, Trevor Bolanger, Delaney Bourelle, Austin Bowling, Jillian Brown,Raymond Burkey, Kole Campbell, Madison Carlson, Brandon Chaney, Luke Christie, Benjamin Chronister, PrestonConnors, Alexis Cook, Austin Couvillon, Morgan Cundiff, Ashlynn Custer, Hunter Davidson, Mckenzie Dean, Anna Deffet,Caley DeHass, Brad Dettwiller, Michael Dickerson, Andrew Doviak, Julia Eagan, Micah Eaton, Kaylor Fitzwater, KarsonFlorence, Elijah Freitag, Jenna Fujimura, Mason Gostomsky, John Graham, Alec Group, Elena Guevara, Benjamin Halsey,Olivia Hamilton, Grant Heatherly, Gabriella Heck, Lydia Heddleston, Ethan Heitkamp, Dominick Herrick, Ashlyn Herzog,Kearsten Hill, Kyle Hodges, Kaylynn Holley, Caitlyn Hood, Jackson Hottle, Victoria Jacobs, Camillah Jones, Jordan Kaiser,Haelee Keener, Kirsten Kendrick, Braydon Kimmel, Savannah Klein, Nicholas Kleiner, Savannah Koogler, Hannah Kramer,Trevor Kraska, Jasmine Kruger, Abigail Lee, Jacob Lingg, Adam Liskey, Annabelle Livesay, Zakary Lucous, Kyle Mains,Patrick Manes, Anna Martino, Kenzie Walek, Bryce McCullough, Jenna McGraw, Gloria Moor, Austin Moore, Elise Moore,Lucas Moore, Eli Morando, Andrew Mosier, Luke Muhlenkamp, Ian Patten, Rilie Pohl, Matthew Poynter, Megan Reed,Aliya Reglogle, Emily Ringo, Lauren Robbins, Cara Salazar, Shannon Saylors, Melanie Schall, Elizabeth Schneider, HunterShank, Brandon Singleton, Arden Smith, Mackenzie Smith, Tristan Spencer, Makayla Stallard, Caleb Steele, Elliana Steele,Jason Stephenson, Ian Stewart, Devyn Stockslager, Riley Swartout, Conner Sweeney, Hallie Thompson, Harrison Timmer,Kaili Titley, Madison Uth, Landon Vair, Chace Varvel, Conner Verburg, Joshua Walland, Jakob Weimer, Ethan Wendel,Tristan Wickline, Aryana Wilson, Elli Wilson, Evan Winblad, Claire Wint, Jackson Yeager, Ian Yunker, and Jillian Zuzolo.GRADE 7Cameron Abrams, Hailey Adkins, Jesse Agins, Chelsea Avner, Shawn Baldasare, Clay Barhorst, Cole Barhorst, RiaBhagwat, Dylan Blair, Noah Bledsoe, Terrah Bruner, Taylor Buchanan, Oliver Cain, Ethan Campbell, Connor Case, FrankCatrone, Hannah Chaplin, Samantha Clark, Seth Clayton, Max Coning, Hanna Copley, Paul Couch, Carson Culpepper,Chance Cyphers, Ethan Dahle, Andrew DeBrosse, Deina Delgado, Olivia Dunn, Allyson Edwards, Markus Evans, JustinEverette, Audrey Faribanks, Carissa Ferrell, Sara Freyre, Marissa Garber, Matthew Garber, Alannah Gernon, Anna Gilliam,Cade Gingerich, Jessica Goodson, Kyle Griffith, Breanna Grimmett, Cole Group, Allison Hackenberger, Brendan Hadden,Daniel Hagen, Taylor Haggerty, Leon Helton, Alexandria Henry, Jakob Huber, Jordan Jones, Ethan Joseph, Alec Kagy,Dawson Kehr, Cara Kronour, Trenton Ladd, Kristin Landis, Nicholas Lanham, Kaili Lewis, Bingliang Liu, Madeleine Loges,Zach Losey, Samantha Mains, Tommi Malone, Deja Mangos, Camryn McClurg, Miles McClurg, Daniel McConnell, HunterMcKinney, Taylor McQuown, Charles Miller, Kelsey Miller, Sarah Miller, Katelyn Mullins, Leah Murphy, Mason Pence,Alexis Polansky, Connor Post, Troy Powers, Ethan Puthoff, Beux Quillen, Ian Ramsay, Ashley Ratcliff, Izayah Rife,Matthew Rindler, Alex Rittenhouse, Allison Roberts, Courtney Ryan, Dawson Sams, Gillilan Schlotterbeck, Alec Schwartz,Natalie Seeman, Caroline Senseman, Ethan Sinning, Caiden Smith, Makayla Smith, Molly Spitzer, Nathaniel Steele,Nickolas Stefanidis, Cali Stewart, Lydi Stueve, Rachel Stump, Katzya Suerdick, Matthew Taylor, Logan Trzeciak, ZacharyVance, Ryan Wall, Ashley Waltemathe, Allie Wasson, Samuel Weatherly, Mackenzie Weaver, Elizabeth Weiler, GraceWendel, Josh Wildermuth, Connor Woltz, and Lauren Wyant.GRADE 8Casey Abney, Kylie Agee, Jack Armentrout, Arielle Arnett, Lauren Beagle, Troy Bolanger, Ryan Bolton, Paytin Borders,Sarah Bradley, Kaycie Brant, Laken Brown, Lauren Brunette, Grant Carlson, Dannielle Carter, Mitchell Colvin, LadiaConing, Madison Cox, Lauren Cross, Bryce Curtis, Brooke Cyphers, Luke Davis, Damian Delgado, Austin Duling, ColinDurcan, Anna Durig, Shannon Eastman, Justyn Eichbaum, Tucker Finders, Jacob Franke, Enya Gernon, Madeline Gibler,Holly Green, Lydia Guevara, Austin Haas, Casey Hall, Alyssa Hallauer, Abigail Halsey, Evan Hamilton, Cole Hamilton,Lauren Handley, Claire Heatherly, Madelyn Hebb, Luke Heinl, Allison Hempy, Madison Honeycutt, Ashleigh Hood, TylerHopper, Karlie Hutchinson, Sydney Ignet, Benjamin Jans, Rachel Jenkins, Taylor Jobe, Monique Jones, Meghan Kauffmann,Joseph Keller, Savanah Kennedy, Jaime Kice, Wilfried Kirchner, Austin Kleiner, Cheryl Konicki, Tyra Konicki, KatieKramer, Sophia Kremer, Courtney Kruger, Anna Kueterman, Nicole Lange, Taylor Law, Mary-Kate Lee, Kylee Loudermilk,Alonna Lumpkin, Hannah Lyons, Hayden Mann, Cameron Martin, Edward Martino, Cameron McIntosh, Trevor McKinney,Sydney Menser, Angelo Mihalyo, Tiffanie Mizer, John Muhlenkamp, Brooke Musick, Virginia Null, Lillith Parsons, JenniferPeele, Katelyn Powers, Taylor Prall, Kaleb Rappold, Neil Reed, Kennedy Reeder, Austin Rench, Stephen Ridgeway, NathanRimkus, Adam Rindler, Richard Robbins, Destiny Russell, Cameron Schuller, Cole Searcy, Michael Senseman, AshleyShepherd, Sarah Sheranko, Morgan Sherrell, Bekah Shininger, Olivia Shirley, Emily Shuk, Caitlyn Smith, Dajon Smith,Shannon Smith, Zachery Sorah, Brandon Spears, Alexa Spiller, Braden Stafford, Trevor Staggs, Michael Stearns, AlyssaStewart, McKenna Stocker, Gavin Stockslager, Sierra Sutton, Tori Taylor, Tyler Terry, Drew Thompson, Wade Timmer,Alexis Turnbull, Maya Vyas, Abigail Walker, Emily Walker, Caroline Weiler, Autumn Weldon, Quenten Williams, ZaneWilloughby, Chloe Woodworth, Stephanie Yahle, and Taylor Yeager.

Tipp Drama presents Neil Simon's RumorsFriday at 7:30pmTippecanoe Center For Performing Arts in TippCity, OhioFriday and Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pmLaugh your head off at thishilarious comedy by NeilSimon! Several affluentcouples gather in the posh suburban residence of acouple for a dinner party celebrating their hosts' tenthanniversary. However, they discover there are noservants, the hostess is missing, and the host - thedeputy mayor of New York City - has shot himselfthrough the earlobe. Comic complications arise when,given everyone's upper class status, they decide theyneed to do everything possible to conceal theevening's events from the local police and the media.Be sure to join in the fun and buy tickets either at thedoor prior to the performance or in advance atTippecanoe High School. Tickets are $10 for adultsand $5 for students in grades 12 or below. Performances will be held on Friday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m. andSaturday November 17 at 7:30 p.m., and a matinee will be performed on Sunday, November 18 at 2:30 p.m.Senior citizens are invited to a special preview of the production on Thursday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m. in theTippecanoe Center for Performing Arts. All seating is general admission and doors open thirty minutes prior tothe show. Due to some adult language, the show content may not be suitable for children under 10.VOTE for Free Fall Theory to Help THSMusic Program!The band Free Fall Theory, which is a group of Tipp students, has been chosen tocompete in Channel One’s Battle of the Bands! They have a chance to win $5000 forthe THS music program and some amazing prizes for the band.And you can help them win! Just go to www.schooljamusa.com and vote for Free FallTheory. You can vote once a day for the entire month of November!Free Fall Theory: Tipp City Ohio: Genre: PunkAlex Dahle – Guitar/ Singer, Austin Labig – Drums, Brendon Dix – Keyboard,Steven Alvarez – Bass,Brian Wilsom – Guitar2013 Prom Will Be May 18 thThe Junior Class would like to announce that Prom will be held on Saturday,May 18th at the Antioch Temple in downtown Dayton from 7:30 – 11pm.More information will be available this spring.

Parents Who CareParents Who Care (PWC) – the organization formed in 1990 to provideDrug/Alcohol-Free activities for our high school students needs your help!!PWC sponsors activities like the Homecoming PowderPuff pregame meal andHomecoming Bonfire, the Top Scholar Banquet and most importantly theAFTERPROM!!All of the funds that allow PWC to provide these great high school experiencesfor our students come from basketball concessions. We need 4 parent volunteersto help supervise and sell concessions for each evening of basketball. There aretwo shifts and we need two parents for each shift. You will supervise a group ofstudents and assist them as needed. Your help is invaluable and without youPWC cannot provide our kids with these spectacular experiences and incredible memories of their high schoolyears!There are lots of dates in November, December, January and February to choose from. We will have sign-upsavailable at the Winter Sports meetings on Monday, November 19 th - please look for us in the Commons areaoutside the CPA. You can also contact the PWC Volunteer Coordinator, Beth Hallauer atbeth.hallauer@gmail.com to sign-up.Limo Ride for Cookie Dough Fundraiser RewardBroadway elementary 2 nd and 3 rd graders that sold 25 items of cookiedough earned a limo ride to lunch at Golden Corral.$1.50 Can Feed a Child for the Weekend!The Tipp City Back Pack Program is looking for volunteers, contributors andparticipants. The program is a need based service and available to childrenages 3 to 9 years old. Children who are in need of food for over the weekendcan receive a bag of items that will last them until they arrive to school onMonday.If you would like to volunteer, contribute or know of a potential recipientplease contact Brian Reinicke at brian@tcnaz.com.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!Tipp City Schools need Volunteers for Project MORETipp City Schools is participating in Project MORE again this year. Project MORE is a program designed toimprove the reading levels of students at risk in reading. Initially the program director and advisers trainprincipals, teachers, and paraprofessionals how to implement Project MORE. Volunteers are then recruited andtrained to help. This program is designed for about 60 volunteers to come four days a week to support studentsone-on-one who need help with reading. Assistant Superintendent, Dr. Kumpf says the District is targeting theprogram to start by the end of October. Dr. Kumpf, building principals and teachers are looking for volunteers thatare willing to come on a regular basis for 30 minutes, Monday through Thursday, to work with students. If you areinterested please call the school building that interests you. We welcome volunteers that are available 1, 2, 3 or 4days a week. Please call the schools to volunteer.Broadway Elementary needs volunteers:Mondays: 10:30-1111-11:30Wednesdays: 1:10-1:40Thursdays: 9:45-10:151:10-1:401:45-2:15LT Ball: needs additional help Monday through Wednesday from 2:45 – 3:15pm.You can contact Ms. Robinson at CRobison@TippCity.k12.oh.us to volunteer.The Middle School: needs at least 5 volunteers for Project MORE for 30 minutes a day 4 days a week.Please contact Greg Southers GSouthers@TippCity.k12.oh.us or Shane Mead SMead@TippCity.k12.oh.us atTMS.The FRIENDSOF THE TIPP CITY PUBLICLIBRARYMusic in the Library SaturdaysEnjoy the sounds of the season when the annual Music in the Library concert series returns on Saturdays throughDecember 15th. Music in the Library concerts are sponsored for the enjoyment of all library patrons by TheFriends of the Tipp City Public Library and Jeff and Lisa Hendricks of the Tippecanoe Veterinary Hospital.November 24 th , 2:00-4:00 pmTrisha Pence warms the library with her mastery of the harp, and a play list that includes a mix of holidaystandards along with a variety of favorites – classic and contemporary.December 1 st , 3:00-4:00 pmFlutes Etcetera. Don't miss this group of talented musicians as they perform from a play list that includesbaroque, classical, and jazz selections.December 8 th , 2:00-4:00 pmMusic in the Library continues with Ms. Monica Rook on keyboard under the direction of Barbara Cooper ofBabsongs Studio.December 15 th , 2:00-3:00 pmInstrumental and Vocal Music Teacher, Danny Elam, will lead a group of vocalists from Bethel High School inthis installment of our Music in the Library series.

Tipp City Exempted Village Schools’ website: www.tippcityschools.com is full of importantinformation. Please go there often to stay updated on the district and your child’s schools’ happenings.For athletic results go to www.cbcsportsonline.com.Tippecanoe High School athletic schedules: are available athttp://www.usatodayhss.com/school/tippecanoe-high-school-tipp-city-ohTippecanoe Middle School athletic schedules: are available atTo http://schedules.schedulestar.com/Tippecanoe-Middle-School-Tipp-City-OH#Tippecanoe-Middle-School-Tipp-City-OH/month/KIT-TV is now streaming the Board of Education Meetings and other Tipp City School activities on line.To view go to: www.kittv.org.To unsubscribe to Quick News, please send an email with “unsubscribe” in the subject line tosbrownlee@tippcity.k12.oh.us.