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Scioto Ridge Elementary School (SRES) principal Julie Nolan and several of her students visited the November 9th Board Meeting to talk about their program called the “Leader in Me”.  The Leader in Me is designed to teach Steven Covey’s 7 habits.  The students, parents and staff have raised approximately $30,000 for the program. SRES is holding a community collection event of used computers with the help of Redemtech to raise funds for the “Leader in Me” program.  Redemtech is a leader in computer refurbishment and resale. If you have recently upgraded to a new computer, consider donating your used computer in this collection event.  A secure drop box will be available to drop off your used, working desktop or laptop computers and LCD monitors at SRES until Thursday, November 17, at 8:00 p.m.  If you choose to participate in this program, please complete the liability waiver which is linked below. The Leader in Me program helps develop essential life skills students will benefit from in the 21st century.

http://www.olentangy.k12.oh.us/buildings/sres/leader-in-me-brochure.pdf

SRES Presents "The Leader in Me" to the Board of Education

An evening of healthy choices was offered at Olentangy Hyatts Middle School on November 10. The second year for the OLSD health expo was deemed a success by vendors, organizers and browsers. The event featured health screenings, demos, kids’ activities, healthy food, and lots of health-related vendors. The silent auction at the Expo helped to fund the Olentangy Hyatts Middle School greenhouse.

Liberty Soccer

Olentangy Liberty High School’s boys soccer team will play St. Ignatious High School for the Divison l championship Friday, November 11 at 7:00 p.m. at Crew Stadium. Please join us for this exciting game and cheer the Patriots on to victory!

Ohio State University football players Boom Herron and Mike Adams appeared last Friday at Heritage Elementary School to read to eight classes of kindergarten students.  Teachers sometimes use the mystery reader tactic to incite enthusiasm about reading, and these players certainly qualified as quite the wonderful surprise! This experience with reading directly correlates with the kindergarten common standards in English Language Arts.  This standard emphasizes active engagement in group reading activites with purpose and understanding.  Teacher Natalia Janakievski invited and hosted the Buckeyes.

For two years in a row, Olentangy Local Schools placed on the College Board’s District Honor Roll for Significant Gains in Advanced Placement Access and Student Performance. Olentangy is among only 367 school districts across the U.S. and Canada being honored by the College Board.  Schools on this honor roll simultaneously increased access to Advanced Placement® course work while maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP Exams.  Since 2009, Olentangy Local Schools increased the number of students participating in AP from 841 in 2009 to 1,392 in 2011, while maintaining the percentage of students earning AP Exam scores of 3 or higher at 74% in 2009 and continuing at 74% in 2011. The majority of U.S. colleges and universities grant college credit or advanced placement for a score of 3 or above on AP exams. To view all schools on the College Board’s Honor Roll:

http://media.collegeboard.com/content/pdf/AP_2nd_Annual_Honor_Roll.pdf

Five Olentangy schools will be honored at an awards presentation at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on November 14 by Battelle for Kids’ Subject-Level Award for High Progress. ( SOAR program). This award is designed to acknowledge Ohio schools participating in SOAR for their high academic progress in multiple grade levels in a core subject over the most recent school year. (2010-11) Olentangy Orange High School will be recognized for significant progress in English 9, Olentangy Orange Middle School for Algebra I, Olentangy Shanahan Middle School for science, Olentangy Liberty High School  for biology and Olentangy High School for pre-calculus.

Six eighth grade students from Olentangy’s middle schools have been selected as recipients of the 2011-12 Delaware Optimist Club Youth Appreciation Award. The students were selected as outstanding examples of leadership, citizenship, reliability and are supportive of their school and community. The students from Olentangy are Taylor M., Jacob C., Tara M., Kyle D., Tyler C., and Olivia M.  The students will be recongnized at a ceremony November 3 at Willis Middle School at 7:00 p.m.  For more information about the Youth Appreciation Award and the Delaware Optimist Club:

www.delawareoptimistclub.com/youthappreciation.htm

Author Sandra Phillipson, Illustrator Jenny Campbell and their dogs Tak and Ollie dropped by Wyandot Run Elementary School (WRES) recently.  The Wyandot Run PTO sponsored the visit from the canines and their humans, who have been writing and drawing the Max and Annie children’s book series about dogs since 1999. Second grade students at WRES also used this visit as an opportunity to raise funds for the Delaware County Humane Society by selling dog bones for twenty-five cents.  The project was called “give a dog a bone”.  The students presented an honorary check for five hundred and fifty dollars that was donated to the Humane Society in honor of Phillipson, Campbell, Tak and Ollie.

Olentangy Local Schools hosted a delegation of educators from Hong Kong last week.  Sponsored by the International Alliance for Invitational Education (IAIE), the visiting educators met with Olentangy Administrators and visited several Olentangy buildings to observe.

Most of Olentangy’s elementary, middle and high schools are celebrating Red Ribbon Week from October 23 through October 31st.  The National Red Ribbon campaign helps students recognize the power of prevention.  At Olentangy elementary buildings, students are encouraged to dress silly to accentuate the positives of being drug-free.  Shown here are Cheshire Elementary School students in hats, as they are “putting a lid on drugs”.