Locust Corner Elementary held its 1st grade Litercy Night and Family Night and Bookfair October 22. The LCE staff captured the activities in this video slideshow.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
NRE Student Council candidates speak
Candidates for student council at New Richmond Elementary give their campaign speaches to students in grades 3 through 6 in an event organized by teachers Judy Meyer and Pat Conrad.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
H1N1 clinics scheduled for Nov. 12
The Clermont County General Health District has scheduled H1N1 influenza vaccination clinics for New Richmond Exempted Village School District students for Thursday Nov. 12.
Vaccinations for New Richmond High School and Middle School students will be given from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at their designated schools while vaccinations for all district elementary students will be given from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at New Richmond Elementary School.
“Locust Corner and Monroe students must go to New Richmond Elementary,” said Mr. Tom Durbin, superintendent of New Richmond schools.
These clinics are not open to the general public, but younger siblings of the students can be vaccinated at the elementary school clinics only, according to the Health District which will schedule additional clinics as vaccine becomes available. For more information about H1N1 flu or the H1N1 vaccine visit the Health District website at http://www.clermonthealthdistrict.org/ or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control site at http://www.cdc.gov/hlnlflu/.
Important points from the Health District regarding the vaccination clinics:
• Vaccination for H1N1 flu is recommended but getting vaccinated is completely voluntary.
• Children through 9 years of age will need two doses of H1N1 vaccine, given about a month apart, to be adequately protected. Individuals aged 10 years and older will only need one dose.
• There will be no cost for the H1N1 shots given at the school vaccination clinic.
• Children in the fifth grade and below will need to have a parent, guardian or designated adult present at the clinic to receive the H1N1 vaccination.
• Children in sixth grade and above are not required to have a parent, guardian or designated adult present at the clinic to receive the H1N1 vaccination.
• Based on limited availability of vaccine, the Health District will only be vaccinating school children and their younger siblings at the school based clinics.
• A completed consent form must accompany your child in order for them to receive the vaccine at the school clinic. A legal parent or guardian must complete and sign the form for any child under the age of 18 years. Consent forms for the H1N1 vaccination will be sent home at least one week prior to the clinic date.
Vaccinations for New Richmond High School and Middle School students will be given from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at their designated schools while vaccinations for all district elementary students will be given from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at New Richmond Elementary School.
“Locust Corner and Monroe students must go to New Richmond Elementary,” said Mr. Tom Durbin, superintendent of New Richmond schools.
These clinics are not open to the general public, but younger siblings of the students can be vaccinated at the elementary school clinics only, according to the Health District which will schedule additional clinics as vaccine becomes available. For more information about H1N1 flu or the H1N1 vaccine visit the Health District website at http://www.clermonthealthdistrict.org/ or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control site at http://www.cdc.gov/hlnlflu/.
Important points from the Health District regarding the vaccination clinics:
• Vaccination for H1N1 flu is recommended but getting vaccinated is completely voluntary.
• Children through 9 years of age will need two doses of H1N1 vaccine, given about a month apart, to be adequately protected. Individuals aged 10 years and older will only need one dose.
• There will be no cost for the H1N1 shots given at the school vaccination clinic.
• Children in the fifth grade and below will need to have a parent, guardian or designated adult present at the clinic to receive the H1N1 vaccination.
• Children in sixth grade and above are not required to have a parent, guardian or designated adult present at the clinic to receive the H1N1 vaccination.
• Based on limited availability of vaccine, the Health District will only be vaccinating school children and their younger siblings at the school based clinics.
• A completed consent form must accompany your child in order for them to receive the vaccine at the school clinic. A legal parent or guardian must complete and sign the form for any child under the age of 18 years. Consent forms for the H1N1 vaccination will be sent home at least one week prior to the clinic date.
Friday, October 23, 2009
2009 Autumn Leaves Concert
2009 Troubadours Induction Ceremony
Mixed Chorus at Autumn Leaves Concert
Women's Chorus at Autumn Leaves Concert
Men's Chorus at Autumn Leaves Concert
Mixed Chorus at Autumn Leaves Concert
Women's Chorus at Autumn Leaves Concert
Men's Chorus at Autumn Leaves Concert
Kallie Long solo at Autumn Leaves Concert
Blake Beckett solo at Autumn Leaves Concert
Select Chorus at Autumn Leaves Concert
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Monroe Creative Family Art Night benefits animal sanctuary
Monroe Elementary will hold its 2nd annual Creative Family Art Night Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Oct 29 with this year’s program benefitting Angel’s Rest Animal Sanctuary, a non-profit animal shelter in New Richmond.
“The $1 admission charge directly benefits Angel's Rest Animal Sanctuary,” said Monroe art teacher Adrian Hawk.
“The theme of the Creative Family Art Night is Creative Creature Celebration, where each art experience/station will be animal/creature oriented. Volunteers from Angel's Rest will be bringing some animals for family photos and awareness.”
The event is sponsored by the Monroe PTO and will be held in the Monroe Elementary Cafeteria and Gymnasium and will include an art exhibit by Monroe students.
Stations will include Nature Lover’s Lagoon, Rainforest Rescue, Underwater Watercolors, Community Creature Painting, Animal Paw Stamping, Drawing Book Extravaganza, Bird Nest Weavings, Recycled Journal Making, Edible Ornaments, Amazing Animal Masks, Fantastic Family Photo Frame Decoration and Creative Creature Sculpture Creation.
“The $1 admission charge directly benefits Angel's Rest Animal Sanctuary,” said Monroe art teacher Adrian Hawk.
“The theme of the Creative Family Art Night is Creative Creature Celebration, where each art experience/station will be animal/creature oriented. Volunteers from Angel's Rest will be bringing some animals for family photos and awareness.”
The event is sponsored by the Monroe PTO and will be held in the Monroe Elementary Cafeteria and Gymnasium and will include an art exhibit by Monroe students.
Stations will include Nature Lover’s Lagoon, Rainforest Rescue, Underwater Watercolors, Community Creature Painting, Animal Paw Stamping, Drawing Book Extravaganza, Bird Nest Weavings, Recycled Journal Making, Edible Ornaments, Amazing Animal Masks, Fantastic Family Photo Frame Decoration and Creative Creature Sculpture Creation.
Monday, October 19, 2009
NRE artwork on display at Rivertown IGA
Rivertown Market IGA in New Richmond has turned its entrance into an art gallery for New Richmond Elementary artists.
Gary Combs, principal of New Richmond Elementary, wanted to reach out to the community for involvement in his school's activities and Linda Taylor, owner of Rivertown, graciously provided space to display student artwork.
Gary Combs, principal of New Richmond Elementary, wanted to reach out to the community for involvement in his school's activities and Linda Taylor, owner of Rivertown, graciously provided space to display student artwork.
Amy Cholkas, the school’s art teacher, selects student artwork for display at the store. Artwork by the following N.R.E. artists is currently featured: Alden Story, Abby Maness, Dane Bowman, Madison Jowers, Hannah Shultz, Cade Heflin, Chad Dean, Vincent Bingham, Emma Blake, Elizabeth Shinkle, David Woolum, Andrew Staten, Jett Naylor and Austin Ewing.
““N.R.E. students are all excited at the possibility of having their art selected for the display,” said Cholkas. “Most families in our community shop at Rivertown IGA, so friends and family members will be able to see the exciting art projects our students create while shopping at their favorite supermarket.”
Rivertown employees (from left) Tara and Taylor Gillespie stand in front of artwork by students from New Richmond Elementary that will be displayed in the store entrance during the 2009-10 school year.
It's official: New Richmond is Excellent
The New Richmond Exempted Village School District has received its commendation from the Ohio Board of Education for its "exemplary performance" during the 2008-09 school year that resulted in the district being rated Excellent.
New Richmond Superintendent of Schools Mr. Thomas Durbin received the certificate along with the following letter from the State Board of Education.
Thomas Durbin
New Richmond Exempted Village School District
212 Market St FI 3RD
New Richmond, OH 45157-1373
Dear Superintendent:
Congratulations from the State Board of Education and the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) for the exemplary performance of New Richmond Exempted Village School District during the 2008-2009 school year. The enclosed certificate recognizes your achievement for:
Achieving the designation of Excellent
Exceeding expected growth on the Value-Added Measure
We all can be proud of the decade of progress in Ohio education. In the 2008-2009 school year, 85 percent of all districts received one of the state's top three designations (Excellent with Distinction, Excellent or Effective). Since the 1999-2000 school year, the Performance Index, reflecting the achievement of every student, has increased by more than 26 percent. Additionally, nearly 73 percent of districts exceeded the growth standard in the Value-Added Measure, which shows progress made since the prior year.
It is the goal of the State Board and ODE to graduate all students with a sense of purpose and preparation for college, a career and life. Districts like yours successfully capture the energy of educators, parents, families, students and your community to keep student achievement at a high level.
Congratulations again on your achievements, and best wishes for continued success this year.
Sincerely,
New Richmond Superintendent of Schools Mr. Thomas Durbin received the certificate along with the following letter from the State Board of Education.
Thomas DurbinNew Richmond Exempted Village School District
212 Market St FI 3RD
New Richmond, OH 45157-1373
Dear Superintendent:
Congratulations from the State Board of Education and the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) for the exemplary performance of New Richmond Exempted Village School District during the 2008-2009 school year. The enclosed certificate recognizes your achievement for:
Achieving the designation of Excellent
Exceeding expected growth on the Value-Added Measure
We all can be proud of the decade of progress in Ohio education. In the 2008-2009 school year, 85 percent of all districts received one of the state's top three designations (Excellent with Distinction, Excellent or Effective). Since the 1999-2000 school year, the Performance Index, reflecting the achievement of every student, has increased by more than 26 percent. Additionally, nearly 73 percent of districts exceeded the growth standard in the Value-Added Measure, which shows progress made since the prior year.
It is the goal of the State Board and ODE to graduate all students with a sense of purpose and preparation for college, a career and life. Districts like yours successfully capture the energy of educators, parents, families, students and your community to keep student achievement at a high level.
Congratulations again on your achievements, and best wishes for continued success this year.
Sincerely,
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Monroe students display artwork at festival
The Monroe Art Earth Club displayed its finished sculptures created from trash collected off the Ohio River bank at the Oct. 10 Java, Jazz'n Art festival in New Richmond.
Monroe art teacher Adrian Hawk was joined by the NKU student art teachers and some of the Monroe artists at festival. Christopher Issacs and Kaleigh Pratt are featured in the video below.
NKU students and New Richmond High School alumni Mike Felts and Alicia Dodson and Lauren Newman and Monroe Elementary art teacher Adrian Hawk, right, show off the sculptures the Monroe Art Earth Club made from trash collected off the river bank. The NKU students assisted the Art Earth Club as part of an social justice project. The artwork was displayed at New Richmond's Java Jazz'n Art festival on Oct. 10.
Monroe Elementary art teacher Adrian Hawk and students Christopher Issacs and Kaleigh Pratt stand by two of the sculptures the Monroe Art Earth Club made from trash collected off the Ohio River bank in New Richmond. The sculptures were displayed at New Richmond's Java Jazz'N Art Festival on Oct. 10.
Monroe art teacher Adrian Hawk was joined by the NKU student art teachers and some of the Monroe artists at festival. Christopher Issacs and Kaleigh Pratt are featured in the video below.
NKU students and New Richmond High School alumni Mike Felts and Alicia Dodson and Lauren Newman and Monroe Elementary art teacher Adrian Hawk, right, show off the sculptures the Monroe Art Earth Club made from trash collected off the river bank. The NKU students assisted the Art Earth Club as part of an social justice project. The artwork was displayed at New Richmond's Java Jazz'n Art festival on Oct. 10.
Monroe Elementary art teacher Adrian Hawk and students Christopher Issacs and Kaleigh Pratt stand by two of the sculptures the Monroe Art Earth Club made from trash collected off the Ohio River bank in New Richmond. The sculptures were displayed at New Richmond's Java Jazz'N Art Festival on Oct. 10.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Monroe students turn trash into Art
Monroe Elementary’s Art Earth Club with the help of three art education students from Northern Kentucky University has turned Ohio River trash into art sculptures that will be on display in front of the Front Street Café Saturday, Oct. 10 during New Richmond’s annual Java Jazz’N Art Show.
“The NKU students had to do a social justice project and they choose our school,” said Adrian Hawk, Monroe’s art teacher and advisor to the Art Earth Club.
The NKU students working with the AEC are Alicia Dodson and Mike Felts, both graduates of New Richmond High School, and Lauren Newman, graduate of Clermont Northeastern. They helped the Monroe students and parents collect river back trash for one hour Sept. 19 that was turned into a sculpture for the Art Show.
“The kids created a large scale sculpture that will be on display at Front Street Café just to make a statement about conservation and helping the environment,” said Hawk. “They decided what shape the sculpture would take and made the artistic decisions with the found objects.”
Felts, a 1995 New Richmond graduate, earned a degree in graphics art from Cincinnati Art Institute and worked for years as a graphic artist before returning to college to pursue art education degree. He is not surprised at the importance the New Richmond school district places on art education.
“I went through the art program at New Richmond and I’m glad art is just as important today as it was when I was in school,” said Felts, who introduced the art club to silk screening during the six week project. In addition to the sculpture project, the NKU students are working with the Art Earth Club in other areas including showing different forms of art, T-shirt design and plant and tree plantings.
“I brought a water color that I did when I was in high school at New Richmond and some prints I’ve made at NKU,” said Dodson, a senior at NKU. “This is a great project for me since I live right up the road from Monroe.”
Monroe Elementary Art Earth Club members Elise Bezold and Erin O'Toole work on their portion of the sculpture the club made from trash collected off the river bank in New Richmond.
Members of Monroe's Art Earth Club start work on their sculpture made from river bank trash. The sculpture will be on display at the Front Street Cafe during the Java Jazz'N Art show Oct. 10.
NKU students (from left) Alicia Dodson, Mike Felts and Lauren Newman worked with Monroe's Art Earth Club to create a sculpture out of river bank trash for the Java Jazz'N Art show in New Richmond. Felts and Dodson are graduates of New Richmond High School.
“The NKU students had to do a social justice project and they choose our school,” said Adrian Hawk, Monroe’s art teacher and advisor to the Art Earth Club.
The NKU students working with the AEC are Alicia Dodson and Mike Felts, both graduates of New Richmond High School, and Lauren Newman, graduate of Clermont Northeastern. They helped the Monroe students and parents collect river back trash for one hour Sept. 19 that was turned into a sculpture for the Art Show.
“The kids created a large scale sculpture that will be on display at Front Street Café just to make a statement about conservation and helping the environment,” said Hawk. “They decided what shape the sculpture would take and made the artistic decisions with the found objects.”
Felts, a 1995 New Richmond graduate, earned a degree in graphics art from Cincinnati Art Institute and worked for years as a graphic artist before returning to college to pursue art education degree. He is not surprised at the importance the New Richmond school district places on art education.
“I went through the art program at New Richmond and I’m glad art is just as important today as it was when I was in school,” said Felts, who introduced the art club to silk screening during the six week project. In addition to the sculpture project, the NKU students are working with the Art Earth Club in other areas including showing different forms of art, T-shirt design and plant and tree plantings.
“I brought a water color that I did when I was in high school at New Richmond and some prints I’ve made at NKU,” said Dodson, a senior at NKU. “This is a great project for me since I live right up the road from Monroe.”
Monroe Elementary Art Earth Club members Elise Bezold and Erin O'Toole work on their portion of the sculpture the club made from trash collected off the river bank in New Richmond.
Members of Monroe's Art Earth Club start work on their sculpture made from river bank trash. The sculpture will be on display at the Front Street Cafe during the Java Jazz'N Art show Oct. 10.
NKU students (from left) Alicia Dodson, Mike Felts and Lauren Newman worked with Monroe's Art Earth Club to create a sculpture out of river bank trash for the Java Jazz'N Art show in New Richmond. Felts and Dodson are graduates of New Richmond High School.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
NRE wins Healthy Ohio Gold award
New Richmond Elementary was one of only three schools in Clermont County to receive the Ohio Department of Health’s Buckeye Best Schools Gold Award for the 2008-09 school year.
The Buckeye Best Healthy Schools Award recognizes schools that promote the health and wellness of students and staff through nutrition programs, increased physical activity and prevention of use of tobacco.
“It’s a combination of our drug awareness program, the nutrition program and the physical fitness program at our school,” said New Richmond Elementary principal Gary Combs. “There’s a point system that rates each category and they award gold, silver and bronze flags and we scored high enough to meet the gold standard.”
Monroe Elementary was awarded the silver award for its programs during the 2008-09 school year.
Food services director Brenda Young (center, left in photo) and cafeteria worker Pam Senior (center, right in photo) went to a luncheon in Columbus where they received the Healthy Ohio Schools gold flag and award from Dr. Michele Shipp, Assistant Director, Ohio Department of Health (right in photo), and Frank Bright, American Cancer Society (left in photo).
“They will be proudly displayed in our cafeteria,” said Combs.
Holly Hill Elementary and Merwin Elementary also received the highest Buckeye Best Schools award.
The Buckeye Best Healthy Schools Award recognizes schools that promote the health and wellness of students and staff through nutrition programs, increased physical activity and prevention of use of tobacco. “It’s a combination of our drug awareness program, the nutrition program and the physical fitness program at our school,” said New Richmond Elementary principal Gary Combs. “There’s a point system that rates each category and they award gold, silver and bronze flags and we scored high enough to meet the gold standard.”
Monroe Elementary was awarded the silver award for its programs during the 2008-09 school year.
Food services director Brenda Young (center, left in photo) and cafeteria worker Pam Senior (center, right in photo) went to a luncheon in Columbus where they received the Healthy Ohio Schools gold flag and award from Dr. Michele Shipp, Assistant Director, Ohio Department of Health (right in photo), and Frank Bright, American Cancer Society (left in photo).
“They will be proudly displayed in our cafeteria,” said Combs.
Holly Hill Elementary and Merwin Elementary also received the highest Buckeye Best Schools award.
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