Alumni game to honor first softball champions

New Richmond High School Fast Pitch Softball celebrates the 25th anniversary of its first Championship team. The 1991 team defeated Western Brown 3-2 to win the school's first softball sectional. Come to the ALUMNI GAME on April 16 at 2:30 pm to celebrate this great accomplishment. This year's alumni shirts are available at http://www.allstarsportswear.net/index.php.

Each purchase will make a $5 donation to the softball team. Deadline for ordering the alumni shirt is April 2nd.

There will be a social immediately following the game at the Green Kayak.

NRMS Science Olympiad going back to state

New Richmond Middle School’s Science Olympiad team is making what is becoming an annual trip to The Ohio State University for the state Science Olympiad finals after a strong second place finish in the Cincinnati Regional Science Olympiad competition March 5 at Xavier University.

 The NRMS team finished with 77 points, 11 behind Mason Middle School “A” team (66 points) and 35 points ahead of third place Mason Middle “B” team. New Richmond Middle School’s “B” squad finished 6^th in the 13-team competition with 133 points.

New Richmond Middle School was the defending Cincinnati Regional champion. The team’s second place finish secured a berth at the State Science Olympiad to held April 9 at The Ohio State University.

Click on the Play button below to watch a video slideshow from the Science Olympiad Regional.



 “It takes a tremendous amount of organization behind the scenes to help students grow and do their best work in Science Olympiad,” noted NREVSD Supt. Adam Bird.  “I am very thankful for the leadership of our coach Pam Hughes and the army of parent volunteers that contribute.”

Science Olympiad students compete to win individual and school awards. First to sixth place medals are awarded to students in each event and first to sixth place trophies will be awarded to the top teams in each division. Teams can reach the National Science Olympiad Tournament by placing in the top two at state tournament.

Science Olympiad is a national non-profit organization devoted to creating a passion for science, improving the quality of science education, and providing recognition for outstanding achievement in science. The interscholastic tournaments are held at the regional, state and national levels.

 Science Olympiad competition consists of a series of 23 team events reflecting the ever-changing nature of genetics, earth science, chemistry, anatomy, physics, geology, mechanical engineering and technology. By combining events from all disciplines, Science Olympiad encourages a wide cross-section of students to get involved. Emphasis is placed on active, hands-on group participation.

 “New Richmond took two middle school teams with a total of 23 students.,” said Mrs. Hughes.  “Every student on the NR teams brought home at least one medal. This is the first year that we've had sixth graders on our team (Jacob Weiskittel, Annie George, Grace Reid, and Ruby Horgan).

 Kayla Sullivan is the NRMS Science Olympiad assistant coach. Parent volunteers include Amy Weiskittel, Amy Daniel, Andrea Schultz, Tracy Maguire, Monica Davis, Dr. Adrienne Hammill, Christie Heinzman who help with coaching particular events.

New Richmond Middle School medal winners:

 In Air trajectory:  1st place Joe George and Lauren Weiskittel
In Anatomy: 2nd place Becky Hammill and Jetta Mccart
In BioProcess Lab : 6^th place Madison Torres
In Bottle Rockets: 1^st place Ronja Frigard and Hannah Schultz,  5^th place Ethan Daniel and Cece Gilpin
In Bridge Building: 3^rd place Ronja Frigard, 4^th place Ethan Daniel
In Crave the wave: 4^th place Hannah Schultz and Joe George, 6^th place Caleb Adams and Matthew Heinzman
In Crime Busters: 2^nd place madison Torres and Tatem Lindner
In Disease Detective: 1st place Becca Davis and Riley Hawkins, 6^th place Tatem Lindner
In Dynamic Planet: 2^nd place Becky Hammill
In Experimental Design: 1^st place Jetta McCart, Dani Williams, and Tatem Lindner, 6^th place Ellie Mansfield and Ashlee dale
In Food Science: 1^st place Madison Torres and Lauren Weiskittel, 6^th place Sammy Pratt and Matthew Heinzman
In Fossils: 4^th place Matthew Heinzman and Ashlee Moore, 5^th place, Madison Torres and Ronja Frigard
In Green Generation: 3^rd place Becca davis and Ellie Mansfield
In Invasive Species: 4^th place Sammy Pratt, 5^th place Lauren Weiskittel and dani Williams
In Meteorology: 3^rd place Becky hammill and Lauren Weiskittel, 6^th place Matthew Heinzman and Ethan Daniel
In Picture This: 1^st place Hannah Schultz and Becky Hammill, 2^nd place Ellie Mansfield
In Reach For the Stars:  5^th place Joe George and Dani Williams
In Scrambler: 1^st place Becca Davis and Sammy Pratt, 3^rd place Ronja frigard and Lauren Weiskittel
In Wind Power: 2^nd place Hannah Schultz, in 3^rd place  Ethan Daniel
In Write It, Do It: 5^th place Joe George and Lauren Weiskittel

NRE student wins T-shirt design contest

Karley Wrigglesworth, a fourth grade student at New Richmond Elementary, has won the annual Clermont County Spring Litter Clean-Up T-shirt Design Contest. Karley and her teacher, Meredith Zimmerman, were given certificates of appreciation by commissioner David Uible on March 7 for contributing to local education efforts to promote litter prevention and recycling.

The Southern Ohio Association of Realtors (SOAR) and Clermont County Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) sponsored the contest and awarded Karley a $100 prize, plus an additional $100 prize for the New Richmond Elementary School art department.  The litter clean-up is scheduled for Saturday, April 23.

John McManus, Administrator of Clermont Soil and Water District, displays the winning design as Karley Wrigglesworth, her teacher  Meredith Zimmerman and Carrie McIntosh-Owens of SOAR look on. 

Karley’s design was chosen from 82 entries submitted by K-12 students from Clermont County and the East Fork Little Miami River watershed. Karley learned about the contest from her teacher and was the only entrant to do her design on an actual T-shirt.

“My mom had a bunch of markers,” said Karley. “We got a few T-shirts out and started working on them.”

The annual Spring Litter Clean-Up, coordinated by the East Fork Watershed Collaborative and Valley View Foundation, is an all-volunteer effort to enhance local communities by cleaning up parks, streams and lakes, and other community areas.

“We appreciate the willingness of volunteers to protect our natural resources, including East Fork Lake,” said Mark Calitri, Executive Director for the CVB.  “Clermont County hosts many important events at the lake and surrounding communities; we’re proud to support the volunteers and this event,” he added.

“It helps people learn to take care of the planet,” said Karley about the Spring Litter Clean-Up. “Plus it is a fun event for people to go out and pick up things.”  She said she planned to be out on April 23 doing her part to clean up Clermont County.

Online registration for the April 23 event is open: http://www.springlittercleanup.com/.  For more information, contact Clermont Soil & Water Conservation District at 513-732-7075.