New Richmond receives training grant

The New Richmond Exempted Village School District has received a $45,750 grant from the Ohio Department of Education that will be used to help train the district’s K-6 teachers in reading and math initiatives.

“The grant comes from excess stimulus funds that had not been spent and it comes at an opportune time for our district as we roll out our new math program,” said John Frye, director of pupil and staff services for the New Richmond Exempted Village School District. “In reading it will be used to continue our work with the DIBELS program and our early literacy initiative.”

DIBELS is a set of procedures and measures for assessing the acquisition of early literacy skills from kindergarten through sixth grade.

“In addition, the grant will be used for training for teachers in K-3 who will be returning to Smart Board equipped classrooms which is one of the components of the delivery of our new math program,” said Frye. “We will have a lot of professional development going on this summer and into the 2011-12 school year.”

The grant money must be spent by September 30.

Supplemental contracts approved

The New Richmond Exempted Village School District Board of Education approved supplemental contracts for the 2011-2012 school year at its June 16 meeting. Pay level information is available by calling the NREVSD treasurer’s office at 553-2616 ext 12105.

High School supplemental Contracts
High School Athletics
Douglas Foote, Athletic Director/Dean of Students

Daniel Scholz, Varsity Football Head Coach, Pay Level 12
Charles Warden, Varsity Football Assistant Coach, Pay Level 10
Patrick Fagan, JV Football Coach, Pay Level 10
Joseph Piening, JV Football Coach, Pay Level 10
Richard Mahan, Freshmen Football Coach, Pay Level 9
Kyle Schnee, Freshmen Football Coach, Pay Level 9
Brian McMonigle, Varsity Boys Basketball Head Coach, Pay Level 12
Mark Majick, Varsity Boys Basketball Assistant Coach, Pay Level 10
Eric McMonigle, Freshmen Boys Basketball Coach, Pay Level 9
Bradley Hatfield, Varsity Girls Basketball Head Coach, Pay Level 12
Lauren Wilkins, Varsity Girls Basketball Assistant Coach, Pay Level 10
Lana Gilday, Freshmen Girls Basketball Coach, Pay Level 9
Douglas Flamm, Varsity Boys Soccer Head Coach, Pay Level 11
Brian Benzinger, Varsity Boys Soccer Assistant Coach, Pay Level 9
Shelby Pride, Varsity Girls Soccer Head Coach, Pay Level 11
Julie Shepherd, Varsity Girls Soccer Assistant Coach, Pay Level 9
Brian Benzinger, Varsity Baseball Head Coach, Pay Level 11
Michael Laub, Varsity Baseball Assistant Coach, Pay Level 9
Shelby Pride, Varsity Boys Track & Field Head Coach, Pay Level 10
Terri Flamm, Varsity Girls Track & Field Head Coach, Pay Level 10
Gerald Reardon, Varsity Boys and Girls Track & Field Assistant Coach, Pay Level 8
Terri Flamm, Head Girls Tennis Coach, Pay Level 8
Lana Gilday, Varsity Softball Head Coach, Pay Level 11
Susan Curfman, Softball Assistant Coach, Pay Level 9
Phillip Heflin, Varsity Golf Head Coach, Pay Level 8
Rylan Shebesta, Varsity Cross Country Head Coach, Pay Level 9
Rylan Shebesta, Varsity Boys Tennis Head Coach, Pay Level 8
Deron Shinkle, Varsity Wrestling Head Coach, Pay Level 11
Gregory Minor, Varsity Wrestling Assistant Coach, Pay Level 9
Judy Middeler, Varsity Girls Swimming Head Coach, Pay Level 10
Jospeh Middeler Jr., Varsity Boys Swimming Head Coach, Pay Level 10
Carla Corbin, Varsity Volleyball Head Coach, Pay Level 11
Susan Curfman, Varsity Volleyball Assistant Coach, Pay Level 9
Heidi Nieto, Varsity Cheerleading Advisor, Pay Level 9

Volunteer high school coaches
Football

Ben Bird
Tim Dunn
Greg Hawkins
Tom McOwen
Dave Schnee
Buddy Stark
Zak Taylor

Middle School Athletics Supplemental contracts

Susan Curfman, MS Athletic Director
Ronald Bird, 7th Grade Football Head Coach, Pay Level 7
Eric Grippa, 8th Grade Football Head Coach, Pay Level 7
Greg Hawkins, 7th Grade Football Assistant Coach, Pay Level 6
Christopher Sheldon, 8th Grade Football Assistant Coach, Pay Level 6
John Callebs, 8th Grade Boys Basketball Coach, Pay Level 8
Patricia Wilson, 7th Grade Girls Basketball Coach, Pay Level 8
Phillip Heflin, 7th Grade Boys Basketball Coach, Pay Level 8
Jeffrey Lavely, 8th Girls Basketball Coach, Pay Level 8
Kelsey Bender, MS Cross Country Coach, Pay Level 6
Kelsey Bender, MS Boys Track Coach, Pay Level 8
Chelsey Noftz, MS Track Assistant Co-Coach, Pay Level 5
Scott Bowman, MS Track Assistant Co-Coach, Pay Level 5
Chelsey Noftz, MS Track Assistant Co-Coach, Pay Level 5
Richard Mahan, MS Swimming Head Coach, Pay Level 6
Malissa Cornette, MS Swimming Assistant Coach, Pay Level 4
Sherie Davis, 8th Grade Volleyball Coach, Pay Level 6
Andrea Schultz, 7th Grade Volleyball Coach, Pay Level 6
Andrea Schultz, MS Girls Track Coach, Pay Level 8
D. Douglas Smiddy, MS Wrestling Coach, Pay Level 8
Corinne Doyle, MS Fall Cheerleading Advisor, Pay Level 3
Corinne Doyle, MS Winter Cheerleading Advisor, Pay Level 5

Music, band, academic supplemental contracts

Amy Cholkas, NRE Yearbook Advisor, Pay Level 2
Kelsey Bender, MS Yearbook Co-Advisor, Pay Level 2
Timothy Cook, District Art Show, $80.18 stipend
Malissa Cornette, Junior Class Advisor, Pay Level 3
J. Patrick Crowley, Ecology Club Advisor, Pay Level 2
Heather Fritsch, MS Yearbook Co-Advisor, Pay Level 2
Kelly Gabriel, LCE Yearbook Advisor, Pay Level 2
Stacy Gibbons, District Art Show, $80.18 stipend
Susan Griffin, Academic Team Advisor, Pay Level 6
Susan Griffin, HS Newspaper Advisor, Pay Level 9
Adrian Hawk, Monroe Student Council Advisor, Pay Level 3
Adrian Hawk, District Art Show, $80.18 stipend
Douglas Heflin, MS Theatre/Musical Director, Pay Level 3
Douglas Heflin, MS Vocal Music Director, Pay Level 6
Douglas Heflin, HS Vocal Music Director, Pay Level 7
Douglas Heflin, HS Drama Director, Pay Level 11
Pamela Klein, Substitute Teacher Caller
Lauren Lindsley, Monroe Yearbook Advisor, Pay Level 2
Sarah Lindsley, Monroe Elementary Music Director, Pay Level 6
Paige McConnell, LCE Music Director, Pay Level 6
Michael McKinley, Theatrical Music Conductor (Orchestra) Pay Level 1
Michael McKinley, HS Pep Band Director, Pay Level 1
Michael McKinley, MS Instrumental Music Director, Pay Level 6
Michael McKinley, Marching Band Director, Pay Level 7
Michael McKinley, HS Instrumental Music Director 7
Logan Minning, Senior Class Advisor, Pay Level 3
Logan Minning, Prom Coordinator, Pay Level 4
Sharon Nehls, S.A.D.D. Advisor, Pay Level 2
Erin Parker, LCE Student Council Advisor, Pay Level 3
James Robinson, HS Student Council Advisor, Pay Level 8
James Robinson, HS Yearbook Advisor, Pay Level 9
Sarah Swango, NRE Music Director, Pay Level 6
Mary Beth Weiler, MS Student Council Advisor, Pay Level 4
John Wright, HS Marching Band Assistant Director, Pay Level 4

Spanish students get taste of Spain

Sharon Nehls couldn’t take her New Richmond High School Spanish students to Spain for the summer to experience Iberian culture so she did the next best thing by bringing a taste of Spain to her classroom.

“Culture is very important in teaching a language,” said Nehls, who called on Hector Esteve of Paella at Your Place to cook up a dish of paella in her classroom to feed 30 of her New Richmond Spanish students.

Spanish teacher Sharon Nehls listens while Hector Esteve explains the history of paella to her New Richmond High School students.

Paella is a made from rice, vegetables, meats (also rabbit, snails, seafood and crustaceans in parts of Spain) and spices and is considered the national dish of Spain.

“I have traveled in Spain and paella is what we ate when we were traveling and I wanted to give my students the opportunity to experience it,” said Nehls.

Esteve is a microbiologist from Puerto Rico and remained in Cincinnati for the past 30 years after he received his degree from the University of Cincinnati. He started cooking paella for family and friends 15 years ago and it developed into a business (http://www.paellaatyourplace.com/).

“I have been doing it for Spanish classes as a cultural exchange for a couple years to expand kids’ horizons about different cultures,” said Esteve. “A lot of times they will hear a name in Spanish and think it’s Mexican food but it is Spanish from Spain.”

While cooking his paella in a special pan called a paellera, Esteve explains the history behind paella and makes sure the students know the Spanish name for each ingredient.

“Paella is not a spicy dish in any way and completely different to what they have tried before,” said Esteve. “People confuse Spanish food with Mexican food, which is spicy because of the peppers they use. The Mexicans started using peppers in their food as a preservative.”

Hector Esteve explains the history behind paella to New Richmond Spanish students Cody Johnson (left) and Dylan Hobbs.

Esteve doesn’t take snails, rabbit and crustaceans found in some traditional Spanish paella recipes to the classrooms.

“I only cook traditional paella for my family,” said Esteve. “Around here people are very skittish about rabbit, snails and things like that.”

His paella was a hit for the 30 New Richmond Spanish students who paid $10 each for the special lunch as seconds were the order of the day.

“I wanted my students to experience something that I could not present to them outside the classroom,” said Nehls.

New Richmond sophomore Natham Dixon gets a heaping serving of paella from Hector Esteve of Paella At Your Place.