Wednesday, August 29, 2012

NRHS Band Winter Craft and Activity Fair

New Richmond Lions Marching Band proudly presents...

First Annual Winter Craft and Activity Fair
Saturday, December 8, 2012; 9a.m.-5p.m.
New Richmond High School,
1131 Bethel New Richmond Road, New Richmond, OH 45157

No admission charge! Food or cash donations gratefully accepted
for the New Richmond Food Pantry



Featuring...

Over 100 arts and crafts vendors on every floor of the high school
Open Swim--$5 per hour--high school pool
Zumba--$5 per hour--multi-purpose room
Raffle--featuring handmade crafts and holiday goodies--cafeteria
Food concession/bake sale--cafeteria
Food drive for the New Richmond Food Pantry

For more information, to donate items, please contact:
Sue Griffin, NRHS; 513-553-3191x10204 or 513-535-5407; griffin_s@nrschools.org

If you’d like to register as a vendor, please contact:
Joyce Montgomery, NRHS; 513-553-3191x10207 or; montgomery_j@nrschools.org

All proceeds will benefit the marching band’s fund for new uniforms.

Friday, August 17, 2012

Monroe principal gets 'Roached'

New Monroe Elementary principal Joe Roach got a warm welcome at his first staff meeting Aug. 17 including coffee and song performed by teacher Jill Blauwkamp.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Teachers volunteer for iPad training

The school year started early for approximately 100 teachers and staff in the New Richmond Exempted Village School District who volunteered for technology training on the integration of iPads into the classroom.

"We averaged about 35 per day for three-day training sessions," explained Matt Prichard, NREVSD director of technology, who conducted the training sessions along with staff members Steve Wolf and Julie Edmondson.
Teachers at New Richmond Middle School and NREVSD's three elementary schools  received training on the use of iPads and educational apps during three days of technology training prior to the start of the 2012-13 school year.

Teachers at New Richmond High School began using iPads and associated educational apps as instructional tools last year. The successful integration at the high school led to Board of Education approval to extend the program to all teachers in the district.

The BOE also approved mobile iPad carts for all five district buildings where they will be used as needed by teachers in the classroom and also for future state mandated online student assessments.

"We believe that it's important to get technology in the hands of our students.," explained Supt. Adam Bird. "In order for our students to take advantage of educational apps on the iPad carts, our teachers had to have one as well and be trained on it so they could be the leader in their classroom."

In addition to all NREVSD teachers having iPads, each school will have mobile iPad  carts for  use by students as needed and also for state mandated online student assessments.

Here is a typical response Prichard received from teachers.

"I learned so many things," said New Richmond Elementary teacher Connie Hammer. "Some were small (but meant a lot to me) and others were dynamic with far reaching implications for student achievement." 


Thursday, August 2, 2012

NRHS athletes monitored for concussions

New Richmond High School is turning to technology to closely monitor its athletes for concussions.

“It’s called Baseline Testing for Concussions,” explained NRHS athletic director Doug Foote, who is having athletes in all sports undergo online ImPACT (Immediate Post Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing) testing prior to competing during the 2012-13 school year.

“Our trainer Megan Barhorst is running the program,” said Foote. “We are going to test all our athletes now and then we’ll do it every two years. We’ll do all the incoming freshmen and then do juniors after that. They have to come in and do a test on a computer and then if they get hit in the head in any way, form or fashion we will redo their test and see where they are at and we will have a baseline for that test.”

The non-invasive computerized test is set up in a video game format and takes about 15 to 20 minutes. It tracks information such as memory, reaction time, speed and concentration.

Wellington trainer Megan Barhorst explains the ImPACT testing to senior football player Luke Hoskins while seniors (from left) Alex Horn and Clay Loadman complete their 20-minute test that will give the school a baseline for testing for possible concussions in the future.
“However, it is not an IQ test,” said Barhorst, who is assigned to New Richmond High School by Wellington Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine and is in her fourth year at New Richmond.

Concussions have not been a major problem during Barhorst’s time at New Richmond but they remain an area of great concern for the school.

“We had four concussions all of last year,” said Barhorst. “That is not bad at all for us, but what we are trying to avoid are concussions slipping by and us not noticing them.”

“It’s a great program and a lot of schools are doing it,” said Foote. “Supt. (Adam) Bird and I have been talking about it for about a year and we decided to implement the program this year.”

“For first time, all NRHS athletes will get baseline concussion testing before the season starts,” said Bird. “Thanks to Doug Foote for making this happen.”

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

NRHS Cheerleading Car Wash

New Richmond High School's Cheer Team will hold a car wash Saturday, Aug. 4 at Frischs in New Richmond. Cheer advisers Heidi Nieto and Jessica Kirschner and the girls will be set up by 10 a.m. to wash your car. Come on out, get a clean vehicle and support our outstanding Cheer squad.