NRE staff dedicates tree to David Smith

The staff at New Richmond Elementary dedicated a tree Oct. 26 in honor of retired teacher David Smith. Click on the play button to watch the dedication ceremony hosted by NRE teacher Dianne Kuehner.

Retired teacher David Smith kneels by a tree dedicated in his honor by the staff at New Richmond Elementary. 

NRHS mock Presidential debates

New Richmond High School's social studies class of teacher Brian McMonigle held a mock Presidential debate Oct. 23 with Ashleigh Beard playing the role of Mitt Romney, Luke Gilday playing the role of President Barack Obama with Cole Bird and Sarah Glenn moderating.



Second debate, Oct. 25

Staying ahead of the curve

Common Core reading and math standards.

Third-grade reading guarantee.

End-of-course testing for graduation.

Physical-education assessments on next year’s state report card.

New Social Studies teaching requirements.

Those are a few of the challenges facing Ohio schools which are being swamped by new standards and teaching requirements coming down the pipeline from Columbus.

In order to stay ahead of the fast and furious pace of new standards, the New Richmond Exempted Village School District received a waiver from the state to use a scheduled school day to focus on professional development with a purpose of planning for the new standards.

New Richmond held its special In Service Day on Oct. 15 with all-day sessions dealing with Pre-K/3 reading guarantee, Grades 4-12 language arts, extended Special Education requirements, math, science, social studies, physical education, art, music and technology.

“We had a productive day working with curriculum experts,” Supt. Adam Bird said. “Our goal was to prepare our teachers for the new standards and increased rigor in the Common Core.”


School phychologist Cindy Groman discusses the PALS program with PK-3 teachers who were introduced to research based planned interventions that meet the 3rd grade guarantee requirements.  Intervention and monitoring Plans were developed during the afternoon session.



John Frye, director of pupil and staff services for the NREVSD, and Liz Neal from the Clermont County Eduction Service Center, conducted the session on special eduction which was attended by 36 district special ed teachers and aides. The special education staff investigated the extended standards and implications to instruction and IEP development.  Additionally, they discussed mandated changes in transition plans for students starting at age 13, 3rd Grade Guarantee and other Ohio Department of Education mandates.



District art teachers (from Left) Adrian Vance Hawk, Amy Cholkas, Amy Hauserman, Tim Cook and Stacy Gibbons collrable on district art initiatives.



Dan Michael (standing), curriculum specialist from the Warren County Educational Service Center, and NRE principal  Terry  Miller (seated to Michael's right) conducted the sessions for districtgrade 6-12 science teachers who were  introduced to the changes in the revised state standards in science and the changes in assessments planned for those students currently in grade 3.



New Richmond High School language arts teachers (from left) Shelby Pride, Malissa Kirby and Sue Griffin work during a grade level meeting on the new Common Core state standards.



New Richmond High School principal Mark Bailey and NRHS language arts teacher Nicole Parker conducted the sessions for grades 4-12 English/Language Arts teachers who established the framework from the Common Core State Standards that will outline the grade level and department work to bring alignment and expectations for instruction to the district. Mr. Bailey is pictured with Locust Corner teacher Kelly Dunham and Monroe teacher Megan Smith.



Monroe Elementary teacher Kim Ealy and New Richmond Elementary teacher Dianne Kuehner work on their grade level project.



District math coach Barb Weidus (standing in photo), works with grade 4-5 teachers (from right) Michelle Jackson, Rachel Fehr, Meagan Bowling (sudent teacher working with NRE teacher Judy Schaechter) and Samatha Daly who developed a fraction unit plan. In other small groups, 6-8 teachers developed the next quarter Innovations plan and 9-12 teachers developed the Integrated Math plan.  Brian Roget from the Ohio Department of Education shared information about PARCC assessments, end of subject assessments and the changes in mathematics in the Common Core with district math teachers.

How we compare to other county schools

The Ohio Department of Education released the official state report card for the 2011-12 school year today. Here's how your New Richmond schools did compared to the other Clermont County districts.

District Name	Grade 3 Reading	Grade 3 Math	Grade 4 Reading	Grade 4 Math	Grade 5 Reading	Grade 5 Math
Batavia Local	87.5	84.7	88.0	86.5	84.9	68.4
Bethel-Tate Local	87.2	82.3	90.5	87.1	81.1	72.3
Clermont Northeastern Local	90.4	88.7	98.3	85.6	84.2	71.7
Felicity-Franklin Local	79.7	79.7	89.2	75.9	63.4	42.3
Goshen Local	93.2	94.4	89.2	87.2	92.7	87.6
Milford Exempted Village	93.5	91.6	91.7	91.0	93.0	87.9
New Richmond	89.8	88.1	95.8	91.1	93.6	87.8
West Clermont Local	85.3	84.2	89.8	83.1	87.6	79.9
Williamsburg Local	82.5	86.3	91.2	86.8	79.5	57.7

Grade 5 Science OAA	Grade 6 Reading OAA		Grade 6 Math OAA		Grade 7 Reading OAA		Grade 7 Math OAA		Grade 8 Reading OAA		Grade 8 Math OAA	Grade 8 Science OAA
Batavia	70.4	87.8		87.2		83.1		76.6		86.0	89.7	88.2
Bethel-Tate	81.8	97.7		96.9		92.9		89.8		91.5	91.5	83.8
Clermont Northeastern	80.0	89.4		85.8		80.4		83.2		82.0	87.7	88.5
Felicity-Franklin	73.2	75.0		70.0		80.8		74.4		81.0	88.1	69.0
Goshen	90.2	94.7		96.8		85.0		85.0		89.0	89.6	82.1
Milford	91.5	95.8		93.5		90.2		87.8		93.9	93.1	83.5
New Richmond	94.8	88.1		87.0		83.6		75.7		88.6	90.3	86.9
West Clermont	84.8	88.7		82.5		82.4		79.0		86.8	89.1	85.3
Williamsburg	76.9	94.6		89.2		83.8		80.9		89.2	86.7	75.9

Ohio Graduation Test Reading(Grade 10)	Ohio Graduation Test Writing(Grade 10)		Ohio Graduation Test Math(Grade 10)		Ohio Graduation Test Science(Grade 10)		Ohio Graduation TestSocial Studies(Grade 10)		Ohio Graduation Test Reading(Grade 11)		Ohio Graduation Test Writing(Grade 11)		Ohio Graduation Test Math(Grade 11)
Batavia	89.9	89.8		80.6		77.5		82.2		96.3		95.5	94.0
Bethel-Tate	95.2	96.8		91.1		87.9		91.9		97.4		99.3	99.3
Clermont Northeastern	89.0	89.8		86.6		80.3		85.0		95.7		97.1	92.8
Felicity-Franklin	72.1	83.8		70.6		63.2		66.2		91.0		90.9	88.3
Goshen	90.5	93.5		91.0		84.9		92.5		96.3		96.3	97.5
Milford	94.3	92.2		91.2		86.1		91.1		97.9		97.6	96.1
New Richmond	85.2	88.6		86.4		80.1		80.1		96.0		95.5	96.6
West Clermont	92.6	90.1		89.7		82.7		88.3		97.7		97.9	96.4
Williamsburg	97.1	98.6		88.4		85.5		88.4		100.0		98.6	94.5

Ohio Graduation Test Science(Grade 11)	Ohio Graduation TestSocial Studies(Grade 11)		Longitudinal Graduation Rate - 4 Year Class of 2011		Longitudinal Graduation Rate - 5 Year Class of 2010		Attendance Rate		State Indicators Met		State Indicators Apply		Percent State Indicators Met
Batavia	88.7	93.3		82.9		82.3		94.5		23		26	88.5
Bethel-Tate	96.0	95.4		95.5		94.2		95.0		25		26	96.2
Clermont Northeastern	93.5	94.2		93.8		91.2		95.1		25		26	96.2
Felicity-Franklin	83.1	85.7		82.9		81.3		93.8		14		26	53.8
Goshen	93.8	94.4		91.1		94.1		95.1		26		26	100.0
Milford	95.5	96.8		91.6		92.5		95.4		26		26	100.0
New Richmond	92.1	91.5		87.3		90.6		95.3		25		26	96.2
West Clermont	94.1	92.8		90.8		89.0		95.3		26		26	100.0
Williamsburg	95.9	95.9		78.3		91.1		94.6		24		26	92.3

Performance Index	Adequate Yearly Progress	Value Added Growth		Preliminary Report Card Rating		Average Daily Student Enrollment		Percent Black, Non-Hispanic		Percent American Indian or Alaskan Native	Percent Asian or Pacific Islander
Batavia	98.2	Met	Below		Effective		2103		2.7	--	0.9
Bethel-Tate	102.1	Met	Above		Excellent with Distinction		1831		--	--	--
Clermont Northeastern	100.0	Met	Below		Excellent		1622		--	--	--
Felicity-Franklin	92.2	Not Met	Met		Effective		1006		--	--	--
Goshen	103.9	Met	Met		Excellent		2615		0.8	--	--
Milford	105.1	Met	Met		Excellent		6215		2.0	--	1.7
New Richmond	101.5	Not Met	Met		Excellent		2354		0.4	--	--
West Clermont	100.2	Met	Below		Effective		8437		1.2	--	1.3
Williamsburg	100.2	Not Met	Met		Excellent		1034		--	--	--

Percent Hispanic	Percent Multi-Racial		Percent White, Non-Hispanic		Percent Economically Disadvantaged		Percent Limited English Proficient		Percent Student with Disabilities		Percent Migrant		Percent of Teachers with at least a Bachelor's Degree
Batavia	2.8	5.4		88.2		43.7		0.6		14.2		--	100.0
Bethel-Tate	1.1	1.3		97.2		45.9		--		12.7		--	100.0
Clermont Northeastern	0.9	1.8		96.5		44.9		--		19.1		--	100.0
Felicity-Franklin	1.8	1.6		95.8		55.2		--		16.6		--	100.0
Goshen	2.5	2.8		93.5		54.2		0.6		18.6		--	100.0
Milford	1.5	2.4		92.5		24.3		1.0		12.8		--	99.8
New Richmond	1.6	2.9		94.7		46.4		--		16.1		--	100.0
West Clermont	1.8	2.6		92.9		36.9		1.2		14.1		--	100.0
Williamsburg	1.7	1.4		96.1		42.7		--		14.6		--	100.0

Percent of Teachers with at least a Master's Degree	Percentage of core academic subject elementary and secondary	Percentage of core academic subject elementary and secondary		Percentage of core academic subject elementary and secondary		Percent of Teachers with at least a Bachelor's Degree in High		Percent of Teachers with at least a Master's Degree in High		Percent of Teachers with at least a Bachelor's Degree in Low Poverty Schools within District
Batavia	57.0	0.0	100.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0
Bethel-Tate	74.1	0.0	100.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0
Clermont Northeastern	68.0	0.0	100.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0
Felicity-Franklin	60.3	0.8	99.2		0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0
Goshen	70.9	0.0	99.9		0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0
Milford	81.3	0.0	100.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	99.7
New Richmond	83.9	0.0	98.5		0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0
West Clermont	81.6	0.0	100.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	100.0
Williamsburg	86.3	0.3	99.4		0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0

Percent of Teachers with at least a Master's Degree in Low Poverty Schools within District	Percentage of core academic subject elementary and secondary	ACT Mean Score		% Graduates who took ACT test		SAT Mean Score	% Graduates who took SAT test
Batavia	0.0	--	22		59.0%	--	2.8%
Bethel-Tate	0.0	--	23		64.8%	--	3.9%
Clermont Northeastern	0.0	--	22		52.5%	--	5.7%
Felicity-Franklin	0.0	--	20		54.3%	--	0.0%
Goshen	0.0	--	21		45.2%	--	2.7%
Milford	83.4	100.0	23		63.2%	1094	16.9%
New Richmond	0.0	--	22		59.8%	--	4.6%
West Clermont	86.9	100.0	22		53.3%	1054	11.4%
Williamsburg	0.0	--	22		56.5%	--	2.9%