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.

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." 

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.”

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.

NRMS Cheer tryouts Aug. 6-10

NRMS cheer coach Nicole Parker will conduct tryouts for incoming 7th and 8th grade girls Aug. 6-10 at the NRMS gym.

The tryout schedule:

Monday, August 6 and Tuesday, August 7 
6:00 - 8:00 pm
We will be teaching the tryout material!

Wednesday, August 8 and Thursday August 9
9:00 - 11:00 am
Open gym/practice time

TRYOUTS
Friday, August 10 beginning at 6:00 pm
(gym open for warm ups @ 5:30)

Questions?  Email Mrs. Parker at parker_n@nrschools.org.

GO LIONS!!!!!

NRHS parking permits on sale Aug. 7-8

NRHS PARKING PERMIT INFORMATION 2012-2013

Tuesday, August 7th 9:00AM -12:00PM for 2012 Fall Athletes
& Seniors
Wednesday, August 8th 9:00AM -12:00PM

PARKING PERMITS WILL BE SOLD AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
Students MUST bring their current driver’s license, proof of insurance, and Parent Authorization Form. Any upcoming and outstanding student fees must be paid. The cost of a parking permit is $15.00.
Students must purchase a new permit for this school year.

Please contact Mrs. Becky Lewis, Secretary at 553-3191 ext. 10002 should you have any questions and/or concerns regarding student fees.

Freshmen orientation is Aug. 14

New Richmond High School Principal Mark Bailey has announced that freshmen Orientation will occur on August 14th @ 6:30pm in the high school theater.

"Looking forward to meeting our new students and their families!," said Bailey.

You can follow Principal Bailey on Twitter at @NRHSBailey.

Rusty Ball to benefit NR Band

The New Richmond High School band is one of this year’s beneficiaries of The Rusty Ball which will be held Nov. 10 at the Duke Energy Center.

The Rusty Ball is a fundraising event put on each year by The Rusty Griswolds, a Cincinnati band that plays 80s music and has been featured at the Party in the Park and the Reds’ opening night game. Last year’s event attracted approximately 3500 people raised $400.000 dollars that was distributed among the beneficiaries.

The band is guaranteed 30 tickets for pre-sale on August 1st. We can then do more pre-sale starting on the 2nd if there are tickets still available. Tickets go on sale to general public on September 24th.This event does sell out.

To order on the guaranteed pre-sale please contact Rhonda Carter at RCbandfundraiser@aol.comor 513-553-3374 by Sunday July 29th.

 And please feel free to contact and order after that date. Just please be aware that we are only guaranteed tickets on August 1st. When the tickets go on sale to the general public, the tickets can be ordered online and our group can be selected as beneficiary while ordering.

For more information on the band and the event please go to these websites. 

http://therustygriswolds.com/
http://therustyball.com/
http://www.spiritofcincinnatus.org/

New faces at New Richmond Elementary

New Richmond Elementary students and parents will be greeted by some new faces when the 2012 school year begins Aug. 20.

New teachers Lindsey Sunderhaus, Sarah Metzger, Zoee Rottenberg, Ashley Bowlby and Samantha Daly were introduced to the NRE and Central Office staffs during an orientation luncheon hosted by NRE principal Terry Miller on July 5.

The new teachers replace retiring NRE teachers David Smith, Karen Walters, Pat Conrad and Sue Godsey.

New teachers at New Richmond Elementary (from left) Lindsey Sunderhaus, Sarah Metzger, Zoee Rottenberg, Ashley Bowlby and Samantha Daly are pictured with Supt. Adam Bird during their visit to the Central Office.

NRE teachers (from left) Pat Conrad, Karen Walters, David Smith and Sue Godsey retired at the end of the 2011-12 school year. (John Walters photo)

Rotary donates $1500 to district

Tom Fodor, chief executive officer of the Dayton chapter of the American Red Cross, presents Supt. Adam Bird with a check for $1500 from the Springboro Rotary Club for the purchase of two large outdoor multipurpose tents.

The New Richmond Exempted Village School District has received a donation of $1500 from the Springboro Rotary Club for the purchase of two multipurpose outdoor tents.

The donation was delivered by Tom Fodor, chief executive officer of the Dayton Chapter of The American Red Cross as the June 28 Board of Education meeting.

"The Springboro Rotary Club wanted to do something for Ohio communities hit by the tornado," said Fodor. "The Club took an interest in the effects on Moscow’s young people since our Club has a Rotary Interact Club at Springboro High School."

During a visit to Moscow as part of the Red Cross relief effort, Fodor learned that Moscow was part of New Richmond school district and began working with Interim Principal Jim Smith for something the school needed that may have been overlooked in light of all the tornado devastation.

Fodor, Smith and other school officials determined that multipurpose outdoor tents would be useful to the school, which is used as a Red Cross shelter when needed during disaster recovery efforts.

"Our club voted to purchase two of those tents and only asked that perhaps a small patch noting 'Donated By Springboro OH Rotary 2012' be a sewn or attached to the tents," said Fodor.

The Springboro High School Interact Club raised a part of the $1500 donation with the bulk coming from from the Springboro Rotary Club’s charitable fund.