MSD Board of Education Approve Reinstatement of some Elementary Sports Programs

WABASH COUNTY, Ind. – The Metropolitan School District of Wabash County Board of Education approved the reinstatement of some elementary sports programs at the Tuesday, April 24 meeting.

Sixth grade volleyball and sixth grade girls and boys basketball will be among the new offerings for the 2018-19 school year at Sharp Creek Elementary and Southwood Elementary.

The goal is to offer additional teams the following school year.

The additions will require the district to hire additional coaches for the programs.

Here’s Superintendent Mike Keffaber:

And the staff spotlight? Here’s Keffaber:

The Metropolitan School District of Wabash County Board of School Trustees met to conduct business on Tuesday night.

Several donations were accepted: Over $2400!

The staff spotlight was: Northfield Teacher Cody McClure

Nominated by: Student Justin Castle

Reason: He is a good person and should deserve to be spotlighted.

Other student and staff recognitions:

Sharp Creek Elementary:

Three students had artwork selected from the Elementary Art Show. Their art will be made into banners that will be on display downtown Wabash this Spring/Summer – Emma Bone,

Lucas Haupert, Riley McKillip(all 5th graders)

Southwood Jr./Sr. High School:

Southwood would like to congratulate sophomore students Jackson Simons and Daisy Sparks for being named Crossroads Junior Board Members for the 18-19 School Year!

Southwood Jr./Sr. High School:

Southwood would like to congratulate senior Peyton Trexler on signing with Marian University. Peyton will continue to be a Knight and will play football for Marian.

Southwood Jr./Sr. High School

Southwood would like to congratulate Erin McGouldrick. Her Optimist Essay placed second at district level judging and she will be honored later this month at Fort Wayne Memorial Coliseum. Additionally, Erin was given the Voice of Democracy Award for her recent essay contribution to the local VFW. Way to go, Erin!

Southwood Elementary School:

Mrs. Sydney Chamberlain, 2nd grade teacher, had a project to provide flexible seating options for her students fully funded through Donors Choose. Flexible seating allows students to learn and perform normal classroom activities in a variety of ways. Exercise balls and bean bag chairs are two of the items that were donated. Flexible seating gives students an alternative to the traditional desk and chair all day long.

Metro North Elementary:

Mrs. Riggle’s 3rd Grade Class recently competed in the northern Indiana SumDog competition. Sumdog is an engaging game-based math program that enables kids to practice math skills while playing fun, math-related games against friends, classmates, or students from around the world. Games are individualized for each kid’s ability level so users can play against opponents who have the same skills.

Over 1,115 students participate in the Northern Indiana Sumdog competition, all of varying grade levels. Mrs. Riggle’s class placed 5th overall, and Metro North 3rd grade student, Caleb Dubois finished 1st in the competition correctly answering 976 out of 1,000 math questions.

Metro North Elementary and Sharp Creek Elementary:

Our students participated in our school-wide Read-A-Thon. Students were encouraged to set a weekly reading goal, collect sponsors, and then READ! Throughout the week of March 26, students in each building participated in a variety of events to spark interest and engagement. At Metro North students had mystery readers visit each classroom, classrooms buddy read with one another, we turned our gym into the Metro North KOA and students read in tents, and ended the week with a pajama day. Each day, Mrs. Moore dressed as a famous book character, students then guessed her character for a chance to win free books. At Sharp Creek, students read with buddies, had a school-wide reading time, and visited with notable author, Helen Frost! Students participating in the Read-A-Thon were entered to win a free iPad mini, and the student at both buildings that collected the most sponsorship money will serve as Principal for the Day. Metro North student, Jackson Renbarger, and Sharp Creek student, Emma Warnock, were the iPad winners. Brooke Smith was Principal for the Day at Metro North, and Ali Weaver will serve as Sharp Creek’s Principal for the Day. As a result, MN and SC students raised over $6,500 that will be used to purchase additional books for classroom libraries.

Our MSDWC elementary art teachers along with other area art teachers:

The teachers hosted another incredible FAME Festival on Saturday! Mrs. Gray, Mrs. Tyson and Mrs. Keaffaber are amazing advocates for our elementary artists and our MSDWC masterpieces always stand-out as crowd pleasers. Not only do all MSDWC elementary students have at least one masterpiece on display, families also have the opportunity to visit the FAME Festival Imaginarium, attend workshops focusing on music and art, and attend performances by our elementary students . . . all for FREE!

Financials: General Fund balance for March 2018 was $2,537,396.55.

New Business:

  1. We are very excited to announce that the we are adding three Elementary Sports programs for Southwood Elementary and Sharp Creek Elementary:   For the 2018-2019 school year, we will offer 6th grade Volleyball and 6th grade Girls’ and Boys’ Basketball. The goal is to offer additional sports in the future.  These additions will require us to hire coaches and be a part of our current successful programs. Presently we offer many athletic clubs, 5th & 6th grade students may participate in cross country and wrestling on our junior high teams, and 6th grade may also participate on the junior high track teams.

  2. The School Board also approved the purchase of an additional mini-bus for the many clubs, teams, and activities who travel for competitions.

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