Superintendent Message

High School Principal

F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 3 N E W S L E T T E R A D R I A N S D . C O M

C AL E N D AR

• FFA District

Competition, Feb. 6

• Middle School

Ski Trip, Feb. 8

• RSD Friday, Feb 8

• First Aid, CPR

Class, Feb 8; $25

• School Board

Meeting, Feb 12

• President’s Day; No

School, Feb. 18

• Full Friday School

Day, Feb. 22

• MR. AHS

Pageant, March 8

Host Parents Needed

It is that time of year that we begin the proc-ess of finding qualified families to host ex-change students for our school. If anyone is interested in hosting for the 2013-2014 school year, please contact Gaylene Ellsworth at 541-372-5453 and I will explain the proc-ess. Thank-you!

Things continue to march along in the High School. We returned from the break and recognized our Honor Roll and individual class achievement recipients for first semester. We also recognized our outstanding citizens from first semester as follows: Freshmen- Reagan Shira and Miriah Richardson, Sophomores- Pedro Santiago and Rebecca Furtado, Juniors- Lee Price and Nikki Walker and Sen-iors- Juan Carlos Munoz and Chelsey Heller. We survived Tip-Off Week as the ASB and Leadership groups and their advisors did an excellent job of coordinating events. Congratulations to King Paxton Shira and Queen Nichole Orosco. Kevin Purnell HS Principal Go Green, Go ‘Lopes

We are in the early stages of developing a budget for the 2013-2014 school year. Re-sources available for the next biennium (Salem will eventually come up with a two-year projected school resource figure) are not fully known at this time. The ‘word on the street’ seems to lead us in a slightly positive direction. This will be determined over the next few months. We will keep a close eye on legislative developments. On a different topic, I want to thank all of you who supported our teams at the recent Tip – Off (Homecoming) crowd, as did Jordan Valley. Mrs. VanCorbach had the band play-ing supportive numbers; generally speaking, a great time was had by all in attendance. Thanks!, to everyone. The last regular home game is Senior Night on February 7th. We hope to see commu-nity support continue at a high level. Many outstanding senior student/athletes will be honored that night. Come and join us as we taken on rival, Harper. The weather has moderated and spring is just around the corner. How are you doing with any of your new year’s resolutions? I’m doing better, I hope. The best to all of you. Go Lopes! Yours, Gene Mills

Glad I showed up! Great show! Great Pageant!

-President Obama

Scholarship Awareness

Parents of all high school and middle school students should read this next sentence carefully. Nearly 100% of the scholarship offers I read and distribute to seniors ask for details of the student’s community and volunteer ser-vice! Encourage your child to be involved in giving back to the community through volunteer service. Academics, character and involvement in school activities are important, but, foundations want to give to students who give of themselves. Students should start young and not wait until their senior year to try and pad their resume’. Seniors

Parents of seniors, if your child is remotely thinking about going to college next year, you need to get the FAFSA completed as soon as possible. Also, remind your kids to check for any new scholarship opportunities. Only 4 months remain until graduation! *FAFSA: Any student applying for federal aid (or aid in general) must complete the FAFSA. The Office of Federal Student Aid has also created a video/DVD that may be obtained by calling (800) 394-7084. The video includes information for both students and parents. FAFSA also has an easily navigated Web site (fafsa.ed.gov) where families can register for a PIN (the password is necessary for applying online) and find out everything they need to know about the form. Many colleges have priority dates in February and March, but no firm deadline for applying for financial aid. Urge students to apply by the priority date. This is the date by which the college needs the application in order to award the most attractive aid package. After this date, funds may be limited or depleted, and students may not get as much aid as they need.

Counselor’s Corner

Les Schwab Partners with FFA to

Feed the Hungry

Attention Antelope supporters!! Please join us in your support of the FFA-Les

Schwab food drive! Starting February

1st, local FFA Chapters are teaming up with area Les Schwab stores to raise

awareness of hunger and to collect food for the local food bank. The Adrian

chapter will be collecting items to do-nate at the Nyssa Les Schwab. The

Nyssa and Adrian FFA Chapters will go

head to head to see who can collect the most food. The Chapter that collects

the greatest quantity of non-perishable food by weight, will win t-shirts for all

chapter members. Food items can be

dropped off at the Adrian Ag Shop or directly deposited into the Adrian FFA

barrel at the Nyssa Les Schwab! Please join us in pummeling the Nyssa FFA!!

if you have further questions, contact

Advisor Anna-Marie Chamberlain

Math 30 seconds

As we start this semester it seems very clear that the amount of work necessary to succeed at higher level mathematics is substantial. Students are expected to be disciplined with respect to successfully completing assignments. They are expected to ask for assistance when needed and to prepare for and take tests well. Math involves problem solving which, by definition, involves situations that do not necessarily have quick and easy solutions. Successful students recover from mistakes and move forward with a positive and inquisitive attitude. T.S.

K-8 Students of the Month—

K-8 Principals Office

What do you do when school is cancelled on the day of the Scholastic Book Fair? Well, in this case, you contact volun-teers and make the fair available Thursday eve-ning as planned. Then the next morning you sell books before school as planned and offer the preview sessions to ele-mentary classes that had been scheduled for the previous day. You sell books throughout the day on Friday and until 8:00 that night. You make the book fair avail-able before school on Monday morning as well and plan to box up the merchandise that hasn’t sold later that morning. Special thanks to Nicole Torres, Jessica Morford, Pat Corn, Jennifer Findling, Krissy Walker, and Olivia Walker for making this schedule work. Thanks to the PTO for the book fair gift certificates they gave elementary staff mem-bers. Thanks to all of you for your continued support of the Adrian School Library book fair (whatever its sched-ule!). Expect to see lots of new books in the li-brary in the coming months because of your generosity.

Kindergarten Sammy Saunders….Fast Reader Hayley Araque….Friend to all First Grade Preston Hutchings and Evalyn Nunez….Having a Positive Attitude Second Grade Brock Bertalotto and Camille Torres….Most Improved AR Reader Third Grade Irving Lopez, Cy Amon, Alyza Hartley & Misael Munoz…. Master of Math Concepts Fourth Grade Madalyn Torres and Isabel Garza….Positive Attitude Everyday Fifth Grade Mariah Furtado and Hannah Bertalotto….Excellent Effort in Reading Sixth Grade Mary Gordon and Sadie Speelmon….Being Creative Writers Seventh Grade Joe Sumpter….Academic Excellence and Intellectual Curiosity Eighth Grade Alexis Thompson

Our Elementary students continue to progress in AR (Accelerator Reader) Reading. They are recognized in the Hallway with their Picture and pro-gress made. Our students of the month pictures are also found in the Hall-way so if you come to visit take a look. In the Middle School weekly meeting I told the students about a West Point tradition on graduation day. They do not demean the cadet that passed with the lowest grade; instead they celebrate and cheer this cadet on with the goat award. The other seven hundred or so students each give him a dollar. He has worked and persevered through four years. This student is often one of the most successful to go on in life. I asked our students why this was so. They came up with the conclusion that he had to work hard and would continue to work hard in whatever he did while some that had not had it so hard might not meet up to the challenges ahead. We have great students. Thank you for your support, William H. Ellsworth Middle School

Ski Trip

February 8

Sports Shorts Adrian Sports Boosters

Mission Statement: To support and promote the positive influence of athletics in the education of our chil-dren. Our youth basketball program for 1st through 5th graders is underway. We have about 40 young ath-letes participating this year. It is our goal to encourage these young Lopes to be active and develop a solid foundation for the game of basketball, while having fun with their friends. We have a great group of coaches, who have a strong knowledge of the game, working with the kids. The teams will be playing games at the Adrian High School gym on Saturday mornings, beginning at 10:00. This spring, we are in need of a volunteer to head up our youth soccer program. Mrs. White has done a wonderful job of organizing coaches and teams for us for the past seven years, but she is ready to hand this position off to someone else. If you would be interested in helping with the organization of the soccer program, please call Nickie Shira at (541)724-6962. The Sports Boosters are very excited to host a dodgeball tournament in March to help Adrian wrestler, Shane Miller, raise funds to participate in an international wresting tournament hosted by Down Under Sports in Australia and New Zealand next summer. The dodgeball tournament is open to high school stu-dents, alumni, teachers, businesses and members of the community, so put your team together and get ready to dodge. Watch for more information to follow. With basketball and wrestling in full swing, there are a lot of opportunities to get out and support your Adrian Antelopes. We are very blessed to be a part of such a wonderful school and community. It means so much to the players, coaches and their families when the community shows up to encourage and sup-port our athletes. See you in the bleachers.

Adrian Sports Boosters are proud to present:

The Dodgeball Tournament

Friday, March 15th @ 6:30 p.m.

Expressing Gratitude Adrian ASB President Kurtis Nielson accepts a plaque from Don Cain in appreciation for the schools effort toward the DHS Foster Child Christmas Drive. Adrian schools and community sponsored 34 children by provid-ing the children with a Christmas. Adrian schools and community have participated in the program for the past 6 years. Photo (l-r): Madi Purnell, Danny Livas, Jillian Nielson, Kellie Barraza, Nichole Orosco, Rayna Patterson (DHS), Lou Schneider (DHS), Chelsey Keller, and Jenelle Bennett (DHS volunteer).

Sports booster meeting

February 11 at 6:45 pm

AHS Journalism explores Senior Projects

Nothing worth while is easy—Seung Chul Kim Submitted by: Tane’t Campbell A life without obstacles would be easy—or boring. One’s success could be measured not so much by the posi-tion that he/she has reached in life, but as by the obstacles which one had to overcome. Seung Chul Kim cer-tainly faced his share of challenges for senior project, but is grateful for the challenges as he is a stronger indi-vidual. Seung Chul Kim, known as Sam, is a senior at Adrian High School. He attended Adrian High his sophomore year as an exchange students for Korea. After attending Greenleaf Academy in Idaho last year, Sam re-turned to Adrian for his senior year. Although he would not have been required to complete a senior project in Idaho, Sam knew he wanted to graduate from Adrian and fulfill the senior project experience. For senior project, Sam was required to choose three careers of interest and decide upon one to focus upon. Sam selected surgeon, high school educator, and physical therapy. After selecting his career fields, Sam began arrang-ing job shadows for the careers. Sam completed his physical therapy job shadow at Healthy Family Chiropractic in Nampa, ID. He observed teachers at Vale High School for his education interest. And for his career focus of surgeon, Sam sought out medical professionals Malheur Memorial in Nyssa, OR and Saint Alphonsus in Ontario, OR. Sam stated his favorite job shadow experience was at St. Al’s. Sam like his job shadows at the hospital because he got to witness around seven surgeries. Receiving permission to observe surgeries was not an easy task for Sam. However his persistence and patience paid off as he was eventually awarded job shadow opportunities. He loved being able to see the organs and joints of the body and he really en-joyed learning about all the tools that the doctors use for operating and the surgery process. Also, for senior project, a minimum of five hours is to be spent on a physical project. Sam’s physical project was inspired by his mom. Sam’s mom is a nurse and after explaining to him the importance of donated blood, he decided a blood drive would be an excellent physical project. He hosted a blood drive and collected 33 pints of blood. He was grateful to the Adrian staff and students, along with the Adrian community for supporting his project and donating blood. While setting up the blood drive, he discovered a program called Go Recycle Yourself. This program was founded to help the sick people who need an organ transplant. Sam in-vited two ladies to Adrian High School to speak at an assembly about their duties for Go Recycle Yourself. They inspired many students at Adrian to registered organ donors. Sam’s future plans include going back to Korea and catching up on some of their requirements. After that he want to attend medical school in Korea. One statement that Sam has for his underclassmen is this, “Don’t procrastinate!”

A Running Success—Olivia Walker Submitted by: Kellie Barraza

“Only those who work hard succeed.” —Olivia Walker, AHS Senior The accomplishment of one's goals is in direct relation to their effort. Your desire to succeed must be greater than your fear of failure. Olivia Walker set high goals for senior project, to make a difference. Olivia chose nursing, teaching, and social work as her three careers for her senior project. After a lot of

thought, Olivia decided on nursing. She said, “It was a really hard decision for me. I have always wanted to be a teacher, but I’m strong in biology and the medical field never ceases to fascinate me. The decision had to be made.” Olivia job shadowed at St. Als in Ontario, Valley Family Health Clinic in Ontario, Malheur Memorial Health Clinic in Nyssa, Pioneer Nursing Home in Vale, Parma Elemen-tary School, and Homedale Middle School. Her favorite job shadow was with Kathy Kerby at Parma Elementary. She loved it because she got to combine nursing with the atmosphere of a school system. Olivia was fortunate enough to teach a dental class to kindergarteners and she cherished the interaction with those little angels. For Olivia’s physical project she decided on something that was close to her heart. Her cousin, Jaxon Wynn, had recently been diagnosed with cancer and he had to go to New York for treatment. Olivia put on the JAXON WILL WYNN 5K/Mile Run/Walk. It made her feel so good being able to help Jaxon in his battles. All the funds raised went straight to him and his family to pay for his treatment. Olivia raised over 4,000 dollars. Olivia would like to thank all the community members who participated and do-nated because without them it wouldn’t have been possi-ble! Olivia has been accepted to Dixie State College in St. George, Utah. She will attend there in the fall and figure

out her major. She plans to do something in the health/medical field, but her plans are not definite as of now. When asked what advice Olivia had for the underclassman, she said, “Senior project is not hard. No matter what people say, just stay on top of your work and keep in contact with your mentors, but most of all enjoy

Like Father, Like Son—Casey Pruyn Submitted by: Jasper Snyder Children love to emulate their heroes. That person may be an athlete, rock star, or someone even more fa-mous in the eyes of a senior—a father. Casey Pruyn loves to work with his hands and get dirty. As he consid-ered possible career professions, his love for working on automobiles and tractors was an easy decision. When it came to choosing three careers for senior project, Casey chose Mechanic, Aviation Mechanic, and Landscaping. The reason he chose mechanic was because he wanted to work on tractors just like his father. He chose aviations because he thought it would be interesting to follow his uncle’s footsteps and work on Life flight helicopters. His last career, landscaping was mostly a back up that he wanted to learn more about to see if he really had an interest in the career field. In the end, he decided that becoming a landscaper was just not for him. He concluded Mechanics was the best choice for his main career because he already had a lot of

experience from what his father taught him. After shadowing in the three various career fields, Casey concluded Mechanics would be his future career choice. The shadow at Camp-bell Tractor & Implement in Homedale, Idaho was his favorite because of the courteous work environment. He enjoyed his shadow im-mensely, deciding he would like to work there following graduation. His father had previously worked at Campbell Tractor Implement in Homedale, Idaho sparking the interest in be-coming part of the company. For his physical project, Casey found that it was much harder than he anticipated. The various factors involved with an auto body learning class were more complicated than he expected. Casey persevered and fulfilled his goal of teaching people the basics of mechanics. With the help of Mrs. Gordon, his physical project advisor, Casey always had someone to turn to if he needed any help throughout the process of his physical project. While planning his project he found himself wanting to quit because of the increasing difficulty, but Mrs. Gordon helped him through the rough patch; once the realiza-tion of a completed successful project, relief flooded through him. Once his project was over, he concluded it wasn’t as bad as he thought. Casey isn’t complete sure about his future plans, although he has decided he doesn’t want to attend college next fall like most of his other classmates. He plans to take each day as it comes, following his dreams of becoming a mechanic. Casey wanted to thank his senior project advisor Mr. Kelly Tolman, and Mrs. Joan Gordon for helping him with all the problems he had to face during senior project and for always supporting his decisions. As for advice to the underclassman he said sweet and simply, “It’s not so hard if you put your mind to it and believe in yourself.”

Tinker Toys and Building Blocks—Kurtis Nielson Submitted by: Leo Munoz From tinkering with toys, building with blocks, to metal technology, Kurtis Nielson has demonstrated the evo-lution of childhood ideas into a possible future. Kurtis Nielson is a young man with many responsibilities, from running back to point guard, to the Student Body President; Kurtis has a heavy load to carry. Following his junior year, he had concluded upon three ca-reers: mechanical engineering, agricultural engineering, and business administration. Kurtis chose Ms. Zim-merman as his senior project advisor to guide him through the maze of senior project. Mechanical Engineering became his main career choice; after working on the farm throughout his childhood, Kurtis knew he wanted to give back to the farming community by designing machinery to help increase the efficiency in farms. Kurtis went on four job shadows for mechanical engineering: Pro Moto Billet, Parma Company, Martin

Manufacturing, and Nelson Metal Technology. His favorite job shadow was at Parma Company was his fa-vorite because it was exactly the experience he was hoping for. Kurtis shadowed Campbell Tractor for his business administration career and Giant Produce for agricultural engineering. "My favorite experience was going to Pro Moto Billet. I enjoyed the hands on experience of being able to work in an engineering environ-

ment." We’re all sure your favor-ite shadow had nothing to do with his cute daughter at the facility Kurt! For his Physical Project, Kurtis scheduled the National Guard to bring two humvees to the school. But due to the old man winter, one hum-vee was froze up at Ontario. "I was a bit nerv-ous when the

Phat team said the humvees wouldn't start due sub-degree weather. Eventually, the crew got one humbee started and was headed to the school, which was a huge relief." The National Guard demonstrated how to perform a maintenance check as well as showing the innovative technology engineers have designed. He believes the project was very beneficial to the students who were interested in the Mechanics and Engineer-ing career fields. Throughout his physical project Stephanie Allison, his physical project advisor, helped Kur-tis work through the challenges of his physical project, and he expressed his gratitude for her help. Kurtis isn’t completely sure what his future holds. He hasn’t quite decided whether he wants to go into farm-ing or engineering. Farming is something Kurtis loves to do and has been a big part of his life, but his love for building and designing metal products have drawn Kurtis to the Engineering career field. After High School, Kurtis plans to go on his LDS mission. Following his return, he plans on attending college at BYUI.

In the Bag—Zach Reinhart Submitted by: Nichole Orosco Occasionally, we all go about life concerned with only ourselves. It is no news Adrian High is a small school, a place where everyone knows one another. But how well do we really know someone? A few moments talk-ing to Zach Reinhart for senior project not only gave me insight to his career interest and project, but some-one who is very friendly and an enjoyment to be around.

Zach’s had a summer job working along side Nick Castro, the Adrian School District grounds keeper. Riding the lawn mower, managing the trees, spraying weeds, and constant watering were just a few of Zach’s re-sponsibilities. Zach enjoyed every second of his time with Nick and the work, and decided that he was going to focus on landscaping as his main career for senior project. Zach completed numerous hours shadowing Nick during the summer. He found Nick to be very wise, help-ful, and at times demanding as he wanted the grounds taken care of correctly. Not knowing much about landscaping, Zach said he learned an enormous amount of information from Nick, skills he can definitely use in the future.

For Zack’s physical project Mr. Purnell suggested gleaning fields would be the perfect project for Zack and his brother Tyler. They took on Mr. Purnell suggestion to glean potatoes and onions fields, bag the produce and distribute to families, schools, and food banks. They enjoyed see-ing the rewards of their efforts, help-ing the community as well as other schools and communities. They simply did a fantastic job in helping people. Zach enjoyed senior project and the time he put forth toward his job shadow and physical project. Zach has goals and intends to achieve them. He is a very had worker and will go do well in his career interest of landscaping. Zack is anxious working toward graduation. Seniorities had yet to affect Zach, but he is excited for May to arrive. His plans are to stay in the Adrian area and attend Treas-ure Valley Community College; he is also going to work for his grandma cleaning carpets.

Animals need love too—Tommy Shenk Submitted by: Amanda Hunter

Everyone has a need to feel loved—animals included. Raised on a ranch, Tommy has been around animals as long as he can remember, creating a desire to care for animals beyond feeding, grooming, and exercising. Because of his love and nurturing care for animals, Tommy focused his main career on Veterinarian Medicine for senior project. Tommy knew what he wanted to pursue for a career for his senior project requirements. What Tommy did not know were careers of interests for his second and third choices. After much thought and evaluating, Tommy decided on physical therapy due his love of sports, and the communications field. “I decided to look into this career after Mr. Johnson shared a story with seniors about my sister and her experience at KTVB.” Completing job shadows is also a requirement for senior project. Tommy has completed job shadows at Treasure Valley Animal Clinic, Snake River Animal Health Clinic, and Four Rivers Vet Clinic. Tommy also job shadowed Carolyn Holly at the KTVB news station in Boise, Idaho. Job shadowing Carolyn Holly was Tommy’s favorite job shadow. Through all the hard work that Tommy has put into his senior project; he wants to be in Veterinarian medicine, but is also thinking about taking a step up to becoming a family doctor for the reason that a family doctor get paid more. Another option that Tommy is looking at is Journalism.

For the physical project part of Tommy’s senior project he did Animal of the week. During his physi-cal project Tommy would bring in an animal to show the elementary kids the responsibilities to taking care of that animal. Tommy would read them a book on the animal that he brought in that day. Tommy brought in; two turtles, two kittens, and a calf. The elementary stu-dents really enjoyed learn-ing and interacting with the animals. Tommy plans to attend college at OSU in Corvallis Oregon and major in Vet-erinarian Medicine; after getting his degree Tommy, plans to purse his career. Advice that Tommy would give to the underclass men would be to stay on top of things, and if you can start early on something then just get it done. Tommy also says that it is very wise to follow all the rules and requirements. Mrs.VanCorbach, his advi-sor, has been a lot of help to Tommy in completing

his senior project. Stephanie Allison, his physical project advisor, also helped Tommy out with making his senior project go smoothly and successfully

Have a story to tell? Know of anything news worthy

in the community? Wish to highlight someone for

service, personal success, achievement, or

making a difference

Contact Mr. Johnson at Adrian High School or

geary.johnson@adrian.k12.or.us

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Adrian School Cafeteria Lunch Menu

February 2013

Cafeteria Hours

Breakfast 7:30-7:55 a.m.

Lunch

K-5 11:00-11:45 6-12 11:50-12:20

Prices Breakfast K-12 $1.50

Reduced - Free Adult $1.85

Lunch

K-5 $2.30 6-12 $2.55

Reduced .40 Adult $3.30

(K-12) & Adults

Food Service Supervisor

Julie Morton

541-372-2337

All Meals Are Served With Choice of Milk Or Water

* Fat Free White * 1% White ** 1% Chocolate & Strawberry USDA Is An Equal Opportunity Provider & Employer Meals Subject To Change

Free & Reduced

Price Applications

Are Available At

The Elementary Office