Superintendent Message

High School Principal

F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 4 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

• Community Pep

Assembly, Feb 6 at

2:15 pm

• School Board

Meeting, Feb. 11

• No School Friday,

Feb. 14

• President’s Day,

Feb. 17: No School

• Full Friday School,

Feb. 21

• District Basketball

Tournament at

John Day,

Feb. 13-15

• District Wrestling

Tournament at

Elgin, Feb 21-22

School climate and morale are strongly positive. Our enrollment is up slightly. Transportation, maintenance, cafeteria, and support staff, all doing great work. Teachers and principals? Are you kidding? We have the ‘best in the west’ here at Adrian. Winter sports are in full swing. We need better support for our students . The stands were nearly empty at our last home games with Notus. Seriously, Notus fans outnumbered Adrian fans at least three to one. We can do better! The kids deserve your support. Thanks, for understanding. All things considered, its great to be in Adrian. Have a nice day. Antelopes forever, Gene Mills

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 the second quarter as follows: Freshmen: Lauren Barraza and Marcus Furtado, Sophomores: KrissAnn Nelson and Reagan Shira; Juniors: Jillian Neilson and Emmanuel Dominguez; and Seniors: Quiani Baker and Lee Price. Go Green, Go ‘Lopes Kevin Purnell

Our students from k through 3rd grade are still having the AR store as a reward for reading Accelerated Reader books along with tests. Thirty three students from 4th grade through 8th grade were rewarded for their efforts with a trip to the YMCA on a further Friday and others will get to have a pizza party and activities for their reading and testing on AR books. I thank the PTO for their efforts to support our students in making these events happen.

The first through fifth grades were served by The Health Authority with the School-based dental sealant program. We have been privileged to have this program in our school with no cost to the district. We are looking forward to the Book Fair from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday January twenty-third and twenty-fourth in the Library.

Thank you for your support. Sincerely, William H. Ellsworth

K-8 Principals Office Concessions is looking for

a refrigerator for the Home Ec Room. If you or

someone you know has a refrigerator to donate or

sale for a small fee please contact Mrs. Esplin at

Adrian High School, 541-372-2335.

Thanks so much.

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 and community and volunteer service! 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

Honor Roll (3.0 – 3.49) High Honors (3.5 – 3.00) Highest Honors (4.0)

Wesley White

Mariah McLay

Drake Wilson

KrissAnn Nelson

Miriah Richardson

Michael Griffin

Brooke Meyer

Bryson Shira

Aaron Mazac

Emmanuel Dominguez

Pedro San"ago

Rada Ru"rapong

Madelyne Nielsen

Reagan Shira

Tim Duran

Laura Mazac

Jillian Nielson

Alandra Hartly

Troy Villarreal

Morgan White

Chantelle Baxter

Amanda Hunter

Shane Miller

Tane’t Campbell

Marieke Frerichs

Bailey Frasch

Lee Price

Lauren Barraza

Carlee Morton

BoKyeong Park

Kenny Purnell

Camille De Lara

Anne Droste

Clara Feldmann

Kellie Barraza

Rochelle Figueroa

Rebecca Furtado

Quincy Pendergrass

Tyler Reay

Chase Walker

Zijing Zhang

Quiani Baker

Raquel De Hoog

AHS SEMESTER 1 HONOR ROLL

Adrian School District #61 Adrian, OR 97901

Condensed Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

December 12, 2013

Members present were: Paul Shenk, Neil Allison, Ryan Martin, and Casey Walker.

Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Board Chairman, Neil Allison, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Adopt Agenda The agenda was amended by adding an executive session for a student matter. Motion was made and was seconded to adopt the agenda as amended.

ASB Report Krissann Nelson, Student Body Representative, reported that the Foster Child Awareness Walk took place on Nov. 16. Basketball and wrestling are underway. She passed out a basketball schedule to the board. The winter concerts were earlier this week and went well. Amanda Hunter and the Student Council will deliver the Foster child presents on Monday. Finals are coming up, as is winter break. OASC Fall Conference Report Nine of the students who attended the OASC Fall Conference in Seaside at the beginning of November shared their experiences at the conference and shared how they will use what they learned in the future. They showed a slideshow video and thanked the board for allowing them the opportunity to attend the conference. High School Principal Report Mr. Purnell reported that the football season ended with a second round state playoff game, and the team had a successful season. Students took the ASVAB test before Thanksgiving. FFA students participated in the Ag Sales contest, a team placed 2nd and qualified for the state competition in Madras. Eight FFA members took the state FFA degree test and all passed. The winter concert was a success. Mr. Johnson is working with the ESD and TVCC to offer college credit for keyboarding. We performed a lockdown drill. He is working with the ESD on a grant for a teacher observation tool; he shared his experience with the tool. Superintendent Report Mr. Mills reported that the Middle School Girls Basketball team placed second in the WIC league tournament. The School Resource Officer program is still developing. The sheriff’s office will perform a security review of the district after the first of the year. Mr. Mills commented that the winter concerts were excellent and commended Mrs. VanCorbach on an excellent job preparing the students. Financial Report Darla Witty presented a balance sheet for all funds, as well as, a summary of receipts and expenditures.

Public Comment There was none.

Consent Agenda Motion was made and was seconded to adopt the November 14, 2013 minutes as presented and to approve payment of the bills as listed in the amount of $256,141.57. Motion carried unanimously. Action Items Review and Readopt Federal Family and Medical Leave/State Family Medical Leave Policy and administrative rules Policy GCBDA/GDBDA Family Medical Leave and Policy GCBDA/GDBDA-AR (1) Federal Family and Medical Leave/State Family Medical Leave, Policy GCBDA/GDBDA-AR (2) Request for Family and Medical Leave, Policy GCBDA/GDBDA-AR (3 A) Certification of Health Care Provider for Employees Serious Health Condition, Policy GCBDA/GDBDA-AR (3 B) Certification of Health Care Provider for Family Member’s Serious Health Condition, Policy GCBDA/GDBDA-AR (3 C) Military Family Leave, Policy GCBDA/GDBDA-AR (3 D) Military Family Leave Certification for serious injury or illness of covered service member, Policy GCBDA/GDBDA-AR (4) FMLA/OFLA Eligibility Notice to Employee, Policy GCBDA/GDBDA-AR (5) Sample Designation Letter to Employee – FMLA/OFLA Leave, Policy GCBDA/GDBDA-AR (6) Designation Notice – FMLA/OFLA, and Policy GCBDA/GDBDA-AR (7) Fitness-For-Duty Certification have been updated to reflect the most current rules and regulations. Motion was made and was seconded to re-adopt Policy GCBDA/GDBDA Family Medical Leave and adopt Policy GCBDA/GDBDA-AR (1) – (7) as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

Board Comments Neil Allison, Board Chairman, shared information he had received from OSBA. He reminded the board that their role is the board of appeals, so if they receive a complaint they should refer the complainant to the school administrators and to follow the established procedure for dealing with complaints. The board may not discuss complaints of any nature in executive session without following the appropriate complaint procedure and board members should not discuss the complaint with other board members as it may compromise their objectivity in the event the issue comes to a hearing. OSBA offers Board Member Roles and Responsibilities Trainings and Mr. Allison would like to pursue having them present it to our board.

Executive Session Executive Session as provided by ORS 192.660 paragraph f. for personnel and student matters was entered at 8:00 p.m. Regular session reconvened at 8:28 p.m.

Adjournment The meeting was declared adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Complete copies of the minutes are posted in each building and on the district website, www.adriansd.com. Copies may be requested from the District Office.

School Board Minutes

Band students are busy preparing for the Basketball pep band season. We will play at the following

games. Thursday, Jan 23, 6:00 pm

Friday, Jan. 24, 6:00 pm Friday, Jan. 31, 6:00 pm

Sat. Feb. 1, 3:00 pm

Thursday, Feb. 6, 6:00 pm

Solo festival is coming up the end of February. Date and time to be announced soon.

Large group festival is April 8 (Band) and April 9 (Choir) at TVCC. Performance times to be announced.

K-5 and MS/HS spring concerts are on set for May 15. Plan now to attend this fabulous day of music!

Notes from the Drama Dept. This year, members of Adrian Middle School and High School will present "The Music Man"! Show

dates will be April 3-5! We are looking forward to presenting this fun musical for our community!

Mrs. VanCorbach

Attention farmers! The Adrian Ag Department is looking to apply for the Monsanto: America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education grant program. We need local producers to nominate our school district for this grant opportunity. The more nominations we get, the more points we acquire for the grant. We are competing against the other school districts in Malheur County only. Visit the website: www.growruraleducation.com or contact Anna-Marie Chamberlain for help in nominating our school. Congratulations to the Adrian FFA Farm Business Management Team which consisted of Xavier, Chase, Morgan and Mike. The team finished third and has the opportunity to advance to the state competition which will occur at the Oregon FFA State Convention. There were 30 participants and Xavier Lopez was the high individual! Congrats guys! Six Adrian FFA members have successfully earned the Oregon FFA State Degree! These members will be recognized on stage during State Convention, which will be in Bend this year over spring break. Congratulations Tane’t Campbell, Annie Hungate, Xavier Lopez, Kellie Barraza, Quincy Pendergrass, and Becca Furtado. Your hard work and dedication to the FFA has paid off!

Anna-Marie Chamberlain Adrian Agricultural Education Instructor & FFA Advisor PO Box 108 Adrian, OR. 97901 541-372-2335

K-8 Students of the Month— Kindergarten Kiara Rios –Excited Learner Jaslene Perfecto – Friend to All Silvestre Rico Jr. - Conscientious Student 1st grade Colby Shepard & Rancem Jordan - Master Mathematician 2nd grade Presley Speelman - Outstanding Academic Student Preston Hutchings - Most Improved Reader 3rd grade Carter Bayes & Brock Bertalotto – Math Master Camille Torres – Dedicated AR Reader 4th grade Lea Garner, Riley Griffin & Shelby Sheets— Always Has a Positive Attitude 5th grade Derek Combe - Excellent Effort in Science 7th grade Saira Amaral - Excellent Student and Willing Contributor

A very successful Scholastic book fair was held at the Adrian School Library on January 23 and 24. During the week before the fair a group of middle school girls filled the display case outside the library with books and items highlighting the Reading Oasis theme. The day before the fair began parents and students unpacked boxes and set out books in the library. Parents, students, and other community members came to look at (and buy!) books on Thursday and Friday nights. Volunteers packed up the remaining books on Monday morning. We are very grateful for all the help and support. Thanks to all of you who have shopped (or will shop?) at our online book fair available through February 4 at www.scholastic.com/fair by clicking on More Details and going to the Shop Online section.

Tip-Off Thursday Feb. 6th

Community Pep Assembly

2:15 in the Gym Come Join the K-12 in some fun and games!

5:00 p.m.

High school Basketball games against Jordan Valley.

Senior’s and their parents will be recognized before the Girl’s and Boy’s Varsity games.

Crowning of the Royalty Court during half-time of the Boy’s Varsity Game.

What Does the Fox Say?—Tane’T Campbell By Quincy Pendergrass She’s bat the cat, she’s sassy and fat, and she can change her attitude just like that; Bat was quite the temperamental cat. As we all know people, as well as animals, can be quite temperamental or emotional at times, but one thing is for sure – animals are definitely helpful to humans when we are caught in times of struggle. Senior Tane’t Campbell has always had a love for any kind of animal, but her first animal was Ozzie the ferret. Tane’t was devastated when they had to get rid of Ozzie but she then fell in love with her cat named Bat, and now Tane’t has seven dogs at her house along with her turtle, horses, pigs, and sheep. It is no surprise that for her senior project Tane’t decided to focus on veterinary medicine for her main career. Tane’t selected Kelsey Zimmerman as her senior project advisor, and her physical project advisor was Stephanie Allison. Tane’t’s chose physical therapy, nursing, and veterinary medicine for her three career areas. Her favorite portion of senior project was her job shadows; Tane’t completed six job shadows. Her first job shadow was at Ontario physical therapy, and she also completed a job shadow at Malheur Memorial health center. For her focus on Veterinary medicine she job shadowed four different veterinary hospitals that included the following: Ontario Animal Hospital, Vale Vet Clinic, Treasure Valley Vet Clinic, and Owyhee Vet Clinic. Tane’t’s favorite job shadow was her day at Owyhee Vet Clinic, she got to do a lot of hands-on activities throughout the day and she also got to see all the different sides of being in veterinary medicine. For her Physical project Tane’t decided to put on a petting zoo at the PTO carnival at the school. At the end of the day she discovered that although the petting zoo was a success it definitely required a lot of work and she was glad to have that stressful portion of senior project completed. She had a sheep, a pig, a horse, a calf, a dog, a rabbit, and a chicken at the petting zoo, most of the children said the favorites were the calf and the pig. All of the animals behaved very well during the project; however, when they were loading the animals at the end the sheep got away and they had to chase it through the town of Adrian, what an exciting end to a successful day. All of the seniors are required to do a research paper for a portion of senior project, and Tane’t decided to do hers on the study of dogs that can detect cancer in humans. She has found that this is a very interesting topic and will hopefully, with more studies, save many lives in the near future. For the future Tane’t plans to attend college for two years at Linn-Benton Community College, and then hopefully get accepted into the Veterinary program at Oregon State University.

AHS Journalism spotlights senior porjects—complete articles available at adriansd.com

Who doesn’t love a good barbecue—Austin Meyer "World Leaders Are BBQ Eaters "

By: Rebecca Furtado There’s one thing that is the same in the world and it’s the smell of meat on a grill. Whether they are cooking steak or hamburgers they should do it over a grill. Every man should know how to cook over the grill even if they are seniors.

Austin Meyer transferred from Joseph, Oregon as a senior of 2013-2014. Along with the move with his parents and younger sister Brooke, Austin had to experience the new school with new people and most important, senior project. Senior Project is required everywhere in the state of Oregon and Austin Meyer found this out very quickly. Austin’s three Careers he decided upon for Senior Project were Mechanic, Culinary Arts, and a Park Ranger. Austin’s dad pursues the career as a Park Ranger at the Owyhee State Park. And because parents influence much of our lives no matter what they say or do, Austin also wants to do the same as his dad, become a Park Ranger. For Senior Project you have to complete many hours of job shadowing. Austin Job Shadowed Jim Meyer at the State Park, Greg Saunders at the Saunders Repair in Vale, Oregon, and Randy Belnap at the RNL Auto Repair also in Vale, Oregon. For Austin’s Physical project he wanted to give something back to the community. So he thought that he would give the community a place where they could do what? Cook their meat. He fixed up a place at the State Park so it is suitable to do so.

Austin’s Senior project advisor is Mrs. Gordon and his physical project advisor is Ms. Yano. Austin said without the help of his advisors he would not have accomplished as much as he has. Austin wants to attend a Trade School someplace close to home, someplace like Nampa, Idaho.

Born to Serve – Bailey Frasch By Kellie Barraza “Land of the free and home of the brave.” Our country takes pride in these few words, so much so that there are brave men and women that risk their lives every day to grant us the luxury of daily freedoms. As a girl, Bailey always knew that her lifelong calling was to serve her country in the armed forces so she based her senior project solely around the careers that serve. Her other two careers were law enforcement and fire fighting. Bailey job shadowed at the Parma, Payette, and Ontario Fire Departments. Also, she shadowed at Caldwell Police Department and the United States Coast Guard Office in Boise, Idaho. Her favorite was the time she spent with the Coast Guard. Bailey got to experience a little bit of what her future would soon look like following graduation. After all of her job shadows, Bailey finally decided to focus on firefighting as her main career. For the physical project portion of her senior project, Bailey decided to take Mrs. Martin’s 1st grade class to the Ontario Fire Dept. to learn about fire safety. When Bailey was a 1st grader, she was given the opportunity to tour a fire department with her class to learn the rules to fire safety. This was a monumental moment in Bailey’s life so she felt like the field trip would impact the lives of the Adrian 1st graders the way it impacted her. “Those kids looked at those fire fighters like they were shiny, new toys. They learned what it meant to be brave and strong and love their job. For a little kid, it wasn’t about teaching them about careers, but teaching them about what it meant to care for others,” says senior Bailey Frasch. Following graduation, Bailey will enlist into the United States Coast Guard. Her hope is to make a career out of this and become the highest ranking officer she can. Bailey also hopes to be a volunteer fire fighter so she can continue to make a difference in her home and community. Bailey has always looked up to the men and women in uniform and she hopes one day that she can be a good example to the young girl or boy who was born to live, and lives to serve.

A Dream is your Creative Vision for your Life

in the Future.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

Pancakes 3 Chicken or Fish Nuggets Fries Green Salad/Mixed Fruit Birthday Cake

Sausage Links 4 Tacos Spanish Rice/Refried Beans Sour Cream & Salsa Apple

Hash browns 5 Scalloped Potatoes w/Ham BBQ Beans Banana Hot Roll

Scrambled Eggs 6 Tuna Sandwich Vegetable Beef Soup/Crackers Green Salad Orange

7

R/SD

Waffles 10 Beanie Wienies Green Salad Peach Cup Maple Bar

Breakfast Burrito & Salsa 11 Baked Potato w/Fixings Veggie Sticks Banana Hot Roll

Sausage Links 12 Spaghetti Green Salad Orange French Bread

Hash browns 13 Chicken Patty Mandarin Sauce Fried Rice Steamed Broccoli Apple

14

No-School

17 No-School

President’s Day

Biscuits & Gravy 18 Pizza Ripper/Marinara Sauce Green Salad Banana President’s Day Cookie

Scrambled Eggs 19 French Dip Sandwich Fries Baby Carrots w/Ranch Apple

Yogurt/Fruit Parfait 20 Beef Raviolis Green Salad/Corn Pears Hot Roll

Sausage Links 21 Weiner Wrap Pork & Beans Fries Orange

French Toast 24 Macaroni & Cheese Green Beans/Spinach Apple Crisp

Apple/Blueberry Muffin 25 Beef & Bean Burrito Salsa/Sour Cream Fries Orange

Hash browns 26 Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tomato Soup/Crackers Banana Broccoli Bites w/Ranch

Grilled Cheese 27 Sloppy Joe Fries Baked Beans Apple

28

R/SD

Adrian School Cafeteria Lunch Menu

February 2014

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 $1.60

Reduced - Free Adult $2.00

Lunch

K-5 $2.45 6-12 $2.60

Reduced .40 Adult $3.50

(K-12) & Adults Extra Milk .35

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 USDA And This Institution Are Equal Opportunity Providers & Employers Meals Subject To Change

Free & Reduced

Price Applications

Are Available At

The Elementary Office