Bear NecessitiesJanuary 2018 Outreach Community Committee Newsletter Page 1 of 2

QuestBridge is pleased to release the results of the 2017 National College Match (“CollegeMatch”), a national program that pairs high-achieving, low-income high school seniors with full scholarship to the nation’s top colleges. From a pool of 15,606 applicants, from which QuestBridge chose 5,759 as finalists, 918 outstanding students have been selected as this year’s College Match Scholarship Recipients. Students selected for the College Match are “matched” to one of QuestBridge’s highly selective college partners, which means they are admitted early with a guaranteed full, four-year scholarship, including tui-tion, room and board, and other expenses. Butler High is pleased to announce that Autumn Martin is a recipient of this scholarship. She is planning to attend Princeton University in New Jersey. Au-tumn is the daughter of Travis & Esther Martin. She plans on double majoring in Literature and Visual Arts with a focus in Film Making.

It Can Be Done! - Interact Food Drive for the Butler

Food Pantry. Items will be collected until February 9.

- Winter Homecoming week begins Feburary 5 with the game on Febru-ary 9. This will also be Seniors’ Night.

- FFA Chilli Supper will be on Febu-rary 9 from 5-7 pm.

- Pop Chorus will be selling their Singing Valentine’s again this year. For $10, you get a poem, candy, & a song delivered anywhere in Butler. To order, call 660-679-6121 ext 214 or see a Pop Chorus Member.

Something New

The Class of 2019 take the trophy again in the third annual Battle of The Classes held the day before the Christmas Break.

Cross Country Team earns All-State Academic Honors

Makenna Stephens, Ryenne Gepford, Cassidy Johnson, Korry Davis, Alli Dawson, and Ethan Swarnes

Volleyball players earning All State Academic Honors were (front row) Claire Sutton, Lilli Colburn, (back row) Ryenne Gepford, Beth Davis, & Alicen Beckley

Wrestling Alumni were recognized on January 28 during Senior Night.

Front Row: Frank Dahman, Aaron Allen, Kevin Keener, Andy Dixon, Rick White Back Row: Ryan Hooper, Dane Diehl,

Jared Adams, and Austin Fix

A huge “thank you” to our school board members. School board recognition week was January 22-26. Pictured: Rob Clover, Jerret Wheatley, Stacy McCrary, Anissa Harris,

Marty Whitworth, and Brad Stephens. Not Pictured: David Randalls

This year students are testing on a monthly basis using the eValuate Tool by Catapult Learning. Teachers are able to identify student needs, target their instruc-tion, and build the foundation for contin-ual academic improvement. The program includes monthly assessments, real-time reporting tools, with onsite profession-al development training and additional web-based and onsite support. If students show an improvement, they earn a coupon for such things as exempt tardy or grade, a free drink or admission to a sporting event.

The Pep Band showing their support to the basketball teams under the direction of the new band instructor David Roth.

Upcoming Events:

FFA students earn their Greenhand Award which is the first degree for a FFA member. They are pictured with Colton Spencer (Past State President, State Officer Mentor), Rhiannen Schneider (State VP), Elise Bailey (State VP), Mariah Fox (State 1st VP),

Madelyn Warren (State VP), and Justin Belew (State VP).Second row: Cameron Smith, Jolie Cartwright, Randi Noel, Kayla Snethen, Ryan Jakes,

Brandon Melton, Ryan BlackThird Row: Paige Switzer, Jordan Switzer, Blake Magruder, Cordell Cox, Wyatt Cox,

Lincoln Sutton, Kordell Craft, Hayes Gustin

Spanish Club went Christmas caroling in December. They went to the preschool, the elementary school, Medicalodge, Serenity, the hospital, Larry Burch Insurance Co., State

Farm Insurance, City Hall, The News Xpress, The Union, McDonalds, and the Police Station. This group also took a field trip to the Nelson-Atkins Art Museum.

On January 20, the BHS VEX Team hosted it’s first tournament. There were over 100 people in attendance. Twenty-two robots from nine schools competed.There were some very highly ranked teams that attended, and during one match a score that is currently the second highest in the world was earned by an alliance of two of those teams. The BHS team entered three robots. While the teams didn’t win overall, they had some successes worth mentioning. Our junior high team of Drew Clutter, Ben Wareham, Connor McCrary, and Wyatt Davis made it to the semi-finals in the competition.  Their robot was simple, but sturdy and they were paired with some good teams from other schools. One of our high school teams, Ian Apple, Ethan Gardner, Levi Williams, and Seth Hogue, scored the highest in program-ming skills, where they had to program their robot to score points while running autonomously.  They did not score as high on driver control as other teams so didn’t place in the overall skills testing.  

Pop Chorus singing for Rotary in December.

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Interact is a service club for youth ages 14 to 18 who want to connect with other young people and have fun while serving their communities and learning about the world.

Clubs benefit from sponsorship by individual Rotary clubs, which provide support and guidance.

The Interact Clubs’ Fall Service Project was volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House. The club members made Fall themed door bags for the

residents of the Ronald McDonald House that consisted of non-perishable food items for residents when they are on the go! The officers along with sponsor, Mrs. Colburn, dis-

tributed the door bags on November 15, 2018 when they were on sight to make breakfast burritos at the Ronald McDonald House for residents.

Ethan Gardner is ranked 15th in the nation and first in the state in pole vaulting.Connor Sparks is ranked 2nd in state in the 100m hurdles.

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The cheerleaders doing their part at a boys’ home basketball game against KC

Christian.The girls basketball team was back-to-

back champions of the Archie Tournament beating Holden 70-56.

Senior Hally Dobow was selected to the All-Tournament Team. Upcoming Stars: