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SPRING 2018

Malvern High School Class of 2018 Graduation Sunday, May 27, 2018 - 2:15 PM

Malvern High School Gymnasium

CLASS MOTTO – “Looking ahead, but remembering our past” CLASS FLOWER - White Rose

CLASS PRESIDENT - Miss Sophia Stasiak

VICE PRESIDENT - Miss Macy Zeiger SECRETARY - Miss Kelsi Hulit

TREASURER - Miss Jordan Holmes PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR - Mr. Jacob Wise

(Senior class members will receive a Graduation Handbook the week of April 2nd)

MARCH DATES

16 - NO SCHOOL - End of 3rd Nine Weeks Staff In-Service Day 26 - 30 - NO SCHOOL - Spring Break

APRIL DATES

2 - School Resumes

MAY DATES

27 - Class of 2018 Graduation 28 - NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day 30 - Student’s Last Day of School / End of 4th Nine Weeks 31 - Last Day for Teachers (AM only)

CHILD FIND

Child Find is the process of locating, evalu-

ating, and identifying children with disabili-

ties who may be in need of special educa-

tion and related services. Local school dis-

tricts are required by federal and state laws

to find children who may need special edu-

cation services and related services.

If you know of a child who is suspected of

having a disability under IDEA or section

504, contact Andrew Burman, Director of

Special Education at 330-863-1355 or via

email at burmana@brownlocalschools.com.

MALVERN KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

Kindergarten Registration and Screening for the 2018-2019 school year will be held at Malvern Elementary School on Thursday, April 5th and Friday, April 6th, 2018. Parents that have children who will be eligible for Kindergarten in the Fall of 2018 can call the Elemen-tary office to make an appointment for screening. (Children must be 5 years old on or before August 1, 2018) Appointments may be made by calling 330-863-1355. Elementary office hours are 8 am until 3 pm. Children need to be with their parent(s) during this screening process. The screening will take approximately one hour. Parents must bring the following paperwork with them to the screening in order to register their child: Child’s Birth Certificate, Child’s Social Security Card, and Child’s Immunization Record, 2 forms providing proof of residency, driver’s license for picture I.D., and custody papers, if applicable.

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Did you know that Ohio offers a free program to assess and support child development from birth to age three?! Help Me Grow now known as Early Intervention (EI) is a program that will come to your home to evaluate your child to see if they may qualify for support. EI providers are well-trained professionals who use a non-judgmental and compassionate approach that empowers parents with skills, tools and confidence to nurture the healthy growth of their children. A student who receives services through Early Intervention is automatically connected with the Local School District to sup-port the transition to preschool services at age three. Refer a child to Early Intervention by visiting this link https://ohioearlyintervention.org/referral or by calling at 1-800-755-4769 (GROW).

The Malvern Elementary PTO is happy to have been able to provide a pavilion area beside the playground. They have been fundraising for some time to bring our kids this pavilion. It will provide shelter at recess during those hot months of the school year and also an opportunity for outside learning and class par-ties. The PTO was awarded a $5000 Lowe's Grant to help defray some of the costs and to provide tables. The PTO would like to thank everyone who has supported the recent fundraisers and hope all will continue to support their efforts in providing students and staff with items and events throughout the school year. Also, a huge thank you to Mr. Eric Griffin! He headed up the en-tire construction and spent many hours volunteering his time to build our kids such a wonderful pavilion to enjoy. Mr. Griffin also wanted to recognize a few other volunteers who helped him along the way: Troy Kandel, Jim Townsend, Chester Ashton, and Tim Babiczuk. Pictured is Mr. Griffin surrounded by some of our very thankful students!

National Kindness Week

Brown Local celebrated National Kindness Week in Janu-ary with a bulletin board outside of the offices. The board was created to help us promote kindness in in our building. Students and staff members are welcome to attach a sticky note or staple a small paper to the board identifying a person who deserves a compliment. It can be teacher to student, student to teacher, student to student, teacher to teacher, etc.! The quote in the mid-dle of the board, “Be kinder than necessary. It’s not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed” is from the movie, Wonder.

Preschool Open House The Malvern Preschool will hold an Open House with information about the program for the 2018-2019 school year on Friday April 27, 2018 from 12:30 - 3:00 PM. It will be held in the preschool classroom at Malvern Elemen-tary 3242 Coral Rd. NW Malvern, OH 44644. Brown Local School District resi-dents with children who will be four or three years old by August 1, 2018 will be eligible to fill out an application. No ap-pointment is needed. Limited pre-school spaces are available. If you have questions or are unable to attend, please call 330-863-1355 ext. 2107.

Members of the Elementary Student Council group and volunteers donated their time and efforts to making stuffed animals and blankets for chil-dren at Akron Children's Hos-pital. They made 13 blankets and 13 stuffed animals. Pic-tured clockwise from left: Luke Thomas, Joshua Untch, DeLonte Simmons, Owen Ball, Thomas Poole, Van Foley, and Hayden Wilkinson.

Right to Read Week

Malvern Elementary celebrated Right to Read Week during the week of February 26-March 2. Students celebrated by having a Spirit Week and by welcoming local author, Andrea Legg, to come visit our school. She read her book, "Flap Your Wings, Little Robin"

and taught the students sign language. She dis-cussed how important it is to be kind, to help others, and that everyone has a special gift. Her book is available for purchase at local books stores and on Amazon. Mrs. Schmidt's class was able to spend more time with Andrea after her presentation and gave the class a signed copy of the book!

Girl Scout News In the spirit of helping others, Girl Scout Troops #60310 and #60340 participated in our local food drive. They made dona-tions to be used to help those in need, as well as support our local CARE team, headed by Ashley Dorr. The Girl Scouts toured the food pantry at a local church, to learn how the donations were being used to help others. While there, the girls had the opportunity to help assemble over 90 backpacks, that are sent home every week, through our school. It was a great experience for our troops and they are looking forward to working with the CARE team in the future!

The 10th annual Steve Mohr Memorial Malvern Scholarship Fund Golf Outing will be held Sunday, May 6th at Edgewater Golf Course with a 9:00 am shotgun start. The cost is $50 per person and includes 18 holes/cart/hotdog/ pop on the turn and food after the outing. Since the fund’s inception in 2008 (was renamed in Steve’s memory in 2012), we have awarded $83,750 in scholarships to Malvern seniors and/or Malvern graduates enrolled in college. Please help in contin-

uing this tradition by supporting this event! If you are unable to attend but would like to contribute, hole sponsors are $50. Please make check payable to Steve Mohr Schol-arship Fund and send to PO Box 937 Malvern, Ohio 44644. Please contact Tami Hulit at 330-806-9222 to sign up for golf or for more information! If interested in applying for a scholarship this year, go to www.brownlocalschools.com and click on schools, drop down to high school and double click on scholarships and print the scholarship applica-tion from there. Scholarships MUST be turned into Mrs. Sudie Yoder in the high school office by March 31st. NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE!! Pic-tured are 9 of the 11 students that were awarded scholarships in 2017 totaling $10,000! (Two college students received scholarships and did not attend the senior banquet.)

The Malvern 5th/6th Grade girls Volleyball team participated in two tournaments over the past two months on January 28th and February 25th at New Philadelphia and Tusky Valley. We currently have 17 girls involved in the Youth Volleyball team that participates in the Tusky Valley Youth League and the Dover Youth League. At the last tournament the girls were introduced to players from the West Virginia University volley-ball team. These players talked to them about working hard, being dedicated athletes, and great teammates. At our last tournament, the girls went 5-5 and showed great improve-ment from the first tournament. They are working hard and continuing their league play at Dover. They will have another tournament at the end of March to wrap up their season.

Front row (L to R): Hannah Ford, Allie Foster, Verdean Farro; Second row: Haley Wilkinson, Melia Kerns, Camryn Severs, Aubrianna James; Third Row: Hallie Ford, Paige Davis, WVU player Taylor Cross, WVU player Gianna Gotterba, Leah Irvine, Kenna Ball, Lainey West, Audrey Sikorsky

Members of the Elementary Student Council and Middle School Stu-dent Council recently held a pop tab and change drive to become

Change Ban-dits for Ak-ron Chil-dren's Hospi-tal.

The students at Malvern Elementary also helped by donating spare change for 2 weeks.

Altogether, Malvern stu-dents raised

$872.31 to donate to the Radio-Thon Change Bandit Drive and had over 11,000 pop tabs. To celebrate, the Student Councils took a trip to Akron Children's Hospital where they were on a live video feed and on the radio. While there, they visited the gift store and complet-ed many fun crafts and participated in games. To end the day, the students enjoyed lunch at Spaghetti Warehouse.

SPRING Choir Concert and Art Show

May 10, 2018 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Featuring Grades 6-12

Eighth Graders Learn to “Argue” After learning about Argumentative writing and choosing a topic that students felt strongly about, 8th graders had the

opportunity to present their argumentative speeches to Mr. Babiczuk to try to convince him to allow them to have their cell phones during lunch if they have a Top Stinger card. The students did research and came up with very convincing arguments that left Mr. Babiczuk con-sidering the option. He says, “I’m very impressed with the research they did and the reasons they are giving, I’m going to take the week-end and really think about this.” Students made some strong arguments about why they feel it should be a reward for those who work hard to get the highest card. They say that, “Most kids who are on Top Stinger are well behaved and deserve this reward.” They also argue that, “Since the High School students are already allowed to have their phones at lunch, it is not fair that Middle School kids don’t even have the option.” Mr. Babiczuk took notes on what the students were arguing and was very inspired by the hard work and dedication they took to research their arguments.

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The Malvern Drama Department presents

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! Fri. March 23rd and Sat. March 24th

7:00 pm

Malvern High School Cafetorium

Tickets: $5 Student/ $10 Adult It is the 75th Anniversary of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! This crowd pleasing show celebrates America’s pioneering spirit just after the turn of the century. Set in a Western Indian Territory on the verge of becoming a new state, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides a colorful backdrop to the love story between a cowboy, Curley, and Laurey, a fiery farm-girl.

Cast members include: Jake Wise, Maggie Champer, Natalie Cox, Cailin Wade, and Ike Moser.

Tickets can be purchased in advance by contacting Mrs. Fairless at 330-863-1355 ext. 3136 or fairlessj@brownlocalschools.com.