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McLouth USD 342

Bulldog Bulletin J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 1

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Mission StatementMission StatementMission StatementMission Statement

Together, we learn in Together, we learn in Together, we learn in Together, we learn in

a community that pro-a community that pro-a community that pro-a community that pro-

motes academic excel-motes academic excel-motes academic excel-motes academic excel-

lence, respect, lifelong lence, respect, lifelong lence, respect, lifelong lence, respect, lifelong

learning, and respon-learning, and respon-learning, and respon-learning, and respon-

sible citizenship.sible citizenship.sible citizenship.sible citizenship.

ATTENTION ALL MCLOUTH PATRONS! The Building Trade Class of

McLouth Schools will build a utility building for you. The only cost to you is the

materials. We can build to the size you need, but it will be the responsibility of

the customer to transport the building to your property or destination. If you

have questions please contact George Karn, instructor, for more information.

The school phone number is 913-796-6122.

P A G E 2

2010-2011 USD 342 BOE

Andy Sullivan, President

Mike Tullis, Vice President

Kristi Carlton, Member

Heather Coit, Member

Ed Courtney, Member

Jessica Folsom, Member

Dean Wolfe, Member

District Information

Jean Rush, Superintendent

217 Summit, 913/796/2201

BOE January Unofficial Highlights

BOE February Agenda

Superintendent’s Comments What makes the difference?

There are many variables that

impact the “quality” of our

schools and the number one,

most important factor is the peo-

ple. McLouth School District is

very fortunate to have many dedi-

cated employees, parents, and

community members. This is so

evident when I see volunteers

who read with our students

and who helps with other

classroom activities. I would

encourage any community

member who likes children to

become a school volunteer.

There is a saying, “100 years

from now, it will matter not

what kind of car you drove,

what kind of house you lived

in, nor how much you had in

your bank account. But the

world will be a little better

because you were important in

the life of a child.”

Thank you for your time to

making the lives of our chil-

dren better.

gins at 7:00 pm.

If you would like to address the

board, please contact the dis-

trict office to complete the

request form at least 7 days

prior to the meeting.

The February agenda will in-

USD 342 Board of Education

will hold it’s regular monthly

meeting on the second Mon-

day. This is an open meeting

and the public is invited to

attend. It will be held in the

school district library and be-

clude, but not be limited to the

following items:

1. Entrepreneurship proposal

2. Drivers’ Education

3. 2011-12 Budget Discussion

4. Facilities

5. Personnel

The board approved the consent

agenda including the approval of

minutes with the corrections made

and the treasurer’s report; author-

ized payment of bills and payroll

and accepted a resignation from

Mr. Kirk Lewis, part-time bus

driver.

Mrs. VanDyne shared information

on playground equipment the PTO

would like to donate to the school.

The board approved donations as

presented with the additions.

Mr. Bogard discussed selling the

Wathena pennants from the gold

and purple gyms The board ap-

proved to accept the bids as pre-

sented.

The board accepted the follow-

ing bids: Midwest Coating, Inc.

bid for the roof as presented for

$115,315.02; Sound Products,

Inc. for the sports complex

sound system for $2,742 with a

contract stating a 5 year war-

ranty and McElhaney Fence

Builders bid for $4,530.

The board also discussed secu-

rity system, contract with UMB,

athletics baseball & softball, 2011

-2012 school calendar and to-

bacco free schools.

The board hired Mr. Cliff Weeks

as the interim transportation

director.

Unofficial Minutes from Jan.

10, 2011

The board thanked Mr. and Mrs.

Puckett, the Knights of Columbus,

Mr. and Mrs. Hoffhines, Mr. and

Mrs. McClelland, Mr. and Mrs.

Boyd and Mr. Jim Wary of Mid

Atlantic Storage Systems, Inc. for

their donations to the district.

Mr. Batman and Mr. Bogard in-

formed the board Julia Johnston

and Callie Rice were the spelling

bee winners. Mr. Bogard informed

the board exemplary student rec-

ognition was moved to January

27th. Mrs. Rush discussed budget

information with the board. Complete official BOE minutes are posted on the

district website at www.mclouth.org.

From Mr. Batman, MES Principal P A G E 3

We got rid of the old Bull Pup Schedule due

to the snow days. Please check the Bull Pup

Bulletin to determine when your child is the

Bull Pup. If you are bringing them to school

try to be here before 8:00 so they have

time to put their things in the showcase. If

they are late we may have them read the

announcements then put their things in the

case. If they eat breakfast here we would

like for them to do that first then we can

adjust within the time limit we have before

school. That way we do not have 200 stu-

dents waiting on someone to get to the

purple gym.

TESTING, TESTING, TESTING No we did

not get a new sound system it is that time

of year again. State assessments will be

starting in March for the elementary school.

March 2nd, 3rd and 4th Fifth Grade Read-

ing

March 7th, 8th, and 9th Fourth Grade

Reading

March 15th , 16th and 17th Third Grade

Reading

March 29th, 30th, and 31st Fifth Grade

Reading

April 1st, 4th, and 5th Fourth Grade Math

April 6th, 7th and 8th Third Grade Math

Congratulations to Julia Johnston were the

winner of our Spelling Bee. Brakson Ping

was runner up. We would like to thank

everyone involved in making this a success.

Good Luck to Julia in the Jefferson County

Spelling Bee.

Parent/Teacher Conferences on February

17th from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. Please call

Amanda at 913-796-6152 to arrange your

conferences.

season basketball tournament finishing 7th

with a win on the final day over Jeff West.

This season both the boys and girls basket-

ball teams will be competing in the Marys-

ville sub-state with Atchinson-Maur Hill-

Mounty Academy, Pleasant Ridge, Atchin-

son County Community, Horton, Marys-

ville, Sabetha, and Jefferson County North.

The high school Scholars’ Bowl team has

been competing hard for the past couple

of months. At the Oskaloosa Invitational

our varsity team earned 1st place honors

while the junior varsity finished 3rd. Other

Basketball regular season is in the last

month with much of the DVL season yet to

play. So far only one McLouth High School

game has been affected by the weather.

January 18-22 we hosted the 24th annual

McLouth Invitational Tournament. Our

boys did not perform as well as they would

have liked, finishing 8th. Atchinson County

Community High School topped Bishop

Seabury to become champions for the 3rd

consecutive year.

The Lady Bulldogs basketball team com-

peted in the Jefferson County North mid-

notable finishes this season have been at

Pleasant Ridge where the varsity placed 3rd

and at Valley Falls where the junior varsity

also finished 3rd. On February 3rd the Schol-

ars’ Bowl team will travel to Kansas City

Christian High School in Praire Village, KS

to compete in Regionals.

On Tuesday, February 1st Callie Rice and

Julia Johnston will be representing McLouth

Elementary and Middle School at the Jeffer-

son County Spelling Bee. The spelling bee

will be at Perry Lecompton High School at

7:00 p.m.

Some 10th and some 11th grade

students will take tests in math and

reading, all the 11th grade takes the

science and American history/

government assessments and the

9th grade takes the world history

test. McLouth Middle and High

Schools have made significant

growth and we hope to continue

the successes we have had the past

few years.

Thanks to all who helped with the

McLouth Invitational Basketball

Tournament. Folks visiting our

school are always complimentary. I

ask that you continue to support all

our students in their activities.

Please continue to access the dis-

tricts’ website www.mclouth.org

for the school announcements.

Notes From the A.D., Mr. Schroeder

From Mr. Bogard, MMS/MHS Principal It’s February and that means the

start of the Kansas State Assess-

ment season. Beginning with some

juniors on February 23rd and ending

on May 10th with 9th graders taking

the World History exam, the se-

mester is filled with testing. The

6th, 7th, and 8th grades take tests in

math and reading, the 7th grade

takes the science assessment.

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Groundhog Day

5:00 PM MSBBB @

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9:00 AM HSBB(JV) Tourn.

MS DVL Choir

TBA

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Scholar's

Cheer Clinic

@ Pleasant

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4:30 PM MSBB @

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6:00 PM HSGBB @

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State Scholar's Bowl

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Valentines Day

5:00 PM HSBB @

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5:00 PM HSBB w

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7:00 PM BOE Meeting

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Professional Development

Bowl @ Valley Falls

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P A G E 5

Principal’s Honor Roll Grade Point

Average 4.00 or above

GRADE 12 - Laura Coffey, Corinne Hoffhi-

nes, Jeri Holwick, Brad Kabus, Jake

Schmalstieg, Adrian Sly, Logan Terry

GRADE 11- Ally Bristol, Kelsey Campbell,

Alex Courtney, Hunter Koch, Kelsey

Shirey, Terri Stewart

GRADE 9 - Johnathan Courtney, Destiny

Mestagh

Gold Honor Roll (A Honor Roll)

Grade Point Average 3.99 to 3.50

GRADE 12 - Ryan Case, Haley Ford,

Melissa Heath, Misti Jenkins, Destinii Jep-

son, Tyler Ottensmeier, Kaley Patterson,

Katy Perry, Trevor Roberts, Courtney

Stauch, Chanler Tharpe, Jessie Troupe,

Derek Wright

GRADE 11 - John Berry, Calvin Booth,

Clare Courtney, Katie Lundmark, Caroline

Overbaugh, Andrea Sullivan, Katy Taylor,

Haley Thouvenell, Morgan Wise

GRADE 10 - Alex Adams, Zac Bair, Cody

Baldwin, Dakota Cop, T.J. Crowell, Olivia

Evans, Wyatt Farris, Katie Gann, Mathew

Horton, Megan McHenry, Marc Walbridge

GRADE 9 - Laura Barnes, Baylee Brown,

Drew Cerny, Charlie Hauk, Steven Heath,

Kyle Jones, Colton Koch, Konner Patter-

son, Kayla Steffey, Annie Stoker, Brady

Sullivan, Danae Williams

Purple Honor Roll (B Honor Roll)

Grade Point Average 3.49 to 3.00

GRADE 12 - Brooke Carter, Shane Cassatt,

Ashley Coffman, Jeff Ryan

GRADE 11 - Gentry Bignall, Kayla Blevins,

Shawn Dailey, Jesse Harrah, Samantha

Heston, Cameron Humerickhouse, Alen

Kramer, Kendra Leach, Ali Lentz, Marius

Manke-Reimers, Jesse Maxwell, Chris

Royer, Brittany Schuman, Gavin

Swearngin, Katrina Thummel, Tyler Way-

man, Cheyenne Wisdom, Kami Wisdom,

Matthew Zule

GRADE 10 - Nick Barnett, Jamie Cain, Faith

Crouse, Carter Gish, Katie Hayden, Justin

Johnston, Marrisa Raya, Josh Swanson,

Darien VanNostrand

GRADE 9 - Bailey Harmon, Colby Harris,

Logan Hoobler, Nick McAferty, Sarah

Petrie, Lucas Strouhal, Zach Walker,

Chantz Zink

McLouth High School First Semester Honor Roll KSHSAA Scholastic Award

High School

Distinguished

(3.25 to 4.0 GPA collectively as a

team)

Girls Cross Country - 3.33

Football - 3.35

Volleyball - 3.44

Outstanding

(3.00 to 3.24 GPA collectively as a

team)

Cross Country Boys - 3.21

Middle School

Distinguished

(3.25 to 4.0 GPA collectively as a

team)

Football - 3.28

Volleyball - 3.63

On January 7, Elementary students in grades

three, four and five as well as Middle School

students, battled to be named champion of

their school’s Spelling Bee. Each round the

announcer would share words wondering if

they could be spelled correctly. Elimination

was a difficult thing. Students lasted

through many rounds

of words, spelling

each one correctly

until one letter would

send them to the seat

in the audience. The

final round came and

was hard fought.

The E lementary

School champion is

fifth grader, Julia

Johnston, and Brakson Ping, became the

Spelling Bee Winners Thank you to eve-

rybody for your

donations to the

library. They are

very much appreci-

ated. We would

like to especially

thank the Vaught

family for getting

the BookBoosters

c amp a i g n go -

ing. We raised

$365 which will be

used to purchase

books.

The library catalog

is now available on-line! We have just up-

graded to a new system so you may now

look to see what is available in the school

l ibrary. Simply go to http://

library.mclouth.org.

FROM THE LIBRARY

alternate during the final round.

Callie Rice won the

Middle School Bee

with Braden Antes

as her alternate. If

either champion can-

not attend the

County Spelling Bee,

their alternate will

t a k e t h e i r

place. Let’s keep

these two in our thoughts and encourage

them as they move forward.

CONGRATULATIONS, JULIA AND

CALLIE!

MCLOUTH USD 342

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A color copy of this newsletter is posted at www.mclouth.org

School closings will be an-

nounced on the following Media.

Kansas City Television Stations

4, 5, and 9

Topeka Television Stations 13,

27, 49

Radio Stations: 95FM, 710AM,

94.5FM, 580AM, 93.7FM,

1470AM, 105.9FM, 1320AM.

Inclement Weather

February Home Activities 02/04 - HSBB w/Wathena @ 5:00 pm - Elementary Cheer Clinic

02/08 - HSBB w/KC Christian @ 5:00 pm

02/10 - MSBBB w/Oskaloosa @ 5:00 pm

02/11 - HSBB w/Jackson Heights @ 5:00 pm - King and Queen of Courts

02/14 - MSBBB w/ ACES @ 5:00 pm - Parents’ Night

02/18 - HSBB w/ Immaculata @ 5:00 pm - Senior Night

02/28 - MS Knowledge Bowl @ 4:00 pm

Jessie Troupe signed a of letter intent to play softball with Highland Community

College.