On Friday, May 24th, Vis-

intainer held its annual 8th

grade awards program.

Eighth grade student coun-

cil Vice President, Alessandra

Galvan-Flores, spoke to the

crowd. She thanked them for

coming and supporting them.

“Please do not yell or make

loud comments, cheers, shouts, or noises while student

names are being called. We

know you are proud of us.

Please respect us and refrain

from this type of behavior.

When the names are finished,

we will welcome as much

cheering you’d like to send our

way.” She said.

Assistant Principal, Mrs.

Boytim, welcomed the families.

Cameron Lusnek, a

member of the PRIDE Council,

led the crowd in the Pledge of

Allegiance.

The 8th grade choir, under

the direction of Mr. Albright

presented the “Star Spangled

Banner.”

After the processional of all

of the 8th graders, Visintainer

Principal, Mr. Sharosky has the

students say the “Pledge of

Success” and then encouraged

them to work hard, challenge

themselves, and “choose suc-

cess.”

Mrs. Rhoads introduced the

students that were part of the

Blue Crew this year.

Ms Colosi, introduced the

National Junior Honor Society

(NJHS) members.

Mrs. Grebey & Mrs. Shep-

herd explained Pride Council and introduced the 8th grade

members.

Mrs. Rhoads, Student

Council Advisor, summarized

the year’s activities and intro-

duced the Student Council

members.

Jessica Murral was the

first student speaker. She was

followed by a performance of

the 8th grade orchestra under

the direction of Ms. Andrea

Ryan.

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Viz honors 8th graders

Incoming Seventh graders need immunizations

As we conclude your

child’s 6th grade year, you

may not be thinking about

your child starting 7th

grade. However, as your

child enters 7th grade, ALL

7th grade students are re-

quired to have a diphtheria,

tetanus, and pertussis

(Tdap) booster. Physicians

are aware of this require-

ment, but most parents are

not. We hope this advance

notice will make it easy to

comply with these require-

ments.

The law states, schools

cannot permit students to

remain in school (at the

beginning of their 7th grade

school year), more than 14

days unless the student has

proof of immunization or an

exemption.

Please submit proof of

your child’s Tdap booster

as soon as possible to Vis-

intainer Middle School.

Written proof of the im-

munization must include

complete date, (month, day,

year) along with doctor

office/health care provider

signature or stamp.

Blue Devil

Times June 2019

Students of the Month 2

P.T.O. news 2

Crystal Apple winner 3

N.J.H.S. 3

Choir concert 4

Band Concert 4

8th grade visits DC 5

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Special points of inter-

est:

Please follow Vis-intainer on our twitter account:

@BCSDVisintainer

All of the photos from the 2018-19 school year are available on the Visintainer website under the “Student Involvement” tab. They will be there until September 1, 2019.

V i s i n t a i n e r

M i d d l e

S c h o o l

News & Notes 6

Fall sports info 8

Calendar 8

Principal’s desk 8

Each week Visintainer Middle

School honors a student at each

grade level as being the student of

the week. In addition, there is a

monthly Student of the Month se-

lection. Students receiving the

honor of STUDENT OF THE

MONTH are recognized for meet-

ing all six of the criteria listed be-

low. Each student has to meet all

six criteria in ALL of their classes as

the entire teaching team decides

upon students to be selected each

month. Each grade level team se-

lects one student and the Encore

team, which has all grade levels,

selects one from each grade.

CRITERIA:

1. Shows respect and consideration

for others.

2. Shows enthusiasm for academic

and extracurricular activities.

3. Exerts a positive influence on

classmates.

4. Exhibits leadership characteris-

tics.

5. Exhibits patriotism and demo-

cratic principles.

6. Shows responsibility (punctuality,

assignments, etc.)

Visintainer’s students of the

month for May were: Gabriella

Moran, Maelie Moran, and So-

phie Pamer from the sixth grade;

Ella Huston, Megan Nagy, and

Ella

Pace from the 7th grade; and Mia

Biller, Aaron Niedermyer, and

Brendan Slama from the 8th

grade. Nick Dunbrook was se-

lected by

the Encore team.

All recipients will receive a

commemorative t-shirt and a certif-

icate from Mr. Sharosky. There is

also a candy prize.

Last year the district decided

against using the vendor for school

supplies that we had used previous-

ly because of some issues at the

elementary level. Parents can get

the supply list off of the website.

Save the date for next year's

primary fundraiser. The Walk for

Excellence will be held Friday, Sep-

tember 13! Watch for details!

As the school year concludes,

we'd like to take this opportunity

to thank ALL of the parents and

students that volunteered their

time and/or made monetary dona-

tions to benefit our students and

teachers this year! We were able

to make contributions to the 8th

grade dance, last day of school ac-

tivities, and incentives for grade

level teams, and much, much more!

We couldn't do it without your

help! THANK YOU!!

Interested in participating in

PTO next year? Contact us at

vizpto@gmail.com.

The PTO will be at the 6th

grade/new student orientation on

August 8th and the Open House on

August 20th to sell spiritwear. The

spiritwear sale dates for the 19-20

school year will come home the

first few weeks of school.

The next PTO meeting is

scheduled for June 4th. This is

our Executive Board opening meet-

ing for the 2018-2019 school year.

Dates for the rest of the year will

be set at this meeting.

As always, visit the PTO web-

site for additional information:

http://www.bcsoh.org/Page/1955

On behalf of the PTO

board, we'd like to wish everyone a

safe and happy summer!

Students of the Month

P.T.O. News and Notes

BLUE DEVIL TIMES Page 2

Miss Dana Delnay, a

7th grade Language Arts

teacher, has been selected

as the Visintainer Middle

School Crystal Apple Win-

ner for the 2018-2019

school year.

“For several years the

Cleveland Plain Dealer and

then the Northeast Ohio

Media Group gave out the

Crystal Apple Awards to

recognize outstanding

teachers in Northeast

Ohio” Visintainer Principal

Brian Sharosky said.

“I have always encouraged our

students to nominate a teacher

who has made a difference in their

life.” Sharosky said. “We have had

three teachers from Visintainer get

nominated and two have actually

won– Mrs. Gribben and Mrs.

Schweisthal.”

“So I was extremely disappoint-

ed to find out that the Northeast

Ohio Media Group was no longer

supporting that award. “

The Brunswick

City Schools District

has awarded a

“Teacher of the Year”

at each school.

“I did not want to

take away from the

‘Teacher of the Year’

award” Sharosky said.

“But that award is

nominated and voted

on by the staff. I

wanted the students

to have a voice and

that led to the Vis-

intainer Crystal Apple

award.

Two hundred and ninety-eight

students submitted a teacher rec-

ommendation through the web

survey that Mr. Sharosky created.

“I was pleasantly surprised at

the amount of students that nomi-

nated their teachers” Sharosky said.

“The hard part was narrowing the

voting.”

Mr. Sharosky organized all of

the votes.

“I didn’t know exactly what

we were looking for specifically

but I thought we would know it

when we found it.” Sharosky

said.

Miss Delnay had the most

nominations and her students

spoke about how much they

learned in her class.

“I am so appreciative and feel

so honored to win the Crystal

Apple this year. I got quite emo-

tional when reading the respons-

es from my students. It means

the world to me that the values I

try to promote in my room, are

not only being recognized by my

students, but seem to be truly

appreciated. For the students to

take their own time to show

gratitude to all of their teachers,

is really special. Thanks again to

Mr. Sharosky and my students

for this honor!” Miss Delnay

said.

Delnay wins Crystal Apple

Page 3

Miss Dana Delnay 2018-

19 Crystal Apple Winner

National Junior Honor Society inducts 25

On Friday, May 17th, Visintain-

er’s chapter of the National Junior

Honor Society inducted thirty new

members for the 2019-20 school

year.

The current members explained

NJHS and the significance of the

candles. There were candles for

the building chapter, the Scholar-

ship candle, the Service candle, the

Leadership candle, the Citizenship

candle, and the Character candle.

The following Visintainer stu-

dents were selected for induction:

Kaitlyn Ansberry (7th grade),

Santino Diligente (6th grade),

Grayson Hayest (6), Tyler Hen-

nigan (6), Jonas Hinderer (6),

Sophia Hovan (6), Alex Hubbell

(6) Ella Huston (7), Giovanni

(6), Abby McKee (7), GabbyMo-

ran (6), Maelie Moran (6), Kate

Muniak (6), Ella Pace (7), Con-

nor Pugh (7), Mikayla Raitz (7),

Caleb Sepesy (6), Elise Sepesy

(6), Elise Sulima (7), Tori

Tessmer (7), & Tyler Yudess

(7).

The program concluded with a

reception with the students and the

parents. The co-advisors of NJHS

are Mrs. Carlisle and Ms. Colosi.

Ipsaro (6), Maddie Kolman (6),

Kailee Krzewinski (7), Kayla

Libbey (6), Devin McCartin

NJHS member, Maeve McGinnis,

describes the significance of the can-

dles while Ms. Colosi and Mrs. Car-

lisle look on

They closed the show with

“How Far I’ll Go” from the

Disney film, “Moana” featuring-

Soloists Elaina Hanshaw and

Abby Vavrek.

Later that evening, the 7th

Grade Choir performed

“Scarborough Fair”, “To The

Sky”, (conducted by Mr. Albright’s

student teacher, Sean Mucha), “All

Of Me”, and “Sol Zain Sholem” (Let

There Be Peace) which featured a

solo from Nathan Patterson.

The 8th Grade Choir opened

“We Shall Over Come”, the Amer-

ican Freedom Song.

“You Will Be Found” from the

Tony-Award winning musical “Dear

Evan Hansen” followed and fea-

tured solos from Hailey Peterse-

im and Halie Sustaric.

Mr. Albright introduced Zacha-

ry Pytel, the BHS choir director, to

lead the 8th grade group through

On May 13th, Visintainer’s

choirs joined with their counter-

parts from Edwards Middle School

to perform the spring choral con-

cert “Songs for Love and Hope.”.

The night featured two different

concerts with the 6th grade con-

cert followed by the combined

7th/8th grade concert.

The 6th

grade per-

formed the

John Denver

classic,

“Country

Road, Take

Me Home.”

That was

followed by

“Cherry

Blossoms”, “Never Gonna Give

You Up”, and “Kuimba!” The latter

of which featured band teacher,

Ethan Eraybar, on percussion.

the song “The Journey.”.

The concert continued with

“Parting Blessing” which was ar-

ranged and conducted by Sean

Mucha.

The performance closed with

“Thankful” which featured soloists

Nile Savina and Makaila Wade.

Mr. Albright thanked the 8th

graders for their time in choir and

encouraged them to continue at

the high school.

Some pictures from the evening

can befound on the Visintainer

website– SPRING CONCERTS.

Spring choral concert shines

BLUE DEVIL TIMES Page 4

Band concerts delight

On May 8th, the 6th grade

South bands got together for their

annual Spring Concert at Visintain-

er Middle School under the direc-

tion of Mr. Eraybar and Mr. Gary

Allen.

“It was a great culmination to

all of the work they put in all year”

Mr. Sharosky said.

On May 15th, the 7th and 8th

grade bands had their Spring con-

cert.

The really talented jazz band

opened the show by performing

“Blues in Hoss’ Flat”, “Milestones,”

by Miles Davis and “25 or 6 to 4”

the classic tune by Chicago. The

jazz band were following up their

performance at the joint high

school/middle school jazz concert

at Visintainer on April 25th.

The 7th Grade band performed

after the Jazz band. They per-

formed “Conflict” by Larry Clark:

“Prehistoric Suite” by Paul Jen-

nings; and “Handclap” arranged by

Paul Murtha.

After a shift in the bands, the 8th Grade took the performance

area. Mr. Eraybar detailed the

band’s participation in the OMEA

contest and how they received 1’s

across the bard which represent

“Superior” scores.

The band then demonstrated

by nailing “Pinnacle of Distinction”

by Larry Clark; “Celtic Air and

Dance” by Michael Sweeney &

Voltage” by David Shaffer.

"The students did a fantastic

job last night at the con-

cert! Proud of their hard work

and dedication to making music."

Mr. Eraybar and Mr. Allen said.

The 8th graders left for Wash-

ington, D.C. on May 28th for a

three-day tour of our Nation’s cap-

itol.

On the way to Washington that

first day, they enjoyed a lunch of

Firehouse subs.

“By cutting out a restaurant, we

are able to give students more time

at the other stops.” Mr. Sharosky

said.

After lunch the students trav-

eled to Mount Vernon, the home of

George Washington. They toured

the house and grounds including

the final resting place of George

and Martha.

The students visited the Primo’s

Italian resturant for dinner. After-

ward, they did a walking tour of the

tidal basin and visited the MLK Jr.

Memorial, the FDR Memorial, and

the Jefferson Memorial.

Day two began with breakfast at

the hotel, buffet style. The stu-

dents then hopped on the busses

for the trip to the White House

and then some souvenir shopping.

After a

guided

tour of

the

Capi-

tol, the

stu-

dents

trav-

eled to

several

different locations in the mall area.

“We really wanted the kids to

see as much as possible” Mr. Sha-

rosky said. “Groups saw the Na-

tional Archives, the African Ameri-

can History Museum and the Smith-

sonian Natural History and Ameri-

can History museums.”

“We let the kids explore a little

on their own, which always makes

me a little nervous.” Mr. Sharosky

said. “But the kids did a great job

and consistently were where we

told them to be at the right

time.”

The kids ate dinner at the

Reagan Food Court with the

students from Willetts MS and

about 25 other schools.

After dinner and all that walk-

ing, the kids were thankful for a

return to the bus as it transported

them to an evening tour of the

monuments including the WWII,

Lincoln, Korean, and Vietnam Me-

morials. Chaperones from other

schools commented on how bright

the Viz shirts were.

“It makes it easier to pick out

the kids” Mrs. Mulgrew said.

“The weather cooperated and

we didn’t get rained on, but it was

very crowded. In addition to the

other Brunswick kids, we ran into

students from North Olmsted,

North Ridgeville, and Westlake.”

Mr. Sharosky said.

A big hit with the students was

the pizza buffet/dance back at the

hotel. Students put

on their new souve-

nirs as Mr. Sharosky

took pictures of

them in their new

swag.

The last day had

kids packing up at

the hotel after

breakfast as they

were departing DC

that morning.

The kids visited Arlington Cem-

etary and then did a drive-by for

the Marine Corps Memorial (Iwo

Jima). The busses then drove to

Maryland for lunch at Golden

Corral.

As was the case for most of

the trip, the students were

praised for their excellent char-

acter. A senior citizen came up

to Mr. Sharosky at lunch and she

commented on how polite and

well-behaved the Viz kids acted.

“We left DC a little early”

Mrs. McCune said “because we

were stopping at the Flight 93

Memorial in Shanksville, PA. The

kids watched the movie on the

bus and then they were there. It

was quite moving.”

At dinner, pa-

trons in two different

restaurants praised

the students to the

chaperones.

After a quick stop

for a potty break, the

kids were dropped

off at Brunswick High

School as ‘former’

Visintainer students.

8th graders visit D.C.

Page 5

BLUE DEVIL TIMES

Page 6

The end of the school year

brings a flurry of activities. Some of

those activities were the 8th grade

career day, shark dissections, bal-

loon car design challenge, and field

day.

On May 17th, the 8th graders

participated in career day as Mrs.

Rhoads organized speakers: Gary

Werner is an attorney and former

Mayor of Brunswick. Mark Wood-

ling is an engineer at the NASA

Research Center. Bonnie Burnside

& Miranda Castro came from

LifeCare Hospice. Several mem-

bers of the Brunswick Fire Dept.

and John Witthuhn, a police officer

spoke about their service to the

community. Vicky Snyder COO of

Medina Hospital spoke about

healthcare. Kris Meyer from Blair

Rubber Company spoke about

quality control. Mike McChrystal

of OBC Industrial spoke about

business. Mr. Miller is a software

engineer at Coin Ninja.

Students in the 8th grade sci-

ence classes designed and engi-

neered balloon cars while the 6th

graders had the opportunity to

dissect sharks.

On the last day of school, the

students got to participate in the

traditional field day activities. Spe-

cial thanks to Mrs. Kapish for put-

ting together the schedule.

“Special

thanks to

the PTO

for all of

their help-

especially

for provid-

ing the

cool

treats”

Mrs. Mec-

zka said.

The sixth and seventh grade

teachers recognized their super

students at their award assemblies

the last week of school. Selected

as the man and woman of the year

or Mr. & Mrs. Visintainer as we like

to call them were Dalyn Jaskolka

and Isaac Jamison for the class of

2024 (7th grade). Sophie Pamer

and Sam Haskell were chosen by

the 6th grade teachers for the class

of 2025.

Blake and the other Ohio All

Americans, were invited

to the Ohio Statehouse

where they met some of

the State Representa-

tives, Lt. Governor, and

Secretary of State. The

kids were introduced at

the beginning of a House

session, led the Pledge of

Allegiance for the Senate

session and received

commendations from various Ohio

Dignitaries, as well as received a

tour of the

Statehouse!”

“It was really cool.”

Nettles said. “The

government offices

were like an exact

replica of the 1800’s.”

Visintainer 6th grader Blake

Nettles was absent on May 15th.

So why is it a big deal that a student

was absent for a day? Because

Blake was at the Ohio Statehouse

being recognized for his racing in

the Soap Box Derby.

Blake got interested in Soap

Box Derby racing after

seeing his cousin race.

“I thought it was pretty

cool, so I looked into it.

My dad, grandpa, and two

great uncles help me build

the car.” Nettles said.

Racers earn points that

lead up to participation in

the world-famous All-

American Soap Box Derby

Race in Akron.

Although Blake loves racing and

social studies, his trip to

the statehouse did not

necessarily inspire him

to get into politics.

“Social studies is my

favorite class, but I real-

ly want to be a marine

biologist.”

Viz student recognized at Ohio Statehouse

News and notes-end of the year activities

BLUE DEVIL TIMES Page 6

The Encore Tribe of teachers then

presented their awards for Academic

Achievement.

Physical Education (Mr. Esterak)

Grace Guistino & Josh Krecic– Top

students, Miranda Fleischer-

Outstanding Sportsmanship, & Emma

Nemet– Most Improved.. Art (Mrs.

Kapish) Dehlia Radcliffe –Top Artist, Kayleigh Sheffey-Most likely to have

an art career; Vinnie Esposito– the

next Bob Ross; Kyle Callahan-Most

Improved;

Choir (Mr. Albright) Julia Williams–

Outstanding Achievement Award, Hai-

ley Peterseim– Director’s Choice

Award, Sofiya Bilyashevich—

Leonard Bernstein Musicianship Award,

& Mikaila Wade-Most Improved.;

Orchestra (Ms. Ryan) Allyssa Mann-

Most likely to be a rock star; Iana

Brown– Most Improved, Alessandra

Galvan-Flores– Outstanding Violin,

Maeve McGinnis– Outstanding Viola,

Caroline Muniak– Outstanding Cello,

Briannah Kaczmarski– Outstanding

Bass, Ava Boodheshwar & Johna-

than Puts– Outstanding Orches]]

ra /8Members;

Band (Mr. Allen & /Mr. Eraybar) Asher

Schaffer– Most Improved, Jessica

Murral– Outstanding Woodwind, Ben

Potasiewicz– Outstanding Bass,

Grace Gregg & Jack Landfried–

Outstanding band members;

Project Lead the Way II (Mrs. Jakub)

Dehlia Radcliffe & Cain D’Amico-

Top students, Cosdy Neumeister–

Most Likely ot Desing an Invention;

Digital Design (Mrs. Ebert) Collette

McElroy– Wow! Award, Ashlyn

Yanke-Digital Citenship, Brendan

Slama– Go with Flow of Tech & John

Chakan-Most likely to go into the tech

field; Coding II (Mrs. Zielaskiewicz)

Morgyn Woodring & Nolan Gillis–

Top students, Amyah Van Winkle-

Most Improved, & Aaron Nei-

dermyer-Most likely to work for Playstation;

Mrs. Kathy Rhoads presented the

students that had participated in the

Early Bird Foreign Language program:

(Spanish) Ryan Barnes, Isabella Bor-

gess, Kyle Callahan, Ravi Cole,

Cain D’Amico, Alexis Germano,

Grace Giustino, Layla Hasan, Teo-

dora Iovi, Morgan Kolesar, Sydney

(Continued from page 1) Kowell, Cam Lusnek, Maeve

McGinnis, Matthew Miklos, Caro-

line Muniak, Tyler Naugle, Shrina

Patel, Johnathan Puts, Jack Safko,

James Snider Jr. Jacob Svozil,

Ethan Thomas, & Morgyn

Woodring; (French) Elena Franklin,

Hailey Peterseim, & Hailey

Strnad; (German) Miranda

Flesicher, Jack Landfried, & Joshua Krecic.

After the Encore Awards, Mr. Er-

aybar returned with the eighth grade

band as they performed “Celtic Air and

Dance.”

The Core Academic teachers then

presented their awards. Students were

recognized for their outstanding

achievement and improvement. The

winners were for mathematics: Chase

Buchner, Alessandra Galvan-

Flores, Joshua Milo, Johnathan

Puts, & Dehlia Radcliffe (Honors

Geometry); Elizabeth Colella &

Daniel Looker (Honors Algebra),

Patrick Holloway, Alexa Lightcap,

Ben Potasiewicz, & Hailey Strnad

(Algebra), Jonathan Kashou, Aaron

Niedermyer, Hailey Raitz, & Mae

Talley (Math 8); Most Improved –

Lianna Hasan (Honors Algebra), Aid-

en Lotarski & Angelo Olah

(Algebra), Ryan Barnes & Trey

Brower (Math 8);

Science (Mrs. Dooling, Mrs. Meczka, &

Mr. Wise) Maeve McGinnis, Kally Mil-

licia, Jessica Murral, Ethan Nem-

cek, James Snider Jr., Ethan

Thomas; Most Improved– Ryan

Barnes & Danny Ruth;

Social Studies (Mrs. Davis & Mrs.

McCune) Chase Buchner, Maeve

McGinnis, James Snider Jr., & Hai-

ley Peterseim ; Most Improved– Abi-

gail Prischak & Jonathan Kashou;

Language Arts (Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Dool-

ing, Mrs. Gribben & Mrs. Studor) Jessi-

ca Murral & James Snider Jr.

(Advanced ELA), Shaun Eklich, Caid

Som, Hailie Sustaric, & Lindsay Wolf (ELA); Most Improved– Jack

Landfried (Advanced LA), Jayce Dye.

Jonathan Miller, Jason Thomas

(ELA).

Mr. Albright brought the choir back

out to perform “The Parting Blessing.”

The eighth grade team also gave out

team awards– Character Counts

Award: Miranda Fleischer &

Ethan Nemcek; Silent Soldier

Award: Emma Nemet & Ethan

Thomas Students of the Year– Ava

Boodheshwar & Chase Buchner.

Multiple-Award winner, Chase

Buchner was the final student

speaker.

Assistant Principal,

Mrs. Boytim, presented the Archie Griffin Sports-

manship Award to recog-

nize the top female and

male athlete of the year

to Ellie Germano &

Joshua Krecic. Teodo-

ra Iovi & Daniel Looker

were honored for their

sportsmanship.

There were 114 stu-

dents who received no

discipline referrals during

the 2018-2019 school year.

Mrs. Boytim also announced

Alessandra Galvan-Flores, Alex

Jawyn, Aaron Niedermyer &

Albert Stiver as having Perfect

Attendance. Alessandra Galvan-

Flores had perfect attendance for

all three years.

Mr. Sharosky came back to pre-

sent the President’s Education

Awards. There were 33 students

who got the Silver Award and 67

who received the Gold designation.

Mr. Sharosky also recognized the

7 Principal’s Roll (4.0 grade point

average) students. Maeve McGin-

nis & Jessica Murral had straight

A’s for all three years at Viz. There

were 57 students who made the

Honor Roll for the year. Sharosky

also recognized the 42 students that

earned the Merit Roll.

The ceremony

closed with the

recognition of the

Visintainer Man

and Woman of

the Year as voted on by the entire

staff. Maeve

McGinnis and Cain D’Amico

were honored.

Good luck class of 2023!,

Viz honors 8th graders continued...

Page 7

Fall sports begin in the summer For incoming 7th and 8th grad-

ers for the 2019-2020 school year,

Fall sports begin in the late Sum-

mer.

For students trying out and

participating in fall sports

please make sure you have the

following completed:

1. You have a Final Forms account

https://brunswick-oh.finalforms.com

2. Parent Forms are signed

3. Student Forms are signed

4. You have selected your fall sport

5. You have an updated physical on

file

Cross Country (Boys; EMS,

VMS, & WMS): Practice begins

August 1, 6:00pm at Brunswick

Auto Mart Stadium (Coach Wendy

Hunter,

whunter@bcsoh.org).

Cross Country has

no tryouts, all inter-

ested make the team.

Cross Country

(Girls; EMS, VMS,

& WMS): Practice

begins August 1, 6:00pm at Willetts

Middle School (Coach Beth Bender,

bbender@bcsoh.org). Cross Coun-

try has no tryouts, all interested

make the team.

Cross Country Uniforms: In the

coming weeks an email will be sent

out to all athletes and parents to

purchase their Cross Country uni-

form online. Those who ran cross

country last year can use the same

uniform.

Football (Grade 8; EMS,

VMS, & WMS):

Open Gym/Voluntary Camp

@ BHS Field 4 & 5 (east of

the high school)

Tuesday, July 16th - 9:00am -

10:30am

Wednesday, July 17th - 9:00am -

10:30am

Thursday, July 18th - 9:00am -

10:30am

First Week of Practice @ BHS

Field 4 & 5 (east of the high school)

Thursday, August 1st - 8:30am

Friday, August 2nd - 8:30am

(Coach Rick Buchner, rbuch-

ner@bcsoh.org, Coach Brian Lem-

mer, blemmer@bcsoh.org, Coach

Steve Yoak, syoak@bcsoh.org, and

Coach Adam Albright,

aabright@bcsoh.org) *All 8th grade

students playing football will begin

practicing together. At a date de-

termined by the coaches, players

will be split into Blue & White

teams (Blue & White is not an A

team, B team structure; teams will

be evenly split per OHSAA rule)

Football (Grade 7; EMS, VMS,

& WMS):

Open Gym/Voluntary Camp @

Willetts Middle School

Monday, July 29th - 8:30am -

12:00pm

Tuesday, July 30th - 8:30am -

12:00pm

Wednesday, July 31st - 8:30am -

12:00pm

First Week of Practice @ Willetts

Middle School

Thursday, August 1st - Practice

8:30am - 12:00pm

Friday, August 2nd - Practice

8:30am - 12:00pm

(Coach Jeff Grove,

jgrove@bcsoh.org, Coach Sean

Athey, sathey@bcsoh.org, Coach

Greg Seigler, gseigler@bcsoh.org

and Coach Kevin Bambauer, kbam-

bauer@bcsoh.org) *All 7th grade

students playing football will begin

practicing together. At a date de-

termined by the coaches, players

will be split into Blue & White

teams (Blue & White is not

an A team, B team struc-

ture; teams will be evenly

split per OHSAA rule)

Volleyball (South,

Grades 7 &

8): Tryouts

August 5th

and 6th at Visintainer

MS Gym, 9:00am -

12:00pm, Practice will

start August 7th and

go from 9am-12pm.

(Coach Scott

Wenmoth, swenmoth@bcsoh.org

and Coach Kim Safko, ksaf-

ko@bcsoh.org). Students MUST be

at both tryouts to be considered.

Cheerleading: Tryouts complete

(Coach Elizabeth Rinkes,

erinkes@bcsoh.org and Coach

Sarah Sprouse,

ssprouse@bcsoh.org) Practice for

Fall Cheer starts August 6th, Au-

gust 9th and August 10th from 9am

-12:00pm.

As a reminder, all student athletes

are required to have a pre-

participation physical completed,

turned in, and verified by the BHS

athletic training staff, as well as all

Final Forms must be completed by

both parent and student athlete

(Final Forms Instructions). Student

athletes are encouraged to turn in

physicals to the BHS athletic office

ASAP; a student athlete who shows

to the first day of practice/tryouts

with their physical is not guaran-

teed the ability to participate that

day. The BHS athletic office is open

Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:00pm.

There is a blue drop-box outside of

the athletic office for after hours.

Mandatory Fall Sports Parents

Meeting: The OHSAA requires

that all schools hold a mandatory

pre-season meeting for each middle

school sports season. The athletic

department will be holding the Fall

Middle School Sports Parents

Meeting on Thursday, August 8th,

beginning at 6:45pm in the BHS

Performing Arts Center.

Pay-To-Participate Fees: The

athletic department is currently

accepting participation fees. Partici-

pation fees for fall sports are due

by Friday, August 30th. If you

have any questions about partici-

pation fees, please contact Ath-

letics Secretary, Michelle Yacko

at 330-273-0496.

Any questions regarding middle

school athletics should be di-

rected to Brian Braskie, Middle

School Athletic Director, bbras-

kie@bcsoh.org or please contact

the Athletic Department at 330-

273-0496.

FUTURE EVENTS AT Viz-Summer

July 16-17-18 Voluntary football camp 8th grade (see p.8)

July 29-30-31 Voluntary football camp 7th grade (see p.8)

August 1- Football practice begins (see p.8)

Cross Country: Girls & Boys 6 pm (see p.8)

August 5 & 6– Volleyball tryouts 9 AM-12 (may run longer)

(see p.8)

August 8– Sixth grade orientation for students 9-11 am

August 9- 7th and 8th grade schedule pickup 8:30 am—3pm

August 12- Staff work days; NO SCHOOL for students

August 13- Students first day of school 2018-2019 school year

August 20- Open House 6:00-8:00 pm

(8th,) Sara Krisza & Jacob McCo-

mas (7th) and Chloe Ousley (6th)

recognized.

Thanks to all of the parents for

their support during this school year.

Special thanks to our PTO for all of

their support during the year. Special

thanks to Lynn Munn, Tina Mates,

Maridi Gurtsak and Lynette Fischbach

for all of their hard work this year.

They are always looking for parent

volunteers. Please feel free to contact

them through the Viz website, “PTO”

link.

Sixth grade and new student orien-

tation will be August 8th from 9-11

The Spring seemed to fly by as test-

ing ended and we were in the last

three weeks of school. This newslet-

ter tries to highlight those end-of-the-

year activities.

The DC trip was awesome.

Although it is difficult to be out

of the building the last 3 days of

school, the 8th graders were

wonderful travel companions.

They will be missed.

The following students have

been selected by the staff as

Students of the Week for their contri-

butions to Visintainer. The week of

April 29th featured 8th grader Noah

Bollinger; Buddy Amels (7th);

Reagan Aldridge and Logan Vagi

(6th). Eighth grader Paige Wood, 7th

graders, Chloe Yedlick & Kyle Ab-

shire, and 6th grader Brooke Sa-

dowski were honored as the students

of the week for May 6th. The week of

May 13th had Miranda Fleischer

AM. This is a student-only event. Fir-

day, August 9th is a student-family

walkabout from 8:30 AM until 3 pm.

Students and families can come in and

put supplies in their lockers and find

their classes.

We will be hosting our

Open House on August 20th

from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. We

will be having a cookout

from 6:00 to 6:30. Continue

to check our website for

more information.

Parents of incoming 7th graders are

reminded of the immunization require-

ments for their children before begin-

ning the 7th grade. (see p.1)

It’s a long Summer, but students

are reminded to complete their Sum-

mer reading– Summer reading link.

To all of the Visintainer family-

students, families, staff, and community

-thank you for a great school year!

Have a safe and happy Summer!

From the Principal’s Desk….

Visintainer Middle School

1459 Pearl Road

Brunswick, OH 44212

Phone: 330-273-0402

Brian Sharosky-Principal

Jessica Boytim–Asst. Principal

Go Blue Devils!

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