From the Superintendent

Locker Clean Out & Homework & Textbook Drop Off

The week of May 18th

will be our final homework drop off, textbook drop-off, and Locker

Cleanout. Items can also be cleaned out of the locker rooms and VikingHall. These dates will

have the buildings open between Noon – 6:00 p.m.

Also, If you have library books you can turn those back into the school libraries.

For the protection of yourself and others, during the locker cleanout we will ask that no more

than 10 families are in each building at a time. A face covering will be encouraged of all

persons entering the school. Disposable masks will be available for those that do not have a

mask.

To assist families with multiple students we will be schedule these dates by family last

names:

-Friday, May 15: Seniors

8-11am Last Name A-M

11am-2pm Last Name N-Z

-Monday, May 18: Students whose last names begin with letters A-F

-Tuesday, May 19: Students whose last names begin with letters G-M

-Wednesday, May 20: Students whose last names begin with letters N-Z

Miami East Local Schools May 15, 2020

2020 Graduation Procedures

Senior Drive-Thru Brunch—Friday, May 22 between 8:00 and 10:00am there will be a Senior Drive-

Thru Brunch at The Light on the Hill Barn on Rugged Hill. Seniors will pull in, roll down their window

to place their omelet order and then the brunch will be handed to the student and the student will then

drive away.

Drive-In Graduation Ceremony

The Miami East High School and District administration has worked closely with the senior class officers

along with our senior class advisor to develop this year’s graduation plans. The one thing that was very

important to the class officers was the ability to graduate TOGETHER as an entire class. The

administration was able to devise a plan that achieves the wishes of the MEHS class of 2020 and also

meets the standards set forth by the Ohio Health Department. Graduation plans for the Miami East High

School Class of 2020 have been finalized and approved by Dennis Propes, the Health Commissioner for

Miami County. Date: Friday, May 22 Inclement Weather Plan: Saturday, May 23 @6:30pm Monday, May 25 @6:30pm

Time: 6:30pm

Location: Miami East High School back parking lot—We plan to utilize 105 parking spots so that we

can socially distance the vehicles throughout the parking lot.

Broadcast: The ceremony will be available to vehicles in the parking lot on FM channel 89.7 and will

be Live Streamed via Facebook Live on the Miami East Local Schools Facebook page.

Important Graduation Information:

Each senior/immediate family will be permitted ONE vehicle (car/truck/SUV) for the drive-in ceremony.

ONE parking pass has been included in this mailing. Please make sure the pass is visible when arriving for

the ceremony.

There will be only ONE entrance available to access campus. Families are asked to use the northern most

entrance on State Route 589 (north of the K-8 building) when entering campus. Please drive around the back

of the K-8 building and make your way toward the back parking lot of MEHS.

Families will be directed to a parking spot by school officials. Vehicles will be parked based on size of vehicle.

Smaller vehicles near the front—Larger vehicles in the back. Parking will not be first come, first served.

Parking will begin at 6:00pm.

All family members are to remain in their vehicles for the duration of the ceremony.

Only seniors will be permitted to exit vehicles during the ceremony.

Ceremony:

The MEHS Class of 2020 graduation ceremony will begin at 6:30pm, Friday, May 22nd

.

Awarding of Diplomas

o Each graduate will walk to the front of the parking lot as their name is announced. When the

graduate reaches the stage area, their full name will be announced and the graduate will be

presented with their diploma by Mr. Gentis and Dr. Rappold.

o Salutatorian (Gretchen Frock) and Valedictorian (Levi Marcum) speeches will take

place during the awarding of diplomas.

Turning of the Tassels

Parade of Seniors

Photos: A photographer from Color Green Photo will take 2 pictures of each graduate. A link to access

graduation photos will be sent to each graduate.

Parade:

At the conclusion of the ceremony, there will be a parade of seniors through the Miami East

school district. The parade will include the Miami County Sheriff’s Department, Casstown Fire

Department and Fletcher Fire Department.

Only vehicles that are part of the graduation ceremony (with a parking pass) will be permitted to

take part in the parade.

Families may decorate their vehicles for the graduation ceremony. We ask that you be respectful

to the visibility of other vehicles/families parked near you when decorating vehicles.

Parade Route:

o North on 589—East onto 36—South onto Lostcreek Shelby—East onto Troy-Urbana—South

onto Rugged Hill—55 to Casstown—Left onto Franklin St.—Right onto Cross St.—Right

onto 589 Parade will conclude at Miami East High School.

Graduation Parking Procedures

Below is a map of our campus. Graduates will be asked to enter the north drive to enter the

campus for graduation. Graduation programs will be passed out in exchange for your parking

pass as you come across the back parking lot of the K-8 School.

Elementary & Junior High Yearbooks and Spring Pictures

This is an announcement for the elementary and junior high students. Yearbooks have

not been delivered yet. As soon as they are… we will arrange to have them picked up.

The elementary spring photos have arrived and will be available during the locker clean

out.

Miami East High School

Senior Awards Class of 2020

On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 the Miami East High School Class of 2020 received scholarships

and special awards.

Seniors receiving special awards and recognition are:

Robert & Miriam Hartzell Scholarship-Gretchen Frock

Suzanne Hartzell Wallace Scholarship-Levi Marcum, Tyler Fetters

Miami East Education Foundation Scholarship-Jaidin King, Paige Lawson, Gabrielle Hawkins,

Chloee Thomas, Keagan Mahan, Alex Hayes, Paige Blauvelt

Vikingfest Student Volunteer Award- Josie DesAutels, Neil Pohl

Elizabeth & Leon Brown and Frank & Sara Montross

Scholarship-Keegan Mahaney

Goodrich Vocation Scholarship- Kelly Buck

Miami County Master Gardener’s Scholarship-Keegan Mahaney, Kearsten Kirby

Walter & Lucille Daniel Scholarship-Gretchen Frock

Kathryn C. White Scholarship-Katherine Pottorf

Olivet Chapter O.E.S & Mt Olivet Lodge- Nichole Hood

Christiansburg UMC- Elizabeth Scott

Casstown UMC- Jamie Rowley

Miami East/Morris & Mildred Duer Scholarship-Sophia Jacomet

Miami East Assoc. Support Professionals Scholarship-Faith Hammond, Alyssa Loughman, Sylvia

Mitchell

Miami Valley CTC Principal’s Award-Kelsea Drake, Kyle Fellers, Faith Hammond, Alex Hayes

Beverly Wagner Memorial Scholarship-Meredith McDowell

Catherine Fulton Bensman Scholarship-Michael Bair, Paige Blauvelt, Cameron DeWeese,

Kearsten Kirby

Miami East Athletic Booster Scholarships- Paige Blauvelt, Emily Adkins, Aaron Lawrence,

Michael Bair

Miami East Senior Basketball Scholarship- Aaron Lawrence

Athletic Honor Cord-Michael Bair, Tyler Fetters, Cooper Elleman, Sophie Jacomet, Karley

Kinard, Kearsten Kirby, Paige Lawson, Angelique Lemaster, Annelise Logan, Camryn Miller,

Alyssa Loughman, Elizabeth Scott, Alex Hayes, Gabrielle Hawkins, Chloee Thomas, Emily Adkins,

Paige Blauvelt

Ten (or more) Varsity Letters- Paige Blauvelt, Emily Adkins

NFHS Award of Excellence- Gabrielle Hawkins, Hunter Gross

Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award- Sophia Jacomet, Tyler Fetters

OHSAA Scholar Athlete-Paige Blauvelt, Alex Hayes

Viking PRIDE Awards-Kearsten Kirby, Keegan Mahaney, Cooper Elleman, Tyler Fetters, Nichole

Hood, Josiah Oiler, Gabrielle Hawkins, Hunter Gross, Gretchen Frock, Jamie Rowley, Korey

Lauck

Gold Awards-(Top GPA in a subject)- Personal Finance-Levi Marcum, Tyler Fetters Calculus-Levi

Marcum Art Foundations-Paige Blauvelt Advanced Clays & Fibers-Gabrielle Hawkins, Gretchen

Frock Financial Management-Elizabeth Bair Honors Chemistry II-Levi Marcum Geology-Paige

Lawson Anatomy & Physiology-Gretchen Frock, Tutoring-Korey Lauck, Honors English 12-

Gretchen Frock, CC+ English 12-Sophie Jacomet, Film Studies-Gretchen Frock

Wall of Fame- Agricultural Education-Michael Bair, Social Studies-Logan Huffgarden, Visual

Arts-Kirsten Overholser, Family & Consumer Sciences-Elizabeth Bair, Science-Tyler Fetters, Neil

Pohl, Special Education-Kyle Fellers, English-Tyler Fetters, Math-Tyler Fetters

UVCC Top Senior Student-Emily Adkins

Miami East/MVCTC FFA Alumni Scholarship-Michael Bair, Luke Gilliland, Savannah Holzen,

Kearsten Kirby

Mote Family Scholarship-Kearsten Kirby

Sinclair Community College MVCTC Tech Prep Scholarship- Elizabeth Bair, Ethin Bendickson,

Kearsten Kirby, Lucas Gilliland, Michael Bair, Savannah Holzen

Rappold Family First Generation Scholarship-Alyssa Loughman

Lester and Cleon Bowers Scholarship- Neil Pohl

National Honor Society (Seniors)- Paige Blauvelt, Tyler Fetters, Gretchen Frock, Garrett Green,

Gabrielle Hawkins, Alex Hayes, Nichole Hood, Sophie Jacomet, Karley Kinard, Jaidin King,

Kearsten Kirby, Paige Lawson, Levi Marcum, Sylvia Mitchell, Neil Pohl, Katie Pottorf, James

Rowley, Chloee Thomas

National Technical Honor Society-Kyle Fellers, Alex Hayes, Sabrina Parke, Chloe Thomas, Blake

Snyder, Kelly Buck, Destiney Sizemore, Megan Honeyman

Cross County Conference Honor Students-Gretchen Frock, Tyler Fetters, Nichole Hood, Paige

Lawson, Gabrielle Hawkins, Hunter Gross, Paige Blauvelt, Chloee Thomas, Sophia Jacomet, Alex

Hayes, Sylvia Mitchell, Emily Adkins, Katherine Pottorf, Kearsten Kirby, Aaron Lawrence, Korey

Lauck, Elizabeth Scott, Kaitlyn Rohrbach, Kelsea Drake, David Osting, Alyssa Loughman, Lauren

Fisher, Karley Kinard

Academic Diploma with Honors- Paige Blauvelt, Alexander Callahan, Tyler Fetters, Gretchen

Frock, Hunter Gross, Gabrielle Hawkins, Nichole Hood, Jaidin King, Kearsten Kirby, Paige

Lawson, Keagan Mahan, Levi Marcum, Sylvia Mitchell, David Osting, Neil Pohl, Katherine

Pottorf, Jamie Rowley, Aiden Waite

Career Technical Diploma with Honors- Emily Adkins, Faith Hammond, Alex Hayes, Alyssa

Loughman, Kaitlyn Rohrbach, Chloee Thomas

Max Duff Memorial Scholarship- Kearsten Kirby

Mildred Fredericks Scholarship-Hunter Gross

Jean Morrow Memorial Scholarship-Brian Green, Aaron Lawrence, Sylvia Mitchell, Lauren

Fisher

Taylor Family Scholarship- Cameron DeWeese

Rhonda Stewart Memorial Scholarship-Karley Kinard

Kevin Scully McMaken Memorial Scholarship- Nichole Hood

Bud Runner Memorial Scholarship- Jamie Rowley, Sylvia Mitchell, Aiden Waite

CBC Red Cord Honor Graduate- Alexander Callahan, Madison Calvert, Grahm Clawson, Karley

Kinard, Kearsten Kirby, Elizabeth Scott, Aliegha Ulsh

Tri-M Music Honor Society- Nichole Hood, Rebecca Patch, Katherine Pottorf, Angelique

LeMaster, Paige Blauvelt, Tyler Fetters, Grahm Clawson, Keagan Mahaney, Jamie Rowley,

Garrett Green

National Choral Award- Nichole Hood, Rebecca Patch

The John Phillip Sousa Band Award for outstanding musical achievement in all areas of band

(Marching, Concert, Jazz, Pep, Solo and Ensemble) - Keagan Mahan

Louis Armstrong Jazz Award for outstanding achievement in the performance of Jazz - Garrett

Green

Most Improved Senior Band Award - James Rowley

Miami East Alumni Scholarships- Tyler Stapleton, Michael Bair, Ethin Bendickson, Gretchen

Frock, Angelique LeMaster, Alyssa Loughman, Paige Blauvelt, Kearsten Kirby, Kelly Buck, Emily

Adkins, Garrett Green, Madison Calvert, Cameron DeWeese, Levi Marcum, Faith Hammond,

Cooper Elleman, Christian DeWeese, Grahm Clawson, Tyler Fetters, Lauren Fisher, Paige

Lawson, Lucas Gilliland, Gabrielle Hawkins, Alex Hayes, Nichole Hood, Sophia Jacomet, Karley

Kinard, Aaron Lawrence, Keegan Mahaney, Sylvia Mitchell, Sabrina Parke, Neil Pohl, Katherine

Pottorf, Jamie Rowley, Chloee Thomas, David Osting, Meredith McDowell, Joelle DesAutels,

Katlyn Jackson, Annelise Logan, Keagan Mahan

In addition to the scholarships and awards received at Senior Awards Night, members of the

Class of 2020 have received local, national and University/College sponsored scholarships.

5-14-2020

Ohio Dept. of Health Order Closing School Facilities

A major announcement yesterday was the Director of the Ohio Dept. of Health’s order

that all school buildings will be closed through June 30, 2020. Through a call to the ODH, it was

clearly stated that this extends to all school facilities as well and includes stadiums,

baseball/softball diamonds and tracks. This clearly prohibits all schools from making their

facilities available to club/travel/non-interscholastic sports during this mandatory shut-down.

May 2020 FFA Members of the Month

The May 2020 Miami East-MVCTC FFA Members of the Month are Michael Bair, Ethin

Bendickson, and Kearsten Kirby. They are all retired chapter officers and will soon be graduates of Miami

East High School.

Michael Bair is the son of David and Annette Bair of Troy. Michael has served as a Chapter

Officer, earned the State FFA Degree, and for three years has had three proficiencies in the Top 4 in the

state. He plans to pursue a sustainable agriculture internship and return to expand his family’s organic

dairy and poultry farm.

Ethin Bendickson is the son of Derick and Kris Bendickson of Troy. He served as a chapter officer,

earned the State FFA Degree, and attended the State and National FFA Conventions. He has obtained

fulltime employment with Sunrise Cooperative as a special placement program through the Ohio FFA

Foundation.

Kearsten Kirby daughter of Kenny and Jenni Kirby of Piqua. She has served as a chapter officer,

earned her State FFA Degree, and has repeatedly been a top salesperson in the chapter’s annual fruit

sales fundraiser. She plans to attend Wilmington College to major in agriculture.

Every month of the school year the Miami East-MVCTC FFA will select a student to be the FFA

Member of the Month. The officer team will nominate one student that has been actively involved in

the FFA chapter, school and community activities. If selected, the member will be recognized at the

monthly FFA meeting, have their picture displayed in the Miami East Ag Room, and will receive a special

medallion in celebration of their accomplishment.

Good News – Virtual District 1 Science Results

Katie Weddle - Superior Rating - and $100 Troy Fish & Game Award in Animal Science

John Weddle - Superior Rating - and $100 Ohio Soybean Council Biosciences

Both Katie and John will move on to the STATE science fair competition. This will also be

done virtually with results completed in early June.

Congrats to both Katie & John!!

Miami County Science Fair Results

Kelly Buck - excellent rating John Weddle - superior rating Josh Amheiser - superior rating & $150 in awards Neil Pohl - superior rating & $100 in awards Katie Weddle - superior rating (perfect score) & $200 in awards

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION AND SCREENING August 3rd & 4th

It is with pleasure that we welcome your child to Kindergarten at Miami East Local Schools

for the 2020-2021 academic year! We look forward to an educational and enriching

Kindergarten year for your child at Miami East Elementary.

Your child is eligible to begin Kindergarten at Miami East Elementary in the 2020-2021

school year if your child will be five years old on or before August 1, 2020 and meets the

residency requirements.

Miami East Local School District plans to continue to offer our all-day Kindergarten

program next year.

REGISTRATION PERIOD: MARCH 1st – July 31st

Registration is started by emailing Mr. Rohrer at brohrer@miamieast.k12.oh.us We will

start the registration process and schedule an appointment for the Academic Screening.

Upon receiving child’s name and date of birth through email, a screening time will be sent

to your address.

The registration process must be started by July 31st, for your child to participate in the

August 3rd & 4th Academic Screening.

ACADEMIC SCREENING: August 3rd & 4th

Upon arriving at the Elementary, please check in at the Elementary Office to turn in

required documents. Due to Covid-19, we ask that families arrive with one adult only and

the student to be screened.

Please have your supporting documents ready to be copied by the staff:

· Original birth certificate with raised seal

· Child’s Social Security Card

· Parent Photo Identification

· Proof of residence (applies only to student who do not have older siblings already enrolled)

· Physical Form (see enrollment packet)

· School Enrollment Form (see enrollment packet)

· Custody papers (if applicable) - Entire document is required by state law

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Rohrer at brohrer@miamieast.k12.oh.us

Work Permits Steps to Complete: Throughout the closure, Miami East is still completing Work Permits. There are 3 sections to a work permit that need completed.

The top section of the “Work Permit Application for Minors” is completed and signed

by the parent.

The second section of the “Work Permit Application for Minors” is filled out and signed

by the employer.

Lastly, a student must have a physical. If we have a sports physical on file and it is less

than 1 year old, we can use that.

Once both forms have been completed contact the Dr. Rappold to have the work permit

processed and submitted to the state. Please contact Superintendent, Dr. Rappold at

335-7505 ext. 1124 to make arrangements to have the office finalize the permit.

1st

Day School Supplies

The PTO has collaborated with 1st Day School Supplies again this year to help parents and

teachers get the exact supplies needed for next school year without the hassle and aggravation of

shopping at the big name stores. We have found 1st Day School Supplies to be convenient, easy

and hassle free! Plus, the prices are competitive!

Visit the website to order: http://www.1stdayschoolsupplies.com/

Orders must be placed by July 1!

2,500!

This group of Miami East Staff members have now assembled over 2,000 face masks for

agencies and groups across Miami County! Thanks to these staff members!

FOOD SERVICE As we continue the shelter at home, we are seeing more families being impacted as parents are becoming unemployed. We are in this together and want to remind you that as a district we want to make sure that your student is able to take part in our food service.

The Miami East Local School District is providing a lunch option for students while we are closed. All students are welcome. When you pick up a lunch please pass along your name and Pin#.

Thanks to our cooks, educational aides, and bus drivers for their time and effort! The following delivery schedule will be implemented with five Lunches being offered on Mondays only. Monday, April 27 Monday, May 4 Monday, May 11 Monday, May 18 (this will be the last lunch of the 2019-2020 school year)

On Mondays, students will be given five bagged lunches for the entire week. We then plan on using this same Monday delivery schedule throughout the month of April & May.

Lunches are being provided at the following locations: Miami East K-8 (11:00 a.m. – Noon in the back parking lot) Miami East High School (11:00 a.m. – Noon in the back parking lot) Fletcher Methodist Church Parking Lot (11:30 a.m.-Noon) Casstown Gazebo (11:30 a.m.-Noon) Todd Lane (11:30 a.m.-Noon)

Lunches are available to all students. Students are being asked for their pin numbers to keep track of lunches served. Accounts will not be adjusted until we return to school. If you have any questions please contact Dr. Rappold.

The Miami East District utilizes the grade book program Progress Book. Progress Book enables parents and students to see student progress and see grades online. It can be accessed 24/7 from any internet web-browser.

To access Progress Book:

https://pa.metasolutions.net/district

Interested in Bi-Weekly E-News?

If you are interested in receiving the bi-weekly email newsletter on current district

happenings from our Superintendent, Dr. Rappold, send him your email address by typing

"Mailing List" in the memo box @ trappold@miamieast.k12.oh.us.

Know of an event, activity, or an accomplishment that has not been included in the

newsletter? Be sure to pass it along to Dr. Rappold to include in the newsletter and web site.

Miami East Web Site @ www.miamieast.k12.oh.us Please visit our district’s web site for

updated information and events on campus. We have included updated calendars, lunch prices, test

scores, and pictures.