PattonvilleWork@Nov. 30, 2012

An e-newsletter from the Pattonville School District

Ribbon-cutting for new pool set for Jan. 4

On Jan. 4, members of the Pattonville boys and girls swim and dive teams will mark the opening of the new Patton-

ville Aquatic Center by stretching out across the new pool and holding more than 25 yards of green ribbon. Team members are taking to the water to help cut the ribbon on the new facility, which is in the final phases of construction. The pool facility is funded by Prop K, the zero tax rate increase bond issue approved by voters in November 2010. Funds from the bond issue can only be used for bond projects such as the pool and are prohib-ited by law to be used for the district’s operational budget (the budget for items such as salaries and textbooks).

Pattonville High School will host an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Jan. 4. The public can tour the facility from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will commence at 6:30 p.m. The festivities continue on Saturday, Jan. 5, with an open swim for the community from noon to 3 p.m. At 6 p.m., alumni members of the Pattonville swimming and diving teams will have an alumni swim and dive meet with former Pat-tonville swim coaches John Hamilton and Bill Rinesmith as the honorary coaches.

Shown above is a view of the pool under construction in late November.

Facility funded by Prop K bond issue funds, which is separate by law from operating budget

Pool OpeningFestivitiesFriday, Jan. 4• Open House, 5 to 6:30 p.m.• Ribbon Cutting, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 5• Open Swim for Community,

Noon to 3 p.m.• Swim/Dive Alumni Swim/

Dive Meet, 6 p.m.

Coming Soon

The Pattonville School District is partnering with two area club programs to provide additional swimming and diving opportuni-ties for Pattonville families at the new Pattonville Aquatics Center. These comprehensive programs will be provided through the Parkway Swim Club and the Clayton Diving Alliance.

Look for information to sign up for these programs in the spring community education brochure which will be mailed to residents in late December/early January. The brochure will also be posted under “Seasonal Links” on the district website (www.psdr3.org) before winter break.

Swimming and diving opportunities forPattonville youth

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Michael A. Fulton, Ed.D., SuperintendentSuperintendent’s UpdateBridgeway food drive benefits Pattonville families

Congratulations to Bridgeway Elementary School for collecting more than 3,200 food items to donate to the Community Helping Ministry. The Community Helping Ministry is an organization that provides food and financial assistance to families in need. The organization’s service area is the Patton-ville School District. Bridgeway donated their items to the food pantry prior to the Thanksgiving break.

Rose Acres celebrates reading during month of November

Rose Acres Elementary School spent the month of November celebrating reading with a variety of activities. The school set and met its goal of reading 2,012 books during the month. Because they met their goal, students will “have a ball” with Principal Steve Vargo during an extra recess next week. On Nov. 15, several Pattonville High School student athletes visited the school to read their favorite childhood storybook to students in different classrooms. The high schoolers served as great role models while entertaining the classes by answering questions about themselves and discussing the books they read. That same night, the school hosted a Family Reading Night with two storytellers who shared their gift of telling stories. The free event also featured the creative paper-cutting with the “Snowflake Lady,” face-painting and zumba.

November is service month at HolmanStudents and staff at Holman Middle School focused on service for the month of

November as part of the school’s positive character education program. Each advisory at Holman planned a service project at school or in the community as

part of that focus. Projects include a wide range of ideas, such as creating holiday door hangers for residents of a local nursing home; conducting a charity book drive; sending cards of appreciation to teachers and military personnel; cleaning up the school grounds; creating anti-bullying posters for the school; and organizing a canned food drive.

Gifted students learn about biofuelsStudents in the SIGMA middle school gifted program at Holman Middle School,

Pattonville Heights Middle School and Remington Traditional School recently traveled to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis and learned how scientists there are making biofuel from algae. Students have been studying alternative energy, and the field trip tied into what they were learning in the classroom.

During the field trip, students learned about how scientists at Danforth are harvest-ing lipids from algae that can be turned into biofuels. They were invited to suspend algae into “balls,” which the scientists use for experiments. Students were able to take home small sample vials of the algae. Students also toured the greenhouses at Dan-forth, which are used to grow plants for various purposes.

The Danforth Center is a not-for-profit research institute where scientists are engaged in research that strives to enhance the nutritional content of plants, increase agricultural production to create a sustainable food supply, reduce the use of pesticides and fertilizer, develop new and sustainable biofuels and generate scientific ideas and technologies that will contribute to the economic growth of the St. Louis region.

Shown are Bridgeway students with the more than 3,200 food items col-lected for families in need. They are, from left, Matthew Wasser, Adam Reddy, Brandon Rivera, Sam Barrier, Fisher Klein, Jennean Barghouty, Eric Snowden, Tehya Cox-Potter and Romy Wamhoff.

Remington student Julia Beliz uses a dropper to create algae balls, which can be used by scientists for experiments and testing.

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Thirty-seven Pattonville High School students have been recognized for

their outstanding performance on the college-level Advanced Placement (AP) exams taken last spring. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program of-fers students the opportunity to take chal-lenging college-level courses while still in high school and to receive college credit, advanced placement or both for a success-ful performance on the course’s respective AP exam. Only about 20 percent of the more than 2.1 million high school students worldwide who took AP exams performed at a level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.

Pattonville students took the AP exams last May after completing college-level courses at Pattonville High School. Pat-tonville currently offers 14 Advanced Placement courses: AP Studio Art, AP Biology, AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Programming, AP English, AP Environmental Science, AP European History, AP Government and Politics, AP Physics, AP Psychology, AP Spanish, AP Statistics and AP United States History. Last year, one-third of Pattonville High School students enrolled in AP courses.

Pattonville students were recognized for achieving three different levels of AP Scholar. Five students, all who gradu-ated with the Pattonville Class of 2012, earned the Scholar with Distinction Award by scoring an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are Michelle Dougan, Joel Fine, Anna Hooppaw, Alyssa Mars and Marc Prather.

Current Pattonville senior Robert Hwang and 2012 graduates Ellis Breig, Jacob Cody, Aaron Gershman, David Lind-say, Rachel McCormick, Lucas Morin and Ben Royer earned the Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.

Another 24 Pattonville students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with grades of 3 or higher. Current Pattonville seniors who earned the AP Scholar Awards are: Madeleine Chilton, Joseph Copeland, Brennan Cull, Brigitta Davis, Kevin Mitchell, Roger Netherton, James Sorsen and Yareli Urbina. Those who graduated last May and earned the recognition are: Michael Brown, Brittni Cambron, Marie Clark, Samuel Decker, Syd-ney Finn, Joseph Hakanson, Michael Holm, Madison King, Kelsey Koenig, Adam Lair, Rachel Lindsay, Sean McDon-ald, Jacqueline Model, Kevin Petterson, Jessica Redensek and Zane Stringer.

More than 90 percent of the nation’s colleges and universities award credit and/or placement for qualifying exams.

37 students named Advanced Placement (AP) Scholars Only about 20 percent of high school students worldwide who took these college-level exams scored high enough to merit the recognition of AP Scholar

Current Pattonville High School students who were name AP Scholars included, from left, Madeleine Chilton, Brennan Cull and Brigitta Davis.

Mark Your Calendar

Pattonville Band Booster’s annual craft fair is SaturdayThe Pattonville Band Boosters Association will hold its annual arts and craft fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1 at Pattonville High School, 2497 Creve Coeur Mill Road in Maryland Heights. During the event, vendors display and sell handcrafted arts and crafts. Admission is free. The Band Boosters Association supportsthebandandflagsprogramsatPattonvilleHighSchool.

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Board ActionsThe Board of Education on Nov. 27:• Reviewed an upcoming trip by the Pattonville High School Robotics Club;• Approved paying $279,602.18 for purchases made on Pattonville’s purchasing cards, which earned the district a

rebate of nearly 1 percent (or $2,572.34);• Approved declaring the district’s revisionary right to real estate property located at 4008 Fee Fee Road in St. Louis

County as surplus and authorized the superintendent to list the revisionary right with a licensed real estate broker;• Approved paying $4,465.75 to Kohn, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis and Giljum for legal services;• Approved revisions to Policy JFCJ (Weapons in School); • Approved the adoption of new board Policy AH (Tobacco-Free District) and Policy Procedure GDPB-R-1 (Separa-

tion Incentive Plan or SIP); and• Awarded a bid for trash liners to Royal papers for $18,353.

New Hires• JodiSchrumpf,early childhood special education paraprofessional, Parkwood

Business Bits: Actions taken at the Nov. 27 school board meeting

CalendarsClick on the calendar tab to view an activities calendar of all

school and district-level events; or an athletic calendar BoardDocs

Details of items discussed at board meetings can be found online. Click on any tab in the Web Tools menu to

find Pattonville’s BoardDocs page.

Pattonville Online www.psdr3.org

Your Board of EducationJeanne Schottmueller, President

Ron Kuschel, Vice PresidentTami Hohenstein, SecretaryRalph Stahlhut, TreasurerCindy Candler, Director

Bob Dillon, DirectorRuth Petrov, Director

Making NewsSpecial recognition of Pattonville students, staff and volunteers

District-WideDePaul Art of Healing exhibitElementary and middle school artists throughout the Pattonville School District were called upon by SSM DePaul Health Center to create artwork as part of an ongoing exhibit that is now on per-manent display in the hospital. The hospital invited Pattonville art teachers and students to create works that visually portray the mean-ing of healing arts. Of the work submitted, 23 pieces of artwork by Pattonville students were selected for display on a special wall DePaul created to feature the artwork of area students. The display debuted on Nov. 15. Students’ work will be featured on the Art of Healing wall on a rotating basis, with new artwork on display every three months. The new Art of Healing wall is located in the hall near Café DePaul and the main lobby.

Students whose artwork was selected for the inaugural exhibit were Teidrick Banks and Jacob O’Bryan from Briar Crest Elemen-tary; Hannah Bechtel, Henry Cortez Gon-zalez and Patrick Sepanski of Bridgeway Elementary; Samantha Crivello, Arisbel Mendieta, Haley Swift and Joey Thum from Drummond Elementary; Kaycee Car-man, Jasmine Rosales and Kylie Surrat of Parkwood Elementary; Hannah Gallagher, Chris Kowalski, Emily Reyes, Zoe Robin-son and Tabitha Wilkerson of Remington Traditional School; Toryona Harvey and Lawrene-Rose Tinker of Pattonville Heights Middle School; and Marissa Etwaroo, Jaylin McCall and Maryah Ricks from Holman Middle School. These students’ teachers are Kelsey Countryman from Briar Crest; Sarah Garner from Bridgeway; Tarah Chambers and Carolyn Shaw of Drummond; Janel MacLean from Parkwood; Marcia Mueller from Remington; Pamela Walsh from Pat-tonville Heights; and Montie Richter from Holman.

Missouri Early Childhood of the Year ProgramPattonville’s early childhood education program was selected as the Missouri School Boards Association (MSBA) FutureBuilders Early Childhood Education Program of the Year. Pattonville was selected for the state honor from among three finalists that included programs from Nixa and Park Hill.

On Sept. 29, Laurie Wenzel, Pattonville’s director of early childhood, as well as her counterparts from Nixa and Park Hill, gave presentations about their programs to a panel of judges before an audience of school board members and superintendents from throughout Missouri at the annual MSBA conference. Pattonville was announced as the winner during an afternoon session.

The Early Childhood Education Program of the Year Award recognizes innovative and original early childhood

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Honored for their participation in the inaugural exhibit at DePaul Health Center were, from left, teacher Sarah Garner and students Patrick Sepanski, Lawrene-Rose Tinker and Kylie Surrat.

Pattonville’s early childhood program was recognized as Missouri’s Early Childhood Program of the Year. Representatives from the program who were recognized during a recent school board meeting were, from left, front row, parent educator Tammy Davis, secretary Lisa Cwiklowski, Director of Early Childhood Laurie Wenzel and PTO President Andrea Snowden; middle row, parent educator Lori Connors, student Erin Greenblatt, parent Shelli Greenblatt and parent educator Jan Schweiss; and back row, parent educators Kathy Albers and Julie Hilker.

education programs within Missouri. MSBA FutureBuilders, MSBA’s educational foundation, created the award to rec-ognize public school districts that have shown a commitment to quality early learning opportunities for children. Award recipients are selected based on their innovative approaches and outstanding ability to engage and support the develop-ment of the children in their care as well as their overall commitment to the early childhood education profession.

Pattonville offers preschool classes in most elementary schools, providing an opportunity for children to attend preschool at the same school they will attend for their elementary years. Classes are also held at the Pattonville Learning Center. Pattonville also offers a quality Parents As Teachers program, which is a free, voluntary early childhood program designed to help parents be the first and most important teacher to their child(ren). Personal visits, group meetings, play groups and health and developmental screenings are offered to families who have children between birth to school age. Free kindergarten screenings for vision, hearing and development are also available.

Holman Middle SchoolAll Suburban BandThree students from Holman Middle School were selected for the St. Louis All Suburban Concert Band. Seventh-grader Sarah Hasekamp and eighth-graders Mariah Reinecke and Jordan Stevens auditioned among 520 students and were selected to participate in the band. They will prepare advanced-level music and give a con-cert at Ladue High School in January. They were taught by band directors Adam Hall and Steve White.

Pattonville High SchoolNationally ranked fencerMohamed Hassan, a freshman at Pattonville High School, recently moved up to rank 20th in the nation in fencing. According to the United States Fencing As-sociation, he is qualified to compete in international tournaments, including world cups and world championships. He recently competed in a competition in Budapest, Hungary.

Semifinalist for US Youth Senate ProgramAnjali Fernandes, a Pattonville senior, was selected as one of four semifinalists in Missouri to attend the United States Senate Youth Program. Only two repre-sentatives from each state are chosen for this unique educational opportunity. Semifinalists in Missouri are chosen based on nomination forms, student essays and letters of recommendation. Missouri’s representatives will be chosen after an interview with a selection committee in Jefferson City. Semifinalists not chosen as the representatives serve as alternates. The U.S. Senate Youth Program is a unique educational experience for outstanding high school students interested in pursu-ing careers in public service. Student delegates spend a week in Washington experiencing their national government in ac-tion, hearing major policy addresses by senators, cabinet members, officials from the Departments of State and Defense and directors of other federal agencies and meeting with a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Missouri DECA District 7 Vice PresidentJulia Mullineaux, a senior from Pattonville High School, was elected as the District 7 vice president for the Missouri DECA organization. DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, hospitality and management. The position will allow Mullineaux to help lead the more than 8,000 DECA students throughout Missouri.

Cappies Review A review by Pattonville High School junior Madison Farrar was selected to be sent to the St. Louis Beacon online news website for publication. Farrar reviewed Bishop DuBourg’s performance of “Acts of God” as part of Cappies (Critics and Awards Program). The program trains high school theater and journalism students as critics who attend shows at other schools, write reviews and publish those reviews in local newspapers.

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Anjali Fernandes

Holman Middle School band director Adam Hall, right, is shown with Mariah Reinecke and Sarah Hasekamp, two students who were selected for the St. Louis All Suburban Concert Band.

Mohamed Hassan

100 Neediest Cases Art CompetitionArtwork by several Pattonville High School students was recognized through the 100 Neediest Cases art competition sponsored by the St. Louis Post-Dis-patch and the United Way. Juniors Luke Cwiklowski and Aviva Englander and seniors Jessica Boxx and Sarah King each had artwork selected in the Top 40 of the 100 Neediest Cases contest. Their art was selected for publication in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in November and December. In addition, several other students had artwork they submitted for the contest chosen to be displayed at the Missouri History Museum. They are Jain Bushra, Vinh Cam, Chaz Fox, Ashley Jones, Jordan Paine and Andreana Williams.

All State Choir AlternateJordan Paine, a Pattonville High School senior, was named the sixth best bass singer in the St. Louis Suburban District, making him the second alternate for the All State Choir.

Girls Golf Suburban North ChampsPattonville’s girls golf team was named Suburban North Conference Champions. One student, Nikki Callahan, also competed in the Missouri State High School golf champion-ship, where she finished 33rd. The members of the Subur-ban North championship team are Justine Galluzzo, Emily Gilmer, Danielle Nagelvoort, Alexis Parsons, Haley Raftery, Megan Sadler, Hannah Saputo and Suzanne Taylor. The team was coached by Leslie Anderson and assistant coach Jason Lammert.

Girls Volleyball Suburban North ChampsPattonville’s girls volleyball team was named Suburban North Conference Champions. In addition to this honor, seven members of the team were named all conference players. Madi Maguire and Jessica Zehner were named First Team All Conference players. Jennifer Baker, Becky Cook, Katie Mertz and Hailey Womack were named Second Team All Conference players. Sammie Byrne was named an Hon-orable Mention All Conference player. The other members of the championship team are Gianna Bergh, Cassie Cal-lahan, Alyssa Potter and Angie Schultz. Becky Middendorf coached the championship team.

Cross Country HonorsMembers of Pattonville’s boys and girls cross country teams recently earned honors for their season performances. Sophomore Sarah Mohrmann was named a State Qualifier, All District and First Team All Conference cross country runner. Will Chaney was named a State Qualifier and First Team All Conference cross country runner. Samantha Barclay and Nathan Leventhal were also named First Team All Conference runners. The girls were coached by Scott Fader and assistant coach Kathy Zoll, and the boys were coached by Jeremiah Simmons and assistant coach William Wessels.

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Jordan PaineLuke Cwiklowski

Pattonville’s girls golf team was named Suburban North Champi-ons. Members included, from left, Alexis Parsons, Haley Raftery and Megan Sadler.

Pattonville’s girls volleyball team was named Suburban North Champions. Coach Becky Middendorf is shown with team mem-bers, from left, Madi Maguire, Jennifer Baker and Jessica Zehner.

Pattonville’s cross country team mem-bers are shown with their coaches. They are, from left, front row, assistant coach William Wessels, students Samantha Barclay and Sarah Mohrmann and coach Scott Fader; back row, coach Jeremiah Simmons and students Will Chaney and Nathan Leventhal.

Boys Soccer HonorsEleven students on Pattonville’s boys soccer team were named all conference players. Aim Dedkhad, BJ Dryer, Jared Hunsaker, Erik Solorio and Matt Tiefenbrunn were named First Team All Conference soccer players. Second Team All Conference players are Justin Carter, Brad Risenhoover and Carter Yarnell. John Collins, Josh Beck and Luke Moriarty were named Honorable Mention All Conference soccer players. Ray Stahl coached the team with Mike Zacheis as assistant coach.

Softball HonorsPattonville softball player Kayla York was named a First Team All Conference softball player this year. In addition, Kiersten McCormick and Skyler Rodgers were named Second Team All Conference players and Bailey Baker, Sammie Bauer and Kayla Blank were named Honorable Mention All Confer-ence players. Doug McGhee coached the team with assistant coach Craig Gregory.

Girls Tennis HonorsJuniors Paige Bateman and Selam Mulugeta and senior Arden Toney were named Second Team All Confer-ence tennis players, and senior Darleen Bequette was named an Honorable Mention All Conference Player. The girls were coached by Jeff Grass and assistant coach Jessica Muckerman-Presson.

Football HonorsEight Pattonville football team members were named All Conference players. Junior Tyler Hach was named a First Team All Conference punter. Josh Walker was named an Honorable Mention All Conference linebacker and defensive end. Nick Coffey, Carter Hanford and Jordan Wilkes were named Honorable Mention All Conference linebackers. Jake Stroker was named an Honorable Mention All Conference wide receiver and Harley Hughes and Henry Usen were named Honorable Mention All Conference offensive liners. The football team was coached by Steve Smith with the assistance of Victor Fink, Travis Har-ris, Scott Hauser, Cory Lewis, Vince Licameli and Mike Roush.

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Pattonville’s honored soccer players included, from left, Carter Yarnell, Jared Hunsaker and Aim Dedkhad.

Kayla BlankBailey Baker Arden ToneyPaige Bateman

Pattonville’s honored football players are shown with coach Steve Smith (right). They are, from left, Tyler Hach, Nick Coffey and Harley Hughes.