Volume 10 Issue 1 August 2017

Arcadia Local School District

UPDATE The Redskins

NEW PHONE SYSTEM When you call in, you will notice we have a NEW phone system in place. You will have 9 options to choose from: 1—Elementary Office 2—MS/HS Office 3—Transportation 4—Superintendent, Treasurer, or EMIS 5—Technology Coordinator 6—MS/HS Guidance Counselor 7—Athletic Director 8—Maintenance 9—Food Service Supervisor Please leave a voicemail if your call is not an-swered and someone will get back with you as soon as possible

Fall Sports/Band Picture Day Wednesday, August 9th

4:00 PM - Golf 4:20 -Varsity Cheerleading 4:45 - Varsity Football 5:00 - Junior High Football 5:20 - Junior High Cheerleading 5:40 - Marching Band 6:15 - Varsity Volleyball 6:25 - JV Volleyball 6:30 - 8th grade Volleyball 6:40 - 7th grade Volleyball

Please make sure that you have your uniform and are dressed on time! Volleyball pictures will be taken in the gym. All others will be done on the football field. Any questions contact Angie Marquart @ 419.894.6431 ext 221

Monday, August 14th Middle/High School

11 AM—5:30 PM Schedule pick-up

Locker Assignment Pay School Fees

7th Grade & NEW MS/HS Student Orientation 5:30 PM in the Auditorium

School pictures will be taken September 6th

Elementary Open House

Tuesday, August 15th 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Arcadia Local School

2017-2018 School Calendar - Revised

August 15 Tuesday Teacher Workday August 16 Wednesday First Day of School August 30-Sept. 4 Wednesday-Monday Fair Break – No School September 5 Tuesday Classes Resume October 20 Friday End of 1st Qtr. (44Days) October 31 Tuesday Parent/Teacher Conf. 3:20-7:20pm November 2 Thursday 2 Hour Early Dismissal Parent/Teacher Conf. 3:20-7:20pm November 20 Monday Teacher Inservice – No School November 21-24 Tuesday- Friday Thanksgiving Break - No School December 21-Jan. 3 Thursday-Wednesday Winter Break - No School January 4 Thursday Classes Resume January 12 Friday End of 2nd 9-weeks (45 days) End of 1st Semester (89 days) January 15 Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day- No School February 15 Thursday Parent/Teacher Conf. 3:20-7:20pm February 19 Monday President‘s Day – No School March 16 Friday End of 3rd Qtr. (43 Days) March 29-April 2 Thursday - Monday Spring Break May 24 Thursday Last Day of School for Students End of 4th 9-weeks (46 days) End of 2nd Semester (89 days) May 25 Friday Teacher Workday May 20 Sunday Graduation

No Arcadia Activities June 25 – July 8, 2018

First Day of School

Wednesday,

August 16th

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School Contact Information 19033 St. Rt. 12, Arcadia, OH 44804 School Phone: 419.894.6431 Fax: 419.894.6970

Central Office: Elementary Office: High School /Middle School Office: Transportation: Bruce Kidder, Superintendent X101 David Golden, Principal X301 Bill Dobbins, Principal X201 Doug Smith, Supervisor X103 Angie Spridgeon, Treasurer X102 Jenny Holman, Secretary X300 Tammy York, Secretary X200 Athletic Director: Rita Feasel, Secretary X100 Pat Ramsey, Guidance X202 Ryan Ludwig X106

PreK-12 Notification System

Arcadia School will once again use the school-to-family communications service called PreK-12 Notification. We will use this service to deliver both emergency and non-emergency messages to you via telephone for 2017-2018 school year. Using PreK-12 Notification, we can quickly contact all families - in a matter of minutes - with urgent news such as school closings, early dismissals, delayed buses or rescheduled activities. We will also use the service to provide timely non-emergency information such as reminders about important meetings or special events at school that involve your children. In the case of school closings, this service is meant to be a compliment to the existing means of communications, TV stations, radio stations, etc. We will continue to utilize ALL of these mediums in the event of a school closure and/or delay.

Your primary phone number will be supplied to PreK - 12 Notification Service. Each family may add up to four telephone numbers. In an emergency the message will be delivered to all of your numbers. Families that wish to include additional phone numbers may do so by calling the PreK-12 Notification Parent Hotline at 1-800-846-4976. For security reasons, you must call from your Primary phone number to manage your personal emergency contact list.

Please update your information if it has changed from last year.

School Contact Information 19033 St. Rt. 12, Arcadia, OH 44804 School Phone: 419.894.6431 Fax: 419.894.6970

Central Office: Elementary Office: High School /Middle School Office: Transportation: Bruce Kidder, Superintendent X101 David Golden, Principal X301 Bill Dobbins Principal X201 Bret Voges, Supervisor X103 Angie Spridgeon, Treasurer X102 Jenny Holman, Secretary X300 Tammy York, Secretary X200 Athletic Director: Shelly Heacock, Asst. Treas. X108 Pat Ramsey, Guidance/Asst. AD X202 Ryan Ludwig X106 Rita Feasel, Supt. Secretary X 100

Reminder From the Transportation Department

Safe ride to school rules

Students must respectfully obey the driver

Students should be ready to board the bus 5 minutes before the bus is expected to arrive.

Students must stay properly seated at all times, keeping aisles and exits clear.

Students may only bring articles on the bus that they can hold in their lap.

Students must use only their assigned bus stop.

Students must be quiet at RxR tracks until the bus is completely across the tracks

There is to be no cell phone use of any kind.

There is no eating or drinking on the buses.

Students cannot change buses except for emergencies.

Students are to observe classroom like behavior on the bus

Students may lose their bus riding privileges if the above rules are not followed!

Other reminders

Parents must fill out a bus request if their student(s) need to use an address other than their home address. This is to be done before July 1st of each year if possible.

If you have any questions, call Bret Voges @ 894-6431 opt. 4

WELCOME TO ARCADIA! NEW STAFF

Victoria Baney, Elem. Art James Brake, Music/Choir Adam Flugga, HS English Mary Sanders, Cafeteria

NO SCHOOL AUGUST 30—SEPTEMBER 4

FAIR BREAK

HOMECOMING OCTOBER 6th

Aluminum Can Collection The next aluminum can collection will take place in September.

Start saving your cans for us!

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Please Notify Us!

Please report any changes in address and/or phone numbers to the school as soon as possible. We need to maintain the most current information on each student. Please help us by notifying us of any changes that take place. This guarantees that all correspondence from the school reaches your home as quickly as possible. Many people are opting to use their cell phones as their main line. If you no longer have a ‗land line‘, please let us know. If you move within or out of Arcadia School district we need to know this as soon as it happens. Your cooperation with this is greatly appreciated! We need to be able to contact you in the event of emergencies or notices that effect your children.

“Meet the Teams Night”

@ Arcadia Football Stadium

The annual Meet the Teams night will be held on Friday, August 18th @ 6:00 p.m.

at the football field.

Pre-purchased dinners swill be served from

4:00—6:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria.

Please see any team player, band member, cheerleader

or Lion‘s Club member for dinner tickets.

SUPPORT ARCADIA ATHLETES

A Kroger Community Rewards account

has been set up to benefit all athletes at Arcadia. Kroger will return 1% of your purchases just by

using your Kroger Plus card! Easiest fundraiser ever!

Here’s how you do it:

You need a Kroger’s Plus card AND your account set

up online at www.kroger.com Click on the “community” tab

Click on “community rewards”

Enroll Arcadia Athletic Department, organization #

97956 as the recipient of your rewards

Then shop at Kroger with your Plus card!

Tell your friends and relatives to sign up!

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Elementary Perfect Attendance

for 2016-2017

First Name Last Name

Alexxia Brickner

Riley Gibson

Isabella Nenni

Reece Pullins

Isaac Stoner

Alexis Theis

School Supplies

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HOMELESS STUDENTS Children who meet the Federal definition of "homeless" will be provided a free and appropriate public education in the same manner as all other students of the District. To that end, homeless stu-dents will not be stigmatized or segregated on the basis of their status as homeless and will be assigned to the school serving those non-homeless students residing in the area in which the home-less child is actually living. No homeless student will be denied enrollment based on a lack of proof of residency. No Board policy, administrative guideline, or practice will be interpreted or applied in such a way as to inhibit the enrollment, attendance, or school success of homeless children. Homeless students will be provided services comparable to other students in the District including:

transportation services;

educational services for which the homeless student meets eligibility criteria including services provided under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act or similar State and local programs, educational programs for children with disabilities, and educational programs for students with limited English proficiency;

programs in vocational and technical education;

programs for gifted and talented students; and

school nutrition programs. If you need further information, please contact Bruce Kidder at 419-894-6431.

IDEA-B FUNDS The Arcadia Local Schools will once again be receiving Title VI-B Funds for the 2017-2018 year. These funds are used to supplement special education and special

needs programs already in place in the school district and county.

This allocation is earmarked to help pay for the special education services Arcadia students receive through the Hancock County Educational Service Center. The school system would like to continue to use its IDEA-B money for this purpose. If you have any questions or comments pertaining to the use of these funds or our special education programs, please contact the superintendent‘s office at 419-894-6431.

Search for Children with Disabilities

School districts across the state of Ohio are participating in an effort to identify, locate, and evaluate all children from birth through twenty-one years of age who may have disabilities. Disability, in this instance, means such conditions as hearing impairments, speech or language impairments, visual impairments, specific learning disabilities, multiple disabilities, mental retardation, emotionally disturbed, other health impairments, autism, traumatic brain injury, and physical impairments. Public schools have responded vigorously to federal and state mandates requiring the provision of a free appropriate public education regardless of a child‘s disability. But before school districts can serve children, they must be found. Many children with disabilities are not visible because they do not function in the mainstream of the community, such as children who are homeless and children of migrant families. Also, many unidentified children with disabilities are preschoolers. Parents may not be aware their child has a disability or that there are programs and services availa-ble. The school district will ask for information about the child, asking such questions as: What is the problem? What has already been done about the problem? What background information is avail-able? This information may be collected in several ways including interviews, observations, screening, and testing. This information may be obtained from parents and the student, or from other agencies that have information about the student. This information will be used to decide whether the child has a disability and needs special services. All information collected will be held in strict confidence and released to others only with parent permission or as allowed by law. For example, the school district will send records on request to a school district or other educational agency in which a student intends to enroll. The parents may have a copy of those records upon request. The school district will keep a record of all persons who review confidential records with the exception of authorized school employees, or other educational agency personnel. The school will also maintain a list of those employees who may have access to records. The school district or other educational agency will inform the parents when personally identifiable information collected, maintained, or used is no longer needed to provide educational services to the child. All personally identifiable data will be kept for at least five years or longer if required for audit purposes, or otherwise required by law. Parents and students have rights in this process. Parents have the right to:

Review their child‘s records;

Refuse permission to release information (except as required by or permitted by, law to be released); and

Request that information they believe to be inaccurate, misleading, or in violation of their child‘s privacy or other rights be changed. The district has a process to resolve disagreements about information collected.

The school district has appointed one person to make sure that information about students is kept confidential. Contact your school district board of education office for this person‘s name. The school district‘s policies and procedures for special education are available. Contact the school district superintendent. The school district operates an Educational Management Information System (EMIS) that assures a practical method of identifying which children are currently receiving special education services and which children are not. Certain data regarding children are maintained within this system. School districts are interested in meeting the needs of children with disabilities. If you have or know of a child who may have a disability, contact your local school for more information and help.

First Day of School Wednesday, August 16th

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Student Records and Directory Information

In order to provide students with appropriate instruction and educational services it is necessary for the District to main-

tain extensive educational and personal information. It is essential that pertinent information in these records be readily

available to appropriate school personnel, be accessible to the student‘s parent(s) or the student in compliance with law,

and yet be guarded as confidential information.

The Guidance Counselor is responsible for the proper administration of student records in keeping with Ohio Law and

Federal requirements and the procedures for the collection of necessary information about individual students throughout

the District.

Upon request, all records and files included in student‘s cumulative file are available to parent(s) or the student (if he/she

is over eighteen years of age). This request must be in writing and is granted within even calendar days. No records are

to be removed from the school; principal, teacher or other qualified school personnel must be present to explain an of the

tests or other material.

All rights and protections given to parents under law and this policy transfer to the student when he/she reaches age

eighteen or enrolls in post secondary school. The student then becomes an ―eligible student‖.

The District provides notice to parents and eligible student annually, in accordance with the procedures set forth under

administrative regulations, of the rights held by parents and eligible students under law and this policy. It is the intent of

the District to limit the disclosure of information contained in the student‘s education records except by prior written con-

sent, as directory information, and under other limited circumstances as enumerated under administrative regulations.

The following rights exists:

the right to inspect and review the student‘s education records;

the right, in accordance with administrative regulations to seek to correct parts of the student‘s education records,

including the right to a hearing if the school authority decides not to alter the records according to the parent(s) or

eligible student‘s request;

the right of any person to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education if the District violates relevant

Federal law, specifically the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and

the right to acquire information concerning the procedure which the parent(s) or eligible student should follow to

obtain copies of this policy, the locations from which copies may be obtained, as well as any fees to be charged for

such copies.

The District proposes to designate the following personally identifiable information contained in a student‘s education

records as ―directory information‖

Student‘s name;

Student‘s address;

Student‘s photograph;

Student‘s date of birth;

Student‘s extracurricular participation; and

Student‘s weight and height, if a member of an athletic team.

The above information is disclosed without prior written consent, except when the request is for a profit-making plan or

activity.

Administrative regulations set forth a procedure for annual notification to parents and eligible students of the District‘s

definition of directory information. Parents or eligible students then have two weeks in which to advise the District, in

accordance with such regulations of any or all items which they refuse to permit as directory information about that stu-

dent.

To carry out their responsibilities, school officials have access to student education records for legitimate education

purposes. The District uses the criteria set forth under administrative regulations to determine who are ―school officials‖

and what constitutes ―legitimate educational interests:

Other than requests as described above, school officials release information from or permit access to, a student‘s educa-

tion records only with the prior written consent of a parent or eligible student except that the Superintendent or a person

designated in writing by the Superintendent may permit disclosure in certain limited circumstances outlined under admin-

istrative regulations (e.g., transfers to another school district or to comply with judicial order or subpoena or were warrant-

ed, in a health or safety emergency, etc.).

The District maintains, in accordance with administrative regulations, an accurate record of all request to disclose infor-

mation from, or to permit access to, a student‘s education records and of information disclosed and access permitted.

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~Answering Machines~

All phones in the school building are equipped with a voicemail

feature to handle incoming calls before and after school hours.

During the day, if that extension is busy, or the teacher is in class,

you may leave a message in voicemail.

Before and after hours, please listen to the prompts to get you to

the correct extension.

Arcadia Local School

Name Extension

District Office 100

Bruce Kidder, Supt. 101

Angie Spridgeon, Treasurer 102

Shelly Heacock, Asst. Treas. 181

Brett Voges, Transportation 103

Amanda Allshouse, Café. 104

Gregg McKee, Tech. Coor. 105

Ryan Ludwig, Ath. Director 106

Craig Recker, Maintenance 107

Middle/High School

MS/HS Office/Attendance 200

Bill Dobbins, Principal 201

Pat Ramsey, Guidance 202

Althaus, Dan 204

Barr, Tayler 217

Breitigam, Jeff 206

Brown, Dan 207

Boes, Jerry 209

Burke, Olivia 222

Ebersole, Aaron 210

Flugga, Adam 219

Holtsberry, Keisha 215

Jordan, Kim 214

Lobb, Tiffany 212

Ludwig, Ryan 203

Marquart, Angela 221

McKee, Brooke 208

Moore, Kathryn 314

Ritter, Paula 220

Saltzman, Katie 309

Seery, Carly 232

Sponsler, Ned 223

Spridgeon, David 216

Stone, Jerry 211

School Psychologist 218

Tawney, Katie 213

Tidd, Barb 205

Trusty, Anjie 227/302

York, Tammy 200

Library, HS 227

Weight Room 228

Elementary School

Elm Office/Attendance 300

Dave Golden, Principal 301

Baker, Clay 321

Baney, Victoria 320

Barton, Susan 319

Brake, James 314

DeVaul, Darlie 323

Gutman, Michelle 303

Holman, Kendra 304

Holman, Jenny 300

Jackson, Micheale-Lyn 310

Kessler, Michelle 315

Kuhn, Katie 312

Lauck, JoAnn 324

Maag, Lisa 313

Percer, Megan 305

Pessell, Jaclyn 318

Plesec, Carrie 317

Prater, Kristan 307

Saltzman, Katie 309

Schilling, Julie 308

Stoner, Angie 320

Trusty, Angie 302/227

Uitto, Dereck 306

Vera, Lynn 316

HARVEST BAZAAR ARCADIA UNITED METHODIST

CHURCH 19397 CR 216

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2017

9:00am-2:30pm

Bake Sale Cookie Walk

Crafts Rag Rugs

Quilt Raffle Silent Auction Gift Baskets

Apple Dumplings

Homemade food served all day including noodles, vegetable soup, sandwiches and desserts.

Volley for a Cure 2017

Wednesday, October 4th

Arcadia vs North Baltimore

Mark your calendars! This is always a fun, worthwhile

event! Your support is appreciated!

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Mission Statement

The mission of Arcadia Local School is to

guarantee all graduates the knowledge and

skills to succeed in an ever-changing world.

This will be accomplished by providing an

enriched curriculum through innovative and

individualized instruction delivered in an

outstanding learning environment by a highly

qualified staff in partnership with families and

community.

School Delay, Emergency, Closing Information Weather delays and cancellations are a part of our daily routine during the school year. Just a reminder

that the safety of our students is our primary considera-tion when we delay or cancel school or an activity.

We will try to have our decision made by 6:15 a.m. The following stations will be notified of the decision:

WFIN-WKXA (1330/100.5) WBVI-WFOB (96.7/1430)

WBUCK-WCKY-WPFX-WTTF (106.3/103.7/107.7/1600)

TV Channel 11 TV Channel 13 TV Channel 24

The PreK-12 phone notification system will provide

immediate information should a weather or emergency event occur. You may update your contact information at any time by calling1-800-846-4976 from your primary

phone number.

What you can find at:

www.Arcadia.noacsc.org

There are links to MANY things happening at Arcadia School!!! Here are just a few:

You can read this UPDATE! In COLOR!

Check the daily HS/MS announcements.

Check your child‘s cafeteria account bal-ance.

Principal Newsletters

Menus

And many more links… check it out!

Hancock County Toll-Free Crisis Hotline

1-888-936-7116 Do you or someone you know need help, need to

talk, or feel stressed? Please call 1-888-936-7116, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

This is a toll-free crisis hotline number.

Arcadia Board of Education:

Eric Metcalfe, President Carol Metzger, Vice President

Don Allshouse Cory Boes

Ryan George

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ARCADIA LOCAL SCHOOL 19033 St. Rt. 12

Arcadia, OH 44804

Visitor Policy

When visiting Arcadia School during school hours, we ask that all visitors use the main entrance, facing Route 12. All other doors in the building are locked. Please ‘buzz in’ to the ap-propriate office, then pro-ceed to that office for a visi-tors pass. Thank you for your coopera-tion in helping us to main-tain a safe environment for our students and staff.

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