OnJune5,213membersoftheRocky RiverHighSchoolClassof2015 received their diplomas during commencement ceremonies atLakewood Civic Auditorium.We are proud to highlight some of theachievementsoftheClassof2015inthisissueoftheRrSchools.

Class of 2015 Valedictorian

Class of 2015 Salutatorian

Congratulations to the

Rocky River High School 2015 National Honor Society Inductees

Appointed to Board of Education

RRHS WelcomesNew Principal

Emily Fox

Monica McDonough

WhenstudentsreturntoRockyRiverHighSchool in the fall, theywill be greetedbyRobWinton,whoistakingoverforretiringprincipalDebra Bernard. Mr. Winton has served as anassistant andassociateprincipal atChagrin FallsHighSchool, anart teacher in theKenstonLocalSchoolsandcoachedbasketballandcross-country. “WearefortunatetohaveRobWintonjoinouradministrativeteam,” remarked Superintendent Dr. Michael Shoaf. “Hisexperience with curriculum, evaluation, strategic planning andstudent exchange opportunities will enhance our programs atRockyRiverHighSchool.” “IlookforwardtotakingontheroleofRRHSPrincipalandamexcitedaboutjoiningsuchangreatorganization,”saidMr.Winton.

AttheJunemeeting,theRockyRiverBoardof Education appointed Rick Manoloff to fillthe vacancy created by the resignation of JayMilano. BoardpresidentScottSwartznotesthat“Rickhasawealthofexperience in advising school districts throughoutOhio on legaland school finance issues. He has great skill in collaborativelyworking through complex situations. Notonly arewe fortunatethatRickisaRockyRiverresident,butalsothathehasapassionforourschooldistrictandiswillingtogivehistimeforserviceontheBoardofEducation.”

Rocky River Education Foundation Rocky River Education Foundation continues its tradition ofsupport to theRockyRiver schoolsbyawardingover$29,000 ingrantsduringthe2014-2015schoolyear.

“TheFoundationcontinuesto‘raisethebar’byfundinggrantrequestsfromteachers,administratorsandstudentgroupstwiceeach school year. Our mission is, and continues to be, that weenhance the quality of the educational experience in the RockyRiverCitySchoolDistrict,”explainsRREFPresidentMichellePike.

Someofthe2014-2015grantawardsincludefundingfor--

•MusictherapyenrichmentfromacertifiedmusictherapistforGoldwood’spreschoolprogram.

•Math work stations for kindergarten classes at GoldwoodPrimarySchool.

• MusicalinstrumentsfortheGoldwoodmusicclassroom.

• Popular fiction for the6th grade class tomeet its “40BookChallenge.”

• Twenty-five manipulatives--”clickers”--for RRMS’s 7th grademathclassesandvariousmathrelatedcardgamestoenhancelearning.

• ParticipationforstudentsfromRRMSandRRHSintheNationalHistoryDaycompetition.

• Hardware for a “build your own computer” project for theComputerScienceProgramatRRHS.

•MaterialsforanIntroductiontoPaintMarblingworkshopforthe RRHS art department. This unique experience includedinstructionfromartistStevenPittelkow.

• Keyboard/synthesizer for the Vocal Music Department atRRHS.

• TechnologyfortheRRHSMakerspacelab.

In addition to its grant program, RREF continues its funding effortsfor the Rocky River City School District Speaker Series. This year, RREFwas proud to help sponsor children’s author Trudy Ludwig who visitedboth Goldwood and Kensington schools. RREF is also helping to sponsor a visit from best-selling authorJodi Picoult. Picoult will speak to the entire student body at RRHS thisDecember. Each RRHS student will read a Picoult novel this summer asinspiration for an original fiction project. Support for our students does not end at graduation. RREF workswith a host of generous donors to administer scholarships to RRHScollege bound seniors. We are proud to announce that at the SpringRecognition Ceremony on May 21st, over $45,000 in 41 scholarshipswere awarded to the class of 2015. With the generosity of the Rocky River community, localbusinesses, and RRCSD’s teachers, staff, and administration, RockyRiver Education Foundation continues its mission to help enrich theeducational experiences of our students. For more information about RREF and its mission, visitrredfoundation.org.

Rocky River Board of Education member Jean A. Rounds and assistant superintendent Elizabeth Anderson join author Trudy Ludwig (right) before her evening presentation to parents about bullying and what children can do to protect themselves and their friends. Ms. Ludwig’s visit was partially sponsored by RREF.

History Comes Alive at the Fourth Grade Wax MuseumWhen you see Woody Hayes, Harriet Beecher Stowe, GloriaSteinem, John D. Rockefeller, Drew Carey, and Dorothy Day inthesameroom,youknowyou’reattheKensingtonIntermediateFourthGradeWaxMuseum. On Friday, June 2, each member of the fourth grade classpresented his or her living report about a famous Ohioan.Students researched a person,wrote a two-minute, first-personpresentation, and memorized it. Students also assembled acostume and gathered props. Part of each student’s collectionof props was some sort of button. These ranged from a non-functioning light switch to a handmade creepy skull on a spring(forGoosebumpsauthorR.L.Stine)toacircledrawnonapieceofpaper. Students stood or sat, posed as their character,waiting formuseumvisitorstocomebyandpresstheirbutton.Manyavisitorwhotriedtoengageafigureinconversationquicklylearnedthatwaxfigurescannottalk,interact,ormoveunlessactivated.

Noelle Yohman, a fourth-gradeteacherwho is also one of the socialstudies teachers, explains that theWaxMuseumistheculminationofanin-depth, multi-disciplinary unit. NotonlydoesthisobviouslytieintotheireducationabouttheStateofOhio,buttheylearnhowtousebiographies,takenotes,writea report,memorize text,andspeakinfrontofanaudience. Many visitors remarked on howwell-preparedthestudentswere,witheveryonesmoothlyandconfidentlyrecitinghisorherbiography.AsMrs.Yohmannotes,theprocessiscarefullyguidedbyteachersaspartoftheSocialStudiescurriculum:“ThechildrengetfourtofiveweekstoworkontheirWaxMuseumProjectandteachershavecheckpointsalongthewaytobesureallareontherighttrack.” Kensington’sannualFourthGradeWaxMuseumwasasuccessfulwrap-uptoaneducationalunitthatcamealive,literally,forstudentsandvisitorsalike.

Larry Doby is portrayed by Ely Jenkins

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.degreesuniversityandcollegepursuethemhelptoscholarshipsinmillion$5.6ofexcessinearned2015ofClassThe‏• TheRocky River High School Alumni AssociationawardedscholarshipstoAlisonSalisbury&SallyKershner.• TheDanny Scherry Memorial ScholarshipwasawardedtoReiBasho.• CarolineAuzenbergsandKathrynPaullwereawardedscholarshipsbytheRocky River Teachers Association.• TheOhio Association of Public School Employees #381awardedscholarshipstoSamuelBarrowandVaughnGarten.• TheRocky River Middle School September 11th Memorial FundpresentedNathanSeffernickwitha$500scholarship.• EmilyFox,FrancesMcAfee,MonicaMcDonough,JohnSt.PierreandSamuelStankiviczareNationalMeritFinalists.• DanielMahoneyisaNational Merit Semi-Finalist.• DevonCorcoran,FionaHarkin-Newsome,CorrinneHorvath,AlexisMod,NathanielO’Halla,andTudorSanduare

National Merit Scholarship Corporation Commended Students.

FrancisAchour,SydneyAlibeckoff,RachelBednarski,BrendanBenson,LucyBowers,TessCarroll,ErikaChmielewski,JohnClark,MaryDeVito,MeghanDonnelly,CarolynFarling,EmmaFlynn,EmilyFox,AlexanderHafko,KaraHall,IsabellaHeimke,RosemaryHoltz,JuliaInks,EricKanner,SallyKershner,ChristianKneubel,MollieKopp,FrancesMcAfee,LeaMcClure,MonicaMcDonough,BrianMeermans,AshleyMoreman,CearaO’Connor,CatherinePeters,JulianaRodriguez,AlisonSalisbury,TudorSandu,EvaSchneider,RebeccaShaffer,JohnSt.Pierre,SamuelStankivicz,ElizabethWeger,BrandonWilliamsandVioletYeager

Rocky River Education Foundation Scholarship Program

Hall of Fame Inductees Hall of Fame InducteesMonica McDonough, John St. Pierre, Emily Fox, Samuel Stankivicz and Frances McAfee: National Merit Finalists

Patrick Connors and Matthew Lowry: All-Ohio Football

Kathryn Paull and Alison Salisbury: “Best It Can Be” Award Cameron Kysela, Justin Monte, John St. Pierre: Principal’s Positive Influence Award Julia Inks, Monica McDonough and William Summers: Principal’s Leadership AwardJillian Krebs: All-Ohio Academic Team Recognition Nicholas Rodgers and Patrick Sperli: Student Council Leadership - All Four Years

Hannah Robison ispresentedtheMedicalMutualScholarshipbyRRHSassistantprincipalJeffSchultz.

Back Row: ReiBasho,ChaseNewby,JillianKrebs,AlanArancibia,NicoleRosenbaumandSeanCainFront Row: CarolineAuzenbergs,HannahHetman,FionaHarkin-Newsome,VioletYeagerandJustinMonte

Patrick Sperli: OHSAA Respect the Game Award Carolyn Farling: U.S. Army Reserve Scholar Athlete Award Jessica Koberg: OHSAA Courageous Student AwardJohn Clark: Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship Kaitlyn Bobbitt: Archie Griffin Sportsmanship AwardEva Schneider: NFHS/OHSAA State Award for Sportsmanship, Ethics and IntegrityMary DeVito: U.S.M.C. Scholastic Achievement AwardEthan Heald: “Goody” Marcks Sportsmanship Award

CorrinneHorvath,BrandonBouchaya,HannahHetmanandTessCarroll

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Awards of Distinction Medical Mutual Scholarship

Scholarship Recipients

Athletic Recognition Meta Kramer Scholarship

Goldwood First Graders Take a Trip to D.C.

OnMay22,firstgradersatGoldwoodPrimarySchooltookatriptoWashingtonD.C.andbroughttheaudiencefullofparents,grandparents,andfriendsalongwiththem. Dressedinred,white,andblueandwearingtri-corneredhatstheymade,thestudentsperformedacollectionofpoems,songs,and recitations. The showopenedwith thePledgeofAllegianceandclosedwitharousingrenditionofGodBlessAmerica. FourstudentsportrayedTheGoldwoods,afamilytakingatourof our nation’s capital. The Goldwoods stopped by The Capitol,WashingtonMonument,LincolnMemorial,JeffersonMemorial,allthreebranchesofgovernment, andothernotable landmarks.Ateach stop, theGooldwoodFamilywasmetbyagroupof guides(fellowstudents)whoansweredtheirquestions. Students learned about everything from the impressiveheightsofthebuildingstotheworkingsoftheU.S.SupremeCourt. ThepreparationfortheWashingtonD.C.“trip”goesbeyondlearningsongsandmemorizinglines.Theperformanceisactuallytheculminationofaunitonournation’scapital.First-gradeteacherMrs.AmyBaruxesexplains, “Weall teachaunit onWashingtonD.C.andthekidsbecomeexperts!Theprogramisacollaborationbetween all of the first grade teachers and our music teacher,KarenMahoney.” Thefirst gradeWashingtonD.C. programwas the idealwaytokickoffMemorialDayweekend.Mrs.Baruxesnoted,“Allofthestudentswereexcitedfortheshow.Theylovedlearningthesongsandsharingthespecialshowwiththeirfamilies.”Theirexcitementwasevidentintheirboundlessenthusiasm.

RRHS Makerspace is at the Forefront of a Movement

Students at Rocky River High School now have theopportunity todesign,prototype, collaborate, and createitems using hands-on technology. Dr. Dianna Foley, thedistrict’s Executive Director of Communications andTechnology,sawaneedforaMakerspace(asthesecentersarecommonlyknown)aspartofthedistrict’scommitmenttograduatingstudentswhoare“GloballyCompetitive.”“Ifeelthatanareawherewehadroomforgrowthwashavingamorehands-onspacefortechnology,”Dr.Foleyexplains.“Somethingthatisn’tapartofaformalclasswherestudentscanworktogetherandideascangerminate.”Intheroom,which is located off of the media center, students canworkwith sewingandembroiderymachines,3Dprinters,SketchUpsoftware,andavinylcutter. “Technology never stands still,” Dr. Foley points out.“Students have to be able to adapt to new technology.”Having theopportunity towork,hands-on,withdifferentsorts of programs and platforms in high school helpsstudents feelmore comfortable experimentingwith newthings. The room is staffed whenever it’s open by Mrs.MeganMilner,anEducationalAide.Mrs.Milnerhasbeenimpressed with the way the students collaborate onprojectsinMakerspace.“It’sneattoseekidsinteractwitheachother,” she says. “Projects are coming together intosomethinglarger.It’sbiggerthananindividualpieceoranindividual student.” One English class, she says, created3D chess pieces based on characters from Shakespeare’sMacbeth. Dr.Foleyisimpressedwiththecreativeproblem-solvingthat’sbeingencouragedbythetechnologyavailableintheMakerspace.“Onestudentcreatedandprintedaknobtoreplace one that broke on a GoPro camera,” she notes.“Another studentneededawrench thatwouldn’t scratchhiscarwhenheuseditandsohecreatedandprintedone.” Student Technicians can train tohelpout their peersduringthehoursMakerspaceisopen.TheycanearnservicehoursforKeyClub,NationalHonorSociety,orcollegeentrybylogginghours.Onestudent,Mrs.Milnersays,cameinonaMonday,taughthimselftouseapieceofequipment,andbyThursdayknewitwellenoughtoteachitsoperationtoaclassofstudentswhocamein. “Themorecomfortablethesestudentsareatfiguringouthowtousethings,”Dr.Foleysays,“thebetteroffthey’llbe incollegeand in life.”Shepointsout thatby thetimestudents graduate from Rocky River High School, theywill have used many different tools on many different

Rocky River High School art students designed and printed Cleveland landmarks, including the Terminal Tower, FirstEnergy Stadium and the Great Lakes Science Center.

First grade students at Goldwood Primary School performed a collection of poems, songs and recitations about Washington, D.C. for their families and friends.

platforms. “They’ll beflexibleenough tohave the skills to applytheirknowledgeofhowoneplatformworkstoanotheronethey’reencounteringforthefirsttime,”Dr.Foleysays. RockyRiverHighSchool’sMakerspaceislookingahead,andfornextyearDr.Foleyhopestoaddevenmoreequipmenttowhat’savailable,includingadigitalcircuitprinterandrobotics.Downtheline, the spacewill certainly be adding things that haven’t evenbeeninventedyet.

The following students were recognized in June for having earned straights As on their report cards for eight or more quarters during their three years in middle school: MichelleAuvil,NastasiaBraun,KatherineBurgess,JacobCain,GillianChampoir,AllisonContenza,SusanCox,ElizabethDouglas,FilipDunjic,AlexandraGluntz,MargaretGrant,AdamHackett,AntoniuIlias,OwenJaite,TommyKelly, IsabellaMediate,ElisabethMilius,CameronMorris,RayganMurray,ValentinNeculaescu,AlexisOpdycke,JuliaPanyard,SarahRobertson,SashaRuffus,VivianSessions,MadelineSmith,RachelSolecki,OwenStickney,HannaThesken,MarissaUlchaker,CharlotteWeixel,GraceWillseandStellaWischmeier.

RRMS Principal’s Award Reception

Sophomores Collaborate with Hiram College, Yale University

ArecentcollaborationbetweenRockyRiverHighSchool,HiramCollege,andYaleUniversitygaveRockyRiverHighSchoolSophomorestheopportunitytotakepartinanationalscientificstudy.BiologyteacherAnnBrokawteamedupwithDr.BradGoodner,aprofessoratHiramCollege,totakepartinthePrevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Microbes in the Environment (PARE)projectatYaleUniversity. First, Ms. Brokaw and her sophomore biology students collected soilsamples from four locations in Rocky River. Then, on Friday,May 1st, Dr.GoodnerbroughtfiveofhismicrobiologyundergraduatestudentstoRockyRiverHighSchoolduringthesophomores’biologyperiod.Theundergraduatestrained the high schoolers in serial dilution and plating of the bacterialsamples. Thecollege studentsalso trained the sophomores toanalyze theplates. Theclasswentverywell,Ms.Brokawreports.“Mystudentsworkedreallywellwiththecollegekids,”shesays.“Theygottousesomelabequipmenttheyhadn’thadexperiencewith.” The samples were incubated over the weekend, and on May 4, thehigh school students analyzed eachplate,made calculations, tookphotos,recordedthedata,anduploaded it toanationaldatabase.ThegoaloftheYaleprogram,Ms.Brokawexplains,istoidentifythepresenceofantibiotic-resistant bacteria in the environment. (Of the four samples the studentscollected, three showed thepresenceof suchbacteria,with two thatmettherequiredthreshold).SchoolsacrossthecountryaretakingpartinthePAREproject,andoncealltheresultsareuploadedintothedatabase,thatinformationwillbeavailabletoMs.Brokaw,whowillmakefurtherconnectionstothesciencecurricula,likediscussions,questions,andclasstopics. Ms.Brokawnotesthatsheparticipatedinthestudyinordertogivehersophomorebiologystudentsachancetotakepart inanauthenticresearchexperience.Thosestudentswhoarealreadyconsideringacareerinsciencegottheopportunitytoseewhatit’sliketodoauthenticresearch,whileall thestudentshadthechancetoworkalongsideundergraduatesciencestudents. Inaddition,“[thisopportunity]mightturnakidontodoingsciencewhohadn’tconsidereditasafuturepathbefore,”Ms.Brokawnotes.“Also,evenforkidswhodon’tpursuescience,thisexperienceimprovestheirscienceliteracy,anditeducatesthemasglobalcitizens”aboutthetopicofantibioticresistance. Inthefuture,shecontinues,thesekidsmaybemorelikelytopartakein“citizenscience”opportunities,likecollectingdataonMonarchbutterfliesorbirdmigrationpatterns. Ms.BrokawhopestheremaybefutureopportunitiesrelatingtothePAREprogram,forinstance,iftheorganizerswanttoseedataovertimefromthesamesites.Evenifnot,shesays,shehastoldDr.Goodnerthatsheiseagertohaveherstudentscollaboratewithhisagaininthefuture.

Micaela Lippert, Neuroscience major at Hiram College, assists Rocky River High School student Grace Nanni with the bacterial samples used in the PARE project.

After Prom

Brian Meermans and PaigeBaehrareshowninfrontofoneofthemagnificentmuralsattheCuyahoga County Courthouse,which was the venue for thisyear’sprom.

This year’sAfterProm themewas RRHS Class of 2015 toInfinityandBeyond.Thespiritrockwasdecoratedbyseniorparents as an alien from themovieToyStory.

Search for Children with Disabilities Grants

The Rocky River City School District, along with districts across the state, isparticipating in an effort to identify, locate and evaluate all children from birthto age 21 who may have a disability. A disability is a condition such as speechor language impairments, hearing impairments, visual impairments, learningdisabilities, behavioral, multiple or severe handicaps, intellectual impairment, orother health impairments. If you have a concern about a child, please contact thePupil Services Department at 356-6006.

Each year the school district receives federal and state money through severalgrants. If you have questions orwould like to provide input for Title VI-B, PreschoolChildren with Disability, and/or Title III, Limited English Proficient, please contactthe Director of Pupil Services at 356-6006. If you have questions or would like toprovide input for Title I or Title II-A Professional Development Program, pleasecontact the Assistant Superintendent at 356-6001.

Important Dates • 2015-2016August 20/21.............................................New TeacherOrientationAugust 24...................................................Teacher Professional DayAugust 25.............................................................First Day of SchoolSeptember 7.........................................................................Labor DaySeptember8....................................................FirstDayofPreschoolOctober 16........................................................................NEOEA DayNovember12.................................................ParentConferenceDayNovember 13..............................................Teacher Professional DayNovember 25/26/27.......................................Thanksgiving VacationDecember 21...............................................Winter Vacation BeginsJanuary4....................................................................SchoolResumesJanuary 18......................................................Martin Luther King DayJanuary22...........................................................TeacherRecordDayFebruary 15................................................................Presidents’ DayMarch25........................................................SpringVacationBeginsApril 4........................................................................School ResumesMay2...............................................................Last Dayof PreschoolMay 30..........................................................................Memorial DayJune8.....................................................................LastDayofSchoolJune 9...................................................................Teacher Record Day

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