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STAFF-COMMUNITY

NEWS LETTEr

COMMUNICATION FOCUS COMMITTEE

https://www.aasd.wednet.edu/site/default.aspx?PageID=1790

It has been a very successful start to the school year for athletics as well as extra-curricular activities.

See the following accomplishments:

Cross Country

Both teams won the District and Regional championship and the girls placed 2nd in State and the boys

placed 3rd. The girls’ cross country team also had two individuals place in the top ten (3rd and 8th ).

Volleyball

The volleyball team defeated Colfax in the first round of Regionals to secure a birth to State, but lost in

four sets to Liberty. They will be playing in the State tournament on November 9th and 10th in the

Yakima Sundome.

Football

The football team placed 2nd in league and lost a heart breaker to Northwest Christian on a last second

25-yard field goal.

Asotin FFA

Asotin FFA sent ten members to compete at the 91st National FFA Convention. . The livestock team

placed 9th overall out of 45 states. This is the highest ever for the six teams from Asotin that have

competed at Nationals. Additionally, this is the second highest for ANY team from Washington in at

least 25 years.

Asotin FFA also had a Parliamentary Procedure team win our State competition in May, thus qualifying

for Nationals. On Thursday, the team made an outstanding run and qualified for the semifinals, placing

them in the top 12 states in the nation for the event (38 states had teams compete). The team earned a

“Gold Award” for placing in the top 12. Also, based on the written exam scores, 4 students scored high

enough to qualify as Certified Parliamentarians by the Society for Agricultural Education

Parliamentarians. Only 73 of the 224 members that took the exam scored high enough to be certified

and four were from Asotin.

MAKERSPACE

The Makerspace is a cooperative area where students, staff, and community members come together to

learn, explore, make and share. The AASD Makerspace aims to help students discover and acquire new

skills. The Makerspace also connects students with local business owners to help them gain real world

https://www.aasd.wednet.edu/site/default.aspx?PageID=1790

skills. Our first career class is Professional Photography in partnership with Chasing Sunlight

Photography.

Plus, it’s a great place to learn!

The AASD Makerspace

(From the website)

The Asotin High School Makerspace is a place for students (and staff!) to bring their creative ideas to

life.

What we have:

Robots to play with (or battle with) CAD programs 3d printing 3d scanning audio production software digital video production

o green screen, cameras, lighting, recording o editing

video game design DSLR Camera craft paint leather work electronics kits soldering station limited power tools workbench Virtual Reality set audio recording acoustic station Laser cutter!

Student testimonials -

My favorite thing in the Makerspace is the 3D printing pen. It lets my creativity flow and is

really fun, but I’ve also learned about the materials and tools that I’m using. Natalie;

Freshman

I go to the Makerspace to use the virtual reality every day at lunch. Waltz of the Wizard is

my favorite program because it requires a lot of strategy. The VR is cool because it’s a lot of

fun, but also has many challenging and educational programs. – Drake; Freshman

http://makerspace.nitosa.org/

Being in the Makerspace is an experience that allows you to explore the most creative parts

of your brain and allows many different learning experiences and opportunities to teach the

younger kids activities. We have existential discussions on a daily basis. Taj; Senior

I like using the 3d printers. I started out going to the Makerspace to find a quiet place to read

and study, but now I also come to work with the printers and have learned a lot about the

process of 3d printing. –Christine; Senior

I love using pretty much everything in the Makerspace, I’ve been waiting for something like

this for years. The access to technology is awesome and it allows students with more

advanced skills to lead by example and get younger students interested in thinking

creatively. We had Bob Ross day last week. It was great. –Maia; Senior

Thank you to Mr. Higgins and Mr. Finkbeiner for all their work to make the MakerSpace

program happen.

ENROLLMENT

TWELFTH 51.68

ELEVENTH 45.34

TENTH 47.00

NINTH 57.00

EIGHTH 52.00

SEVENTH 47.00

SIXTH 47.00

FIFTH 58.00

FOURTH 42.00

THIRD 41.00

SECOND 49.00

FIRST 37.00

KINDERGARTEN 50.00

TOTAL 624.02

PERSONNEL REPORT

New Employment

John Kowatsch – Middle School Assistant Boys’ Basketball Coach

Resignations

Amy Jagannath – Para Pro

Whittney Clouse Bonfield – Middle School Head Volleyball Coach

Open

2018-19:

Middle School Assistant Girls’ Basketball Coach – Due to Wickard Resignation

BUSINESS MANGER’S REPORT

Budget Review

Attached please find treasurer’s report, cash flows, and budget status reports for each of the

following funds: General Fund, Capital Projects Fund, Debt Service Fund, ASB Fund, Trust

Fund, and Transportation Fund.

Enrollment By FTE

See attached enrollment for both Regular Ed and Sped. I have also attached a spreadsheet

that compares current enrollment to budget and June 2018 FTE to 2018-19 Average FTE.

2016-17 Audit

Exit conference is scheduled for October 31, 2018.

Capital Projects Levy Flyer

Mailed October 16th. Attached is a copy.

Small, Rural School Achievement Grants

On Oct 9th we were advised that we not only were approved for the 2016-17 year grant (applied

May 2017) for safety issues for $30,952, but we were also awarded for the 2017-18 year

(applied May 2018) for $35,627.

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT

High School

Brief Summary October flew by: FFA enchilada day, the annual booster auction, homecoming week, the FFA Nationals in Indianapolis and our postseason fall sports. At present, all comprehensive teachers (CEL 5D+ Teacher Principal Evaluation Project) have received their first formal observation and have had multiple walk-throughs. AHS is scheduled

for its first Ignition half-day on Friday, October 26th, including a Mental Health First Aid presentation. October 26th is the end of 1st quarter. AHS News from October

October 3rd: Warrior Athletic Association High School Award--Team: Girl’s Track & Field; Coach: Tim Gundy; Female Athlete: Adrienne Washington; Male Athlete: Colton Ball (not pictured)

October 6th: AASD Booster Auction- Raise the Paddle, focused on the AHS Ignition program, brought in over $11,000.

October 8th: Ray Lozano presentation (Speaker for Drug & Alcohol Prevention)

October 8th-12th: Homecoming Week- Dress Up Days, Dodgeball Monday, Pep Rally/Olympics Wednesday, Homecoming Assembly & Football Game Friday, Homecoming Dance Saturday.

• October 10th: PSAT Testing @ the Bennett Building (57 sophomores and juniors).

• October 11th: I attended the Whitman County Principal’s Consortium Meeting in Colfax, WA. October 17th: I attended the NE 2B Athletic Director’s League Meeting in Spokane, WA.

• October 17th: FCCLA Regional Meeting @ Colfax High School with Ms. Eldred.

• October 19th-27th: 91st Annual FFA National Convention in Indianapolis. The following AHS graduates and AHS current students attended: Anna Aarstad, Bradley Bailey, Joe Bailey, Mason Devorak, Carmen Eggleston, Jacob Elskamp, Anna Hukriede, Mason Nicholas, Caitlyn Paris and Jolee Sanford.

• October 22nd: Joel Pals took a group of ASB Band students to WSU’s Music Major for a Day. Joel shared this insight from the trip,

Wanted to give you a brief but formal summary of the WSU Music Major for a Day trip yesterday. I took five students who attended a variety of WSU classes yesterday including: Materials and Structures of Music, Rock Music, History and Social Analysis, Voice Pedagogy, Jazz Band, and Audio Engineering. They also were able to attend a tour of the state of the art recording studio and learn about the different parts of the studio. Two students also took a free private saxophone lesson from a WSU Sax professor. Students expressed to me that they learned many things about music and about studying music in college.

• October 26th: First Ignition Friday Half-Day. Activities include: Mental Health First Aid, fuel sessions, 1st Quarter Awards, and a mini class schedule.

Athletics Update Cross Country (Boys Team GPA: 3.798) (Girls Team GPA: 3.763) Cross Country Postseason:

• October 27th: XC Regionals @ Harrington Golf Course (Harrington, WA)

• November 3rd: XC State Championship @ Sun Willows Golf Course (Pasco, WA) Volleyball (Team GPA: 3.650) Volleyball Postseason:

• October 25th: District Tournament

• AHS vs. Chewelah @ Davenport, Winner to Nov. 1, Loser to 8 pm loser out game.

• November 1st: District Tournament @ St. Georges

• November 8th & 9th: State Championships @ Yakima Sundome

Football (Team GPA: 3.360) Football Postseason:

• November 2nd: NE 2B Crossover

• AHS vs. NWC @ Asotin (loser out)

• November 9th or 10th: Round of 16 Game

• Possible home game (TBA)

• November 16th or 17th: Quarterfinals @ Gonzaga Prep or West Valley

• November 24th: Semifinals (TBA)

• November 30th: State Championship Game @ Tacoma Dome

• AHS Facebook page: Asotin Panther Pride.

Middle School

Classes, sports, and activities are in full swing! It is hard to believe that we are through the first quarter.

As always, we are committed to providing the best education possible. To that end, we have continued

to work on our staff goals:

Goal Progress

1. Asotin Middle School will communicate

and collaborate with the school

community in an effort to enhance

student learning.

We have continued to email parents on weekly events and updates.

We have encouraged families to sign up for the weekly Skyward emails so parents can get a weekly update on their student’s grades.

We have reached out to set up conferences for Nov 7-9.

2. Asotin Middle School staff will create a

culture of inclusivity, equity, rigor,

accountability, and kindness.

Students and staff hosted a noted national speaker, Ray Lozano, to speak at assembly. He discussed making positive choices and avoiding drug/alcohol.

Teachers continue to educate students with a variety of educational techniques: PEAK strategies, Genius Hour, using technology, and student-centered instruction.

3. Asotin Middle School staff will create multiple assessment opportunities and will expect all students to demonstrate learning.

Teachers and administration were recently trained on using SBA interim assessments. The goal is to use more formal testing to guide instruction.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/biz/school/AHS-Panther-Pride-1836378100025879/

Staff continues to provide multiple assessment measures so students can demonstrate learning.

Elementary School

1. Pumpkin Patch Wilson’s Banner Ranch preschool – 5th grade October 23rd and 25th

2. Parent/teacher conferences November 8th and 9th Teachers are beginning to prepare with hope of 100 percent attending.

3. Book Fair Nov. 5th – 8th Put on by the PTO being held in room 118.

4. Congratulations to fire poster winners

Brooklyn Langager -kindergarten

Ashley Cleveland -first grade

Norah Ashby -second grade

Avary Wood -third grade

Clarkston will come pick these students up in the fire truck and take them to the fire

station for lunch and tour on October 24th.

5. Thank you to everyone for making the PTO Fund Run a huge success. Over $46000 was raised to help support the elementary school. This was the most

students have ever brought in.

GOOD NEWS REPORT

MakerSpace The MakerSpace is starting a “high altitude balloon” project. We will send a weather balloon up 20 miles to the edge of space, take pictures, record data, and track its flight with GPS. We need 10 students to participate in this really exciting project. (paid for with “highly capable student” funds)

Knowledge Bowl Teams Congratulations to the 5th grade KB teams for their showing at the first competition. First place went to the team of Colin Weber, Dylan Finney, Stone Ausman and Spencer Siegler. The team of Jonah Ashby, Noah Saltz and Lulu Koehler placed third.

Tom Tower Bus Driver Deluxe! Mr. Tower not only faithfully drives athletes to their competitions, but he takes pictures, actively supports their efforts and even helps out administering first aid when necessary.

Asotin FFA Eleven members of the Asotin FFA chapter competed in Livestock Evaluation at the Nez Perce Co fair on Saturday, September 22nd. The teams from Asotin placed 1st, 2nd and 6th out of 6 teams. Individually, Anna Aarstad placed 1st, Aaron Boyea 2nd, Lacee Sanford 3rd, Shelby Forgey 4th, Caylie Browne 6th, Cole Devorak 8th and Dylan Pederson 9th. A total of 30 members competed.

Ten members of the Asotin FFA chapter competed in Livestock Evaluation at the University of Idaho Ag Days on Saturday, September 29th. Asotin teams placed 1st, 3rd and 7th out of 47 total teams. Individually, Anna Aarstad placed 4th, Shelby Forgey 6th, Jolee Sanford 6th, Cole Devorak 9th and Caylie Browne 11th out of 150 4-H & FFA members.

Asotin FFA Acknowledgement from Christian Leer, Edward Jones

I just wanted to let you know that Glen and his team did a wonderful presentation at the Quality Inn this morning. Several of us in attendance were very impressed. I can see some of these things the kids are learning being very useful in the kids’ professional development. I just wanted to let you know that we will support them going forward and we are very lucky to have them.

High School Math After analyzing State test scores, Asotin High School scored better than all, but 4 high schools East of the Cascades! Great job AHS students and math department!

AMS/AHS Math On October 3rd and 4th, math teachers from Asotin Middle School and Asotin High School were joined by teachers from surrounding schools for a workshop regarding Phase 2 Implementation of the math curriculum. During the workshop, teachers increased their capacity to model the eight Mathematics Teach Practices from NCTM. The workshop was facilitated by AHS’s own Chris Baldus

Chuck at Golden Arts Jewelry

He graciously fixed (for free) the mini microphone unit after the clip broke.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

11/1/2018 5:00 PM HSVB v. Colfax @ St George's

Location: Unspecified

11/2/2018 ELEMENTARY PICTURE RETAKES


11/2/2018 3:00 PM HSFB Crossover


11/3/2018 9:00 AM HSXC Sun Willows State


11/6/2018 12:30 PM MS Band/Choir Rehearsal


11/6/2018 6:30 PM MS Band/Choir Concert Home


11/7/2018 8:00 AM Jazz Band WSU


11/8/2018 - 11/9/2018 K-8 Conf


11/8/2018 8:00 AM - 11/9/2018 9:00 AM HSVB State Sundome


11/8/2018 4:30 PM MSBBB v. Sac Home


11/8/2018 6:00 PM HSXC Banquet Cafeteria


11/9/2018 - 11/10/2018 FB Playoffs 1st Rnd


11/12/2018 8:00 AM No School


11/12/2018 3:30 PM HS Basketball Practice


11/13/2018 12:00 PM FFA Officer Mtng


11/13/2018 4:30 PM MSBBB v. Lapwai Home


11/14/2018 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Veterans Day Program


11/14/2018 4:30 PM MSBBB @ Lincoln Clk


11/15/2018 12:00 PM ASB Mtng Rm 6


11/16/2018 - 11/17/2018 FB Qrtr Finals


11/17/2018 7:00 PM Swingin in the Moonlight


11/19/2018 4:30 PM MSBBB v. Lincoln (Pullman) Home


11/21/2018 11:15 AM Early Release


11/22/2018 - 11/23/2018 No School/Thanksgiving


11/24/2018 8:00 AM FB Semifinals


11/26/2018 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM School Board Meeting


High School Library

11/27/2018 12:00 PM FFA Chptr Mtng


11/29/2018 4:30 PM MSBBB v. Moscow Home


11/30/2018 8:00 AM FB State Tacoma


QUOTE OF THE MONTH

“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength

lies.” Mother Teresa

The Asotin-Anatone School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer

The Asotin-Anatone School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race,

creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity,

disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other

designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of

alleged discrimination: Title IX Compliance Officer: Brendan Johnson, High School Principal at 509-243-4151

or [email protected], or contact Section 504/ADA/RCW 28A.640 Compliance Officer: John Heley,

Student Services Director at 509-243-4146 or [email protected] or contact the Civil Rights Coordinator, Dale

Bonfield, Superintendent at 509-243-1100, [email protected]. Address for all compliance officers is

Asotin-Anatone School District No. 420 P.O. Box 489 Asotin, WA 99402.

mailto:[email protected]



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