volume 11, number 9 from the desk of the principal
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Volume 11, Number 9
In This Issue
From the Principal
Counselors’ Corner
MCHS Care Closet
Club Inspire
Students of the Month
Principal’s Honor Roll
Academic Honor Roll
Perfect Attendance
Art Department
PE/Health Department
Music Department
K-Pop Club
JROTC
MCS Band
Distinguished Graduates
Graduation 2019
Dates to Remember
Contact Us
Comments? Suggestions?
Contact Joyce Westphal
Welcome to the last edition of the Wolves Wire this school year. Students and staff at Michigan City High School have many accom-plishments to celebrate. This was a record-setting year that includ-ed numerous academic, athletic and extra-curricular achievements. We are proud to be Wolves and thankful to live in a supportive community like Michigan City. The growth we have seen this year is truly outstanding. The Univer-sity of Notre Dame and AP TIP named MCHS School of the Year be-cause of the increase in students taking and passing AP exams. We had students represent the school at the regional, state or national level in robotics, JROTC, Environmental Science, Japanese Olympi-ad, vocal and instrumental competitions, art, construction, manu-facturing, welding, culinary, swimming & diving, tennis, bowling, track & field, etc. We hoisted sectional trophies in girls’ golf and volleyball. The football team claimed a regional championship. The list of successes is lengthy. Congrats to the Class of 2019! Your character, grit and leadership abilities will continue to serve you well. Michigan City High School is only one stop on your journey. We look forward to hearing about your adventures and successes in the near future. Good luck! A special thanks to all of the Michigan City supporters in the com-munity. We would not have successful years without your sup-port. The staff will use these summer months to rest, recharge and gear up for an even better 2019-20. When you see a teacher at the beach or in town, say hello and tell them thanks. They are the heart and soul of this phenomenal school. One City, One Pack! Go Wolves!!
Jeremy Lugbill Associate Principal
From the Desk of the Principal...
May 2017
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Counselors’ Corner
It is hard to believe that the 2018/2019 school year has ended. Congratulations on completing a successful year. Also, Congratu-lations to the graduating class of 2019! Upcoming seniors, this summer is the perfect time to start planning for your post-secondary plans. Explore colleges, scholarships, or vocational/trade schools to help you with your decision. Also, utilize Navi-ance to assist you with college and career choices. If you are a 21st Century Scholar, make sure have logged onto Scholartrack and complete your grade level requirements.
Graduating seniors who are receiving dual credits from any uni-versity, be sure to contact the Registrar Department at the uni-versity and request to have a transcript sent to your college. Re-member, final transcripts from MCH should be requested on Navi-ance. Please contact Mr. Garrett if you need assistance. Counse-lors are not in the building over summer break.
We wish everyone a happy, safe, and fun summer!
MCHS CARE CLOSET
Thank You to our 2018-2019 Sponsors
Alumni Donor - $250
Fryar Orthodontics
Senior Donor - $100
Michigan City Rotary
Donation of Products
Palko Services
Thrivent
Michigan City Rotary
Dr. Michael O’Donoghue
First United Methodist Church
Michigan City High School - Staff
Please contact Open Door Adolescent Health Center @ 873-2082 to find out more information on how to help with this project!
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Club Inspire
Safe Harbor’s Club Inspire after school program is available at Michigan City High School from 2:15 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
Daily bus transportation is provided!
$5.00 for the year!
Dinner
Homework Help
Tutoring
Credit Recovery
Character Education
Mentoring
Creative Arts
College & Career Readiness and much more!
Engage, Enrich, Empower
For information please contact:
Site Coordinator Vicky Burton
Celebrating Club
Inspire Seniors!
Have a fun and safe summer. Don’t forget to sign up for Club Inspire in August!
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Students of the Month
LEADERS OF THE PACK - April
Art Department - Tayvion Jones Business Department - Timothy Saylor English Department - A’viona Nixon FACS Department - Tricia Todd JROTC - Kiara Stansil Math Department - Savannah Holley Music Department - Ali Harvel PE/Health Department - Katherine Kring Science Department - Sydney Merrill Social Studies Department - Ruby Martin Student Support Services Dept. - Shane Gilbert Tech.Ed./Voc.Ed. - Christopher Wilson World Languages Department - Alyssa Walters
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Students of the Month
LEADERS OF THE PACK - May
Art Department - Alec Adrian Business Department - Anna Kmiecik English Department - Omiaya Hatch FACS Department - Alisha Redmon JROTC - Darrick Hammond Math Department - Abigail Barth Music Department - Isabelle Eaton PE/Health Department - Traveion Morris-Dugger Science Department - Natalie Parker Social Studies Department - Tobias Felton Student Support Services Dept. - Greg Getter Tech.Ed./Voc.Ed. - Ja’Nyah Traylor World Languages Department - Olivia Leary
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Principal’s Honor Roll
Congratulations to the 88 students that made the Principal’s Hon-or Roll for the 4th grading period. To qualify for the principal’s honor roll you must have all A’s in every subject.
Check our website for the listing of names.
29 - Freshmen
18 - Sophomores
17 - Juniors
24 - Seniors
Academic Honor Roll
Congratulations to the 298 students that made the Academic Hon-or Roll for the 4th grading period. To qualify for the academic honor roll students must have a 3.0 grade point average. A stu-dent will not be eligible for the academic honor roll if they earn a grade of below a C on their report card.
Check our website for the listing of names.
84 - Freshmen
65 - Sophomores
76 - Juniors
73 - Seniors
Perfect Attendance
Congratulations to the 20 students that had perfect attendance for the 4th grading period.
Check our website for the listing of names.
11 - Freshmen
08 - Sophomores
01 - Juniors
0 - Seniors
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Art Department
Photo students with their artwork at the Tri-County High School Stu-dent Art Exhibit.
Jaklyn Bosserman Jordyn Bosserman
Kendra Dolson Nancy Henderson, Destiny Taylor, and Rachel Gentry
Rayshon Howard Tyrese Parks
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PE/Health Department
Name: Coach Kovenz Subject: Basic Swimming The end is near, if not here already. Swimming is only a memory, but the statistics are here for you to see what our SLO, Student Learning Objective, was and the results. Students were expected to participate in a 5 minute swim to establish a beginning for their objective. There were 4 groups which each student would be grouped in. The HIGH group, which was swimming 7 laps or more, the MEDIUM group, which accomplished 5 or 6 laps, the LOW group which was zero to 4 laps, and the TARGET group which consists of those who were absent, suspended, refused to dress out, medical release or were sent out for refusing to work. The PRE test results are in with 162 students tested, 47 or (28%), were in the HIGH group, 56 or (34%) in the MEDIUM group, 19 or 11% in the LOW group and 53 or 35% were in the TARGET group. The TARGET group was the largest and demon-strated many did not want to swim and did whatever to avoid swimming. POST test results showed significant improvement final results showed 176 students tested with 75 or 43% placing in the HIGH group, 49 or 23% placed in the MEDIUM group, 7 or 7% placed in the LOW group, and 38 or 22% remained in the TARGET group. The bright spot was 71% ended up in the HIGH and MEDIUM group which showed the results. Many placed in a higher group-ing, and a few remained the same. The TARGET group were stu-dents who did everything they could do avoid having to swim. Congratulations to those who succeeded and showed improve-ment. The statistics tell it all! This is my last Wolves Wire as I am retiring from teaching after 44 years of education from College to elementary levels. Best wishes to the seniors. Best wishes to the underclassmen in their remaining school years. And, of course, swim for the health of it. Auf Wiedersehen! Bis spater! Ciao! Aloha! See ya... Name: Coach Mason Subject: Strength Training The end is here! Most student made their gains. Everyone have a great summer! Football season is right around the corner. Name: Coach Feare Subject: Physical Education I & II Students have finished PE class. Have a great summer and see you in the fall! Go wolves!
Name: Coach Karpinski Subject: Health and PE We did it… we made it! Have a great summer! Name: Coach Richards Subject: Health Congratulations to our seniors who are graduating. AEveryone stay safe and be healthy!
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Music Department
On Thursday, May 9, the Music Department put on their Pops Night Concert. The Begin-ning Girls & Boys Choir, Concert Band, Sym-phonic Band, Concert Choir, Jazz Band and Wind Ensemble all performed a wide range of repertoire. This was the culmination of the concert season for these groups and they all displayed wonderful musicianship. On Friday, May 17, the Treble Chorale and City Singers performed at the Showcase con-
cert. The music selections ranged from classical, to blues, jazz, musical theatre, and contemporary pop. The concert culminated with the choir department’s tradition of sending off the seniors with the song “May the Music Never End”. The concert was a great way to “showcase” everything that these students have been working on all year long. The Wolfpack Marching band will be performing in several parades this summer and will have band camp in August to prepare for the upcoming season. We hope that everyone has a safe and relaxing summer. We can’t wait to start on a new performance season next year!
K-POP Club
K-pop enjoyed their annual trip to Chinatown! The students had a fantastic time experiencing the train ride and water taxi, along with some delicious Chinese cuisine at the Phoenix Restaurant. The group ended the trip at the much anticipated K-pop store, where they were able to browse and purchase merchandise fea-turing their favorite K-pop bands.
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JROTC
MCHS MCJROTC CONDUCTS AWARDS CEREMONY The Michigan City High School (MCHS) Marine Corps Junior Re-serve Officer Training Corps (MCJROTC) honored its cadets with an awards ceremony at MCHS on May 16th. Representatives from numerous organizations presented awards to cadets for accom-plishments on their Military Drill, Shooting and Cyber Patriot teams. Additionally, cadets who had excelled scholastically, ath-letically, in other MCHS extracurricular activities, and in partici-pating in community service and parades and ceremonies were recognized. Major Tom McGrath, the Senior Marine Instructor, praised the ca-dets for dedication to excellence. “Our cadets know that regard-less of the activity-from the drill team to community service- we
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represent Michigan City to other schools and the community. They have performed admirably in striving to make our program that kind that other schools want to imitate.” “MCHS cadets are very versatile,” said Marine Instructor Master Sergeant Jeff Benak. “Many of our cadets earned awards for mul-tiple activities in which they excelled.” Individual award recipients were: -Cadet Corporal Josh Wilhelm, Marine Corps League Award, as the Most Improved Drill Team Cadet;
-Cadet Staff Sergeant Julia Ringstad, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Award, for Superior Dedication;
-Cadet Sergeant Bohdan Walker, Military Officers Association of America Award, as the best junior on the Armed Exhibition Pla-toon;
-Cadet 1st Sergeant Thomas Mizer, the Sons of the American Rev-olution Award, as the best male junior on the Drill Team;
-Cadet Lance Corporal Hanna Lucas, Daughters of the American Revolution Award, as the best 1st year cadet on the drill team;
-Cadet Lance Corporal Breanna Johnson, the Women Marines As-sociation Award, as the best first year on the Unarmed Exhibition Platoon;
-Cadet Staff Sergeant Jessica Wilhelm, the American Legion Mili-tary Excellence Award, for superior leadership by example;
-Cadet Lance Corporal Declan Rice, the American Legion Scholas-tic Excellence Award, for earning the highest grade point average;
-Cadet Sergeant Destiny Gonzalez, as the best junior on the Un-armed Exhibition Platoon. May is a very busy month for the cadets. They have already worked the Barker Craft Show, the Barker Dance, the Pine Ele-mentary Carnival, the Unified Track meet, and the MCHS Senior Award Night. They will be placing flags on veterans’ graves, doing the opening ceremony at the Richardson Preserve in LaPorte, sup-porting the veterans’ motorcycle groups’ memorial ceremony at Washington Park, supporting the Lake Hills Elementary School an-niversary celebration, the VFW Poppy Sale, and the Michigan City Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony at Greenwood Cemetery for the remainder of the month.
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MCHS MCJROTC HONORS FALLEN HEROS
Memorial Day is viewed by most Americans as the traditional start of the summer, a time for barbecuing and relaxing. The rea-son the last Monday in May is a federal holi-day is to honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the service of our nation. The cadets of the Michigan City High School (MCHS) Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (MCJROTC) supported the true meaning of this day by marching in the Michigan City Memorial Day parade and par-ticipating in the ceremony at Greenwood Cemetery. Earlier, they had assisted veter-ans groups in placing flags on all of the vet-
eran graves in the Greenwood cemetery. They had also support-ed veteran’s motorcycle groups in their ceremony at the Medal of Honor recipient Danny Bruce memorial ceremony at Washington Park prior to their trip to Washington, DC, for ceremonies there. “Our cadets realize the solemnity of this day, what it means to families who have lost loved ones in the defense of freedom,” said Senior Marine Instructor Major Tom McGrath. Marine Instructor Master Sergeant Jeff Benak complimented the dedication of the cadets. “It would be easy for our cadets to do what most of their peers are doing today- sleeping in and then relaxing. But they realize that many have sacrificed for us to en-joy all of the opportunities this country provides for them.”
In addition to the Memorial Day parade and ceremony, the cadets also participated in other community service events. Among those events were festivities at Pine and Lake Hills elementary schools, Baker Middle School, the Veterans of Foreign Wars poppy sale, and the dedication of the Richardson Nature Preserve in LaPorte. The MCJROTC will be conducting their summer leadership camp at St. John’s Northwestern Military Camp in Delafield, WI from June 3-7. Upon returning, they will support the MCHS grad-uation on June 9th, the Michigan City Kiddie parade on June 22nd, the Michigan City Summer Festival Parade on June 29th, and the LaPorte Independ-ence Day Parade on July 4th.
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MCHS MCJROTC CONDUCTS LEADERSHIP CAMP
The Michigan City High School (MCHS) Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (MCJROTC) conducted a leadership camp at the St. John’s North-western Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin, from June 3-7, 2019. The camp involved various adventure skills like rappelling, shooting, swimming, ca-noeing, along with negotiating low-level and high wire obstacles. Additionally, cadets were placed into problem-solving activities such as building a floatable raft and constructing a short walking bridge using minimal and seemingly unrelatable equipment. The camp was executed at no cost to MCHS or the cadets. It was
completely funded by the Marine Corps. “The objective of the camp was to place cadets into leadership positions using ad-venture-type scenarios, and see if they could provide the purpose, direction, and motivation for their group to accomplish the mission,” said Senior Marine Instruc-tor Major Tom McGrath. “It was great to see how many of our cadets matured in obtaining the confidence that they could be in charge and obtain effective results. “ Master Sergeant Jeff Benak, the Marine Instructor, commented on the motivation of the cadets. “Our cadets really put forth much effort on all of the activities that were provided to them. Besides the leadership skills devel-oped, the cadets really showed much camaraderie and team-work.”
Upon returning to Michigan City, the ca-dets will have to quickly make the transi-tion to community service, as they will be supporting the MCHS graduation on June 9th. The MCHS JROTC will be partic-ipating in numerous community activities throughout the summer, to include the Michigan City Kiddie Parade on June 22nd, the Michigan City Summer Festival Pa-rade on June 29th, and the LaPorte Inde-pendence Day parade on July 4th. They will also have selected cadets attend the National Drill Camp at Texas A & M Uni-versity in College Station, Texas, from July 7th-13th, and the MCJROTC Senior
Leadership Camp at the Outdoor Odyssey Camp in Boswell, PA, from July 21-27th. Those camps also are done at no cost to MCHS or the cadets.
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This will be the first year the MCJROTC has funded the drill camp. McGrath is hoping that the camp will provide insights as to being successful at the national competition level. MCHS has qualified the last two years for the Marine National Championship Meet. “Our goal is to not only qualify, but to win that meet,” McGrath said. Despite losing many seniors from the 2018-19 team, McGrath is optimistic that the younger cadets will be able to step up and perform at the level required to compete at a national championship meet. Drill practices will be held throughout the summer.
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PLEASE NOTE: This is an artists’ sketch. The actual uniform will have much more blue and gray!
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Distinguished Graduates 2019
48 students graduated with distinction on Sunday, June 9, 2019!
Congratulations to: Jackson Attar, McKenna Bluhm, Jaklyn Bosser-man, Jordyn Bosserman, Dayilynn Briggs, Gavin Buchanan, Jennifer Cardenas, Evangelea Dabagia, Jenna Dawson, Kidron Felix, Emily Gushrowski, Kasey Halfacre, Erik Hultgren, Jacob Jones, Emily Kinney, Jacob Kiser, Thomas Komay, Jacob Krentz, Bailee Laux, Elizabeth McLinden, Sydney Merrill, Julia Miller, Hannah Noveroske, Natalie Par-ker, Aika Patejdl, Aglaja Petrova, Riley Plummer, Alexandra Pomeroy, Abigail Pytynia, Lu Xi Scherf, Emma Sells, Stephanie Serrano, Riley Shreve, Tyler Siegmund, Jack Smith, Michael Smith, Amanda Sparks, Sydney Starks, Katelyn Swistek, Brandon Sydow, Bria Thomas, Grace Thomas, Chase Triplett, Zennon Wilhelm, Jasmine Williams, Samarah Williams, Adnie Wilson, Grace Wyness
(Photo courtesy of Robb Quinn Imaging)
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Graduation 2019
Posing for Panoramic Picture
Class Sponsors and Class Officers
College and
Career Ready!
Senior March
Distinguished Graduates wearing their college t-shirts
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WELCOMED OUR SENIORS!
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GOOD LUCK CLASS OF 2019!
AND
BEST WISHES TO OUR
RETIREES
Cindy Hastings, Connie Hudock, Mel Kovenz, Brian Meyers, Megan Schroeder, and Joan Seitz Kelsey
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Dates to Remember
7/02 Last day of Summer School
7/15-7/31 Online registration for current students who will return in August
7/30 New enrollee on-site registration (12:00-6pm)
7/31 New enrollee on-site registration (8:00-1:00pm)
8/08 City-Wide Back to School Rally 3:00-7pm at Elston Gill Field
8/13 Freshman Orientation (required 1/2 am day for 9th graders)
8/14 FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR ALL STUDENTS