Since the groundbreaking event last week, the security fencing went up to surround the construction site.  Once these security measures were in place, we noticed more visible changes as bulldozers broke up the existing pavement this week on the site where the new school will be built.  A few students were captured taking a peek as the bulldozers got to work!

What is it?

SGit is a new club, facilitated by IT Instructor Mr. Smith, that will meet in Computer Lab-2, starting on Tuesday October 8th. The focus of the club is to provide students with the opportunity to share their passion for gaming and technology, build a competitive team, earn scholarships, internships and co-ops. The scope of the club is two-fold, eSports & Information Technology.

Competitive Gaming (eSports)

Video Games are the fastest growing and most lucrative aspect of the modern entertainment industry. Some of the most popular games are multiplayer in nature, pitting teams of players against each other in a virtual competition of strategy, coordination, communication and collaboration. When utilized in organized competitions with static teams competing for a title or prize, the term eSports is used.

Information Technology Competitions

Competitions like Cincinnati’s annual TechOlympics give students the opportunity to showcase their skills in front of peers, colleges, and businesses; while working to solve real world problems. When attending events like this, you’ll spend multiple days competing with other schools in challenges ranging from programming to design to networking, with fun events like speed texting and more! You’ll also be able to get hands-on assistance with creating a professional resume and learning how to conduct yourself during a formal job interview. You’ll have direct access to Cincinnati’s best employers, many of whom will be looking for summer interns and future co-ops. If you have an interest in gaming, technology, broadcasting or marketing, The Strategic Gaming & Information Technology (SGit) may be the club for you!

SGit Mission & Goals

Mission : To create an open and safe environment where students will develop soft-skills, build relationships, as well as make connections between their passions and career opportunities.

How does SGit plan on accomplishing this?

Both eSports & Technology Competitions will give you the opportunity to:

• Earn College Scholarships
• Network with colleges, potential employers, and like-minded students
• Build soft-skills: communication, leadership, discipline, teamwork, & perseverance
• Build a portfolio of experience for your resume or college application

Club Goals:

• Build Club Roster
• Establish Meeting Calendar & Scope According to Student Desires
  • Host local events at WHS
  • Join a National High School eSports League such as HSEL or PlayVS
  • Compete with other schools at league events
  • Attend Cincinnati TechOlympics 2020 for eSports, IT Practical Competitions & Workshops
• Build a portfolio of work for each member, detailing their experiences
• Elevate and encourage each other to be the best
• Persevere despite failures, to pave a road to success

WHS SGIT Mission & Goals



 

• Pre-game starting at 6:30 - Ms Lipinski and Mrs. Syvertsen
• 1st Quarter - Miss Bricker and Mr. Hines
• 2nd Quarter - Mr. Hill and Mr. Arlinghaus
• Half-time - Ms Phillips and Mrs. Garafolo
• 3rd Quarter - Mr. Hardin and Mr. Cleaver

Prices:
$3 = 1 ball, $5 = 3 balls, $10 to push the lever!
 

 

Thank you to our hosts at Coleman Dentistry for taking on Senior Joey Bowman as an Intern within the WHS Experiential Learning Program.  Joey is interested in the dentistry field and within this program she will be getting hands-on, experience-based curriculum, that teaches skills and a conceptual understanding and responsibilities of being in the dentistry field. We are excited about the future of this partnership.

If you are interested in partnering with WHS in the Experiential learning Program, please contact Katie Rogers krogers@wayne-local.com

#positivethinking @Waynesville, Ohio

 

 

SPORTS AND BAND UPDATE FOR 9/27/2019

Cross Country
Waynesville Cross Country’s first race at Saturday Night Lights at Centerville High School is in the books, and we competed quite well with some of the best teams in the state. Our JH teams were separated into grade level races and then the scores were combined for an overall score. Our girls placed 7th and our boys were 8th in their 26 team combined races. Isabelle King and Alena Wooldridge finished 26th and 34th respectively in the race of 158 7th graders. Our 8th grade girls placed 5th against all other 8th grade girls teams and were led by Sam Erbach who finished in 4th place followed by Maria Gill in 8th, Kyla Harvey in 31st, Emme Greely in 42nd , Makayla Bell in 64th and Makayla Kamp in 86th out of 185 girls. Our 7th grade boys also placed 5th in their grade as a team and were led by Celtan Walton and Wade Von Handorf who placed 4th and 5th respectively. Next was Owen Malcom in 17th, Decker Atkins in 44th and Owen Burton in 74th out of 171 7th graders. The 8th grade boys all followed Jonas King's 11th place finish with Adam Papanek in 33rd, Abram Bailey in 72nd, Gabe Wooldridge in 82nd, Connor Huffman in 92nd and Brycin Katzenbach in 116th out of 207 runners. The high school boys open race was next with our 5 runners placing in 11th place, right behind Oak Hills and in front of Lebanon. Frosh Noah Wooldridge lead our team with a 13th place finish followed by Ernie Taylor in 33rd, Addison Cummins in 68th, Gavin Price in 77th and Joey Phillips in 107th out of 386 runners from 22 full teams. Our high school girls ran in the varsity A race starting at 8:15 in the evening. Of the 36 teams in the race over half were ranked either in Ohio or Kentucky and we finished 6th, right behind Mason and in front of Bellbrook. Hope Erbach not only won the race but tied our school record set by Ellyse Velte back in 2004 in a time of 19:01. She was followed by Alyza Camp, Elizabeth McKeehan and Carissa Tekeste who all ran PR's and finished 46th, 47th, and 60th respectively. Next was Kate Handle in 94th, Hannah Gill in 101st, Ava Amato in 132nd, Rachel Ingle in 161st, Megan Zidaroff and Jordan Patterson in a race of 319 athletes. The boys high school team ran in the Championship Race starting at 9:45 that night. The top 23 teams of the over 100 entered in this meet got the opportunity to run in this race. These were the top ranked teams from Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan. Three of our top 5 did not have their best night but still we finished in 20th place right behind Kings (#21 in DI) and Granville and in front of DI teams Fairmont, Talawanda, and Hilliard Darby. Our top two runners both broke the school record set earlier this year by Kaden Harvey of 16:17. Kaden bettered his mark by running 15:56 and Colin Amato ran a 15:55 to place 12th and 13th in the race. They were followed by Trevor Camp in 121st, Levi Morgan and Denver Johnson in 133rd and 134th respectively and Caden Adams in 136th, Eli Click in 145th, Jackson Berger, Grant Kazmierski and AJ Seidenschmidt in the 234 man race. Great running by all against the best competition we've ever seen. 
 
Girls Soccer
            The Lady Spartans won 4-0 against Milton Union with two goals by Grace Moore, one by Emma Whitaker, and one by Jenna Foley. On Thursday, the biggest excitement came when the team’s bus was struck by a car on the way to their game. All persons involved were not injured. The girls were unshaken and continued to their game where they won 2-1 with Grace Moore scoring both goals. 
 
Boys Soccer
The Men's Varsity soccer team remains undefeated with a 11-0-0 record. Junior Varsity worked hard but unfortunately had losses against Bishop-Fenwick and Wilmington. Varsity took two big wins last week with a 5-1 win over Bishop-Fenwick on Thursday and beating Wilmington 6-0 on Saturday. They won this week against Milton Union 5-2 at home on Tuesday. The Men's Senior Night was Thursday against Middletown-Maddison, where they took home another win. We would like to recognize the Seniors (all 13 of them!) that have given the last 4 years of hard work and leadership to the program. Good luck to all of them in their futures and with the rest of their season. The Spartans take on Carlisle at home next Tuesday before the Lady Spartans and are at Preble Shawnee on Thursday.

Girls Golf
            Girls golf had their Senior Night match on Thursday night to honor Seniors Hazelyn Almeter, Ashtyn Stiles, and Victoria Wheeland. They took on the Wildcats for an impressive outing, earning their first win of the season! Girls golf wrapped up the season, having greatly improved over the past few weeks. 

Boys Golf
            The golf team took on Sectionals this week and had an impressive showing. Sam Warren and Bryce Cumbow both qualified to Districts as individuals. They will play next Thursday (10/3) and hope to be the first Waynesville golfers to advance to the State competition. We are so excited for their success!
 
Girls Tennis
            Tennis played in the league tournament this week, taking home third place as a team. Ashley Tudela won 2nd place in first singles, Megan Rieger won 3rd place in second singles, and Katelyn Abney won 3rd place in third singles. Tennis will continue their season at the Sectional tournament Tuesday 10/1. 
 
Volleyball
            This week, the Varsity and JV teams lost hard fought battles against Bellbrook. However, Varsity remains undefeated in their league (8-0) after returning to beat Milton-Union in three sets on Wednesday. The girls have had a fantastic season so far!

Football
            Last Friday, Varsity Football celebrated Military Appreciation Night with a hard-earned win. The Spartans played the Bellbrook Golden Eagles at home, going toe-to-toe with them both halves. The big break and turning point of the game was during the fourth quarter with the score at 20-13 and 1:46 left in the game, where Quarterback Jake Amburgy connected with Caleb Lamb to gain major yardage. Amburgy once again went for a pass, this time connecting with Jaymes Bowman to make the score 19-20. The Offense opted to go for a two point conversion, with Amburgy once again passing to Bowman, who once again found the endzone for a final score of 21-20 . Other key players were Paul Dotson, who totaled two touchdowns that night, and Luke Osborn, who had a sac early in the game. This game once again displayed the strength and true grit of the Spartan lineup seen in previous weeks. Varsity will be back in action 9/27 at Preble Shawnee; Kickoff is set for 7:00 pm. Varsity Football returns to Spartan Community Field on 10/4 for the Homecoming game against Milton-Union.
            JV Football also played Bellbrook, playing their hardest in a tough loss to the Eagles. JV plays at home on 9/28 vs Preble Shawnee, with a 10:00 am Kickoff. Tickets are $4.00.

Band
            The band went to their first contest this weekend and returned victorious! Performing their 2019 show “Desert Winds”, they were first in their class and received Best Percussion and Best Auxiliary. They received overall positive scores and reviews from the judges. They will continue working and adding to their show until their next contest in October.
 
Cheer
            High School Cheer is busy cheering at football games, practicing for competitions, and preparing for the Homecoming festivities. Cheer is excited about the strong community support surrounding all sports and is happy to see large crowds at games. Their first competition is October 27th at Eaton High School. 
 
JH Volleyball 
            Junior High volleyball played Eaton and Brookville this week in preparation for the league tournament next week. They will play their final regular season game at home vs Preble Shawnee on Tuesday 10/1. The tournament will be held at Waynesville and begins on Saturday 10/5 and will be played in a bracket style. Good Luck to our Junior High athletes!
 
JH Football
This week 7th grade football played Twin Valley South and 8th grade played Milton-Union. Both teams earned big wins at home, building on their momentum from last week. Junior High football will be home again next week on 10/2, where they will take on the Dixie Greyhounds. Kickoff for 7th grade is at 5:00 pm and 8th grade will follow.
 

On October 22, all juniors will be taking a full-length practice ACT.  This test will provide valuable data to help prepare students for the official ACT in the spring. CCP and WCCC juniors are asked to take this as well. Students should bring a calculator, some wooden number 2 pencils with good erasers, and a small snack for the break.

All other students will be in classes on a normal schedule.

 

Children’s book author Michele Jakubowski is coming to Waynesville Elementary, on Tuesday, November 19, 2019.
Michele will talk about her four book series: Sidney & Sydney, Perfectly Poppy, Ashley Small and Ashlee Tall, The Sleuths of Somerville and her Choose Your Own Adventure book as well as the writing and publishing process.

 

 

BUILD IT CHALLENGE
SET FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2019
START PLANNING YOUR PROJECT NOW!

 

Congratulations to Anna K. Parry, WHS Senior
Anna was named “Commended Student” in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program!

 

By popular demand, the 'Once a Spartan, Always a Spartan' t-shirts are now available to everyone.  Proceeds from orders will help defer the cost of REDO Day.  

Shirts will be light grey, with an orange "W", and black lettering.

Order forms are due by November 15th, with delivery taking place early December.  

Please fill out the form, attach payment (check payable to Wayne Local Schools), and submit to any building office. 

Click here for T-shirt Order Form





KINDERGARTEN AND PRESCHOOL NOTIFICATION REGARDING EARLY RELEASE AND DELAY SCHEDULES: 

PLAN “B” – TWO HOUR EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE
FOR KINDERGARTEN & PRESCHOOL
 
 Wayne Local Schools will refer to a two (2) hour release schedule as Plan “B” for scheduled and calamity days for Kindergarten and Preschool. 
 
PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR REVISED SCHEDULE. 
SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION WILL FOLLOW ACCORDINGLY.
 
2019-20 TWO-HOUR EARLY RELEASE DATES CURRENTLY SCHEDULED:
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Friday, December 20, 2019
Friday, March 13, 2020
Thursday, May 21, 2020

SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENTS FOR ANY 2-HOUR EARLY RELEASE:

• AM K/Pre-K/Preschool          8:35 – 10:37 AM
• PM K/Preschool                    11:35 -  1:37 PM
• All Day                                  8:35 – 1:37 PM

PLAN "B" -  TWO HOUR DELAY SCHEDULE
FOR KINDERGARTEN AND PRESCHOOL:
 
 
Wayne Local Schools will refer to a TWO (2) hour Delay schedule as Plan “B” for Kindergarten and Preschool. 
 
 
PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR THE REVISED SCHEDULE.  SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION WILL FOLLOW ACCORDINGLY.
 
AM K/Pre K/Pre-School                  10:35-12:37 PM
PM K/Pre-School                                1:35-3:37  PM
All Day                                               10:35-3:37  PM

Important Notice
for all Graduates of Wayne Local Schools
 

In 30 days from today, October 1st, 2019, all waynelocal.net Google Accounts assigned to past students will be closed.  If you would like to save any documents (docs, sheets, slides, pdfs, etc), you will need to log in download your files from Google onto your device hard drive. 

Steps to complete this are listed below.

Steps to Save Your Google Files

Easiest Method:  From your Google account, you can select the files you want to keep and Share them to another account, or you can download the files to a device’s hard drive (either internal memory or a flash drive) – see instructions below.

Download from a PC

1. Access your Google Drive with your login and password and Open your drive so that you can see all their files (Docs, Sheets, Slides, images, etc).
2. Select all by pressing Control+A at the same time.  You can do this from either grid view or list view.
3. On a PC, you can only download the Files. Folders cannot be batch downloaded.  So, you will need to unselect any "Folders” at this time.
4. In the top right corner, Click on the 3 little vertical dots and select Download from the drop down menu.
5. Google Drive will then put those files into a zip folder and download the folder automatically.
6. From there, you'll just open the folder and double-check to ensure all their files downloaded correctly.
7. For Google Drive Folders, you will have to open each Folder separately and repeat the process for each Folder.

Download from a MAC book

1. Access your Google Drive with your login and password and Open your drive so that you can see all their files (Docs, Sheets, Slides, images, etc).
2. On an Apple device, click and drag to select all.  You can do this from either grid view or list view.
3. On an Apple device, you can select all Folders and all Files at the same time, which is different than those using a PC.
4. In the top right corner, they'll see 3 little vertical dots. They'll click on those dots and select Download from the drop down menu.
5. Google Drive will then put those files into a zip folder and download the folder automatically.
6. From there, they'll just open the folder and double-check to ensure all their files downloaded correctly.
7. For Google Drive Folders, they'll have to open each Folder separately and repeat the process for each Folder.

Download Instructions

CHANGE IN DELIVERY DATE FOR MUMKINS ORDERS

The Mumkins (mums) from the 6th grade Camp Joy fundraising campaign will now be delivered on October 1st instead of the previously scheduled October 4th date.   All students who sold mums need to pick up their orders between 2:45-6:00 on the side of the Middle School by the park.

Thank you!
The 6^th Grade Teaching Team

At Wayne Local, our phone notification system is populated from your student's official school records and contact information.  For changes to their official school records, please notify your specific building office. 

Elementary Office:  513-897-2761
Middle School Office:  513-897-4706
High School Office:  513-897-2776 

If you wish to make changes on the phone alert system, please call (513) 897-2776 x4007.

To Receive Text Message Alerts, CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS

To learn more about various ways to stay connected to good information, CLICK HERE

Wayne Local Schools is expanding its services with The Education Connection (TEC) to include a Safety/Bully Tip Line.  When you witness verbal, written, physical, or electronic abuse, speak up!  If students hear or see suspicious behavior from another student, they should not ignore it.  We encourage all students to report any concerns about another student or the safety and security of Wayne Local School District. 
Anyone can report anonymously a bullying/safety issue by calling the TEC tip line at (513) 855-4350 option 7 or by going online at waynelocal.tipline.info.   The tip line will also allow you to choose an incident number so that you can receive an update on the status or provide new information for this incident and still remain ANONYMOUS. 

The information will be immediately forwarded to the proper authority.  All reports are taken very seriously. 
There are posters displayed in all buildings with tip line information to remind students to always adopt the mindset of “if you see something or know something, say something.”