More 100 Days of School celebrations!
Shaw Elementary third graders celebrated their 100th day of school last Wednesday. Students used 100 pattern blocks to express their creativity!
In groups, students were each given a bag containing 100 random pattern blocks. However, before starting their creations, they had to determine which shapes they had and each shape's characteristics, such as the number of sides, angles, and vertices. Then, each group was free to use the 100 pattern blocks to create whatever they wanted. Once they finished, the students wrote descriptive paragraphs about their creations.
Some of the fantastic creations the students created include a robot and Pikachu. One group even made their creation 3D!
It was a great morning at Trebein Elementary! These students are ready to start the week.
🌟🏆 Entourage, our middle school show choir, owned the stage at the Edgewood Contest of Champions in Ellettsville, Indiana, over the weekend! 🎤 They clinched Best Choreography, Best Vocals, and Overall Grand Champions! 👏🎉
There's never a dull moment with our Beavercreek JROTC cadets. Recently, sixteen cadets began their journey into aviation with a newly developed Aircraft Simulator Club! This 3-stage ground and flight-centered course is designed to familiarize our cadets with the wonders of flight while having a little fun! Check out these simulators! #theskyisthelimit
Ankeney choir and band students traveled to Fairbrook, Parkwood, and Valley to perform for 5th-grade students as they are considering their elective selections for the next school year.
Beavercreek Robotics Club visited the Mayor’s “First Thursday” meeting!
Matthew Chen(10th), Kayleigh Seflers(9th), and Blake Pochet(12th) addressed “The Honorable Don Adams,” Mayor of Beavercreek, along with local members of the Chamber of Commerce and local business owners, sharing the positive impact robotics brings to their high school experience and catapulting interest in STEM-driven careers.
Students capped the evening with a demo of VEX REC competition robot maneuvers.
It’s Staff Spotlight time again! This week, we highlight Melinda Dyamod, a paraprofessional at Main Elementary.
Melinda has been with the district for ten years and is so grateful to be a member of the Creek family. She loves making memories at BCS and has so many that she couldn’t choose just one to highlight as her favorite. When it comes to her career, she says Ashley Kitchen has been the most influential person.
When not busy at work, Melinda enjoys being with her family, enjoying the outdoors, and trying new foods from different cultures.
We are very lucky to have Melinda as a part of our district! 🧡🖤 #BCSstaffspotlight
The Beavercreek Speech and Debate Team wrapped up their regular season last Saturday, with five students placing at the Archbishop Moeller Tournament in Cincinnati!
- Freshman Matthew Blackman, 5th Place - Dramatic Interpretation
- Junior Nate Houseknecht, 5th Place - Informative Speaking
- Senior Ruth Yu, 3rd Place - Informative Speaking
- Sophomore Saha Teegala, 3rd Place - International Extemp
- Junior Ella Schrader, 1st Place - Program Oral Interpretation
The team is working hard now to prepare for postseason competition. Let's wish them luck at the District Qualifiers this weekend at Oakwood! 🧡🖤
More owl pellets. 🦉
Students in our new medical detectives classes learn about human body systems through labs and activities. They examined x-rays of broken and dislocated bones to learn about the skeletal system to diagnose patient problems. Then, they dissected an owl pellet, comparing the skeleton they found to the human skeleton. This class is open to 7th and 8th grade students at Ankeny and Coy Middle Schools.
Fairbrook fifth graders recently finished learning about food chains. One fun way to understand how energy is passed on between organisms is to dissect sterilized barn owl pellets. 🦉
Owls cough up pellets because they cannot wholly digest what they eat. As these pictures show, these students had a "Hoot" exploring this hands-on experience in the classroom. #Bckschools
Join us at Ferguson Hall at 2:00 p.m. this Saturday for a Nationals Send-Off for our BHS Competitive Cheer Team! These ladies are heading to Orlando to compete in the 2024 National High School Cheerleading Championships on February 9-12 at Walt Disney World Resort. During the send-off, the team will perform their competition routine! 🧡🖤
🌟 Shoutout to all the incredible superheroes at Shaw Elementary! 🦸♂️🦸♀️ We just recently wrapped up an AMAZING SUPERHERO DAY! 💥✨
👊 Everyone rocked their favorite superhero costumes, and the school buzzed with excitement from all the heroic activities, challenges, and fun! 🎉 Whether you were a caped crusader, a web-slinging wonder, or a Shaw Pax Hero, you definitely brought your A-game!
Yesterday at Main Elementary, our second-grade students read and presented a puppet play of "The Chicken Who Couldn't" by Jan Thomas during library time. 🐤
It was a fun way to learn about overcoming obstacles and the power of believing in yourself. 📚
It's hard to believe, but most of our students celebrated last week's 100th day of school! Check out some of our Trebein 1st graders who dressed up like they were 100 years old this past Friday. #100thdayofschool
Congratulations to our Beavercreek gymnastics team! The team placed 2nd at the Turpin Invitational. Great job, ladies! 🧡🤸♀️🥈🖤
Congratulations to the entire Jacob Coy Power of the Pen team who competed at the district tournament on Saturday, January 20th: Maci Chris, Aniya Gracia, Tanish Mankala, Ashley Profeta, and our regional qualifiers: Jun Oshitani, Gabrielle Newman, Merry Bissell, and Rowan Sykes. Rowan earned fourth place overall in the district tournament.
Congratulations to Coach Schweikert for giving a great presentation on how to build a successful middle school track & field program. Over the weekend, he presented at the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches (OATCCC) track clinic in Columbus.
If you don't already know him, meet Mr. Seilhamer! He is this week's Staff Spotlight.
Mr. Seilhamer is a 7th and 8th-grade science teacher at Ankeney Middle School and the head girls' basketball coach. He has spent 22 years in the district already.
When asked who has been the most influential person in his career, he said, "My wife and kids because I never want to let them down."
About his students, he hopes they can learn from him how to be kind and empathic because you never know what someone else might be going through.
If there is one thing he wishes more people knew about BCS, it is how much our staff goes above and beyond to provide a great learning experience for all our students.
Remember when our very own Heather Marsh-Myers was selected to join a marching band of 400 band directors nationwide and perform in the 2023 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Well, we finally have some photos to share!!
Along with the photos, Heather said, "It was an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience that I will always be grateful for. I had an amazing time performing for 3 million people live in NYC and millions more on television. My favorite part was networking with colleagues from across the US and hearing all the people along the parade route calling out to us about how thankful they are for the band directors in their lives!"
Congratulations again to Heather on this accomplishment. 🧡🖤
Our Speech and Debate Team have outdone themselves once again! Congratulations to the following students for their performance at the Sylvania Rotary Southview Invitational this past Saturday!
Tammy Nguyen, 6th Place - International Extemp
Nate Houseknecht, 6th Place - Informative Speaking
Eliot Chen, 5th Place - United States Extemp
Matthew Blackman, 5th Place - Dramatic Interpretation
Rishi Mankala, 5th Place - Original Oratory
Frida Lozano, 4th Place - International Extemp
Ruth Yu, 4th Place - Informative Speaking
Saha Teegala, 3rd Place - United States Extemp
Aysiah Sims, 2nd Place - Informative Speaking
Kevin McCray, Tournament Champion in Declamation
Special congratulations to Sophomores Aysiah Sims and Saha Teegala and Freshman Kevin McCray, who have now qualified for the State Tournament in March! Best of luck to the team as they prepare for the final tournament of the regular season in Cincinnati at Moeller on Saturday!
