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The Dottie Yeck Good Life Award Writing Contest
Miamisburg Middle School teacher, Brandi Henry, submitted some of her students' personal narrative essays in the Dottie Yeck Good Life Award Writing Contest. This contest is held every year, and it honors the life of Dottie Yeck, "a champion of children", who believed that you can create positive in this world at any age. The competition is sponsored by the Washington/Centerville Public Library. The writing topic this year was: Develop a plan for living a good life. Contestants were asked to use personal experiences as examples, give the reader advice on how to build self-confidence while exploring how school and others can affect that self- confidence. They were also asked how do you block negative impacts while building up the positive? They were told that their plan must reflect Dottie Yeck’s belief that being good and doing good will result in having fun and being happy.
The Dottie Yeck Good Life Award Writing Contest had 1,107 essays submitted from 26 different schools – a record year for this contest. The essays were scored twice, the top 200 moved on to the semi-final round where they were again scored twice. The top 25 were moved to the final round where they were scored three more times. There were four winners and 21 Honorable Mentions. This is the first year the honorable mentions were awarded a cash price of $25 and are being recognized at the Good Life Award Celebration Evening this Thursday.
Three of Mrs. Henry's students from MMS Team 7 placed in the top 25. Pictured left to right are Ella Buzek, Braeden Fullam and Audrey Asbury. Congratulations to them for a job well done!
The Miamisburg City School District October Student of the Month is Jane Chance Elementary School fifth grade student Jordan Arp. She was nominated by her fifth grade teachers. They said "It is our honor to nominate Jordan Arp for Jane Chance Elementary's Student of the Month for October. Jordan comes to school each day with a smile on her face, ready to learn. She consistently follows the BARK Chart. She often volunteers to clean up her area and the classroom without being asked. She also helps out by running errands for teachers and returning the class books to the library each week. She demonstrates her responsibility by doing her best in all of her classes. She completed her optional math project for extra credit this quarter with very high quality work. Due to this extra effort, she has an A+ in math this first quarter. She received a 100% (the only student in fifth grade to get a 100%) on her last math unit test. She is always attentive, on task, giving her best effort, and striving to learn in math class. She participates every day and often will lead the class in explaining a math problem or sharing her work. She is ALWAYS kind, helpful, polite, and a role model for good Bulldog behavior. She has read several additional books for ELA and has attended Book Club during her lunch time. She has had all of her Weekly Reading Passages turned in early for pre checks in ELA during the first quarter. She goes above and beyond what is expected and has done the most Bonus/Extra Credit in the 5th grade in ELA, Science, and Social Studies. She helps Mrs. Finney every Friday with the Blessings in a Bag distribution. In addition to all of the things mentioned above, Jordan is an incredible artist. She likes to draw, color, and paint. She was voted to be one of Mrs. Gormley's class Student Council Representatives. She participates in Girls on the Run twice a week. She is an active participant in student groups run by Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Sharts. Outside of school, she enjoys playing with friends, drawing, reading, and watching YouTube videos. She would like to be a baker when she grows up. The 5th grade teachers are extremely proud of Jordan and all of her accomplishments."
Jones (Medical Office Management/Wayne), Parker Lenski (Culinary Arts/Miamisburg), and Marissa Thigpen (Pre-Nursing/Carlisle).
