Adena Local Schools

Elementary Students Materials Pick-up Schedule https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-yG6Ab_fRYH7xND1P9snXcz1fbUEqbqhFxppd0LNm2I/edit?usp=sharing

Good Evening! This is Dustin England, Adena Middle School Principal, with an announcement for all middle school students and families about upcoming events from the Middle School. Locker Clean Out will start next week: Only 10 people at a time will be permitted in the building. Everyone entering the building must wear a mask. Everyone will enter through the front of the building. If a line forms outside please make sure you are using social distancing and standing 6 feet apart. If you have forgotten your locker combination I will have a key to open it for you. 5th Grade - Monday, May 18th from 1p.m. to 5 p.m. 6th Grade - Tuesday, May 19th from 1p.m. to 5 p.m. 7th Grade - Wednesday, May 20th from 1p.m. to 5 p.m. 8th Grade - Thursday, May 21st from 1p.m. to 5 p.m. Library books and teacher books can be returned during this time. If you can not come during your scheduled time please email me at dustin.england@adenalocalschools.com to set up another time. Progressbook: Parents please continue to check Progressbook to track your child’s work and progress. No more assignments will be posted after May 21st and the last day to complete any assignment will be May 28th. Use the final week to get caught up. Grades will then be calculated. Remember we are using a pass/fail system. If you are behind, get your assignments caught up! I can't stress how important it is for you to complete all your assignments. Middle School Yearbooks: Will be able to be ordered by using the link of the school website that will be active tomorrow. You can also follow the link below: https://downtownuc.onlinephotocart.com/prepay/26369595 Orders can also be made by calling Downtown Photography at 740-335-4440. Orders will be accepted from May 13th until June 13th but don’t delay. Chromebooks: All middle school students who signed out Chromebooks will return all Chromebooks the first week of June. A schedule for this process will be released soon. Once again, thank you for your efforts! Remember, we are here if you need us. As I said before, contact us if you have questions or concerns. Adena Middle School is committed to helping you and your family through this difficult time. Together, we are Warrior Strong!

A great big THANK YOU from Adena Elementary. https://youtu.be/zQDHjNHzZBA

This is a message for the high school: Course registration for the 2020-2021 school year has started. The junior class received an email last Wednesday from Mrs. Shea that contained a course registration form. Please fill this out as soon as you can. The sophomore class will begin registering for classes on Tuesday. All sophomores will also receive an email from Mrs. Shea that will contain a course registration form. The freshman class will begin registering for classes next week. All students need to check their email daily. If there are any questions about course registration, please email Mrs. Shea at Samantha.shea@adenalocalschools.com Enjoy your evening, Josh Jones

Garrett Clark is a senior at Adena High School. After graduation, Garrett will attend Shawnee State University to earn his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Digital Simulation and Game Programming. Garrett and his family wish the Class of 2020 all of the best in their future endeavors. Focus on future and remember all of the great times you’ve had. The best is yours for the taking!

Here is a reminder for the high school: Locker clean out dates and times are listed below. Underclassmen will keep their Chromebooks for the summer and the seniors will turn theirs in on the day they come in. All students need to turn in any library books that they have out. Monday, May 11th Juniors A-L from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Juniors M-Z from 2:00-3:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 12th Sophomores A-L from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Sophomores M-Z from 2:00-3:00 p.m. Freshman A-L from 3:00-4:00 p.m. Freshman M-Z from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Thursday, May 21st Seniors A-L from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Seniors M-Z from 2:00-3:00 p.m. Other announcements: The Senior Night program will air on Monday, May 18th at 6:00 p.m. Our Academic Awards Ceremony will air on Tuesday, May 19th at 9:00 a.m. Our graduation rehearsal is scheduled for Thursday, May 28th at 10:00 a.m. This will be a virtual meeting. Prom is still scheduled for July 18th. Enjoy your evening, Josh Jones High School Principal

Congratulations to our new inductees to our National Honor Society! We were unable to hold our traditional induction ceremony this school year, so Mrs. Glandon has prepared this video to introduce our new members of our National Honor Society. We would also like to congratulate our returning members of the Class of 2020 for not only their academic excellence in the classroom, but for continuing to display the qualities of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. We are planning on having an induction ceremony in the fall that will be followed by a reception to celebrate our new members of our National Honor Society. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ei9GhyOeiIZtEUbqkBw9l90oILFPLoWz/view?usp=sharing

An announcement for Students and Parents at Adena High School: As much as we would love to hold a traditional graduation ceremony for our seniors, we must abide by the guidelines set by the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Department of Health. For the past few weeks, we have been trying to find ways to give our seniors an alternate graduation setup that will still allow them to celebrate their special day together. With input from members of the senior class and guidance from the health department, we have come up with a drive-in setup that will have close to the same agenda of a traditional ceremony. We are excited to be able to give the students a chance to walk across the stage and celebrate as a class with social distancing measures in place. Attached is the document that describes the Adena High School Commencement ceremony that is scheduled for May 30th at 4 p.m. The event time and possibly the day could change pending on weather conditions. The ceremony will be Facebook live streamed for those not in attendance. If you live close enough, you may be able to pick it up on a designated radio station. There will be a car parade after the ceremony to send off our Senior Class of 2020. There will be a form going out to all the seniors later today asking pertinent information that we need to know to begin preparing for the drive-in ceremony. We appreciate your patience and understanding regarding graduation. As we all know, we need to come together and cooperate as best we can in order to give our graduating seniors the best ceremony we can provide while being mindful of community safety. Thank you! Josh Jones High School Principal https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zBw0oyW2ysU9H0J08hdl16PTO49oCV35b3LbGw940s4

A message for the high school: All students in grades 8 thru 11, recently received an email from Mrs. Shea that includes our course catalog and course registration instructions for the 2020-2021 school year. The registration process will be beginning soon, so please review the course catalog and contact Mrs. Shea for any questions. Our Academic Awards Ceremony will be a virtual event held on Tuesday, May 19th at 9:00 a.m. Any type of award will be given to their recipients at a later date. Our Senior Night is scheduled for Monday, May 18th at 6:00 p.m. This will be a virtual event that will include a video the seniors are putting together, an announcement of scholarship winners, and some other presentations by seniors. Scholarships will be mailed to their recipients. We will send out a finalized graduation plan after we get it approved by the health department. I will be meeting with all seniors today to discuss the ceremony. Have a good day, Josh Jones High School Principal

Dear Students and Parent/Guardians, I know that there are questions regarding how grades will be determined for the fourth nine weeks of the 2019-2020 school year. It's our hope that the following will answer any questions you may have about the process. While we recognize that there is no “perfect” systematic approach for this situation, it is our objective to create a system that is equitable for all students. All grades for the fourth nine weeks of the 2019-2020 school year (March23rd - May 28th) will be based on a pass/fail grade for Adena Middle School. The grades will be calculated based on the assignments that have been posted to Progressbook. Please make sure you are checking Progressbook and keeping up with your assignments and the work that has been provided by the teachers. The final grade for the year will be calculated by averaging the first three nine weeks together to get the final grade for the year. Interim grades were scheduled to be posted this week, please make sure you are checking Progressbook this week to see your child’s progress. If they are behind they have time to get caught up. Assignments are being accepted that are late, they just need to stay on top of it for the remainder of the quarter. If you have questions about your child’s progress please contact the teachers of your child by email or contact me by phone. My office number is (740)998-2313 option number 3. No assignments will be able to be submitted after May 28th, 2020. Remember, we are here if you need us. As I said before, contact us if you have questions or concerns. Adena Middle School is committed to helping you and your family through this difficult time. Together, we are Warrior Strong! Until then, Dustin England Adena Middle School Principal

An announcement for the high school: Jostens will be at the front entrance of the high school delivering announcements and other graduation products on Friday, May 1st from 9 a.m.- 11 a.m. This will be a “drive-thru” delivery. The student or parents pull up, roll their passenger window down and they will place the order in the passenger seat. If that doesn’t work, they can place the order in the trunk of the vehicle. Also, the fourth nine weeks interim reports will show up in ProgressBook on Wednesday. Keep up the great work, Warriors! Josh Jones

Revised Graduation Plan 4-24-20 Seniors and their families, After we postponed graduation yesterday, we received an email from the Ohio Department of Education issuing guidance and a clear message to avoid “congregate” graduation ceremonies, and that schools should not postpone or delay graduation dates in hopes of providing a traditional graduation ceremony. We will use our originally scheduled date of Saturday, May 30th. The time is changed to 4 p.m. We will employ an alternate plan of graduation that we believe still gives our students a meaningful and safe ceremony. We will provide a description and instructions for the event to each student’s family so they can know what to expect and how to prepare. We will ask that everyone please understand their cooperation will be needed to make this work in a safe and responsible manner. We wanted to get the changes out to you as soon as possible to avoid creating any more hardship for families than has already occurred. Thank you, Josh Jones

Kirk Elder is a senior at Adena High School and also attends OUC for Sports Medicine through Pickaway-Ross CTC.. Kirk became a State Tested Nursing Assistant last summer and has been working as an STNA since then at Edgewood Manor of Greenfield. He plans to continue his education in nursing through Southern State’s RN program following graduation. We are so sorry that you have to miss out on some of the most memorable days of your life that we know you have been anticipating and planning for awhile now. But, we are very proud of you and everything you have accomplished and continue to accomplish, Kirk. We know you will do great things. Never stop being true to yourself. We love you Bub, Mom, Rachel & family

The Elementary PTO Fundraiser items will be set for pick-up at Brad Lightle Park on May 14th. More information will be sent out in regards to time and how to pick up the items

Congratulations to Maddie Huff! She has been named Ross County’s Franklin B. Walter All-Scholastic Award winner! This means that Maddie was chosen by the Ross-Pike Educational Service Center to receive the honor as Ross County’s top student.

Max Willis is a senior at Adena High School. After graduation, Max plans to continue his education but has not decided on a major yet. Whatever he does, we are sure he will do it well. We could not be more proud of him and all he has accomplished so far. We love you son!

We want to share with you the work of Erica Cormany who captured a lot of great pictures of students during Monday's senior recognition event. Thanks Mrs. Cormany for sharing!! https://youtu.be/zi5EdxigUCg

Trey Timmons is a senior at Adena High School. After Trey finished his requirements for graduation earlier this year in January, he started working full time for his father's business at M & M Fabrication. Trey has been accepted to the University of Cincinnati where he would like to possibly pursue his interest in structural engineering but hasn't made up his mind if he will be attending this fall. He has developed a joy in landscaping using heavy equipment and is quite good at it, so this is also an area that his interest is directed to. Whatever decision he makes we know he will be successful. We love you son! Mom and Dad

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION INFORMATION. Registration in the building has been cancelled. If you do not already have an appointment, please complete form on school website. A kindergarten teacher will then contact all who have registered to set up a screening date and time. Those with appointments do not need to complete form.

An important announcement from the Elementary Principal regarding Kindergarten registration for the 2020-21 school year. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n8MTt6nPBWRF-5lkSvZ7yDdUOi5BvWjTvfxwPJnZ03I/edit?usp=sharing