Destination Imagination Teams Place 1st

Arcanum-Butler Local School District is pleased to announce that 4 teams recently placed 1st in the Destination Imagination Region 7 competition in Piqua.  Those four teams will advance to the state competition at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, on April 20th.  Two other teams placed second.  Destination Imagination is a team problem solving program.  Team Challenges encourage the development of Creative Problem Solving techniques, teamwork and the creative process over a sustained period of time.

From the elementary, the non-competitive team of Rising Stars, managed by Jason Willis and assisted by Drew Chadwick, worked on a problem called "ROY G BIV".  Team members included Casey Willis, Liam Chadwick, Hannah Nickol, Nate Kessler, Lani Hollinger, Carson Tegtmeyer, Caleb Hartman, and Karson Wright.  Placing second was Heather Wogomon’s team completing the "In Disguise" problem.  Her team members were Madelyn Wogomon, Madelyn Byrne, Trista Hollinger, Allie Barry, Braden Merritt, Clay Loxley, and Brady Willis.       

First place Elementary teams include "Twist-O-Rama" managed by Kristie Stump with team members Karr Stump, Isabella Smith, Jorie McDermott, Zeke Wright, Brennan Troutwine, Luke Brinksneader, and Hunter Roberts; and "In Disguise" managed by Elizabeth Pitzer with team members Chad Pitzer, Dan Albright, Ian Baker, Ryan Delk, Jensen Whittaker, and Tyler Huber.

Middle school teams placing first include "Twist-O-Rama" managed by Christine Sanders with team members Kate Burrell-Troutwine, Aidan Sanders, Mikayla Kutter, Sam Hartzell, and Cheyenne Garber; and "In the Zone" managed by Sherri Jones with team members Jarrett Jones, Kendall Wright, Braden Garbig, Ethan Garbig, Braydin Gillem, Ki’an Leitch, and Levi Walker.  Charity Wright’s "In Disguise" team won second place with team members Maddie Thornhill, Megan Violet, Bria Elliott, McKinsey Willis, Megan Walker, and Rachel Wright.

The program is sponsored by the Arcanum-Butler PTO who would like to thank the volunteer appraisers for their support including Babbett Warvel, Rich Brandeberry, Marla Miller, Erica Littman, Kim Bergman, Ryan Malany, and Kari Imoro.

Real Success Luncheon

Five Arcanum-Butler students were recognized for their achievements on the OAA or OGT tests at the REAL Success Luncheon on Oct. 17. Picture above (l to r) are High School intervention specialist Karen Cline, Mary Trittschuh, Arjel Jarrett, Madison Mosser, Bradley Booker, Shane Grant, and Middle School intervention specialist Ann Glasscoe. The REAL Success Luncheon was sponsored by the Darke County ESC.

High School Student Participate in Cancer Awareness Week

Arcanum-Butler High School students participated in activities this week for Cancer Awareness Week.  As part of these activites, each class decorated a hallway with messages related to cancer awareness.  Below are pictures of the decorations.

 

VFW donates New Flag

Thanks to the VFW and 6th grader Kevin Kimball, Arcanum Schools has a new US Flag flying outside the building. Kevin is one of the middle school students who takes care of displaying the flag each day. Kevin noticed that our old flag had started to show its age, so he wrote a letter to the VFW requesting a donation of a new one. Yesterday, the school was honored to have a new flag presented by a member of the Women's Axillary from the VFW, and Kevin was able to accept the flag for the school.

Mock Crash Pictures

Pictures from the Arcanum High School Mock Crash
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HS Spring Play - April 13 and 14

The Arcanum High School Drama Club will present "Larceny and Old Lace" on Friday April 13th and Saturday April 14th.  Tickets are $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students.  Senior citizens and children under 4 are free.

Come spend an evening enjoying this spoof of the theatre classic! Harold Peabody's sweet aunts, Millie & Gertie, are gambling in Vegas while Harold stays at their home to watch over his eccentric Uncle Charlie, who thinks he is a pirate and is constantly "burying treasure" in the basement. When Harold hears a local bank has been robbed & discovers a bag of money in the house, he declares that Charlie has buried his last treasure. When Harold's jailbird cousin Mordred shows up with his own bundle of money & the FBI hot on his heels, the pandemonium multiples. Join the madness as Harold attempts to keep his aunts out of jail, Mordred from killing them all, his fiancee from walking out on him & himself from going insane!

Arcanum Virtual Academy Offers Online Summer School Classes for the Summer of 2012

For more information go to the AVA website