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Dates to
Remember
• May 16—
Academic
Awards Banquet
6:30 pm
• May 19—
Graduaon
pracce @ 9
am, picture @
11
• May 19—End of
year awards
program @
1:40—at the
Ritz
• May 22 & 23—
Final Exams
• May 24—
Graduaon @ 4
pm
Inside this
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Teacher of the
Month
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Classroom News
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Testing Schedule
3
Art News
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Students of the
Month
5
Band News
6
Year-End Program 6
Academic Teams
7
ROX NEWS
V o l u m e
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M a y
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National Honor Society Inductees
Rockville Jr./Sr. High School conducted its 2014 National
Honor Society inductions on Wednesday, April 16th at 2
p.m. The ceremony opened with a prayer by Rachel Overpeck, and member Emily Rohr welcomed everyone. Kim
Rogers announced the inductees who were met by their families. The emblem and essential traits of all NHS members
were explained by Megan Gordon, Avery Butler, Meghan
Bullington, Maddy Pruitt, Megan Baxter, and Brianna Wells.
Member Eliza Becker led the new inductees and all existing
members in the pledge to renew a commitment to character, scholarship, leadership, and service. The new members lit a candle to rest with the candle of life and knowledge and signed
their names into the official membership book. The program closed in prayer by Hanna Mills.
National Honor Society sponsors are Mrs. Dawn Mitchell and Mrs. Jane McMullen. New inductees are Craig Overpeck, Amy Rohr, Libby Asher, Bailey Hayes, Sydney Secuskie, Madison Shaffer, Ross Akers, Jade Spangler, Dakota Whitmer, Morgan Black, Matty Tinkle. Existing members of National Honor Society include Megan Baxter, Eliza Becker, Paige Boardman, John
Brown, Meghan Bullington, Avery Butler, Rachel Clingerman, Aspen Donohue, Glory Forrest,
Megan Gordon, Cameron Helderman, Molly Jones, DonaMarie Kelley, Haley Lewis, Hanna
Mills, Lucas Monroe, Luke Overpeck, Rachel Overpeck, Eli Palm, Maddy Pruitt, Kim Rogers,
Emily Rohr, Andy Rozsa, Shane Slaven, Isaiah Thurman, Carly Vandivier, Ben Wake, Brianna
Wells, Erika White, and Kiara Wimsett.
Overpeck Awarded Lilly Endowment
Senior Rachel Overpeck was awarded the Lilly Endowment Community
Scholarship. She is the daughter of Rich and Patty Overpeck and will be
attending IU in the fall to major in Environmental Science.
The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program is designed to
raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana and increase awareness of the potential of Indiana's community foundations to improve the
quality of life of the state's residents. Begun in 1998, the program offers
four-year, full-tuition scholarships to Indiana students who intend to
work toward a baccalaureate degree at any accredited public or private
college or university in Indiana. The scholarship also provides $900 per
year for required books and equipment.
L. Reberger Named Teacher of the Month
The final Teacher of the Month at Rockville
High School for the 2013-2014 school year has
been named as Mrs. Laura Reberger. Mrs.
Reberger and her husband, our band teacher
Kevin Reberger, comprise the only husbandwife combo faculty members currently working
at RHS.
most of the memorable parts of our school years
are those fun, silly times when teachers make
fools of themselves and we get to laugh and have
fun together. I am really looking forward to our
end of the year program on May 19th where we
are blending an awards program with the old
Food Follies. It should be a blast!”
Mrs. Reberger currently teaches 8th Grade English, AP Language & Composition, Yearbook,
Creative Writing, and Film Literature and is in
her 11th year of teaching. She came to Rockville
in 2005 and prior to that taught at Union Dugger High School .
Mrs. Reberger recalled her most memorable accomplishment as a teacher, “Very few students
love writing essays, but learning to do so well is a
skill all college-bound students need. I take great
pride in hearing from former students who thank
me for making them learn how to do synthesis
essays or analyze visual rhetoric or properly cite
sources. It makes all the hours of grading papers
worth it!”
Mrs. Reberger attended Castle High School in
Newburgh, Indiana before going to Indiana
State University where she Majored in English. Laura and Kevin have one son Daniel, age
19, who just finished his freshman year at Indiana University where he is a music education
major. The Rebergers currently reside in Brazil,
Indiana.
Not only does Mrs. Reberger teach several different classes at RHS, she serves the school as
publicist as well. She also coaches the middle
and high school Spell Bowl Teams, English Academic Teams, and the high school Fine Arts
Academic Team. Mrs. Reberger's teams have
produced numerous state finalists in the Spell
Bowl and English academic competitions teams
at both the middle and high school levels.
Mrs. Reberger belongs to the National Council
for the Teachers of English, Indiana State Reading Association, Indiana State Teachers Association where she serves as the North Central
Parke Classroom Teachers Association copresident.
To add another feather in her cap, Mrs.
Reberger recently took over planning for the
end of the year awards program. Mrs. Reberger
stated, “I love being in charge of the Student
Rewards Program and most pep sessions. While
students are here to learn, we can make it an
enjoyable place to do that. And let's face it,
When asked what she does in the summer for
fun, Mrs. Reberger responded, “Our son is a
member of the Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle
Corps. We spend five weeks out of the summer
working on the cook truck where we prepare and
serve four meals a day to 200 members and
staff.”
Principal Mahurin said, “Mrs. Reberger is one of
many great teachers we have here at Rockville. She works very hard to make our climate
the best it can be. She is a very, very good English teacher, but she serves the school well in numerous capacities. We are very fortunate to have
her here!”
Classroom News
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English 10 will finish the year with a career exploration unit, building skills in resume development and business letter writing, culminating in a career presentation.
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Pre-AP will read The Great Gatsby and will create a presentation rooted in the culture of the
1920s.
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AP Literature will present their end-of-year creative projects on Friday, May 16 in the multipurpose room.
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PLTW Medical Interventions students are performing a lab called genetic transformation. They
use a simple procedure to transform bacteria with a gene that codes for Green Fluorescent
Protein (GFP). This procedure will cause the bacteria to glow a green color under UV light.
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7th grade science students are working on a Human Body System project. They will describe
the major functions, include a diagram with the major parts and organs labeled, explain how
the body system works with others in the body, and find interesting facts about their chosen
system.
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8th grade science students are learning about the animal phyla. They will research the evolutionary history of an animal of their choice and present their findings as a research paper or
slideshow presentation.
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Mr. Campbell talked to the world history class about the Manhattan Projects including the
atomic bombs. Students are giving power point presentations over topics since WW 2.
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Government classes are presenting power points and discussing issues related to First Amendment rights. Mr. Mahurin talked to students about school law, policy and reasonable suspicion.
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Sociology students designed a city and are now studying social movements.
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Psychology students are focusing on mental illnesses and therapy.
IT’S TESTING SEASON!
Algebra I (608) and English 10 (Woodard) will be May 13-14.
AP US History will be May 21 at 8AM. AP Calculus will be May 22nd at
8AM. AP Literature will be May 23rd at 8AM. AP Biology will be May
23rd 12PM.
Finals for periods 1-4 are May 22. Finals for periods 6-8 are May 23.
Numerous Art Competition Winners
Violin Contest Winners
D’Arlier Contest Winners
The results of the juried exhibition of student
art for the International Violin Competition of
Indianapolis were recently announced. The
main requirement for the contest is that students
create 2D art pieces that incorporate the violin
as part of the subject matter. The purpose of
the competition is to affirm the highest standards of visual arts in schools and to encourage
the pursuit of visual arts as a career.
Student Artists Receive Awards at d’Arlier
The winners for the 2014 d’Arlier art show were
recently announced. Fifteen schools participated
with student artwork on display at the d’Arlier
Cultural Center in Veedersburg April 18nd and
endimg with an awards presentation and reception on April 24th. Rita Jacks’ art students at the
Rockville Jr. Sr. High School had several winners
in various categories. Students received ribbons,
certificates and monetary awards.
Winners were: Nicole McKinney placed with an
honorable mention in Visual Design category;
Elizabeth Wilson with 3rd place in Pencil;
Jaydan York with 2nd place in Pen and Ink;
Hannah Buchanan with honorable mention in
Visual Design; Holly Buchanan with honorable
mention in Collage; Angela Klunk with honorable mention in Pencil; Taylor Harmelss with 1st
place in Colored Pencil; Ashton White with honorable mention in Mixed Media; Morgan Cardin
with 2nd place in Collage; Meghan Bullington
with honorable mention in Mixed Media; Tatjana
Schroeder with 1st place in Communications art;
Nadja Kessler with 3rd in Collage; Rachel Overpeck with a 2nd and a 3rd in Sculpture.
This year students from Rockville Junior Senior
High School art department placed seven in the
regional competition.
Students that were selected from entries in region 5, which includes 18 counties, were:
Eighth grade: Emily Hayes; Maddie Lovett
and Trinity McFall
Ninth grade: Angela Klunk and Ashton
White
Tenth grade: Zoe Adams-Schlee
Twelfth grade: Tatjana Schroeder
These students will receive certificates and a
monetary award.
Front row: Trinity
McFall, Emily
Hayes, Zoe Adams
-Schlee
Back Row: Angela
Klunk, Ashton
White, Tatjana
Schroeder, Maddie
Lovett
Front row: Angela Klunk, Rachel Overpeck
2nd row: Nadja
Kessler, Morgan
Cardin; Jaydan
York, Holly Buchanan
3rd row: Nicole
McKinney, Hannah Buchanan,
Meghan Bullington, Ashton White
Back: Tatjana Schroeder, Elizabeth Wilson, Taylor Harmless
Students of the Month
The following students were named Students of the Month for exhibiting:
Front Row: Dusty Simpson,
Tiffany Rippy, Bailey Hayes,
Connor Hartman, Libby Asher,
Rachel Overpeck
Back Row: Hanna Mills, Kevin
Simpson, Lacy Kinsey, Elijah
Elmore, Austin Newgent, Connor Hartman, TJ Cowan
Art Collaboration
Students in Mrs. Jacks’ ceramics class did a collaborative project with the Turkey Run second grade
students and the art teacher Mrs. Loudermilk.
The second grade students were asked to draw a monster from which Rockville students created a
three dimensional interpretation of the monster drawing. The integrity of the drawing was carefully
retained through shapes and color.
The Turkey Run art teacher, Becky Loudermilk, had her ceramic students do the project as well.
Thirty monsters were created from clay. The result is a keepsake that will be presented to the second
grade class Tuesday, May 13th when Rockville students go to Turkey Run to view the work and present the pieces to the second grade artists. The monsters will be displayed with the
drawing in a diorama format. The monsters will be viewed, cookies and punch shared
and the high school students will interact with the children.
Concert Band Contest & Award Winners
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The Rockville HS Band participated in
the ISSMA Concert Organization Contest on Friday, April 11th at Northview
HS in Brazil. The group received a gold
rating for their performance of prepared
music and sight-reading for the 6th consecutive year. Selections performed by
the band included "A Galop to End All
Galops" by Warren Barker, "Hymn for
Band" by Hugh Stuart, and "Rampage!"
by Todd Stalter.
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The Band held its annual spring concert and awards program on April 7th. Students
earning their letter jackets were Ross Akers, Lauren Minger, Austin Newgent, and Jonathon Spence. Most Improved members included Samantha Wood (7), Dalton Becker
(8), and Austin Newgent (HS). Outstanding members were Drake Eisele (7), Hannah
Buchanan (8), and Eliza Becker (HS). The senior class of Eli Palm, Sarah Stillwell, Sophia Stillwell, and Cody Vauters were recognized. Senior Cody Vauters was awarded
the prestigious John Philip Sousa award.
Jacket Winners
Outstanding & Most Improved
Seniors
END OF YEAR CELEBRATION!
To celebrate the end of the year, to honor outstanding and improved students, and
to showcase our many talented students, RHS will have a year-end awards program
on Monday, May 19th at 1:40 pm at the Ritz Theater. The program will mirror an
Oscar/Emmy style show with award winners and acts of entertainment intermixed.
There are 16 acts, ranging from lip synch to singing to drumming to dancing to playing the tuba. Everyone is welcome to attend!
JH & HS Academic Teams Compete
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The JH and HS Academic teams completed their competition seasons. The theme of
the year was Westward Expansion. The teams earned the following placings:
HS English—4th
HS Fine Arts—5th
HS Science—3rd
HS Interdisciplinary—4th
HS Social Studies –3rd (tied for highest score—3rd by tiebreakers)
HS Math—3rd (tied for highest score—3rd by tiebreakers)
JH English—1st (Placed 6th overall at state level)
JH Social Studies -1st (Placed 5th overall at state level)
JH Science—2nd
JH Math—5th
JH Interdisciplinary—3rd
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