Calamity Day Legislation

AW Parents:

I wanted to provide to you the latest update on the pending calamity day legislation. Currently, the Ohio House and Senate have separate versions of legislation on changing adding calamity days for school districts to use this academic year. On Wednesday, the House and the Senate discussed their two versions of this legislation but could not come to a joint agreement on common language.  Legislators are telling us they will continue to work toward an agreement on this specific issue. Unfortunately, they will not be in session again until March 12th.

We will keep you informed as this legislation is debated between these two groups. 

Thank you.

Jim Fritz, Superintendent

Whitehouse 3rd Graders Interview Area Business Leaders

The third graders at Whitehouse Primary put their economic knowledge to the test this week by conducting interviews with many businesses from their local Whitehouse community. Students interviewed the representatives by asking questions related to concepts studied in class, including goods and services, decision making, competition and monopolies, and positive and negative incentives. The students loved interacting with these businesses and really learned a lot from these discussions. The third graders and their teachers would like to thank all who attended!

The event was attended by representatives from Anthony Wayne Floral, AW Heating and Cooling, Cherry Tree Bakery, Divine Reflections, Diversified Insurance, Peinert-Dunn Funeral Homes, Pisanello's Pizza, Prince Aircraft, Rexam Beverage Can Company, Skin Savy, Sunoco Gas Station, Whitehouse Inn, and Whitehouse Motors, along with Dr. Mowery (High Point  Animal Hospital), Dr. Pecsok (Dentist), and Joe Urenovitch (Attorney).

Girls Soccer Team on the Basketball Court?

The girls soccer team tried their skill at basketball this week helping the Lucas County Special Olympians prepare for their state tournament that will take place on March 2.

FCCLA Students Win Big at Regional Competition

Saturday was the culmination of a very stressful competition preparation "season" for FCCLA. With all the school closures the preparation "crunch time" was effectively cut in half. Students stayed long hours after school, came in before school, worked during many lunches, even had all afternoon working sessions at Way Public Library on President's Day weekend. Their hard work really paid off big! 15 of 17 groups that competed for AW  earned the right to compete again at FCCLA State Leadership Conference April 24-25, 2014.

Congratulations to the following students on their achievement!

*Life Event Planning: Clayton George, Oussama Khanafer, Jordan Leupp
*Chapter Service Project Portfolio: Amber Thomas, Krista Sutton
*Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation: Brissa Bradfield, Ryan Fischer
*Sports Nutrition: Lily Kwiatkowski, Maddie Bell
*Career Investigation: Cinnamon Hoffer
*Entrepreneurship: Kelsey Keyser, Maddie Pant
*Chapter Service Project Display: Ebere Okoro
*Focus on Children: Mady Cury
*Teach and Train: Josie Monroe
*Advocacy: Kendall Bialecki
*Promote and Publicize FCCLA: Amanda Stevens, Autumn Dickey
*Interpersonal Communications: Aubrey Cousino, McKenzie Stefanski
*Environmental Ambassador: Sanjay Jinka, Justyn Bobinski
*Advocacy: Kylie Little, Kaitlyn Kurek
*Environmental Ambassador: Nathan Dick, Elizabeth Kelso, Samantha Tasler
Focus on Children: Kelsey Hill, Skylar Schnapp
National Programs in Action: Hannah Gyurasics, Kahlie Pawlicki

*Designates state qualifier

Students who competed for FCCLA with their "on-line" projects are:

No Kid Hungry National Outreach: Lindsey Alleman, Kelsey Koester, Alexia Ehrsam
Digital Stories for Change: Taylor Hertzfeld, Tori Johnson, Lindsay Wisnewski

Their projects were submitted directly to the National Level on February 1st, and we will not know if they qualified to attend the National Convention until March 15th, so keep your fingers crossed for them!

2014-15 Kindergarten Registration

Kindergarten Registration for Anthony Wayne Local Schools begins on February 19, 2014 and continues through March 28, 2014.

Children must be 5 by September 30, 2014 to attend Kindergarten this fall.  You must be residents of the Anthony Wayne School District.

The Kindergarten schedule will be half day, every day in 2014-15.

Please call 419-877-5377 to make an appointment to register your child at the Central Administrative Center, 9565 Bucher Road in Whitehouse, by March 28, 2014.  (Registration takes less than 15 minutes, and your child does not need to be present.)  

You will need to bring:
• a completed kindergarten registration form
• your child’s official birth certificate
• your driver’s license or other government-issued photo ID
• proof of residency (2 current utility bills in your name;  or a lease + utility bill in your name)
• custody document if applicable

Registration forms are available at the Central Administrative Office at 9565 Bucher Road in Whitehouse, at each Primary school, or on the district website: http://www.anthonywayneschools.org/2014-15-kindergarten-information

An information meeting for parents of incoming Kindergarten students will be held on Thursday, May 8 at 7:00 p.m. at Monclova Primary, Waterville Primary, and Whitehouse Primary Schools.

Kindergarten Screening will be held in June:
          Monclova Primary   Monday June 9 
          Waterville Primary   Wednesday June 11 
          Whitehouse Primary   Thursday June 12

Students must be registered at the Central Administrative Office prior to Kindergarten Screening.

State of the Schools Annual Address

On January 17, 2014, Superintendent Dr. Jim Fritz gave the annual State of the Schools presentation to the Anthony Wayne staff. Please see the following attachment for a summary of the presentation.

State of the Schools Presentation - click HERE