SV 1st Semester Senior Quest

Above : Judges with Frankie Wilson; Tucker Clay. Below: Aaron Fillinger and Chelsea Seay. Photos Submitted

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CREATING ART – Wayne High School Art students participated in a National Art competition with “Creating Art” located on the web at www.creatingart.com. Seven art pieces were chosen as finalists to be entered from Wayne High School. Out of those seven presented four were chosen to be printed in the Fall 2011 book entitled “Celebrating Art”, which will be printed in April. The students are very excited to have their work published. Less than 25 percent of all entries were chosen to be used in this book. The four Wayne High School students that will be published are Seniors Kayla Davis, Sarah Gilmore, Brittany Holland, and Junior Savannah Holland. Photo submitted

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FOURTH GRADE TEAM – Wayne County Schools director of elementary curriculum, Debbie Russell, stands with the fourth grade team members of Math Field Day who are Zane Sturgill, Fort Gay Elementary, first place; Jacob Ferguson, Fort Gay Elementary, second place; Craig Spaulding, Prichard Elementary, third place; Daniel Adkins, Wayne Elementary, alternate. WCN photo by Diane Pottorff

Elementary students show their math skills

By DIANE POTTORFF
Staff Writer

CEREDO – Elementary students from Wayne County entered the First Ceredo Baptist Church with one thing on their minds: math problems.

On Thursday, 98 of fourth and fifth grade students from all 12 elementary schools participated in the annual Math Field Day.

There are more than 1,000 elementary students in Wayne County, according to Math Field Day coordinator and coach Dale Maynard. “You are all winners,” Maynard said. “And winners take their dreams seriously and encourages others. They have good attitudes and surround themselves with positives.”

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FIFTH GRADE TEAM – Wayne County Schools director of elementary curriculum, Debbie Russell, stands with the fifth grade team members of Math Field Day who are Ben Browning, Wayne Elementary, first place; Brad Cremeans, Lavalette Elementary, second place; Nicholas Bowen, Buffalo Elementary, third place; Braden Rosse, Wayne Elementary, alternate. WCN photo by Diane Pottorff

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Wayne High Senior Quest projects

Left: Ashley Damron shows one of the tools used when shoeing a horse. She observed a veterinarian as part of her project and then shoed a horse to complete the project. Projects must take 20 hours, six of which must be spent with a mentor. Right: Jared Hunter has the attention of the judges as he shows the lift gate he built as his Senior Quest project. Hunter is in the engineering cluster and wrote his paper on electrical engineering. Quest photos submitted by Ruby Dyer

With judges looking on, Courtney Cathers shows them how to screen print a t-shirt. Cathers’ research paper was on screen printing.

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AWARDS DAY – The students and staff at Kenova Elementary had their annual semester award’s day Friday. All students were given certificates for their achievements during the first semester of the school year. To celebrate the achievements and for the walking activity sponsored by McDonald’s, Ronald McDonald made an appearance at the school to help pass out certificates and medals. He is with the third, fourth and fifth grade students. He later visited the kindergarten, first and second grade students inside the school. WCN photo by Diane Pottorff

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WMS students participate in Operation Christmas Child

WAYNE – Students with Pioneers for Christ at Wayne Middle School participated in Operation Christmas Child again this year. Operation Christmas Child is an outreach of Samaritan’s Purse International. The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to needy children around the world, and together with the local church worldwide, to share the Good News of Jesus Christ.

In 2010, the students were able to provide 7 boxes for the program. This year, they increased that number by over 50% to 11 shoeboxes. The boxes were filled with toys, coloring books, personal hygiene products, clothing, and other items for boys and girls between 7 and 12 years old.

In addition to raising funds through T-shirt sales, Pioneers for Christ received donations from State Farm Insurance Agent Vicki Tabor in Wayne. Those funds helped to pay the shipping cost of the boxes. Faculty advisor, Dr. Sherry Stultz, is very proud of the work of the students. She stated that “it is a blessing to see students who are willing to help those who are less fortunate; they provide an example for us all.”

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NEW ROBOT – Students in the Project Lead the Way program introduced NAO to Speaker of the House Rick Thompson (D-Wayne), Sen. Ron Stollings (D-Boone), Superintendent Gary Adkins, Assistant superintendents Mike Rutherford and Don Davis and the administrative staff of the Wayne County Schools system Tuesday. WCN photo by Diane Pottorff

New robot unveiled at WHS

By DIANE POTTORFF
Staff Writer

WAYNE – Wayne High School is one of 14 sites that has Project Lead the Way, a pre-engineering program for high school students.
Now the school has one more item which makes it a first in West Virginia: a new robot named NAO.

NAO is a humanoid robot created by Aldebarn Robotic which is used as a tool to teach programing, Dalton Thompson, senior and member of the robotics team, said. The robot can also be used as a community outreach that one day in the future help those who cannot help themselves.

“This is just another way we can show the program to the county and local schools,” Thompson said. “We are trying to get the Wayne name out there and we started that in Kansas City.”

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OH CHRISTMAS TREE – The students of Wayne High School Skills USA competed in a statewide contest of collecting canned food for a sculpture and donation to the local food bank. The school collected more than 2,000 cans of food. With the tree are Nichelle Campbell, Garrett Maynard, Courtney Cathers, Paige Kelly, Kyle Sebastian, Tyler Marcum, Brianna Arthur, Bradlea Napier and Thomas Smith. Not pictured: Ephraim Pittore. WCN photo by Diane Pottorff

Skills students collect canned goods for pantry

By DIANE POTTORFF
Staff Writer

WAYNE – As the holidays come around, the student organizations of the Wayne County Schools attempt to get some service projects done.

As part of a state competition, the members of the Wayne High School Skills USA took part in collecting canned food with a catch. They had to make a piece of art out of the collection centered around the holidays.

Senior Kyle Sebastian, president and a state officer, said that the state Skills USA Leadership came up with the idea this year. To reach their goal, Sebastian and the rest of the organization asked other organizations such as the Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA), RAZE and the pre-engineering students.

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SPELLING BEE FINALISTS – Wayne County Spelling Bee Finalists Tyler Smith of Crum Middle School, Tatum Smith of East Lynn Elementary and Eddie Joe Stamper Jr. of Buffalo Middle School are with Assistant Superintendent Mike Rutherford, Director of Elementary Education and Spelling Bee sponsor Debbie Russell, Wayne County Board of Education President Katie Carey and Vice President JoAnn Hurley and a representative of City National Bank at the annual Spelling Bee. WCN photos by Diane Pottorff

Crum student is Wayne County Spelling Bee champ

By DIANE POTTORFF
Staff Writer

HUNTINGTON – Tyler Smith did not “panic” when he received the word he had to spell to become the winner of the Wayne County Schools Spelling Bee.

Smith, a student at Crum Middle School, was the last one standing at the Spelling Bee that took place in the auditorium of Spring Valley High School Tuesday.

Students, one from each of the county’s elementary and middle schools, participated in the Spelling Bee. They included Aaron Page from Buffalo Elementary; Abigail Browning of Ceredo Elementary; Kennah Salmons, Crum Elementary; Tatum Smith, East Lynn Elementary; Hannah Stephens, Fort Gay Elementary; Grace Haffer, Genoa Elementary; Sarah Ferry, Kellogg Elementary; Timothy Romans, Kenova Elementary; C.J. Preece II, Lavalette Elementary; Issabella Ball, Prichard Elementary; Elijah Williamson, Wayne Elementary; Eddie Joe Stamper Jr., Buffalo Middle School; Chelsea Ball, Ceredo-Kenova Middle School; Marissa Page, Fort Gay Middle School, Brandt Maynard, Vinson Middle School; Benjamin Thompson, Wayne Middle School.

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THE WINNER – Tyler Smith shows his trophy to his teacher, Rachel Doss, and Crum Middle School Assistant Principal Tony Conn.

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FILLING THE AIR – Members of the Tolsia High School Band entertained the crowd with songs of the season prior to the Christmas program. WCN photo by Diane Pottorff

Radio listeners hear broadcast of Tolsia Christmas program

By DIANE POTTORFF
Staff Writer

GLENHAYES – To spread the message of the holiday season to residents and former residents, the members of the Tolsia High School Choral, Honors Ensemble, Band and Bible Club had their program heard across the world.

“This is the first time the Christmas program has been broadcast over the Internet,” Principal Matt Stanley told the students who attended the program. “People in the area, in the county and all over the world will be listening if they want too.”

Prior to the broadcast, WFGH program director Fred Damron issued instructions to the students, much like those that are done for television broadcasts, and played a sample of what has been playing on the station for the Christmas season.

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JOLLY TUNES – The Tolsia High School Choral sings the songs of Christmas. WCN photo by Diane Pottorff

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TALKING ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT – Spring Valley High School senior Ryan Morris presents his Senior Quest project on law enforcement, with emphasis on the West Virginia State Police. WCN photo by Diane Pottorff

Seniors present projects at Senior Quest

By DIANE POTTORFF
Staff Writer

HUNTINGTON – Students who are seniors in the three Wayne County high schools presented their Senior Quest projects to the judges this past week.

Spring Valley presented theirs on Tuesday, Wayne was Wednesday and Tolsia on Thursday, according to Vernon Shy, senior Quest facilitator for Wayne County Schools.

The Senior Quest is a requirement for all seniors as a part of the grade in English 12. The Quest is composed of a paper, project, presentation and in-class work. A presentation is done near the end of the semester and is judged by members of the school staff, community and/or business leaders.

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VOTING – Students at Wayne Elementary learned about the election process by voting for their student council members on Friday. WCN photo by Diane Pottorff

Wayne Elementary students get a lesson about voting

By DIANE POTTORFF
Staff Writer

WAYNE – As those wanting to run for political office gets ready to file the necessary paperwork, a group of students had a lesson on America’s right to vote. On Friday, students at Wayne Elementary School voted for president, vice president, secretary and treasurer who make up the school’s student council.

According to fifth grade teacher, Becky Perry, students have been voting for a student council for at least 15 years. This is the third year that the school has used technology by allowing them to vote on a computer, much like the voters do on election day.

“We are teaching them the process of a real election,” Perry said. “We talk about the different offices and how they work. These students are the future leaders of not only Wayne County, but the state and country.”

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CLEANING UP – Students from Buffalo Middle School picked up litter along Buffalo Creek Road Friday after school. WCN photo by Diane Pottorff

Students pick up litter as community service

By DIANE POTTORFF
Staff Writer

HUNTINGTON – Many Wayne County organizations have shown their love of community by Adopting a Highway. Another group can now be added to the list.

Students at Buffalo Middle School have adopted two miles of Buffalo Creek Road as their Adopt-A-Highway clean up area.

On Friday, about 15 students and staff members Shari Pinson, Elizabeth Ryder, Dwayne Richie and Principal John Waugaman adopted two miles of the roadway and Adopted-A-Spot of the former Buffalo High School to clean up litter.

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MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING – Wayne High School football Coach Tom Harmon speaks to the students at Lavalette Elementary about staying in school and being good. WCN photo by Diane Pottorff

PEP RALLY – Students at Wayne High School cheer on their Pioneers with a pep rally at the school Thursday before the team left for Wheeling and the Class AA championship. WCN photo by Diane Pottorff