WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
PERFECT ATTENDANCE

  During the first trimester at West Middle School, there were 121 students who earned perfect attendance.  These students received a ribbon and special recognition and also had their picture taken together as a group; the picture will be hung in the hall at West Middle School.  Congratulations Perfect Attendance Students! 

“PERFECT ATTENDANCE” – FIRST TRIMESTER

6^th grade:   Noah Adams, Jessica Bolin, Maggi Bolin, Abigail Bridgeman, Josey Brown, Kristen Broyer, Siera Carnes, Joseph Charles, Bryanna Collier, Jonas Combs, Clarissa Dausch, Jerianna Eaton, Jacob Ferguson, Cheyanne Froedge, Ray Gibson, Hunter Hampton, Skye Heiser, Neraka Hiser, Madelynn Hollett, Eli Hopkins, Nicholas Houchin, Shyann Jackson, Emily Krulik, Rylie Lamar, Briana Machuca, Christian Marion, Daniel McDonald, Dillon Melson, Devon Miller, Chase Mitchell, Boston Ogle, Tyler Polston, Taylor Schubert, Corbin Staley, Austin Steelman, Deanna Stout, Keanna Swafford, Elijah Thacker, Timothy Thomas, Luke Wolfla, and Wyatt Worley.

7^th grade:   Jesse Bryson, Alyssa Byrer, Nicole Eilar, Matthew Ferran, Zachary Fleener, Kaeli Fluke, Jessica Fry, Rebeka Gregory, Charles Hopkins, Ashley Huff, Devin Huff, Benjamin Janssen, Taylor Jessee, Hannah Leitzman, Jenny Marlow, Jacob McKinney, Katherine Neese, Austin Parker, Casey Parson, Baylor Payne, Ashleigh Pearson, Michaela Reidy, Carrie Schnaiter, Stephen Shafer, Charles Simpson, Clinton Smith, Mina Tobeck, Gabriel Wilson, Stacie Winiger, and Ashley Woolf.

8^th grade:  Samuel Baker, Brook Barnette, Dakota Blondell, Ethan Bolin, Mary Cadwell, Kyle Childress, Austin Clark, Kaylen Clark, James Clarkson, Dylan Clephane, Levi Collins, Kristen Davis, Taylor Davis, Shelby Edgerton, Madison Farrand, Faithful Fisher, Emily Gaskins, Dylan Goss, Brandon Grubbs, Shelby Harris, Meghan Hendrickson, Tara Holland, Bryce Law, Nicole Lingle, Jordan Meadows, Jazz Melson, Dakota Morrison, Samuel Muncy, Tristan Nunn, Allison Parker, Tyler Quakenbush, Allison Simmons, Ryan Snowden, Zachary Terrell, Courtney Thacker, Mackenzie Thacker, Derik Tunitis, Courtney Welty, Sean Woodall, and Chelsea Zweck.

FIRST TRIMESTER HONOR ROLL

  Congratulations to the Honor Roll students for his/her classroom achievements during the first trimester of the 2009-2010 school year. Every trimester West Middle School recognizes those high achieving students who have earned “Honor Roll” status for the 12-week period.   Honor Roll students are academic leaders in the classroom; they typically model good attendance, attitude, behavior, grades, and work ethic.  Being an Honor Roll student is a special accomplishment, and the West Middle School staff is truly proud of the students’ efforts and positive contributions to our school.                     

4.0 GPA

6^th:  Noah Adams, Benjamin Andersen, Brendan Baar, Breanna Blondell, Maggi Bolin, Abigail Bridgeman, Josey Brown, Kristen Broyer, Bryanna Collier, Jacob Ferguson, James Harris, Nicholas Houhin, Emily Krulik, Shayla Morgan, Taylor Schubert, Kalee Sheeks, Kalla Taylor, Brooke Verhey, Leslie Wells, and Mahalah Wilson.

7^th:  Benjamin Frentress, Samantha Hansen, Benjamin Janssen, and Baylor Payne.

8^th:  Kaitlin Applegate, Zachary Bartley, Jessica Bastin, Timber Davis Shelbie Ezell, Amanda Fish, Emily Hall, Donovan Hudelson,  Jordan Meadows, Chandler Paul, Tyler Ramsey, Stephanie Schneck, Allison Simmons, Rebekah Stewart, Courtney Thacker, and Cody Verhey.

3.5 GPA

6^th:  Michael Alvarado Jr., Wyatt Burchfield, Sierra Colwell, Clarissa Dausch, Brook Eads, Alexa Enoch, Blake Everroad, Josie Fisher, Zane Fletcher, Taylor Frye, Ray Gibson, James Grindstaff II, Skye Heiser, Neraka Hiser, Santana Honaker, Raven Hornaday, Shayann Jackson, Jacelyn Kemp, Stephanie Lavoie, Christian Marion, Morgan Massey, Brandon Monday, Aleysia Nix, Boston Ogle, Cullen Olmsted, Samuel Peters, Katie Russell, Broderick Sasse, Riley Skojac, Corbin Staley, Austin Steelman, Sarah Stone, Allixandra Stout, Deanna Stout, Loren Sutton, Tisha Townsend, Billy Vinson, Kaitlyn Wells, and Luke Wolfla.

7^th:  Tristan Bray, Suzanna Cohen, Kieran Drexler, Kaeli Fluke, Jessica Fry, Ian Gano, Kevin Goode, Sydney Gravelin, Kaylee Howser, Devin Huff, Makiya James, Carissa Krise, Katlyn Lehr, Jeremy McKee, Montana Mudd, Skylar Mullins, Randi Nail, Austin Neel, Katherine Neese, Amy Nuetzman, Justice Nugent, Ethan Phillips, Molly Piercefield, Jordan Proffitt-Hilbert, Jacqueline Rapalo, Meridith Ray, Samantha Renfro, Bryant Roller-Jones, Carrie Schnaiter, Alexis Sevigny, Mina Tobeck, Cheyenne Wigal, and Desiree Wiser.   

8^th:  Ethan Bolin, Kyle Childress, Taylor Colwell, Keeton Cooper, Jeff Consenza, Kyia Craig, Andrea Cramer, Kacie Dalton, Kristen Davis, Sarah Ferguson, Elizabeth Galloway, Emily Gaskins, Quentin Gill, Charley Hayes, Nicholas Hirchert, Tara Holland, Rebecca Holmes, Sean Lamar, Nicole Lingle, Sebastian Lynn, Andrew Manley, terra McKinney, Kaymen Megl, Samuel Muncy, Dillon Owns, Jordan Ozolin, Tyler Quakenbush, Beth Randolph, Ellen Rexing, Erin Riffe, Chase Stephens, Sonya Stephens, Kaitlyn Taylor, Mackenzie Thacker, Jesse Troxal, Shelby Troxal, Nicholas Weaver, and Chelsea Zweck.

3.0 GPA

6^th:  Kyle Anderson, Mark Asmus, Peyton Bales, Jaden Ballard Ezekiel Bewley, Jessica Bolin, Autumn Brock, Kara Brock, Jaime Brown, Mary Bryant, Siera Carnes, Trenton Cherry, Shane Colwell Jr., Jonas Combs, Miranda Cooper, Kayleigh Davis, Brodie Dean, Troy Duncan, James Dunn, Logan Earlywine, Jerianna Eaton, Samantha Ferguson, Caelan Fowler, Kaleb Gouldsmith, Rebekah Guy, Olivia Hibschman, Madelynn Hollett, Travis Holman, Eli Hopkins, Bethany Kearby, Gage Knuass, Rylie LaMar, Garrett Marietta Daniel, McDonald, Cayleigh McNeely, Domminick Meade, Devon Miller, Chase Mitchell, Angel Moberly, Ethan Paugh, and Wyatt Ritter, Dylan Rooker, Isaac Schultheis, Andrew Skirvin, Shauna Smith, Jacob Spurlock, Brittany Stidd, Nellson Stout, Keanna Swafford, Emily Tackett, Elijah Thacker, Kiley Tharpe, Alia Thomas, Timothy Thomas, Shelby Wainwright, Tyler Walker, MacKenzie Whitesell, and Cody Young.

7^th:  Kayla Albertson, Justin Allen, Abigail Beaver, Kian Benton, Dakota Bivens, Tyler Blake, Savannah Brock, Lacey Brown, Caren Colwell, James Conklin, Caitlyn Corcoran, Miranda Dean, Isaac Duckworth, Nicole Eilar, Stephen Ellis, Victoria Farnsworth, Matthew Ferran, Rebeka Gregory, Shelby Hart, Cheyenne Henson, Rhiannon Hiner, Drayer Holley, Jessica Hunt, Taylor Jessee, Kassandra Johnson, Nicholas Kiefer, Alexandria Lauck, Justin Markitan, Jenny Marlow, Isaac Martin, Connor Mitchell, Courtney Moore, Kaley Mosier, Kelsey Mosteller, Hayden Olmsted, Austin Parker, Nathan Payne, Rebecca Stafford, Ashley Strattman, Shelia Stephens, Kristina Sutton, Britney Wells, Kyle Wells, Rebekah Wiley, Megan Williams, Stacie Wininger, Ashley Woolf, Cain Young, and Blake Ziegler.

8^th:  David Asmus, Julius Austin, Brook Barnette, Dalton Bennett,  Jacob Blondell, Lucas Brock, Jordan Brumfield, Zane Carpenter, Austin Clark, Kaylen Clark, Dylan Clephane, Levi Collins, Kaetlin Davis, Noah Davis, Steven Farnsworth, Faithful Fisher, Charles Gillaspy, Matthew Goad, Shania Gouldsmith, Brandon Grubbs, Mary Guthrie, Joshua Harris, Shelby Harris, Meghan Hendrickson, Austin Henselmeier, Garrett James, Bryce Law, Hannah Mackin, Christopher Massey, Sean McDonald, Kimberly Mills,  Jerrod Moscrip, Brandon Newman, Tristan Nunn, Braxton Parker, Kyle Payton, Ciara Prince, McKenzie Ray, Taylor Rike, William Ross, Elizabeth Sparks, Mackenzie Stout, Zachary Terrell, Timber Tharpe, Nicholas Tobeck, Derick Tunitis, Jacob Waltz, Kameron Wells, Courtney Welty, Jacob Wolf, Sean Woodall, Ariel Worley, and Sarah Wright.

 MOST IMPROVED STUDENTS

  Teachers nominated West Middle School’s most improved students.  When making their choice, teachers considered the following areas:  Attendance, Attitude, Behavior, Grades and Homework.  West Middle School’s Most Improved Student group pictures will be displayed in the hallways of the building.  Congratulations to the following students:

6^th:  Austin Dixon, Katy Wells, Billy Vinson, Morgan Massey, Breonna Blondell, Ivy Bledsoe, Brittany Stidd, Taylor Baker, Hunter James, Haley Davenport, Shayla Morgan, and Cullen Olmstead.

7^th:  Morgan Peeden, Charles Simpson, Nicole Nicholson, Charles Hopkins, Cody Jones, Jesse Bryson, and Aaron Smith.

8^th :   Michael Greathouse, Lana Smith, Chris Roman, Ciara Prince, Jacob McClure, Austin Clark, Tyler Holman, Ricki Bennison, Travis O’Connor, Tim Sparks, Jazz Melson, Brandon Grubbs, and Jared Cooper.

NO HOMEWORK HELP – WED. NOV. 25

6^th, 7^th &  8^th  GRADE  BOYS’
BASKETBALL TEAMS CHOSEN

  West Middle School’s 6^th, 7^th & 8^th grade basketball teams have been chosen for the 2009-2010 school year.  Practices have begun and the first 7^th and 8^th grade home game is Monday, November 23, 2009, versus Oolitic Middle School, 5:30 P.M.  The first 6^th grade home game is Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, versus St. Charles.  The teams are as follows:

6^th gr. team:  Mikey Alvarado, Kyle Andrews, Brendon Baar, Jordan Begley, Trent Cherry, Shane Colwell, Brodie Dean, Troy Duncan, Reid Harris, Eli Hopkins, Brandon Kent, Jacob Richardson, Wyatt Ritter, Riley Skojac, and Cody Young.  Coach:  Mr. Collier

7^th gr. team:  Justin Allen, Alex Baker, Trey Deaton, Jorday Gray, Ben Janssen, Austin Parker, Baylor Payne, Ethan Phillips, Nathan Tunitus Cody Young, and Blake Ziegler.  Coach:  Mr. Arthur

8^th gr. team:  Taylor Berkholz, Clayton Brown, Noah Davis, Quentin Gill, Kegan Hacker, Austin Henselmeier, Nick Hirchert, Austin Johnson, Jerrod Moscrip, Brighton Sichting, Tim Sparks, and Harley Whitesell.  Coach:  Mr. Helms

2009-’10  MATH  BOWL STUDENTS

  Congratulations to the following students for making the sixth grade Math Bowl Team!  The first practice was Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, during lunch period.  The students will practice during their lunch periods each Tuesday and Thursday of the week.  Mrs. Meyer is the Math Bowl coordinator.

    Logan Earlywine, Jacob Ferguson, Sam Peters, Blake Everroad, Tisha Townsend, Brooke Verhey, Brendon Baar, Christian Marion, Josey Brown, Kristen Broyer, Bryanna Collier, Santanna Honaker, Ben Andersen, Shyann Jackson, Austin Steelman, and Shayla Morgan.

EXTRA MATH RESOURCES

  Students who need extra practice on math skills, the following websites could be used as resources to provide additional help.  Go to:  www.aaamath.com ,
www.funbrain.com
www.mathworksheetsite.com , http://msdadmin.scican.net/sanders/  
www.askrose.org  (the Rose-Hulman help line)
   or call 1-877-275-7673  toll free.

FAMILY ACCESS

    Parents who want to view their child’s grades and other important school information need a Family Access login code.  Contact Mrs. Brosman, 765-342-6641, ext. 1011 to apply.

PRE-ORDER YEARBOOKS

  Order your West Middle School Yearbook in advance!  The 72-page, hardback keepsake can be ordered through Herff Jones at www.yearbookordercenter.com.  Enter 0532 as the order number or enter the school information.  Orders can also be placed by calling 1-866-287-3096, using a credit card; Mon. –  Fri.

8 A.M. – 5 P.M. Central time.  Yearbook prices range from $28 to $39, depending on name plate choices.  Yearbook DVDs may also be ordered for $10.  All orders will be available for pick-up in May, 2010, at the Yearbook signing party.  The order deadline is Wed. January 13, 2010.

  HAPPY    THANKSGIVING