Gateway students put grant money to good use
Courtesy of DJ Logan
Gateway North Elementary, an Ag-STEM school in St Johns, has started a garden project with monies received from a Farm Bureau Grant secured by DJ Logan. The students have helped put the raised beds together, filled them with soil donated by Miller Excavating, and have planted our first crop of green beans.
Throughout the process the students have learned about agricultural concepts in math and science units applicable to their age level. Kindergarten and second graders learned about the germination process as they worked together to plant gardens in a glove. Fourth graders learned about computing perimeter and area as an agricultural link to their math unit.
Student garden helpers will be working throughout the summer to weed, water and harvest our salad type garden.
Watch for updates as our garden grows.
St. Johns Chess Club – Mini Swiss Tournament 2016
by Maralyn Fink
I headed back to St. Johns High School to catch some of the Mini Chess Tournament. The tournament started on Monday and runs two days the first week and two days next week on Mondays and Wednesdays.
There were 16 spots available for this tournament, and these went to the first sixteen to register to be able to compete. In order to register, a $5.00 entry fee had to be paid with the funds going towards the St. Johns Chess Club, specifically, to pay for prizes.
All the games in the tournament will be timed as 30 minutes per player. Thus the maximum length of a game is 60 minutes.
Day 1, – players will be matched randomly.
Day 2 – players will be matched with their second opponent based upon score from Day 1.
Day 3 – players will be matched with third opponent based upon cumulative score from previous days. At the end of Day 3, the two players with the highest cumulative scores are the finalists, and they will compete in a final match on Day 4.
I will return next week for all the action and to see what the outcome will be. So stay tuned next week for my report.
5th grade students earn President’s Award for Educational Excellence
St. Johns Public Schools 5th grade students earned the President’s Award for Educational Excellence this year. These students earned an A, or better, in all subjects. On the Spring 2015 MSTEP state assessment the students also received at least 1 “advanced” rating in Math, ELA, or Science and were at least “proficient” in both Math and ELA, or, they were rated at least “proficient” in the three subject areas of Math, ELA, and Science.
Students receiving this award were:
Front Row (L to R): Grace Lounds, Zander White, Jessi Burgess, Fynn Matice, Caden Ojibway, Isaiah Ramirez, Christopher Kaufmann
2nd Row from Front (L to R): Joshua Pagels, Jack Ballard, Nicholas Doerr, Sidney Zelenka, Allie Brown, Patrick Shaw II, Breanna Pifer, Jordyn Chant
3rd Row from Front (L to R): Samantha LaFleur, Georgia Fromson, Emma Parsons, Preston Longoria, Vanessa Bailey, Emily VanElls, Aaron Medina, Devin Boron, Laura Schloegl
Back Row (L to R): Chaton Pratt, Caleb Longoria, Zach Pierson, Anna Thornburgh, Haley Dassance, McKenna Stewart, Mallory Morrison, Lyric Hein, Jaana Glasmacher
Not Pictured: Drew Alden
This week’s Mystery Photo
Where is this?
Can you tell us where this is located? Drop us a line at mail@sjindy.com.
Readers certainly recognized last week’s mystery house.
Lynne Gregory wrote: “This house is at 503 S Oakland. From circa 1924 until the mid 90s it was owned by George and Bess Osgood. Now owned by Wesley Sovas and his family.”
Robert Ebert recalled, “This is 503 South Oakland. I lived at 509. George and Bess Osgood lived there for eons until their deaths.”
His sister Celia Ebert expanded upon Bob’s recollections:
It is 503 S. Oakland. George and Bessie Osgood lived there for many years. My folks (Bob and Kay Ebert) bought 509 S. Oakland after Bessie’s father, Dr. Conley, died and we moved there is 1951. Neighborhood kids had many wonderful Play Days in the Osgood’s backyard! Always impromptu and always fun with very competitive “RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT”… Good memories.
Barry says that the current owners are Warren and Irene Germain. Other owners were Clifford Lumbert and Mary Redman.
A Look Back – Earl Slagell
by Barry Bauer
Earl Slagell, left, a foreman at Burton Mixer and Manufacturing Company of St. Johns receives an award Thursday night for 25 years of service to the firm. Giving Slagell the award are plant administrators, Joe Spousta, center, and Charles Dickenson, right. The honor was presented during a special dinner at the L & L Restaurant in St. Johns.
Charles Dickenson was the husband of Eloise Spousta Dickenson. Earl Slagell looks an awful lot like Ollie Slagell who worked at Federal-Mogul.
Letters – CASA says thanks
CASA-The Voice for Clinton County’s Children wishes to express our appreciation and gratitude for all who made our 3rd Annual Superhero 5K Run, Walk, or Fly! a wonderful community event.
An album by Barry Bauer
161 Superheroes for children participated and along with generous event sponsors over $6,000 was raised. All monies raised remain in Clinton County to support CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) which serves children who are in foster care.
We hope all who attended the fun, family event and we look forward to seeing the return of Superheroes for children April 29, 2017.
For race results, free race photos available for download, and to learn more about CASA please visit our website ClintonCountyCASA.org.
Kelly L. Schafer, M.S., CASA Executive Director