News Tagged ‘Oregon-Davis’

Oregon-Davis Jr./Sr. High School

The Oregon-Davis School Board members approved the employment of a new high school principal during their meeting Monday night.

Superintendent Dr. Steve Disney said a search team was formed which consisted of faculty members, administrators and the superintendent and they all reviewed 26 applications that were submitted for the position. They screened the applicants and chose 10 to return for the first round of interviews. From there, four were selected to present plans to the committee that pertained to leadership of the Oregon-Davis High School and its future. Three were then selected to present those plans to the committee and the school board.

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Oregon-Davis Jr./Sr. High School

A local school is on lockdown today after officials discovered some disturbing graffiti in a boys restroom over the weekend after a basketball game. Oregon-Davis Superintendent Dr. Steve Disney says school officials met yesterday with officials from the Starke County Sheriff’s Office and are taking the incident very seriously. He says officers from the sheriff’s department are at the school and all students are remaining inside the building.

Disney says the campus will remain on lockdown throughout the day. He stresses that school officials cannot take any threats lightly in this day and age. Disney adds that he wants parents to be aware of what’s going on and says he understands if they want to keep their children home today. The graffiti incident remains under investigation by the Starke County Sheriff’s Office. Stay tuned to WKVI throughout the day for more on this developing story.

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Oregon-Davis Jr./Sr. High School

The Oregon-Davis School Board held a public work session Monday night before their regular meeting to discuss capital projects and the final budget order.

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Ashley Campbell

Our Tyler Roth/WKVI Athlete of the Week for this week is Ashley Campbell, a member of the Girls Basketball Team at Oregon-Davis High School.

Ashley led her team to back-to-back wins over their Starke County rivals, North Judson-San Pierre and Knox in consecutive games, having back-to-back her best games of the year. She poured in 25 points to lead the Lady Cats to a 76-45 win over the Lady Jays, then, 3 days later, dropped in 22 points in a 50-37 come-from-behind victory over the Lady Redskins.

The 5-5 Junior scored led her team in scoring with 47 points in the two games, in 3-pointers with 8, in free throw shooting hitting 5 of 7, and picked up 6 steals and 8 rebounds in the two games.

Ashley is the daughter of Lance and Emiley Campbell of Koontz Lake and will be feature on “Sports Talk with Nathan Welter” Thursday night on WKVI with a featured picture and story on wkvi.com!

Congratulations to Ashley Campbell of Oregon-Davis High School, our “Tyler Roth/WKVI Athlete of the Week”.

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More than 400 national, state, and local education leaders – including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan – met in Cincinnati last week for a two-day conference on transforming the teaching profession.

More than 100 school districts from 41 states sent teams to the event, and one of the two Indiana school corporations to send representatives was Oregon-Davis. Superintendent Dr. Steve Disney, Teacher Association President April Max, and School Board President Chris Lawrence attended along with a team from Ft. Wayne.

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The Oregon-Davis School Corporation will be participating in the USDA Summer Food Program this summer.

Free lunch will be offered to all children ages 18 and younger at the Oregon-Davis Elementary School cafeteria beginning June 11 through July 13, from 11:30 a.m. to noon. If you are 19 and older, you will be charged $2 per lunch. You don’t even have to be a part of the Oregon-Davis School community. Everyone is eligible to participate without residential or financial stipulations.

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Oregon-Davis Jr./Sr. High School

Now that the Oregon-Davis property tax levy has passed, what’s next?

Superintendent Dr. Steve Disney said that he’s relieved that the levy passed and now he and the School Board are looking forward to enjoying the end of the school year on a positive note and planning for the 2012-2013 school year. State budget projections are a little vague at the moment, but Dr. Disney is confident that with the passage of the referendum the numbers will fit their needs in order to successfully manage the school. The corporation continues to operate off of its Rainy Day Fund to conduct everyday business.

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Oregon-Davis Jr./Sr. High School

The voters have voiced their opinions, and the support for Oregon-Davis Schools was overwhelming. Six hundred and ninety-nine people voted yes on the Oregon-Davis Referendum, while only 383 people voted no.

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The Oregon-Davis students will host a Mini-Relay to raise money in the fight against cancer.

Students will be collecting money from now until the day of the event, May 18th. The students will walk on the school grounds in the abbreviated version of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. The Mini-Relay will be an all-day event complete with music, games, class banners, and luminaria bags decorated by the students in memory or in honor of a family member or friend with cancer.

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Michael Dorn

What would you think the chances would be of a child being successful if he had been violently assaulted both physically and sexually in his youth? What would you think the chances of a successful life would be of this same child who was also diagnosed as being dyslexic after suffering in the classroom?

If I told you this person has written 26 books and is the premier expert in school safety and anti-bullying techniques you’d probably be amazed.

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Kindergarten Round-up at Oregon-Davis Elementary School will be held on Wednesday, April 11 from noon to 6 p.m. CT.

Parents should bring the student’s birth certificate and immunization records at the time of registration. Children who turn five before August 1 should attend. Parents who cannot make it on this date can arrange a time to come in by contacting the school at 867-2711.

Oregon-Davis School Corporation is an open enrollment school district and accepts any students in the State of Indiana.

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Katelyn Schwenk

A full four-year Starke County Lily Endowment scholarship winner has been announced.

Katelyn Schwenk, an Oregon-Davis Senior, will receive full tuition to the Indiana college of her choice and a $900 yearly stipend for required books and equipment.

Katelyn is the daughter of David and Bonnie Schwenk and she plans to pursue a degree as an Addictions Counselor. She is President of her class and the National Honor Society and she was also the captain of the Lady Bobcats Varsity Girls Basketball team, plus many other activities.

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Members of the Starke County Farm Bureau attended the organization’s annual meeting this week and heard Director of State Government Relations, Bob Kraft, talk about legislative successes this year.

Kraft talked about the success in the repeal of the inheritance tax.

“Probably the most noteworthy was the passing of the Inheritance Tax repeal,” said Kraft. “This has been a priority of Farm Bureau for years and years. All of a sudden all of the chips fell where they needed to and the Inheritance Tax will be phased out beginning in 2013.”

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The Starke County Youth Club is getting ready for its annual WKVI Radiothon fundraiser to be held May 4th.

The Director of the SCYC, Irene Szakonyi, said they recently had their annual evaluation.

“We had our annual evaluation this year, and our results were phenomenal,” she praised. “All of our sites were visited by the state, and out of all possible points we only missed two. It’s fantastic! We’re proud of our staff and kids.”

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