Extraordinary Success Stories Thrive for Students at Put-in-Bay School
Put-in-Bay School News, by Scott Mangas, Superintendent
We have had a very busy winter here at Put-in-Bay School. We have hosted home basketball games every weekend from January 7th to February 11th. Our Panther athletes have represented us well.
We were very fortunate to have some halftime shows as well during our games. The mini-Cheer camp put on a show on February 4th. Mrs. Fiorilli, Miss Pugh and the high school cheerleaders worked very hard with our mini cheer team to put on an excellent show.
Jacob Seaman also performed during our February 4th games. We also had a varsity cheer show at the January 28th game in which the cheer team took on the Avengers and gave all of us an amazing show.
We also had our Science fair and Science Olympiad in February. On February 3rd we had our science fair projects on display in the gym. They were judged and awards were given at the end of the day.
This was followed up by our Science Olympiad which had several activities including: Bridge crusher, egg drop, Nerd words, Engineering design challenge, escape room, hungry hippos, powerful points, Kahoot, Mystery Event and Fly right.
Over the past two months, Miss Pugh’s 4th and 5th grade students have been participating in a project titled, “Spread The Love Around The World.” The goal of this project was to receive mail from as many different places around the world to help students learn about the United States and other places around the world. We put a pin on the maps in our school hallway for each location we received mail from.
The students loved this project and it was great to see how many people care enough to send a card, even people we may not know. This goes to show that a simple gesture can go a long way. We received letters, postcards, and more from 29 different states and 21 different countries including at least one piece of mail from each of the seven continents. Thank you to the island community and friends of the island community for reaching out to friends and family members near and far. Your support with this project has been incredible and very appreciated.
A big thanks goes out to the school staff who put on these events for our students. The February 3rd day was topped off with a PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Support ) activity which had the Panther families making Valentine cards for area nursing homes.
Pictured here is the hungry hippo activity during the Science Olympiad.
Pictured here is Elias Wright who earned the Newton Cup award which was earned by winning the most points during the Science Olympiad competition.
Pictured here are the Science Fair participants going on to the District Science Fair: Left to right: Brenden Breudigam, Kate Hubner, Juliana Scarpelli, Emma Michael, Joseph Blumensaadt, Macy Ladd, Nick Fiorilli, Caleb Kowalski, and Aaron Hill. Also pictured are Mrs. Kowalski and Mrs. Danes. Students moving on to District Science Day (March 11 at University of Toledo) received a “Superior” score:
5th/6th Grade Group – Nic Fiorilli, Aaron Hill, Caleb Kowalski – What foods do red harvester ants prefer?
7th Grade – Brenden Breudigam – Which type of pop has the most carbonation?
7th Grade – Kate Hubner – What stain remover makes stains the least visible on a t-shirt?
8th Grade – Emma Michael – What are the effects of shampoos and conditioners?
8th Grade – Juliana Scarpelli – Burn Baby Burn – Testing the differences in heat output by different types of wood.
11th Grade – Joseph Blumensaadt – In, In 60 Seconds – Testing how secure your vehicle is against hackers
12th Grade – Macy Ladd – Wastewater’s Effect on the Dissolved Oxygen of Lake Water with Reference to the Hypoxia Threshold
12th Grade – Alice Lentz – The Effects of Algal Biofertilization on Hydroponically Grown Glycine max
In the high school art classes, the students have been designing and decorating their own chairs. Pictured here are Ava Heineman’s Nautical chair and Mitchell’s chess chair with drawer included.
Pictured here is Duncan Breudigam who is the 2023 Spelling Bee winner at the Local Level. Duncan will be entering the next level of competition on March 15th– Good Luck Duncan!