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A Publication for the Parents, Staff & Community of Allen Park High School

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MRS. MORAN’s messsage Tremendous “Benefits” exist when surveys are conducted and the data is examined from the surveys with future goal-setting and planning established revolving around the outcomes established. The BENEFITS OF CONDUCTING SURVEYS/QUESTIONNAIRES COMPLETED BY PARENTS, STUDENTS, and STAFF IN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY are tremendous in scope. Noted here are those benefits that seem to be the most often sited: • Faculty, Parent, and Student Surveys Help Develop Meaningful Goals. • School Surveys Allow You to Plan and Evaluate Programs • School Surveys Can Help Create a Positive Public Image • Such Surveys Can Engage Greater Involvement Because of Increased Validation of Desired Feedback • School Surveys Can Address a Singular Variable if Desired Such as Perception Regarding School Culture • School Surveys When Consistently Used to Collect Data to Assess Growth, Can Truly Be Assistive in Doing Just That We value greatly the Reflections, Perceptions, and Opinions that Staff, Parents and Students hold about Allen Park High School. We recognize that collecting data from these important stakeholder groups, can help us assess the areas of great strength currently held in some areas of our school as well as perceived areas of continued growth that may be needed in other areas. By asking questions on school safety, bullying, student-teacher relationships, student engagement, teacher support, instructional leadership, technology, and other important issues, such surveys can help guide future planning. We are pleased to share with our Allen Park High School community, the results of surveys requested to be completed by staff, parents and students who have a firsthand investment in their responses and feedback. It is the intent of the high school’s “School Improvement Team” to complete similar surveys annually. Perhaps through sharing the results of our most recent polling of staff, parents, and students, we will gain a broader field of responses submitted during the upcoming 2017-2018 school year. Three Groups of Ratings Were Assessed: • STAFF OVERALL RESULTS AND SCORE: 3.82 NETWORK AVERAGE: 4.08 • PARENT OVERALL RESULTS AND SCORE: 4.05 NETWORK AVERAGE: 4.02 • STUDENT OVERALL RESULTS AND SCORE: 3.59 NETWORK AVERAGE: 3.64

Allen Park High School HIGHLIGHTS of each group of stakeholders responding to the survey questions about the opinions of Allen Park High School: STAFF RESULTS: / Highest Scoring Items: • Lots of high interest activities for students • Our school is safe • Our school’s teaching staff are highly qualified • Our school facility supports student learning PARENT RESULTS: / Highest Scoring Items: • Students know classroom expectations for learning • Students can participate in lots of activities of high interest • “Student success” is our school’s clear focused purpose • The learning environment is safe • High expectations exist for students in all classes STUDENT RESULTS: / Highest Scoring Items: • Dedicated Staff, Teachers are kind, hard-working, and willing to go the distance to make sure students learn • Many opportunities to be involved in activities • Community and unified feeling Please use the link below to access the results of the most recent data gathered from the surveys completed during Spring, 2017, by Parents, Students, and Staff at APHS. We are very pleased to report that on a 5 point scale, our stakeholders gave us an overall school rating of “3.82”. https://docs.google. com/a/appublicschools. com/presentation/d/13sL zpDSWp3bjMAxXPygxGau LQX6n7824e_xZKimgfk0/ edit?usp=sharing Sincerely, Mrs. Karen Moran, Assistant Principal moran@appublicschools.com

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MAY/JUNE 2017 • Issue 5

PTSA Funds at Work

FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL PTSA PRESIDENT

APHS PTSA – Growing With Your Help Over the past four years that I’ve had a child at APHS, I’ve been fortunate to see the high school PTSA grow in many ways. Not only has the number of membership sign-ups increased, but our available funds have multiplied, and consequently the number and types of projects we have participated in and supported has expanded as well (see related article in this issue). We’ve also had an emerging presence of students who serve as officers in the PTSA, developing their leadership skills. Thank you to everyone who has supported PTSA with membership, donations, fundraiser participation and volunteer time! But opportunities to grow further have been limited. Several potential projects have been missed due to lack of people-power. Every year it is a challenge to fill the officer and committee positions. And we’d love to have more high school members volunteer for Holiday Fever and Spring Fever, PTA Council fundraising events that directly benefit our senior students with over $10,000 in scholarships awarded annually. We always welcome new and returning members and volunteers. PTSA at the high school level is more low-key than you remember from your elementary PTA days. As our children have matured, the PTSA objectives have moved away from big fundraisers, fun runs, and book fairs. Now we focus on good discussions supporting strong programming for the education, health and well-being of children and families everywhere, and awareness of local and state issues that affect our school. And we have fun, too! Please let me know your interests, questions and comments. Elsewhere in this issue of Jag Wire you have the opportunity to reply to a survey about your priorities for PTSA programming. I look forward to meeting and working with many more of you during my last four years at APHS. Together we can do so much more! Sandy Winkler Hoback President, APHS PTSA winklers@umich.edu, 313-212-0560 http://aphsptsa.weebly.com/

Thanks to the support of APHS families and the greater AP community, the PTSA has seen considerable growth in our income in recent years. We are grateful to Kroger for their Community Rewards program which has provided up to one-third of our income! With this growth in income, we are fortunate to be able to support a number of programs and projects in the APPS community. This year we have supported far-reaching APHS programs and projects including College Application Month, Art Department support, staff appreciation, the holiday Toy Box program, the Freshman Class (via Italian Dinner profit sharing), the Counseling Department “Decision Day” event, the ELA Department Shakespeare performances, and contributed to a “Hardship/Helping Hands” fund Mrs. Moran started. (The Helping Hands fund helps defray the costs of participating in certain programs such as Credit Recovery, Drivers Education, and cap and gowns for graduation for qualified students.) We have also sponsored PTSA-led programs including the Reflections art recognition program, the Founders Day awards for outstanding service, and the PTA/PTSA Council Scholarships. With our new-healthy checkbook balance, in 2017-2018 the PTSA hopes to add new areas of support. Your input on how the PTSA should further its mission and vision is welcomed. Please see the related article asking for your priorities. Here is a condensed summary of our income/expenses for 2016-2017 (through mid-April) for your information. NET INCOME $1340 Kroger Community Rewards $1050 Homecoming Italian Dinner $ 615 T-shirts $ 345 Memberships $ 400 Donations $3750

EXPENSES $1835 Programs and Projects $ 450 Jag Wire publication $ 140 Founders Day $ 240 Freshman Class (Italian Dinner share) $ 100 Imprint Ad $ 600 Operating expenses (insurance, audit, dues, etc.) $3365

Not another meeting! Four reasons why parents and students should attend at least one PTSA meeting next year: 1. The PTSA meets for only one hour, once a month during the school year. At the meetings you will hear from students, teachers and administrators about • School-wide student activities, presented by student council members • School improvement committee goals and results, presented by APHS teachers • APHS administration’s perspectives, directly from the principal and assistant principal 2. The PTSA meeting is a comfortable forum where the administrators often ask for feedback from parents and students. This is an excellent opportunity for parents to interact informally with the principals and for students to build their leadership skills. 3. Members have a vote in deciding how the PTSA operates, including • How to allocate fundraising profits to programs and projects • Who to honor with awards of outstanding achievement for Founders Day • Electing officers of the PTSA 4. The PTSA shares information from APPS, Michigan PTA and National PTA on issues and legislation that are relevant to the education, health and well-being of children and families. This year we discussed the Wayne County RESA millage and the Every Student Succeeds Act. PTSA Planning Priorities Survey APHS PTSA is ready to start planning for 2017-2018! We would like to get your input on what opportunities we should pursue. Please respond to a short survey (5 minutes or less) and share your thoughts on what programs we should offer and what projects we should prioritize when allocating funds. Adult, student and staff opinions are welcome! The online survey link is https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/L9RJJJG. Thanks for your input! AP FUNdraising = PTSA Scholarships In the early summer, before the students and staff take off for end of school year vacations, the AP PTA/ PTSA Council and the local PTA units begin planning the fundraising events to support their Scholarship Program. We sponsor two district wide fundraising events per year at the council level with support from all of the district PTA units. In November, the bells start ringing at the Holiday Fever Craft and Vendor Show. The festivities include a wide variety of crafts and vendors, a Mom 2 Mom Sale, Tin Can auction, and more. However, the excitement doesn’t end when the snow clears. Spring is blooming and we hop right into the season with the Spring Fever Craft and Vendor show in March. Much like our winter holiday event, Spring Fever has an amazing Craft & Vendor show, a Bake Sale, Mom 2 Mom sale, Sports Memorabilia Show, Silent Auction, etc. The fundraising proceeds support the APHS & APCS Seniors who are recipients of the PTSA/PTA Council Annual Scholarships. With all of this support, we are able to award at least 10 - $1,000 Scholarships to deserving APHS or APCS Seniors. The AP PTSA/PTA Council appreciates all of the generous support from the entire AP Community including all of the local businesses, AP District Schools, teachers, staff & administration, parents, friends, and students too. Kim Lepper, PTA/PTSA Council VP-Scholarships

“Feast on Art” Exhibition

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Feast on Art was a partnership between APHS and Wayne County Community College. A collaborative art exhibit featuring students from the three elementary schools, Community High School and APHS. Under the guidance of Jelane Richardson, APHS students created paintings, sculptures and clay bowls/spoons which were expressions dealing with food distribution throughout our world and how uneven it is. “We found that the US produces more food waste regularly than many countries actually have for their citizens to consume. We also learned that right here in the land of plenty as many as 1 in 5 children face hunger on a daily basis”, relayed Mrs. Richardson. Students made and sold clay bowls as a means to generate funds to donate back to our local community and to Heifer International. The art was on display from March 29th -April 10th. APHS art students should be very proud of their quality of art and the integrity they brought to this topic as well as their pride they brought to their school and community.

Mock Trial Reinstated at APHS

On March 18, 12 APHS students traveled to the Washtenaw County Trial Court to participate in the Michigan Mock Trial Regional Competition. Mock Trial is an opportunity for students to take on the roles of lawyers and witnesses for a simulated court case. The last time APHS participated was in 2005. The team began preparing in November. This year the civil case involved the wrongful tasing of a robbery suspect. Students are expected to be familiar with court procedures, objections and motions, civil law, and impromptu argumentative speaking. Although the team did not qualify for the State Finals, they made exceptional improvement with each round of competition. The team is excited for next season. The 2016-2017 team included: Izzy Slate, Delaney Millner, Paige Bottorff, Megan Kusulas, Ethan Adams, Ryan Miller, Daelin Ruetz, Chris Bateman, Albi Bregu, Katie Gravlin, Kaylee Fowler, and Austin Rekuc.

“Beauty and the Beast”

Late March gave theatre lovers the opportunity to “Be Our Guest” at the Allen Park Center for the Arts as they were transported to France to witness love bloom between Beauty and her Beast. Fantastic costumes, beautiful music, unbelievable sets and amazingly talented students worked harmoniously to create an unforgettable experience. The stage wasn’t the only place where beauty bloomed, either. Audience members young and old were able to join in the magical experience with light up roses to wave during the title song of the show. The Allen Park Drama Club was fortunate enough to be able to perform this marvelous show to three nearly sold-out audiences, which had some very special guests: elementary aged students who earned their tickets by reading over 800 minutes in a six week period during the Club’s “Books with Belle” event. The youngest set of attendees awed the cast of the show with their support during the second act as they gently waved hundreds of beautifully lit roses during the song, “Beauty and the Beast”. Rachel Hadvina, who portrayed Mrs. Potts, was so overcome with emotion when she saw the sea of light in the audience that she sang her beautiful rendition of the song with tears in her eyes each night. Rave reviews abounded after every performance. “I have never seen such a flawless performance, from beginning to end,” said one member of a local Community Theatre group. “The level of talent in this entire group is mind –blowing!” exclaimed the parent of one actor. It’s clear that, through and through, the Drama Club’s hard work paid off in spades (and forks, spoons and knives) by dazzling the masses with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.

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SUMMER SCHOOL INFORMATION 2017

Registration: June 1- 21, 2017 - Allen Park High School Cost: $180.00 per class • A maximum of two (2) courses can be taken during the Summer School session if approved by the student’s counselor. All classes must be paid during the registration process. Late payments will not be accepted. Course Offerings: MATH – Algebra 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, Geometry 1A, 1 B, SCIENCE - Biology and Physical Science 1A, 1 B , SOCIAL STUDIES – American History A, B, Civics and Economics, World History, A, B, Government ENGLISH – 9A, 9B, 10A, 10B, 11A and 11B, ELA 12 (classes will be cancelled if too few students enroll) 2 Sessions each day / Monday – Thursday (8:00 AM to 10:30 AM and 10:40 AM to 1:10 PM) Start Date: June 21, 2017 End Date: July 27, 2017 • No Summer School on July 3rd or 4th • Make-up Dates are built into the schedule For more information please contact Mrs. Karen Moran or Mrs. Colleen Nightingale at 313-827-1232 or via email

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Drivers Education - Segment 1 PARENT MEETING: May 9, 2017 7:00 P.M. / APHS – LGI

Enrollment begins: May 9, 2017. Students must be 15 years old by October 31, 2017. • Please bring your student’s birth certificate (just for verification of age) • Cost- $370.00; Payments will be taken at the meeting-cash/check (made out to: APPS) You may register for this year’s classes in the High School’s Main Office during regular school business hours (7:30 AM- 3:30 PM) The classroom portion of Segment 1 will be offered at the High School starting June 17th-30th. The class will consist of 24 hours of intensive classroom instruction, which includes a rigorous curriculum designed to test a student’s knowledge of traffic law and basic driving skills. The program is open to students both in and out of district and availability is on a first come first serve basis Students will receive 12 hours of instruction on the road. (6 full hours behind the wheel and 6 hours of passenger observation). All of our Instructors are not only highly qualified to teach Drivers Education but they are also State-Certified Secondary Education Instructors who teach at Allen Park High School. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the program coordinator, Joel Burkey at Burkey@appublicschools.com

SAT, ACT WORKKEYS, PSAT, M-STEP, MI-ACCESS

Allen Park High School completed its testing block and we want to give special accolades to all of our students who tested, but especially the Juniors. They experienced the new SAT test and took it very seriously. In addition, they had two other test days with the ACT WorkKeys assessment on one day and the M-STEP on-line testing in science and social studies on the other. We congratulate our Juniors on being such positive role models for the rest of the school and await the results with great optimism. We also note the fact that our teachers carefully prepared all students for the new SAT and PSAT tests by infusing strategies into their daily curriculum and we thank them for making these adjustments. These professionals are to be commended for their commitment to helping our students be successful. Finally, a testing block could not be successful without many people playing a lead role in its organization. We want to thank the testing leadership team: Testing Supervisors: Ken Stephens and Karen Moran, Accommodations Coordinators: Kathy Schwartz and Karen Malett, M-STEP Testing Coordinator: Christine McKinzie, and On-Site Trainer, Facilitator and Lead Secretary for the Entire Testing Program of SAT, PSAT, ACT WorkKeys, and M-STEP: Andrea Demorow.

THE ANNUAL HONORS CONVOCATION ON MAY 17th HONORS THE CLASS OF 2017

The Allen Park High School Honors Convocation will take place on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 6:30 PM in the Allen Park Center for the Arts. This event focuses exclusively on the Senior Class of 2017. Students will be invited to this event if they are being given a community, military, departmental award or other special award. In addition, the NHS seniors will receive their stoles, the Student Council seniors will receive their pins and the Co- Valedictorians and Salutatorian will be announced formally as the top scholars in the Class of 2017.

AN EVENING ASSEMBLY TO HONOR UNDERCLASS STUDENTS THIS YEAR

Student scholars in grades 9-11 and their parents will be invited to attend the Underclass Honors Assembly on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 in the Allen Park Center for the Arts at 5:00 PM. To be invited, students qualify by being a Principal’s Scholar or on the All-Academic Team as defined below. In addition, the Junior NHS students will be awarded their pins. • Principal’s Scholar – 4.00 grade point average or above for at least one of the last three card markings. • Principal’s All-Academic Team – 3.75 grade point average or above for at least one of the past two semesters (excluding middle school)

DR. STUROCK’S FINAL BOARD MEETING

The final Board of Education meeting attended by Dr. John Sturock, was held on Monday, March 13, 2017. The majority of the meeting was dedicated in his honor as a surprise to Dr. Sturock. The celebration from beginning to end, was a first class operation. Barb Zdrodowski, Administrative Assistant, was the “brains behind the detail” offering her professional touch of organization and creativity to promote an evening for Dr. Sturock and his wife, Susan, which will certainly never be forgotten. Presentations and words were shared in his honor throughout the evening with the performances by the students from APHS coupled with the professional dedications made by three (3) of our very own teachers, surpassed by no one. Ms. Kristi Kruger opened the evening speaking fondly of her memories of Dr. Sturock and his love of Motown music. She introduced soloist vocalists who she sang side by side with, accompanied by some of her instrumental musicians. Kristi highlighted how she chose 2 selections that were John’s favorite Motown pieces. Ms. Kruger’s voice was breathtaking and offered a wonderful compliment to the talents of her student performers. Dr. Sturock was truly overcome with emotion and joy. Mrs. Jelane Richardson and a student artist, presented a huge painting produced and mounted by the student, representing the “Tree of Life.” Susan Sturock gasped for breath when the tarp was removed from the painting and was presented to her husband. She commented that it was “spectacular”. Prior to revealing the masterpiece produced, Jelane shared heartfelt words of adoration for a man and Superintendent that she stated was so very “supportive of her art program and of her students.” Jelane and her student artist, filled the audience, and Dr. Sturock, with feelings of delight and true compassion for the impact that sustained belief can produce. Finally, Mr. Goulasarian stepped up to the podium and commented on the relevancy that his Woods program played with relationship to Dr. Sturock beginning his teaching career as an Industrial Arts teacher, who actually taught at APHS. Jeff presented Dr. Sturock with a cutting board produced by his students and presented him with a plaque for his fireplace mantle. All three APHS presenters/teachers and their students, made all of us very proud. Thank you so much, Kristi, Jelane, and Jeff, for your heartfelt participation in offering to Dr. John Sturock a piece of the high school, as he begins the next chapter in his life.

Women of Tomorrow

Women of Tomorrow is a program designed to empower and motivate young women. Women of Tomorrow pairs groups of at-risk young women with professional female mentors who help them recognize that their dreams of a better future are real, attainable and limitless. The organization was founded by an APHS graduate and has expanded from its beginning in Miami Florida to have programs in school districts across southeast Michigan as well as Pittsburgh. The organization sponsors a scholarship program and annual Graduation Luncheon for all the seniors at The Henry Ford in Dearborn. We celebrate all of our young women and their commitment to their education and their future. Today, APHS is celebrating Sarah Trimble, Emily Turowski, Tara Laginess, Hannah Wagensomer, Jillian Dolunt, Paige Walsh, and Alissa Ladd.

THANK YOU TO OVER 50 COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS IN THIS YEAR’S PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW DAY

Superintendent, Michael H. Darga, Mr. John Burgus and many others hard at work interviewing students as Mr. Andy Jackson keeps everyone on time.

Olivia Rinna smiling during her interview with Holly Weshalek.

Professional Interview Day was started about 10 years ago to replace a job fair that used to be held for seniors. We had just started the career research paper, and this seemed like a natural way to extend what they do with that essay. During the first week of the 2nd semester, most of the juniors start a research project that includes a personal narrative, research, interview, conclusion, and works cited. We host an outside speaker that deals primarily with the mechanics of a proper resume, and another speaker who addresses how the students can best present themselves. Each student writes several drafts of a resume until it is perfect, and this year we added the cover letter component to be presented on PID. Students role-play interview questions and are instructed on proper attire. There is even a rubric for this. We received many compliments on our students and how beautifully they interviewed. Throughout the day, we did not miss a beat, thanks to the tremendous organization led by media specialist, Christine McKinzie. Our fine secretarial staff provided additional support from start to finish with special KUDOS to Mrs. Bateman, Mrs. LeBlanc, and Mrs. Sutherland. After the interviews are over, students receive feedback from their adult interviewers, and students select at least one person to send a thank-you note or email. Mr. Jackson relays that he has been cc’d on many of the responses from the interviewers at this point. In the final analysis, this is the ultimate application of ELA skills: Reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing. Lots of wonderful comments were made about the food that was provided from Luke and Lulu’s, which is a business right here in AP! We are grateful to the partnership we have forged with our community over the years of this program and thank our participants for giving so generously of their time and talents. Some of the organizations represented on this day included the following: Baker College The Allen Park Police Department Allen Park Public Schools Ford Motor Company AAA of Michigan Henry Ford Community College Ilitch Holdings Quicken Loans Oakwood Health Care System ABC Supply Allen Wealth Strategies Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital

Michigan Municipal Risk Management Authority US Army Art Institute of Michigan Citizens Insurance Company ATS Advisors Henry Ford Health System Allen Park Public Library Dakkota Integrated Systems Roush Eastern Michigan University EW Smith Agency Park Avenue Realty

Board of Education VP of Human Resources, Paul Klenczar interviewing Junior Chance Mathews while Mrs. Christine McKinzie prepares for the next arrival of Juniors to enter the gym to begin the interviewing process.

FROM THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT…

2017 APHS WINTER SPORTS SEASON

The Boys Basketball team, led by coaches Jim Victor, Warren Stowe, Gerry Klos and Tom Bowdell defeated Carlson, Wyandotte and Lincoln Park both times this year and some other notable wins were against Inter-City, Southgate and Edsel Ford. The team played at the Palace of Auburn Hills and advanced to the District semi-finals in the MHSAA playoffs. • Ryan Fish earned All-League honors The Hockey team, led by coaches John Brithinee, Vince Genaw, Matt Grant, Chet Putek and Kenny Guerriero had some notable wins as they beat Divine Child twice this season who advanced to the state semi-finals, defeated Forest Hills Eastern who advanced to the state finals, beat state-ranked Grosse Pointe South and others this year. The team won two tournaments which included the Allen Park Thanksgiving Classic and the Woodhaven Holiday Classic. They reached the 20-win mark and finished with an overall record of 20-7-1 which is the second best record in school history. The team defeated Trenton for the first time in school history, won the Downriver League and earned the title of the “Best Hockey Team Downriver” when they also knocked Wyandotte from the playoffs. • Chace McCardle earned All-League honors • Jarod Potasnik earned All-League honors • Dan Metropoulos earned All-League honors • Devin Basley earned All-League honors The Boys Wrestling team, led by coaches Dan Loyd, Bob Loyd and Larry Cervantes had some big victories by beating Riverview twice this year, Lincoln Park, Onsted and others. In the MHSAA playoffs, Devin Tenerowicz at 135 lbs., Luis Munoz at 189 lbs. and Dominic Mancina at 160 lbs. advanced on from the District round and qualified for the MHSAA Regional. Dominic then earned a third place bronze medal finish in the Regional and qualified for the MHSAA State Final Meet held at the Palace of Auburn Hills. • Dominic Mancina earned All-League honors • Luis Munoz earned All-League honors The Girls Basketball team, led by coaches Chuck Perez and Bill Borg, defeated the other Allen Park high schools in Inter-City and Melvindale-Northern Allen Park to win the City crown as best basketball team. Some other notable wins were against Plymouth, Woodhaven and Wyandotte while also defeating Southgate and Carlson both times. • Isabel Slate earned All-League honors • Abigail Slate earned All-League honors The Boys Swim team, led by coaches Chris Maurino, McKenna Maurino and Paul LaCroix had another year of breaking school and pool records on their way to a second place finish in the Downriver League. They defeated Trenton for the second year in a row and also remained undefeated in school history against Cabrini by beating them and keeping the streak going against this inner city foe. The team of Bruce Liepe, Noah Barstad, Jacob Stibel and Jacob Barstad set a new pool and school record in the 200yd. freestyle relay and qualified for the State Finals. Bruce Liepe qualified for the State Finals in the 50yd. freestyle and Jacob Barstad qualified in the 50yd., 100 yd., 200yd. and 500yd. freestyle events while setting a new pool record in the 200 yd. event and school records in both the 100yd. and 200yd. events. Jacob Stibel qualified in the 100yd. backstroke event while other State Finals qualifiers were Jacob Stibel, Bruce Liepe, Jacob Barstad and Noah Barstad in the 400yd. freestyle relay. During the State Finals, Jacob Barstad, an EMU commit, finished 8th in the state in the 200yd. freestyle event to earn All-State honors. • Jacob Barstad earned All-League honors • Noah Barstad earned All-League honors • Bruce Liepe earned All-League honors • Jacob Stibel earned All-League honors • Aaron Knoch earned All-League honors The Girls Competitive Cheer team, led by coaches Julie Goodwin, Marissa Cox, Kim Isom, Theresa Couturier and Jess Tremonti won the CCCAM,

Flat Rock, Allen Park, Hartland, Lamphere and PR Cheer Invitational meets this past season. The team had a mission once the post-season began as the “Jags Go for Gold” slogan became their main focus. The team finished 3rd in the District to advance to the next week and after making some adjustments they came in 2nd place in the Regional where they qualified for the MHSAA State Final Meet for the 13th year in a row. They knew that this year would be the 13th consecutive season as one of the top five teams in the state, but they had their eye on the top prize. Going into the final round on Saturday, March 4th, the girls were in a distant second place, but they then completed one of the biggest comebacks in MHSAA history with a perfect 3rd round performance and they were and will always be STATE CHAMPIONS! This is only the second time in school history that a team has won a state championship title and they accomplished this feat in dramatic fashion. • Stephanie Rinna earned All-League honors • Delaney Jane Millner earned All-League honors • Carolyn Morris earned All-League honors • Olivia Grab earned All-League honors The Downriver League All-Academic Award is earned by all varsity athletes (sophomore, junior and senior only) who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.3 or higher at the end of each semester. Proudly, we had 38% of all varsity athletes achieve this award and the winners were: Matthew Arnoldy Nico-Luis Ayala Michael Bress Cynthia Chapman Olivia Grab Kendall Hamilton Clare Latkovic Natalie Lovasz Delaney Millner Stephanie Rinna Isabel Slate Averi Stoddard Trevor Tappan Nichlaus Wayman Bruce Wilkie Noah Barstad Devin Basley Kelsey Cyrbok Indrit Gusho Chad Johnson Aaron Knoch Vincent Martinez Ryan Miller Tyler Miracle Carolyn Morris Celeste Sarzynski Cullen Squire Jacob Stibel Hailey Woodworth Toni Bohling Morgan Cartwright Carmen Curnell Brennan O’Connor Angela Sammut Abigail Slate Maddison Scroggins Emily Stempien The All-State All-Academic Award is earned in each participating sport coaches’ association by all senior varsity athletes who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher during their senior year. Nico-Luis Ayala Michael Bress Delaney Millner Stephanie Rinna The 110% Award is presented to a student-athlete from each varsity sport. This award is given to the athlete who: • Demonstrates school spirit, team pride and enthusiasm • Encourages others on the team to always give their best effort • Is always striving for a total team effort and team improvement • Faithfully attends all practices and games, unless excused • Is a good representative of the High School sports program • Conducts themselves in a well-behaved, respectful manner • Unselfishly gives of themselves to the total team concept • Motivates themselves and others on the team to high achievement • Continues to be a good student-athlete throughout the school year This year’s winners were: Ryan Fish (Boys’ Basketball), Kendall Hamilton (Girls’ Basketball), Delaney Millner (Competitive Cheer), Jarod Potasnik (Hockey), Jacob Barstad (Boys’ Swim) and Tyler Miracle (Wresting). The Robert D. Kelly Award is a distinguished and honored award presented to the top academic athlete each season. One athlete from each sport was nominated and they were: Bruce Wilkie (Boys’ Basketball), Isabel Slate (Girls’ Basketball), Olivia Grab (Competitive Cheer), Nathan Johns (Hockey), Trevor Tappan (Wresting) and Nico-Luis Ayala (Boys’ Swim). This season’s Robert D. Kelley Award and $1000 scholarship winner was: OLIVIA GRAB!

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The team kept improving throughout the playoffs to reach their pinnacle climbing from a 3rd place finish at Districts, a 2nd place finish at Regionals and to the BEST IN THE STATE finish when it mattered the most. The team was down by 2.94 points after round two and needed an almost perfect round three to take the title and did they ever come through in dramatic fashion. Not only did they earn the highest overall score in Division Two, but that proved to be the best score of any team in all four divisions of the MHSAA State Finals this weekend. This year’s team consists of Coaches: Julie Goodwin, Kim Isom, Marissa Cox, Theresa Couturier, Meghan Terry and Jess Tremonti and cheerleaders: Sydney Andrews, Sydney Bain, Toni Bohling, Madisyn Celina, Cynthia Chapman, Rylie Davis, Olivia Grab, Gabrielle Graham, Olivia Johnson, Madison Knight, Alianna Madrigal, Alexandra McJunkin, Delaney Millner, Carolyn Morris, Emily Obrycki-Smith, Jessika Palmarchuk, Faith Ridolfi, Stephanie Rinna, Angela Sammut, Celeste Sarzynski, Christina Sirhan, Lyric Spears, Emily Stempien, Averi Stoddard and Hailey Woodworth. Go Jags!! • https://secondhalf.mhsaa.com/All-News/articleType/ArticleView/ articleId/5868/categoryId/35/Allen-Park-Ends-Carlsons-Record-Streak • http://www.freep.com/story/sports/high-school/2017/03/04/mhsaacheerleader-state-finals/98757822/ • http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/6854100593258726092/ check-out-mlives-photos-stories-from-the-competitive-cheer-finals/ Division 2 Saturday, March 4 School Allen Park Gibraltar Carlson Muskegon Mona Shores Dearborn Divine Child Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills Charlotte Flint Kearsley Muskegon Reeths-Puffer

RND 1 235.40 238.10 232.00 233.30 230.40 228.70 227.30 227.60

PEN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

RND2 231.16 231.40 228.24 225.96 226.02 213.46 214.94 216.96

PEN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

SUB TOT 466.56 469.50 460.24 459.26 456.42 442.16 442.24 444.56

RND 3 321.40 318.40 318.70 316.50 311.60 313.90 304.70 291.80

PEN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 787.96 787.90 778.94 775.76 768.02 756.06 746.94 736.36

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Class of 2017 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2017

CO-VALEDICTORIANS-LOUISA HOBACK and PAIGE NIGHTINGALE AND SALUTATORIAN-DELANEY MILLNER UPCOMING SENIOR EVENTS Graduation Announcements The representative from Jostens was in and distributed the graduation announcement orders. Paid orders not picked up may be picked up from Mrs. Demorow in the Main Office in the High School. If you have an outstanding balance owed to Jostens, you must resolve this before your order can be released. Contact Jostens at 734-284-2528. Senior Honors Convocation – Wednesday, May 17th at 6:30 PM – Allen Park Center for the Arts Senior Final Exams Thursday, May 25th – Seniors are in school all day. Seniors will take final exams during hours 4-5-6. Friday, May 26th – Seniors will take final exams during hours 1-2-3. Seniors will be dismissed at 11:00 AM. Mandatory Graduation Rehearsal Wednesday, May 31 – 1:00 PM at the Taylor Sportsplex. All students who intend to participate in commencement exercise on Friday, June 2 must attend the rehearsal. Students should plan to spend two hours in this rehearsal. Caps and Gowns will be distributed at rehearsal. Students are strongly encouraged to take care of fines and lost book charges before rehearsal. Baccalaureate Service Wednesday, May 31– 6:30 PM at the Allen Park Presbyterian Church. Graduation Ceremony The graduation ceremony is on Friday, June 2 at 7:00 PM at the Taylor Sportsplex. Graduates are to report at 6:00 PM. DVD of the ceremony The ceremony will be recorded and DVD’s will be available for a cost. Photos Palazzolo will be doing photographs when the graduates arrive at 6:00 pm prior to graduation. These photos will be posted online at their secure website within 72 hours of the event.

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