Farmington, IL
Volume 4, Issue 3
May 2019
Science Olympiad
State Results Place 4th Place 5th Place 6th Place 8th Place 8th Place 9th Place 10th Place 10th Place
Students Talena Horn & Maddie Helle Brayden Morse & Luke LeBron Talena Horn & Maddie Helle Violet Easley & Emma Evans Emma Evans & Holly Shriber Alyssa Piper & Morgan Neptun Emma Evans & Holly Shriber Talena Horn & Allison Rohrer
Event Solar System Boomilever Heredity Road Scholar Meteorology Disease Detectives Dynamic Planet Circuit Lab
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February All-Stars The 6th grade All-Star is Gillian Lanser. Her teachers selected her as an All-Star student for the month of February. Gillian excels academically and in her character traits. She goes above and beyond in all areas. The 7th grade All-Star is Trena Austin. Trena’s parents are Sue and David Hopper. Trena has two sibilings, Tameka and Charlene. Trena is a member of the cross-country team. Outside of school, she enjoys time at the YMCA. Her hobbies include volleyball, and running. In the future, she would love to become a doctor or nurse, and help many people in America and other countries. The 8th gade All-Star is Michael Challacombe. Michael is 14 years old. His parents are Kevin and Denise. In school, Michael plays basketball. Outside of school, he enjoys hanging out with friends and playing basketball. In the future, Michael would like to work at a car dealership. Michael would like you to know that he likes to dance.
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March All-Stars Written by: Madilyn Hanlin Once a month, every month, teachers have nominated their devoted and well-behaved students to have the honor of becoming All-Star. Teachers nominate one student from each grade, and this year the sixth grader who won was Calvin Rudd. Calvin is 12 years old and his parents are his dad, Chris Rudd, and his mom, Renae Steffen. Calvin also has a step-dad named John Steffen. Calvin also has two siblings, his brother, Devin Steffen, is seven years old, and his sister Morgan Steffen is three years old. One extracurricular activities that Calvin is involved in is Band, in band Calvin is a percussionist. Outside of school, Calvin attends Harry Potter Club at the public library. Calvin also loves to play a card game, called Magic: The Gathering. Clavin’s future goals are to work at Bradley University with his step-dad as a data analyst. Something that Calvin wants others to know about him is that he is friends with Henry Easley, Jake Martin, Jacob Gilles, and Nolan Fennell. Calvin also likes to donate to places, when he was 10, he donated everything that he got for his birthday to the Children’s Hospital at the age of 11 he donate $109 to the library and he recently donate $429 to Haiti for hunger issues. The seventh grade Student of the Month for March was Carissa Gavelys. Carissa is 13 years old and her parents are Chad and Leslie Gavelys. Carissa also has two siblings, Carter and Carmen Gavelys, and they are twins who are both 11. Some extracurricular activities that Carissa is involved in are Basketball, Volleyball, and Harvest Team. One club that Carissa is involved in outside of school is 4-H club. Some of the hobbies that Carissa enjoys are baking and playing with her dogs. Carissa wants to be a foot doctor when she is older. Something that Carissa wants you to know about her is that her hair is naturally curly. And last but not least, the eighth grade Student of the Month for March was Grace Berry, Grace’s parents are Kari and Darren Berry. Grace only has one sibling, Conner Berry who is 8 years old. Some extracurricular activities that Grace is involved in are Dance Team and School Chair. Outside of school, activities that Grace is involved are Church chair and she is a Vacation Bible school teacher. Some of Grace’s hobbies are drawing, reading, swimming, cooking, baking, and telling puns. Grace’s future goals are to maintain her good grades, travel the world, and to go to college. Something that Grace wants you to know about her is that she is really good at cooking and baking. Grace is a Gryffindor and she loves to tell puns and jokes. Overall, these students should be honored to become an All-Star student. These students work hard and are dedicated to helping others.
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April All-Stars
Alayna Keefer is the 6th grade All Star. She is 12 years old. Her parents are Sarah and Ricky Keefer. She has no siblings. Alayna participates in Student Council, Softball, Basketball, and Volleyball at school. Outside of school, Alayna participates in Volleyball (for IB) and Softball (for canton). Her hobbies include frogging, sports, hunting, trampolines, and traveling. Her future goals are to become a realtor and move to the Bahamas. Alayna would like you to know that she cliff and bridge jumped, caught sea turtles, and snorkeled around a shipwreck. Brayden Morse is the 7th grade All Star. He is 13 years old. His parents are Carrie and Greg Morse. He has five siblings: Adriane, Megan, Addi, Katlyn, and Steven. Brayden participates in Science Olympiad, Tract, Basketball, and Cross Country. Brayden likes to game and hunt. His future goal is to go to college. Brayden wants you to know that he went to State in Science Olympiad and Track. Anna Webel is the 8th grade All Star. She is 14 years old. Her parents are Emily and Joe Webel. Anna has five siblings: Josie (12), Amelia (9), Jack (7), Mary (4), and Caroline (4). Anna participates in Track, Basketball, FCA, Student Council, and Ag. Outside of school, Anna participates in 4H, Livestock Judging, and showing cattle. Her future goal is to become an engineer. Anny would like you to know that she has five siblings.
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Girls’ Track By: Kaiya Hintz
The girls track season was a season that no one will forget. The head coach, Coach Piper and the assistant coach, Coach Marvel; lead the girls’ team to achieve many victories. Throughout the season, all of the girls got to try many different events and become better at the events that they did. The girls track team received many ribbons and medals from invitationals, conferences, and the Fulton-County meet. At the sectional meet at Tremont we had two girls qualify for state. Anna Webel got 2nd in shot put and 1st in discus. Anna is going to state for both of these events. Anna also broke the high-school girls’ discus record at the Sectional meet with a throw over 112 feet. Rachel Noy got first at Sectionals for pole vault with a vault of 7’3”, and is going to State. Anna Webel placed 4th at State for discus. There were many personal records throughout the season. Coach Piper and Coach Marvel showed us how to win and how to have fun doing it. This track season was a success and it will be a shame that this was the 8th graders last season as junior high students. At Sectionals we placed 6th as a team, with many faster times, farther throws, and higher jumps. All of the girls on the track team are proud to be a part of something that challenges you, and always has another adventure waiting around the corner.
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Boys’ Track The boys’ teams got 2nd in the County meet and 3rd in the Conference meet. We had a number of students go to state on the boys’ side. Brayden Morse went in Pole Vault. Logan Morse went in High Jump. Dane Hitchock went in the 110 M hurdles. Also, the boys 4x400 M relay went to state. The relay team is Sam McMillin, Kaden Runyon, Reese Shymansky, and Logan Morse. We also had Jake Martin go to state in the 7th grade 1600 M.
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Scholastic Bowl Written by: Violet Easley
Scholastic bowl is a sport that tests all areas of knowledge, including science and math. FCJHS Scholastic Bowl won the Fulton County Tournament for their 2018-2019 season. Here is Scholastic Bowl from the perspective of participant Maddie Helle. Maddie says that her favorite part of Scholastic Bowl was tournaments. She answered about 10 tossups and noted she’d probably be doing Scholastic Bowl as a freshman in high school. Another participant, Talena Horn, said she enjoyed everything, including watching others compete when she isn’t in. She answered 2 tossups and She notes that she would most likely not be doing scholastic bowl in high school.
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IAR Door Decorating Contest Written by: Isabella Garner
In the previous years, people may have known decorating your doors for PARCC or ISAT testing, but this year for testing we did IAR which goes with our theme of pirates, SpongeBob, and under the water stuff as well. Decorating the doors is a way for the students to be able to connect and have fun before testing. It also lets the students know on certain doors what they can do to feel better and have a better attitude towards the testing. Some kids just like being a part of it so they can show off their art skills. Really though this is for students to get in the right mindset for testing.
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The Night at the Museum By: Josie Webel On April 30, the sixth graders participated in “The Night at the Museum”. Each student researched a topic that they were interested in throughout the ancient time period. It was for social studies, so I asked Mrs. Rude a couple questions on how it came about and specific items she liked the most. She always read the book Wonder to her students when she was an English teacher and in the book they had a Night at the Museum. Last year, she moved to being a social studies teacher and she saw that her students did a great job on their Egyptian projects so she decided to do their own Night at the Museum finally. She loved how the student’s family and friends were also incorporated into it. She’d like to incorporate all 6th grade classes and share projects with other classes next year. The sixth graders really liked it. We prepared for around a month before the date, and all students did an awesome job!
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Farewell, Mr. Weyers…
Mr. Weyers is retiring after 34 years of teaching. You will be missed!
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FARMINGTON CENTRAL JR. HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL 3rd QUARTER, 2018-2019 STRAIGHT A’S (4.0) 6th Grade: Sterling Anderson, Meaghan Carpenter, Henry Easley, Jacob Evans, Jerett Fauser, Nolan Fennell, Jacob Gilles, Alayna Keefer, Gillian Lanser, Isabelle Lynn, Benjamin Marvel, Cole Passmore, Calvin Rudd, Kendahl Shake, Paige Stevens 7th Grade: Trena Austin, Rylan Barton, Drew Bennett, Bobbi Clark, Jaden Fauser, Jaxson Fries, Mariah Hayden, Kaiya Hintz, Katelyn Kolarich, Averie Neal, Isabelle Nordwahl, Rachel Noy, Alyssa Piper, James Sprout, Lacie Staley 8th Grade: Brianne Baird, Grace Berry, Kyleigh Carpenter, Abby Cash, Jenna Clark, Ashton Dragoo, Violet Easley, Kadan Ford, Samuel Gronewold, Madilyn Helle, Talena Horn, Connor Huber, Tanner Kenney, Kyle Litchfield, Emylee Mahr, Cameron Meehan, Erica Riccioni, Dillon Riojas, Allison Rohrer, Kaden Runyon, Layne Scott, Colin Terrell, Phoebe Ulm, Anna Webel HIGH HONORS (3.5-3.99) 6th Grade: Kayla Abel, Isabella Archdale, Jordyn Atchley, Tameka Austin, Ellasyn Becker, Zachary Benton, Ashlan Bragg, Landon Crusen, Eliana Davis, Arabella Garner, Averie Gilstrap, Drew Henkhaus, Rosemary Irvin, Ella Johnson, Carter Lambin, John Martin, Wesley Meister, Lydia Overcash, Kelsey Patterson, Ella Pepple, Hailey Stenger, Lily Swanson, Josephine Webel, Molly Zaborac 7th Grade: Hunter Darsham, Olivia Dean, Marlena Foust, Mackenzie Fryxell, Carissa Gavelys, Mason Griffith, Madilyn Hanlin, Dane Hitchcock, Samuel Hostetler, Jason Kennelly. Hadley Lahart, Kenna Mahr, Hailey McCoy, Matthew Meehan, Brayden Morse, Morgan Neptun, Russell Poor, Caden Record, Lindsey Sharum, Hannah Stenger, Abigail Strode, William Strubhar, Shayleigh Thompson, Emily Vallianatos, Chandler Whisenand 8th Grade: Shawn Allard, Alex Barrett, Isabella Beoletto, Alexandra Bolton, Lydea Colvin, Jace Crawford, Shelby Duhs, Jarod Ebert, Alisyn Eichorn, Madeline Freeman, Josephine Gibbs, Virgil Haggard, Alexandria Holder, Paige Holford, Connor Keller, Samuel McMillin, Logan Morse, Natalee Nelson, Savannah Rapp, Gage Renken, Shelby Ruhl, Adrianna Rutledge, Connor Rutz, Ashley Sievers, Ella Smith, Cassie Stokes, Jacob Tate, Gabriel Thompson HONORS (3.0-3.49) 6th Grade: Amber Asbury, Trinity Brown, Aiden Cagle, Brody Evans, Cash Fox, Claire Hanlin, Aidan Helle, Maddex Huffman, Maylee Huffman, Owen Morse, Caden Mowen, Joseph Peters, Keegan Petersen, Alyssa Prince, Sieyrra Skaggs, Marcas Snyder, Logan Utt, Noah Wise th 7 Grade: Damian Arras, Tala Benton, Benjamin Claybaugh, Elyce Colvin, Kiefer Corder, Natilee Crum, Kaitlyn Eichorn, Dawson Foster, Isabella Garner, Damon Gazelle, Allyson Gorsuch, Morgon Hankins, Andrew Helle, Keygan Jennings, Nathan Kalb, Preslie Koenig, Zander Kurth, Edwin Lebron, Johnathan Long, Gaige Montgomery, Wyatt Pierson, Kyleigh Rebatzke, Emma Seaborn, Kamrie Skaggs, Ashlyn Slayton, Caden Strohbehn, Zachary Taylor, Kamri Walraben, Isabelle Wood th 8 Grade: James Bercaw, Araya Burton, Levi Conner, Coy Fox, Abigail Franklin, Kaden Larmore, Brittany Lee, Annemarie Litwiller, Hailey Newell, Gracie Oldfield, Tyler Oldfield, Mikayla Powell, Remington Shymansky, Rese Shymansky, Arynn Sievers, Jacob Smith, Violet Solomon, John Sprout, Maranda Streitmatter, Ashton Wilkins, Gracey Winters