Fostoria Jr./Sr.

High School
Tom Grine, Principal
tgrine@fostoriaschools.org

1001 Park Ave, Fostoria OH 44830 Phone: 419-436-4110 Fax: 419-436-4118 Drew Bauman, Asst. Principal Tim Murray, Asst. Principal/AD
dbauman@fostoriaschools.org tmurray@fostoriaschools.org

Upcoming Events

Empty BowlsOct. 15th PSAT tests-Oct. 16th Fall Choir ConcertOct.17th Majorette/Flag Corp Craft Show-Oct. 19th ACT examOct. 26th OGT Tests-Oct. 28thNov.1st Jostens orders due-Oct. 31st

October is OGT month

The Fall 2013 OGT will be administered Oct. 28-Nov.1st. Testing time will be from 7:35 to 9:20 daily. Regular school day begins at 9:35 a.m. Students in grades 11 and 12 who have not passed all required tests will take the specific test that they have not passed and will be required to attend morning tutoring sessions prior to their test(s). Monday-Reading; TuesdayMath; Wed-Writing; Thurs-Science; FridaySocial Studies. As required by the Ohio Dept. of Education, all 9th and 10th grade students will report to school on time all 5 days of testing and take the OGT practice tests. 7th grade students will take practice OAA tests on Monday and Tuesday of test week, 8th grade students will take practice OAA tests on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Busses will run ON TIME all week; students not involved in testing who need to ride the bus will be supervised in the cafeteria. Practice tests are administered so that students have an opportunity to experience the testing atmosphere and types of questions required on the Spring tests. Teachers use the practice tests to assist with instruction, intervention, and enrichment strategies. If you have any questions about testing, please contact your students guidance counselor.

Inside this issue:

OGT OGT timetable Empty Bowls DECA news Student Achievement Guidance News 1 1a 2 2 2 3

Time Chart for OGT testing is attached to the back of page 1. Please pay special attention to your students grade and testing date. Any questions please contact your students guidance counselor:
Teresa Vogel 7th/8th grade Ext. 2443 Sharon Krupp-9th/10th grade Ext. 2425

MaryBeth Hutcheson 11th/12th grade Ext. 2424

The Empty Bowls Project

Welcome to the 7th Annual Empty Bowls Project, hosted by the Fostoria Senior high School Art Club. This is an exciting year because art students and creative cuisine students have collaborated in making bowls, mugs and chili for the event. We have raised over $2900.00 in the last 6 years for the Food Pantry and the Sharing kitchen. The concept of Empty Bowls began in 1990 when a high school art teacher from Michigan proposed class project of making ceramic bowls for a fund raiser. Guests were served a simple meal of soup and bread. In exchange for the meal, guests gave a minimum donation of $10.00 and were invited to keep the bowl as a reminder that there are always empty bowls in the world. The money raised was given to the local food bank. For more information on Empty Bowls Project visit; http://www.emptybowls.net. This years Empty Bowls supper will be held in the Fostoria Jr/Sr High School cafeteria on Tuesday, October 15, 2013, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. We will serve a variety of hearty soups and chili, bread and water generously donated by Campbell Soup Company, Gordon Foods and Coca-Cola. All proceeds will benefit the Fostoria Sharing Kitchen and the Food Pantry. We hope you will be able to partake in this event and help us reach our goal of eight-hundred dollars. Thank you for your continued support. Sincerely yours, Deb Melroy, Art instructor Holly Reinbolt, Food Service Coordinator Amy Blakely, FCS department

DECA NEWS
DECA Members Place at Local Competition
Association DECA Competition. Students competed in a variety of competitive areas including: Team Management and Decision Making, Public Relations, Job Interview, and Parliamentary Law. Several students from Fostoria DECA brought home awards. Award winners included: Jada Hampton, Erica Moore and Sydney Villiasack in Public Relations; Mimi Green in Job Interview, Kaleb Bemis and Chris Hampton: Olivia DeLa Rosa and Holly Donaldson; Hunter Abell and Alex Souders in Team Management; and Isaiah Brough and Cyenna Lindsey in Parliamentary Law.

On Monday, September 30, 2013, 12 DECA members traveled to Findlay university to compete at the Independent

Best Wishes on your continued success.

Student Achievement
October Rotary Student of the Month CONGRATULATIONS Kierra Settles Alex Souders
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GUIDANCE NEWS
On Monday, October 21, Julie Rider will be speaking with all of our Sophomores about the programs they may sign up for as Juniors and Seniors at Vanguard Career Center. We will then visit Vanguard on Friday, December 6th , for an up close personal visit with teachers and students. If students decide to attend Vanguard, they may choose to attend full time or part time. Students interested in attending will learn how the application process works. Teachers have been asked to nominate sophomore students with leadership skills for the annual HOBY (Hugh OBrien Leadership Conference) which is an all expense paid weekend at Ohio Northern in June of 2014. Any student who was nominated was given an application and is required to write an essay on a selected topic. Teachers will judge the essays (no names on them) and two winners will be selected. In the past the Rotary Club and Kiwanis Club have paid close to $600 for our students to attend. Essays are due Monday October 21.
Allen Schultz will be visiting FJHS in December to speak with our sophomores about the programs offered at Sentinel Career C enter. Most programs offered at Sentinel are two year - half day programs. Students attend Sentinel in either the morning or afternoon and take the remainder of their classes at their home school. One program, Cosmetology, is a three year commitment so students interested in cosmetology must apply during their freshman year. The Cosmetology department at Sentinel will be setting up a display during lunch in December, so interested freshman can get information and ask question. Sophomores will then visit Sentinel in January.

Upcoming Testing
Students have an opportunity to win scholarship money for winning scores
The American Legion will be hosting the annual Americanism Test to all Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors Tuesday, November 5. We will have three testing sessions one for each grade level throughout the day. Social Studies teachers have study guides for any student wishing to put in extra time preparing. Competing students have the opportunity to win scholarship money for winning scores so give your best effort!! Any Sophomore with a 3.0 or better GPA has been invited to take the PSAT test with our Junior Class. This is the competition that determines National Merit Scholars!! Students have been given practice tests to get ready for the big day Wednesday, October 16th.
The Academic Boosters is a parent organization started over 15 years ago to support academics at Fostoria Junior Senior High School There are only 3 meetings per year and MINIMAL work involved for those wishing to join. Please come to our first meeting Weds, October 6 at 7:00 pm in the guidance office and give us some of your ideas!!

Lets Get Involved

Academic Vocabulary: Below are terms that all 7-12 students will need to understand and be able to apply in many of their courses. Parents can support their students learning by reviewing and discussing with their students Analyze: breaking things down into parts to explain the parts Central idea: the main idea of the text; main point in a piece of writing Cite: give credit for someone elses words/ ideas/images when using them in your writing Edit: proofreading for MUGS (mechanics, usage, grammar, spelling)
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

Explicit: right there answers found specifically in the text Inference: based on what I read, its most likely true that / educated guess based on what was read / to uncover meaning that is implied but not directly stated Narrative: process or skill of telling a story Paraphrase: putting into my own words Plagiarism: using someone elses ideas, words, or images and claiming them as your own Reflection: seriously thinking about your experiences; an opinion formed or remark made after careful thought

Relevant: relates directly to a topic, not random information; having something to do with the matter being considered Research: process of exploring a topic to find answers to questions developed about the topic (think, evaluate, organize, compose) Revise: ARMS add, remove, move around, or substitute words or ideas to make writing better Summarize: a short version of the text with key points Synthesize: putting things together Textual evidence: word for word support Thesis: the specific thought, feeling or belief expressed by the writer
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OGT/OAA: WHO TESTS WHEN? October 28-November 1, 2013

Mon
(10/28)

Tues
(10/29)

Weds
(10/30)

Thurs
(10/31)

Fri
(11/1)

ONLY
11/12 grade students who have already taken and not passed one or more parts of the OGT

RDG

MATH

WRITING SCIENCE

SS

ALL
time 9/10th graders who have NEVER taken the OGT 1
ST

SS
(9 )
TH

MATH
(9TH)

RDG

WRITING MATH
(10 )
TH

SCIENCE SS
(10TH)

ALL
7 grade studentspractice OAA
th

MATH

READING

2 hr delay

ALL
8th grade students practice OAA

2 hr delay

SCIENCE READING

MATH