OMS Students Shine at Kansas Regional Math Contest
Ottawa Middle School sent teams to the Kansas Association of Teachers of Mathematics regional contest in Lawrence on February 24. More than 450 students from about 50 schools competed across four tests including number sense, geometry, problem solving, and an open-ended section. Several OMS students placed in the top 10 across grades six, seven, and eight, with notable scores in number sense and problem solving. Scores advance to state, with an awards ceremony planned in May and state winners notified in mid March.
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Ottawa
Kansas Association of Teachers of Mathematics
Lawrence
Kansas
Kit Evans
Matthew Thomas
Nicole LaMastres
Evans
LaMastres
Mara Serhal
Kevin Butler
Christina Dickinson
Kathryn McCurdy
Josh Skiles
Sam Hood
Katie Ransom
Jerod Brooks
Jennifer Staneslow
Steve Ketchum
John Kraemer
Kraemer
Ketchum
Justin Mitchell
Garett Nilges
Frogs visit Garfield Elementary for dissection lesson
Third Grade Garfield students welcomed Ottawa High School tutors from Independent Inquiry to their class. Erin Dailey, Andy Derousseau, and Austin O'Dea led frog dissections, revealing lungs heart and internal organs. One frog had glass in its stomach, another a bug.
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Jennifer Harness
Garfield Elementary
Egs
Ottawa High School
Cynthia Montague
Erin Dailey
Andy Derousseau
Austin O'Dea
Erin
Andy
Austin
Independent Inquiry
Brad O'Dea
Ottawa
Montague
Local students earn national band honors at OMS
Ottawa Middle School announces twelve students nominated for the United States National Band Award. Sixth to eighth graders are evaluated on grades activities leadership and musicianship with recommendations. Nominees include Steven Ketchum Josh Howard Emily Petersen Jason Eichenberger Kathryn McCurdy Heath Parkin Melissa Walters Nick Wilson Crystal Thrall Holly Shepard Rachel Simmons Teal Ludwick.
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Welve Ottawa Middle School
OMS
Steven Ketchum
Josh Howard
Emily Petersen
Jason Eichenberger
Kathryn McCurdy
Heath Parkin
Melissa Walters
Nick Wilson
Crystal Thrall
Holly Shepard
Rachel
Clinton and Gore lead White House drug policy dialogue
President Clinton opened a White House conference on drugs at Eleanor Roosevelt High School urging youth to avoid drugs. Barry McCaffrey said community action is key and 15 pharmaceutical firms pledged a 33 million pool to fund drug use detection and treatment materials to doctors, parents, and teachers. Vice President Gore and officials Shalala and Reno attended and called for stronger ties among doctors, parents, teachers, and police.
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Reenbelt
MD. G
Clinton
America
Washington
Barry McCaffrey
White House
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
al Gore
Health and Human Services
Donna Shalala
Janet Reno
Reno
Miss Kansas to address area students
Amy Keller Miss Kansas will speak to Pomona and Appanoose grade schools on March 22 about dangers of alcohol and drug abuse. She tours Kansas schools co sponsored by Miss Kansas Pageant and Kansas Children's Service League. Keller shares how a drunk driving accident took her best friend.
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Amy Keller
Kansas
Great Bend
Wichita State University
Personal touch brightens locker at Ottawa Middle School
Amanda Wiltle reports on an eighth grade student who decorates a locker with a sister’s senior photo a Disney World mug many photos from friends magnetic puppy notes band cutouts and a collection of keepsakes proving the locker is a personal space seen at start and end of 36 weeks of school
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Amanda Wiltle
Ottawa Middle School
Disney World
The
Cranberries
Seventh graders mark MLK Day with poetry and speech
Students in Mrs. Sue McClaran and Mrs. Donna Gladman seventh grades studied Martin Luther King Jr on January 15. The classes read Langston Hughes and heard the I Have A Dream speech. A TA praised the activity as important for recognizing King and minority histories, and a student suggested doing it again next year.
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Sue McClaran
Donna Gladman
Martin Luther King Jr
Langston Hughes
Gladman
McClaran
King
Travis Carly
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