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Breckenridge Community Schools
HUSKIE NEWS
May 2015
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Mission Statement: The Breckenridge Community Schools, in cooperation with students, parents, and the
community, create a foundation of excellence on which to build success for the future.
Superintendent’s Corner
Spring is here and summer will be upon us soon. It doesn’t seem possible that another school
year is coming to an end, graduation is upon us and June 5th will be here before we know it. With all
that being said, my time as interim superintendent will also be coming to an end this June and Mrs.
Kim Thompson will be taking over the superintendent responsibilities. I believe the district will be in
good hands under Kim’s leadership. She has established herself as a solid educational leader during
her thirteen years as the elementary principal. I’m confident she possesses the skills necessary to lead
the district successfully into a future filled with uncertainty and opportunity.
Kim’s move to the superintendent position necessitates the hiring of an elementary principal to
take over her former building. That position has been posted and we are currently receiving
applicants. Once the posting deadline has passed the district will be scheduling interviews with the
intent to have the new person in place no later than August first. Mrs. Thompson will have class
schedules and staffing assignments completed prior to her transition to the central office.
As you read this school funding for the upcoming year is still being debated in Lansing and we
are not certain what the school aid package will look like in its entirety. I’m confident that no matter
what the funding package looks like all public schools will need to continue paying close attention to
operations and continue to keep expenditures under control. At the present time I’m confident that our
budget for the current fiscal year is in good shape and our audit should show a positive balance for
2014-2015. Development of the budget for next year is well underway and we will be holding our
annual budget hearing prior to the regular board meeting on June 15th. We are taking a conservative
approach with regard to projected revenue in development of next year’s budget, due to the
uncertainty with funding for 2015-2016. At the present time, information coming out of Lansing is
very mixed with regard to school funding for next year. The House, Senate and Governor have
versions of a school aid budget that differ significantly. I am optimistic that the Legislature will get
the details worked out and provide us with an equitable school aid package that provides adequate
funding for K-12 education.
In closing; I’d like to thank the Breckenridge Community Schools for the opportunity to return
and serve the district over the past two years. The staff, students and community have made this a
wonderful period of time and a great way to end my career.
Thank you Breckenridge
Dean J Havelka
The Big Bad Musical - A howling courtroom comedy
The Breckenridge 7th and 8th grade choir performed a musical on March 12th,
in place of their winter concert this year. A courtroom has never been more
lively and fun than in The Big Bad Musical! The jury — our audience —
decided the outcome of the biggest trial ever in the fairy-tale world! The
notorious Big Bad Wolf was being slapped with a class-action lawsuit by
storybooks of quirky characters who wanted to get even: Little Red Riding
Hood, her Grandmother, the Three Little Pigs and the Shepherd in charge of the Boy Who Cried
Wolf. With Sydney Grimm
as the commentator on live
Court TV, the two greatest
legal minds in the
Enchanted Forest — the
Evil Stepmother and the
Fairy Godmother — clash
in a trial that will be
remembered forever
after. Great job to our
Middle School actors and
actresses!!
Our Great Start Readiness Pre-Schoolers are learning to pedal and develop their coordination and gross
motor skills on the playground. We've added a few new tricycles and helmets for safety. The four year
olds love them! Great Start Readiness Pre-School is grant funded and a very good place to learn.
Children attend 4 full days per week. We are accepting applications for next year's program now. You
can access them at www.michiganpreschool.org. If you don't have internet access you can call the
elementary office 989-842-3182 and one of our staff will assist you.
It is also time to sign up for Kindergarten if your child will be 5 by September 1st. Call 989-842-3182
ext 202 or stop by the elementary office during school hours.
Doug Sowle Memorial
Breckenridge students collected money to purchase a tree in memory of Mr. Sowle. An ornamental,
flowering pear tree was planted outside his classroom. This tree will serve as a living memorial for
him. His current and former students were on hand to plant the tree for Earth Day along with teachers
Miss Self and Mrs. Rodriguez, Mrs. Thompson, Principal and Mrs. Sowle.
Doug Sowle Memorial Bike Rally
Breckenridge Elementary Staff are hosting a bike rally on May 15th from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Join us in the East Parking lot of the Elementary School. Students are encouraged to decorate
their bike in school colors and ride in memory of Mr. Sowle who biked to school during all
seasons. Prizes will be awarded for decorated bikes and a boy’s and girl’s bike will be
awarded to 2 lucky students. Students under the age of 7 must be accompanied on the ride by
an adult for safety. Volunteers are wanted to assist in this activity. If you are available please
email [email protected] or [email protected] or call 989-842-3182
ext 200.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
OF THE MONTH FOR
MARCH
HS-Christianna Way Christianna
always turns in quality work. She
is also kind to others and willing to
help out wherever she can. Her
positive attitude can brighten any
situation. Christianna was
nominated by Mrs. Gregory.
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS OF THE MONTH FOR MARCH
6th Grade-Vanessa Warden Vanessa is an excellent
student who takes great pride in her school work. She is
very kind hearted and always willing to help wherever she
is needed. She is a joy to have in class. Vanessa is
nominated by her 6th grade teachers.
7th Grade-Jonathon Markley Jonathon has been doing a
great job working with an extremely difficult 7th grader for
tutoring. He did not hesitate when asked and stepped right
up and took this kid without questions.
8th Grade-Lukas Ebright Lukas showed great character when someone lost $20 and he turned it in to the
office. He is continually polite to adults and to his peers, he is a great representative of Breckenridge Middle
School. Lukas was nominated by Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Heidi Giles.
AIM STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR MARCH
AIM-Hannah Wetherbee Hannah has become really focused on completing work,
staying out of drama situations, and helping around the classroom. I am most impressed
with her stepping up in math class. This is her weak area and Hannah has been trying her
best to understand the concepts as she follows along with me. She is super excited about
completing school in just 22 days as a senior. Hannah was nominated by Ms. Hudson.
Middle School Honor Roll –Quarter 3
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
Alexis Alonzo
Noah Anderson
Ellie Brown
Hunter Burr
Drew Cole
LeeAnn Collins
Ally Colthorp
George Conn
Kyle Conn
Alivia Cross
Thor Ebright
Emma Eichbauer
Blaze Fales
Garrett Fitzgerald
Kiera Goward
Kennedy Hadanek
Victoria LeCureux
Marcus Posey
Madelin Russell
Kira Sanger
Ayden Saunders
Sidney Shephard
Caden Sitts
Cassidy Smith
Summer Smith
Charles Steinhaus
Aaron Stephens
Trishelle Sumner
Colttion Toner
Mackenzie Vasold
Vanessa Warden
Alexa Aldrich
Jaclyn Bartlett
Samuel Benjamin
Sage Bleiler
Colton Chovanec
Schae Cripps
Brandon DeLoe
Taylor Denyko
Zachary Frasier
Caleb Frederick
Alivia Giles
Ashton Gillis
Kyle Guthrie
Peyton Huntoon
Jaydon Jermolowicz
Janel Laubscher
Anna Laurenz
Sarah Laurenz
Blaine Long
Jonathon Markley
Myra Marr
Mackenzie Mayle
Peter Muscott
Joel Myers
Spencer Ramereiz
Isabelle Richardson
Baily Saunders
Emily Saunders
Arianna Scherf
Chase Schmitz
Joshua Sherman
Madisyn Siler
Elizabeth Snow
Grace Staley
Breanna Sumner
Grant Willman
Weston Wise
Kiaya Withey
Brayden Aldrich
Liliy Bartlett
Caycee Bowles
Amiah Cole
Carmen Collins
Hunter Collins
Connor Corson
Connor Emery
Brooklynn Federspiel
Maci Gilbert
Ashley Hammond
John Hartner
Logan Hurst
Gabriel LeCureux
Carter Lytle
Olivia Mayle
Schriver Miller
Dalton Nelson
Arys Onstott
Olivia Ostrander
Derek Partlo
Ryan Priest
Romeo Ramirez
Corbin Reed
Hunter Rich
Logan Sherman
Madisen Sigafoose
Colton Sitts
Hunter Smith
Garrett St. John
Carter Staley
Elijah Stoneman
Tyler Story
Brianna VanOordt
Sydney Willman
Bold Names-All A’s
High School Honor Roll-Quarter 3
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grade
12thGrade
Aleydi Baltazar
Meghan Bartlett
Anyssa Betancourt
Jessica Brabaw
Chloe Brittain
Kylie Brown
Megan Carter
Nataleigh Compeau
Kasey Conn
Destinee Coyle
Ryan Davidson
Travis Eastman
Caden Foster
Lucas Gillis
Dakota Grover
Mallory Hudson
Caleb Hurt
Ellen Laurenz
Nathan Laurenz
Sydney Mayle
Chanse Michael
Garrett Miller
Kelby Reichard
Emma Rohde
Kaitlin Sanger
Kaleb Schafer
Trevor Schall
Braxton Sheets
Madeline Sherman
Megan Wenzel
Haley Willman
Alejandro Betancourt
Noah Bleiler
Spencer Brown
Colten Carter
Korbin Colthorp
Bailey Coyle
Lena Crowell
Jessica Delo
Brooke Donahue
Kylie Federspiel
Gracen Garcia
Alexander Giles
Alexandria Gillis
Elizabeth Hurt
Carlynn Jenkins
Kyrie Jennell
Nathan Kipp
Martina Kolgran
Nicole Lenz
Melissa Lumsden
Mason Lytle
Natasha Netzley
Jazmine Peters
Ryan Schall
Kayla Schmitz
Chloe Sheler
Jackson Staley
Jordan Swisher
Christianna Way
Travis Wayer
Ashley Weslock
Ayanna Williams
Makayla Young
Ana Alaniz Diaz
Trinity Allen
Justine Brabaw
Dakota Colthorp
Savanna Contreras
Kaitlyn Corson
Nathaniel Davidson
Melony Federspiel
Breanna Gillis
Paige Guthrie
Alicia Gutierrez
Bradley Hedrick
Laine Krueger
Claire Laurenz
Jarrett Markley
Gavin Marr
Tristan McEntee-Cline
Elizabeth Northrup
Nicole Olander
Shaelyn Reed
Lindsey Reichard
Kaili Sanger
Gage Siler
Maria Soto
Kimberly Sumner
Natassia Warden
Jennifer Weber
Jacob Wendling
Brendan Weslock
Alison Willman
Kennedy Beebe
Tyler Bond
Pierce Brown
Austin Chamberlin
Emily Chapin
Bo Collins
Jayce Colthorp
Devin Eastman
Cole Emery
Ryan Federspiel
Blake Fetters
Kaitlin Fleming
Cameron Foster
Michael Frederick
Holly Gregory
Dominique Gutierrez
Justin Kipp
Jordan Lumsden
Emily Mullet
Anthony Olexa
Rachel Reiber
Wade SanMiguel
Travis Schall
Parker Schaub
Savannah Shankel
Sydney Sheldon
Theresa Short
Nicholas Sitts
Kaylee Sonefeld
Judy Song
Brandon Story
Brooklyn Story
Britney Thayer
Shelby Trusty
Hannah Waslusky
Haley Williams
Brooke Young
GREAT JOB!
Bold Names-All A’s
GET VALUABLE INFORMATION ON OUR
SCHOOL WEBSITE
www.breckhuskies.org
School Calendar, Course Schedule, Lunch Menus, School Events, School MasterPlan,
Free and Reduced Lunch Form plus lots more. Check it out!
Monthly School Board Meeting
The monthly school
board meeting will
be held on Monday,
May 18th at 7 p.m.
in the Media Center.
These meetings are
scheduled for the
third Monday of each month unless
otherwise announced.
Board of
Education
Members
SCHOOL CLOSING
INFORMATION
In the event of unscheduled school closings or delays,
we will issue a Power School announcement to the
entire district, and the following news media stations
will be notified by 7 a.m. in order to provide
information to the public concerning such closings.
Please tune into one of the listed stations for complete
school closing information.
Television Stations:
WNEM-TV Channel 5 or www.wnem.com
WJRT-TV Channel 12 or www.abc12.com
WEYI-TV Channel 25 or www.minbcnews.com
WOODTV 8
WOTV 4
WXSP
President:
Royce Humm
Vice-President:
Lisa Christensen
Secretary:
Marcia VetterCollins
Treasurer:
Bridget Suhr
Trustees:
Lori Cross
Steve Gulick
Al Sanger
ADMINISTRATION STAFF
(989) 842-3182
Dean Havelka, Superintendent ext. 5
Sheila Pilmore, Middle/High School Principal ext. 400
Kim Thompson, Elementary Principal ext. 200
Ryan Sklener, Dean of Students/Athletic Director ext. 403
Ray Myers, Transportation Director ext. 440
Michele Collins, Food Services Director ext. 432
MAY CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Friday, May 1st:
Varsity Track @ Shepherd Invite at 2:00 pm
8th Grade Spring Social in the H.S. Cafeteria, 6-9:00 pm
Saturday, May 2nd:
Spectrum Sprint in the H.S. parking lot at 9:00 am
JV Baseball Huskie Invite (home) at 9:00 am
Varsity Baseball/Softball @ Meridian Invite at 10:00 am
Middle School Band Concert in the H.S. Gym at 7:00 pm
Monday, May 4th:
JV Baseball vs. Carrollton (home) at 4:00 pm
Varsity Baseball Softball @ Carrollton at 4:00 pm
Tuesday, May 5th:
7th/8th Grade Track vs. St. Louis (home) at 4:00 pm
Wednesday, May 6th:
Golf TVC Jamboree @ St. Charles at 1:00 pm
Varsity Track @ St. Louis at 4:00 pm
Thursday, May 7th:
JV Golf Tournament @ Ithaca at 9:00 am
JV Baseball @ St. Charles at 4:00 pm
Varsity Baseball/Softball vs. St. Charles (home) at
4:00 pm
Friday, May 8th:
Middle School Huskie Track Invite (home) at 4:00 pm
Saturday, May 9th:
Varsity Track @ Alma College Invite at 10:00 am
Monday, May 11th:
JV Baseball @ Merrill at 4:00 pm
Varsity Baseball/Softball vs. Merrill (home) at 4:00 pm
Tuesday, May 12th:
Golf TVC Jamboree @ St. Louis at 4:00 pm
Journalism Banquet in the H.S. Cafeteria at 6:00 pm
7th/8th Grade Track @ Bridgeport at 4:00 pm
Wednesday, May 13th:
Middle School Field Trip to Loons Baseball Game
High School Honors Night in the H.S. Gym at 6:00 pm
Thursday, May 14th:
JV Baseball vs. Valley Lutheran (home) at 4:00 pm
Varsity Baseball/Softball @ Valley Lutheran at 4:00 pm
AIM Graduation in the H.S. Cafeteria at 7:00 pm
Friday, May 15th:
Varsity Golf Tournament @ Ithaca at 9:00 am
Saturday, May 16th:
MHSAA Track Regionals (home) at 10:00 am
Sunday, May 17th:
Choir Spring Pops Concert in the H.S. Cafeteria at
4:00 pm
Monday, May 18th:
School Board Meeting in the H.S. Media Center at
7:00 pm
Tuesday, May 19th:
5th Graders leave for camp
Golf TVC Jamboree @ Merrill at 1:00 pm
7th/8th Grade Track @ TVC West Meet at 2:30 pm
High School Choir Masonic Home Concert at 6:00 pm
Wednesday, May 20th:
Varsity Track @ TVC West Meet at 2:30 pm
Thursday, May 21st:
5th Graders return from camp
High School Graduation in the H.S. Gym at 7:00 pm
Friday, May 22nd:
No School
Saturday, May 23rd:
Varsity Softball @ Midland Invite at 10:00 am
Monday, May 25th:
No School
Tuesday, May 26th:
Varsity Track @ Morning Sun Meet at 4:30 pm
Wednesday, May 27th:
Middle School Band/Choir Masonic Home Concert/
Picnic, 8:30 am-2:30 pm
Saturday, May 30th:
MHSAA Track State Finals