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Exciting news from the Cross Country program. This past Saturday Bolivar competed in the class 3 district race at Monett. We have two state qualifiers for this coming weekend. KATY ROWETON and AARON DESHAZO will be representing Bolivar at the state Cross Country meet. This ends I believe a two year dry spell for Bolivar. The teams ran great this past weekend. The boys team has shown signs of improvement from the start. With the leadership of Senior Aaron DeShazo the boys show promise for the future, with Jacob Jones having Aaron as a mentor. Each of the boys ran a gutsy race pushing themselves on a very difficult course. I am proud of all the young men.
The girls team put forth a valiant effort. The first week of the season we only had three young ladies not even enough for a full team. With some hard work by the kids we pulled in enough for a full team with 7 plus runners. We went from no hope of team scores to a dead heat against 2 other teams fighting for the second team spot at districts to go to state. With the leadership of Delaney Pearson the girls team transformed themselves into a powerful squad. With the late addition of Katy Roweton and Kayla Sneed the girls show great promise for the future. I am looking forward to the next few years as these fine young student athletes help me build this program.
Boys results
NAME TIME PLACE
Aaron DeShazo 18:20 13
Jacob Jones 21:20 32
Preston Urie 22:29 44
Andrew Gibbs 22:33 45
Steven Schmelzle 23:31 48
The boys team finished 7th
The individual winner was Philip Polomino from West Plains
The team winner was West Plains
Girls results
NAME TIME PLACE
Katy Roweton 23:03 12
Ashley Lawson 24:06 18
Rebekah Holtsclaw 24:46 23
Amanda Lightfoot 28:36 35
Kayla Sneed 29:45 37
The girls team finished 4th
The individual winner was Olivia McCormick from West Plains
The team winner was West Plains
Aaron will run at 9:00am at Oak Hills Golf course in Jefferson City Saturday morning
Katy will run at 10:05am at Oak Hills Golf Course in Jefferson City Saturday morning
Coach Ron Bandy |
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In an effort to create better lines of communication with parents, Bolivar High School is sending information about school events and activities through an email newsletter. If you are a parent who would like to recieve such communication, send your request to Mr. Geurin's email:
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Trip Date: May 8-14
Trip Cost: Approx. $550-$575
1st Deposit: $100 in account by October 8 (magazine credit or cash payment – pay Sheila in the office)
2nd Deposit: $200 in account by November 7.
Students can make deposits of any amount to Sheila at any time. Students are encouraged, and will be encouraged to make monthly deposits throughout the year.
Deposit Refund Deadline: March 1 - Students will receive a refund of any money deposited. After that date students must wait until after the trip to see if any funds are available.
Mandatory Parents Meeting: Thursday - April 9 – 7:00 p.m. Trip balance is also due. |
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Bolivar High School would like to invite all parents to attend the fall open house October 8th and 9th from 3:30-7:00 pm. The first six week grading period ends October 3rd, and parents will be able to pick up their student's progress reports at the open house event.
Please make plans to attend this event. Teachers will enjoy having the opportunity to meet you and discuss your son or daughter's academic progress. You will not need to schedule appointments with the teachers as this is a come and go event. Since so many parents attend our open house, we ask the conference with the teacher be limited to five minutes. If a longer conference is needed, please schedule this with the individual teacher for another time. |
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Bolivar High School 2008-2009 Goals 1. Maintain a persistence to graduation rate of 91% or higher for the 08-09 school year.
- Increase the level of participation in activities by all students from 81% to 84% by the end of the 08-09 school year.
- Implement Missouri Options Program.
- Increase students’ awareness of opportunities at BHS.
- Presentation to 8th grade students during spring semester
- Freshman Orientation Day in May
- Freshman Parent Orientation Night in May
- Freshman Mentor Program
- Activity Fair for all students in the fall
- List of activities/sponsors on BHS web page
- New student survey
- New student welcome packet
- Reduce percentage of students on the D and F list to 20% by May 2009.
- Continue Freshman Mentoring Program.
- Implement 9-12 Guided Study Program.
- Implement 10-12 Privilege System.
- Restructure how students are assigned during Liberator Time.
- Research and implement (during 2nd semester) a system for earning parking privileges (based on grades).
2. Increase the attendance percentage from 91.6% to 92.7% or greater for the 08-09 school year.
- Continue the District Attendance Policy.
- Continue Senior Privilege time as an attendance incentive.
- Continue Freshman Mentoring Program.
- Continue classroom and department attendance incentives.
- Continue Tardy Sweep Program.
- Continue attendance drawing at end of each semester.
- Research possibility of students being excused from finals based on good attendance.
3. Meet all AYP proficiency targets for 08-09 school year.
- Implement an End-of-Course Exam improvement plan according to PLC Team SMART Goals.
- Continue common assessment program and implement proficiency targets for all courses taught by more than one teacher.
- Research adding remediation courses in math and English (for freshmen).
- Implement an End-of-Course Exam Incentive Card Program.
4. Increase the average ACT composite score to at least 23 over the next three years.
- Bolivar High School will host a workshop for students to improve their ACT scores.
- Analyze ACT data to determine areas of weakness.
- Mail information about the ACT study sessions to juniors and seniors.
- Continue ACT prep semester course.
- Offer ACT evening study once a month.
- 10th graders will take the PLAN test, which predicts how students will score on the ACT. Results will be analyzed for areas of weakness.
- Distribute to faculty and students “Standards for Transition” chart, which describes the skills and knowledge associated with the ACT.
- Math and communication arts teachers will incorporate strategies to improve students’ ability to perform well on tests.
- Using data from ACT practice question results, math and communication arts teachers will develop additional strategies based on areas identified as strengths and weaknesses.
- Students will take a baseline reading test to determine their reading level. Communication arts will analyze results and develop strategies to meet weaknesses.
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