Monday, September 4, 2017
TAYLOR PARKS ELEMENTARY honored by gift from artist
This
painting, based on the James Gurney illustration, occupies the lockers next to
the Taylor Parks Elementary School Library.
The work was done by Jan Dale, of
Dale House Murals, Allen Park, as a gift to Taylor Parks. Jan
worked at Taylor Parks as the Literacy Lab Facilitator, but has left to pursue
her love of art.
What a wonderful gift she has given to the students and staff
of Taylor Parks. The mural is amazing!
EUREKA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY holds successful welcome back!
The
Eureka Heights Elementary School family all had great time at their back-to-school
open house held recently. New instructional technology was showcased, the
school looked amazing and everyone was excited for the new school year! Great
job to Principal Stacie Hall and to the entire faculty and staff.
TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOL DECA to hold Walk-A-Thon
Truman High
School DECA has teamed up with student council to host our first annual
Walk-A-Thon during homecoming week.
The event
will be October 10 with a rain date of Oct 11. Students need a minimum pledge
of $10 to participate in the event. Students will be given which hour they will
participate in the Walk-A-Thon.
While at
the Walk-A-Thon they will walk laps (with fun themes) on the track, fill
out their name on a link to make a big chain, visit the business expo and
network with other students.
The theme
for this event is "There's Unity in our Community.” Students will have a
chance to make money for their class/DECA while also participating in an event
that will help them be active, healthy, and involved. With combining
Truman and Kennedy we want to promote UNITY right from the start and get the
kids working together.
Attached is
the T-shirt sponsor form, vendor contract for business expo and our logo if
you or anyone you know (coaches, club advisors, organizations, charities,
entrepreneurs, and/or business owners) that may be interested in having a
booth at our event, or their name and logo on our shirt, please pass along.
We are also
looking for t-shirt sponsors, raffle basket donations, and food, water, and
fruit donations. We will offer the sponsors our tax ID number, letter
on letterhead for tax write off, name on our shirt and banner, name posted
on our social media, and name on our Truman DECA website.
This event
will be for Truman staff and students only and during school hours.
The pledge
sheets will go home to students and their families in the summer mailer but in
the fall if any kids say they need another one because they filled their sheet
up or lost theirs you can send them to their class advisor or DECA Director
Carly Lundgren-Barnard.
TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOL DECA president appointed to DECA Direct Magazine
TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOL gymnast is Simone Biles' beau
Olympic
champion gymnast and former ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Simone
Biles announced earlier this year that she had only ever been on one date. But
in August, she shocked everyone again announcing a relationship with national champion
gymnast Stacey Ervin.
Ervin
is a 2011 graduate of Truman High School. He also graduated from the University
of Michigan. Ervin started his gymnastics training at Mills Gymnastics in
Southgate.
Biles
made the relationship official with an Instagram post Aug. 21, which she
captioned, “always smiling with you.” Ervin also was her escort to the USA
Gymnastics Hall of Fame inauguration the same night.
Ervin’s
bio at the University of Michigan follows:
At
Michigan ... 2015 All-American (floor) ... Big Ten Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 9,
2015) ... 2014 All-American (floor) ... 2013-14 United States National Team
member ... 2013 Big Ten floor champion ... 2012 NCAA All-American (floor,
vault) ... Big Ten Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 18, 2013) ... Big Ten Co-Freshman
of the Week (March 19) ... Owns the third-highest floor score in NCAA history
(16.15) ... Ended career with 19 event titles, including 15 on floor
exercise.
International
Competition (2013) ... earned place on U.S. National Team at the P&G U.S.
Championships with a two-day all-around total of 172.550 ... took fourth on
floor (31.150), 20th on pommel horse (26.450), 19th on still rings (28.050),
12th on vault (29.500), fifth on parallel bars (29.400) and 17th on high bar
(28.000).
Senior
(2015) ... earned All-American status on the floor exercise, scoring a
15.575 and placed third at the NCAA Event Finals (April 11) ...
represented U-M on the floor exercise (15.175), which was good for second
place, and the high bar (14.425) at Big Ten Event Finals (March 28) ... scored
a 16.15 on floor exercise at Big Ten Team Finals (March 27), tying his career
high ... placed first on floor exercise (15.85), vault (15.20), and in the
all-around (88.55) against UIC (March 21) ... earned a second-place finish on
the floor exercise with a 15.10 against Illinois (March 15) ... placed
second on both floor exercise (15.65) and parallel bars (15.15) against Ohio
State (Feb. 28) ... represented U-M at the Winter Cup Challenge (Feb. 21),
earning a second place finish on floor exercise with a two-day total of 30.55
... finished second on vault with a 15.45 against Oklahoma (Feb. 14) ... named
co-Big Ten Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 9) for his performance against Stanford
(Feb. 7) ... represented U-M on floor exercise (15.80), vault (15.15), parallel
bars (15.05), and high bar (14.75) against Stanford (Feb. 7) ... tallied first
place finishes on both the floor exercise (15.40) and vault (15.45) against
Penn State (Jan. 24) ... received a team high 15.05 on floor exercise, as well
as a 14.85 on the vault and a 14.45 on the high bar at the Windy City Invite
(Jan. 17).
Junior
(2014) ... Earned an All-America title for his fifth-place performance on the
floor exercise (15.10) in the NCAA Individual Finals (April 12) ... represented
U-M at the NCAA Championships, competing on the floor (15.60), parallel bars
(14.85) and high bar (14.05) ... also tallied a 15.30 on the floor, 14.85 on
the parallel bars and 14.25 on the high bar during the NCAA team finals (April
11) ... took part in the Big Ten Championship Team Finals (March 28) on the
parallel bars (14.10) ... competed in seven meets during the regular season
seeing action on floor, vault, parallel bars, and high bar ... represented UM
at the Winter Cup Challenge (Feb. 21-22) finishing seventh overall ... also
represented UM at the P&G US Gymnastics Championships ... collected five
individual titles on the floor ... set the highest score (16.10) on the floor
exercise in the country for 2014 ... member of the 2013-2014 National team ...
named big ten gymnast of the week (March 10, 2014) ... set a career high of
15.40 on the parallel bars against Ohio State (Feb. 2) ... also notched a
career high of 14.75 on the high bar against Penn State (March 14).
Sophomore
(2013) ... collected six floor titles on the season ... represented U-M in the
NCAA qualifying round (April 19), where he competed on vault (14.95), floor
exercise (14.50) and parallel bars (14.85) ... notched a 15.05 on vault in the
NCAA team finals (April 20), which was good enough to advance to the individual
finals, where he scored a 13.775 (April 21) ... scored a career high on the parallel
bars in the Big Ten Championships (April 5) with a score of 14.95, and advanced
to the individual finals, taking first place on the floor exercise with a score
of 15.80 (April 6) for his first Big Ten Championship ... represented U-M at
Windy City (Jan. 19) on vault, scoring a 15.40, and floor exercise with a 15.05
... took part in the Winter Cup (Feb. 7-9) and had an overall score of 113.250
taking third on floor (29.90) and still rings (28.60), as well as fourth on
vault (29.90) ... earned first place on the floor exercise against No. 5 Ohio
State (Feb. 16) with a score of 16.15, which is the third-highest floor
exercise score in NCAA history, and a career best ... took first place on floor
exercise with a score of 16.00 against No. 3 Oklahoma (March 9) ... competed on
parallel bars, setting a career best (14.80) against No. 1 Penn State, while
also taking first place on the floor exercise, with a score of 15.30 (March
16).
Freshman
(2012) ... NCAA All-American on floor (third) and vault (fourth) ... Big Ten
Co-Freshman of the Week (March 19) ... took part in vault competition in every
meet as a true freshman ... set career high on vault with a 15.70 at Winter Cup
Challenge (Feb. 2) ... took third on floor (14.90) and scored a 14.00 on
parallel bars against No. 1 Penn State (Jan. 21) ... scored a 15.25 (floor),
15.20 (vault) and 14.35 on parallel bars against UIC (March 17) ... turned in a
15.25 on vault at the Big Ten individual event finals (April 7) ... closed out
season on vault with a pair of 15.15s at the NCAA team and individual event
finals, earning All-America status and fourth overall ... set season best on
floor exercise with a 15.60 the NCAA team finals to qualify for
individual-event finals ... scored 15.45 on floor to take third place and earn
second All-America citation of the championships ... broke the 15-plateau in
all five of the last competitions on the season, averaging 15.35 per exercise.
Prep
... Placed third in Junior National all-around competition (2010-11) ... 2010
Junior National vault champion ... placed fourth at 2010 USA Championships,
earning a first-place finish in the vault competition ... 18th place at Junior
Olympics in all-around competition in 2009 ... United States National team
member (2008, 10).
Personal
... Born October 21, 1993 ... Enrolled in school of Literature, Science and
Arts ... major undecided.
FORMER EDUCATION passes away in Boyne City
Former Taylor educator Gordon
Neil Lambie passed away in August. Mr. Lambie, Ed. D, 85, of Boyne City died on
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital.
He was born on August 4,
1932 in Detroit the son of George and Mary (Norris) Lambie. Gordon served in
the United State Army during WWII in the 22nd Regimental Combat Unit. On
March 1, 1998 he married Joyce Moline Smith at Martha Mary Chapel in Greenfield
Village.
He was a lifelong educator
and served on the Board for Central Michigan University. He was a member of the
Lions, Boyne City Eagles and was very active in the community. Mr. Lambie
will be remembered by all for his service to the community.
Gordon is survived by his
wife Joyce; children Dr. David Lambie and Richard (Liliana) Smith;
grandchildren Lauren, George, David, Jr., Nathaniel, Liberty Lambie; and
Richard Matthew Smith; and sister Catherine Hults.
He is preceded in death by
his daughter Kimberly Campbell; grandchildren Colin and Megan Campbell; and
Aunt Virginia Ledbetter.
COACH SALUTES for player, who is now a teacher
Via Kennedy High School
basketball Coach Jeff Baum: Very proud to see one of the hardest working kids I
ever coached reach her goals of being a teacher. Even better at my son Chase's
school. Watched her hard work win a league championship, district championship,
become a starter at U-M Dearborn and get her teaching degree. Can't think
of a better role model for my children. Congratulations, Courtney Teets!
KINYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL adds some beauty thanks to Home Depot
Home Depot joined forces with Kinyon Elementary
School for “Operation Face Lift.” Mrs. Danaj made the connection to Home Depot
and asked for help – and Behr Paints and Home Depot-donated paint, mulch,
flowers and materials were available for our crew to use.
The Harvey, Cone and Aguila families
came to help Kinyon teachers Rhonda Danaj, Sean O'Neill, Jennifer Rosiak,
Esther Compian, Greg Long, Susan Oswald and Angel Thomas.
Home Depot employees Todd and Pam
donated their time as well. Thank you all so very much, from the Kinyon Family!
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MCDOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: End of year fun
Here's are some end of the year learning fun in Ms.
Bochenek's Kindergarten room at McDowell Elementary School. Who knew shaving
cream could smell good, feel good and be good clean
entertainment?
TVLA volunteers at Taylor Animal Shelter
Before the 2016-17 school year ended, Taylor Virtual Learning
Academy students volunteered at the Taylor Animal Shelter. The students walked
many dogs and cuddled cats and kittens. TVLA also donated over $300 of
cat and dog food and supplies.