The Calhoun County School Board met Tuesday, December 12th for their December meeting as well as the Local School Improvement Council for Calhoun Middle High School. A moment of silence was held at the beginning of the meeting for several local community members struggling with health and other issues. The opening of the meeting was followed by a mini concert by the Middle School Choir students and the Calhoun Middle High School Band. Below is a link to the 20 minute video of their performance.
Students were recognized from 5th through 12th grades for exceeding the General Summative Assessment (GSA). Photo’s below which do not have every student pictured.
Payton Quick, Luke Strange-Paylor, Eliana White, Paisley Harper, Riley Holbert,
Makenzie Justice, Mark Plumby, Liam Staton, Aaron Stevens, Brooke Tingler
Forinash, Emma Frail, Ellie Hall, Luke Strange-Paylor, Keegan Sampson, Payton Quick, Mark Plumby, Braydon Hardway, Landon Hawkins, Cyrus Helmick, Tyler Helmick, Riley Holbert, Bristol Hoskins, Makenzie Justice, Brooke Tingler, Mason Laughlin
➢ 5th Grade Math – Sam Bailey, Greyson Hill, Aleeya Hosey, Kelbie Johnson, Jace Lemon, Trevor Mayle, Trinity Probasco, Paityn Roberts, Lydia Starcher, Danika Starcher, Mackenzie Wright
Madison Jones, Kylee Quick, Maddox Siwicki
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➢ 8th Grade English Arts – Addison McCumbers, Maddison McCumbers
➢ 8th Grade Math – Lana Laughlin, Logan Walls
➢ 8th Grade Science – Logan Walls
Following the acknowledgement of student achievements and other awards, Assistant Principal Gina Stump presented the Local School Improvement Council report for Calhoun Middle High School with several statistics and program presentations by students.
Slides were presented by Gina Stump with the recent results from students testing for their levels of understanding of English and Math in comparison to the State levels. Both continue to be evident of youth struggling following the Covid years.
Prior to the actual meeting starting Deidre Purdy, President of the Democrat Executive Committee spoke to the Board Members about their desire to provide new sound equipment for the auditorium of Calhoun County Schools. She stated that they were working to form a new 501c3 and are receiving quotes from Paul Brown a Theatre and Sound specialist form Minnesota.
The Regular School Board meeting followed with discussions and reports on the Calhoun Gilmer Career Center by Horst Motz, Superintendent reports by Kelli Whytsell on the Required Trainings per WVBE Policy or WV Code, Literacy Progress by grade, School Calendar Development for FY24 and Vaping Issues at CMHS (Separate story to follow).
