Bancroft-Rosalie School 2015-16 Summary

I always give a report to the Rosalie Alumni and this is what I reported for 2015-16. General Information - Class of 2016 had 15 graduates, earning $281,310 in scholarships. 240 students K-12 and 25 preschoolers Second year Co-oping junior high sports with Lyons-Decatur. This Fall 2016-17 we will be cooping high school sports with them, the B-R-L-D Wolverines. Sports offered- Boys- Football 11 Man, Cross country, Basketball, baseball, track, and golf. Girls- Volleyball, softball, golf, cross-country, basketball, track. Also a Unified Bowling Team Working on a plan to offer elementary and junior high wrestling. 21st Century Learning Community grant to fund the after school program- 30-60 students a day Academics B-R Elementary received National Blue Ribbon School award. Dr. Cerny receives U.S. Department of Education Terrell Bell Award for Outstanding Leadership as an Elementary Principal. One of seven given in 2015, and only person in Nebraska to have received this award. B-R High School was ranked 253 in Newsweek’s 2015 Beating the Odds list. Taught 44 dual credits in social studies, english, math, Health science (all 6 medication aide students passed their state certification test) and Industrial Technology. 80% of seniors and juniors took a college course this year, all taught by our teachers. 30% of sophomores also took college classes. Adding Fridays at Northeast courses- Automotive Tech, AutoBody, and Production Welding-All but two of next year’s seniors will have taken a college class in high school. Seven sophomores completed College Algebra and Trigonometry. Utilizing Project Lead The Way curriculum- Human Body Systems for A andP; Principles of Engineering for Physics. B-R selected by the Nebraska Department of Education for the Blended Learning Pilot Program. November 22 will be our first E-Learning Day. Activities Wyatt Hennig and Devon Darnell qualified for the State Boys golf meet and Paige Peters qualified for the State girls golf meet. Starting videostreaming volleyball and basketball games on The Cube- Jacob Cole and Austin Bruning. Speech team placed Third at State, qualified 6 events for state, Anna Currier- State Runner-up in Serious Prose, Anna Currier and Kylee Cole- State runners-up in Duet Acting, Oral Interpretation of Drama- State Runner-up: Tess Nottlemann, Austin Bruning, Chase Bonsall, Wyatt Hennig and Miguel MadridKylee Cole-Third Place in Poetry, Tess Nottlemann- Third place in Informative, and Austin Bruning- Fourth Place- Humorous Prose. SkillsUSA Robot Search and Rescue Team of Trenton Schmeckpeper and Nolan Smith qualified for the National Contest in Louisville Four students attended the state Educator Rising Conference and three students attended state FFA. Retirement Dennis Zavadil- 33 years and Rebecca Wortman- 34 years.