April-May 2013 - Meade School District

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Staff retirement and employeerecognition reception is May 15A reception will be held Wednesday, May 15, inhonor of the Meade School District employees whoare retiring, those who have worked 15, 20 or 30years, and those who have been selected as teachersand employees of the year. The buffet receptionand program will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the west gymat Sturgis Brown High School.This event, sponsored by the Meade SchoolBoard, is open to the public. Guest tickets are $5each and must be purchased in advance at the districtoffice or at any administrative office. Deadline topurchase tickets is Monday, May 6. Tickets will notbe available at the door.Honorees include the following, all of whom willbe retiring at the end of the current school year:Diane Bilbrey, librarian, Sturgis Williams MiddleSchool; Kristi Friedel, teacher, Sturgis ElementarySchool; Margaret Heckaman, teacher, PiedmontValley Elementary School; Jean Kusser, teacher,Sturgis Brown High School; Betsy Luptak, teacher,Sturgis Williams Middle School; and ConnieMickelson, teacher, Elm Springs School.Employees honored for 15 years of service areJulie Carpenter, teacher, Piedmont ValleyElementary School; Juanita Delbridge, paraprofessional,rural schools; June Guy, administrative assistant,Buildings and Grounds; Vicki Huck, teacher,Sturgis Brown High School; Cheri Isaacson,teacher, Sturgis Elementary; Cary Johnston,teacher, rural schools; Don Lyon, assistant principal,SBHS; Chrissy Peterson, director, SpecialServices; Jenny Seals, teacher, Piedmont ValleyElementary; John Septka, custodian, SWMS; SueSmalley, administrative assistant, SWMS; andRoxona Thompson, custodian, Hereford School.Twenty-year honorees include DuaneCunningham, teacher, SBHS; Kim Hartwig, teacher,SWMS; Karen Johnson, behavioral specialist atPiedmont Valley and district TAT coordinator; RobertKaiser, district maintenance technician; and JeffWard, curriculum and technology director.Staff members with 30 years of service includeGuyla Ness, district reading/assessment coordinator.Other honorees include the Meade teachers ofthe year and employees of the year. Those honoreeshave not yet been selected.Judges needed for senior presentationsThe senior English teachersat Sturgis Brown High School arein need of people willing to judgestudents' oral presentations fortheir senior cumulative projects.The presentations will take placeApril 15-19.All senior English studentsmust complete a cumulative project,the purpose of which is todemonstrate their knowledge andmaturity gained during the courseof their education.The project is a four-partprocess, the last step of which isthe oral presentation. The othersteps include an annotated bibliography,a research paper, andproject or product that is anextension of the research.Each student will speak aboutthe research paper, productapplication, lessons learned andany challenges encounteredwhile doing the project.Upon completion of the 8-9minute speech, the judges willask questions about the differentphases of the project. To serve asa judge, call the high school at347-2686.Senior Experience FairPublic viewing of the SBHSsenior experience projectswill be held at5:30 p.m.Thursday, April 11,at theSturgis City Armory6 In Touch April-May 2013
S.D. Supreme Courtupholds action ofMeade School BoardThe South Dakota Supreme Court has ruledthat the Meade School Board properly denied arequest for a minor boundary change.In the spring of 2011, landowners in easternMeade County filed three petitions requesting thattheir land be transferred from the Meade SchoolDistrict to the Faith School District.After holding a 2 1/2-hour public hearing on thematter, the Meade School Board granted one petition,denied one petition on technical grounds, anddenied the third petition on the merits.The landowners then appealed the board’s decisionto Circuit Court. Judge Jerome Eckrich ruledthat the board was justified in denying the petition.The landowners then appealed Judge Eckrich’sruling to the South Dakota Supreme Court. After consideringthe matter on the legal briefs presented bythe parties, the Court, without issuing a written opinion,issued a letter which upheld Judge Eckrich’sdecision and that of the Meade School Board.Attorneys Bruce Hubbard and Lester Nies representedthe school board. The petitioners wererepresented by Craig Smith.Meade School District attorney Bruce Hubbardaddressed the school board during its minor boundarychange hearing for the purpose of reviewing statutesand case law.RETIREES: Continued from Page 1Diane Bilbrey has been ineducation for 24 years, and hasworked the entire time as thelibrarian at Sturgis Williams MiddleSchool. One of her favorite eventswas when she met Sonja Codyand commissioned her to paint themural in the school library."Helping the students learn and todevelop a love reading and to getthem to realize that in reading theycan travel the world and know allkinds of people and cultures hasbeen very rewarding," she said. Inthe short term, Diane plans ontraveling during retirement. Heryoungest child lives in Alaska soshe plans on spending time there.Kristi Friedel has been ateacher for 32 years, all withMeade School District. She hastaught special education, kindergarten,second grade, third gradeand fourth grade, which she currentlyteaches at SturgisElementary. She has also taught atPrimary, Erskine and Badger ClarkSchools. Upon retirement, Kristiplans on spending more timeenjoying her favorite hobbies of ridinghorses, gardening, skiing andspending time with family. "Some ofmy fondest memories of teaching,"said Kristi, "are the letters I havereceived from former studentstelling me why I was their favoriteteacher."RETIREES: See Page 9April-May 2013 In Touch 7
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