Fall 2005 - Ohio School for the Deaf

walkers, our contributionwill support the Society’smission: cure leukemia, lymphoma,Hodgkin’s disease,and myeloma; and improvethe quality of life of patientsand their families.In addition, this year’s donationswill also help rebuildblood cancer treatmentcenters and patient supportservices impacted by HurricaneKatrina.You can find more informationabout the Leukemiaand Lymphoma Societyand the Light the Night Walkat www.lls.org. We inviteyou to donate to or evenparticipate with our walkteam in 2006!New Kids on the BlockBy Barb StahlOSD started out the2005-2006 school yearwith many new faces to ourcampus. We are excited tohave these new studentsand hope each and everyone of them has a very successfulschool year. Hereis an introduction to each ofthem by age and grade.In our elementary department,we have eight newstudents. In our kindergartenclass, we have threenew students. All threestudents transitioned fromthe Alice Cogswell preschoolprogram at OSD.David Pixley is five yearsold and is from Columbus,Ohio. He lives with hisparents, Alex and TraceyPixley. Jerrick Pothorskiis five years old and livesin Columbus, Ohio, withhis parents, Brian andMania Pothorski. He alsohas a sister, Anya, whoattends the Alice Cogswellpreschool program. MarysiaYork is six years oldand lives in Bellville, Ohio.Marysia’s mom is MaryYork, and Marysia has twosisters.Also in our elementarydepartment are Spezio Harmountand KeShawn Lott,who are both in the secondgrade. Spezio is from Deerfield,Ohio, and lives withhis mother, Bea Harmount,and two other brothers,Enrico and Franco, whoboth attend OSD. KeShawnis from Westerville, Ohio,and lives with his mother,Lawanda Lott. He has anew baby brother!Zachary Steele comes toOSD from Mentor, Ohio,and lives with his aunt,Teena Rolain. He is in fourthgrade. Infifth gradeare newstudentsMonetAlexanderand JacobThornton.Monetliveswith hermother,KindaAs follows from front row to back left to right: Monet Alexander, JacobThornton, KeShawn Lott, Megan Haviland, Duane Davis, Marte Henderson,Joe DeFalco, Nathan Cottrell, Amanda Nicklis, Amy Bachtel, Ashley Fambro,Grace Gorton, Bianica Smith.As follows left to right: Marysia York, Zachary Steele, Jerrick Pothorski,and Spezio Harmount.Alexander,inColumbus,Ohio. Jacob justmoved to Grove City, Ohio,with his parents, Christianand Shelly Thornton, andhis sister, Hillary.In middle school, OSDhas three new studentsand one returning student.Ashley Fambro joined OSDfrom Dayton, Ohio, whereshe lives with her mother,Dionne Strickland. She is inthe seventh grade. GraceGorton is our returningstudent. She left OSD lastyear but has returned thisfall. Grace is from RockyRiver, Ohio, and lives withher parents, Lynn and PaulGorton. She is in the eighthgrade. Amanda Nicklis livesin Glenford, Ohio, with hermother, Florence Hendrixon.She is in the seventh grade.DaMario Rall is in the sixthgrade and lives in Bedford,Ohio, with his mother, MieshawnSingleton.We have several new highschool students this year.Freshmen at OSD are AmyBachtel, Megan Haviland,Marte Henderson, RichardRodgers, and BianicaSmith. Amy lives in Columbus,Ohio, with her parents,Tom and Mary Bachtel. Shehas one brother. Amy’s parentsare employed at OSD.Megan Haviland lives inCanton, Ohio, with her parents,Janet and LawrenceHaviland. Marte HendersonFall 2005FALL, 2005 THE OHIO CHRONICLE PAGE 7