08-09 Winter Newsletter - Daniel Boone Area School District

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Optimists Celebrate Youth AchievementsThe Daniel Boone Optimist Clubof Douglassville celebrated YouthAppreciation Week with a banquetand awards ceremony Thursday, Nov.13, at Berks Vo-Tech East.Seated-left to right: HANNAH CHRIST, ALLISON HILOVSKY, NICKOLASRECK, KATELYN LONG, BENJAMIN KUTZ, ESTHER BAKER. Back row (standingleftto right): RESPRESENTATIVE DAVID R KESSLER, ERIK WAGNER, CentralCatholic’s MELISSA BODNAR, GRACE FISET, SAMANTHA MERCER, HOLLYDINNELLA, JEFFREY KLINE, JANET BROWNBACK (Optimist), THOMASKIRCHNER (Optimist).Twelve senior class students wererecognized for their high scholasticachievements and participation inschool and community organizations.The following students were honoredfrom Daniel Boone High School:ESTHER BAKER, HANNAH CHRIST,HOLLY DINNELLA, ALLISONHILOVSKY, GRACE FISET, JEFFREYKLINE, BENJAMIN KUTZ, KATELYNLONG, SAMANTHA MERCER, andNICKOLAS RECK.Co-chairmen MR. TOM KIRCHNERand MRS. JANET BROWNBACK reviewedeach student’s achievementsand participation; each student alsodescribed one of their favorite activitiesfor the benefit of their parents,club members and guests inattendance. Each youth received anengraved desk pen set. Each studentreceived a certificate of achievementawarded by Senator MichaelA. O’Pake and RepresentativeDavid R. Kessler.A week in November is designatedby the Optimist International organizationfor each of its worldwide clubsto conduct a special youth-orientedprogram. The Daniel Boone OptimistClub has conducted these programsfor more than 30 years.Music Boosters PlanSpring ActivitiesThe Daniel Boone Music Boosters willhold two events this spring. One event willfeature a visit by the Easter Bunny.The annual chicken barbeque will beheld on Saturday, February 28, at the highschool. Chicken from Kaufmann’s BBQand an assortment of side dishes can bepicked up any time on the afternoon ofFeb. 28. Tickets are available through themusic department or through a band/choralstudent in grades 6-12.The first annual “Breakfast with theEaster Bunny” will be held on Saturday,March 28, at Daniel Boone Middle School.The family-oriented event is an all-you-caneat breakfast buffet that will include a visitby the Easter Bunny, who will welcome thechance to have his picture taken.DBHS Marching BlazersGarner Bronze MedalThe Daniel Boone High School Marching Band earned a bronzemedal for its performance in the Tournament of Bands in Allentownin November. The band also qualified for the Atlantic CoastChampionships for the fourth year in a row.The TOB brings together 110 marching bands from high schoolsin Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, NewJersey, Delaware, and New York. This year’s competition was held inhistoric J. Birney Crum Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 15, and Sunday,Nov. 16.The DBHS marching band earned its highest placement ever –and a standing ovation from the crowd – with its performance onSaturday. The band’s score of 94.95 placed it just behind NorthernYork and the winner of Group 4, Spring-Ford. Bands are dividedinto four different groups based on size.The TOB marks the end of the marching band season.4
Winter 2009DBMS Duo Takes Part In Breast Cancer WalkBy Jana MahonImagine a cold day, and you’rewalking, but not just for anything --you’re walking to change lives. Yourlegs grow tired, your heart is beatingfaster, your breathing gets heavier,and your whole body is numb. You’reabout to give up when from the cornerof your eye you see acrowd of happy, smilingpeople holding signs andcheering for you.That’s similar to whatMRS. BETSY LEHMAN, asixth-grade language artsteacher, and MRS. JOANHILOVSKY, an eighthgrademath teacher, experiencedin October duringthe Breast Cancer 3-Daywalk in Philadelphia.Taking place in 14 citiesnationwide, the BreastCancer 3-Day event is aseries of three-day, 60-mile walks that raise millionsof dollars for breastcancer research. ThePhiladelphia walks wereheld Oct. 17-19.Lehman and Hilovsky were two ofmore than 3,000 people who participatedin the Philadelphia walk thisyear. Walkers raised more than $8 millionfor breast cancer research.“People were just lined up on theside and you would walk past themand they would yell and cheer foryou. Three people had shirts thatread: high five, Wahoo, and hooray,”Lehman said, smiling. “That was myfavorite thing.”Both Daniel Boone Middle SchoolBetsy Lehman, far left, and Joan Hilovsky, far right, posewith members of a Mummers string band during the 3-Day BreastCancer walk in Philadelphia. Lehman and Hilovsky are teachersat Daniel Boone Middle School. The walk was held in October.teachers had the same response whendiscussing how they prepared for theevent: “We walked…a lot.”People who participated in theevent had to walk a total of 60 milesin three days. At night they slept in atent. Neither teacher enjoyed stayingin a tent.“It was freezing! We slept with hatsand sweaters on. No one got up touse the bathroom in the middle ofthe night because it was too cold,”Lehman said.While Lehman had aproblem with the weather,it was the color of thetents that really botheredHilovsky.“The tents were pink;I really didn’t like that,”Hilovsky said.Because it was so grueling,Hilovsky and Lehmanweren’t sure if they wouldparticipate in the 3-Daywalk again. They wouldlike to have some part in theevent, however. Hilovskysaid, “I would consider doinga two-day event.”Every year more than200,000 men and womenwill be diagnosed withbreast cancer. Of those,40,000 will lose their lives to it. Womenare diagnosed with breast cancer everythree minutes.Jana Mahon is an eighth-gradestudent at Daniel Boone Middle SchoolHoliday HoedownOne-hundred seventy-six juniors and seniors participatedin the annual square dance held in the DanielBoone High School gymnasium on Dec. 23. MR. RAYAYERS was the caller for the event. The dance is the culminatingactivity for a physical education square danceunit. The activity was organized by the high schoolPhysical Education Department – MR. DAVE BODOLUS,MS. ASHLEY FRY, MR. MIKE GREEN, MRS. CINDYLYKENS, and MRS. LISA SCHWENK.5
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