Friday, December 18, 2015

Secondary Report November 2015

·         Academics
o   Mid-semester grade reports went out last week prior to conferences.
o   13 students with two or more low grades in their classes (D or F). There were 4 more students in this spot last year at this time. There are only 7 students currently with a Failing grade, which is the same as a year ago.
o   I sent home a letter to parents about the after school program and students with low grades and missing assignments to take advantage of the program. The goal is to get students to complete their work on time, which should improve their grade.
·         Activities
o   IDFY Prevention Conference was attended by Mrs. Sperber and Mrs. Tilleman, along with Virginia Monk and Brianna Murray on Nov. 6-7.
o   Veteran’s Assembly is Nov. 11th at 10:00am.
o   IDFY P & Pizza will be held Nov. 11th
o   Secondary Fall Concert on Nov. 12th  
o   FFA Extemp, Creed and Greenhand on Nov. 13th     
·         Athletics
o   VB team finished 2nd in the state tournament, and won the sportsmanship award too! The Genesee VB program helped raise over $3600 to the Bosom Buddies Foundation! The team had an outstanding season! We would like to thank Coaches Crowley, Davis and Cornell for their dedication to the volleyball program.
o   FB team finished up 4th place in league and the #4 seed from our region to the state playoffs. The FB team was defeated by Notus in the first round of the playoffs. The team had a great season. We would like to thank Coaches Hanson, Rossebo, Zollman, Sperber and Moore for their commitment to the football program.
o   JH FB finished up a great season. The players worked hard and had a great season. We would like to thank Coach Sperber, Coach Sampson and all of the volunteer coaches who made the season a success.
o   JH VB will finish on Nov. 10th and have had a great season as well. Lots of participation and noticeable improvement as the season has progressed. We would like to thank Coach Sperber and Coach Tilleman for their continued commitment to coach the girls.
o   Girls Basketball has begun with 16 girls turning out to play.  This is the same as last year. Their first game will be Nov. 17 at Nezperce.
o   Boys Basketball begins Nov. 13th and we project between 20-23 boys out for basketball, which is around last year’s numbers. Their first game will be Dec. 1st vs. Deary.
o   Genesee has been approved to be in the 1A D1 classification for the 2016-18 cycle.  I will be going to the 1A meeting for Regions 1 and 2 today to talk about representation and scheduling for the next cycle. A busy week for the 16-18 cycle.

·         Vision 21
o   Community give-back day was held November 5th. This year the students and staff traveled to Kamiah to help the citizens with projects from fire recovery to city clean-up. We would like to thank Mrs. Moore and the school board for supporting this opportunity to help others in the greater community.

§  It was a great day of work by the students and staff. I would like to commend the staff on being so flexible and making it work for the students as some of the jobs changed because of the weather. I would like to commend the students for coming to school prepared for the weather and digging in to help make a difference in the Kamiah community.
·         Rec District
o   A bid has been accepted for construction of the dugout and backstop for the softball field. Construction will occur in the next couple of months.
o   The sprinkler systems and pumps have been winterized.
o   The field committee will be working on a fund drive for November and December.
o   There will be a workday in the next three weeks to finish the warning track and get areas ready for construction.