Mock Crash & Trial

With prom just days away, on Thursday, May 3rd, Anthony Wayne High School juniors and seniors were reminded about the serious consequences of  drinking and driving in a "Mock Crash" event complete with crashed vehicles, bloodied students, and parents stricken with grief.

Anthony Wayne High School partnered with A.W. area fire and rescue departments, along with AWAKE, to provide students with a Mock Crash simulation. The simulation not only included what happens at the scene of an accident but what happens after an accident.  Local professionals from all aspects of the community participated in this simulation that involved the "mock" fatality of a student.

Emily Black Receives BASF Scholarship

At the annual Community Affairs Program at BASF on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, Anthony Wayne Senior Emily Black was awarded the BASF Science Student Scholarship.  This annual scholarship, sponsored by BASF, is awarded to a graduating senior at Anthony Wayne High School who is majoring in areas covering: science, environment, health, and safety.  

Emily was also presented proclamations acknowledging her accomplishments from State Senator Mark Wagoner and State Representative Barbara Sears.

Congratulations Emily!

2012 I Make A Difference

The 23rd Annual I Make a Difference Awards Breakfast was held at The Toledo Club on April 27th. Educators from Anthony Wayne, Maumee City, Oregon City, Ottawa Hills, Perrysburg, Rossford, Springfield, Sylvania and Washington Local School Districts were honored by the valedictorian and salutatorian from each district. Each scholar selected the teacher who made a difference in their life. Some chose elementary teachers, others high school, but the theme was the same - someone who cared and went beyond the expectations of the classroom.

The following are Anthony Wayne's scholars and the teacher that "Made a Difference" in their lives

           Click HERE to read what Clayton Rice    Click HERE to read what Kelly Shaffer  Click HERE to read what Olivia Donald
                    wrote about Mrs. LeSage                   wrote about Mr. Shiverdecker                wrote about Mrs. McCulalsky

AW Senior Maren Madigan Selected as April Artist of the Month

Maren Madigan, an art student at Anthony Wayne High School, has been selected as the April Artist of the Month!  A collection of Maren's work is currently on display at the Silver Lining Gallery.  In her artist statement, Maren shares, "When I was little, I was surrounded by art.  My grandmother owns a local ceramics shop and I have spent most of the Saturdays in my life there.  My mother would show me how to doodle roses and make rainy days into creative afternoons."  Currently a senior, Maren plans to attend college and earn a degree in Art History.

Varsity Athletes Read to Primary Students for Right to Read Week

Forty varsity athletes in grades 10 and 11 visited Monclova, Whitehouse and Waterville primary schools on Wednesday, April 3rd.  The students helped Monclova and Waterville celebrate Right to Read Week by reading stories to the students.  At Whitehouse, the high school athletes read to small groups of students in first and second grades.  They also talked abut their sports and answered questions from the students on what it is like to be a high school student.

FTMS Student Sarah Pohlman-Beshuk Recognized at AW School Board Meeting

At the April 24th Board of Education meeting Anthony Wayne Superintendent Jim Fritz presented Sarah Pohlman- Beshuk, a sixth grader at Fallen Timbers Middle School with a proclamation from Ohio Governor John Kasich as the 2012 Northwest Ohio Spelling Bee Runner-Up.

 

FTMS Students Once Again Have Family Stories Published

For the sixth consecutive year, fifth graders at FT will be honored by The Grannie Annie Family Story Celebration with publication of their historical family stories.  Participating students write a story from their family history, based on information they gather by interviewing an older relative.  Authors are also invited to submit illustrations with their stories.  After stories  for publication have been selected, additional illustrations are solicited from students in the St. Louis area.

​Authors from FT who will have their stories published in Grannie Annie, Vol 7, to be released in May are Nolan Bishop, "My Mom and the Birch-Tree Bridge"; Alli Hanna, "Touched by a Saint"; Blaine Instone, "Who Tricked Whom?"; Jane Robertson, My Mother, the Bear"; and Brock T. Wertzbaugher, "Don't Drive the Truck!"  These stories--plus three others by Fallen Timbers students--will be published on the Grannie Annie website.  The additional students whose stories will be published on the website are Hayden T. Evans, "Washed Away"; Robert Nicely, "Blizzard of '78 in a Small Town"; and Jordan Pack, "A Day to Remember."

HS Students Artwork Selected for 2012 Black Swamp Art Festival

Recently High School Cyber Arts students worked  on t-shirt designs for the 2012 Black Swamp Arts Festival Youth Arts. Two winners were from Mrs. Murphy's Cyber Arts class.  Dana Gill, senior, won the design for the actual t-shirt for Youth Arts and Nikki Lubinski, senior, won the design for a placement children will color as part of an activity.  Nikki is still revising her design to fit a horizontal format for the placement.  Look for their designs at this year's festival in September!  Attached are the winning designs.

    Dana Gill's Winning T-Shirt Design                                         Nikki Lubinski's Winning Design

HS Choir Students Selected for All-National Honor Ensemble

Anthony Wayne High School is proud to announce that two of our students auditioned and were selected to participate in the All-National Honor Ensemble for the Mixed Choir division. Congratulations go to both Miss Lydia George and Miss Katelyn Hutchinson. The Honor Ensemble will perform at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C. on Sunday June 24th, 2012. Only five high school students from Ohio were chosen. The students will spend three days rehearsing with renowned conductors from all over the United States before the concert. Unfortunately, Katelyn is unable to attend, but congratulations to both girls on representing Anthony Wayne High School and their teacher, Mrs. Amy Gelsone in such a positive way.