Duneland Elementary Book Bowl
Recently students from Bailly, Brummitt, Jackson, Liberty and Yost Elementary competed in a Duneland Schools District Book Bowl. Each of the five elementary schools hosted an individual Book Bowl where students answered questions about certain books that they read from the Young Hoosier Books list. The winning team from each school then competed in the District Book Bowl held at Chesterton Middle School.
The winning team the Bookie Monsters were from Jackson Elementary and runners up were The French Toast from Bailly Elem. Student participants from each of the schools are, front row, left to right, Bailly students (runners up) Amadeo Kincaid Rivandeneyra, Sam Macker, Miles Busch, Luke Sparks and Gabriel Hamlin; Brummitt students Chloe McGowan, Skylar Trail, Elsa Estridge, Oliver Dudek and Landon Pinto. Back row, Liberty students Kieran Barnewell, Logan Arthur, Kyndal Haynes, Bella Kelly, Cori Schultz; Jackson winning students Lilly Boyter, Autumn Spencer, Marley Mayer, Amber Lohman, Ava Persin; and Yost students, Jane Maddox, Madeline Jakel, Dakota Arvin, Kaden Hawksworth, and Claire Demeter.
WDSO’s 27th Annual Radiothon
Chesterton High School’s radio station, WDSO-FM 88.3 is hosting its 27th Annual Radiothon Monday through Friday, April 17 – 21 from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Radiothon is the time when listeners can make a contribution to support the station. WDSO members will be collecting pledges now through April 21. You can also stop by the station to make a pledge, call it in at 983-3777 or go to www.duneland.k12.in.us/wdso to make a pledge or request a song.
During the Radiothon the following seniors will be on-air to collect pledges and play requested songs: Monday – Nick Lau; Tuesday –Zachary Caprous; Wednesday – Justin Brinkley; Thursday – Josh Watkin and Friday – Josiah Fentress. So, you can tune in and make a pledge or request a song at any time or when your favorite DJ’s are on-the-air.
Music requests will be taken each day between 6 a.m. – 4 p.m. However, most regular programming will be broadcast at their scheduled times. Anyone can make a request by calling 983-3777 or going to the Duneland School website and click on the WDSO Radiothon icon.
Listen to WDSO at FM 88.3 or stream live at www.duneland.k12.in.us/wdso
Several honored at CHS Academic Recognition Night
Chesterton High School students from all four grade levels were honored at the Academic Recognition Night sponsored by the school on Thursday, April 13 in the CHS Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Recognition to students is based on cumulative grade point averages (GPA) specific to each grade level.
Freshmen recipients are based on a cumulative GPA of 3.96 or above at the end of one semester. Those recipients are: Michaela Adams, Joseph Adcock, Jenna Aguilar, Calvin Anders, Ashlee Bakaitis, Mireya Barrientes, Jasroop Basra, Zachary Bryant, Colin Campbell, Robert Capehart III, Sawyer Castro, Christian Charlson, Kaitlynn Chestovich, Elizabeth Cindric, Max Cohen, Avery Cook, Jaelynne Corral, Ashley Craycraft, Gavin Dooley, Spencer Doolin, Elise Dorsey, Dylan Draves, Julia Dujmovich, Andrew Engels, Madalyn Figg, Anekah Fish, Antonia Frech, Caiden Garcia, Abigail Gemeinhart, Brooke Gifford, Peter Girzadas, Hannah Grimes, Cassidy Grimm, Riley Hall, Faith Hallas, Karina Hanson, Nicholas Hanson, Kayla-Ann Haynes, Alyssa Heilmann, Samantha Henderson, Ryan Herr, Benjamin Hoham, Giselle Hood, Sophia Hunzelman, Alyssa Jones, Justine Keiser, Sadie Kidd, Kayla Kirchner, Gabriel Kroeger, Emily Krygoske, Rebecca Lane, Anna Leady, Olivia Lee, Savannah Lee, Abbey Leffert, Aidan Li, Caroline Liapes, Charles Liapes, Olivia Lyons, Jessica Maatouk, Ethan Mahaffey, Isabella Marchetti, Faith Matta, Riley McCoy, Kyle McEuen, Aiden McNicholas, Salomae Minniear, Paula Mochen, Reagan Morton, Nathan Mullin, Zachary Mullins, Tyler Nelson, Dimitri Nicholson, Davian Ojeda, Arti Patel, Xavier Pittman, David Read, Zachary Robinson, Avianna Rossetti, Eve Senderhauf, Lauren Sensibaugh, William Shook, Mackenzie Simmons, Madison Simons, Benjamin Slatcoff, Olivia Smilgius, Hannah Stewart, Alan Stirling, Haleigh Sutton, Joshua Sweet, Carey-Rose Tharp, Zane Trent, Olivia Vesling, Max Weller, Peyton Westphal, Grace Whah and Sofia Winski.
Sophomore recipients are based on cumulative GPA of 3.91 or above at the end of three semesters. Those recipients are: Lily Adney, Agia Amezcua-Bone, Bailey Arthur, Victoria Balon, Sarah Basso, Hannah Bennett, Charles Bernth, Alyssa Blondet, Caitlyn Bogue, Shelby Bullock, Jordan Bush, Mallory Bushue, Alexander Calvo, Roman Camacho, Audrey Clinkert, Emily Cobb, Samantha Devereaux, Eleanor Didonna, Anjali Dziarski, Jack Eaton, Lea Edwards, Meghan Eldridge, Hailee Ellenwood, Anna Engel, Jadah Eshenaur, Madison Fielder, Alec Fulayter, Madison Ghoreishi, Jennifer Gillen, Sierra Girouard, Sarah Harmon, Emma Healy, Stasia Heideman, Lea Hickle, Samuel Houghteling, Robert Kallay IV, Holly Kittredge, Jaclyn Klimczak, Kara Krol, Azeezjamal Lakhani, Nicolas Landeros, Benjamin Larimer, Lorann Lombardini, Nicolo Lovinello, David Mahaffey Jr, Haydn Malackowski, Hannah Manske, Braxton Martorano, Tyra Mason, Hokulani McCracken, Devin Michael, Noelle Michael, Courtney Milzarek, Kamryn Moehl, Madeline Moss, Prabhjot Nagra, Isabella Nash, Grace O'Dell, Emma Olson, Anna Parkinson, Caroline Parks, Abigail Phillips, Rachael Pilarski, Jessica Plinovich, Alexis Polite, Marguerite Ponda, Marie Raffin, Haley Rivera, Jacob Roles, Olivia Rowe, Morgan Sauter, Sarah Schimpf, Daniel Schmiegel, Christopher Seimetz, Jeegar Singh, Karanbir Singh, Marney Sisson, Molly Slatcoff, Allen Smith, Sarah Smith, Lily Soeter, Logan Stewart, Shelby Stone, Samuel Teal, Chloe Thomas, Daniel Tolin, Eliza Tumbas, Alexa Tumidalsky, Andrew Urycki, Matthew Van Kley, Rebecca White, Keilee Willer and Branden Wong.
Junior recipients are based on cumulative GPA of 3.86 or above at the end of five semesters. Those recipients are: Amera Abuhakmeh, Eric Amling, Lauren Anderson, Uilleam Armstrong, Mallory Babcock, Katelyn Balakir, Jacob Baron, Korie Berdine, Josie Brickley, Aaron Brookhouse, Grant Brunt, Elizabeth Canright, Raymond Connors III, Quinn Conway, Katherine Craig, Lucas Davison, Ryan Day, Megan Daye, Joseph Dehoyos, Sofia Descamp, Carol Dilts, Jacob Donovan, Paige Donovan, Tristan Dooley, Piper Downing, Camma Duhamell, Noah Dujmovich, Emily Duron, Blake Ellenwood, Laura Estridge, Samantha Fazekas, Elisha Fieffer, Andrew Figg, Douglas Filipek, Brinley Fowler, Sailor Franklin, Glade Fuller, Creighton Gaff, Hannah Geiss, Julia Graff, Molly Grimes, Shelby Grimm, Joshua Guzek, Nicklaus Hanas, Jason Hebblethwaite, Ezekiel Highlan, Mark Hodgkiss, Rachel Hoffmann, Joshua Hogan, Frederick Hoham, Sonia Holsen, Alexis Hoover, Bryn Jackson, Dana Jacobucci, Grace Jewett, Olivia Jewett, Matthew Jewison, Isibel Johnson, Izsadora Johnson, Madeline Juestel, Jakob Kintzele, Abigail Koster, Courtney Krol, Karlyn Layman, Julia Lecy, Hannah Lewis, Molly Mannion, Taylor McElheny, Clare McNicholas, Kevin Mochen, Genevieve Moran, Chloe Mounts, Hannah Mullin, Tanaykumar Murarka, Hannah Nabhan, Alexis Nash, Violet Needham, Matthew Neely, Denny Nowak, Jessica Oswald, Bryan Pamintuan, Rahul Patel, Paul Petro, Jackson Phillips, Nolan Poczekay, Colin Poland, Brett Roeske, Cassidee Rosenbaum, Samantha Runions, Sydney Sarver, Lydia Scott, Alyssa Scott-Rich, Ronak Shah, Andrew Smenyak, Alexandra Smith, Mitchel Smith, Jordyn Soffa, Amber South, Annie Spangler, Samantha Sriplo, Elyse Stasil, Bryce Stephan, Kristina Stevenson, Logan Summers, Taryea Terry, Hannah Thompson, Tessa Tilden, Isabel Torres, Kayla Vannostran, Natalia Wadowski, Henry Weinberg, Samuel Winski, Grace Working, Kirsten Wozniak, Samuel Yetsko and Rita Young.
Senior recipients are based on cumulative GPA of 3.81 or above at the end of seven semesters. Those recipients are: Nicole Achor, Sajag Agarwal, Katrina Balon, Gabriella Barrientes, Natalie Beglin, Mallory Benoit, Megan Bernth, Elizabeth Bolek, Margaret Brown, Lindsey Burgess, Anjali Byappanahalli, Samantha Campaniello, Caylee Casbon, Madison Comfort, Alyssa Condie, Brittany Conley, Tyler Darmon, Alexa Devereaux, Quinlan Doolin, Ashley Fazekas, Philip Flores, Doria Fredrickson, Noelle Friel, Christian Geenen, Sydney Ghoreishi, Luke Gregurich, Erin Grimes, Sonny Hammonds, Alexys Hanas, Andrea Hanas, Jacob Harmon, Ryan Harmon, Jacob Haussman, Rachel Hewitt, Kendall Hinchley-Balch, Nicholas Hodge, Alessandrina Hoffman, Rebekah Hoffmann, Blake Holsclaw, Madelyn Hunzelman, Mackenzie Kirkham, David Kosakowski, Gary Kostbade, Samuel Kravitz, Cara Kroeger, Wyatt Lee, Hannah Maluvac, John Mario, Elissa McNicholas, Lennon Metz, Anastasia Miller, Kayli Mitchell, Kaylee Mullins, Madison Muszynski, Delaney Nava, Lindsey Nielsen, Samuel Nunez, Derek O'Dell, Marie O'Neill, Samantha Ostrom, Allison Plinovich, Grace Polka, Isabella Portugal, Spencer Pritchard, Brittany Privett, Jeffrey Radzik, Rose Raffin, Erik Ralph, Alexus Reyes, "David Rivera, Jr", Kylie Sabol, Nathaniel Scheerer, Emma Schuster, Shannon Sears, Luke Sebring, Joshua Sensibaugh, Talia Sierra, Brett Sivadon, Wesley Slaughter, Angel Smith, Amy Socha, Madison Stone, Cara Sullivan, Kaitlyn Szprychel, Jenna Tarnowski, Michael Thomas, Amy Thompson, Marissa Tilden, Jack Tolin, Alexis Tracy, Emma Tumbas, James Van Drie, Drew Vesling, Sarah Voiers, Julia Wahl, Trevor Webb, Ellie Welsch, Kaitlyn Wilcher, Mark Wilcox, Aubrey Wing, Elijah Winski, Keagan Wong, Lisa Wratten, Delaney Wright, Elizabeth Zehner and Kara Zych.
Liberty Intermediate Young Citizen Award
The Duneland Exchange Club recently presented Liberty Intermediate sixth grade student Kara Sessions, center, with the Young Citizenship Award. Also pictured, front, left to right, Principal Greg Guernsey, her aunt Jessica Mottinger, her sister Danica Sessions, her parents Adam and Faith Sessions, her grandparents John and Sandy Sessions, and Duneland Exchange Club representative Pam Strudas. This award is given to a sixth grade student who is an all around good citizen. The club presents this award to one fourth grade student at each of the five Duneland elementary schools, at the sixth grade level at the each of the intermediate schools and at the eighth grade level at Chesterton Middle School.
52 CHS Students to Receive Academic Rings
Chesterton High School honored 52 senior students with the Class of 2017 Academic Rings at the Academic Recognition Night sponsored by the school on Thursday, April 13 at 7 p.m. in the CHS Auditorium.
The students are: Nicole Achor, Katrina Balon, Mallory Benoit, Megan Bernth, Margaret Brown, Anjali Byappanahalli, Caylee Casbon, Alyssa Condie, Alexa Devereaux, Quinlan Doolin, Ashley Fazekas, Christian Geenen, Sydney Ghoreishi, Luke Gregurich, Erin Grimes, Andrea Hanas, Ryan Harmon, Rachel Hewitt, Nicholas Hayden, Alessandrina Hoffman, Rebekah Hoffmann, David Kosakowski, Gary Kostbade, Sam Kravitz, Cara Kroeger, Hannah Maluvac, John Mario, Lennon Metz, Anastasia Miller, Marie O’Neill, Samantha Ostrom, Allison Plinovich, Spencer Pritchard, Jeff Radzik, Rose Raffin, Hodge Erik Ralph, Nate Scheerer, Emma Schuster, Wesley Slaughter, Angel Smith, Amy Socha, Cara Sullivan, Jenna Tarnowski, Marissa Tilden, Emma Tumbas, James Van Drie, Drew Vesling, Mark Wilcox, Aubrey Wing, Keagan Wong, Delaney Wright and Elizabeth Zehner.
The academic ring is an honor bestowed upon senior students at Chesterton High School who have met a rigid set of academic and co-curricular criteria. The ring resulted from a year of study by a faculty, parent and student committee. The idea of the ring was to recognize outstanding achievement by CHS students and to acknowledge their "renaissance" education.
The criterion for the ring is based on a 15-point scale. In order to earn the ring a student must accumulate 14 points or more and earn a cumulative 4.3 GPA by the 7th semester. It is the committee's desire to recognize as many students as possible; however, the academic ring is intended to promote a totally well rounded student who has met a high level of academic criteria.
Points for the academic ring are determined as follows:
- 1 point for every semester on Principal's Honor Roll (7 points possible)
- 1 point for National Honor Society membership
- 1 point for co-curricular participation each year (4 points possible)
- 1 point for 40 credits earned at seventh semester
- 1 point for no grade below a "B" (seven semesters)
- 1 point for earning a 4.3 grade point average for all seven semesters
Westchester Young Citizen
The Duneland Exchange Club recently presented Westchester Intermediate sixth grade student Abbigail Atrosh, center back row, with the Young Citizenship Award. Also pictured, front row, left to right, her teachers Nicole Wilson, Sarah Fratto, Jeff Scroggins, Martha Hiestand; her father John Atrosh; teachers Cheryl Muller and Dawn Flasch; Principal Shawn Longacre Duneland Exchange Club representative Lorelei Weimer. Absent from the photo is her mother Dianna Atrosh. This award is given to a sixth grade student who is an all around good citizen. The club presents this award to one, fourth grade student at each of the five Duneland elementary schools, at the sixth grade level at the each of the intermediate schools and at the eighth grade level at Chesterton Middle School.
Duneland Schools awarded $50,000 Lilly Endowment Counseling Initiative Planning Grant
The Duneland School Corporation has been awarded a $50,000 Lilly Endowment Counseling Initiative Planning Grant to help students from elementary grades through high school prepare for academic, career and personal success. This grant is the first phase of a five-year effort to strengthen public schools through a Comprehensive Counseling Initiative for Indiana K-12 students.
Since 2005, the Chesterton High School (CHS) Counseling Department has achieved and maintained the Indiana School Counseling Association (ISCA) Gold Star Award and the American School Counseling Association (ASCA) RAMP Award.
As a result of being awarded the Lilly grant, all the Duneland Schools will be working to achieve these same awards and CHS will be working to renew those awards. The planning grant monies will be used to explore ideas, programs, and methods that will allow each of the school counselors to provide a more comprehensive school counseling programs to the students, parents, and other stakeholders within the Duneland School Corporation.
Presently, the Duneland School counselors are a team of educators that work to help ALL students in grades K-12 in the areas of academic achievement, personal/social development, and career development. Each of the Duneland Schools works with an advisory council made up of counselors, administrators, teachers, students, parents, and community members who have created a vision statement for our students, a mission statement aligning to the school and district mission statements and program goals for each school building. Together they are designing programs that align with the ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors for Student Success in the areas of academic, career, and social/emotional development. All school counselors in the Duneland district have masters’ degrees in school counseling or related fields and abide by the ASCA Ethical Standards to maintain the highest levels of integrity, leadership, and professionalism.
CHS Reading Marathon Donation
Chesterton High School Reading Marathon participants display the books they were able purchase with proceeds from their recent school media center reading marathon in March. The books will be donated to the Porter County Juvenile Detention Center. Marathon participants are, front, left to right, students Rachel Becker, Erin Grimes, Nicole Bilyak and Mattigan Riley. Back row, teacher Mary Ann Martin, Media Specialist Emily Wilt and Media Secretary Theresa Gillespie. Absent from photo are students Jordan Tuel, Madyson Hinkle and Technology Integration Specialist Janna Carney Wilson.