School News

The Adrian Optimist Club is pleased to honor Students of the Month from the Ballard, Miami, and Adrian schools. Criteria for this honor center on outstanding academic and civic achievement and school spirit. Staff at each of the schools make the selection, and their decision is based on expansion of these criteria. The Students of the Month are pictured.

Right (Adrian): Don Lile, Adrian Assistant Principal; Alex Apple; and Mike Peterson, Adrian Optimist Member.

Middle (Ballard): Mike Peterson, Adrian Optimist Member; Hailey Resz, and Jimmie Barton, Ballard Principal.

The Adrian Middle School Students of the Month for November and December are pictured left to right: Trenton Bagby, Derek Greer, Sydney Kidwell, Tori Adams, Taylor Edmiston and Blake Doody.

Third Grade Teacher Erin Hooper’s students memorized poems and shared them with other students, parents and teachers before winter break. Pictured are - Front row: Xander Crable, Lucas Rowe, Madison Edgehill, Jocelyn Reynolds, Haley Dwyer, Kealee Daragona, Daniel Shatto, Zander Cruz. Back row: Thomas Amos, Zane Hammon, Tony Scaletty, Gavin Hale, Case Doody, Grant Stacy, Jayke Welcher, Gradey Gregg, Cole Ritter, Camden Hraygil.

The Adrian R-III Middle and High Schools introduced something new this year: tribes. Tribes are groups of students in grades 6-8 or 9-12, and each teacher is responsible for their tribe throughout this school year.

The Adrian Student Council (STUCO) hosted the 1st Annual Mr. Blackhawk Show. Nine high school students showed off their talent, formalwear and swimwear to compete for the Mr. Blackhawk title. They were also interviewed by hosts Matt Sears and Sheila Adkins, Adrian High School teachers.

Four judges tallied their votes and named Austin Potter as the 2011 Mr. Blackhawk. A People’s Choice Award was presented to Wyatt Cumpton.

Adding to the show were the Dance Craze Boyz Crew, who performed to “You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Party,” and the AHS drumline.