Pictured: Oziel Jeffries,
Byesville Rotary President; Evelyn Spring, Membership co-chair; Jen Navicky;
and. Marty Patchen, Membership co-chair.
Reading for next meeting: October Rotarian: "Up Front," p. 11, and "World Round-up," p. 14.
Byesville Rotary club members
welcome Jen Navicky as a new member. Jen was sponsored by her husband, Dan
Navicky, who is also a member of the club. Byesville Rotary is proud to point
out that their club is a “family affair.” With the addition of Jen, the club
now has 4 couples who both are Rotarians and two members who have children in
the Meadowbrook Rotary Interact Club.
Guest speaker, Rusty Roberts,
Health Education instructor for the Rolling Hills School district, spoke to the
club about efforts to improve the quality of education in Rolling Hills. He
pointed out that the district took the initiative to make improvements by
accepting the challenges of the “Race to the Top” program. He added that not many
school districts in the state chose to accept this challenge. Mr. Roberts
credits the staff and administration at Rolling Hills for the improvement.
Mr. Roberts’ contribution to
improvements in education at Rolling Hills was the development of a classroom
program which uses community-based agencies to expand learning opportunities in
the classroom. This classroom program has been nominated twice for the Magna
Award which is a national award recognizing outstanding educational practices.
Mr. Roberts pointed out that
bringing real-life experiences into the classroom motivates students and
inspires them to learn. The classroom program Mr. Roberts designed introduces
students to local community-based agencies which are used as a springboard to
involve students in real life experiences. Students are motivated to learn because
they are developing skills they may need to use as they graduate and move into
the world of work.
Registration
for the Byesville Rotary Christmas Food Basket program will be Wednesday,
October 24, and Thursday, October 25, from 9:00am--1:00pm, and Friday, October
26, 4:00pm—7:00pm. Registration will be held at the Main Avenue Methodist
Church Activity Center located behind the church at 223 E. Main, Byesville.
Families living in the Rolling Hills School district are invited to participate
in the program.
No
registrations by phone will be accepted. For more information call Bob Long
740-685-3620. Anyone wishing to make a donation to the food basket program can
call Bob Long or contact any Byesville Rotary member.
Meadowbrook Interact members
John Janczarek and Kylie Janczarek attended the club meeting.
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