Saturday, March 22, 2014

Spring Break in "5" Days! I can hardly wait. Florida, sunshine and fishing I hope.

I just wanted to say "Thanks to everyone who attended the basketball awards night on Tuesday March 18th. I thought it went real well! I look forward to next year already.

General Shop- I'm really pleased with the nightstands that are being made in General Shop this year. The students have worked hard on finishing them up. There are some that are all walnut, cherry and walnut, oak and walnut, just oak and maple with walnut. Students from here until the end of the year are putting on hardware (hinges, handles and/or knobs). Some are still sanding and staining. Just a reminder that all projects need to be paid for before they go home. Cost $75.00!  Students will need to make something small to finish out the year. ( Some students are making baseball bats for example. Another option is to make a project like a dresser, gun cabinet, coffee table or Inn Table and finish it next year in Advance shop if that is an option.

Advance Shop- Do one thing productive a day! For example: Glue together a top! Sand the top of something and cut it to size. Stain your project, build a drawer, put on slides etc.  The school year is winding down and the advance shop students need to finish up their projects before the end of the school. All projects need to be paid for before they go home! The remainder of the year will be focused on finishing up projects.


High School P.E- Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will continue to be physical training days. The rest of the week will be activity days. Students who are failing or doing poorly in P.E can contribute that to getting dressed and participating! Other students in 1st and 2nd hour who are struggling are doing so because they are tardy  on a regular basis. Monday- soccer, Tuesday-volleyball, Wednesday-flag football, Thursday-kickball and Friday-Dodge ball.





Sunday, March 16, 2014

Week of March 17th  - 21st

Monday Delayed start. Students need to show up at 10:00 am and will have 2nd and 4th hours before lunch.

Basketball Awards night is Tuesday at 6:30 in the multi-use room . I will supply the food and the drink. Parents if you see any uniforms laying around please have your son bring them in so I can pack things away. Parents, I would like to say thanks for everything this past season.

General Shop- Reminder that all nightstands cost $75.00. I need to have all projects paid for before they go home! The General Shop students are doing an excellent job of finishing off their nighstands. This week students need to finish sand, stain, put on hardware, or a few students are still building their nighstand drawer. Students who don't have money for hardware need to come and see me so I can assist them in their purchase. If a student gets their nightstand done here soon they need to come up with a small project to finish this year, a few are working on making baseball bats. Some students in the past who finished their nightstand early would start a bigger project and picked it up the next year. A reminder that each day is worth 20 points towards your son or daughters grade. 5 points if they are on time to class, 10 points if they work in class and 5 more points if they clean -up.

Advance Shop- Students need to work on their project! (1) so we can get it done before the end of the school year and 2. So they get a good grade. A reminder that each day is worth 20 points. See the information above on grading. My motto is get something done on your  project everyday and you will get your project done by the end of the year and it will look great. I have to get everything sprayed (each project) three times. I really take pride in each project and will be pushing to finish each project. Nothing goes home before it is paid for in full.

High School P.E- Monday, Wednesday and Friday are  physical  training days (18 push-ups, 28 sit-ups and 6 laps). After the P.T listed above students will participate in some type of physical game activity. Students get 20 points a day for a weekly grade of normally 100 points. (Those students who fail are doing so because they don't dress and or participate).  Monday  students will play Floor Hockey. Tuesday will be Flag Football. Wednesday                                                                     Volleyball and Thursday will be Soccer. Friday Run the Mile.








Sunday, March 9, 2014

Last Basketball comments for the season!

It is hard to believe that the season is over all ready. The J.V team did an excellent job! They finished 16-2 and first place in the conference. Great Job! 

The varsity finished 13-7 and 10-4 in the conference (third place). Not a terrible season, but one with some disappointment. Some tough loses early were hard to recover from mentally I believe. The district loss to Traverse City St. Francis 70- 63 was a great game and the score not a true indicator of how the game went. The players executed the game plan to a "T"and  for 3 and 2/3 quarters the Ramblers led, but Traverse flexed it's muscle using the (2) 6'-8" kids and Byron Bullough to pound the ball inside. And the players were excellent in their preparations following up to the game as well. Alot of positives for next year too. First, I say good bye to 5 seniors. Grant Gugle was excellent at the point guard running the offense and providing leadership. Kyle Heuker performed well playing defense, rebounding and providing toughness. Coery Rozeveld was one of the hardest workers on the team providing leadership and toughness. Grant Koster was the inspirational leader. The remaining senior is Triston Wilson who really exploded in the last 10 games and was critical to our success over that stretch. The positives for next year are there to be optimistic for strong season. The top two leading scorers return with Cole Powell and Tyler Sterk. Jordan Vanderhoef returns as the other senior next year with Tyler Sterk. The other juniors who return next year will include Garett Gugle, Seth Barnette, Ethan Eisenga and Hunter Kitson. All excellent players who saw good playing time this year.


General Shop- Finish construction of the drawers for those students who had to wait well I got a part fixed on the dovetail jig. Students should be sanding, staining, putting on hardware or sanding the finish if I sprayed their project. The general shop students have done an excellent job building their nightstands and I believe the parents will be satisfied with the product when they come home. A reminder that all nightstands cost $75.00 and the money is due prior to the project going home.

Advance Shop- Students just need to get work done everyday! There are alot of projects to that need to get finished up in the next 12 weeks! There are alot of nice projects as well. My old adage is get one thing done a day and by the weeks end you will have accomplished something! All projects need to be paid for before they go home. Another reminder is that everyday is worth 20 points, based on attendance, working in class, and clean-up!

High School P.E- Running a mile this week! Not sure what day, but it needs to happen this week. Monday , Wednesday, and Friday will be Physical Training days. ( 17 push-ups, 27 sit-ups and 5-6 laps. ) After the physical training students will participate in the following activities. Monday(Soccer), Tuesday( kickball), Wednesday(Flag Football) Thursday(Frisbee) and Friday(Floor Hockey). All game day games are subject to change!

Sunday, March 2, 2014

High School will be testing this week starting except on Monday and Friday. Tuesday, March 4th all high school students will be testing except seniors who are excused for the day! Juniors will be testing Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with Friday being a field trip.

Basketball this week-

Well, districts start officially Monday, but the team doesn't play until Wednesday. Our first game will be between Kalkaska and T.C St. Francis. It will be a 7:00 pm game at the winners gym.

The regular season ended on Tuesday thanks to mother nature cancelling the Thursday game against Evart. I would of liked to have played Evart and gained alittle momentum going into the districts. I feel like the team is playing well enough to make a tournament run if we can continue to score and tighten up on defense.

The J.V team will finish the season 16-2 having lost 2 games due to weather. We lost the J.V Beal City game and the Evart J.V game. A very solid season and I truly believe this team could of won both of the games that were cancelled and finished 18-2. This team was a hard working fun group of young men who played the game the right way.

On Tuesday, Feb. 25th the J.V team ended the season with a 67-26 victory over Marion. Logan Taylor scored 12 points hitting two 3 pointers. Craig Sterk scored 16 points and Logan Eling poured in 14 points. Jimmy Schneider chipped in 7 points, Brendon Sutten 6 points and Donovan Quist 6 points.

Great Job J.V Ramblers!

The Varsity Ramblers ended the regular season with a 88-46 victory over Marion. Triston Wilson scored 19 hitting two 3 pointers , Grant Gugle had 13 points hitting 3 -3 pointers, Cole Powell chipped in 9 points, Garrett Gugle had 8 points with 2 -3 pointers. Tyler Sterk 7 points with 5 others scoring 6 points.


High School P.E- This week I will continue to test students in push-ups and sit-ups. They also will be running a mile sometime when it doesn't conflict with team sports or testing in the high school. Monday, Wednesday and Friday's will continue to be days of physical testing. Students will be asked to do 16 push-ups and 26 sit-ups as well as run 5-6 laps. The remaining class time will be be filled in with game activities. Monday no class because of an elementary concert. Tuesday is testing in the high school no class. Wednesday we will play dodgeball and volleyball, Thursday Frisbee and Friday basketball. All games are subject to change.

Advance Shop- The school year is running quickly to the end. I hate to say it, but there are quite a few students who need to get work done if they plan to finish their project by the end of the  year. They need to focus on getitng one thing done everyday. Most students are to the point where they could be sanding if nothing else. Everyday is a day for students to work on their project. Each day is worth 20 points, but students only get them if they work and clean-up. Not home work or sitting around! It should be an easy "A".

General Shop- It has been a real good year in General Shop! There have been some real nice nightstands made this year especially with different woods. Most students are done with the building phase of their project. Students are now sanding, putting on hardware, staining, and  finishing.