Makayla Roth competes in photography contests.
Makayla Roth, Class of 2014, has excelled in photography competitions through her involvement in 4-H and will submit her work in state competitions this year.. She won her category at the Ohio State Fair in 2011 with this photo to the left. The photo was in the top 20 out of 300 photos and also was an “Outstanding of the Day Award winner”. She placed 2nd overall at the state fair. Below are a few more of Makayla’s prize winning pictures. Great job Makayla and good luck in future competitions.
Congratulations to our Mohican District Science Fair participants
We had 20 Excellent Awards and 22 Superior Awards. There were also several also receiving special awards.
These include: Chris Stang - Outstanding Student Research Award Paige Wnek - Governor’s Award in Agriculture and Food Technology and the Dean’s Award for Interdisciplinary Project Jacob Ruffing… Dean’s Award for Interdisciplinary Project Lydia Gillen… U.S. Navy Distinguished Achievement Award Kaleigh Stang… Be Wiser Camp Award for Wooster College Camp Hayden Jaworski… US Army Award for Science and Engineering |
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High School Academic Challenge Wins
Three Academic Challenge members competed on Cleveland WEWS Channel 5 Academic Challenge show. Pictured is host Jason Nicholas and team members Erika Ghazoul, Jacob Caprara and Owen Dabek. The team won their round and had a lot of support from the St. Paul community in attendance.
State Wrestling Send off for Jesse Gross
2012 NCS Science Fair Results
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Seventh Grade - Superior
Austin Maxwell Jacob Avendano John Dowdell Adam Ghazoul Brendan Hipp Jason Phillips Mitchel Phillips Daniel Ruffing Jared Schnellinger Owen Starcher Emily Centa Makenna Fisher Malia Fondriest Abigail Griffin Lauren Lukasko Kaeleigh Stang Paige Wnek Hayden Jaworski |
Seventh Grade - Excellent
James Adelman William Ceccoli Dylan Furlong Daniel Grine Derek Gross Max Honigford Obadiah Howman Andrew Kueterman Colton Service Jacob Ulery Noah Winslow Emily Baker Tory Bleile Julia Bonderer Emma Cole Abby Fitzgerald Caitlin Good Annika Lantz Hannah Mink Ashley Painley Caroline Parker Corrinne Riley Elyse Roth Cheyanna Ruffing Paige Stuhldreher Kristen Weisenerger Seventh Grade - Good Joseph Conway Alexander Hoty Noah Kocher Carson Careless |
Eighth Grade - Superior
Benjamin Brewster Sam Carper Andrew Haynes Clay Nickoli Jaret Nickoli Jacob Ruffing Benjamin Silcox Christian Stang Alex Tokarsky Alexis Christman Layna Cox Jamie Fritz Emily Gerome Lydia Gillen Kelsey King Taylor Krupp Lindsay Llewellyn Mallory Reed Gabriela Romero Lauren Shrimplin Alexandria Sigsworth Victoria Woods Grady Hedrick |
Eighth Grade - Excellent
Gabriel Alge James Easler Derek Furlong Ethan Hammersmith Anthony Hipp Spencer Lacy Noah McKinney Nathaniel Meyer Logan Moffit Matthew Schild Matthew Sitterly Bradley Smith Sean Spayde Logan Stoll Aaron Wheeler Courtney Bleile Julia Rhoad Paige Riddle Eighth Grade - Good Derek Hay Sarah Doughty |
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Ninth Grade - Superior
Luke Cardwell Larry Fritz Wes Fritz Jake Good Alex Haynes Daniel Ivory Tyler Kenne Thomas Ruffing Madeline Carabin Emily Conway Jennifer Fenick Emily Ghazoul Rachel Kashian Andrea Malfara Gabrielle Mink Sydney Moore Kaylee Musso Connor Leidorf Alice Hainline Eleventh Grade-Superior Chris Stang |
Ninth Grade - Excellent
Alex Bick Chris Bick Brandon Bleile Matt Dankelson Mike Dankelson Grant Dilger Derrick Douglas Dakota Hanlon Conlan Hipp Andrew Malcolm Jordan Mayer Hayden Miller Noah Perry Michael Pylant Caleb Riley Jacob Robles Kyle Rospert Ninth Grade - Good Matt VanDootingh Matt Ware Courtney Adelman Anabelle Fisher Gina Holmes Rebecca Kowalski Anne Meyer Julianne Pabst Joselyn Rubio Elizabeth Smith Nicole Garn |
St. Paul High School and Junior High Rosary
During Catholic Schools Week the high school and junior high learned about the Our Lady of Guadalupe. Pictured to the left, Principal Jim Tokarsky and parishioner Fransico Carrillo hold a reproduction of the relic image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Mr. Carrillo explained the significance of this image to the students. The reproduction has been traveling around to different churches and schools in the Diocese of Toledo. After the presentation, Mr. Carrillo lead our students in the Rosary.
Exceptionality in English by. Mrs. Amy Hirzel
True exceptionality is difficult to find. As a teacher, I see a spark, sometimes even a glow, of it from day to day. However, earlier this year, sophomore Owen Dabek shone brightly in our Language Arts class, encouraging me to take a step back and let him shine. We had been reading George Orwell’s Animal Farm, a bitingly satirical novel about animals revolting against their masters. Although a seemingly simple story, it is an allegory for the Russian Revolution of the early 20th Century. Early in our study, Owen Dabek set himself apart with his vast knowledge of Russian history. He constantly enriched our class conversations, and it became apparent that he should have the opportunity to not just enrich 5th period, but all the 10th grade classes. I approached him with the opportunity to teach the novel’s deeper connections to the Russian Revolution. He would be able to make a lesson and include anything he thought would be interesting and informative. With no reward other than the chance to help his fellow classmates, Owen eagerly dove at the opportunity. Through his research, he compiled an impressive amount of information and connections to Animal Farm. A
consistently hard-worker, Owen eventually constructed a two-day lesson complete
with a purposeful lesson plan, presentation and class assessment.
Some of the most notable parts of his presentation included his audience
listening to the Russian Internationale (Russian anthem connected to the
animal’s anthem), viewing surprising examples of Russian propaganda, and
participating in a post-presentation assessment complete with the answers in
Russian. Not only was his
presentation informative, it felt as if he had been teaching all his life. His university-level rhetoric as well as sense of humor allowed students to truly listen to the story he weaved in our classroom. The level of respect demonstrated by his peers helped Owen truly engage his classmates in the material. Owen’s performance in our classroom clearly established the exceptional ability and work ethic that can be found at St. Paul.
presentation informative, it felt as if he had been teaching all his life. His university-level rhetoric as well as sense of humor allowed students to truly listen to the story he weaved in our classroom. The level of respect demonstrated by his peers helped Owen truly engage his classmates in the material. Owen’s performance in our classroom clearly established the exceptional ability and work ethic that can be found at St. Paul.
2011 Firelands Challenge Team
The Firelands Challenge Team recently took 2nd place at the annual Firelands College Tournament. The team also plays a 6 meet schedule to determine seeding for a playoff. Schools involved in Firelands Challenge are Margaretta, Sandusky, S. Central, New London, W. Reserve, Port Clinton, Willard, Huron, Put-In-Bay, Perkins, Norwalk, Monroeville, Bellevue, St. Mary CC, Danbury, Woodmore, Edison and St. Paul. Below are pictures from a recent home meet.
Make a Difference Day
Go out and Make a Difference!
By Marina Abel, Class of 2011
Make a Difference Day is a day that St. Paul High students go around our community raking leaves and cleaning up yards. Over 110 students helped take care of 25 properties. It is an excellent opportunity for our students to not only get to know those in other grades, but also for them to know they made an impact in someone else’s life by doing this simple act of kindness.
Setting aside a few hours of our time to help others out was truly rewarding experience. Despite the cold wind, everyone went out with a great, positive attitude. At times we felt like we could not continue because we were “too tired” or “there were just too many leaves” but everyone set those thoughts aside, got the job done, and did an excellent job.
With the help of numerous adults and the Teen Leadership Class (TLC) we managed to make the day enjoyable for all. Seeing a good majority of the high school students come together to help others out was truly amazing; one lady came up to me showing her gratitude and appreciation for all of our hard work. Another said she saw all of our students around the town, was moved by it, and she decided to go out to make a difference for someone else. Any little act of kindness can make an impact on someone else’s life whether it is big or small. Go out and Make a Difference!
By Marina Abel, Class of 2011
Make a Difference Day is a day that St. Paul High students go around our community raking leaves and cleaning up yards. Over 110 students helped take care of 25 properties. It is an excellent opportunity for our students to not only get to know those in other grades, but also for them to know they made an impact in someone else’s life by doing this simple act of kindness.
Setting aside a few hours of our time to help others out was truly rewarding experience. Despite the cold wind, everyone went out with a great, positive attitude. At times we felt like we could not continue because we were “too tired” or “there were just too many leaves” but everyone set those thoughts aside, got the job done, and did an excellent job.
With the help of numerous adults and the Teen Leadership Class (TLC) we managed to make the day enjoyable for all. Seeing a good majority of the high school students come together to help others out was truly amazing; one lady came up to me showing her gratitude and appreciation for all of our hard work. Another said she saw all of our students around the town, was moved by it, and she decided to go out to make a difference for someone else. Any little act of kindness can make an impact on someone else’s life whether it is big or small. Go out and Make a Difference!
National Evangelization Team team takes part in Junior Retreat
Junior retreat was an amazing experience! Going into it, I was dreading it. Once we were there I really did not want to leave. It was so fun and eye opening. I feel that the NET team made it a fun experience because they related it to teens. If all retreats were like this one everyone would be excited to go.
- Donna Kuhlman, Class of 2013
Retreat was a good experience for me. Junior retreat taught me how to talk to God more. It was really fun and I enjoyed every minute of it. The NET team had skits that demonstrated how reality really is and some made me laugh, while others made me think. I learned to take my time, talk to God and let him talk back to you.
- Kensie Green, Class of 2013
- Donna Kuhlman, Class of 2013
Retreat was a good experience for me. Junior retreat taught me how to talk to God more. It was really fun and I enjoyed every minute of it. The NET team had skits that demonstrated how reality really is and some made me laugh, while others made me think. I learned to take my time, talk to God and let him talk back to you.
- Kensie Green, Class of 2013
Homecoming 2011
Erika Ghazoul's Senior Project - 93 Cents for Flight 93
My experience with the organization “93 Cents for Flight 93” began in the summer of 2010 when I met a family friend, Sharon Deitrick. She is the National Director for the Halo Foundation which was raising money for the Flight 93 Memorial set to be erected in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. She told me of events, fund raising opportunities, and visits that I could participate in as a student leader for the organization. After filling out the application and going through the interview process, I was accepted as a National Student Leader for the “93 Cents for Flight 93” initiative. I was very excited to start participating.
I did not really know a lot about the events on September 11, 2001, much less Flight 93 before meeting Ms. Deitrick. The only things I remember from that day in second grade are teachers crying, parents taking their kids from class, and the news being on constantly at my house. Then, in my junior year, I was brought much closer to that September day than I had ever imagined.
On September 11, 2010, I was able to make the three-hour trek to Shanksville, Pennsylvania to see the crash site where a memorial service was to be held. In attendance included former first lady Laura Bush and first lady Michelle Obama who both gave speeches. I was also able to interview the family members of the heroes aboard Flight 93 who wanted to have their heroic relatives be an example of courage for those in my generation. I was so touched by the memorial that when I got back, I arranged for David Beamer, Todd Beamer’s father, to come speak at our school for the ten-year anniversary of September 11. Todd Beamer was one of the one of the heroes of Flight 93 who said “Let’s Roll” to the other passengers when they tried to retake the plane from the terrorists.
As the months progressed, I participated in conference calls, Facebook group posts, and e-mails with other student leaders, but one of my favorite student leader-focused occasions was the LEADR retreat. At the beginning of August (right before my senior year) my sister and I joined seven other teens for four days in Akron at the Jesuit Retreat House. Besides making friends with all those in attendance, I was able to learn even more about Flight 93 and our mission as students leaders (to educate others about the heroes aboard Flight 93, to raise funds for the memorial in Shanksville, PA, and to teach courage though the actions of the heroes). Every day we listened to people speak of their leadership experience and what it takes them to accomplish their goals. We did a number of activities that helped us understand how to work with different kinds of people and how to make each other’s strengths and weaknesses harmonize in order to make the final product the best it could be.
Right after I got back from LEADR, I started organizing a fund raising event that I could host at St. Paul during the week that we had planned for Mr. David Beamer to come. After going through enough steno pad pages to fill a dumpster, I came up with a plan for the week before September 11 which included reading the names and profiles of the heroes of Flight 93, selling desserts to the high school during lunch, showing a NBC special about Flight 93 called “No Greater Love” (which can be viewed on hulu.com) in the social studies classes, selling t-shirts which paid tribute to the forty heroes, and of course having Mr. Beamer speak to the high school and junior high.
Everything went very well leading up to Mr. and Mrs. Beamer’s visit. My classmates, as well as the entire high school, faculty and staff, responded like true champions. The fund raising response was overwhelming! Mr. and Mrs. Schild, along with classmates and faculty, donated all the baked goods for the entire week of fund raising. Their generosity will never be forgotten.
The highlight of the week was being able to meet and hear Mr. Beamer speak at St. Paul on September 8th. He told us how their Christian faith enabled his family to heal after Todd’s death and that it inspires them to teach about the lessons they learned through their healing. I very much enjoyed at the end of his speech when he told us to use his son’s last words, “Let’s Roll,” as our life motto in anything we do. He asked us to do the right thing in every decision we make during our lives and follow the teachings of Christ to help guide us when we have difficult decisions to make.
With the incredible response from St. Paul High School, we have raised over $1,000 throughout the week. The money will be donated for the construction of the Memorial in Shanksville, PA for the brave men and women, who, as President George Bush said, fought the first battle against the terrorists on September 11, 2001.
I am very grateful to the St. Paul High School students, faculty and staff, as well as the local Norwalk community, for helping to raise the money for the Flight 93 Memorial. I hope that I was able to educate our school, through Mr. Beamer’s presentation, about courage, the importance of defending our democracy, and always making the right decisions based upon our Christian faith.
Learn more through the links below
http://93centsforflight93.org/
http://93centsforflight93.org/campaign/about/
http://www.hulu.com/watch/5138/nbc-news-specials-flight-93-no-greater-love
I did not really know a lot about the events on September 11, 2001, much less Flight 93 before meeting Ms. Deitrick. The only things I remember from that day in second grade are teachers crying, parents taking their kids from class, and the news being on constantly at my house. Then, in my junior year, I was brought much closer to that September day than I had ever imagined.
On September 11, 2010, I was able to make the three-hour trek to Shanksville, Pennsylvania to see the crash site where a memorial service was to be held. In attendance included former first lady Laura Bush and first lady Michelle Obama who both gave speeches. I was also able to interview the family members of the heroes aboard Flight 93 who wanted to have their heroic relatives be an example of courage for those in my generation. I was so touched by the memorial that when I got back, I arranged for David Beamer, Todd Beamer’s father, to come speak at our school for the ten-year anniversary of September 11. Todd Beamer was one of the one of the heroes of Flight 93 who said “Let’s Roll” to the other passengers when they tried to retake the plane from the terrorists.
As the months progressed, I participated in conference calls, Facebook group posts, and e-mails with other student leaders, but one of my favorite student leader-focused occasions was the LEADR retreat. At the beginning of August (right before my senior year) my sister and I joined seven other teens for four days in Akron at the Jesuit Retreat House. Besides making friends with all those in attendance, I was able to learn even more about Flight 93 and our mission as students leaders (to educate others about the heroes aboard Flight 93, to raise funds for the memorial in Shanksville, PA, and to teach courage though the actions of the heroes). Every day we listened to people speak of their leadership experience and what it takes them to accomplish their goals. We did a number of activities that helped us understand how to work with different kinds of people and how to make each other’s strengths and weaknesses harmonize in order to make the final product the best it could be.
Right after I got back from LEADR, I started organizing a fund raising event that I could host at St. Paul during the week that we had planned for Mr. David Beamer to come. After going through enough steno pad pages to fill a dumpster, I came up with a plan for the week before September 11 which included reading the names and profiles of the heroes of Flight 93, selling desserts to the high school during lunch, showing a NBC special about Flight 93 called “No Greater Love” (which can be viewed on hulu.com) in the social studies classes, selling t-shirts which paid tribute to the forty heroes, and of course having Mr. Beamer speak to the high school and junior high.
Everything went very well leading up to Mr. and Mrs. Beamer’s visit. My classmates, as well as the entire high school, faculty and staff, responded like true champions. The fund raising response was overwhelming! Mr. and Mrs. Schild, along with classmates and faculty, donated all the baked goods for the entire week of fund raising. Their generosity will never be forgotten.
The highlight of the week was being able to meet and hear Mr. Beamer speak at St. Paul on September 8th. He told us how their Christian faith enabled his family to heal after Todd’s death and that it inspires them to teach about the lessons they learned through their healing. I very much enjoyed at the end of his speech when he told us to use his son’s last words, “Let’s Roll,” as our life motto in anything we do. He asked us to do the right thing in every decision we make during our lives and follow the teachings of Christ to help guide us when we have difficult decisions to make.
With the incredible response from St. Paul High School, we have raised over $1,000 throughout the week. The money will be donated for the construction of the Memorial in Shanksville, PA for the brave men and women, who, as President George Bush said, fought the first battle against the terrorists on September 11, 2001.
I am very grateful to the St. Paul High School students, faculty and staff, as well as the local Norwalk community, for helping to raise the money for the Flight 93 Memorial. I hope that I was able to educate our school, through Mr. Beamer’s presentation, about courage, the importance of defending our democracy, and always making the right decisions based upon our Christian faith.
Learn more through the links below
http://93centsforflight93.org/
http://93centsforflight93.org/campaign/about/
http://www.hulu.com/watch/5138/nbc-news-specials-flight-93-no-greater-love
Junior Erin Kenne attends the World Leadership Conference
Knock, knock! It‘s motivation knocking at your door and it wants you to open up. When was the last time you were easily motivated to go to the gym, run a mile, or volunteer generously for your local organizations? If you can honestly say you do these things all the time then I give you credit! For the most of us it’s not so easy.
There are two key terms that go hand in hand with each other in almost anything we do. These would be motivation and risk. These two tie together because every decision that you make requires some sort of risk, even if it isn’t anything big. Motivation is everywhere, including pushing yourself to get up in the morning. Motivation and risk do wonders for people who want to be successful. Success doesn’t mean owning a big mansion, a yacht, and three fancy cars. Success comes from being happy with your life and having realized the dreams you wanted to come true.
In short, success, motivation, and risks are what make life what it really should be. As the saying goes, “people avoid risks in life to make it safely to death.” People who go about their normal routine with nothing special aren’t truly living to their fullest. Without risking things, what joy is there in accomplishing something?
Over the past four months I have been able to participate in the Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership program. Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership programs provide youth selected by their schools to participate in unique leadership training, service-learning and motivation-building experiences. My HOBY experiences have changed my life. I know that might sound corny, but there could not be anything truer! I realized you don’t need anything besides an idea to make something happen and be happy with the outcome. You start with nothing and with enough motivation and risk taking you can make something amazing happen. All you need to do is to believe in yourself. Believe that you WILL make a difference, that you will be the person to stick out and be the change.
The first way that I really realized this was true was when I started raising money for my World Leadership Conference trip to Chicago, IL. This is HOBY's annual international youth leadership event. It is a dynamic leadership program that brings together students (or "ambassadors" as we like to call them here at HOBY) from the U.S. and abroad. This group of over 400 ambassadors is made up of U.S. high school students and international students from all over the world. They meet for a week-long, life-changing, educational and leadership skills building program. When I started rasing money the risk involved was a little frightening and I was worried that it would backfire on me. I don’t like being let down and I knew I would be because not everyone I asked would want to donate something. It was hard to push that thought out of my head but I made it happen. This, luckily, was not the case. I set a goal for myself and focused all the motivation I needed to make it happen! A month later I ended up with roughly $1,500 and then some with the help of our Development Director, Mr. Fair.
We all have things we personally consider risks. Some won’t step out of their house in a new outfit because they’re afraid they might get ridiculed. Others won’t try a new meal because they just simply might not like it. Are these really the things that we want to have set us back? NO! We all need to be risk takers and take chances; fail and try again! This is what life is supposed to be like, right? No one is successful every time they try or do something new. Why are we avoiding such limitless opportunities that are waiting for us?
Sometimes I feel unmotivated, living life without direction, but going to a place like HOBY and the World Leadership Congress and then going back home, it’s not the same at all! Everything is different: the environment, the attitudes, the energy levels, and most importantly, the motivation. People don’t realize how easy it really is to get motivated. We all need to add more positivity to our lives. Just putting on a smile after someone knocked your books out of your hand can alter your whole attitude about things that happen in your life. This will start a chain reaction with others!
Let’s do this together, a few little good deeds or nice actions at a time will make an unbelievable difference in the end! Change your attitude when you feel mad or down. Listen to some upbeat music when you’re sad. A quote that has stuck with me this summer is from Muhatma Ghandi “Just be the change you want to see in the world.” I now try to live that philosophy at St. Paul High School everyday.
There are two key terms that go hand in hand with each other in almost anything we do. These would be motivation and risk. These two tie together because every decision that you make requires some sort of risk, even if it isn’t anything big. Motivation is everywhere, including pushing yourself to get up in the morning. Motivation and risk do wonders for people who want to be successful. Success doesn’t mean owning a big mansion, a yacht, and three fancy cars. Success comes from being happy with your life and having realized the dreams you wanted to come true.
In short, success, motivation, and risks are what make life what it really should be. As the saying goes, “people avoid risks in life to make it safely to death.” People who go about their normal routine with nothing special aren’t truly living to their fullest. Without risking things, what joy is there in accomplishing something?
Over the past four months I have been able to participate in the Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership program. Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership programs provide youth selected by their schools to participate in unique leadership training, service-learning and motivation-building experiences. My HOBY experiences have changed my life. I know that might sound corny, but there could not be anything truer! I realized you don’t need anything besides an idea to make something happen and be happy with the outcome. You start with nothing and with enough motivation and risk taking you can make something amazing happen. All you need to do is to believe in yourself. Believe that you WILL make a difference, that you will be the person to stick out and be the change.
The first way that I really realized this was true was when I started raising money for my World Leadership Conference trip to Chicago, IL. This is HOBY's annual international youth leadership event. It is a dynamic leadership program that brings together students (or "ambassadors" as we like to call them here at HOBY) from the U.S. and abroad. This group of over 400 ambassadors is made up of U.S. high school students and international students from all over the world. They meet for a week-long, life-changing, educational and leadership skills building program. When I started rasing money the risk involved was a little frightening and I was worried that it would backfire on me. I don’t like being let down and I knew I would be because not everyone I asked would want to donate something. It was hard to push that thought out of my head but I made it happen. This, luckily, was not the case. I set a goal for myself and focused all the motivation I needed to make it happen! A month later I ended up with roughly $1,500 and then some with the help of our Development Director, Mr. Fair.
We all have things we personally consider risks. Some won’t step out of their house in a new outfit because they’re afraid they might get ridiculed. Others won’t try a new meal because they just simply might not like it. Are these really the things that we want to have set us back? NO! We all need to be risk takers and take chances; fail and try again! This is what life is supposed to be like, right? No one is successful every time they try or do something new. Why are we avoiding such limitless opportunities that are waiting for us?
Sometimes I feel unmotivated, living life without direction, but going to a place like HOBY and the World Leadership Congress and then going back home, it’s not the same at all! Everything is different: the environment, the attitudes, the energy levels, and most importantly, the motivation. People don’t realize how easy it really is to get motivated. We all need to add more positivity to our lives. Just putting on a smile after someone knocked your books out of your hand can alter your whole attitude about things that happen in your life. This will start a chain reaction with others!
Let’s do this together, a few little good deeds or nice actions at a time will make an unbelievable difference in the end! Change your attitude when you feel mad or down. Listen to some upbeat music when you’re sad. A quote that has stuck with me this summer is from Muhatma Ghandi “Just be the change you want to see in the world.” I now try to live that philosophy at St. Paul High School everyday.
