Due to emergency school closings, school will now be in session on the following dates:
In the event of further school closings, the following dates will be used as make-up days:
The Daniel Boone Area School District is seeking a qualified individual to represent the District on the Berks Vocational Technical School Authority Board. The Berks Vocational Technical School Authority is comprised of 16 members each appointed by school boards from each of Berks Career and Technology Center’s (BCTC) participating districts. The term of appointment is for 5 years. The Authority was established to provide a legal means by which BCTC could borrow funds/incur debt for the construction of BCTC when the school was built in 1968. The School Authority has remained intact since that time and typically meets once a year to approve a treasurer’s report and an annual audit report. No sitting school board member from a participating district can be appointed by that district to serve as a School Authority member for BCTC.
Interested individual should submit a Letter of Interest to Sandy Kramer, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent, at kramers@dboone.org or mail to the administrative offices at 2144 Weavertown Road, Douglassville, Pa 19518. Letters will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
The 2015-2016 Middle School Yearbook is now on sale. An order form is required for each student – multiple orders on one form will not be accepted!
Due Date: March 18, 2016
$16 CASH – NO CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED!
You may also order online by clicking on the following website:
*Please place separate orders for siblings!
www.barksdalephoto.com
Click “online orders”
Click “continue”
Then enter the following password: 00234YB
February 1 Start of 3rd Quarter/Girls’ Basketball game at 3:45 vs. Conrad Weiser/Morning Announcements meeting
February 2 Spelling Bee at 1:00./Boys’ Basketball game vs. GM at 3:45 P.M.
February 3 Student Council yearbook photo/Boys’ Basketball game at 3:45 vs. Reading NW MS
February 5 Report Cards available on HAC to parents/last day for carnation sale
February 6 Math Counts competition at PSU Berks at 8:30 A.M./TSA Region 9 Conference
February 8 Committee of the Whole meeting at District Office, 7:30 P.M./Deadline for Boone Tribune hoodie order
February 10 Delivery date for carnations
February 11 Early Dismissal at 10:39/Conferences 12-3 and 6-9
February 12 Early Dismissal at 10:39, periods 5-8
February 15 School in Session (Snow Make-up day for 1/25)
February 17 Spring Sports Kickoff at the Middle School, time TBA
February 20 Snow Make-up date for TSA conference
February 22 School Board Voting Meeting at District Office, 7:30 P.M.
Ongoing: Yearbook ordering through March 18
By Val Purretta and Felicity Norris
Fifty-eight percent of the students at Daniel Boone Middle school have artificial trees. That leaves only forty-two percent of the students with real Christmas trees.
The Boone Tribune polled 583 out of DBMS’ 900 students last week. Reporters went from homeroom to homeroom and asked, “Do you have a real Christmas tree or an artificial Christmas tree?”
In today’s society more than half of the people who celebrate Christmas have artificial trees. But nearly half of those in the United States in most polls say they buy real Christmas trees. More than 25 million are sold in the U.S. each holiday season.
The results of The Boone Tribune poll of DBMS students mirrored most national polls.
In the eighth grade, about 56 percent of students said they have an artificial Christmas tree. Forty-four percent of eighth-graders said they had a real Christmas tree. One-hundred and ninety-eight students were polled in the eighth grade.
In seventh grade, about 57 percent of the students said they decorated their home with an artificial Christmas tree. Forty-three percent of students said they had a real Christmas tree. One hundred and eighty-seven students were polled in the seventh grade.
In the sixth grade, nearly 61 percent said they had an artificial Christmas tree. Thirty-nine percent said that they had a real Christmas tree. One hundred and ninety-seven students were polled in the sixth grade.
By Jessica Troop
Only thirty percent of Daniel Boone Middle School students, when asked in a recent survey, would vote for Donald Trump for president. A full 70 percent of DBMS students said they would not vote for him.
The Boone Tribune recently surveyed 550 out of the 900 students at DBMS. This was an unscientific poll conducted eighth period and only to students who were able to take the poll. Students were asked, “If you were old enough to vote, would you vote for Donald Trump?”
In national polls Donald Trump is the leading – by a wide margin – Republican candidate for President of the United States. He even does well in polls that pit him against democratic front-runner, Hillary Clinton. Voters either love him or hate him.
In eighth grade, 72 percent of students responded that they would not vote for Donald Trump if they were old enough. More than 160 students were asked.
“His hair is like gross,” said eighth-grade student Danielle Meals.
In seventh grade, 63 percent of students said that they would not vote for him if they were old enough. Almost 170 students were polled.
“I think if he becomes president, he will send us to war,” said seventh-grader Dominik Rogers.
In sixth grade, 80 percent of students said they would not vote for Mr. Trump. More than 200 students were polled.
“He’s a meanie,” said one sixth-grade student.
There were students who supported Trump, however.
“I think that Donald Trump should be president. He will make America great again,” said bone sixth-grade student.
Donald Hornak and Riley Goddard helped gather the poll numbers.
By Maddy Rotter
Sixty-nine percent of Daniel Boone Middle School students, when asked in a survey, said they have a television in their bedroom. Only thirty-one percent of students said they did not have a television in their bedroom. Individual students were also asked if having a television in their bedroom was a good or bad idea.
The Boone Tribune surveyed 473 out of 870 students at Daniel Boone Middle School. This was an unscientific poll taken during 8th period, and only students available took the poll. Students were asked, “Do you have a television I your room?”
In eighth grade, seventy-five percent of students asked said they had a television in their room. Only 104 students were asked during 8th period.
“It’s good to have a TV in your room just because it is entertaining. It can sometimes help me go to sleep,” said eighth-grader Dan Hojo.
In seventh grade, sixty-nine percent of students have a television in their bedroom. One-hundred-sixteen out of 286 students were asked.
“I think it is bad because kids should be focusing on family, food (for me) and school, but not electronics,” said seventh-grader Deanna Chodkowski.
Sixty-four percent of sixth-grade students said that they have televisions in their bedrooms. One-hundred-ten students were asked.
“It’s a good thing, because in the mind of little kids, if they are scared of the dark, it may take their thoughts off of being scared and help them go to sleep. It can also help older kids cool down from a long day,” Sean Mulligan said.
Alicia Ahakinian and RaeLynn Crawford helped take the poll.
Seniors : The local scholarships are now available on the HS Guidance website. Scholarship applications will be accepted until Friday, April 1st, at 3:00 p.m. (unless otherwise posted on the scholarship information). There will be additional scholarships added, so keeping checking.
Region 3 – Borough of Birdsboro Precinct 1 & 2, Amity Precinct 1
The Board of School Directors of the Daniel Boone Area School District has one (1) vacancy for the position of School Director. Eligible citizens of the District who wish to serve as School Director should submit a letter of interest. In order to apply, a citizen must be a resident of Region 3. Send letter of interest to Daniel Boone Area School District, Att: Sandy Kramer, Recording Secretary, at the address listed above by 4 PM on Monday, March 14, 2016. Alternatively, the letter of interest may be sent via email to Sandy Kramer at Kramers@dboone.org
Dear Editor,
I’m writing you to express the Daniel Boone Area School Boards dis-satisfaction with the article that appeared in the February 24th Edition of the Reading Eagle. The Reading Eagle inaccurately reported the purpose of this presentation. The public presentation from Mr. James Thompson will focus on the condition, utilization and pending maintenance needs of all our buildings. The presentation will not include discussing building closure, as this was not the intent of the evaluation.
The board recognized that the skill set and time needed to perform the evaluation of our buildings and costs was not available within the district, which led us to contract Mr. Thompson. Mr. Thompson’s presentation and continued work will help the board make critical budget and strategic decisions for the district based on factual information.
As we work on our 2016-2017 budget, and populate our 5 year budget, the board requires factual information from which to plan. It’s clear that we must set aside money each year to be prepared for the millions of dollars our buildings will require in maintenance in the not too distant future. We recognize that we cannot continue to budget in a reactionary way, we must plan for these high dollar renovations and repairs. Presently we’ve set aside $500K in the 2016-2017 for this purpose, but this amount may be insufficient to address our future needs.
Present and future enrollment will be one of the key drivers of any future discussions on a disposition of any buildings. At that time the building capacity, maintenance needs and transportation costs will all factor into a decision the board must make.
In short, Mr. Thompson’s report will provide information from which decisions can be made, the responsibility to make decisions based on the information rests with the nine members of the school board.
Regards,
Michael Wolfe
Daniel Boone Area School District – President
On Thursday, February 25, Jim Thompson, of Thompson Associates Architects and Planners, presented his findings from a several months’ long study of district facilities. The presentation, as well as the full study, are attached to this announcement. Questions regarding the study can be submitted using the form included in this announcement.
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It is with great excitement and pride that that we are pleased to announce the students who will receive awards at the 2016 BCIU Art Show:
Colored Drawing
3rd Place – Mikki Flanigan
Black & White Drawing
3rd Place – Lily Kurtz
HM – Maddie Bruns
Printmaking
HM – Morgan McDonald
Black & White Photography
1st Place – Maddy Loomis
Color Photography
2nd Place – Marissa Gass
HM – Maddy Loomis
Jewelry
1st Place – Makenzie Witzel
2nd Place – Alayna Roesener
3rd Place – Kim Nelligan
HM – Jesse Enck
HM – Madi Stofflet
HM – Owen Pusey
HM – Kim Nelligan
Textiles
2nd Place – Amanda Hatfield
HM – Makenzie Witzel
Hand Built Pottery
1st Place – Mikki Flanigan
HM – Sami Eckert
Wheel Thrown Pottery
HM – Julia Cinquanto
Ruthanne Hartung 2D Award
Mikki Flanigan –B&W Drawing – ($100 dollars)
Our students received 20 awards in total, the most in the county!
Please congratulate these students and join us on Sunday March 6, 2016 from 1-3 PM for the Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony at the Goggleworks Center for the Arts.
The Daniel Boone Area School District is requesting proposals for district-wide contracted building and grounds services. There will be a mandatory pre-proposal meeting on March 14, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. Interested Proposers will meet at the District Office at 2144 Weavertown Road, Douglassville, PA 19518. Interested proposers will be given an opportunity to visit the building sites following the mandatory pre-proposal meeting. Sealed Proposals will be opened at 1:00 p.m. on March 31, 2016, in the District Office, 2144 Weavertown Road, Douglassville, PA 19518. Late proposals will be rejected. For additional information, please download the full RFP which located in the left column of our district homepage.
Camp Invention takes summer fun and transforms it from ordinary to extraordinary!
In partnership with the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Daniel Boone Area School District is pleased to offer the nationally-acclaimed Camp Invention program to children entering grades 2nd through 6th. It’s an exciting, weeklong summer adventure with lessons that explore connections between science, technology, engineering and innovation. Children will work together to seek solutions to real-world problems and sharpen critical 21st century learning skills while rotating through several fascinating modules. The week begins on June 20, 2016 with Kathryn Lamothe serving as Director of the Epic™ program!
Here is how young innovators will be spending their time:
All activities give participants the opportunity to be a part of something big while having fun!
Local educators will facilitate program modules and enthusiastic high school students will serve as Leadership Interns ensuring that one staff member is in place for every eight children.
Early registration discounts available. Every registration includes a complimentary Camp Invention t-shirt. Availability is limited, so visit www.campinvention.org or call 800.968.4332 to secure your child’s spot today!
The DBMS Ladies Build It! Team consisting of Lily Ferguson, Erin Griffin, Veronica McClelland, and Selena Nguyen won first place at the BCIU county level competition of the STEM Design Challenge, grade 6-8. They now move on to the state level competition in May. To meet the Challenge, the team had to build a building at least a meter high with a K’Nex kit. This building needed to hold weight and be environmentally friendly. The students also had to write a narrative journal of their design process, draw blueprint drawings of their design, and make a two minute presentation to a panel of judges. There were 28 teams at the county level competition today. Our young ladies were a credit to the Daniel Boone School District as they worked as a team and spent over 20 hours working on this project over the past seven weeks. Please join us in congratulating the team!
The Key Club traveled to PA DCON at State College the weekend of March 12 where they were the recipients of several awards; including distinguished club, distinguished officers, the DOME Award, UNICEF Achievement Award for Service, Single Service YSY Project 1st place award, the Bob Bagans Award for outstanding service and overall distinguished PA Key Club Award. The club had an incredible weekend as the club with the most attendees and the students walked away motivated and excited to continue helping their school and community through service.
Senior Lindsey MacGregor was retired from office as the PA Governor with high honors and to a standing ovation of 700 people, it was an incredible moment to witness. Caitlin MacGregor was reelected as the Lieutenant Governor for all of district 19 North, which is an exceptional accomplishment. In addition, Diego Santos received the Sandy Ninninger Award, which is the highest award for recognition of outstanding service to your club and community one can receive within Key Club International. Thank you for all you do in support of these amazing young men and women. Please join us in congratulating these students.
The AP test fee will be collected in the Guidance Office from April 4th – 13th. The exam fee is $92 per exam. AP Pre-administration sessions will be held on April 18th and 19th. AP students should expect a pass on either one of those dates. If paying by check, please make payable to the Daniel Boone Area High School.
Daniel Boone Area High School is proud to present High School Musical in the HS Auditorium on the following dates:
Friday, April 15th @ 7:00 pm;
Saturday, April 16th @ 7:00 pm;
Sunday, April 17th @ 2:00 pm
Tickets are $10/adult & $8/student and are available at DBoone.SeatYourself.Biz
Disney Channel’s smash hit movie musical comes to life on the Daniel Boone High School stage! It’s the first day after winter break at East High. The Jocks, Brainiacs, Thespians and Skater Dudes find their cliques, recount their vacations, and look forward to the new year. Basketball team captain and resident jock Troy (Justin Persicketti )discovers that the brainy Gabriella (Rachel Lau), a girl he met singing karaoke on his ski trip, has just enrolled at East High. They cause an upheaval when they decide to audition for the high school musical, led by Ms. Darbus (Lindsey MacGregor). Although many students resent the threat posed to the “status quo,” Troy and Gabriella’s alliance might just open the door for others to shine as well…
Seven Daniel Boone teams participated in the Regional Competition of Odyssey of the Mind at Millersville University on Saturday, March 12. Energy, enthusiasm, and creativity reigned! The creativity, talent and personal integrity demonstrated by the students continues to focus extremely positive recognition on the students themselves, as well as Daniel Boone School District. Daniel Boone has brought these qualities to Odyssey of the Mind for almost 20 years.
Representing Daniel Boone are elementary, middle school, and high school teams with volunteer coaches of parents and teachers, with support of volunteer parent judges, and support by the Daniel Boone School District.
Teams participating include: Amity Elementary coached by Christa Oister and Natalie Bischof, Ian Oister, Sofia Bischof, Billy Bulafka, Joanna McClelland, and Chris Venn; and, Amity Elementary coached by Sue Ceklosky, Megan Gerloff, Emma Ceklosky, Eli Ross, Anna Wisniewski, Marin Krause, and Amanda Spotts. Middle Schools teams include Cole Scheuring, Ben Reno, Brady Ferguson, Max Stefanelli, David O’Brien, and Ben Spotts coached by Laurel Reno and Stacy Scheuring; Myra Kochel, Stephen Hannon, Lauren Michael, Jakob Wioskowski, Amaya Waller, and Natalie Brown, coached by Bret Stamy; and McKenna Marsden, Abigail Bulafka, Amanda Johnson, Kalysta Reed, Xander Hartman, and Devyn Brennan, coached by Felicia Pritchard. Deb Purretta coached the high school team comprised of Olivia Fiorani, Nick Fiorani, Valerie Purretta, Sean Purretta, Mary McClelland, and Veronica McClelland. Wendy Sweet is the coach of high school students Ella Sweet, Virginia Higgins, Clay Brenner, Chelsea Brenner, and Paul Pietrinferni.
T-shirts worn by many district students, coaches, and families were designed by ninth grader Emma Hartman and her mother. Emma is one of last year’s first place winners at the World Competition. Emma and her teammates from last year, coached by Steph Woomer and Fran Thompson, were instrumental in training this year’s teams by assisting with the practice Spontaneous Night held in February and providing additional information whenever requested.
These seven groups of students have practiced for months on their “long-term problems” which required solution of an open-ended problem including skits, props and scenery, and any additional building or technology. Additionally, they practiced and participated in spontaneous problem-solving which focused on verbal problems, verbal hands-on problem, and hands-on problems, with amazing results, within a roster of approximately 90 teams from Berks, Lancaster, York, Lebanon, Franklin, Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin and Chester Counties.
Earning the opportunity to advance to the State level of competition at Moon Township Area High School are the Middle School team coached by Felicia Pritchard and the High School team coached by Wendy Sweet. Both teams will enhance their skills and refine presentations prior to participating again in both long-term and spontaneous arenas on April 2 with winners from all PA regions.
OM-ers, we’re proud of all of you! You are superb representatives of Daniel Boone and Odyssey of the Mind!
The Daniel Boone Area School District is proud to announce the launching of A Blazer Summer. The program will offer over 50 activities in hobbies, athletics, and academic enrichment. Please visit the Blazer Summer website, using the link at the end of this announcement, for more information. The program is designed for district and non-district students K-12.
We will host a special information night in the high school auditorium on Tuesday, March 22 @ 6:30PM. Please come and learn about the exciting opportunities offer this summer.