We are pleased to offer athletic season passes for the 2016-17 school year. This is a great savings opportunity for individuals who attend several high school sporting events each year. Please see the link below for more information.
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Athletic Season Passes
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Superintendent’s Scholarship
The 2016 Superintendent’s Scholarship of $1,000 shall be awarded to ten (10) Daniel Boone Area School District graduating seniors who plans to continue their education at a university, community college or technical institution.
The 2016 Superintendent’s Scholarship candidates must complete the application and submit it along with all other required supporting documents. The review committee will take every aspect of the packet you submit into consideration. While reviewing your application, essay, recommendations and grades, the committee wants to feel like they really know who you are and how your journey has brought you to where you are today, as well as your potential for future success.
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Don’t steal Dum-Dums from Mr. Bossler
By Bailey Banak
Terrible times in room 131. Kids left and right are stealing precious artifacts from Mr. Bryan Bossler’s personal stash. One after the other they vanish without a trace. Not very long after, Mr. Bossler gave up being his own detective and called the local police and asked them to investigate.
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As another thief dashed out of the classroom, Mr. Bossler yelled louder than a yodeler on a hilltop in Germany. “Darn kids, you get back here with those!” The criminal chuckled and kept running. “AAARRRGGH!” Bossler growled. “I’m done! No more of this.” He mumbled and grumbled. He stood up from his seat and sat down again in frustration. After he counted back from ten – which really never worked – Mr. Bossler picked up his cell phone. He crushed the numbers (see, told you it didn’t work) and dialed 9-1-1.
When the receptionist on the other end answered, “Hello, what is your emergency?” in a nice, calming voice, Mr. Bossler replied with a sturdy “I need you to get your rear-ends over here now! I’m being robbed!”
“Okay sir, calm down,” she encouraged.
“How can I be calm when multiple thieves have stolen my property?!”
The receptionist cut in, “Multiple thieves?”
“That’s what I said, correct.”
“Yes. Now sir, what have these thieves stolen from you?”
“My Dum Dums! Didn’t I say that already?!” Now Mr. Bossler was agitated on top of infuriated.
“No sir, I don’t believe you mentioned that. Are you talking about the lollipop Dum Dums?”
“Of course. What other Dum Dums are there?”
“Are these Dum Dums of great value or importance?”
“Yes,” Mr. Bossler finally began to calm and relax.
“What is it?” the receptionist asked.
“They are my lifeline. I’m a teacher at the Daniel Boone Middle School and I give my students Dum Dums to keep them from getting too smart. If they get too smart, then I’m out of a job.”
The receptionist was quiet for a second, then she spoke. “Wouldn’t you want the kids to take them, then?”
“The problem with that is that it’s the dumb kids stealing the pops. I’m running out fast and cannot trick the smart kids. I need those pops.”
“Sir, we cannot send out officers for something silly like this,” the receptionist concluded.
Mr. Bossler was again growing angry. “Maybe you didn’t hear me. No Dum Dums, no job.”
“I’m sorry, sir. This conversation needs to end. Someone who is actually in need of help might be trying to get through and you’re wasting my time.” With that, she hung up.
Mr. Bossler made the classic angry face and threw the phone into the wall, shredding it to a pile of wires and gears.
“Fine,” he said as he marched to his bookshelf in his classroom, “if no one will help me, then I just have to help myself.” The eighth-grade teacher took his right index finger and slightly pulled back one book. After a glimpse, Mr. Bossier smiled mischievously. “And this is how I’ll do it.”
The book was entitled “Fortune Telling and Summoning for Beginners.” He flipped to the beginning of how to summon a ghost. The first step for summoning a ghost is to gather all the materials stated: a pink cloak, a see-through ball on top of a bowl, and warm vanilla-scented candles. Mr. Bossler ran to Mrs. Raudenbush’s room to borrow the sparkly pink robe she has hidden in the back of her closet. Then he borrowed a bowl from Mrs. Fleagle’s room down in the F&C science wing. He already had the four vanilla-scented candles.
Now he could begin.
He pushed all the desks against the walls. He left one desk in the middle to act as a table. “Alright, let’s get summoning,” he said, looking around and rubbing his hands together.
Reading from the book, he chanted in a strange voice:
Halloo Hallay, I summon Fae.
Come to this world, transport this way,
With candle life decreasing,
and me making this easy,
I summon you to terrorize,
do your nasty deeds. Come snuff out the light
and conclude my mind with ease.
As Mr. Bossler continued to chant, desks rumbled and creaked. Books smacked the sensitive floor. Pencils were thrown like darts. Paper shattered like glass. Mr. Bossler raised his arms. The lights flickered as if an earthquake were at its highest peak. Mr. Bossler’s eyes were white, pure as pearls, gazing at the heavens. Then, out of nowhere, the world… went… silent.
Mr. Bossler shivered in agony. He was confused. “What went wrong?!” He started to blame himself, but as he grabbed hold of his bag to put things away a loud booming shriek forced him to the floor. The only objects that remained standing were the one centered desk and the now foggy crystal ball that rested on the kitchen bowl. However, that did not last long. The ball ― overwhelmed by the weight of continuous forming swirls of storming clouds — burst like a balloon and left stranded, shattered glass carpeting the floor. The ball was unusable, broken, and useless. The bowl disintegrated, never to hold another bowl of breakfast cereal. There was a large, burning hole where the desk used to be.
Mr. Bossler stared wide-eyed at the hovering monstrosity bobbing above it all.
Her body was in standing position, motionless. Her head flopped forward in a slumber fashion. Arms and legs dangled down, aiming at the floor. Her feet were bare. Her hair was tangled and wretched. The only clothing on her 10-year-old body was a raggedy old gown torn by the depths of her grave.
And she had hatred in her deathly hallowed eyes.
They resembled Mr. Bossler’s as he summoned this poor, unwanted girl. He spoke slowly.
“A-Are you Faye?” All of the sudden, everything on her faint blue, glowing body jumped as if electrified and shot toward Mr. Bossler and pinned him against the wall.
“You question who I am?” Her voice was one of the underworld. It was coarse and unused for centuries. Mr. Bossler croaked, “Uh, no. Of course not. There’s just a lot of Faes nowadays and I just wanted to be sure I summoned the right one,” he tried to smile.
The dead eyes glared straight into his, “Hmph.” She backed off and went back to the center of the room and said, “Why have you summoned me, Mr. Bossier?” He wondered how the ghost knew his name, but he decided not to question it.
“The students I teach are constantly stealing my property.” Mr. Bossler then told Fae the whole story.
She replied, “I understand. See you tomorrow morning, Mr. Bossler.” And with that, she snapped her fingers and everything went back to their regular positions. Desks were pulled back. Pencils were in one piece again. Even the phone was repaired! She smirked and vanished into the floor of the school. Bossler – pink-cloaked – stood powerless and stunned. Again, his body met the floor. He crumbled; for he had reached his breaking point. The impossible was accomplished.
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The next morning, Bossler woke and looked around. “No ghost, no kids, five minutes to the bell.” He changed into his teacher clothes. The bell rang and students flooded the hallways. The first student came in ready for her day. She had so many books and binders it was an avalanche waiting to happen. The avalanche came and every last thing cradled in her arms dropped to the floor .
“Lexi, are you okay?” he asked. It was Lexi Rios, probably one of the least coordinated students in eighth grade. A nice girl, but she couldn’t hit water if she fell out of a boat.
“Yep, I’m okay, Mr. Bossler,” she said.
“That’s good,” Mr. Bossler said. He was relieved. More people started coming in.
“Yeah, I have a friend that does this a lot. And I mean a lot,” Lexi added.
Bossler was confused at her reply, but he decided to ignore it. He pushed through the group of kids. “Come on people, go do your thing and sit down,” he said. But when they did, every chair was pulled out from under them.
“What the heck!” the kids hollered. One boy said, “It was like magic.”
Another boy next to him made fun and teased, “Or maybe it was a ghost, oooooo.” Everyone laughed.
Later that morning, Mr. Bossler was teaching and, suddenly, the door randomly creaked open – no one was there. Most of the kids just blew it off because it happens all the time in every other class, but Mr. Bossler knew.
“Fae,” he whispered. Thankfully, the kids didn’t hear him.
“Now, let’s take some notes.” The kids moaned and groaned. “Ah, stop it. You’ll live.” Once his students began writing, pencils were ripped from their hands and thrown to the side one at a time. They lay in pieces on the ground. Students began to panic and scream.
The kids all gathered to one side of the classroom. The lights began to flicker and go out one after the other.
Mr. Bossler saw that his students were terrified, “Fae, that’s enough!” he yelled.
Everything stopped shaking, crumpling, and breaking, with the exception of trembling kids. Just like before, the world went silent followed by a loud, threatening, booming shriek. Following it was Fae.
When focus became clear again to the students, they saw her. But all her attention was on Mr. Bossler. “Giving up on me, are you? You must learn patience, Mr. Bossler.”
She flung herself at Mr. Bossler, but he ducked out of instinct and she missed him. When he rose from the floor, Fae screamed, “You cannot win, Mr. Bossler!”
Objects flew wildly — they seemed to have a gravitational pull around Fae. “Remember why you summoned me here in the first place? Those Dum Dums weren’t going to get themselves back!”
The kids gasped and stopped trembling. They all reached into their pockets and launched handfuls of Dum Dums at Bossler.
He chuckled and smirked at Fae.
“Looks like I no longer need your services,” he said.
This just infuriated the ghost. She growled and flew at Mr. Bossler. Before she could even touch him, Mr. Bossler held up his hand and Fae froze. It was the power from a crystal ball that Mr. Bossler used to capture Fae and stop her reign of terror.
“But, how? I destroyed the other ball.” She was stunned.
“Yes, but there is more than one see-through ball in the world and you only ruined one of many.” Mr. Bossler held the ball to the skies. Outside, the sun became dim. The earth began to rumble. Fog seeped through cracks in the walls. It swirled around Mr. Bossler’s feet and coiled up his arm. Nothing had happened to Fae… yet.
“You fool! Tears of children are what run through these lifeless veins, nothing scares me – anymore.”
The ball in Mr. Bossler’s grasp took hold of the evil spirit and started to suck away her second chance at life. The toxic gas rolled up in a spiraling tube and transported the snarling demon in the ball. “You can’t keep me in here forever Bossler! For I am Fae! I terrorize and always get my way.”
She shouted and shrieked, but the crystal ball kept her contained and held her tight.
“Now, you see Fae, I strive to teach my students a few very important things.” He smiled – and dropped the crystal ball. It shattered on the floor. “Oops,” he said as his fingers let loose. That ghastly creature was no more. All the fog had sunk into the floor. The earth ceased its shaking. The sun brightened again.
Mr. Bossler chuckled and then noticed his cowering students in the corner. “Well class, I think we learned a valuable lesson today,” he said as he walked a few steps closer to them.
“Don’t mix me with magic and voodoo and what not,” Bossler laughed in a deep tone, “’cause that’s what happens when you steal my pops.”
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Attention Seniors
If you are applying to Kutztown and live in Berks County, your application fee is waived from 8/1 through 9/12. When you apply, select fee-waiver from the drop down menu. Complete the application process by 9/12 and you receive a decision by 9/30.
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Superintendent’s Scholarship
The 2016 Superintendent’s Scholarship of $1,000 shall be awarded to ten (10) Daniel Boone Area School District graduating seniors who plans to continue their education at a university, community college or technical institution.
The 2016 Superintendent’s Scholarship candidates must complete the application and submit it along with all other required supporting documents. The review committee will take every aspect of the packet you submit into consideration. While reviewing your application, essay, recommendations and grades, the committee wants to feel like they really know who you are and how your journey has brought you to where you are today, as well as your potential for future success.
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Important PSSA Information
Parents,
Please see the attached information regarding the upcoming PSSA assessments.
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An Open Letter to the Community Regarding Recent Reading Eagle Article
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
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Contract Settlement with Daniel Boone Education Association
On Wednesday November 9, 2016 the Board of School Directors held a special meeting in order to consider the report of Fact-Finder William Lowe. Mr. Lowe was assigned by the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board in order to provide recommendations to the Board and the Association regarding its impasse in negotiations.
The fact-finding process with Mr. Lowe and the Association occurred over a 40 day period wherein both parties submitted significant data for his consideration in making his recommendations to the parties. We are pleased to report this evening that both the Board and the Association approved the recommendations of Mr. Lowe on Wednesday evening.
As the result, the parties have now settled its dispute and the process of updating the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the recommendations of Mr. Lowe has begun.
The report provides recommendations for the parties in a number of areas including wages, healthcare, tuition reimbursement, and on-line learning.
The recommendations of the report represent a compromise from the original positions of the parties. The Board approved these recommendations recognizing the need to resolve the bargaining impasse while at the same time balancing the fiscal needs of the District over the short and long term.
A copy of the report of the fact-finder will be available on the District website beginning tomorrow.
If you would like more information about this topic, please contact James Harris at 610-582-6140 or email at James.Harris@dboone.org.
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Daniel Boone High School to Embrace AP Capstone™ Program
Daniel Boone High School in Birdsboro is proud to be implementing a unique opportunity for their students in the 2017-2018 school year. The AP CapstoneTM program was first introduced to 114 schools in the U.S. during the fall of 2014. There are currently only 17 out of 692 public schools in PA offering this advantage to their students. AP CapstoneTM is a College Board program that equips students with the independent research, collaborative teamwork and communication skills that distinguish the student to colleges and universities. The program is comprised of two AP Courses – AP Seminar and AP Research and is designed to complement and enhance discipline-specific study in other AP Courses. The Daniel Boone Family is excited to introduce this successful, enhancing, and enjoyable stepping stone from high school to college to their student body.
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Election Survey
By Emily Olafson
Forty-four percent of Daniel Boone Middle School students, when asked in a recent survey, said they would not vote in the upcoming election, given the choice of Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Gary Johnson, or Jill Stein.
Students in grades six, seven, and eight are not old enough to vote. Although they are not yet 18, they were asked how they would vote if they were old enough.
Of those who said they would cast a vote, nearly 38 percent said they would vote for Trump, while 14 percent said they would vote for Clinton. Third party candidates Johnson and Stein received three and one percent respectively.
“Either way, the country isn’t going to be in very good shape,” said sixth-grader Denice Jean.
The Boone Tribune recently surveyed 455 out of the 870 students at Daniel Boone Middle School. This was an unscientific poll conducted during eighth period, and only those students who were available took the poll. Students were asked “If you could vote in the upcoming presidential election, who would you vote for? Or wouldn’t you vote at all?”
The presidential election is Tuesday. In most national polls, Clinton leads Trump by anywhere from eight to two percentage points.
The vote didn’t turn out that way at DBMS, however. In eighth grade, 26 percent of students said they would not vote. Forty-eight percent said they would vote Trump, with 18 percent for Clinton. Johnson was second to last with fourth percent, and Stein came in with three percent. One-hundred forty-five eighth graders were polled.
“Trump for president,” said Chris Bell, an eighth grader.
In seventh grade, 52 percent of students said they would not vote. Thiry-one percent said they would vote Trump. Clinton got 11 percent of the vote, with Johnson polling at three percent. Stein again came in last with one percent of the votes. One-hundred seventy-five seventh-grade students were polled.
“Hillary is not racist (like Trump),” said seventh-grader Jellil Hashamy.
In sixth grade, 40 percent of students said they would not be voting. Forty-three percent said Trump, with 14 percent for Clinton. Johnson came in at one percent, with Stein at less than one percent. One-hundred thirty-five sixth graders were polled.
In addition to Olafson, Zoe Sweet, Ashley Unger, and Eliza Karpiak conducted the poll.
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Fantastic Beasts
By Zoe Sweet
“We’ve all got both LIGHT and DARK inside of us. What matters most is the part we choose to act on, that’s who we really are,” said Sirius Black – one of J.K. Rowling’s many characters. This is a quote J.K. Rowling chose to use in one of her books, and was said by Harry’s Godfather; it is also the theme of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”
This movie was an amazing experience that I urge everyone to go see it. “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is the story of the American Wizarding World before Harry Potter. I believe that J.K. Rowling wrote the movie for the Harry Potter’s generation kids. The teens who grew up with Harry Potter are now old enough to watch “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” The movie, with its humorous puns and jokes, had anoverall feel-good mood.
The movie begins with Newt – a British wizard who has an interest in magical creatures – going to New York, with his magical case full of magical creatures.
Newt meets a Non-magic – in London they are called muggles. This man’s name was Jacob, and Newt ends up both befriending him and exposing wizardry to him. Newt and Jacob begin hunting down the magical creatures that Jacob accidently lets loose. On top of the multiple creatures released into the muggle population, there is a mysterious monster on the loose – that Newt did not bring.
In the background of these two plot lines, there are two love stories. Newt meets a girl that is an American wizard lawmaker, who falls for him. Jacob meets the girl’s sister, and they both fall in love as well.
The plot takes several unexpected turns and allows the viewer to continuously be surprised. Throughout the film, each character changed. At first some may say the storylines were unnecessary and undeveloped, but J.K. Rowling wrote it so perfectly that all three story lines grew together. For those who enjoyed the Harry Potter books and movies, you will love “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” Throughout the movie, Rowling gives Potter fan answers to some unanswered questions raised in all the books. For those who did not enjoy Harry Potter, I still highly recommend the film because it is a new era for wizards.
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” was quite long, but still it still felt a little rushed. The writers took a long time developing the plot. There were moments when what was going on was not relevant to the story, and some plot lines could have used more backstory.
The movie premiered in Europe on Nov. 15 and in the United States on Nov. 18. It is rated PG-13, and allows a new group of fans to experience the Magical Wizarding Community.
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DBMS thinks Falcons will upset the Patriots
By Ben Amtsberg
And Brady Dolan
Sixty-three percent of Daniel Boone Middle school students, when asked in a recent survey, believe the Falcons will upset the Patriots in Super Bowl LI. Only thirty-seven percent think that Patriots will beat the Falcons.
“I think that the Patriots will win because the NFL is staged,” said eighth-grader Jake Dwinchick, whose response was in the minority.
The Boone Tribune recently surveyed 346 out of the nearly 900 students in grades six through eight at Daniel Boone Middle School. This was an unscientific poll conducted during eighth period, and only those students that were available were polled. The students were asked, “Who do you THINK will win the Super Bowl? Falcons or Patriots?”
The poll was taken because Super Bowl LI (51) will be played this Sunday, February 5, in Houston, Texas.
In eighth grade, 63 percent of students believe the Falcons will beat the Patriots. About 120 eighth-graders were polled.
“The Falcons will win because the Patriots don’t deserve to win,” said eighth-grader Alex Horton.
In seventh grade, 62 percent of students polled believe the Falcons will win. About 130 students were polled.
“I don’t want to see the Patriots cheat again,” said seventh-grader Jared Miller.
In sixth grade, 68 percent think the Falcons will win. About 120 sixth-graders were polled.
“I think the Falcons will win because I’m tired of seeing the Patriots win,” said sixth-grader Chris Dola.
The Patriots still had some backing – 37 percent – of students at DBMS.
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DBMS GeoBee
By Faith Conroy
January 25 was the day Molly Shappell, a sixth-grader at Daniel Boone Middle School, won the annual GeoBee.
“Everyone was so great and I am so grateful that I won,” said Shappell modestly.
Trey Bradfield, an eighth-grader, was the runner-up for the geographic competition. “I didn’t have a chance,” he said.
The winning question: The endangered snow leopard is being protected in the Annapurna Conservation Area, which includes the Annapurna Massif in which Asian country?
The answer was Nepal.
In addition to Shappell and Bradfield, the following middle-school students participated in the Geo Bee: Mason Jolivette, Ryan Summers, Kyle Nguyen, Julia Difiore, Ryan Levan, Olivia Poore, Scott DeMild, and Cameron Henry.
The annual event was held in the DBMS auditorium. Mrs. Susan Dillinger, who teaches seventh and eighth grade, coordinated the event. The questions were read by Mr. Joe Boyle, sixth-grade teacher.
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DBMS Spelling Bee
By Deanna Chodkowski
On January 25th, the Daniel Boone Middle School auditorium was silent as Maynard Overdorf stood at the microphone. Students were on the edges of their seats, waiting for the winning word to be announced. Confidently, Maynard spelled out “misanthropy,” declaring him the winner of the 2017 Spelling Bee.
Overdorf, a seventh-grader, beat 27 other competitors and went through 15 rounds to reach the end of the bee. The runner-up was fellow seventh-grader, Zach Kane.
When asked how he felt when he won, Manyard said, “Kinda numb for about a minute.”
The Bee was held in the DBMS auditorium where Mrs. Jenny Rexrode, the school’s principal, announced each word for every student. Once students spelled a word, Mrs. Jennifer Schurr, along with Mrs. Valorie Thompson and Mrs. Jennifer Dawson, would declare the spelling to be correct or incorrect.
“It was just luck,” said Overdorf, who advanced to the Berks County Spelling Bee at Reading Area Community College on March 13.
Other contestants:
EIGHTH GRADE: Ashley Benoit, Kaitlin Cresswell, Dalton Cymbalski, Ty Czeiner, Maya Herbst, Eliza Karpiak, Kyle Nguyen, Rhiannon Squire, Erell Williams, Ashley Unger.
SEVENTH GRADE: Connor Bonelli, Miranda Dyer, Reese McDonald, Ewan Munteanu, Sarah Reinhart, Katie Sarro, Shawn Selbst.
SIXTH GRADE: Erica Baehser, Sofia Bischof, Jeff Dieteman, Abigail Dise, Xavier Marrero, Anthony Melcher, Ian Oister, Antonio Rulli, Molly Schappell.
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Mr. Kurtz Announces Resignation from Board of Directors
Mr. Connor J. Kurtz has announced his resignation from the Board of Directors effective October 21, 2017. To read Mr. Kurtz’s full resignation letter, please see the attached document. The Daniel Boone Area School District wishes to extend a thank you to Mr. Kurtz for his service and wishes him well in his future endeavors.
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