Dear Bath Community,

As we near spring, we want to share with you some information in relation to our vision for our facilities in our district. Over the past few years, we have had discussions at board meetings and Buildings and Grounds subcommittee meetings relating to P.I. expenditures and the possibility of a new 6-12 building. As stated in previous community newsletters, we have been communicating with the Ohio Schools Facilities Commission discussing our timeline for redeeming our $20 million credit we established back in 2012 with our ELPP elementary building project. Through recent discussions with the Ohio School Facilities Commission, we remain approximately ten years out from receiving our credit due to the state’s inability to fund. Our community would have to commit to the total cost of another project and subsequently wait for the credit post-build. Our bond levy for the elementary building runs until 2049. Therefore, at this time, we do not feel it’s fiscally responsible to ask the community to fully fund another ELPP project without receiving the credit from our initial building project. We believe our buildings to be in good shape and to function well enough to facilitate the next ten years before engaging our community again for another building project. We will continue to pursue the Ohio School Facilities Commission and our position on receiving our credit to see if our timeline would change.
Last month, we held our second induction for our Hall of Fame honoring six new members. They are Kristina Butler (Johoske), class of ’83; Laura Ford, class of ’76; Joel Mayerson, class of ’86; Ken Penhorwood 1951-1985; Amy Prichard, class of ‘79; and Michael Rumer, class of ‘62. Their amazing stories are featured on our website under Hall of Fame as well as our Facebook page. We are always looking for nominations to the Hall of Fame. Nomination forms may be found on our website under the Hall of Fame tab.

Sincerely, Rich Dackin
#WildcatNation #WildcatWay #BleedBlue

FROM
BATH ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
MR. CHRIS RENNER, PRINCIPAL

BATH 5TH GRADE QUIZ BOWL TEAM EXCELS IN TOURNAMENT!

The 2021-2022 quiz bowl season was extremely exciting. With each competition, our quiz bowl team improved. After two nights of the quiz bowl tournament, it was clear our team had done an amazing job as they finished second place. The next day, the trophy was passed throughout the fifth-grade classrooms. Then, the trophy was placed in the trophy case in the Bath Elementary entrance. The next time you are in the elementary building, make a point to find the large trophy in the case. Congratulations to the team! They represented themselves and Bath Elementary well. We are Bath Proud! The fifth-grade quiz bowl team members were Coe Boedicker, Colton Bassett, Quinn Bantner, Caleb Dunlap, Greyson Marsteller, Cambria Whitehead, Katie
Gerten and Jackson Fruchey. Mrs. Wiedenbein was this year’s coach.

	CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 1ST SEMESTER GOOD CITIZENS!

1ST GRADE GOOD CITIZENS	2ND GRADE GOOD CITIZENS

3RD GRADE GOOD CITIZENS

RELAY FOR LIFE

Relay for Life is 4TH GRADE GOOD CITIZENS	5TH GRADE GOOD CITIZENS	Friday, May 13th.

SAFETY PATROL

Students from fourth and fifth grade applied for patrol positions. Teacher recommendations were also considered to select the patrol members. Safety patrol members help teachers and administrators monitor the student body while entering and exiting the building. The patrol members encourage the student body to make healthy and safe choices. The younger students often slow down as they see a patrol member so that they may receive a high five from an upperclassman. Patrol members also maintain the lost and found area. Positive feedback has been received as the program develops. A big thank you goes out to the leadership of the safety patrol members and their willingness to accept extra responsibilities for the betterment of our student body. Go Wildcats!

WILDCAT KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP

The Bath 2022-2023 Kindergarten Roundup is underway! To be eligible, a child must be 5 years old on or before August 1, 2022. If you have a child who meets this qualification, please go to our website www.bathwildcats.org and click the registration link to register your child. Once you have registered your child, please provide the elementary office with the child’s birth certificate (which includes mother’s maiden name), social security card, immunization records, three documents providing proof of residency in the Bath district, and custody papers (including all pages of the document & the
judge/magistrate’s signature), if applicable. A kindergarten screening time will be scheduled when you bring these documents to the elementary office. All of these items must be submitted to the elementary before kindergarten screening takes place. The elementary office is open from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday to collect these items or answer any questions you may have. Kindergarten screening will be Thursday, May 26th and Friday, May 27th.

FROM
BATH ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
MR. CHRIS RENNER, PRINCIPAL

Ohio Assessments 2021-2022 School Year
	
AIR-American Institute for Research
	
3rd & 5th Grade Language Arts
	April 6
	
3rd Grade Language Arts
	April 7
	
4th Grade Language Arts
	April 12 & 13
	
3rd & 5th Grade Math
	April 27
	
3rd Grade Math
	April 28
	
4th Grade Math
	May 3
	
5th Grade Science
	May 5
	
2nd Grade Iowa/Cogat
	May 17-19

ELEMENTARY SPELLING BEE

Congratulations to Caleb Blackston who finished in first place in the Bath Elementary School Spelling Bee. Caleb is the son of Corey Blackston and Krystyen Galvin. Zandyr Sites, son of Richard Sites and Jennifer Marsee, was our runner-up and Payton Budde, daughter of Keith and Cara Budde, took third place. Caleb, being Bath Elementary School’s winner, participated in the Allen County Spelling Bee on February 26.

POP TABS

Thank you to all who have donated pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House!

SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION

This is the third winter that Bath 5th graders are participating in the Lifelines Program. Lifelines is a suicide prevention program. Students learn information about suicide, how to help a friend who may be suicidal, and the importance of getting help for themselves if they are suicidal. A staff member from PASS (Prevention Awareness Support Services) comes to teach Lifelines during the 5th grade special’s rotation. ~April Neff, School Counselor

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL)

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is a practice that integrates social and emotional skills into the school curriculum. These skills can be used and practiced throughout the students’ lives. In the elementary school, both Mrs. Neff and Miss Foley teach a SEL class in the kindergarten’s special rotation. Each kindergarten class has a SEL lesson two times in the seven-day rotation. The structure of these classes emphasizes social skills such as eye contact, whole body listening, following directions, maintaining personal space, taking turns, sharing, and behaving respectfully. The skills they spend the most time teaching and practicing with kindergartners include identifying feelings, expressing feelings in healthy ways, conflict resolution, problem solving, and using calming strategies and coping skills to manage negative feelings. Mrs. Neff also teaches SEL to 5th grade students during their specials rotation.

April Neff, School Guidance Counselor

Logan Foley, MSW, LSW, School Social Worker

SOUPER BOWL

In preparation for the Super Bowl, our fourth graders brought in cans to donate to the local food pantry. Over 550 cans were brought into school and donated. We are proud of our fourth graders for making this “Souper Bowl” about others.

FROM
BATH MIDDLE SCHOOL
MR. BRAD CLARK, PRINCIPAL

2021-2022 Bath Middle School Testing Schedule

6th-8th grade
	
Monday, April 4th
	8th grade English Language Arts Part 1
	
Tuesday, April 5th
	8th grade English Language Arts Part 2
	
Wednesday, April 6th
	6th & 7th grade English Language Arts Part 1
	
Thursday, April 7th
	6th & 7th grade English Language Arts Part 2
	
Monday, April 25th
	8th grade Math/Algebra Part 1
	
Tuesday, April 26th
	8th grade Math/Algebra Part 2
	
Wednesday, April 27th
	6th & 7th grade Math Part 1
	
Thursday, April 28th
	6th & 7th grade Math Part 2
	
Monday, May 2nd
	8th grade Science, Part 1 & 2

			

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7TH GRADE GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

The Bath Middle School 7th grade girls’ basketball team recently completed a very successful season. They finished the season with an overall record of 13-5 as well as finishing runner-up in the Elida Invitational Tournament. Congratulations to Coach Bill Garland and the young ladies who had an outstanding season.

UPCOMING EVENTS AT BMS

Spring Formal Dance
The 7th & 8Th grade spring formal dance is Friday, May 13th at 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The dance will take place in the middle school gym and be for Bath 7th and 8th grade students only. More details will be provided by the middle school as the date for the dance gets closer.

Eighth-Grade Recognition
Students in the eighth grade who successfully meet the requirements to become freshman at Bath High School will be recognized on the last day of school. The Eighth-Grade Recognition ceremony will take place on May 27th at 1:00 p.m. in the middle school gym. Parents are encouraged to attend the ceremony.

SPELLING BEE

On Wednesday, January 12, the school-wide spelling bee was held in the middle school library. Thirty-seven middle-school students competed in the event. Preliminary spelling bees were
held in the individual classrooms in order to determine the qualifiers. Max Coleman (grade 8) was crowned the champion, Jacob Rasor (grade 8) was named the first runner-up, and Landyn Klaus (grade 7) was the second runner-up. Max is the son of Sarah Coleman and Mark Coleman, Jacob is the son of Angela and Joel Rasor, and Landyn is the son of Danielle and Eric Klaus.

Max did a great job representing our school in the Allen County Spelling Bee at OSU Lima, finishing 4th in the county. Max will also compete at the Regional Spelling Bee later this year. Congratulations to the finalists and to all who participated.

BMS ON TWITTER! Parents and community members are encouraged to follow the Bath Middle School twitter account.
Follow us at @BathMidSchool. The account often has pictures and details about what is happening in our building. Please consider following Bath Middle School on Twitter.

FROM
BATH MIDDLE SCHOOL
MR. BRAD CLARK, PRINCIPAL
CAREER CLUSTERS at BMS

The middle school continues to conduct career clusters in grades 7 and 8. In addition to career exploration activities, our career clusters also provide life skills instruction as well as social and emotional health activities.

Recently we have used grant money to purchase two 3-D printers and a sublimation printer. Students are using the equipment to design and produce items that have been sold during lunch periods. It is our goal to continue to expand the design, production, and sales of items in the middle school in order to have our students gain experience as a part of our career cluster program.

Bath Middle School 7th and 8th grade career clusters are working collaboratively to create a realworld small business plan. During 8th grade Information Technology career class, students have been modifying existing files in practice of creating their own files for the 3D printer to create a heart key chain. Students have has also worked collaboratively to create a Bath pawprint key chain. These files are then printed with our newly purchased 3D printer. The 7th grade Finance career class has done a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) plan to determine what would be a good price to sell the heart key chains and Bath pawprint key chains. The students have looked at what the costs (labor, materials, etc.) would be for creating these items, and what a reasonable price would be to sell the key chains to the students in the middle school. The students presented their findings to the 8th grade Marketing career class. The 8th grade Marketing career class has put together a plan to sell these items to students and staff throughout the district. The students have created marketing ads and commercials for our middle school news cast to air. The Marketing career cluster has practiced targeting their given audience and will be helping with the sales of the key chains.

BMS SCIENCE FAIR

Bath Middle School held its annual science fair on Saturday, February 26th. Students in grades 5-8 participated and were evaluated in the following areas: knowledge achieved, use of the scientific method, clarity of expression, originality & creativity, and teamwork. Participants did an awesome job of using the scientific method in their projects. Skills were developed in research, communication, and technological design throughout the fair. Carter Schrock, Bryce Neff, Emma Dunlap, Owen Schwarm, Jacob Lee, Penelope Francis, Zoie Bayliff, Elizabeth Hendrickson, Katelyn Shields and Cambria Whitehead received superior ratings and will represent Bath at the Virtual District Science Day. Congratulations to all participants!

QUIZ BOWL

BMS 6th grade quiz bowl team earned 3rd place out of ten teams in their division at the Allen County Quiz Bowl tournament. The students are asked questions covering mathematics, reading/english, social studies, and current events. Sixth grade quiz bowl members are Lacey Carpenter, Niah Horn, Levin Lewis, Bryce Neff, and Conner Sprague. These students represented Bath Middle School extremely well and truly played as a team.

FROM
BATH HIGH SCHOOL
MR. BRIAN JESKO, PRINCIPAL
WINTER ATHLETIC RECOGNITION Congratulations to the following athletes for their athletic achievements and awards during the winter season:

Bowling
•	Jenna Sprague - 1stTeam All-WBL, District Qualifier
•	Kylie Carpenter - Honorable Mention All-WBL	HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL •	Payton Newbury - 1stTeam All-WBL, District Qualifier
•     Keaton Phillips - Honorable Mention All-WBL                              Purchase your tickets now for this year’s •     Preston Young - Honorable Mention All-WBL                               musical, The Music Man. Tickets can be
Boys Basketball	purchased online at
•	Jonah Wauben - 3rd Team All-WBL	http://bathwildcats.org/ticketboxofficeaspx •	Britton Hall - Honorable Mention All-WBL
Girls Basketball	Performance dates:
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•	Ava Craddock - 1st Team All-WBL, 1st Team All NW District	Friday, March 25th at 7:30 p.m.
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Sunday, March 27 at 2:00 p.m.
•	Rachel Clark - 2nd Team All-WBL	Saturday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m.
•	Elena Oliver – 3rd Team All-WBL
PROM 2022
•	Claire Foust - Honorable Mention All-WBL Swimming
•	District Qualifiers- Sydney Koslakiewicz, Lucas Bell, Landon Stahler,
Wrestling
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7 from 8:00-10:00 p.m. at
Daxton Truman, Kaden Truman	This year’s Junior/Senior Prom •	Zeke Burkholder (144 lbs)- WBL Champion, State Qualifier	is scheduled for Saturday, May •	Other District Qualifiers: Nolan Deppe, Carter Deppe, Jaxon Ritchey	Hawthorne Wedding and Event
Venue.

SENIOR WALKTHROUGH

Our annual Senior Walkthrough will take place on Wednesday, May 18th. A walkthrough is scheduled in the elementary at 1:30 p.m, in the middle school at 2:00 p.m., and in the high school at 2:30 p.m. Participating seniors should wear their caps and gowns and meet in front of our elementary school at 1:25 p.m.

GRADUATION

This year’s commencement is Sunday, May 22nd at 2:00 p.m. at Bath Stadium. Graduation will be moved into the gymnasium in the event of inclement weather.

CAREER FAIR

OhioMeansJobs Allen County is hosting a Spring Career Fair for high school students! The event will take place on Tuesday, May 10th from 10:00am to 2:00pm at the UNOH Event Center. They are expecting over 100+ local employers from several industries and sectors to be represented at this event. This is an opportunity like no other for seniors to meet with prospective employers right before graduation and get started in their career pathway!

HALL OF FAME GUEST SPEAKERS

Bath High School inducted six members into the Hall of Fame Class of 2022. On Friday, February 11, the inductees talked to our juniors and seniors about their experiences as Bath students and their remarkable career pathways after graduation. This year’s Hall of Fame inductees include Kris (Johoske) Butler, Laura Ford, Joel Mayerson, Ken Penhorwood, Amy Prichard, and Michael Rumer. Congratulations to the Hall of Fame class of 2022!

	
End of Course Exams
	Tuesday, April 5: ELA II (Part 1)
	
	Wednesday, April 6: ELA II (Part 2)
	
	April 7-14: ELA II make ups/retakes
	
	Tuesday, April 26: Algebra I and Geometry (Parts I & II)
	
	Wednesday, April 27: Algebra I and Geometry makeups/retakes
	
	Thursday, April 28: American History & American Gov’t (Parts I & II)
	
	Friday, April 29 & Monday, May 2: Algebra I, Geometry, American History & Gov’t makeups/retakes
	
	Tuesday, May 3: Biology (Parts I & II)
	
	Wednesday, May 4: Biology makeups/retakes
	
	Thursday, May 5 & Friday, May 6: Math, Social Studies, Science makeups/retakes
	
Mock Crash for Juniors and Seniors
	Friday, April 29 at 9:00 a.m. at BHS
	
AP Exam
	Wednesday, May 4 at 7:50 a.m. in library
	
Honor’s Banquet
	Wednesday, May 4 at 7:00 p.m. in the high school auditorium

Prom
	Saturday, May 7 at 8:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. at Hawthorne Hills Event Center
	
Relay for Life
	Friday, May 13
	
Senior Walkthrough
	Wednesday, May 18 starting at 1:30 p.m. in the elementary
	
Senior Scholarships
	Thursday, May 19
	
Senior Breakfast
	Friday, May 20 at 8:00 a.m. - Mandatory for all seniors
	
Graduation Practice
	Friday, May 20 at 10:00 a.m. - Mandatory for all seniors
	
Graduation
	Sunday, May 22 at 2:00 p.m. at Bath Stadium

STUDENT RECOGNITIONS

Senior Chloe Rieman was nominated and recognized at the Lima Noon Optimists Youth Appreciation luncheon for her strong leadership skills and serving as a positive role model for her peers.

Two Bath High School students are winners for the 2022 E3 Smart Logo contest. 1st place – Anne Oliver and 2nd place – Claire Foust.

FROM
The following students earned recognition at this year’s High School Kewpee Art Show: Emma Kelley received Best of Show, Treg Sibert received 1st place in the sculpture category, Elise Branim received 2nd place in the drawing category and Emma Cales received 2nd place in the printmaking category.

BATH HIGH SCHOOL
The High School Music Department would like to recognize Elise Branim, who earned all-District recognition for Honor's Choir and Amari Junkins who earned 1st Chair for District Honor's Band. Four students performed at the OMEA Solo and Ensemble Adjudicated Events at Lima Senior on January 29: Amari Junkins (trombone solo), earning a superior rating, Hailey Hinkle (piano solo), earned a superior rating, Hailey Hinkle (alto saxophone solo), earned an excellent rating, Leah Shields (flute solo), earned a superior rating, and Madison Snay (bassoon solo) earned an excellent rating.

As part of Lowe’s “Bunks Across America” program, Mr. Prichard’s Industrial Technology students have partnered with a local organization to build bunk beds for students and families in the Bath and Allen East school districts.

LOOKING AHEAD

MR. BRIAN JESKO, PRINCIPAL
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BATH ELEMENTARY Chris Renner, Principal Chris Clark, Asst. Principal 2450 Bible Road
Lima, OH 45801 (419) 221-1837

BATH MIDDLE SCHOOL Brad Clark, Principal
Cam Staley, Asst. Principal 2700 Bible Road
Lima, OH 45801 (419) 221-1839

BATH HIGH SCHOOL Brian Jesko, Principal James Fay, Asst. Principal 2850 Bible Road
Lima, OH 45801 (419) 221-0366

Want to be a School Bus Driver?

The Bath Local School District is looking for individuals interested in becoming a substitute school bus driver. School buses are easy to drive. They are equipped with automatic transmissions
and power steering. People adapt easily to driving a school bus with the training provided. If you like working with children, have a good driving record, and are chosen through the interview process, we will assist you through the procedures of becoming a certified bus driver. Substitute bus driving is great for people with flexible schedules and/or retirees. For information, please send your resume to Bath Local Schools, Transportation Dept., 2650 Bible Road, Lima, OH 45801. For questions, you may call
the Transportation Office at 419-221-0807, ext 6160 and speak with Keanna McNamara, Transportation Supervisor.

Upcoming Dates

Friday, April 15: No School (Easter Break) Friday, May 13: Relay for Life Sunday, May 22: Graduation Friday, May 27: Last Day of School