1. ACE Program
Ninth Grade

2. Shout Outs! To: Rodney Gross From: Ms. Blackert Strength: Persistence.
Description: Staying focused in the second quarter.
Shout Outs!
To: Meghan Boeshore
From: Ms. Gizara
Strength: Social Intelligence
Description: Continued hard work and great group work.
To: Cynthia Okechukwa and Noah Smith
From: Ms. Gizara
Strength: Social Intelligence
Description: Great Group work
To: Donovan James
From: Ms. Gizara
Strength: Social Intelligence
Description: Showing great class work skills.
To: Kady Dersch
From: Mr. Wilner
Strength: Citizenship
Description: Consistently respectful, positive, and cooperative in English class
To: Dialo Barry
From: Ms. Blackert
Strength: Persistence.
Description: Making up all of his absence work.
To: Brianna Webster
From: Mr. Wilner
Strength: Persistence
Description: Working hard and participating well in English.

3. Shout Outs! To: Ms. Kummer From: Ms. Renzi
Strength: Social Intelligence
Description: Always getting me to slow down and catch up with one another – I’m always happier once we’ve talked (even if it its just briefly in the hallway!)
To: Ashley Reese
From: Mr. Wilner
Strength: Persistence
Description: Working hard and participating so well during my formal observation lesson that Ms. Reid-Brooks talked to Ashley after class to tell her how impressive she was!
To: Travis Holland
From: Mr. Wilner
Strength: Persistence
Description: Working hard to create an awesome illustration for the Odyssey.
To: Mr. Otero and Ms. Meehan
From: Ms. Renzi
Strength: Citizenship
Description: Teaching the team about a reading strategy – making us all stronger! :
To: Keshawn Gwaltney
From: Ms. Renzi
Strength: Social Intelligence
Description: Honesty and strength in our discussion.
Brandon Scott and Ayana-Mari Brown for Kindness. Always willing to help distribute graded papers to peers.

4. Shout Outs! –: To: Me’kai Morris From: Ms. Nwogbo
Strength: social intelligence
Description: taken the initiative to arrange the calculators peers left and clustered without being asked.
To: Jacob Schafer & Ayana-Mari Brown
From: Ms. Nwogbo
Strength: citizenship
Description: always willing to support and help their peers understand their learning.
To: Brandon Scott and Ayana-Mari Brown
From: Ms. Nwogbo
Strength: Kindness.
Description: Always willing to help distribute graded papers to peers.
To: Hajrah Jalil
From: Ms. Nwogbo
Strength: Kindenss and citizenship
Description:willingness to support and help peer understand their learning.
To: Jamahd Rollins, Brandon, & Noah
From: Ms. Nwogbo
Strength: kindness & social intelligence
Description: willing helping to get calculators without being asked :

5. Put them in Ms. Renzi’s mailbox in the front office.
Shout Outs!
Submit yours for next week! They can be from…
Student to student
Student to teacher
Teacher to student
Teacher to Teacher
Pick up forms from your teacher – great way to exercise your kindness for your upcoming character conferences!
Put them in Ms. Renzi’s mailbox in the front office.

6. Parent Conference Night Thursday, Dec. 10
Session Two: “How to Register for Sophomore Year”
Parents and students will learn about:
graduation requirements
the course registration booklet
service learning hours
choosing the right classes
lists of local places to earn service learning hours.
Starts at 4:30
Encourage your family to join us for this important information! Teacher conferences start immediately following the presentation.

7. BINDER CHECKS
January 7th and 8th Math Class Start getting ready NOW – get help from your teachers if you need it. DON’T FORGET YOUR DAILY AGENDA COUNTS!

8. Class of 2019 Officers
Chinyereego Onouha is the 9th grade class president.
For any students who are interested, the vice president, secretary, or historian positions are still available.
Please see Ms. Coyle (229B) or leave a note in her mailbox. 
Remember what we learned at Towson University!!! College applications should include BOTH academic and extra curricular leadership!! (a message from Ms. Renzi)

9. Spectrum is a club the encourages the acceptance of the LGBT+ community at Overlea High School.
Meetings are Wednesday after school in room 303
See Ms. Kummer or Ms. Mintzes for more information.
Anyone is welcome!

10. Did you know? These announcements are on the school website – share them with your parents!

11. What else would you like to see?
These weekly announcements are designed to celebrate the good things that you are doing, and to help keep you informed about activities going on in our community.
Do you have any suggestions that you would like for us to consider when making these announcements? Please share them with your ninth grade teachers – or Ms. Renzi.