Zane Trace High School

11/8/2023 Announcements FFA Fruit Orders are due today. There is a BPA meeting today during lunch in Ms. Black's room. There is an FFA meeting tomorrow during lunch. Our PRCTC sophomore tour is tomorrow. STALL DAY- Remember to bring your change and stall your teacher from teaching tomorrow! All money raised will help provide Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners to over 50 Zane Trace families. Chromebooks have arrived on campus! Mr. Lyle is currently getting them all set up for student use. There will be a date set soon that students will report by grade level to the media center to pick up their Chromebook. Each student and parent will have to sign the Chromebook agreement before the Chromebook will be released to the student. The agreement will come out soon and be sent home in advance with each student. A reminder that there is NO SCHOOL on Friday, November 10th in observance of Veterans Day. “Every major difficulty you face in life is a fork in the road. You choose which track you will head down, toward breakdown or breakthrough”.- John C. Maxwell

Zane Trace was represented well tonight at the All-SVC Fall Sports Banquet for golf, football, and volleyball. Congrats to all of our All-SVC athletes!

Hope Squad's theme for this month is gratitude. Students will be able fill out thank you cards at lunch all next week for any district staff member, high school student, or can take them home. Thank you cards will be delivered before Thanksgiving break.

The powderpuff game was a success! We collected 310 cans and $79 in donations! All donations will benefit Zane Trace families. Thank you to all who came to support our students and for your generosity!

11/6/2023 Announcements A reminder that tomorrow, November 7th, is a remote learning day. Each teacher has given you an assignment to complete from home. Teachers will be available by email if needed. The ACT Workshop Parent Meeting is tonight at 6 p.m. in the media center. Dates for the ACT Workshops ran by Mrs. Massie will be announced tonight. They will begin after winter break. FFA fruit orders are due on Wednesday, November 8th. Stall Day is this Thursday, November 9th! Bring as much change as you can and stall your teacher from teaching! Money raised will be used to buy Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners for at 50 Zane Trace families. The PRCTC sophomore tour is this Thursday, November 9th. NO SCHOOL this Friday, November 10th in observance of Veterans Day. 11/6 Meetings FFA Officer Meeting “A life well lived is a dance between having the strength to walk away and the courage to go all in”.- Eddie Pinero

Powderpuff football under the lights!

Check out the very first Zane Trace Swim Newsletter! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JIrORIHsgGLL7u9T1VP5FeJCUoY8enJBdOjlIxvu9js/edit?usp=sharing

Zane Trace High School Meetings/Events/Activities Week of November 6-10 Monday, November 6 FFA Officer Meeting ACT Workshop Parent Meeting 6 p.m. (Media Center) Tuesday, November 7 Election Day- The district is a voting precinct. Remote Learning Day Students are completing assigned work for the day from home. Teachers are available by email for students seeking help on assignments. District Leadership Team Meeting -9:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 8 FFA Fruit Orders Due BPA Meeting District Wellness Committee Meeting 2:10 p.m. (Media Center) Thursday, November 9 Stall Day- Staff cannot start a lesson until they are done counting the change students bring in. All funds raised will be used to buy Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners for over 50 Zane Trace families. PRCTC 10th Grade Tour FFA Meeting Friday, November 10 Veterans Day-NO SCHOOL

The SVC Cheerleading Advisors recently organized the very first SVC Cheer Showcase that was held at Unioto High School. There was no cost to attend the event, but donations were accepted at the door. All money raised from the donations went towards the Adena Cancer Center. The event raised $1,500! Thanks to all those that made a donation to the Adena Cancer Center and came out to support our SVC Cheerleaders!

Each nine weeks, students that have no grades below a "C", no discipline referrals, and have perfect attendance (medical absences excluded) can participate in the PBIS award for that nine weeks. The first nine weeks award party was this afternoon. Students attending the event got to play a variety of games, listen to music, and eat pizza. The no cell phone policy was also lifted for those at the event. The main rule was to have fun! Each nine weeks there will be a different reward for those that meet the criteria. The second nine weeks reward will be announced soon. Potential rewards for the remainder of the year could be bowling, a movie trip, Triple Crown, etc.

The high school and middle school Student Council members are working together for this year's food drive. Classrooms with the most canned foods (and other non-perishable items) win a donut party!

The Powder Puff game is this Sunday at 5:00 pm. Non-perishable food items will be collected for admittance and the concession will be open! Come out and support the participants!

2022-2023 Academic High Honors Letter/Bar Recipients Students can pick up their high academic honors letters or bars in the office. Great work!! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zQ7EtuRQ1pwx_tBpb0nGEduDkaBySjVjKHbp9Pbs23s/edit?usp=sharing

11/3/2023 Announcements The student council is hosting a canned food drive through November 17th! The first period class that brings in the most canned foods will win a donut party! The Powder Puff game is on Sunday evening at 5:00 p.m. The cost to get in will be a canned food item. The concession stand will be open as well.. Please stop out and support the participants! All seniors that received Academic High Honors all four nine weeks of the 2022-2023 school year, will be called to the office after announcements. Bars will be given out to those students that have already received an academic letter. The whole list will be shared later today. The first nine weeks PBIS award is this afternoon at 1 p.m. Those students invited to the pizza party and activities in the gym will be released at 1 p.m. We will be checking attendance when you arrive at the gym. We have ordered a couple more bathroom occupancy signs. When they arrive later today, six students will be permitted at one time in the first floor bathroom.. Four people is the occupancy limit on the second floor bathroom, because they are smaller. The purpose of the occupancy limit is to cut down on the amount of students that want to go and hang out in the bathrooms in between classes. This will allow those students who are bothered by the large crowd of students standing around in the bathroom to use the restroom without that worry. We will continue to be proactive as a team. Students can be proactive as well. Athletics Our football team is hosting Purcell Marian tonight at 7pm in a OHSAA Division V Regional Quarterfinal playoff game. Come out and show your support! “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson

Members of our Zane Trace FFA are having a great time at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis! More photos can be found on the ZT FFA Instagram account.

11/2/2023 Announcements If you have a family member or friend who is a veteran of the armed forces, take a minute at lunch to see Mrs. Spires and write down that person's name for a Veterans Day display. Parent-Teacher Conferences are tonight from 3:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m. The Zane Trace Athletic Boosters will reimburse each ZTHS student that pays to get into the home football playoff game vs Purcell Marian tomorrow night at 7 p.m. I will also be giving out 5 free tickets to students today during lunch. I will be selecting students that I have witnessed exhibit positive actions throughout the week or been acknowledged by a teacher. Regardless of how you receive a ticket, bring your school spirit! All juniors that received Academic High Honors all four nine weeks of the 2022-2023 school year, will be called to the office after announcements. Bars will be given out to those students that have already received an academic letter. The whole list will be shared at the end of the week. There is a student council meeting today during lunch. “Turn the mental blocks into building blocks.”-Dr. Roopleen.

We want to thank the Ross County Health Department for providing us with these yellow bracelets. Each bracelet states, "Stand Up, Speak Out Against Tobacco". Vaping is a common problem in schools. There is also a lot of students that are bothered by the vaping addiction exhibited by some of their peers. Students were encouraged today to grab a bracelet and wear it to show their support against vaping and other tobacco products. We had a lot of bracelets go quickly. Students are encouraged to continue to wear their bracelets and try to help students that may be addicted to stop. The Ross County Health District is also helping us with getting anonymous vape drop-off points installed. They could help a student, who is fighting an addiction, to dispose of it quickly. Everybody can help with this problem. A lot of the students that get caught with vapes, get them from older individuals. Some are brought to school to be sold. If you are an individual giving a student a vape, think about the negative impact you are making on their life and potentially others. Students that do get caught have been getting assigned to a four-day vaping course sponsored by PARS in another effort to help students turn the corner and break the habit.

Description: Zane Trace Stall Day is Thursday, November 9th, 2023! Students are able to bring in change/money in any form (pennies to dollar bills) to 'stall' class for the day. The students are to present the teacher with change at the start of class, and all classwork will be 'stalled' until the teacher is done counting money. Sometimes it takes one minute to count change, but we have seen students bring enough for the whole period. Once all change is counted, the teacher is allowed to begin the day's lesson. Stall Day Purpose: We have around 50 Zane Trace families (over 200 individuals) that need help this holiday season. The money raised from this fundraiser will buy the Thanksgiving AND Christmas dinners for these families. Thank you for helping your community, so that we may 'change' the season for the better!

The high school Student Council toured the Ohio Statehouse this morning! A special thanks to state senator, Shane Wilkin for meeting with our students and allowing us to visit the senate floor!

11/1/2023 Announcements The student council is visiting the Ohio Statehouse today. Their bus leaves at 8:15 a.m. The National FFA Convention begins today and will run through Friday. Have a safe trip and a great experience to all of our ZT FFA members attending the trip! Recipients of ZT Academic Honor Letters and Bars from the 2022-2023 school year have been determined. The criteria to receive an academic letter during the 2022-2023 school year was to achieve high honors all four nine weeks. I will begin calling down the sophomore recipients after announcements. Juniors will be announced tomorrow and seniors on Friday. The whole list will be shared at the end of the week. On November 29th, those students that have joined the Big Brother/Big Sisters training will receive their initial training as a group. The first sessions with their little brothers and sisters will be December 7th and December 14th. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” – Dale Carnegie