Wednesday night we celebrated the induction of 20 new members to United High School's chapter of National Honor Society in the auditorium. Our new members are: Ben Battaglini, Alexander Baur, Addyson Blazer, Luke Courtney, Nate Hall, Ethan Hively, Grayson Kidder, Morgan Lake, Justus Lewand, Samara Martin, Emma McDevitt, Andrew Ogilvie, Katelyn Phillips, Rachael Rhodes, Piper Richey, Louden Stryffeler, Jacob Tucker, Hailey Wargo, Madeline Young, and Matilyn Zines. Congratulations to all!
Congratulations to Shelby Ellenberger! She is now certified as a Microsoft Office PowerPoint Specialist! This is Shelby’s second certification this year. Way to go, Shelby!!!
Seniors in Agriculture business are learning about budgeting Money, how to develop a budget and the reality of how much things cost including taxes, retirement contributions and household bills. They are learning how to use the excel by building equations, and then mapping out their decisions in a presentation. They are doing a simulation where they are given a certain amount of "money" and have to budget it for a whole year. Here is their progress so far!
Connor Perry, Jennie Brinker, Chloe Cooper, Maggie cope and Allie Irwin all competed at the Ashland county general Livestock Invitational this morning. Members judged classes of Cattle, Pigs & Sheep for market and breeding characteristics. we then enjoyed company and a meal with West Branch FFA Members.
The United Band Spaghetti Dinner Concert is tomorrow! Dinner is from 4:30-7:30pm. Music goes from 5:30-8:30pm. ($10 Adult, $7 Student/ Senior Citizen, $2 Band Member) All audience members need a ticket for this event.
5:30pm Jazz Band
6:30pm Junior High Band
7pm 5th Grade Band
7:30pm 6th Grade Band
8pm High School Concert Band
Be sure to arrive early to eat because the kitchen will get very busy around 6pm. Come out and hear some great performances from all bands 5-12, along with the United Jazz Band. Thank you for supporting your United Band Program!!
Painting began today on the sheds made by the senior Building Trades students. They will get shingles next, and then students will create a sale plan for their sheds. Sheds will be sold at the end of April - please help spread the word!
Woods 1 students completed another project this week. Students had to practice using the jig saw and the drill press to create a step stool. They are improving their blueprint interpretation skills and continue to fine tune their measuring abilities.
United Local would like to remind families that we will be on a scheduled two-hour late start tomorrow, March 15th. All transportation and classes will run two hours later than normal.
TV Studio - Girls Track Preseason Interviews (Tiffany Thompson)
https://youtu.be/Br3RKI6Nk6w
NO ACT TODAY:
Due to our 2-hr. delay and the required length of time for administering the ACT, we will need to reschedule the testing of all 11th graders. We will have to go with a date the ACT gives us and will let students know as soon as we have our make-up date.
TV Studio - Dallas McCracken State Wrestling Meet Interview (Brayden Mastronarde)
https://youtu.be/T4HVghn1u_Y
The Agriculture Education department started the next phase of the "leafy greens for you and me" project. Plants that we started in the grow cart were transferred to the grow towers. Stay tuned for updates as our plants grow! This tower has mini sunflowers, Oak leaf lettuce and cherry tomatoes! 🍅 🥬 🌻
Kaleb Nastari had an awesome run today at the Nike Indoor Nationals track contest in NYC at The Armory. He ran a 1:51.83, which placed him 2nd overall. Congratulations Kaleb!
What a great first day for our wrestlers at the state meet! Auston, Dakota and Dallas all got their first day wins and will be continuing on.
OHSAA PARENT/ATHLETE MEETING - MARCH 13
The OHSAA preseason meeting for SPRING SPORTS (grades 7-12) will be taking place this coming Monday, March 13th at 7:00pm. This meeting will take place in the high school auditorium. We hope to see you there as this is a required meeting by the OHSAA for your student to be eligible to compete for our school. If you already attended this meeting for another season this year, you are not required to attend this meeting.
Your state qualifiers have made it to Columbus @The Covelli Center at Ohio State! Good Luck to Dallas, Dakota, and Auston this weekend!!!
WELCOME U.S. AIR FORCE BAND OF FLIGHT!
We had an awesome concert today put on by the Air Force Band of Flight out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH. It was also great to hear about all of the job opportunities available to members of our military, including serving in the capacity as professional musicians while traveling the world to perform.
The State FFA Degree is the State FFA Associations highest honor. Students must be involved FFA Members, great community members and excel in curriculum. This year, United FFA has 4 members who have exhibited the above requirements, earned and productively invested at $2,500 and volunteered at least 25 hours in community service activities. These students also keep meticulous records of their projects throughout the school year and summer. CONGRATULATIONS TO: Maddox French, Olivia Short, Zeb Snyder and Alex Householder, they will be receiving their degree at the 2023 State FFA convention in May
