North Canton City Schools Board of Education NON-PROFIT ORG. 525 7th Street NE US POSTAGE PAID North Canton OH 44720 CANTON, OHIO PERMIT NO. 202 (ECRWSS) Resident INSIDE: welcome • Improvements • schedules Kindergarten Screening page 3 North Canton City Schools Viking Vision AUGUST: 2016 VOLUME: 4 ISSUE: 1 School Starts Tuesday, August 23, 2016, for Grades 1-12 and Monday, August 29, 2016, for Preschool and Kindergarten Meet Assistant Superintendent Dave Pilati Welcome Back! Welcome to a new school year! As Vision, Mission, and Values. We will Dave Pilati brings an impressive from Ashland University, has had students return to school excited to also analyze results from financial, resume to his job as Assistant additional training in Formative see old friends and make new ones, academic and student resources and Superintendent of Teaching and Instructional Practices from Battelle our community members, faculty and will then set new targets and goals. Learning. Pilati was a curriculum for Kids, Rick Stiggins’ Assessment for staff are going to experience the same We will then do the work necessary consultant at the Stark County Learning and Tom Gusky’s Effective Educational Service Center last Grading Strategies. feelings this year. As you will see in this by implementing plans to make our year, where he performed a wide “I am both honored and thrilled newsletter, a number of outstanding goals and aspirations attainable as we array of services for Stark County to be a Viking and to be part of a individuals are joining the NCCS operate the organization in a manner Schools, including service as the K-12 district that has a long standing district. They recognize the importance that is transparent and empowering to mathematics consultant, facilitator tradition of excellence and pride due of their mission and the high standards both students and staff. of the data collection processes in to hardworking educators and students of excellence they must uphold. I ask We will continue to improve county schools and coordinator of combined with wonderful support from that you greet them as warmly as you at helping our students to become gifted services to Brown Local. Pilati its parents and community,” said Pilati. greeted me when I joined the district successful in a dynamic, innovative previously worked as the Director of last March. Meeting all of you these and supportive learning environment. Curriculum and Director of Secondary last few months confirmed everything I invite you to contact us and Instruction in the Plain Local School “We are fortunate to have Dave District. He also served as an Academy I had heard about the strong support of participate with our leadership team Pilati join our administrative team Principal and Assistant Principal at the Viking Community. in activities that will help our students GlenOak High School Career Center. because of his experiences as a math As we transition with a new thrive. He began his career as a mathematics teacher, high school administrator leadership team, we have an opportunity teacher at Minerva High School before and curriculum director. He brings a to build a better understanding of the joining the Plain Local School District. wealth of experience and training that needs of our school district and the Pilati, who earned a Bachelor of will help us grow as a school district.” path forward. Science Degree from Bowling Green - Superintendent Jeff Wendorf We will begin by listening through University and a Master of Education conversations and reading feedback on surveys. We have recently collected valuable input from employees, parents Changed Immunization Requirements and community members. Jeff Wendorf Ohio law now requires that all students entering seventh grade have proof of receiving the following SUPERINTENDENT immunizations BEFORE the first day of school: TDaP vaccine (to protect from Tetanus, Diphtheria, Through planning and collaborating and Pertussis) and Meningococcal (A, C, Y, W-135) vaccine (to protect from Meningitis). Any with stakeholders including students, NORTH CANTON CITY SCHOOLS seventh grade student who has not had both the TDaP and Meningococcal (A, C, Y, W-135) Phone: (330) 497-5600 parents, employees, and community vaccinations will not be permitted to attend school until proof of these immunizations has been [email protected] provided to the school. member groups, we will revisit our Twitter: @VikingSupt Ohio law requires that all students entering twelfth grade have proof of receiving the following immunizations BEFORE the first day of school: Meningococcal (A, C, Y, W-135) vaccine (to protect from Meningitis). Students entering twelfth grade must have a second dose of Meningococcal (A, C, Y, W-135) vaccine. If the first dose of Meningococcal was administered after the sixteenth Elementary: Breakfast $1.50 Lunch $2.50 birthday, a second dose is not required. Students will not be permitted to attend school until proof Breakfast and of these immunizations has been provided to the school. Middle School: Breakfast $1.75 Lunch $2.75 Immunizations may be obtained from your child’s healthcare provider, most local pharmacies, and Lunch Prices the Stark County Health Department. Please submit a copy of your child’s immunization or a signed High School: Breakfast $2.00 Lunch $3.00 form to the school nurse prior to the first day of school. Cost of reduced meals Ohio Department of Health flyer: https://www.odh.ohio.gov/~/media/ODH/ASSETS/Files/bid/ for 2016-2017 immunizations/college%20immun/Meningitis%20Flyer_edited-9.pdf. Full document showing all for all schools: Breakfast $0.30 Lunch $0.40 immunization requirements to attend school in Ohio for 2016-17: https://www.odh.ohio.gov/~/ media/ODH/ASSETS/Files/bid/immunizations/schoolsummary.pdf. Visit us at northcantonschools.org VIKING 2 VISION Welcome A Look at North Canton City Schools What’s Inside Michelle Hostetler named Board of Education Bruce Hunt, president Director of Instruction email: [email protected] From the Superintendent .................. 1 (330) 805-6243 or (330) 244-2312 Welcome .........................................1-3 Julie M. Cross, vice president Michelle Hostetler’s background A graduate of Malone College email: [email protected] as a Literacy Consultant/Curriculum and Ashland University, Hostetler (330) 499-7220 Important Dates ................................. 3 Coordinator/Gifted Coordinator was an elementary teacher in Canton at the Stark County Educational Local Schools and Strasburg Franklin Jordan Greenwald Sports Schedules ................................ 4 Service Center (ESC) makes her an Schools. email: [email protected] excellent choice as the new Director (330) 495-6748 of Instruction. Prior to her position “Michelle Hostetler’s knowledge and at the ESC, Hostetler worked as the experience will provide our teachers Viking Vision Literacy Coordinator/Literacy Coach/ Dr. Nancy E. Marion with effective as well as high quality email: [email protected] Interventionist at Canton Local All editorial content is copyright resources for instruction. Michelle’s (330) 966-2947 Schools. These positions gave her an protected and cannot be used without work in literacy, curriculum and gifted opportunity to grow as she received studies will help teachers build a strong written consent. The Viking Vision training in literacy conferences that Susie Hertler Van Vranken foundation for our students.” email: [email protected] and district logos are trademarks of provided her with the expertise to - Superintendent Jeff Wendorf (330) 495-9333 the North Canton City Schools. develop literacy lessons and local Questions or comments regarding workshops. She also worked on the new standards roll-out, language arts Board of education meetings are held on the the Viking Vision should be directed adoption and assessment committees. third wednesday of every month at 6 p.m. in the to Jeff Wendorf, Superintendent of InQspot at hoover high school. Schools, 330-497-5600. North Canton City Schools Tim Walker to lead Vikings District Central Office as new Athletic Director Jeff Wendorf, superintendent email: [email protected] twitter: @vikingsupt David Pilati, Asst. superintendent North Canton resident Tim Walker in athletics,” said Walker. “My wife email: [email protected] has been hired as the new athletic and I have been residents of North director. Walker brings a wealth of Canton for six years and our children Todd Tolson, treasurer email: [email protected] NORTH CANTON CITY SCHOOLS experience in the realm of athletics, are part of the district, so we have seen having worked as the head men’s firsthand the quality of education in Todd Henne, director of Business FOLLOW US! basketball coach at Malone University North Canton. I have spent most of email: [email protected] from 2009-2015 and serving as the my professional career in athletics and @NCCSVIKINGS John Welch, director of special services assistant athletic director and interim I am excited to see how I can use those email: [email protected] @NCVIKINGSTRONG athletic director. In addition to leading experiences to help advance the great Facebook.com/ the basketball team in a transition tradition of Hoover athletics. I am Kim Nidy, director of Instruction from NAIA to NCAA II, he also thrilled to be joining such a great team email: [email protected] NCCSvikings administered eleven varsity sports, of coaches