Wheeler High School has officially completed its first trimester of the 2015-2016 school year. We are proud of all the students and wish the best of luck starting the second trimester. Moreover, we have had some great memories since the beginning of school and are looking forward to the bright future.
To begin, we would like to congratulate the Bearcat Theater Company for its fantastic production of Clue: The Musical. Conducted by Auditorium/Drama Director John Hanaway, the cast members included the following students: Marcos Buslon as Mr. Boddy, Jenna Giorgi as The Detective, Tino Seahorn as Mr. Green, Noah Janowski as Colonel Mustard, Aaron Hardison as Professor Plum, Lauren Aldaba as Mrs. White, Hayley Johnson as Mrs. Peacock, Sid Machura as Miss Scarlett, and Game Show Attendants Remington Hess, Kori Brogden, and Gabby Starcevic. For more information on upcoming productions, please visit http://www.bearcattheatre.com/.
In terms of general news, there will be a call out for the Fine Arts Academic Team on Wednesday, November 18th in Miss West's room at 2:50 PM; see Miss West or Ms. Hardesty if you're interested.
Next, Mrs. Horan would like to note to all students to return all overdue library materials as soon as possible to avoid fines. On Saturday, November 14th, Indiana University Northwest will be hosting its “Careers in Health Care” session, and any students interested for more information should see Mrs. Day in the Guidance Office. On this same date, Key Club members should see Ms. Jarosz if they are interested in helping with the UTMS Neighborhood Food Drive from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M., or they can go to St. Elizabeth Seton to help stock the food.
We appreciate all the support from our participating Wheeler High School students. Lastly a reminder for Wheeler High School seniors, it is not too early to create your application for your “Dollars of Scholars” scholarship. The deadline is April 1st, so please see the website uniontownship.dollarsforscholars.org if you have any questions.
Wheeler High School Athletics have been producing exceptional results from all their athletes. First, the Bearcat bowling team bowled last evening at Ray's Lanes and Hobart Lanes. The boys lost their match against La Porte, while the girls won their match against Westville. High rollers for the Bearcats were Trevor Hart with scores of 176 and 145, Cole Snuffer with scores of 224 and 204, Kyle Snuffer with scores of 188 and 212, Breanna Biggs with scores of 157 and 170, Halie Minard with a score of 147, Cassie Harris with a score of 156, and Brittnie Beach with scores of 192 and 202.
Their next match is next Thursday, November 19th at Inman's Bowling Center. Second, Girls’ Varsity Basketball lost 49-46 against Kouts on November 10th and lost 54-36 to New Prarie on November 12th.
However, they were able to get their momentum with a win of 38-36 against Lowell on November 5th and a win of 44-23 against Griffith on November 17th. Lastly, Boys’ Varsity Basketball season will begin on Wednesday, November 25th; they will play an away game against South Central at 7:00 P.M.
I would like to give a student shout out to Wheeler High School senior Joel O’Shea. On November 12th, Joel was awarded the Post-Tribune Athlete of the Month, where he will be featured in Suburban Tribune printed editions next week.
We would like to thank everybody for supporting Joel in the poll, where he had a poll percentage of 51.58%; the other competitors were Alaina Chacon of Crown Point High School with a poll percentage of 44.45%, and Logan Ferngren of Valparaiso High School with a poll percentage of 3.97%. Additionally, Joel was qualified to compete at State, where he received 34th in a time of 16:02.1 in Cross Country.
This makes Joel the fastest Bearcat in school history at the state meet! Wheeler High School congratulates Joel for all of his incredible accomplishments during his cross country seasons.
Lastly, I would like to give a teacher shout out to Mr. Ben Boruff. He graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana with a degree in English Education and attained an English as a New Language (ENL) license addition.
Since 2013, Mr. Boruff has worked at Wheeler High School and has also worked for the Upward Bound program of Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) as an English teacher during the summer. Along with being an English teacher for sophomore and senior classes, Mr. Boruff is the Wheeler High School Spell Bowl coach, English Academic Team coach, and WHS National Honor Society director.
Additionally, Mr. Boruff led 2013, 2014, and 2015 Spell Bowl Team to win first place in their class division, and is currently looking forward to leading the English Academic Team to victory this year. Wheeler High School in extremely thankful for Mr. Boruff teaching career and appreciates everything that he has contributed to our school.