Hicksville Schools

HS BOYS' BASKETBALL - The start time for this Saturdays (Dec. 21st) JV and varsity basketball games with Holgate has been changed. The JV game will now start at 4:00PM followed by the varsity.

Happy Friday, Aces! Here are our shout-outs for the week! Mrs Melissa Altman would like to give a shout-out to her preschool team (Desiree, Staci, Mary and Jackie) for all of their help this week. She appreciates all of you!! Mrs. Geiger would like to give a shout-out to Beau Yeaser, Cole Yeaser, and Charlie Karacson for helping her carry things in from her car to her classroom. She would also like to give a shout-out to Brylee Ross for helping absent students catch up. Coach Mohr would like to give a shout-out to the Aces senior wrestlers: Braedon Dix, Dylan Huard, Brendan Metz, Harold Johnson, Shai Bauer, Baron Graber, Daniel Fleming, Keaston Bertolet, & Owen Joyner. Thank you for assisting on a snowy night and traveling to Edgerton & Montpelier to acquire wrestling mats for the wrestling invitational on Saturday. Mrs. Mary Glass would like to give a shout-out to Eric Bassett and John Adams. Thank you for keeping our students and faculty safe by cleaning and salting our sidewalks and parking lot. We all appreciate it!! Ms. Lee would like to give a shout-out to the kindergarten teachers and Mrs. Countryman. Thank you for taking care of her class this week. You girls are amazing!! Mrs. Amber Zachrich has the following shout-outs: *A shout-out to Mrs. Bostelman for coming up with such an incredible idea for our hallway and going above and beyond to make it special for our students. Your talent shines through! *A shout-out to Mrs. Zuber and her students for their hard work in creating the decorations. *A shout-out to Mr. Hoffman and Mrs. Shock for always being willing to print whatever we need to bring the hallway to life. *A shout-out to Mrs. Hoffman for generously sharing her supplies. *A shout-out to Mrs. Wyman for helping with anything she asked and for how quickly you got things done. She truly appreciates you! *A shout-out to Mr. Ferrell for always stepping in at the last minute to help bring her wild ideas to life. *A shout-out to The PTO for their generous support in helping cover the cost of the supplies-Your contribution made a big difference! *A shout-out to all the teachers and students who have been working after school to decorate. *And finally, a shout-out to every student decorating their doorways-thank you for your hard work in spreading Christmas cheer! Your efforts make our school a magical place this holiday season! Mr. Gahagan would like to give the following shout-outs: *A shout-out to the middle school and high school staff (and individually Mr. Mohr, Mrs. Van Horn, Mrs. Geiger, and Mr. Stevenson) for the thoughtful gifts to commemorate the memory of my loved one who recently passed. Good co-workers always make hard times easier. *A shout-out to Anna Saunders for the thoughtful gift following a difficult week. You are so thoughtful and kind! *A shout-out to Mrs. Hoffman and Mrs. Swift for being so giving of their time to help keep his classroom running smoothly! *A shout-out to Gabby Fisher for putting in extra effort (and time) decorating our classroom door for Christmas! You always go above and beyond!

Happy Friday, ACES. Here are our shout-outs for this week. Mrs. Dawn Van Horn would like to give a shout-out to Taylor Slattery. At our recent Veteran’s Day Assembly, Taylor was caring and considerate to one of our teacher’s who she knew it would be a rough day for. It is refreshing to see a young person so aware and considerate. It says a lot about her character. Thank you, Taylor! Ms. Oury has the following shout-outs: *A shout-out to Nancy Swift and Kaycee Pepple for jumping in and being super helpful in our room this week! *A shout-out to Ryan Miser, Shelley Weatherhead, Karri Diehl, Mariah Anderson and Maddie Bragg for helping her with a student this week. Thank you so much!! *A shout-out to Mrs. Sell for being so understanding when she had a sick kiddo at home and needed to take the day! Mrs. Coffman would like to give a shout-out out to Quintyn Smith and Hailey Hubbell for consistently helping out a kindergarten student at the morning bus stop, on the bus and escorting him into the school to get his daily medicine. This kiddo is so lucky to have such patient and helpful high school buddies. Thank you for being GREAT role models for him! Mr. Gaghan has the following shout-outs: *A shout-out to Mrs. Haggerty! He appreciates you offering to stick with you class for 5 minutes during their Art time so that he could watch his son in Principal’s Math Club! Thank you for your kindness and understanding!! *A shout-out to Mrs.Bussing, Mrs. Vetter, Mrs. Walters, Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Coleman for staying after school a couple of times to help the House Leaders plan the Tinsel Trials for next month! We appreciate your awesome ideas and team work! Mr. Klausing would like to give a shout-out to Trinity Campbell and Mya Haggerty. Your generous treats today made his day! Thank you for practicing generosity as a part of our Sources of Strength Week!!! Ms. Fry and Mrs. Chamberlain would like to give a shout-out to our Sources of Strength Peer Leaders for their work in planning and implementing our “Get the Word Out Campaign” this week. A special thanks to Dawson Grupp and Zander Hoffman for working through their lunch with the sources wheel. Great job done by all!! Mrs. Turnbull would like to give a shout-out to Gia Haggerty for bringing her in hot chocolate this morning. It was a true act of kindness <3 Thank you!! Mrs. Laney would like to give a shout out to all the readers, scorers, parents and teachers who helped make the Anita Zuber Memorial Quizbowl Tournament a success. With over 300 students from the tri-state area competing, it takes many helping hands. Thanks to Sandy Zuber for helping organize the lunch concession help and serving and to Jeff Shaffer for creating an electronic scoring sheet and bracket posters.. Thanks to all the Academic Team students for setting up and tearing down 24 classrooms for quizzing (Maria Saunders, Joey Greer, Merl Yanez, Elisabeth Ballard, Emma Huber-Whitman, Zane Tryzinka, Jaxson Siminindinger, Brylee Ross, Jerrica Steele, Alex Harris). Thanks to those students who volunteered for the whole day to score (Gabby Fisher, Anna Saunders, Emily Elston, Kayden Switzerland, Hannah Ridway, Libby Sheets, Jack Bourgeois, Emily Gerhart, Jenna Caremark, Grace Doctor, Lili Ash) and the readers who gave their day to play Alex Trebek (Bill Murphy, Aaron Hylander, Larry Saunders, Nick Pepple, Kate Murphy, Collin Durre, Hope Snider, Kole Schlatter). Congrats to the Hicksville Academic Team for a great performance. They were offered a bid for the National Small Schools Tournament in the spring. Extra cheers to Joey Greer and Maria SaundersJ for awards for being among the top scorers for the day.

DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY - The District Cross Country Meet will be held at Leaders Farm in Napoleon on Saturday, October 19th beginning at 9:00am. Tickets will ONLY be available online at https://www.ohsaa.org/tickets. NO CASH SALES AT THE GATE. Adult ticket are $8 and students tickets are $5.

VOLLEYBALL SECTIONAL TICKETS - Hicksville will play Montpelier at Tinora High School on Wednesday, October 16th at 7:30pm. Tickets may be purchased online at https://www.ohsaa.org/tickets or they will be available for cash purchase at the door. Adult tickets are $8 and student tickets are $5.

JV FOOTBALL - The JV football game scheduled for October 7th at Ayersville has been CANCELLED.

JH FOOTBALL - The 7th grade football game scheduled for today (Sept. 12th) has been CANCELLED.

JV FOOTBALL - The JV football game scheduled for today (August 31st) at Swanton has been CANCELLED.

GOLF - The boys' and girls' GMC golf matches scheduled for tomorrow (August 29th) have been POSTPONED until September 5th.

BOYS' GOLF - Hicksville will NOT be participating in the boys' golf match scheduled for today (August 27th) at Pond-A-River Golf Course.

“As the school year ends, just a reminder to pay your child's lunch balance. Any remaining lunch balances will be added to next year's school fees. If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Crawford at crawfordm@hicksvilleschools.org”

VARSITY BASEBALL - The start time of the varsity baseball game at Fairview today (May11th) has been changed to 12:30PM due to wet conditions.

HS GMC TRACK - The HS GMC Track Meet has been rescheduled for Friday, May 10th beginning at 3:30PM at Ayersville.

VARSITY BASEBALL - The varsity baseball game scheduled for today (May 9th) at Pettisville is CANCELLED.

SECTIONAL SOFTBALL - The sectional softball game scheduled for today (May 9th) has been RESCHEDULED for tomorrow, May 10th at 5:00PM.

BASEBALL - The varsity baseball game scheduled for today (May 7th) with Lincolnview has been CANCELLED.

SOFTBALL - The varsity softball game at Patrick Henry today (May 7th) has been CANCELLED.

JH TRACK - Due to weather conditions, today's (Tuesday, May 7th) JH GMC Track meet has been POSTPONED.

SECTIONAL/DISTRICT TICKETS - Tickets for all OHSAA sectional and district events are available online at https://www.ohsaa.org/tickets. Tickets are available for cash purchase at the gate. Adult tickets are $8 and student tickets are $5.

JV BASEBALL - The JV baseball game scheduled for today (May 3rd) with Eastside has been CANCELLED.