YSHS Student Blood Drive needs Donors! Due to tomorrow's sporting events we have 15 open spots at our school blood drive. 10:00-2:00 tomorrow, Thursday, April 18, 2019. Sign up at:https://www.donortime.com/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/59421
Today, Saturday April 13th, is the only day to experience the most complete version of “dinner and a show” YS Schools offer. Catch the 2 pm performance of SOUND OF MUSIC at the Foundry and then head over to YSHS for great food and more entertainment with THE FRENCH CAFE! Or, head to the CAFE first for dinner and song then treat yourself to the 8 pm SOUND OF MUSIC! With good food, fine song and a wonderful story, you couldn’t ask for a better day, all brought to you by our YS Fearless Thinkers!
A standing ovation for cast and crew on our opening night of the THE SOUND OF MUSIC! Remember: you have only one weekend to see these young artists in this beloved musicale. Shows are tonight, Friday, at 8 pm, Saturday at 2 and 8 pm and Sunday at 3:30 at the Foundry. Tickets available at showtix4u.com or at the door!
Do you hear it? At long last, THE SOUND OF MUSIC arrives! Join us this week only at the Foundry Theater at Antioch Thursday at 7:30 pm, Friday and Saturday of this week at 8 pm and for matinees Saturday at 2 pm and Sunday at 3:30 pm. Tickets available at the door!
Our Fearless Thespians spent the weekend at the Ohio State Thespian Conference in Akron performing GIRLS LIKE THAT and a cutting of ROMEO AND JULIET for their peers statewide, complete with standing ovations for both performances. The students also spent the weekend watching plays, attending workshops and making new friends with those also in attendance. Thanks to all the Fearless Chaperones and our Most Fearless Bus-driver who fed, wrangled and supported our theater department through a whole building of theater people and a surprise three inches of snow. It was truly an authentic experience for us all—one we will remember and cherish.
This week finds the Sound of Music cast and crew still dealing with illness. Over half of our cast has been affected and is still recuperating from a combination of Influenza A, strep and or a norovirus. Our voices are at half and our energy level less. In our interest to give the cast the best experience possible and let them have the show they deserve, we will be moving the musicale dates to April 11th-14th at the Foundry. We will be honoring any tickets sold to date and will publish exact times and provide communications around how to redeem your tickets for the performances.
The good news is it takes a GREAT VILLAGE to reschedule a play on the fly! Thanks to the Foundry, the Community Band, the TAA and YSHS and District Administration for their help. We can’t wait for you to see healthy students in this show! More to come!!
Update on the YSHS/McKinney production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC: today finds more of our cast getting sick or growing sicker. In order to give our students time to rest and heal, the scheduled Sunday, March 10th performance of the SOUND OF MUSIC at 3:30 pm is cancelled.
The show will joyfully return this Thursday, March 14th at 7:30 pm. Get well everyone!
Dear Families, Friends and Supporters of the Fearless Theater Department:
The current bug going around is taking its toll. As of this morning, 23% of our student body across McKinney and YSHS was out sick. The symptoms of this illness are a headache, fever (sometimes very high), aches, congestion and chills. There are also reported cases of strep as well. We tell you this to be on the lookout—as our numbers show, it seems to be highly contagious. The viral version also seems to run a long course—several days at the least.
Because we want our students to be well and have positive experiences in their extracurriculars, Administration and the Theater Department have come to the decision to postpone the opening of THE SOUND OF MUSIC from Friday, March 8th to Sunday, March 10th at 3:30 p.m. This letter will detail our adjusted schedule and what this means for those who have purchased tickets.
ADJUSTED SCHEDULE:
The new schedule to see THE SOUND OF MUSIC is as follows. All shows are at the Foundry Theater, 920 Corry St. in Yellow Springs.
*Sunday, March 10th – 3: 30 p.m.
Thursday, March 14th – 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 15th – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday March 16th – 2:00 p.m. AND 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 17th –3:30 p.m.
*We will determine Saturday afternoon if our students are well enough to perform on Sunday. A confirmation will be published to our theater webpage on Saturday by 6 p.m.
FOR TICKET HOLDERS:
CURTAIN WARMER: will still be held tomorrow, Friday March 8th at the Arthur Morgan House. You will be able to attend the reception and then use your ticket for any of the shows listed above. Seats will be held for each performance. Please arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the show to claim your reserved seat.
SHOWTIX4U.COM PURCHASES: Tickets purchased online for this Friday and Saturday will be honored for the corresponding evening performance the next week. If you cannot attend at that time or need another date, please email our Theater Department Producer, Jovan Terrell at jterrell@ysschools.org as soon as possible.
An email has been sent to the musicale participants and their families with more details about scheduling. An announcement has been also posted for students in their Google Classroom.
Two days until the Village hears THE SOUND OF MUSIC! At The Foundry Theater, Friday and Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at a later matinee time, 3:30 pm and then again next weekend too! Tickets available in advance at showtix4u.com or at the door!
After a long day of set building, we’re set to rehearse tonight with the cast of the Sound of Music, the Community Band and you! Doors open at 7 pm at the Foundry and attending is free! Don’t miss this chance to sing this classic music with live music during our rehearsal tonight!!! (Concessions available along with some wacky photo opportunities to help us promote arts in schools!!
Open rehearsal for Bulldogs and Community Band!
The YS Bulldog Theater would like to invite our community to come see (and maybe sing with) a music rehearsal of THE SOUND OF MUSIC!
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Date: Saturday, March 2nd, 2019
Where: THE FOUNDRY THEATER – 920 Corry St, Yellow Springs Ohio:
ABOUT THE EVENT:
On Saturday, March 2nd, the Foundry will be alive with singing in support of the YSHS/McKinney Theater Program. The YS community is invited to arrive at 7:30 to attend an open rehearsal and if so moved, to sing the beloved music of the upcoming musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC along with the YSHS/McKinney cast and Community Band. Feel free to wear your liederhosen and alpine hats as we rehearse select songs from the production and add your voices as you show your support for Live Arts in our Schools!
Attending the rehearsal is free and the event is open to all ages. Donations will be accepted to help assist the Bulldog Theater students for the upcoming OHEDTA State Thespian conference appearances with ROMEO AND JULIET and GIRLS LIKE THAT. Concessions will be available from the Theater Arts Association, the booster organization for Yellow Springs Bulldog Theater. to make sure all singers are hydrated as we rehearse such favorites as “Do a Deer”, “Edelweiss” and “The Lonely Goatherd”. Come join the fun!
United Student Society's annual Black History Month Celebration featured YSHS alum Issa Ali and his group, Village Fam, Xclusive Dance Team, a rousing opening speech by Pastor Bill Randolph, and various YSHS/McKinney students presenting on their socially conscious PBL's.
Our YSHS band and orchestra are performing for the Kings Comets in northern Illinois!
With three rounds to go, YS Team 1 is in 3rd place at the Quiz Bowl!
The Yellow Springs JCOWA teams are working hard at this year’s quiz bowl!
Students brave the cold to be background players in ROYALS, a graduate film by Wright State alum and current NYU film student, Aisha Ford.
FILMING FOR ROYALS: Filming will occur January 21st instead. Student extras called from 10:00 am to 3:15 pm.
FILMING FOR ROYALS IS CANCELLED FOR JANUARY 20th. Filming will occur January 21st instead, weather permitting—details will be posted on student extra call times by 6:00 pm this evening.
JANUARY 20th: due to weather, the student movie extras call for ROYALS is now arrive at 11 am for all students with filming wrapping at 5:15 pm. There will be another weather check at 8 am—please check back then to make sure things are still scheduled before leaving for school.
We had 50+ students sign up to donate blood today, many for the very first time. Others have already created the habit of giving.
The 2nd HS blood drive of the school year is tomorrow 10:00-2:00. Students donating should eat dinner and breakfast, and drink a lot of water. If they are 16, they will not be able to donate without their signed permission slip. Questions? Email ehurwitz@ysschools.org
SPIDEE students leading ‘Move into the Middle’ with our 8th grade class. This activity is part of the Changing in the Middle curriculum. Experiences include instruction and activities center around inclusion, bullying prevention, equity and safety.
Only some of the amazing analyses, presentations and artistic translations of Hamlet’s soliloquies created as part of the AP English Literature’s final exam project. These students know and understand their Shakespeare!
We are currently holding a food drive. We are collecting canned goods, dry goods, boxed food, dish soap, and toiletries. They can be dropped off in either main office.
If you are or have a current Junior we are offering a new course next year, AP Research. Learn more about it here http://bit.ly/2QLRYgw There will be a meeting Monday December 17th from 6:00-7:00 at the high school.
If you are in 8th-11th grade, next year we will be offering a trip from Rome to Athens. You can learn about it here http://bit.ly/2Pt4Xzh There will be a meeting about it Monday, December 17th from 7:00-8:00 at the high school.
Lady bulldogs - 1 point game!!
McKinney MS students singing to Yellow Springs’ senior citizens.
YSHS students are welcoming our village’s seniors for the annual Senior Citizens Holiday Lunch
The YSHS JCOWA team traveled to Wright State today for the Jacob Dorn Youth Forum to hear about topics such as Qatar, Japan-US relations and global migration.
The YSHS student body watches Miss Representation. We’re exploring the media impact on gender stereotypes and how those play out into our real lives. Discussion to follow on how we can, as a community, strategize against the negative impacts felt by all.
It's beginning to look a lot like WINTER in McKinney Art 8!
2nd Annual USS Potluck!
Fall Exhibition Night 2018! Showing off our learning!
Both of these amazing groups of young artists have been asked to bring their shows to the OHEDTA State Conference in Akron, March 2019. ROMEO AND JULIET will present a 45 minute cutting and GIRLS LIKE THAT will be presented in its entirety. So proud of these students and their commitment to telling all the stories which affect their lives and their communities.
SPIDEE students are getting trained in suicide prevention today! QPR presented by community friends Lake, Emily and Rachel.
You’re invited to the 2nd Annual Exhibition Night Potluck!
It’s closing day for the YSHS/McKinney Bulldog Theater Festival! Last performance of ROMEO AND JULIET today at 2 pm at the Foundry Theater! Don’t miss it!
Even Shakespeare told us love is love is love is love.
ROMEO AND JULIET, tonight at 8 pm and tomorrow at 2 pm. Buy online at showtix4u.com. Day-of tickets available at the door.
TONIGHT, TOMORROW AND SUNDAY: ROMEO AND JULIET! Shows begin at 8 pm Friday and Saturday and 2 pm Sunday at The Foundry Theater in YS! Don’t miss this amazing student production!
FRIDAY: ROMEO AND JULIET wraps up the Bulldog Theater festival! Get your tickets at showtix4u.com!
We bid farewell to GIRLS LIKE THAT today. Thank you to the audiences, the administration, and our community for supporting this work and these young artists.
The GIRLS LIKE THAT roll back to the stage Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2 pm! Don’t miss your chance to see this timely and relevant piece of theater! (Admission is available at the door— 8th grade with parent and up.).
Kim Possible, a deer, and a hunter won MMS's costume contest! Thanks to Student Council for hosting it and to everyone who participated!
These Girls will break your heart.
GIRLS LIKE THAT opens Friday, November 2 at 8 pm and runs Saturday at 8 and Sunday at 2 pm. (Recommended for 8th grade with adult and older due to subject matter, language and sexual reference.) Tickets available online at showtix4u.com—search Bulldog Theater!
YSHS students learning about careers involving international relations at the JCOWA International Career Day
Tech Today for GIRLS LIKE THAT, opening this Friday. Get tickets online at showtix4u.com—Come see this amazing show! (Due to its mature nature, profanity and sexual references, GLT is recommended for 8th grade (with adult) and up only, please. )
Today in Mrs. Chick's Employability Class we had our own "NAILED IT" competition!
Mrs. Materne's 8th grade Art Students silkscreening for a cause.
Into the Wild exhibition at Agraria!
Into the Wild Exhibition: students are sharing their learning with the community!
THE BULLDOG THEATER FESTIVAL DATES HAVE CHANGED!
Due to an unusual storm of personal and artistic events, the Bulldog Theater Festival will move its opening out one week. In addition, each show will run *one weekend only.* The new dates are:
GIRLS LIKE THAT: November 2,3 at 8 pm and November 4 at 2 pm.
ROMEO AND JULIET: November 9, 10 at 8 pm and November 11 at 2 pm.
Reserve your tickets in advance at
http://showtix4u.com (search Bulldog Festival). Don’t miss these amazing students!
Migiwa Orimo teaching 8th graders how to make silk screen protest banners for the Race and Revolution Project!
Nationally recognized artist, Migiwa Orimo working with 8 graders today on their Race and Revolution Project!
9th graders continue there study of Romeo & Juliet by reading through act four and the crypt scene, with props.
It was a wonderful day testing for macro invertebrates with Ms. Eastman and the 7th grade at Xarifa farm!
Students finding details from primary sources!
Award-winning author, Shelly Pearsall speaking to our 7th graders!!
We wrapped up our stage fight choreography today. Mark your calendars for the end of October for ROMEO AND JULIET and GIRLS LIKE THAT. You won’t want to miss these amazing shows!
Girls Soccer up 5-0 against Columbus Briggs with under 10 minutes to go
Final Exhibition for the Beyond the Black Panther project that last year’s 7th graders did! K12 Gallery & TEJAS in Dayton from 6-8:00 tonight!
ROMEO AND JULIET FIGHT WEEKEND BEGINS. Stop by and watch us work at the Foundry this weekend! Fight Director Jake Guinn is in the House teaching how we can fight safe and unharmed and then fight again the next day!
New friends are made as YS Senior Citizens help 8th grade Performance students discover culture in the 20th Century in a collaboration with the YS Senior Center.
8th Grade students working and collaborating on their Kehinde Wiley paintings. For more info on Kehinde Wiley go to http://kehindewiley.com/
Inaugural meeting 2018-19!! We have a great group this year for SPIDEE and GPS!!
9th graders learned how the Court danced in Elizabethan time.
Into the Wild- outdoor classrooms and rafting this afternoon!!
7th Graders rafting on the Little Miami River!! I-N-T-O-T-H-E-W-I-L-D!!
All the students have arrived at lunch. They are refueling and getting ready to head out for some water quality testing. 16 more miles to camp!
McKinney students have their bikes lined up and ready for their adventure Into the Wild!
Rehearsals are underway for the Bulldog Fall Theater Festival: GIRLS LIKE THAT and ROMEO AND JULIET! Two powerhouse shows with powerhouse casts! Runs last weekend of October and first weekend of November!
7th graders learning to tie up their tent canopies! Into the Wild- get ready, here they come!!!
Mayor Pam Conine dropped by the Study Skills 9 class this week to do some Mindfulness With the Mayor. She taught them some basics of mindfulness traditions as they continue their year-long study of the practice.
The 2018 Homecoming Court about to make their appearance! Congrats!
Come out and support our student athletes at the homecoming games tonight!
Thank you BASHO, the Yellow Spring Hardware and the Yellow Springs News for a great first day learning work skills! The Bulldog Brigade is up and working!
McKinney students are learning how to service their own bicycles as part of the Into the Wild project on this Well Wednesday!
Girls Soccer wins! 2-1 against conference rival Middletown Christian! Goals scored by A. Griffis and T. Potter.
Girls soccer goes up 1-0 against Middletown Christian.
Attention 7th Grade Parents/Guardians: Don’t forget about our Into The Wild Parent Meeting this Wednesday, September 12th at 6pm in Rooms 106/107. We will be going over important information, collecting forms, answering questions, and signing up parent volunteers. Email Rebecca Eastman or Kate Lohmeyer with any questions.
Bomani Moyenda speaking to our 8th grade students about the John Crawford case.
YSHS grad and local social justice advocate, Bomani Moyenda speaking to our 8th grade students as a part of the kickoff to the project, Race and Revolution: The Power of Protest.
Migiwa Orimo, an artist-activist, will be working with our 8th graders throughout the Race and Revolution Project. Here she is explaining the process of creation and the significance of her banners.
Local and nationally recognized artist Migiwa Orimo kicking off the 8th Grade Project Race and Revolution: The Power of Protest.
Migiwa Orimo showing her protest banners to 8th graders at McKinney Middle!
The 9th grade Study Skills class kicked off their PBL project for the year, the YSHS Career Seminars. They attended a mock 10-year high school class reunion to get them thinking of what kinds of things they would like to accomplish in the next 14 years. They had fun mingling and telling their classmates all about it, followed by refreshments, of course.
McKinney 7th Graders: Make sure you prepare physically and mentally for our training ride tomorrow afternoon. It will be hot! Dress appropriately! Bring your bike, water bottle, and helmet ready to ride!
Strong Girls Club. Founded summer 2016. These ladies participated in summer strength and conditioning at YSHS. The club supports participation in women's athletics, clubs, and activities. Want to join? See Ms. Lohmeyer! All genders and gender identifications welcome.
McKinney 7th grade on their first "in-school" training ride for Into the Wild! 14 Miles! Everybody made it back safe and sound in time for our X-Fest
McKinney 7th grade getting ready for their first "in-school" training ride for Into the Wild! 14 Miles! Thank you Dan Carrigan for your help.
Lady bulldogs battling it out in the heat!!
YSHS boys and girls soccer helping out with YS Youth Rec Soccer skills assessments.
McKinney 1st day design challenge!
McKinney 1st day fun!
Auditions for the 2018 Fall Bulldog Theater Festival are 8/29 and 8/30! See the District Theater Website for information -- it's going to be AMAZING!
The McKinney Middle School staff is in doing goal setting and preparing for the upcoming year!
The Bulldogs are doing work in preparation for the upcoming soccer and volleyball seasons.
Good views from the school forest trip.
