09/11/2025
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
Sept. 18th: Jason Fife-Westfall Superintendent
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Presiding: President Rob Radcliff
Greeter: Michelle Blanton
Prayer: Brenna Gibson
Piano: Ellery Elick
Song Leader: Taylor Gibson – “America The Beautiful” & “God Bless America”
Attendees – Radcliff, Elick, Wilson, T.Tootle, McNemar, Neff, White, Huff, Reitano, Sneed, B.Tootle, D.Webb, I.Webb, G&T Taylor, Riegel, McCrady, Blanton, Hedges, Mabe, Robinson, Hooks, G&S Montgomery, Droste, Foll, Halley, Mavis, Brown, D.Wolfe, C&T Chamberlain, Fountain, Wolford, Poling, Schreiner, Horning, Rawlins, Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Lambert
Visiting Rotarian: Steve Tomlinson from Sunrise
Students of week! – are from Logan Elm: Bret King introduced Claire & Brady
Club Announcements:
- Bonus Community Kitchen – thank you to Daryl, Rob & Dodie, Warren, Ellery, Gary & Sandy, Bob Mc, David & Marie
- Canned Goods still being collected for community cupboards
- Club has currently collected $2,300+ from members for the “Gift of Hope” boxes! Board approved doubling the donation. Box assembly at Pickaway-Ross is October 21st at 6pm
- Pumpkin show schedule is out – please contact Daryl or Rob to sign up…really, give them a call – this is our biggest fundraising effort of the year and we need YOU! (And your friends/neighbors/partner)
- Big Wheel Race also coming up fast – Jim Hooks is the race director, see him to sign up
- Socktober! Is starting again and we are expanding it to winter hats/scarves/gloves and Taylor Gibson is leading her team: John Lambert, Suzi, Heidi and Stacy. WINTER SOCKS only please, not summer socks.
Community Events:
- Sunday, Sept. 14th: Circleville Community Band at Mount Oval. Free chili at 5pm; music starts at 6. Bring your own drinks and chairs
SAA: Michele Lanman
- Any first responders or veterans? People sitting to the left, pay $1
- 1967 – musician/actor born on Sept. 11th. Harry Connick, Jr. on Will & Grace
- Pete Rose did what on this day in 1985 – broke Ty Cobb’s hits record when he hit number 4,129. How many total hits is his record? 4,256
- 1297 – September 11, Battle of Stirling Bridge which was Scotland’s first battle against England for independence. What movie battle and who played the lead? 1996, Braveheart, Mel Gibson
- 1941 – construction started on this date for what US office building? Pentagon and took it 15 months
Scholarship Drawing: This weeks winner is Rick Rawlins $20 – Big Bean is growing to $1072
Program: Circleville Superintendent Kim Halley and Communications Director Darci Valentine along with students completing an internship in the communications pathway: Madison Blakemen & Auri Travis
- Second school resource officer added this year so one in both buildings
- Mission is to maximize the achievement of each student in a safe environment
- Vape sensor’s have been added to the school building and it has worked
- Portrait of a Circleville Tiger sounds like our 4-Way test focus. It is a roadmap to learning. Launched in 2023.
- District Momentum Goals: Academic improvement; Safety, Engagement and Belonging; Data Analysis supporting the first two
- Student involvement: Elementary 50 student counsel members, Band 80 members, Middle school has 133 athletes in 17 fall sports, High school 196 athletes in 23 fall sports
- Over 100 people in woodworking club
- Capacity of schools with 3 new developments could have a 330 student impact to Circleville schools is a big question. High school is 54% capacity; middle school is 66% and elementary is 78% capacity.
- Twenty years ago was the adoption of the operating levy
- The bond will be paid 9 years early in 2031
- 4 year graduation rate is 93%
- 19 daily bus routes totaling 1,137 miles a day
- Enrollment 2,088 and 293 staff members
- 120 acres
- Atomic Credit union started in high school, then middle school and this year starts in elementary school
- No personal communication devices (cell phones and watches) in Ohio schools – starting in January 2026. Circleville High School implemented it this year, middle school started last. Students indicated they are seeing their other students faces now and communicating!
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The Presidential charity is Soldiers Monumental Society – caring for the graves of our service men and women