September 29, 2011 I The Lovell Chronicle I 7
PATTI CARPENTER
Reading specialist Dr. Tim Rush is working with the staff at Lovell Middle
School to help them improve the school's reading program.
TEST SCORES
out a sheet indicating which
courses they have taken in
a math sequence. For some
reason, 17 percent of the
students indicated they had
taken courses in trigonom-
etry and calculus, which
that haven't been offered at
the school in recent years.
This skews the results and
O'Tremba felt it caused a
lowering of the overall scores
in the math area.
"So, if they put in the
wrong classes, we are go-
ing to have skewed infor-
mation in math," explained
O'Tremba. He went on to
explain that because some
students incorrectly indi-
cated they had taken cours-
es in higher math that they
actually had not taken, it
caused the group to mea-
sured against other groups
in the state who had actu-
ally taken those courses. He
felt this was a major factor
in the group scoring lower in
the math and science areas.
A similar situation oc-
curred in science, where
some students indicated
they had taken physics when
physics isn't even offered at
the school. ACT scores are
a major factor considered
in Hathaway Scholarship
awards.
ACT, AYP and PAWS
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tirat heip SLI admin-
istrators and staff plan pro-
grams that not only meet
district goals but also meet
state and federal require-
ments.
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Also at the Sept. 12
meeting, student council
president Leanne Winter-
holler gave the board an
overview of homecoming
activities that the student
council had planned.
Supt. Coe reported that,
as required by law, K-3
schools must have a 16-1
student/teacher ratio. Lovell
Elementary School is cur-
rently at 16.6 in its student/
teacher ratio, which will re-
quire the school to apply for
a waiver of the rule with
the state. Coe felt confident
based on the school's PAWS
scores that a waiver could
be secured. The enrollment
count as of Oct. 1 will de-
termine whether or not the
school needs to apply for the
waiver. According to Coe,
approximately 40 percent of
the schools in Wyoming will
have to apply for waivers.
"In our case, we have
no more classroom space, so
we have nowhere else to put
students," explained Coe.
"We did not use Federal
funds for classroom size re-
duction and additionally we
are a high performing school
in terms of our PAWS scores,
so it should not be a problem
getting the waiver."
Coe also mentioned that
the school is budgeting for a
• high school remodel. Right
now the estimates are a
little over $200 per square
foot for construction. He in-
dicated that there is a con-
tingency fund should the
project go over budget. Ar-
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chitects are estimating that
the design phase will take
at least four to five months.
He plans once again to use
a system that includes spe-
cial committees made up of
parents and board members
to assist in the review of the
design process.
"If we get the money
for design available in the
year 2012, we should be
able to go out to bid in No-
vember or December of 2012
and should be able to start
construction fairly early in
2013," said Coe. "Accord-
ing to the architects, we are
probably looking at a mini-
mum 18-month project."
In other business, prin-
cipal O'Tremba presented
awards to FCCLA student
members Krystina Croft
and Tessa Watson, who were
recognized with awards for
their gold level achievement
at FCCLA national level
competition. Croft had the
highest score of any Wyo-
ming student who attended
the national convention.
A special award was also
presented to Kassi Renner
for her numerous achieve-
ments in the FFA.
The principals of each
school introduced new staff
to the district's board of di-
rectors.
SchOol board meetings
are 'open to the public. Dis-
trict No. 2 school board meet-
ings are held on the second
Monday of the month, at 7
p.m., at the district's admin-
istrative offices in Lovell.
NEW TEACHERS
"With my experiences,
I bring a certain amount
of authority and expertise
to my teaching," he said.
"I feel very confident in the
language, so I can use it a
lot and make the kids use it
a lot."
Weber is the offensive
coordinator for the LHS
football team, and he will
also be the freshman boys
basketball coach.
Continued from page I
COACH C
There's a new Coach C
in town. Tobee Christians-
en is teaching physical edu-
cation and health at Lovell
Middle School, patrolling
the same halls, gym and
locker room his late father,
Gerry, patrolled for many
years.
"The kids called me that
(Coach C) in Idaho, and
the kids have kept it going
here," he said. "It's kind of
fun."
Like Robertson, Chris-
tiansen said he found his
father's name written on a
locker in the locker room at
the middle school, written
on masking tape.
"It kind of brought a tear
to my eye," he said. "It's cool
for both of us to take over
these spots and fill those
shoes. Both of those guys
(Gerry and Kevin) had an
impact in these schools."
Christiansen is a 1996
graduate of RMHS, grow-
ing up in Cowley. He was a
member of three state cham-
pionship football teams
with the Grizzlies for coach
Ben Smith, playing receiver
and defensive back, and he
was a guard on one RMHS
state basketball title team
for current RMHS Princi-
pal Tim Winland. He pole-
vaulted on the track team.
He is an assistant
eighth-grade football coach
in Lovell and will be the
head coach of the seventh-
grade girls basketball
team.
After graduation, Chris-
tiansen served a two-year
LDS mission in Riverside,
Calif., then earned a degree
in English with a minor in
physical education from
Ricks College in Rexburg,
Idaho, now BYU-Idaho.
Meanwhile, Christians-
en started coaching at West
Jefferson High School in
Tobee Christiansen
Terreton, Idaho, west of
Rexburg, and he also played
semi-professional football
for two seasons with the
Idaho Falls Mustangs. He
later earned a master's de-
gree in educational admin-
istration from California
Coast University.
Christiansen start-
ed teaching in Terreton in
2003, teaching special edu-
cation, English and some
P.E. over the years. He later
became the assistant princi-
pal and athletic director and
served on the classification
board for the Idaho Athletic
Association.
Coach C had a very suc-
cessful coaching record in
Terreton. His team won the
Class 2A Idaho state cham-
pionship in 2007, and Chris-
tiansen was named the 2A
Coach of the Year and the
Post Register All-Area Coach
of the Year for all classes. It
was the first football title
in Terreton's 50-year histo-
ry. He was also the Nucle-
ar Conference Coach of the
Year five times. One of his
assistant coaches was cur-
rent RMHS assistant foot-
ball coach Justin M0ss.
Christiansen was also
an assistant boys basketball
coach for eight years in Ter-
reton, and the team went
to State in six of the eight
years, bring home hardware
in five of the six years.
He also umpired base-
ball and college softball.
Tobee and Jenny Chris-
tiansen have two children:
Tyson, 7, and Keylee, 3. Jen-
ny is an assistant seventh-
grade volleyball coach at
LMS.
"We loved it in Idaho,"
Christiansen said, "but I
said when we left that I
needed to go someplace
where a master's degree
will get my kids offthe Free
and Reduced Lunch Pro-
gram. The obvious choice
was back home.
"I'm familiar with the
area, the school system and
the importance of education
here. The community has
good, hard-working people,
and those are the kids I love
to work with."
Asked about his teach-
ing philosophy, Christians-
en said, "I believe every
child can learn, and as a
teacher it's my job to find
that best avenue for each
student. I believe students
need to be accountable for
their own learning and take
stock in their education.
"That's another reason
I like coaching. It gives me
another classroom setting
where I can reach students
in another way."
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