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Students receive end of the year sweet treats
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Austintown Intermediate School hosted a Fifth Grade Farewell celebration on May 20 at Austintown Fitch High School. Pictured, from left, are Laci Shannon and Julia Jordon.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The students and their families went to the Austintown Fitch cafeteria after the Fifth Grade Farewell ceremony to enjoy refreshments, music and a photobooth on May 20.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Different groups of fifth-grade students took the stage as they received their Candy Awards that were given to them by their teachers.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Chris, a fifth-grade student at Austintown Intermediate School, dressed up in the props that were set out for the photobooth at the Fifth Grade Farewell ceremony at Austintown Fitch High School on May 20.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
Austintown Intermediate School recognized the students in fifth grade at the Fifth-Grade Farewell ceremony on May 20 at Austintown Fitch High School.
This ceremony is the first time the PTA has put on the event for the students in the fifth grade. The current students who transition from second- to third-grade receive a small dedication ceremony in honor of them moving from the elementary school to the intermediate school. Before the new schools were created, the current fifth-grade students didn’t get a dedication ceremony so the PTA thought it would be a good idea to give them one as they moved onto the middle school.
“We’re super excited because this is our first group that went from third, fourth and fifth in our new building,” said Crystal Lordi, part of the PTA committee who organized the event.
“When they moved to the new building, some of the students never received the third grade dedication. Because they never received that event, we are coordinating our own for them in fifth grade,” said Maria Tirado, a PTA committee member who helped organized the event.
Families of the students entered the Fitch auditorium and watched as a photo slideshow played. There were pictures of all the students throughout the school year. Speakers Kathy Mock, the School Board President, and Jeremy Batchelor, assistant Superintendent, talked about the students after the slideshow ended.
“The teachers picked out awards that coordinate with candy. All the kids are going to get an award that is a candy bar and get a candy with that,” said Lordi.
Jennifer Ciccarelli, the 2015-16 AIS PTA President, called the names of the students as they walked on stage and received their candy award. Some of the candies presented were the 100 Grand group - students who work well with numbers, the Crunch children - students who come through during crunch time, the Hershey’s students who are kind to everyone and several others. One student Emily Oleski received a special candy award of Sour Punch candy to “punch” the cancer out of it and Hershey’s kisses.
After the ceremony was over, students and their families made their way to the cafeteria to enjoy snacks, refreshments, music from a DJ and a photobooth.