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Joseph Niemantsverdriet, Principal November 2018 Harding Herald

Principal’s Message:

It is hard to believe that we have completed the first quarter. We are looking forward to seeing many of you at

parent-teacher conferences this week. Here is the schedule of this year’s conference times:

Wednesday, November 7st, 5:00pm-8:30pm

Thursday, November 8nd, 1:00pm-4:00pm

Thursday, November 8nd, 5:00pm-8:30pm

Friday, November 9rd, 8:00am-11:00am

Parents of all students may schedule a conference by going to the following website:

http://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Harding_Midddle_School

or by using the Parent/Teacher Conference link available on the Harding Middle School page of Lakewood

city Schools website at www.lakewoodcityschools.org. Once you’ve registered, you will receive an email with

a link to the Conference schedule where you will be able to select your specific dates and times. Please call

216-227-5785 for assistance if you do not have a valid email address.

This is an important time for teachers to be able to share with you the academic progress of your child. We

would love to see 100 percent participation in parent/teacher conferences. The partnership between home and

school is of critical importance.

Thank you to the Harding Middle School PTSA who hosted a great first quarter dance for our students on

October 19thh. It was fun to see many of our students enjoy the Halloween theme and participate in dressing up

for both the dance and the Student Council sponsored Halloween fund raiser.

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The Harding Middle School office will be closed on November 6th for Professional Development and November 22-23 for the Thanksgiving holiday. As always, thank you for your continued support of Harding Middle School. Have a safe and happy beginning to the Holiday Season. Sincerely,

Joe Niemantsverdriet Principal

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SUPERINTENDENT’S MESSAGE

Winter is on its way and with that comes the possibility of school closings due to inclement weather. If schools are

closed, parents and guardians will be notified by phone call, email and texts via our Blackboard Connect notification

system. Other ways to find out about the schools’ status are listening to the local TV and radio stations, checking the

District web site at www.lakewoodcityschools.org, Facebook page at www.facebook/lakewoodcityschools.com and/or

Twitter account at www.twitter.com/lkwdschools. You can also call the District’s School Closing Hotline at 216-227-

5708.

I know parents sometimes disagree with the District’s decision to keep schools open during harsh weather. If this is the

case, parents always have the option to keep their child home. That day will be regarded as an excused absence for the

student and students will be allowed to make up any work missed. Please call your child’s school absence line to let the

school know your child will not be attending due to the weather.

Dr. Michael J. Barnes

Superintendent

Board of Education

Edward Favre, President

Linda Beebe, Vice President

Emma Petrie Barcelona

Tom Einhouse

Betsy Bergen Shaughnessy

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The 6th Grade Team:

Mr. Avila-John Mrs. Emily Baker Mrs. Leslie Barnes Mrs. Mindy Bruening Mr. Ken Budic Mrs. Geraldine Hauer Mrs. Mary Lynn Janas Mr. Stephen Kerney Mrs. Amanda Kennedy Mr. Dan O’Brien Mrs. Teresa Rhinehalt Mr. Kevin Spooner Mrs. Pam Thompson Mrs. Donna Tomlin

Mrs. Barnes 6th Grade In science we have started our chemistry unit over Matter and Motion and have several labs planned. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History will be here on November 12th for a Matters of Science Assembly. This is for all sixth graders. This will help reinforce concepts we have been learning about and introduce content we will be learning about throughout the quarter. In language arts, students have been reading class novels while developing an awareness of narrator's point of view and identification of plot elements. Students have also been practicing five paragraph essay-writing skills in preparation for writing literary essays. 6th graders in Mrs. Thompson's ELA class have been participating in the Global Read Aloud 2018 with the novel Amal Unbound. Students enjoyed the mystery Flipgrid videos to solve the clues and find out that their partner class is in the San Francisco, CA area. They also have had fun getting to know the California students via a live Google Hangouts session. During the Google Hangout sessions, students have a lively conversation discussing the social issues and other features of the book.

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HMS After School

Program

*Need help with Homework?

*Want a quiet place to work on

assignments after school?

We have the place for you!

Every Tuesday and Thursday from 3-4:30pm, drop in

the LRC to work with Mrs. Hoffman and Miss Baker!

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Ms. Pollner - Language Arts - In October, students finished reading and discussing the novel

Refugee by Alan Gratz. Students wrote an essay comparing the experiences of the three

characters and are currently working on an essay tracing the development of the motifs of

invisibility and maturity. We also looked at the historical aspects of the novel and tied in

nonfiction articles about refugees. Next, we began a nonfiction reading unit using civil rights as

our theme. Please check progress book every night for information about the material covered

in class and any homework due dates. Please email or call me whenever you have any

questions or concerns. If students submit an entry for the PTSA Reflections contest (due

11/16), they can show it to me for extra credit for the second quarter. I look forward to seeing

you at conferences.

Mrs. Franks Language Arts - As the second quarter begins, we are starting our Civil Rights

unit. The students worked on a WebQuest based on the Reconstruction time period to help give

them background knowledge for our future readings. They are truly engaged in this unit. We will

be working on an informative essay based on some form of the Civil Rights unit. We also began

our Partner Book readings. The students were put into partners based on the book that they

chose. It will make for a more interesting discussion when both show an interest in the book.

There are many activities based on the book that they are reading-check out ProgressBook to

see what needs to be done and when. Please work with your student so they feel more

comfortable in standing up and sharing about a book they enjoyed. As with everything else,

practice makes perfect. Don't forget to sign up for conferences! Thank you for your continued

support from home.

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Eighth Grade News

On Monday, October 29th, over one hundred 8th grade students traveled to Lorain County

Community College to view a production of "The Crucible" presented by The National Players. A

dedicated troupe of performers, the National Players are made up of only ten actors who double up

on roles as well as taking on roles as stage crew, lighting, and sound. Important themes represented

in "The Crucible" include trust, honesty, mob-mentality, and fear-mongering. These themes will carry

over in the Holocaust Unit the 8th grade will study later on this school year.

In Algebra 1, students determined the domain and range of different types of functions. They explored many examples of functions and identified the key features of the graphs. Next week, students will explore and find the slopes of parallel lines, perpendicular lines, and linear functions. In subsequent lessons, students will explore how changing the values in certain parts of a function affect its graph. In Math 8, students applied the Pythagorean Theorem to real-world situations involving right triangles. Next week, students will be presented with the proof of the converse of the Pythagorean Theorem, which requires an understanding of congruent triangles. In subsequent lessons, students will apply the Pythagorean Theorem to determine the distance between two points on the coordinate plane.

During the first week of November, you and your child will have the opportunity to take part in a student-involved conference. You and your child will have the opportunity to ask questions, express ideas, and help make intervention plans to enhance learning. Please visit the Harding Middle School website to choose times and days you and your child would prefer to hold the student-involved conference. It is important for us to work together as a team. See you at conferences!

Mrs. Gray's Algebra classes are moving along at a fast clip. We just completed a study of functions, including composite and inverse functions. Our next topic will be a quick review of linear equations since most of that was covered in pre-Algebra. We will be using the graphing calculators more and more, focusing now on the incredible details and information we can get from the calculators about linear equations and scatterplots. Midterm exams will be in December before Winter Break.

The Geometry classes finished up triangle congruence recently. We will be focusing on geometric proofs and segments within triangles next. We also studied transformations of geometrical figures, and soon will be working with dilations of figures since it corresponds to our unit on similarity. Just like the Algebra classes, Geometry will be taking midterm exams December just before Winter Break.

After studying the French and Indian War, social studies students are headed down the road to revolution! Disputes with Britain over settling land angered colonists, and taxes imposed by Britain led to further conflicts. Students will look at these issues as the colonists organize themselves leading to the American Revolution.

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Español November 2018

Feliz otoño

Our student teacher Miss Costello has moved to the high school and we are one week into the

2nd quarter. Please discuss with your child that is is important for them to set time aside each

day to look over past lessons and material we have learned. Learning a language includes

regular review and use of what was learned if the language is to be retained.

Second Q has started and we are going to learn more ideas faster than 1st Q. It is essential that

students keep up with notebook review at home on days when homework has not been

assigned.

By Thanksgiving, SP 1 students will have learned the simple past tense (the most difficult verb

tense for SP 1 and 2 students) in Spanish and will have to write sentences using the past tense

and food vocabulary during the break. It will be a journal where 50 words per day for three of

the five days will be typed. Thank you for your continuous support of your child’s learning! It is a

true pleasure to have student who are interested and eager to learn.

This Q is choppy with conference, Thanksgiving and Christmas so take sometime to discuss with

your child the need for extra diligence in keeping up and fulfilling academic goals and tasks.

Often some students tend to lose sight of the goal when starts and stops in the schedule occur.

Day of the Dead is Nov. 1 and 2. Kids worked on skull drawings in class and learned about the

traditions associated with that holiday.

Hasta luego.

Sr. C

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2018-19 Distinguished Honor Roll

6th Grade

Emma Ash David Awkar Owen Bees Beckett Broadwater Charlize Carver Eamon Chanter Peter Checkett Madison Comer Ava Cuffari Anna Daso Nathan Donaldson Natalie Dyke Helen Fraunfelder Natalie Goncalves Callum Holland Gwen Hunter Clara Jones Shannon Katzenberger Josie Kavc Sophia Lipowski Ella Munn Daniel O'Brien Fayez Othman Jana Peterson Elaina Purcell Frank Revy Dawson Rossen Sophia Schelgunov Zoey Serna Quinn Sutliff Michael Varnes Thomas Walkosak Ava Watts Timothy Winbigler Eva Wischhusen Jianna Wise Stella Ziegler

7th Grade Caroline Baas Olivia Baker Meredith Barcelona Ronan Barley Alesandra Bookman Grace Bratko Rowan Brown Christopher Byrne Leah Campbell Avelyn Cleary Tanner Constantine

Olivia Diemert Kaydence Doxley Yasmine Elhachdani Jana Evans Logan Foster Delaney Garcia Mateo Guajardo Edward Horton Mckenna Hunt Andrew Jablonowski Michael Klasa Jackson Lodge Mia LoPiccolo Amalija Marich Isabella Marzicola Alexa Masten Rita Moran Maher Musleh Cameron Nails Isadora Nieves Margaret Rearden Jonathan Reighard Parker Toms Tyler Valentino Andrew Winters

8th Grade Lauren Barber Ava Bruening Koen Childers Sophie Craciun Rocco Crino Mishela Dajlanaj Eliza Dreger Ryanne Eisnaugle Savanna Hepp Alexandra Hodson James Holland Alexandra Horton Benjamin Jablonowski Lucas Jablonowski Ava Jaskulski Madeline Kratz Lydia Kress Grace Lamparyk Rose Lipka Fiona Loudermilk Colin McCrone Lilly Metzger Shelby Montrose Clare Morrissey Jenna Muhieddine Michael Muzychenko Alexander Peterson Olivia Pickens Felix Piotrowski Jackson Provost Aniko Raffai Rhiannon Riker Jaxon Riley Helen Roche John Rodgers Madeleine Rybak Daniah Shean Donia Shean Madalynne Sorge Sullivan Stois Cole Strand Luke Sweeney Lydianna Trudel Scarlett Wankowski Lydia Watkins Kegan Weber Megan Winters Lila Wright Graci Yost

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6th Grade

Mohammed Ahmed Nathaniel Aquniel Josette Ballou Robert Bogdan-Chindea Olivia Brown Carter Candow John Chambers Lana Collins Gabriel Cosgriff William Cosgriff Isaac Craciun Noah Csora Luella Darr Alexa Delarosa Audrey DeLuca Charieon Doxley Sophia Dussault Sophia Elza Naya Fayad Camden Fegely Bryce Fulmer Madelaine Gabella Evan Gardner Jude Hammer Ronan Johnson Edy Keeper Nathan Kopko Shane Lindsay Devin Lubas Titus McAlvey Jack McNeeley Azaia Novak Milena Osborne Anneliese Parker Connor Pierce Aven Riffle Stella Rosen Luke Safranek Julian Sayre Ava Schmoldt Scarlett Serrano Kelan Sheppard Aidan Smith Haneen Suleiman Joel Tamunday Kiana Tousley Joseph Trzaska Isabella Wacker Jane Wagle Liam Wallace Iris Wright Georgia Young Kylee Zingale

7th Grade

Evelisse Abderrazza Aseel Albadarin Edward Andrews Tabarek Al Obaidi Osied Albadarin Mohammed Alodat Cassandra (Cassie) Auck Eric Barber Jonah Bees Ava Carroll Angeli Cedeno Brevyn (Brev) Coleman Victor Cottrell Isabela (Bela) Csora Sophie D'Apollo Maximus (Max) DeLuca Emery DiBartolomeo Erin Dippel Annette Doren Sarah Dorn Renollie Emig Brandon Erway Gavin Fielder Rebecca Frolo Nolan Geyer Syeda Afrah (Afrah) Haque Myles Harper Grace Hildebrandt Ava Hitter Helen Hylton Jude Johnson Daniel Lavelle Atreyu (Trey) Leonard Rebecca Mannion Aaron Markham Tyler Marvin Sophia (Fia) Masek Kayden Melicant Cecelia (Cece) Miller Conner Millsaps Sophia (So) Monteiro Benjamin (Ben) Nelson Samuel Nelson Rory O'Brien Isabel (Belle) Orlando Aidan Parch Gabriel (Gabe) Reichel Miguel Rosa Jordan Rossen Elliott Snyder Marlena Stepp Scarlette Sullivan Devin Voiers Evan Wesner Nolan Wickmark Mallory Zavatchen

8th Grade Taqwa Ata Aidan Bangert Kaitlyn Bitterman Laci Boucher Reagan Bratko Emmett Burens Cicely Campen Elma Coralic Cameron Crouch Jana Daugherty-Craig Carolina DeJesus Cameron Fisher Lincoln Fisher Leonardo Garman Lukas George Eleanor Hartranft Timothy Heckel Lucy Henrikson Emily Jarecke Olivia Jaskulski Lillian Kovach Maggie Lane Ariana Marich Savannah Mason Naysa McGregor Evan Miller Michael Minch Kassidy Nagaj Maya Nieves Bucey Hutch Reed Madison Rich Grace Rowell Adam Sbeih Emily Sever Anthony Severino Haya Snobar Mason Stephens Alexandra Taylor Ethan Thomas Phineas Thompson Ashley Van Gunten Sara Viserta Hannah Watkins Cameron Wereb 2018-19 Quarter One Honor Roll

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6th Grade

Beatrice Allen Malachi Ang Charlotte Auck Oprah Baeni James Baron Ethan Candow Dakotah Carlton Maxwell Collins Anajda Dajlanaj Olivia Demery Lucio Faciana Ayla French Liam Gannon Kotula Hanna-Kotula Noah Hash Ella Hyatt Lucas Irwin Aiden Jimenez Jameson Kennedy Phoebe Klasa Brady Long Lucas Marvin Liam Melnick Kelci Neumarker Henry Parker Lay Paw Nazeeh Salem Deena Salti Sebastian Schelgunov Charles Scott Joanna Wright Ava Yost

7th Grade Juliana Afram Tala Altaei Kayla Baire Paul Balazy Olivia Behun Adam Benhaddou William Detmar Courtney Ford Poppy Fordu Michael Gourley Maryanne Goza Camden Gray Duncan Grinder Will Irwin Emaline King Brian Lemasters Aidan Aaxwell Sicily Miller Ukize Nshungu Hannah O'Toole Reagan Pagel Cameron Perry Mar Prae Charles Quinn Caitlin Salo Owen Seckers Dalton Sindyla Cheyenne Stelma Lauren Stubbs Alex Symons Andrew Trnavsky Hayden Trnavsky Katelyn Tucker Joseph Villafane Meghan Walcheck Lillian Winters Sophia Worthington Savannah Zaleski Sophia Zarbo

8th Grade Gehad Abuaun Duniya Abukhalil Muhammed Alhanash Michael Bianco Grant Bliss Laine Burnett Coreen Chambers James Cisco Maxamillian D'Apollo Colin Dunne Jonas Evans Samantha Facaros Sophia Fishbaugh Gavin Fulmer Hannah Hernandez Payton Jingle Justin Kieres Julia Kompier Clare McKay Seldion Mellaraj Javon Mitterholzer Lily Monahan Rama Nayef Christian Reyes Keyonte Rice Joice Salloum Yaqub Satterwhite Adrianne Schlenkerman Aniya Symons Sofia Thomas Quinton Turpin

2018-19 Quarter One Merit Roll

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HARDING PTSA NEWS We would like to welcome all of the new families to Harding Middle School and encourage new and returning families to join the Harding PTSA. The Harding PTSA is unique in that we include our students. It is not too late to join! If you and/or your student(s) would like to join, please complete the attached membership form and send the form along with your payment to the Harding office. The dues are $7/person. We meet on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Harding. Student members get into the quarterly Harding Hangouts for free. Our next meeting is Tuesday, November 20th. We hope you will join us! Teachers and students are welcome to attend the meetings. We welcome any ideas you have and would like to present at a meeting. BOOK FAIR: The Book Fair this year will take place the week of November 5th during school hours and during parent-teacher conferences. The Book Fair will be in Room 223 during the following hours: Monday 11/5 8:00 am to 3:00pm; Wednesday 11/7 8:00 am to 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm; Thursday 11/8 1:00 pm to 8:30 pm; Friday 11/9 8:00 am to 11:00 am. Please consider volunteering. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084aaaa722a0fd0-harding Chipotle Fundraiser: join us for a fundraiser to support Harding Middle School. Just come in to the Chipotle at 14881 Detroit Ave in Lakewood on Tuesday, November 20th from 4:00pmto 8:00pm. Bring in the flyer, show it on your smartphone or tell the cashier you’re supporting the cause to make sure that 33% of the proceeds will be donated to Harding Middle School. See attached flyer

We hope to see you at our next meeting on Tuesday, November 20!

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Attention Harding Families: Let Chipolte Cook for YOU the Tuesday before Thanksgiving! You’ll be enriching the experience of Harding Students by supporting the Harding PTSA . Feel free to pick up your order at Chipolte and head over to the 7pm PTSA meeting at Harding that night!!

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Lakewood Athletic Boosters

Come out for the monthly Athletic Booster meetings! Learn what’s happening with the Ranger sports programs.

All teams are supported by Athletic Boosters! You earn Booster Bucks for attending the meeting!

Athletic Booster meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of the month at 7:00 Room E 184 in the Athletic Wing at Lakewood High

Upcoming Meeting Dates: 11/12, 12/10, 1/14, 2/11, 3/11, 4/8, 5/13

Mark your calendars!

Please contact lhsathleticboosters@gmail.com for further details.

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Why join Lakewood Athletic Boosters? When you join Lakewood Athletic Boosters, you join a team of parents, guardians, coaches, teachers, and community members who support middle school and high school athletics in the Lakewood City School District. Thanks to the Athletic Boosters’ fundraising efforts, Lakewood’s pay-to-participate fees are among the lowest in Northeast Ohio! Concession stand sales and our annual Night at the Races event raise thousands of dollars annually. Member benefits include:

Earn $2.50 in BOOSTER BUCKS for every hour you or your student volunteer. BOOSTER BUCKS can be used to offset the cost of your student’s pay-to-participate fees. You or your student can volunteer to work in the concession stands, helping to operate the Ranger Shop, or serving on one of our committees. Best of all, your BOOSTER BUCKS won’t expire as long as you keep your membership current!

10% discount in the Ranger Shop Scholarship opportunities for graduating seniors

Ways to join the Lakewood Athletic Boosters Visit our website LakewoodAthleticBoosters.org, click on the Membership tab and use PayPal or a credit card

OR

Complete this form, enclose with your check payable to Lakewood Athletic Boosters and mail to:

Lakewood Athletic Boosters ATTN: Membership

P.O. Box 771031 Lakewood, Ohio 44107

Name: ______________________________________________ If you are an LHS graduate, indicate the year_________

Address: __________________________________________________________________________________________

City: _______________________ State: _______ ZIP: ____________ Email: __________________________________

Phone: __________________________________ Cell: _____________________________________________________

Your Student Athlete(s): Grade: School: Sport(s)

________________________ __________ _____________ _______________________________________

________________________ __________ _____________ _______________________________________

________________________ __________ _____________ _______________________________________

Select your Membership Levels:

___ $15 Basic ___ $ 75 Purple (includes 2 school athletic event passes)

___ $25 Friend ___ $100 Gold (includes 4 school athletic event passes)

___ $50 Partner ___ $150 Ranger (includes 6 school athletic event passes)

___ $200 Star (includes 8 school athletic event passes)

___Donation to Sue E. Clark Scholarship fund for female athletes (optional) – amount: ____________________________

___Please contact me about purchasing advertising signage at Lakewood Stadium

Membership is valid through July 1 – June 30

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

November

2018

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Flu Clinic 8:30–

10:20 1st Fl.

Workroom

7-9th Period

Composer Visit

Choir grs. 6,7,8

2 3

4 5

Book Fair

Room 223

All Week

6 NO SCHOOL

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SCHOOL

Conferences

5-8:30pm

5:30 Girls B-Ball

@ Amherst MS

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NO SCHOOL

Conferences

1-4pm

5-8:30pm

9 NO SCHOOL Conferences 8-11am

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6th Gr. Science

Assembly 1:00-

2:00 Café

Youth Risk

Surveys SS Class

7 & 8th Gr.

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9-11:30am

6th Gr LCCC-

Stocker Arts

Center

Mysteries of

Ancient Egypt

7-9th Period

Composer Visit

Choir grs. 6,7,8

5:30 Girls B-Ball

@ Olmsted

Falls MS

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Rock N Roll

Hall of Fame

Trip Choir

6,7,8th Gr.

8-3pm

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5:30 Girls B-Ball

V Avon MS

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5:30 Girls B-Ball

@ Avon Lake

MS

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NO SCHOOL

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NO SCHOOL

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School Resumes

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5:30 Girls B-Ball

V Midview MS

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5:30 Girls B-Ball

@ Olmsted

Falls MS