REPTO will be hosting a Spring Carnival on April 29 from 6-8:30 p.m. There are many prizes available, including: Walt Disney Tickets, Kings Island tickets, Conner Prairie Tickets, Indianapolis Children’s Museum tickets, bicycles, Xbox One, Muncie Children’s Museum tickets, Kindle Fire, Science Central tickets, Amazon Tap, restaurant gift cards, plus many more prizes!

Come join the fun!

SEVENTH GRADE – Adrian Corona-Lara, Katherine Elliott, Emily Livingston, Antoni Velasquez, Tiffany Welch

EIGHTH GRADE – Savannah Brewer, Treyden Dye, Ian Glunt, Zachary Neeley, Alexandria Partin, Collin Perry

FRESHMEN – Luzmaria Corona, Kaytlyn Davis, Wendy Hall

SOPHOMORES – Emma Brewer, Antonio Calderon, Peyton Doughty, Johnathan Gerstner, Kristine Goodyear, Reagan Hoggatt, Bryant Mote, Nikiria Neal, Corey Whitesel, Courtney Whitesel

JUNIORS – James Botkin, Kaleb Fenton, Emilee Goodyear, Colin McHenry, Trevor Spence, Trevor Thompson, Haley Whitesel

SENIORS – Migel Corona Lara, Kory Phenis, Elizabeth Sowinski, Tyler Stewart, Kollin Warren

Congratulations to Jasmine Ballard, Acacia Clemons, Kira Killian, and Lyndsee Mills for their performances in the FCCLA State Leadership Conference on Friday, March 10.
Acacia earned a gold medal for her State project “SMILE”
Lyndsee earned a gold medal for her State project “Healthy Choice = Healthy Teens”
Kira earned a silver medal for her STAR project “Recycle and Redesign.” She was one away from being a National Qualifier
Jasmine earned a bronze medal for her STAR project “Focus on Children”
Congratulations ladies!

On Wednesday, March 8, UC senior FFA member, Kollin Warren, for won the Farmers Achievement Banquet Scholarship. Congratulations, Kollin on earning this great achievement and honor!

The Union City DECA Chapter attended the State Career Development Conference from March 5th-March 7th. On Sunday evening, the students took their competition test and attended the opening session. The opening session featured Kylee Scheele, a inspiring speaker, writer and youth expert whohas challenged thousands of teens across the nation to live better stories.

On Monday, the students completed the role play part of their competition. They also had the opportunity to attend leadership workshops. One of the workshops, they attended was given by former Union City student, Britt Smith. She talked about her position with Yelp. Britt gave the students advice during her talk. Monday evening the chapter along with alumni, Destiny Shafer and Justin Fields ate dinner at the Colts Grille. The last event of the evening was the Recognition Session. Union City's Apache Design and TeePee were recognized for being Re-Certified Gold Level School-Based Enterprises. The Monday keynote speaker was Russ Peak. He captivated and engaged the audience with a truly magical experience.

On Tuesday morning, the students attended the Grand Awards Session. We had 2 teams and 1 individual make the finals. Connor Kerns and Ellie Kerns placed in the top 10 in the State in Sports and Entertainment Marketing. Kora Kerns and Emma Baron placed 6th in the State in Marketing Management Team. Elizabeth Sowinski placed 3rd in the State in Personal Selling. That qualified her for the International Competition in Anaheim, California. Ellie Kerns was elected as the District 9 President for the 2017-2018 school year. She will serve on the State Officer Team.

The following students will be attending the International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, California: Kora Kerns, Emma Baron, Landry Zimmers, Hailey Mills, Elizabeth Sowinski and Ellie Kerns. Congratulations to all students for representing Union City so well.

The Union City FFA competed in the District 9 Small Engine Career Development Event at Connersville High School on Saturday.  There were 28 teams from 10 schools at the contest.  The team of Elijah Thornburg and Kollin Warren placed 3rd, and qualified for the state contest in April.  The team of Katie Reichard, Derick Williams, and Ian Glunt placed 11th in their first year.  Students must assemble and start a small engine, troubleshoot problems, and take written exams over the service manuals.  Great job by all!

Science Olympiad team competed at Butler University on Saturday. There were many projects and competitors. UC Science Olympiad team earned: 
5th Place Electric vehicle - Elizabeth and Christina Sowinski
4th Place Hovercraft - Elizabeth Sowinski & Paul Bailey
5th Place Towers - Courtney Hofacker & Benji Casillas

Congratulations to Vanderlei Burkett for winning the county for 4th grade and Mya Gard for being the 6th grade county runner up.

This is a complete list of the winners for the Randolph County Spelling Bee. 

Overall Randolph County Spelling Bee
First Place: Rebekah Deffendall, Monroe Central
Runner up: Brookelyn Erwin, Driver


4th Grade
First Place: Vanderlei Burkett, North Side
Runner up: Brayden Cook, Willard

5th Grade
First Place: Guinevere Robertson, Monroe Central
Runner up: Andy Toney, Willard

6th Grade
First Place: Stacey Glunt, Randolph Southern
Runner up: Mya Gard, North Side

7th Grade
First Place: Brookelyn Erwin, Driver
Runner up: Braxton Bales, Randolph Southern

8th Grade
First Place: Rebekah Deffendall, Monroe Central
Runner up: Maysa Corya, Driver

UC  Lady Indians won an exciting double-overtime game on Saturday to earn their ticket to the biggest high school game of the year, the IHSAA Class 1A State Championship Game.

There are Semi-State Champion t-shirts (orders due 10 AM Tuesday, Feb. 21) and State Championship tickets for sale in the high school office.  If you are going to the game, please purchase your tickets from school as we will receive $1 for each ticket sold.

Look at sports.resc.k12.in.us for much more information about the Lady Indians and their road to this game.

Congratulations to the following students for being selected as the AVID class of 2021: Hunter Clay, Cerenity Dotson, Treyden Dye, Madison Garrett, Tomas Ibarra, Brook Kniesly, Lucas Lykins, Lily Mills, Madison Moore, Taylor Rains, Allen Ramirez, Tabius Reagan, Aliyah Ruiz, Haleigh Sells, Piter Sicolela, Erik Terriquez, Scott Thomas, Ethan Turner, and Chloe Wyatt.

AVID is a global organization dedicated to closing the achievement gap by preparing all students for college and other postsecondary opportunities.