School is Cool
The School is Cool program is an educational initiative based on the belief that there is a direct link between academic achievement, the quality of the local workforce, and the quality of life in the community. The program objectives are to:
- Promote the idea that school is cool.
- Recognize and celebrate students who achieve perfect attendance.
- Encourage all students to aspire to achieve perfect attendance and graduate from high school.
- Promote the importance of education to all students, parents, and the community at large.
- Highlight the important connection between showing up ready to learn for school every day and showing up ready to work every day as an adult.
Here are some highlights of the program for this year:
- We will have rewards each grading period for students that had perfect attendance during that 6- or 9-week period.
- We are partnering with area businesses to offer rewards to students all year long. We realize some kids get sick and miss school in the beginning of the year causing them to lose interest in attendance for the remainder of the year. As a result, we want to give those students a reason to start fresh and know that every day counts! This is our new tagline for School Is Cool. John Dils has agreed to start us off and offer everyone with perfect attendance during the first grading period with a pass to one of Family Fitness Works, Rec Plex or Sports Plex.
- We plan to visit every school twice per year (one time per semester) to do drawings for bigger prizes. The winners will be drawn from those students that have perfect attendance for the year so far.
- The art contest will return this year!
- Students at all grade levels may submit their artwork to our office (directly or through their school) to be considered for this year’s School Is Cool t-shirt design.
- We will have winners in these categories: Elementary, Middle/Jr. High School, High School.
- In addition, we will choose a winner in the Digital Media category to be used for future marketing materials.
- Every student with perfect attendance for the schoolyear will receive a t-shirt with the winning design.
- Senior Celebration
- Graduating seniors who have achieved perfect attendance for their senior year, passed the ECA testing, maintaining a 2.0 GPA and on track to graduate with a Core 40 diploma or better will be invited to the Senior Celebration at Wetzel Auto.
- One name will be drawn to win the grand prize of a car or a scholarship, compliments of Wetzel Auto.
- Every senior who attends will receive a prize (yet to be determined).
The School is Cool program is generously supported by:
4th Floor Blues Club | Jon Ford |
5th Street Coffee & Bagels | Junior Achievement of Eastern Indiana, Inc. |
A & P Quality Home Care Agency | Karen Pipes-JP Morgan |
A-1 Lock & Safe Shop | Koons Home Center |
Abbott Nutrition | Koorsen Fire & Security, Inc. |
Absocold Corporation | Lingle Real Estate – Duning Marc |
Abstracts of Richmond, Inc. | Lingle Real Estate – Holthouse |
Achieva Resources Corporation, Inc. | Lingle Real Estate – Potter |
Ahaus Tool and Engineering, Inc. | Lingle Real Estate Inc. |
Ainsley’s Cafe | Little Sheba’s/Zini’s Place |
All Pest Exterminating, Inc. | Logue’s TLC Pet Hospital |
Ambassador Healthcare | M.R.J. III |
American Legion Harry Ray Post 65 | MacAllister Rentals |
Ameriprise Financial | MainSource Bank – Centerville |
Animal Care Alliance | Manpower of Richmond |
Annex of Richmond | McDonald’s |
Annex of Richmond | McFarling Foods |
Anytime Fitness | Meijer, Inc. |
Arbor Trace | Meridian Health Services |
Aseracare Hospice | Miami Industrial Trucks, Inc. |
Aseracare Hospice | Miles-Richmond |
B & F Plastics, Inc. | Milestone Contractors, L.P. |
Bader Mechanical, Inc. | Miracle-Ear Hearing Center |
Barnhizer & Associates | Model T Ford Club of America Model T Museum |
Barrett Paving Materials | Morrisson-Reeves Library |
Baumgartner Commercial Real Estate | Natco Community Empowerment Center |
Beals-Moore & Associates, Inc. | Natco Credit Union |
Belden | Nettle Creek Custom Gardens |
Berry Plastics Corp. | Noah’s Ark Day Care Center, Inc. |
Best Western Classic Inn | Northgate Cars, Inc. |
Bethany Theological Seminary | Olive Garden |
Better Homes & Gardens/First Realty – Salzarulo | Orscheln Farm and Home |
Better Homes & Gardens/First Realty Group | Orscheln Farm and Home |
Birth-to-Five, Incorporated | Osborn International |
Bob Evans | Palladium-Item Media Group |
Bob Evans – East | Parallax Systems |
Brady Ware | Paust Printers |
BridgeMAXX | Pepsi Beverages Company |
Brown Appraisal Service | Perfect Circle Credit Union |
Buckley Excavating Inc. | Pleasant View Nursery, Garden Center & Florist |
Buffalo Wild Wings | Ply Fiber Arts |
Bumblebee Quick Print/North | Porter Advertising LLC |
Burkhardt Tax Service | Premier Toyota Nissan of Richmond |
C.R. England Premier Truck Driving School | Price’s Square Donuts of Richmond |
Camping World of Richmond | Primex Plastics Corporation |
Cardinal Greenway | Productivity Fabricators, Inc. |
Carter Lumber | ProSource |
Castle Roofing, Inc. | PTC Alliance |
Centerstone | Purina Animal Nutrition, LLC |
Centerville-Abington Community Schools | REC PLEX by Family Fitness Works |
Central Soft Water Systems | Reid Hospital & Health Care Services |
Central United Methodist Church | Reynolds Plumbing, Inc |
Christ Presbyterian Church | Richmond Art Museum |
Cindy Johnson | Richmond Casting Company |
Civic Hall Performing Arts/Richmond Community Schools | Richmond Community Schools |
Columbia Title | Richmond Family YMCA |
Comcast Spotlight | Richmond Furniture Gallery, Inc. |
Comfort Inn of Richmond | Richmond Hydraulic Service |
Commercial Printing Services | Richmond Lions Club |
Communities In Schools | Richmond Oral Surgery Associates Acquisition, LLC |
Contemporary Consulting, Inc. | Richmond Power & Light |
Contract Industrial Tooling | Richmond Rotary Club |
Culligan Richmond | Richmond Symphony Orchestra |
Cummins Electric | Riggle-Waltermann Mortuary |
Cutting Edge Physical Therapy | RMD/Patti Insurance |
Cycling and Fitness Warehouse | Rosa’s Office Plus |
Dairy Queen Stores | Rosebud Village |
David Stidham | Russell Painting Company |
Davis Jewelry Company | Seton Catholic Schools |
Dewco Sales, Inc. | SignGrafX & Engraving |
Doan & Mills Funeral Home | Silgan White Cap Corporation |
Dot Foods, Inc. | Smith Dairy Wayne Division |
Doxpop, LLC | Stagg Safety Equipment, Inc. |
Dr. Angela Burke, D.D.S. | Stanley W. Hayes Research Foundation, Inc. |
Dr. Richard W. Siebert | Starbucks Coffee Company |
Drs. Logan & Bailey, Optometrists, Inc. | State Farm Insurance – Pat James |
Earlham College | Stegall-Berheide-Orr Funeral Home |
Earlywine Pest Control & Turf | Sterling House of Richmond Brookdale Senior Living |
El Rodeo – East | Sugar Creek Packing Co. |
El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant | Summit Computer Systems, Inc. |
Elwood Staffing Services | Superstore Used Cars, Inc. |
Family Fitness Works | Taco Bell |
Farm Bureau Insurance | The Independent Living Center of Eastern Indiana |
Farm Credit Services of Mid-America | The Olde North Chapel |
Fireside Mobile Homes | The Olde Richmond Inn |
First Bank Richmond | The Salvation Army |
First Merchants Bank | The Skate |
Flowers by Carla | The Village at Whitewater |
Forest Park Health Campus | The Village at Whitewater |
Fountain City Wesleyan Church | Tiedemann-Bevs Industries, Inc. |
Frame’s Lawn Care and Snow Removal | Tom L. Cox |
Fricker’s Richmond | Tri-County Awards |
Galo’s Italian Grill | Tristatebid |
Gardner, Sayre & Weikart | Veach’s |
Gary K. Brown, D.D.S. | Vectren Corporation |
Gary Saunders | Vicki DeMao |
Georgia Direct Carpet, Inc. | Wallace Heating & Air, Inc. |
Get Fired, LLC | Wal-Mart |
Golden Engineering, Inc. | Warehouse Cafe, The |
Greenwood Apartments | Waters ENT Sinus & Allergy |
Gross Roofing & Sheet Metal LLC | Wayne Bank and Trust Co. |
GYN, Ltd. | Wayne County Convention & Tourism Bureau, Inc. |
H & P Tool Company | Wayne County Historical Museum |
H.L. Libby Corporation | Wayne County Republican Committee |
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Richmond | Wayne County Sheriff’s Department |
Hagerstown Plastics, Inc. | Waynet, Inc. |
Hampton Inn & Suites | Webb & Associates |
Harvest Land Co-op, Inc. | West End Bank |
Health Care Professionals Federal Credit Union | West Main Family Dental |
Heart Breaker Video Disc Jockeys LLC | Western Wayne Schools |
HELP the Animals | Wetzel Chevrolet |
Hilling Moving & Storage | Wetzel Chrysler Jeep Dodge |
Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc. | Wetzel Family Auto Cruise |
Holiday Inn | Wetzel Ford |
Hometown | Wetzel Honda |
HYPE Richmond | Wetzel Hyundai |
Indiana American Water Company | Whitewater Construction |
Indiana Football Hall of Fame | Whitewater Valley Rehabilitation |
Indiana Municipal Power Agency | Whitewater Valley REMC |
IronGate Creative | Wilco Custom Electronics |
J.M. Hutton & Company, Inc. | Williams & Keckler, LLC |
Jeff Plasterer | YWCA |
Johnson Chiropractic |