Summer 2014 - Millard North High School

Summer 13-14 End of Year
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Aug. 4
Aug. 5
Aug. 7
Aug. 8
Aug. 11
Aug. 12
Aug. 13
Aug. 21
Fall Orientation
10th Grade 8-11 am
11th Grade 1-4 pm
9th Grade 8-11 am
12th Grade 1-4 pm
Orientation Make-Up Day All Grades 8amNoon
New Student ELO Testing
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL-GRADE 9 ONLY
(8:45 Start)
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL-ALL STUDENTS
First day for 0 and 8th hour classes
MNHS Open House 6-8pm
Millard North High School
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Millard North is to guarantee that each student masters the academic skills and develops character traits and intercultural understanding through challenging, diverse, personalized opportunities that prepare, engage, and motivate students to pursue career pathways and contribute nationally and internationally.
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Retirees ........................... 3
Student Council .............. 3
Rotary Outstanding
Senior ........................... 3
U.S. Presidential
Scholars Candidates ..... 3
National Merit
Scholarship ................... 3
OWH Academic
Team Nominations ....... 4
OWH All-Academic
Team Awards ............... 4
Ron Park Scholar ............ 5
Cornhusker Boys/Girls
State .............................. 5
Hugh O’Brien Youth
Leadership Award ........ 5
Exchange Club of Omaha
Outstanding Sophomore
Student .......................... 5
Art .................................. 5
Business .......................... 5
Industrial Technology..... 5
Mathematics ................... 5
Music .............................. 6
Social Studies ................. 6
World Language ............. 6
IB Diploma Candidates .. 6
National Honor Society .. 7
IB Middle Years Prog..... 8
Academic Letters .......... 10
Fall Orientation ............ 17
Meal Prices ................... 17
Pre-Participation Sports
Physicals ..................... 18
ATTENDANCE: 402-715-1223
(Use this number to report absences, call students in late, appointments, or phone messages)
SPORTS SCHEDULES: www.mhsaaconference.org
LUNCH MONEY: www.mylunchmoney.com
PARENT ACCESS: www.mpsomaha.org
MNHS: www.mps.mnhs.schoolfusion.us/
BAND: http://www.mnband.net/
ORCHESTRA: http://mnhsorch.com/
SHOW CHOIRS: http://www.millardnorthshowchoirs.org/
GUIDANCE: http://mps.mnhs.schoolfushion.us/
Click on Guidance
FORENSICS: http://mps.mnhsforensics.net/
COUNSELING DEPARTMENT
402-715-1379
A - Br............................... Laurie Stackhouse
Bu-Fen ............................. Paul Gabel
Feo-Hud .......................... Carmen Hippen
Hue-Mac ......................... Loel Schettler
Mad-Peterson .................. Jillian Depue
Peth-Stac ........................ Jodi Therkelsen
Stad-Z ............................ Andy Hahn
Millard Board of Education
Millard North Administration
Mr. Dave Anderson
Mr. Mike Kennedy
Mr. Paul Meyer
Mr. Mike Pate
Ms. Linda Poole
Mr. Pat Ricketts
Dr. Keith Lutz, Superintendent
Mr. Brian Begley, Principal
Ms. Mary Bayne, Assistant Principal
Mr. Aaron Bearinger, Assistant Principal
Mr . Casey Lundgren, Assistant Principal
Ms. Susan Marlatt, Assistant Principal
Mr. Chad Zimmerman, Activities Director
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CONGRATULATIONS TO RETIREES
Millard North Staff who retired this year are: David Bacon, Scott Milliken, Jeff Pulverenti, and
Sheryl Shannon. Other staff members moving on to new adventures are: Olga Conklin, Sarah
Cossack, Julie Milks, McKenzie Tisdale, Jared Draeger, Matt Meyer, Michelle Hamling, and
Rachelle Daigle. I’m sure you will join us in thanking them for all their hard work with our
kids and wish them many happy and healthy years ahead.
CONGRATULATIONS TO STUDENTS
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED ON OUR STUDENT AND CLASS
BOARDS!
STUDENT COUNCIL
Zachery Geist—Co-President
Brett Whorley—Co-President
Brian Williams—Vice President
ROTARY OUTSTANDING SENIOR
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
Finalists
Alan Alahmad
Connor Brown
Avery Dresser
David Fu
Sheng-Yau Lim
Jie Luo
Kendall Schwarz
Erin Sheehan
Jeffrey Wang
Jack Wilson
Commended
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS
CANDIDATES
Alan Davis
David Fu
Ye Huang
Sheng-Yau Lim
Jie Luo
Erin Sheehan
Jeffrey Wang
Rebecca Yuan
Semifinalist:
Rebecca Yuan
Alexandra Bird
Caleb Drey
Minoru Fernando
Nicholas Flaxbeard
Jamie Holdeman
Ye Huang
Benjamin Janecek
Athira Jayan
Alec Maas
Mithila Noronha
Vivek Srivats
Alexander Tu
Rebecca Yuan
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OMAHA WORLD HERALD ACADEMIC TEAM
NOMINATIONS
Alan Alahmad
Luke Annis
Alexandra Bird
Connor Brown
Trevor Bruce
Vivek Srivats
Bryce Byman
Matthew Chrostek
James Clifford
Adam Cloonan
Carter Collins
John Curran
Alan Davis
Justin Deffenbacher
Sean Doyle
Avery Dresser
Caleb Drey
Minoru Fernando
Nicholas Flaxbeard
David Fu
Brooke Hartman
Nancy He
Jamie Holdeman
Richard Holmes
Ye Huang
Samantha Hughes
Benjamin Janecek
Athira Jayan
Khylie Kight
Apurva Kunte
Sheng-Yau Lim
Laura Linder
David Liu
Jie Luo
Molly Macfadyen
Kelsey Moss
Dominic Nguyen
Mithila Noronha
Jenna Pfingsten
Robert Quandahl
Anjali Renukunta
Zachary Sabata
Garrett Sacco
Katelyn Schill
Casey Schmitz
Kendall Schwarz
Erin Sheehan
Tushita Shrivastav
Justin Sleep
Keith Speicher
Curtis Stokes
Ethan Summers
Faith Thomas
Kyle Tompkins
Alexander Tu
Jeffrey Walker
Jeffrey Wang
Rachel Weber
Lauren Wehrle
Kyle Wengel
Rachel West
Jacob White
Brett Whorley
Elisa Wildy
Jordan Williams
Rebecca Yuan
Helen Zhao
OMAHA WORLD HERALD
ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM AWARDS
All Regional 1st Team
David Fu
Jeffrey Wang
All Regional 2nd Team
Sheng-Yau Lim
All State Academic
David Fu
Jeffrey Wang
Key Staffer Award
Justin Deffenbacher
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RON PARK SCHOLAR
ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
Holly Hild
R.J. Quandahl
CORNHUSKER BOYS/GIRLS
STATE
Miranda Fraass
Matthew Kopecky
Nathan Pettid
HUGH O’BRIEN YOUTH
LEADERSHIP AWARD
Jennifer Mack
Deborah Turetsky
BUSINESS
Outstanding Business Students
Rachael Delperdang
Christian Donohue
DECA/Marketing Students of the Year
Taylor Olsufka
Elizabeth Sherman
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
SkillsUSA NE State Competiton
Bryce Byman 1st place Overall State Welding
Sam Kopecky 1st place Criminal Justice
Dain Armburst 1st place Cabinetmaking
Andrew Strohbehn 1st place Mig welding
Bryce Byman 1st place Tig welding
Kevin Bang 1nd place Tig welding
Travis Kerker 1st place Arc welding
Christian Marsh 2nd place Arc welding
Lynsy Flyr 2nd place O/A cutting
EXCHANGE CLUB OF OMAHA
OUTSTANDING SOPHOMORE
STUDENT
National Qualifier in Welding: Bryce Byman
Sophia Holt
American Mathematics Competition
Jie Luo-2nd Place
James Clifford-3rd Place
ART
Scholastic Art Awards
Gold Key: Halle Magid
Silver Key: Emily Gauger, Halle Magid, Madison
Shepard
Honorable Mention: Molly Macfadyen, Halle
Magid
Bellevue Senior’s Art Show:
2nd Place Drawing: Halle Magid
“Best in Show” Award: Rebecca Cook
Honorable Mention in Painting: Molly Ochsner
MATHEMATICS
UNL Math Day Probe II
Alan Alahmad-9th
UNL Math Day Probe II Qualifier
Jie Luo
Jeffrey Wang
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MUSIC
Band
John Phillip Sousa Award Kyle Tompkins
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award Luke Annis
Patrick S. Gilmore Band Award Mitch Huston
Mustang Band Spirit Award Jordan Nielsen
Outstanding Senior Bandsman Luke Annis
Woody Herman Jazz Award Nick Flaxbeard
Choral
National Choral Award Kyle Tompkins
Fred Waring Director’s Award Huma Haq
Senior Vocalists Award Faith Thomas
Drew Doyle
Senior Choral Spirit Award Megan Doyle
Kaleb Dohn
Orchestra
National School Orchestra Award Jeffrey Wang
Director’s Award Julia Edelstein
Outstanding Orchestra Senior Alex Tu
Arion Award Madeline Maloley
Orchestra Spirit Award Lauren Wehrle
SOCIAL STUDIES
Woodmen of the World Outstanding
Achievement in American History
Alan Davis
Most Outstanding Social Studies Student
Lauren Wehrle
WORLD LANGUAGE
Summa Cum Laude Latin IV:
Alan Davis
Jeff Walker
Curtis Stokes
Savannah Greenfield
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
DIPLOMA CANDIDATES
Alan Alahmad
Sabien Ambrose
Alexandra Bird
Taylor Brewer
Connor Brown
Matthew Chrostek
James Clifford
Kaitlyn Counter
David Fu
Ankita Ghotikar
Savannah Greenfield
Nancy He
Jamie Holdeman
Ye Huang
Olivia Johnston
Meray Kim
Apurva Kunte
Erin Lhamon
Sheng-Yau Lim
Jie Luo
Olivia Makos
Jasmine Mausbach
Siobhan McDonnell
Dominic Nguyen
Mithila Noronha
Cassie Pickens
Devika Prasanth
Anthony Rangel
Alicia Reil
Anjali Renukunta
Alese Sanders
Kendall Schwarz
Kranti Shaik
Tushita Shrivastav
Justin Sleep
Amanda Sparks
Curtis Stokes
Ethan Summers
Sindhuja Suresh
Faith Thomas
Montana Thomas
Caroline Tsai
Alex Tu
Callie Jane Vickers
Jeffrey Wang
Sofia Williams
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NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
Yara Abdel Jabbar
Christine Altilio
Anthony Angello
Blair Archer
Kevin Bang
Amber Bartling
Michelle Benda
Taylor Brewer
Connor Brown
Trevor Bruce
Bryce Byman
Mehgan Cain
Carter Collins
Taylor Collins
Kaitlyn Counter
Alan Davis
Justin Deffenbacher
Rachael Delperdang
Tyra DeRozairo
Sean Doyle
Elizabeth Dressler
Caleb Drey
Ali Dunbar
Julia Edelstein
Ruth Ellis
Cierra Ervin
Logan Forsythe
David Fu
Emily Gauger
Zachary Geist
Brooke Hartman
Nancy He
Holly Hild
Emma Hrlevich
Ye Huang
Samantha Hughes
Athira Jayan
Melissa Johnson
Olivia Johnston
Allison Jones
Megan Jones
Kaitlyn Keiser
Meray Kim
Varshethaa Krishnan
Apurva Kunte
Sheng-Yau Lim
Laura Linder
MaryKate Luddy
Jie Luo
Paige Madsen
Halle Magid
Olivia Makos
Naif Mazzawi
Connor Mazzei
Courtney Moreland
Kelsey Moss
Laura Ney
Dominic Nguyen
Mithila Noronha
Wynter Novak
Gunnar Orcutt
Jenna Pfingsten
Andrew Pille
Devika Prasanth
Robert Quandahl
Laura Reimers
Anjali Renukunta
Zachary Sabata
Garrett Sacco
Kendall Schwarz
Kranti Shaik
Erin Sheehan
Tushita Shrivastav
Elizabeth Snyder
Anna Spethman
Vivek Srivats
Curtis Stokes
Sindhuja Suresh
Kailyn Tauber
Morgan Thompson
Regan Tokos
Kyle Tompkins
Alexander Tu
Kira VanCleve
CallieJane Vickers
Caroline Wadman
Jeffrey Walker
Jeffrey Wang
Rachel Weber
Lauren Wehrle
Brandon Welch
Rachel West
Jacob White
Brett Whorley
Elisa Wildy
Sofia Williams
Amanda Willms
Rebecca Yuan
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY OFFICERS
Alex Tu—President
Kyle Tompkins— Vice President
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International Baccalaureate
Middle Years Program
Personal Project
Congratulations MYP Class of 2014
Aaron Adams – The Arrangement of a Pep Band Song
Aleser Alahmad – Creating a Dentistry Tool
Ivy Banks – Creatures of Culture
Michael Banwo – The Creation of a Website
Elizabeth Baxter – Seven Days of Bread
Noah Blaker – Creating a Game Engine
Andrew Blalock – School Lunch Program Analysis
Cole Boyd – Making a Model Building
Holden Bradley – Western History from the Perspective of the
Deceased Relatives of Holden Bradley
Andrew Carlson – Building a Computer
Matthew Chen – Learning Frame Animation
Joseph Cowman – Learning to Code with Python
Alexander Deptula – The Art of Chainmail
Mikaela Deptula – How Running Affects the Individual
Pranav Devaruppala – Recycling
Brandon Downey – Building a Composting Toilet
Gwendoline Dunlop – Writing a Book
Madison Eppler – A Children’s Book
Michael Ervin – Impact of Card Games on Society
Steven Flynn – Building a Computer
Jonathan Hause – The Art of Learning the Piano
Philamon Hemstreet – Building a Computer
Jiayi Jiang – Polymer Pantry
Katelyn Keene – Covers for Comfort
Muneeb Khan – Stem Cells and their Potential Benefit to Humanity
Corey Kruger – Building Character in Youth through Coaching
Sophia Lambert – Learning to Play the Oboe
Jacques Lerouge – Video Magic
Zachary Lickteig – A Helping Hand
Justin Lui – Creating a Computer
Miti Mareddy – Artificial Intelligence and You
Declan Martin – Comparing International Patent Systems
Michaela Matson – Huntington ’s Disease
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Kali McCord – Creating a Russian Matryoshka Doll
Rajan Mediratta – Black and White Keys
Madison Morrissette – Breeding Guppies
Samantha Nahimov – One-Week Diet Plan
Evan Nebelsick – Carving Into Diabetes
Andrew Neill – A Direct Approach (A Political Simulation of Direct Democracy)
Jonathan Nguyen – Armor of the Next Generation
Kathryn Opitz – Piping Desserts
Lauren Outerson – Lauren's Top 50 Songs
James Patton – Trumpet Mouthpiece Damper
Makenna Petersen – Artistic Education for a Children’s Foundation
Jessica Predoehl – Wind Energy
Gauri Ramesh – A World of Words
Mariah Raumaker – Life Through Someone Else's Eyes
Parker Segal – The Effectiveness and Uses of Bitcoin
Mithil Shah – The Influences of Various Sounds on the Human Body
Keerthi Shaik – Threading: A Hair Removal Technique
Haidon Shultz – Building a Drone
Michaela Sleep – The Beginner’s Guide to Writing a Song
Spencer Sosalla-Bahr – The Vanishing of the Bees
Chanont Sricharoen – The Heart
Eric Tsai – 88 Keys for Unlocking Success
Naomi Tsukada – Making a Violin
Deborah Turetsky – Creating a Workout Video
Sarah Ulsher – Starting a Petition
Mason Williams – Rehabilitation of a Puppy Mill Survivor
Grace Wilson – Raising, Training and Showing Cutting Horses
Middle Years students are required to successfully complete classes in each of the eight subject
areas: Language A, Language B, Humanities, Mathematics, Sciences, Art, Technology and
Physical Education during the freshmen and sophomore years at Millard North High School.
In the final year of the program, each student completes a personal project. The personal project is a significant piece of work that is the product of the student’s own initiative and creativity.
Each project must reflect a personal understanding of the areas of interaction. The five areas
include Human Ingenuity, Community and Service, Health and Social, Environment, and Approaches to Learning.
Students are expected to choose their project, which can take many forms, and take the process
through to completion under the supervision of a teacher in the school or a community member.
This involves:
 Planning
 Research
High degree of personal reflection
The personal project is assessed by teachers against a set of IB assessment criteria.
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2013-14 ACADEMIC LETTERS
Dear Millard North Honor Students and Parents,
Each year at Millard North High School, we honor students who achieved academically a 3.50 GPA or higher
both semesters of the preceding school year. We recognize these students by providing a Millard North Academic Letter or Pin. Students earn one Academic Letter during their high school career. Bar pins are awarded to repeat or multiple letter winners after students earn their first MN Letter.
The qualifications for academic recognition for both semesters for the past school year are as follows:
Grade (School Year)
Each Semester
Awarded
9th grade (13-14)
3.50 – 3.99 GPA
Academic Letter
4.00 and above
Academic Letter and Pin
10th grade (13-14)
3.50 – 3.99 GPA
3.50 – 3.99 Repeat
4.00 and above
4.00 Repeat
11th grade (13-14)
3.50 – 3.99 GPA
3.50 – 3.99 Repeat
4.00 and above
4.00 Repeat
Academic Letter
Bar Pin
Academic Letter and/or Pin
Bar Pin
Academic Letter
Bar Pin
Academic Letter and/or Pin
Bar Pin
2014 graduating seniors received their academic awards at Senior Honor’s Night held this past Spring.
The faculty of Millard North High School congratulates you on your excellent academic accomplishments during
the 2013-14 school year. We ask all academic award winners to stop in the Administration/Activities Office at
Millard North to pick up your academic award.
Again, congratulations on your academic performance during the past school year. Your challenge: to perform at
this same level for higher during the 2014-15 school year.
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Meal Prices, 2014-15
High School Breakfast
HS Adult Breakfast
High School Lunch
HS Adult Lunch
Reduced
0.30
0.40
Paid
1.80
2.25
2.95
3.25
Milk
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.40
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