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Manson Northwest Webster
Mastering New Worlds
Vol. XX, Number I
November 2011
Manson Northwest Webster Community School District Newsletter
www.mnwcougars.com
A Relevant Education—Four Years of College Is Not For Everyone
By Supt. Mark Egli
The Iowa Department of Education has now
released its blueprint for education. Other than
additional testing of students, I find little in it that calls
for deep systemic change. Rather than look to other
national education systems that are successful, we
continue to move along the path of more of the same.
One of the more pertinent things I have read recently
is the “Pathways to Prosperity Project” prepared by
the Harvard Graduate School of Education. As I look
at the statistics from this study, I begin to wonder if
United States undergraduate education tends to forget
that there is an end-game, that we are not merely
“doing school for school.” We must be reminded that
students need to be gaining skills and abilities that
are eventually marketable. It does not appear that we
are selling this notion to either our teachers or our
students.
Let’s look at the numbers. Eighty percent of
our high school seniors indicate that they intend to
attain a four-year college degree. However, only 30
percent of those who enter college earn a four-year
degree by age 27. Of those who enter a two-year
college, fewer than 30 percent achieve an A.A. degree
or certificate. Since only 30% of the job market
requires college graduates, these figures supply that
demand. However, looked at another way, over 50%
of our college students become drop-outs without
an alternative career track into the workforce. How
many times have we heard it said to a freshman
college student, “It doesn’t really matter if you don’t
know your major yet, the required courses will be
pretty much all the same.” Maybe we should be
saying it really doesn’t matter because if you don’t
know why you’re going to college, you’ll probably
be dropping out anyway. And what becomes of our
college dropouts? The unemployment rate for teens
is 71.4% and for young adults (20-24), it is 37.8%,
the highest since World War II.
MNW Jr.-Sr. High School 712.469.2245
Compare this state of affairs to education
in Northern and Central Europe where attendance
in vocational upper education exceeds that in their
universities. The cost of vocational education in these
countries is shared by the government and industry. In
Germany, for example, 65 percent of the work force
has graduated from the country’s trade institutions.
Although it seems anti-American to institute a system
of tracking, a number of European countries do track
their children during early-adolescence based upon
achievement scores. Others leave it to a combination
of achievement scores and family choice. Courses
in career counseling, career clusters, and highly
developed apprenticeships are introduced during the
high school years.
These countries have designed an education
system that is based on the premise that students
from late adolescence on would prefer to learn in an
environment in which work and learning are integrated
and in which a clear occupational goal is in sight. Our
educational system in the U.S. at times appears to be
based on the premise that success on a standardized
test leads to success ever after.
At MNW we are looking more closely at career
plans for our students. Every student from grades 8
through 12 must complete a state-required career plan,
called “I Have a Plan Iowa” in which she/he identifies
coursework that is in line with a chosen career path.
Each year these Guideways must be updated and
revised according to the student’s changing interests.
Our four vocational areas are also developing improved
academic pathways toward careers in these fields—
Agriculture, Family and Consumer Science, Business
Education, and Industrial Arts. Parents also need to
be aware and involved in their child’s contemplation
of careers in line with his/her interests and abilities.
Just “going to college” isn’t enough of a plan to avoid
wasted years, tens of thousands of dollars, and an
uncertain future.
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MNW Elementary School 515.542.3211
News from Jr.-Sr. High School Principal
Shawn
Holloway
A focus over the past two years at MNW has been
to identify and accommodate the needs of our struggling
learners. Based on test scores and other sources of data,
reading is an area of need for our struggling learners.
Listed below are two programs that Manson Northwest
Webster has implemented to help struggling junior high
readers during the 2011/2012 school year.
Second Chance Reading or SCR is a program
that we have used at the high school level for the past
several years. This fall for the first time we offered this
course to struggling junior high readers. Kim Keller
currently teaches all second chance reading courses, but
by this time next year we will also have two additional
instructors trained in second chance reading. So what
is second chance reading? Second Chance Reading
(SCR) is a program that provides a specific course for
struggling readers at the middle and high school levels
who are reading below grade level. In middle schools,
struggling readers are assigned to a SCR class rather
than their regular reading class. In high schools, SCR
classes are treated as an elective course. SCR focuses
on comprehension skills but also targets vocabulary
development and fluency in both fiction and non-fiction
texts. Based on a comprehensive analysis of research
on reading, SCR combines multiple strategies and
practices into a structure for reading instruction and
has proved successful in both urban and rural settings
The French Club is sponsoring a soup supper
on Friday, December 16, before the MNW
basketball game versus Newell-Fonda. The
meal, which will include chicken noodle soup
and chili, crackers, carrot and celery sticks, a
bar, and a beverage, will cost $5.00 for those
13 and older, $3.50 for ages 3-12, and $1.00
for under 3 years of age. Serving will be from
4:45 - 6:45 p.m. Tickets will be available for
sale from any French Club member after
Thanksgiving.
Thanks for your support!
(http://educateiowa.gov/).
For more information visit the following URL:
http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_conten
t&view=article&id=1205&Itemid=3223
Teen Biz3000 is the second reading program
that we will implement this fall at the junior high
level. Teachers will be trained during the middle of
October and start using the program shortly there
after. TeenBiz3000® is a reading program for grades
6-8 that improves literacy skills through differentiated
instruction. It delivers daily nonfiction, standardsbased reading content that is precisely matched to
each student’s individual learning profile. TeenBiz is
based on decades of scientific research and is proven
to dramatically improve reading scores. Teen Biz3000
will be used by our 7th and 8th grade students in the
following subject areas: language arts, science, and
social studies. Our hope is to provide students not
only with Iowa Test of Basic Skills test preparation but
also to improve individual reading ability while using
nonfiction passages. Please ask your junior high son or
daughter to demo this program for you.
Student Login URL: http://www.teenbiz3000.com/
MNW Elementary P.E.P. Club had a
very successful spring! Our first exciting
announcement is that we voted at our March
meeting to donate $8,000 to the Elementary
School for the purchase of playground
equipment. This was a project we have been
working on for some time, and we are all very
excited to be able to make that goal! Our next
exciting announcement is that we made our
fund raising goal for Box Tops in Education
for the 2010-2011 school year! Our goal was
to raise $600, and we ended up having $631
in Box Tops to send in. P.E.P. Club would
like to offer a special thank you to the 4th
graders for assisting with this community
service project! They were able to practice
math concepts such as dates, skip counting,
and money while helping P.E.P. Club prepare
Box Tops. We would also like to thank all of
you for sending them in. Keep them coming!
We will send another shipment soon. P.E.P.
Club also provided a meal for the teachers
during February conferences, and sponsored
Fun Night in April. Thanks to everyone who
helped, donated, and attended!
Student Teacher in Mrs. Jacobsen’s
4th Grade Class
2010-2011 4th Grade News
May, 2011 was a very
busy month in 4th
grade at MNW. Here
are pictures of some
of our events. We
had visitors from the
Blanden Art Museum teach us about glass blowing and
help us create a stained glass drawing with chalk and oil
pastels. We hosted our annual Grandparents’ Day on
Mrs. Jacobsen’s 4th graders have had a
great experience during the first quarter - we got to
have Miss Brady Gerdes as a student teacher! Miss
Gerdes got to teach all our subjects for a while,
and help students one-on-one. She is a creative,
talented teacher. We wish her luck, and we will miss
her! Miss Gerdes says her favorite part of student
teaching at MNW was getting to know all the neat
kids, and discovering their unique personalities. She
will be student teaching in a second grade classroom
in Minnesota during 2nd quarter, and then she will
graduate from Buena Vista University in Storm
Lake.
Flu shots for the MNW
Elementary will be Tuesday
November 8th. There is a $20
charge. If you would like your child
to receive one, please call the
Elementary office at 515-5423211, and a consent form will
be sent home with
your child.
May 16th. We visited
the Capitol Building
in Des Moines on May
19, and even ended up
on the news that night.
We participated in the
track meet on May
20th. Our last
day of school
included
participating
in the school
wide assembly
with Marcus
McIntosh of KCCI.
We helped write the
book he read to our
school, and some of
us won t-shirts.
It was a month
of
classroom
friendship
and real life
learning!
New Faces at Manson Northwest Webster
Carol Patzner
by Mrs. Merritt’s 4th grade
class
Carol Patzner lives on
an acreage south of Barnum.
She is married and has 4
children, two cats and a snake that eats mice. She has
a 15 year old son, 13 year old daughter, 5 year old son
and a 4 year old daughter. Prior to working at MNW,
Carol graduated from Iowa State University in Art
and Design. She has done various jobs since then.
Her favorite job is working with children and helping
them. Carol has been a sign language interpreter for
a preschooler before coming to MNW. She loves sign
language and grew up with deaf parents. Her favorite
things to do are to take care of her 4 children, participate
in art activities, and go fishing and camping. Carol is
happy to be working at MNW because she loves our
school district and she loves kids.
Kristin Myers joins
MNW as the sixth grade
teacher assistant. She has
an Associates of Arts from
Iowa Central Community
College. She worked as a
preschool teacher at Learn
and Play in Humboldt. She really enjoys her new
position and thinks the kids she works with are really
great!
Kristin is engaged to Aaron Patrick and has
three children. Alexis is in fourth grade, Andy is
in kindergarten and Emily is in four-year old preschool. They also have two dogs, Nine a black lab
and Buddy a red lab. They have a cat named Coral
and two gold fish. She enjoys spending time with
her family, gardening, rock climbing, relaxing in
the hammock and traveling. When asked what she
missed most about being a kid, Kristin responded,
“I miss going on camping trips with my parents and
brothers, something crazy always happened.”
She believes it is going to be a great year at
MNW. She has great co-workers and students to
work with!
Heading up the
kindergarten
through
sixth grade art department
and tag teacher is Josh
Anderson. He graduated
from
Buena
Vista
University in 2010. Josh
worked at Ridgeview middle school and SchallerCrestland elementary school for a year before joining
MNW. He likes that he gets to work on creativity
with the students.
Josh has been married for ten years. He has
four kids, Emma is in fourth grade, Brodie is in second
grade, Ellisa is in four-year old pre-school and Mason
is in three-year old pre-school. He enjoys fishing,
hunting and doing anything that involves creating
something. When asked what he missed most about
being a kid, Josh responded, “The feeling that I can
do anything at all, even be a cowboy if I wanted to.”
Josh thinks it has been a great start to a great
year. He looks forward to working with the students
for the remainder of the school year.
Joining the elementary
special education team is
Molly Felton. In 2007, she
graduated from Centerville
High School. She pursued her
elementary education degree
with endorsements in early childhood, reading and
special education at Simpson College and graduated
in 2011. This is Molly’s first year of teaching, but
she gained experience during her student teaching at
Indianola.
Molly loves the students she works with. She
gets enjoyment everyday by what the students do or
say.
She married in July and moved to Manson
after the wedding. She enjoys baking, reading,
watching movies and spending time with her family.
She misses most about being a kid is sports and being
around her teammates.
Molly is excited to be at MNW. As a first year
teacher, she feels like she is lucky to be surrounded
by such great teachers and people. She looks forward
to learning from other teachers and her students, to
become the best teacher she can be. She is excited
about being a Cougar too!
Name: Mr. Duncan
A new face in the
optional kindergarten and
kindergarten
classrooms
as an associate is Kelsey
Jeske. She graduated from
Iowa Central Community
College in 2008 and went to
the University of Northern
Iowa from 2008-2010. She is currently taking classes
from Buena Vista University Fort Dodge Campus for
elementary education.
Kelsey’s parents were both educators and
are still practicing today. Her mother is a special
education teacher and her father is a high school
principal. Her parents gave her great understanding
of the importance of education.
She loves working with the children every
day. She says you can’t help but smile when you are
around these kids and it is so gratifying knowing that
she is helping them learn and grow.
When Kelsey isn’t working with the children,
she enjoys hanging out and spending time with her
family and close friends. She says she doesn’t get to
see them very often and when she gets to, she takes
every second she can with them.
Kelsey misses most about being a kid is the
after-school play dates with her best friend. She also
misses being completely care-free.
She believes that this year will not only be a
learning experience for the students, but a learning
experience for her as well. Kelsey is so excited that
she has this opportunity!
Dana Heun joins MNW
as a teacher associate and varsity
basketball cheer coach. She
has an Associates of Applied
Science in horticulture.
Dana lives with her
husband Jeff and daughter Dainella and sons
Michael and Keagan. She enjoys cooking, baking,
scrapbooking, horseback riding and doing anything
crafty. She misses that every day was a new adventure
when she was a child.
She really enjoys working with the older girls
and thinks it will be an awesome year at MNW!
Position: Principal
at MNW and Prairie
Valley.
Education Background:
Masters of Arts degree,
educational leadership from University of Northern
Iowa. Bachelors of Science degree, elementary
education from Iowa State University.
Teaching Background: Worked in Boone, Gilbert
was his last job before elementary principal, middle
school teacher about 18 years in Webster City.
What do you like about your position: Working with
different staff members and students.
What is your family life: Married to wife Wendy,
have a son named Caden who is in college. Have a
daughter named Cally; she is in junior high. We live
on an acreage.
What activities do you like doing: Working with
kids, coaching, horses, and being outside.
What do you most miss about being a kid: Having
free time to be with friends and playing sports.
What are your thoughts for this year at MNW: I
want to see students do well in class, on assessments,
and their behavior and have fun while doing these
things. Want us to continue to grow pride in our
school.
Reporters: Samantha and Erica from Mrs. Thomas’s
5th Grade class
Tammy McLuckie
joins MNW as a preschool
associate.
She enjoys
seeing all of the student’s
smiling faces when they
walk into the classroom
every day.
She has three children, Derrick who is in
eighth grade, Alex who is in seventh grade and Ashley
in fifth grade. She enjoys playing volleyball and
softball and misses being able to play sports when
she was a child.
Stacey
Origer
joins the MNW team as a
third grade teacher. She
started her education at
Iowa Central Community
College
where
she
graduated in 1995 with
an Associate of Arts
degree. She continued
her education at Buena Vista University Fort Dodge
Campus, where she majored in elementary education
with a minor in psychology and early elementary
education, where she graduated in 1999.
Stacey has been teaching for thirteen years. She
has experience teaching technology for two years and
has taught third grade for ten years. While teaching
third grade, she had the opportunity of teaching second/
third grade multi-level class. Stacey has experience
teaching Title I for a year.
Stacey really likes the third grade age. She
believes that they are old enough to do lots of fun
activities with them. She likes having the other great
third grade teachers in her cohort to work and share
ideas with about teaching.
Stacey is married to her husband Paul. She has
three children: Dylan in 7th grade, Lydia in kindergarten
and Kiara who is three years old. She lives in Humboldt
with her family and they love to spend time together
doing fun family activities. She enjoys being outside,
going for bike rides and walks. Stacey likes doing
family activities such as watching movies, having fires
in the fire pit and going to the park or anything the kids
think is fun to do.
When asked what she misses most about being
a kid, Stacey responded, “I miss the carefree life of not
worrying and just enjoying being a kid.”
Stacey’s thought for this year is that she loves
working at MNW. She is going to learn many new
things that will help her be a better teacher. She thinks
it is going to be a great and exciting year!
Name: Ms. Walsh
Position: 5th and 6th
special education.
Education Background:
Bachelor’s of Arts in
elementary education.
Teaching Background: Girls program for five years
What do you like about your position: Work with
students in a group and individually
What activities do you enjoy doing: Singing, Crafts,
Traveling.
What do you most miss about being a kid: More
freedom.
What are your thoughts for this year at MNW:
Excited to be here at MNW, has a good teaching staff
and she likes to be part of it.
Reporters: Samantha and Dawson from Mrs.
Thomas’s 5th grade class
Mrs. Larson’s kindergarten class learned
about Johnny Appleseed and made pan
hats.
Back: Gracie Birkey, Logan Kaufman, Jeremy Bailey, Jake
Markert, Brian Keenan, Kadin Wood, Christian Vaudt,
Christopher Cain
Middle: Kiran Jones, Matthew Siefken, Rilynn Lawman, Decclan
Marquart, Owen Eldridge, Aidyn Coppinger, Rachel Moody
Front: Benny Wrigley, Jordan Kenyon, Emily Schroeder, Belle
Weishaar, Brielle Weise, Cameron Bilek
Mrs. Nelson’s kindergarten class on the
first day of school.
First row: Emmaly Durschmidt, Dalton Coppinger, Hunter
Stevens, Tatuem Hanson, Katelynn Brown, Cooper Bianchi,
Dolton Banks, Raegan Woolridge, Laela Ridout, Alanna Jensen,
Heather Jud
2nd Row: Andy Myers, Jacob Girard, Tanner Jondle, Jonah
Gardner, Makala Zeka, Logon Banks, Jacob Reekers, Bailey
Barker, Breanna Crouse
Changes in the Library Program
You may have noticed that there
are a lot of changes in the school library
program at MNW, both at the elementary
school in Barnum and the junior/senior
high in Manson. Some of these include:
*A new face: Christine Sturgeon
is the new K-12 teacher librarian/
technology integrationist. A graduate of
the University of Northern Iowa (BA,
Elementary Education, 2009) and the
University of Missouri-Columbia (MA,
Library Science, 2011), Mrs. Sturgeon
loves being a librarian. She worked at
the Sioux City Public Library in Youth
Services,
and has
volunteered
in school
libraries
for many
years. Mrs.
Sturgeon
moved from rural Woodbury County to
the Gowrie area this summer with her
family. She’s at Barnum on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday, and Manson on
Tuesday and Thursday, but is always
available via e-mail to help with your
library and information needs.
*A new space: The library at the
secondary school looks awfully new, too.
The books have been brought back to the
main part of the library, and new shelving
and furniture have been added to create a
“learning commons” environment, where
students can study and collaborate in a
comfortable environment. Students seem
to enjoy the changes.
*New books: Over 200 print titles
have been added at the elementary
school, and over 300 at the secondary
school. In addition, secondary students
and staff have access to over 100 titles
of ebooks, available for checkout and
download on their laptop computers.
Not to be left behind, the elementary
school has added a subscription to
TumbleBooks, a collection of over 300
interactive books for use by teachers on
their SMARTBoards, or students at home
with their parents.
*New arrangements: The elementary
library has been rearranged somewhat
to make it easier for students to find the
“just right” book. Chapter books for
younger students, like from the “Junie B.
Jones” series, have been put in a separate
location from chapter books like Harry
Potter. A Featured Collections area has
been added, too, so picture, chapter, and
nonfiction books on the same popular
subject - say, cats or military - are put
together for easy perusal by students.
*New learning: Elementary
students from grades 3-6 are having fun
learning to type with a new program,
Type to Learn. The library instruction
program has been changed to include
both library and technology skills for
all students, grades K-6. Students have
learned about the organization of our
school library, privileges of libraries, and
digital citizenship. Students know the
three rules of getting on the computers
at school: have permission to be on the
computer, don’t wander off on websites
that you aren’t allowed, and don’t talk
to strangers online. Those are good
guidelines for students to follow, at
school or anywhere else. Students should
practice their typing skills as we’re going
to have a Typing Olympics at the end of
the year!
*New programming: Mrs. Sturgeon
or Mrs. Ulrich see three sections of
preschoolers a week for story time. High
school students are participating in Battle
of the Books, a competitive quiz bowltype program
about books.
There will
definitely
be more
programming
as the
school year
continues.
If you have any questions about the
library program, feel free to contact Mrs.
Sturgeon at either school or via e-mail at
[email protected].
Kids Against Hunger Food Packaging Event
Your chance to help people who are in dire need…………..
Kids Against Hunger is a food relief organization that unifies teams of people who
package a specialized rice based soy casserole mixture which is used locally and
overseas.
It is based on a simple principle of people helping people, in this instance, even kids! Kids
Against Hunger not only nourishes hungry children, but the spirits of the volunteers who
pack the meals.
Date:
November 19, 2011
Time:
9 AM to 1 PM
Locations: Old Manson Elementary
Rockwell City Fire Station
Cost:
$20 for each hour worked
The food packaging event accomplishes two things:
• It generates the revenue needed to purchase the raw materials used to make the
packaged meals.
• It engages volunteers to package the meals and prepare them for shipment.
The meals packaged in Manson and Rockwell City will feed people in Honduras.
We need your help! Kids are essential
Parents are more than welcome (please sign-up too!)
Please return this lower portion to Mark Lynch by As Soon as Possible.
Name:
# of hours
you plan to
work
(1,2,3,or 4)
Location:
Manson or
Rockwell City
Best way to
contact you
Phone # or
Email Address
Requests for specific time slots, or
groups that want to work together
(6 to a group works really well)
Registration payment of $________________is attached. (Payment = # of people x # hours x $20/hr.)
Please make checks to Kid’s Against Hunger, Manson/RC
Your early commitment will help us plan and make this event successful.
For more information and video link please visit: www.mnwcougars.com
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Under The Sea Activities
By Dalton Dillingham
This year’s Homecoming theme is Under The Sea. As usual,
Homecoming started with dress up-days. Under the sea started the week
and kids dressed in beach clothing or characters such as the Little Mermaid.
Caitlin Poppen looked awesome in her realistic mermaid outfit. A couple
students wore flippers and had trouble walking. The second day’s theme
was Pirates or Cowboy and Indians. We’re not sure how Cowboy and
Indians went along with the theme of the week, but it worked for a lot of
kids. For dress like a Nerd or Hippy day, another questionable Under the
Sea day, kids dressed in suspenders, coke bottle glasses, plenty of pocket
protectors, hippy-wear with beads, and sunglasses. Black Out Day was the
most popular. The school was pretty dark even with the lights on. Cougar
Spirit Day helped get the students excited about the game later that night
and the dance that followed. After the game most everybody went to the
dance that started at 10 and continued till 1 in the morning. The DJ was
taking requests all night playing any song that was wanted. Their were
Mermaid: Caitlin Poppen
many dance styles going on threw out the night. The music spanned from
country to rap and everything in between. Their were
Monday’s dress up day winners were Amanda Bush, Jade Green, and Caitlin Poppen. Tuesday’s
winners for Pirates or Cowboy and Indians winners were Karsyn Steib, Jolene Bowman, and Kady Calmer.
Wednesday’s Nerd or Hippy day winners were Matt Johnson, Alex Larson, and Jordan Ukena. Thursday’s
black out day winners included Jordan Neumann, Chris Stuhrenberg, Jordan Reuter, and Tessa Horn, and
Friday’s Cougar spirit day winners were Nate Eastwood and Caleb Smothers. Students also built floats; but
this year, only two floats were made. One was the collaboration of a sophomore and senior team and the other
was a freshmen and junior team. The freshmen and the juniors got the better of the sophomores and seniors
and won the best float. With the game on Friday night the Cougars played Westwood Sloan where the Cougars
dominated with a score of Cougars 69, Westwood Sloan 6.
Indians Girls: Karsyn Steib
and Amanda Lang.
Cowboy: Sam Wood
Nerds: Dani Ewing and
Jonathon Thornton.
Black out: Kylie Wendland and
Brittany Wendland
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Homecoming continued...
Spirit Girls: Ashley Sousa and
Alexis Caquelin.
Top from left to right: Tucker Herzberg, Trevor Schreier, ChrisStuhrenberg,
Lauren Twait, Brandon McGinty, Ben Dolder, and Jesse Partlow.
Bottom left to right: Caitlin Poppen, Jade Green, Amanda Bush, Harley Jud,
and Dani Jud.
Band members: Caleb Sturgeon, Jacob
McGill, Matt Johnson, Brandon Hall, and
Jordan Nuemann.
Cowgirls: Shelby Quade
and Kierstyn Ferguson.
Top: Earl Witham, Alison McFarland, Kathryn Keller,
Alexis Caquelin, Ashley Sousa, McCoy Snell, and
Zach Reese.
Bottom: Kayla Watne, Elsa Martens, and Alex Bush.
Blackout: Jade Green &
Dalton Hartzler
Top: Jessie Hamman, Caitlin Popen and
Amber Butcher.
Middle: Dani Poppinga, Marrisa Libbey
Bottom: Amand Busch, Dani Ewing and
Hailey Brueschke.
Nerd: Jordan Neumann.
Cowgirls: Shelby Wood, Mackenzie Nelson, Bailey Thoel
Cowboy: Zach Desgagne.
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Homecoming continued...
Seventh Grade Nerds: Front row: McKenzie Conley, Kori Larsen, Kadence Powers-Junkman, Emma Snell, Sammi Kraft, and
Missy Byrne. Back row: Jeanna Smith, Emma Witham, Becca Watne, Emma Nelson, Megan Ukena, Morgan Estergaard, Erin Gerke,
Becca Krueger, Ali Pritchard, Liz Stange, and Cloie Herzberg.
Eighth Grade Nerds: Josh Neumann and Katelyn Thompson.
What an awesome week for
Cougar Country! Great weather,
a spectacular win for the Cougar guys, and a dance to end the
Can you tell the pirates from the cowgirls? Who’s the lone guy in the back? Could it be the Lone
night!
Ranger!
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Born From A Stereo
By Danielle Ewing
Dance is not something an individual can just do; it requires
talent, coordination, dedication, and most importantly a positive
attitude. Under the watchful eyes of Amy Meyer, the new coach, the
team has taken dance to the next level. Dancers can sometimes get
overlooked by spectators, but they work extremely hard starting at
six o’clock in the morning at least twice a week. The dance team
performed its first pom routine at the Homecoming pep rally. The
girls were very pleased with their performance. Another event that a
few of the dancers were apart of was All Iowa. Three seniors, Jade
Green, Caitlin Poppen, and Dani Ewing went to Ames Senior High
to learn three different routines and tryout for All Iowa. Their was a
Co-Captains: Caitlin Poppen, Jade Green, and total of six hundred young dancers who competed within two days.
The dancers had to wait almost an entire month to hear the results.
Dani Ewing.
Jade Green came out making kick routine, Dani Ewing made pregame performance; but unfortunately, Caitlin Poppen did not get
selected. The girls will perform their routines at the Wells Fargo Arena either before or during halftime of
the state basketball tournament. The dance team has been working hard to impress not only the home town
crowd, but also preparing for state drill team.
Front Row Left: Amanda Lang, Alli Miller, Dani Ewing, Dani Jud, Katie Smothers, Alex Jones. Back Row Center: Caitlin
Poppen, Lucy Besch, Jade Green, & Maranda Simpson. Hidden behind the poms are Jordan Ukena, Daniella Wille, Karsyn Steib,
& Breana Heiter.
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Rebuilding
By Caleb Smothers
Mallory Peterson is the new
head volleyball coach at MNW. Mrs.
Peterson’s high school coach influenced
her to coach. Her previous experience
consists of coaching an AAU volleyball
team. Peterson says that she likes being
a new coach because it gives her an
opportunity to shape the program, and it
also keeps her busy. Her main goal for
the season is to have fun and win games.
The players seem to be responding well
to the new coach. When asked about the
season Dani Ewing said, “The players
are adapting and are doing well under
the direction of a new coach, we have
Bottom row: Amanda Lang, Dani Ewing, Ellie Herzberg,
done a lot in the off-season to prepare
Maranda Olson, and Katie Smothers. Top row: Hunter Jud, Jessie
for the regular season such as open gym,
Hamman, Jade Green, Amanda Bush, Alli Miller, Caitlin Poppen,
weights, and camps. We have high
and Lucy Besch.
expectations as a team and hope to make
it far.” Ellie Herzberg was also asked
how the season was going and she said,
“We have been getting better. We have a lot to work on, but we are working hard in practice.” Amanda Bush
was asked the same questions later in the season. Bush said, “We have adapted well to the new coach, it was
different at first, but the relationship has grown stronger. The season started off pretty rough, but now we are
coming together as a team and working well together. The future looks pretty good for us and I hope that we
can finish out the season strong.” The volleyball team and fans welcome coach Mallory Peterson.
Jade Green, Dani Ewing, Alli Miller, Amanda Bush, and
Ellie Herzberg work to set up the spike.
Amanda Bush goes up for the spike while the other
players set for a return volley.
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Running to the End
By Avery Birchard
The old saying practice
makes perfect can be applied
to anything people want to do.
The more people practice, the
better they usually get. Before
the season begins, runners start a
routine that consists of “ running
long distances, concentrating on
speed, and running up hill. They
also go to the track about once
a week to run 400M and 800M
repeats to try and improve their
race-day pace. The final part of
practice involves a core workout.
“A strong core helps runners
maintain good form during races
Front row:Jordan Scheier, Jocelyn Keller, and Nichole Licht. Second row: Connor Alne,
and helps them finish stronger,”
Angel Thornton, Jordan Ukena, Rachel Pugh, Allison Rinard, and Jordan Reuter. Back
said coach Teeslink. This season,
row: Lucas Fiala, Westley Aden, Matthew Johnson, Alex Dangelser, Coach Teeslink, Jack
team members did really well
Walstrom, Brendon Peed, Thomas McColley, and Zach Desgagnes.
as they ran times that were very
similar to last year’s pace, but
their places were lower. Coach Teeslink said, “In other words, it appears like our competition has improved.
We need to step it up a bit in practice to match our conference foes.” Kyle Teeselink said he was happy with the
overall progress both the boy’s and girl’s teams made. Consistent improvement is the ground work for building
a strong group of runners. He also said they will have a tough time returning to state as a team because it is
almost impossible to replace probably the best runner in school history (Taylor Huseman) without at least a bit
of a drop-off. The number of runners was up this year, but there is a lot of inexperience. The main team goal
this year was to repeat as conference champions. Even though it might be tough to return to state this year, Jack
Walstrom and Jordan Reuter both have a good chance to qualify for state as individuals.”
Cougar girls race to the end.
Connor Alne
Nicole Licht
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Cougar Football: Going The Distance
By Ben Dolder
The Cougar guys rallied
themselves to a great season as
they played with intensity and great
enthusiasm. Coach Anliker and the
assistant coaches expressed their positive
outlook with how the guys played at all
levels. The team’s overall record was
really impressive with the Varsity record
of 6-2 and winning their last 5. After
dropping their first game, the JV record
was 3-1 while the JV-R ended its season
with a 5-1 record. The most impressive
thing is how hard the guys practiced
and played and how they continued to
Cougar offense works to gain extra yards.
improve each week. As of Oct. 10th,
the Cougars only lost one game since
Sept 5th at all levels. At this point in the season the guys made great strides and look forward to bigger and
better things at the end of the regular season. The Cougar football team had two regular season games before
the start of playoffs. Playoffs started the 26th of October. Stay tuned for the next football article in Cougar
Tracks for an update on the Cougar football season.
Front row: Austin Bedford, Coy Snell, Harley Janssen, Chase Almond, Keagan Heun, Phil Dorage, Jordan Rozenboom, Cameron Taylor, Jesse Partlow, and Tanner Spencer. Second row: Dalton Hartlzer, Brandon Hall, Heath Nimke, Nolan Olson, Lucas
Dolder, Payton Rice, Alex Bush, Braden Moser, Jesse Sturgeon, Austin Hauge, Austin Zinnel, and Dylan Dorage. Third row:
Tanner Peterson, Richard Hall, Bryce Birkey, Alex Reicks, Kevin Wood, Wade Wubben, Jeff Anliker, Bret Larson, Andy jacobson,
Ty Condon, Hudson Spedding, and Tucker Herzberg. Fourth row: Chris Stuhrenberg, Trevor Schreier, Ben Dolder, Collin
Christenen, Keyton Struzenberg, Josh Market, Brody Eischeid, Brennan Thompson, Reese Morris, Drake Harman, and Cal Twait.
Fifth row: Austin Pohl, Avery Birchard, Kolin Sukovaty, Caleb Wubben, Adam Byrne, Brandon Strutzenburg, Daniel Goodwin,
Holden Fiedler, Callan Anderson, and Joe Kitten.
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What it Takes to be a Leader
By Mike Schmidt
The leadership class started in the fall of 2009. The purpose of the class is to teach MNW students
the tools they need to become a better person and possibly assume more of a leadership role in some way,
shape, or form. Whether or not the students decide to use the tools is up to them. Mr.Richman is teaching the
leadership class this year. Twenty-four students are involved. Many of the students were asked their opinions
about the class. Several students were asked what does leadership mean to them. Some responses included
taking control of a situation and inspiring others with a good attitude, perseverance, and guidance. Many
students said they like the class because they can talk freely about topics that concern them.
A Lot for Less
by Cole Kitten
With a few basic items and a little effort, the P.E. department purchased equipment for $196
compaired to $1700 worth of brand-name tri band workout materials. The purpose of the tri bands is to
help with core and arm strength. Tri bands can also help people stretch and use muscles that they normally
wouldn’t use. The tri bands are a good alternative to the kettle balls. With the bands, people can choose what
level of resistance they want, and they can constantly change it. A wide range of motion is avalible with the
tri bands compared to the kettle balls. Even though tri bands aren’t free, they are still substantially less than
pro-equipment.
There are many different ways to exercise with the tri bands. Start with the band evenly placed in both
hands; then with the hands at the thighs stretch the bands upword to head level. Next, lunge hand out forward
and then pull the bands out as far to the sides as possible. The third is pull the tri band away from the wall
near head height for 12 reps and then 12 more to feet level. Sit down and pull the band to the right twice then
to the left twice. Sit down pull the band back then push out then reverse. Stand on two feet and pull them
back then on one foot pull them back. Continue the process.
The money for this and most of the P.E. equipment comes from the fruit sales. The sales include
bananas, apples, and kiwi. Fruit can be bought before and after school and between classes for the price of
50 cents for each piece of fruit.
Power Station: $1700
60 Tri bands: $196
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FFA: Better Than Ever
By Jon Thornton
WhenstudentsparticipateinFFA,theyquicklyfindoutthatthereareawhirlwindofactivities.The
programisverydiversifiedandmeetsstudentsinterests.ThisyearbeganwiththeIowaStateFair.Nichole
Lichtshowedhersheepandwonseveralribbons.Nextontheagendawastheannualtrapshoot,andAvery
Birchardplacedsecond.Anewactivitythisfallwasanicecreamfundraisertohelpsponsoradogfromthe
FortDodgeCorrectionsFacility.Themoneywillbeusedtotrainaseeing-eyedog.Theafterschoolice
creamsocialwasabigsuccess;itwassopopular,thattheyranoutafterfivedays.Sofarsalestotal$317.
Saleswillresumewhensupplies
arereplenished.Anothernew
adventureFFAisinvestigatingis
thepossibilityofputtingachicken
cooponsitefortheAGScience
class.OnOctober14,thefollowing
studentsattendedahorsejudging
eventatCedarRapids:Jenna
Sankey,NicholeLicht,BillieSmith,
MattCallahan,CodyAnderson,and
MackenzieNelson.Theoverall
resultswereasachapter13th.The
bestscoreindividuallywasNichole
Lichtwhocamein21st.Thesenine
studentsattendedtheNationalFFA
ConventioninIndianapolis,Indiana:
AlexBleam,AlexDangelser,
CollanChristensen,LaytonSousa,
BrandonVolf,RachelPugh,Austin
Thielmann,TrentonMiners,and
TrophiesawardedatClayCountyFair
SamWood.“FFAisfuninmany
ways.Youcandomanythings.
Ithassomethingforeveryone,”
saidCodyAnderson.AccordingtoCallanAnderson,themeetingsarefun,andhelikesdoingavarietyof
activities.TheMansonNorthwestWebsterFFAchapter’sthemethisyearis
“SayYouWon’t.”
Septembersoiljudging
Trapshoot:Keyton
StrutzenbergandCollin
Christensen.
Icecreamsales:bigsuccess
NicholeLichtwithher
championsheep.
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Birthdays
By Kierstyn Ferguson
September Birthdays
Matthew Johnson
Joseph Kitten
Alec Dillon
Jesse Partlow
Jackson Johnson
Jesse Sturgeon
Ellie Herzberg
Clay Freimuth
McCoy Snell
Brandon Hall
Richard Hall
Joseph Bohn
Hally Bergren
Cody Anderson
Holden Fiedler
Alexandra Ewing
David Robideau
Nate Eastwood
Austin Pohl
Samantha Kraft
Nolan Olson
Nick Ruhland
Cameron Taylor
Adam Seipker
September 1
September 2
September 2
September 3
September 5
September 6
September 8
September 8
September 13
September 11
September 11
September 15
September 17
September 17
September 19
September 20
September 23
September 25
September 25
September 25
September 28
September 28
September 29
September 30
October Birthdays
Tifani Nicholson
Kylie Bergren
Caitlin DeWall
Thomas Nelson
Jordan Rozenboom
Chris Stuhrenberg
Chase Lara
Rachel Nickles
Megan Rodenborn
Brandon King
Klay Ridge
Evie Taylor
Emma Witham
Trevor Schreier
Kody Butler
Robert Simacek
Keegan Janeski
Keaton Wood
October 1
October 3
October 5
October 5
October 4
October 9
October 10
October 10
October 12
October 13
October 14
October 16
October 16
October 18
October 20
October 20
October 22
October 22
Brandt Birkey
Amber Butcher
Walker Roberts
Connor Hokinson
Jeanna Smith
October 23
October 24
October 24
October 24
October 26
November Birthdays
Hudson Spedding
Logan Fiedler
Cole Smothers
Carl Wendland
Austin Thielmann
Timothy Butcher
Lucy Besch
Nicole Reza
Tyler Franke
Callie Paterson
Joseph Hill
Jacob Koons
Hailey Brueschke
Rebecca Watne
Morgan Estergaard
Wyatt Dillingham
Lucas Fiala
Callan Anderson
Mitch Rosendahl
Jacob Nickles
Derrick McLuckie
Zach McGill
Alex Douglass
Michelle Dolder
November 1
November 1
November 2
November 2
November 3
November 3
November 6
November 6
November 6
November 8
November 8
November 8
November 10
November 10
November 11
November 15
November 16
November 17
November 17
November 18
November 18
November 21
November 21
November 29
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Ten New Reasons to Attend
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Coaching Geometry
By Billie Smith
Mallory Peterson is a new face at the high
school building. She grew up in Afton, Iowa, and
she has a younger brother. At Northwest Missouri
State, she majored
in mathematics and
minored in education.
She stated that math was
her favorite subject in
high school, and she is
excited to be teaching
it especially with the
technology that is
available for students
to use to improve their
skills. Ms. Peterson said
she enjoys the change of
pace and loves MNW’s
positive environment.
With her appreciation for sports, and her favorite
sport being volleyball, she applied for the the
high school volleyball position and is now the
head volleyball coach. As for other sports, she
also likes Hawkeye football.
Thank You, Teacher
By Joanna Fuchs
Thank you, skillful teacher,
For teaching me to be
A stronger, smarter person,
Academically.
Thank you, favorite teacher
For acting like a friend,
And taking time to show me,
Lessons hard to comprehend.
Thank you for your caring
And lots of other stuff;
For all the things you gave me,
I can’t thank you enough.
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New Librarian, New Look
By Cole Kitten
Mrs. Sturgeon grew up in Dike then graduated
from Dike High School. During the summers in junior
high and high school Mrs. Sturgeon detassled, and also
was a waitress at Happy Chef. After high school, Mrs.
Sturgeon went to the University of Iowa. She was a
student there for 3 semesters then got married. Later she
dropped out of college to have family time.
After she had five children she wanted to go back
to school. She went to college in Teennesse, then after
awhile moved back
to Iowa where she
finally graduated
in 2009 from the
University of
Northern Iowa
with a degree
in elementary
education. Mrs.
Sturgeon wanted
to be a librarian
when she was
younger, but once
she reached high
school she changed
her mind. When she went to the University of Iowa she
went into journalism. After leaving college, she realized
that she wanted to be a librarian. Mrs. Sturgeon did a lot of
volunteer work in libraries, and worked at the Sioux City
Public Library.
Right after graduation from UNI, she enrolled at
the University of Missouri-Columbia where she earned a
masters degree in library science, and graduated in August
2011.
Mrs. Sturgeon applied for the MNW job early
February, and had an interview a week later. Mrs.
Sturgeon absolutely loves MNW. She said she is having so
much fun being a librarian, and it’s been great getting to
know the students and teachers.
Some new things have already come to the library
- a lot of rearranging at both the Barnum and Manson
centers to make it easier for students to find the right
book. Ebooks are also available on students’ laptops.
There’s a lot of new books for the library too which are
being entered as fast as possible. She is also excited about
starting Battle of the Books teams, and would love to do
an extracurricular book discussion group with students
and/or teachers.
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Talented and Gifted
Reese Morris
Fresh out of college, Kandice Roethler is
one of the ten new
faculty members
at MNW. She
is creating new
ideas for the TAG
program. Kandice
was raised in
Algona, Iowa. She
has many fond
memories from
her childhood. “From growing up, I remember
spending all of my free time during the summer
at the pool in Algona; I have loved to swim from
an early age. My parents also traveled a lot for
their job, so a lot of my memories involve road
trips with my family to the different locations
where they worked which could be Ely, MN one
week and the next week a small town in Missouri.
One of my favorite memories is from our Spanish
club’s trip to Spain before my senior year of
college. I was with some of my friends from
high school and just enjoying the great weather
on the beach at Palma De Mallorca and getting
to immerse ourselves into the Spanish culture.”
When asked if she wanted to always be a teacher,
Kandice responded with, “I have always wanted
to be a teacher. I use to play school when I was a
little girl, after I would come home from school.
To me, my career choices revolved around what
I wanted to teach not if I wanted to teach.” She
began working on her degree at the University of
Iowa in Iowa City. Kandice got her Bachelor of
Arts degree in History with a Secondary Social
Studies teaching certificate which allows her to
teach 5-12 Psychology, American History, World
History, and American Government. She also has
a K-12 Talented and Gifted Teacher/Coordinator
endorsement. Roethler really enjoys working at
MNW, she thinks the school environment is very
friendly and there are always people willing to
help. Some of Kandice’s hobbies are reading her
kindle and swimming laps. If she could travel
anywhere in the world she would visit Italy to see
Florence, Rome, and Venice.
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Reloading
Ivan Potts
Bret Larson grew up in
Denison, Iowa where he enjoyed
the school he attended and friends
he hung around. When asked who
his role model is, he said, “My
father had the largest impact on
my life.” He said he looked up to
his father because of the values
he taught him. When Bret was a
senior in high school, he was in
a class called Cadet Teaching; it
taught him how to student teach
and made him realize what he wanted to do for a living.
Bret went to Briar Cliff for one year and got his degree
from Northwestern University in Orange City, Iowa.
Bret was involved in two extra-curricular activities; he
played football as a quarterback for Briar Cliff and played
baseball for three years at Northwestern. Bret ended up
here at MNW because he heard about the openings in
special education and coaching, and heard it is a good
school. The location is also good because his wife works
at the Fort Dodge hospital. Bret said, “The MNW staff
are enjoyable and great to work with and the kids seem
excited about school.” Bret is also an assistant football
coach and he expects our football program to have a
successful season, to improve every week, and compete
to finish at the top of our district. His expectations are the
same for the girls basketball program this year: to improve
every week and to finish at the top of our conference. Bret
Larson’s favorite quote is, “ Be more concerned with your
character than your reputation, your character is who you
really are, while your reputation is merely what others
think of you.”
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Ten New Reasons continued...
The Life of a Music Teacher
By Jonathan Thornton
Mr. Keller is the new high school choir teacher for the MNW school district.
Early in his life, he got his passion for teaching music from his father. His father
is a music teacher, and Mr. Keller said he liked the lifestyle that his dad led; and
from his dad, he knew what teaching music was all about. He started playing
the piano when he was in 3rd grade; and by the time he was in 5th grade, he
added the clarinet. In 6th grade he added the bass and later he taught himself to
play the drums. Some of his hobbies are golfing, going to music concerts, and
just plain listening to music. His favorite music is pop and rock which is like
the modern music that kids listen to today. When asked if he ever wanted to be a
golf coach, his response was that he might if the position opened. In his free time he likes to visit family. He
came to MNW because he says that the people in Manson are very welcoming. His favorite quote is by Sergei
Rachmaninov: “Music is enough for a lifetime; but lifetime is not enough for music.”
Biology is Her Thing
By Kea Bergren
After “dissecting” a number of schools, Ms. Auderey Sturtz decided
on MNW and became a new organism in Cougar country. Ms. Sturtz took
over for Mr. Beacom in the Science department, and students are excited to
have her here. During her high school years, she lived in Boone and went to
school at South Hamilton. After graduating, she attended Wartburg College
where she earned her degree. She majored in biology, of course, and minored
in all science education with a leadership certificate. As you probably can
guess, her favorite subject in school was biology! When she was asked
about the hour long classes and the technology at MNW, she said she loved
it because a lot more work can get done especially during labs, and the
technology is an added plus. She enjoys her students and challenges as a first
year teacher. Ms. Sturtz also likes to watch sports, and her favorite football
team is the Cyclones. Welcome to MNW Ms. Audrey Sturtz.
Julie Goettsch
By Maggie Richardson
Julie Goettsch grew up in Peterson, Iowa, which is a small town in the
northwest part of the state. Julie has lived in Iowa her entire life. She said that
she always wanted to be a teacher because it gives her the ability to have a
positive impact on children and young adults and help them succeed. Miss
Goettsch completed her undergraduate work at Northwestern College in Orange
City, Iowa. Next, she finished her graduate work at Morningside College in
Sioux City, Iowa. Even though Julie Goettsch has been on staff at MNW for
six years, this is her first year at the Jr./Sr. high school building. Julie teaches
seventh and eighth grade special education. Some things she likes to do outside
of school are reading, baking, cooking, biking, running, and swimming. She also
enjoys watching sporting events.
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Ten New Reasons continued...
Melanie Rechkemmer
Maggie Richardson
Mrs. Rechkemmer is from North Dakota. She went to college at ConCordia and, Moorhead Colleges
to earn her BA degree. She also went to North Dakota State University.
Mrs. Rechkemmer wanted to become a teacher because, she likes to see
the connection the students get to what they are learning. She has taught
for ten years. Melanie has lived in Iowa for six years. She has three
children. twins, Taylor and Lilli who are one and a half, and step son is
Jesse who is eight. Some things she likes to do is shop for antiques, and
spend time with her kids. Some of her favorite memories growing up are,
beating up her brother Mike. Also she loved farming the carpet with her
brother. Melanie loves teaching at Manson Northwest Webster. The trust
that the administration has for their staff, and also their students is what
Melanie likes best about MNW. Manson Northwest Webster was appealing to Melanie, because, her kids
would be going here, also she wanted a change of scenery.
Life of a Special Education teacher
by Jon Thornton
Mrs. Westering teaches an online education program called 20/20. It
is a Beta program for the Rabiner Treatment Center. The purpose is
to help Rabiner students to be successful when they enter the public
school. They can earn credits in math, language arts, history, and
science. Mrs. Westering went into education because she struggled in
school, so she wanted to help others. Mrs. Westering worked at the
Rabiner Treatment Center for ten years. She enjoyed her time there,
but she likes the new setting here in MNW. Her favorite quote is: “Be
yourself, and don’t worry about other things.”
Her hobbies are crocheting, knitting, playing with grandchildren,and
reading. She also enjoys listening to a variety of Christian music.
A Helpful Smile
By Jill Merritt
Janna Hokinson is a new associate here at Manson NW Webster.
She took Lisa Lang’s position when Lisa left. Janna has always lived
in Iowa, and is originally from Emmetsburg. Janna worked towards
her teaching degree at Iowa Lakes Community College. When asked
why she wanted to get into teaching, Hokinson replied, “I enjoy helping
students learn new things.” She also said her time so far at MNW has
been a good experience. She stated that she enjoys Manson because it
has a friendly atmosphere: “I enjoy helping students learn, and I want
to get into coaching. MNW has a great educational program, and it has
a great athletic program as well. I feel that MNW is the right place for
me to be!” Janna does not have any children, but she does have a dog
named Blaze whom she greatly adores. She said likes to watch sports, coach, read, visit her family, and be
outdoors.
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Thank You!
Ellie Herzberg
Thank you to all area businesses that sponsored pages in our 2011-2012 yearbook. Your support is
greatly appreciated, and it makes having the yearbook extras possible.
French Club Fund-raising
By Johnathan Humphrey
Members of the French Club are hosting many differnt events to
help raise money for the 2012-2013 trip to France. Tuesday, September
13 the MNW French Club sponsored a Taco in a Bag supper before the
Volleyball Game at 5:30 in the High school. About 150 people were served
at the supper. The French Club is comprised of 18 students; 3 Freshmen,
14 Sophomores, and 1 Junior. The French Club also sells Ozark Suckers at
all home games during all of the different
athletic seasons. All of the money from
this goes to fund the trip to France.
Members also sponsors the Junior high dances; which are only available
to 7th and 8th graders. Michelle Dolder said,”I liked the music that was
played.” The French Club sponsors three dances, one in the middle of each
trimester. Junior kids can win door prizes such as candy or pop. Pop, water,
Gatorade and Ozark suckers are also sold.
Look ahead for events at MNW
Ellie Herzberg
Veterans Day Program - November 11th
High School Fall Play - November 11-12
Wicked at the Civic Center - November 20
All State Music - November 17-19
Begin 2nd Trimester - November 16