December 2013 - School District of New Berlin

NEW BERLIN EISENHOWER
ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES NEWSLETTER
DECEMBER 2013
IKE MUSIC
MESSIAH PERFORMANCE
Congratulations to the Eisenhower Honors
Orchestra and A Cappella, Treble, and
Concert Choirs for a fantastic Messiah
performance on December 4th.
PLEASE CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO VIEW THE MESSIAH PERFORMANCE
CANDLELIGHT CONCERT / December 16th at 7:30pm
Candlelight Concert Please join the Eisenhower Choirs for their annual Candlelight Concert on Monday, December 16th at 7:30 pm. This concert will feature 7th Grade Choir, 8th Grade Choir, Concert Choir, Treble
Choir, A Cappella Choir, and the co-curricular groups. We look forward to seeing you there!
SET THE DVR!
On Tuesday, December 17th, members of Interstate Vocal Jazz group will be performing live on WTMJ4
between 4-6:30 pm. Students will be caroling for the food drive sponsored by Feeding
America and WTMJ4.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR Les Misérables! Shows will be on the following dates:
Friday, February 21st ~ 7:30 pm
Sunday, February 23rd ~ 2:00 pm
Saturday, March 1st ~ 7:30 pm
IKE MAKES LARGE
HUNGER TASKFORCE
DONATION
The IKE Cheerleaders and
IKE’s National Honor Society
members teamed up during
the Month of November to
lead New Berlin Eisenhower
in the HUNGER TASK FORCE
FOOD DRIVE. Last month, IKE
students and staff were
asked to bring in nonperishable food items to be
donated to those in need.
The goal was 500lbs, and IKE
exceeded this goal by
donating 755lbs the Hunger
Task Food Drive! Thanks to
everyone who participated!
Saturday, February 22nd ~ 7:30 pm
Friday, February 28th ~ 7:30 pm
Sunday, March 2nd ~ 2:00 pm
IKE CHEER EARNS BID TO
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The IKE Cheer and Stunt teams have gotten off to an impressive start this
year. Cheer and Stunt took first place at the Menomonee Falls High
School’s Indian Invite during the first competition of the year. Just recently,
both Cheer teams took 2nd place at the UCA Milwaukee Cheerleading
Championships held at the Milwaukee Center, while competing in a
division which included all D1, D2, and D3 cheer teams from the Midwest.
With their 2nd place finish, IKE Cheer earned a bid to compete with the
nation’s best high school cheer teams at the 2014 National High School
Cheerleading Championships in Orlando, FL! The national competition will
take place in Disney World in February. Both Cheer teams also took 1st
place at the Oak Creek Holiday Knights Cheer Competition at Oak Creek
High School, with Varsity receiving “Grand Champions” for receiving the
highest score out of all the D1, D2, and D3 high school teams.
THIS YEAR, VARSITY MEMBERS INCLUDE:
Seniors - Courtney Brucker and Sarah Hall
Juniors - Taylor Belongia, Gina Gatto, Kaitlin Slonac, Gabbi Torres, Lauren
Tostrud, and Talia Tranchita
Sophomores - Alexa Batson, Sara Farrell, and Brianna Kesler
Freshman - Kayle Kaltenbach
Alternates - Sydney Buck, Josie Hammes, and Nicole Lunde
SENIOR
MOMENTS
EACH MONTH WILL FEATURE A DIFFERENT IKE SENIOR WHO WILL PROVIDE WORDS OF WISDOM AND
HELPFUL ADVICE THAT ONLY A SEASONED VETERAN CAN PROVIDE. THIS MONTH’S ISSUE FEATURES
IKE SENIOR, ISAAC SURPRENANT.
IKE: What sports and activities have you been involved in here at IKE? What advise would you give a younger
student who is unsure about joining a sport or a club?
IS: I have done football, wrestling, tennis, ping pong, marching band, jazz band, symphony orchestra, and the
school musicals. I would advise anyone thinking about joining a club to just go for it, the more things you try,
the more experiences you will have.
IKE: How do you find the time to juggle everything you are involved in? How do you think your experiences here
at IKE will help you in the future?
IS: With all the activities I am involved in, scheduling them all can sometimes appear to be an impossible feat,
however, the most important aspect in juggling my activities is communication. Most coaches and teachers
are glad to work with your schedules so you can pursue multiple passions. In the future, this experience of
scheduling will help me balance my collage and career schedules.
IKE: Out of all the events you are involved in throughout the year (e.g., marching band, football, orchestra, etc.),
what is your favorite?
IS: My favorite event I have done in high school is football. Football gave me a chance to bond with my peers
over hard work and mutual respect. Like many other teens, my football career ended my senior year
making it all the more special. I will never forget the feeling of taking the field with my best friends.
IKE: Since you attended IKE as a 7th grader, what is your earliest memory of IKE?
IS: My first significant memory at Eisenhower was doing the musical Willy Wonka Jr.. This musical was helped me
meet new friends while having a great time and was a highlight of my 7th grade year.
IKE: What do you know now as a senior that you wish you knew as a 7th grader?
IS: I wish that I knew how important it is to be confident in yourself. One of my biggest regrets in middle school
was not bumping up a math class to take algebra in 8th grade. The reason I decided not to was because I
didn’t think I could handle it, which I now firmly believe I could have. Additionally, I lacked the confidence
to make new friends and try new things. Now that I have confidence in myself as a person and am able to
strive for harder goals.
IKE: In your opinion, who is your favorite IKE teacher? No pressure, this only goes out to all the teachers at IKE : )
IS: Although there are many great teachers at Ike, my personal favorite is Adam White. Mr. White brings an
energy to the classroom that I had not seen before. While allowing his classes to have fun, he knows when
to real the students back in to learn. If I didn’t have Mr. White for AP US history I
probably would have dropped the class.
IKE: In your opinion, what has been your favorite IKE course? Again, no pressure : )
IS: My favorite Ike course is AP Biology. Although this class can be annoyingly hard at
times, it has a very broad range of learning methods such as labs, class discussion, and
lectures that kept me interested. This class is also great because it has a balanced mix
of teamwork and individual work so that you never feel left behind, but you also need
to take personal responsibility.
IKE: Finally, what is your favorite memory of IKE?
IS: My favorite memory at Ike is my senior year homecoming game. Despite the fact that
I left the homecoming game with a sprained ankle and dislocated shoulder, I never
felt better. I had won a close game with my close friends and being king was just icing
on the cake. As I talked with my peers while gazing into the bright fireworks I realized
how many people cared for me and how much I had grown since 7th grade. It was a
moment that will stick with me forever.
THANKS ISAAC...HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR SENIOR YEAR!!!
IKE GIRLS BASKETBALL
The girls basketball season began November 18th and includes
several new faces within the program. The IKE girls basketball
coaching staff welcomes two new coaches, Andy Monfre as
the Varsity assistant and Elyssa Henry as the head Freshman
coach. Coach Monfre is a graduate of Eisenhower and brings
energy and spirit to the team. Coach Henry is an integral part of
the Athletic and Activities Department here at IKE, brings several
years of coaching experience to the Freshmen team, and will
be an important factor in developing the future of Varsity Lady
Lions.
This year’s varsity team returns two seniors. Senior Captains Jessa
Hahn and Anthie Katris will lead a young talented squad that returns several key contributors from last
year’s team. Returning All-Conference player, junior Sammy Kozlowski, will take on the role of point
guard. The rest of the junior class consists of Sydney Cheung, Taylor Crubaugh, Kaitlyn Kurudzda, and
Katie Schlegel. The Lady Lions will have a large contribution from the sophomore class this season:
Chelsea Brackmann (returning varsity player), Emalie Hahn, Ashley Hofmeister, Kasie Ereyni and Abby
Thyne are excellent additions to the roster.
Please come out and support your Lady Lions this season as they make another run at the WIAA state
tournament! Go Lady Lions!
NEW BERLIN WRESTLING PREVIEW
After losing only one senior to graduation from a year ago, the New Berlin
Wrestling team is ready to continue to build on their level of success in the
Woodland Conference. A co-op program between Eisenhower and West,
New Berlin returns a strong group of leaders from last year’s team including
Regional Champion Emilio Gutierrez, an Eisenhower senior, and Woodland
Conference Champion Alex Rodriguez, a West junior. Other strong senior
leaders include Kevin Thiessenhussen, a 3 year starter, Jake Szaniawski,
Zach Nordstrom, and John McArthur. Overall numbers in the program are
up and there are a number of freshman and sophomores looking to step
up to the varsity level. The team opens competition the first week of
December with a Dual vs. South Milwaukee on December 4th at IKE and
the Wisconsin Lutheran Invitational on Saturday, December 7th. With the exception of the dual match
against South Milwaukee, all home matches take place at New Berlin West.
The New Berlin Wrestling Team took home the 2nd place trophy at the Wisconsin Lutheran
Invitational. John McArthur took 1st place in the 182 lb. weight class, while Emilio Gutierrez took 1st at 220
lbs and Isaac Surprenant won the championship in the Heavyweight Division. The team will take on Pius
and Cudahy/St. Francis on Wednesday. Please get out and support your New Berlin wrestlers!
TWEEPLES, REMEMBER TO FOLLOW @ikelions
for updated info regarding IKE Athletics and Activities
STRONG SHOWING FOR GIRLS SWIMMING AT
THE WIAA STATE MEET
The Eisenhower Lady Lions finished in 7th place at the WIAA State Swimming/Diving Meet with 117
points. Sophomore Paige Carter finished 3rd in the 500 free with a time of 5:13.87. Carter placed 4th in
the 200 free with a time of 1:56.43. Another sophomore, Shayna Putney finished 6th in the 200 free
(1:59.08) and 11th in the 500 free (5:20.50). The 200 free relay team of Nicole Bellford (junior), Sammy
Kozlowski (junior), Shayna Putney and Paige Carter finished in 6th place with a time of 1:40.79. In the
400 free relay, the same relay team finished 7th in 3:41.54. In other individual events, Nicole Bellford finished 12th in both the 100 free (55.33) and the 100 butterfly (100.79). Freshmen, Allie Schroeder, finished
12th in the 100 backstroke (1:02.16). Sammy Kozlowski scored finished 15th in the 100 breaststroke
(1:10.88).
The future of Lady Lions Swimming is bright! Congrats to the entire Swimming and Diving program on
an amazing season!
SENIORS:
Abbey Bornemeier
Sophie Carson
Steffi Durley
Vivian Jiang
Ali Lodermeier
Caitlyn Marr
Ann Mingari
Aditi Narayan
Suzanne Nievinski
Sarah Starsiak
VIDEO OF THE MONTH
AWARDS:
This year's captains (2013) - Sarah Starsiak, Steffi Durley, Amanda
Danihel
Most improved swimmer - Josi Kitzrow
Most improved diver - Amanda Danihel
Swimmer of the year - Sophie Carson, Caitlyn Marr, Teresa Snyder
Team Glue - Sarah Starsiak, Riley Rossbach
MVP - Shayna Putney
Next year's team captains (2014) - Nicole Bellford, Annie Olson, Kaitlin Seebruch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuybXMUk880&feature=youtu.be
CLICK TO VIEW
IKE BOYS BASKETBALL
From New Berlin NOW via Tom Skibosh
As usual, the New Berlin Eisenhower boys basketball
team will be in the mix for the battle to win the
Woodland Conference West Division Championship.
The Lions have seven returning seniors, led by Reed
Timmer, who officially committed with Drake University
last month. Timmer was an all-state performer and the
conference Player of the Year last season, leading the
team to a 22-4 record and the Woodland Conference
championship in 2012-13.
Joining Timmer are returning seniors Nick Ganzke (6-2 forward), Vince Gabrielsen (6-1 forward), Brett Hanson (6-2
forward), Bennett Kohlhardt (5-11 guard), Tucker Tellefson (6-5 post) and Brett Uelner (6-1 forward). Nine
other players round out the 2013-14 team, including seven juniors, Nick Birenbaum (6-3 post), CJ Emmer (65 post), Jason Ludwig (6-3 forward), Alex Lunde (5-10 point guard), Ryan Macho (6-3 post), Nick Rastas (60 guard) and Mike Tkachuk (6-1 guard); one sophomore, Jack Sirek (6-2 guard); and one freshman,
Sullivan Kulju (6-5 post).
"The kids have been in the program," coach Dave Scheidegger said of his seniors. "They bring a lot of tradition and aggressiveness. We hope the younger kids get acclimated quickly.” The Lions have opened
their season with a 5-0 record! Please come out and support your boys basketball team!
IKE BAND / ALL-STATE HONORS
ALL-STATE JUNIOR BAND
Kellen Hintz, trumpet and Rachel Fedorchak and Amy Weyers, flute have been selected to participate in
the 2014 National Band Association – Wisconsin Chapter All-State Junior Band.
These talented students will perform with the group at the Finale Concert of the 30th Annual Convention of
the NBA-WC. The concert will be held at the Performing Arts Center on the campus of Wisconsin Rapids
Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday, January 18th at 7:00 p.m. The 2014 All-State Junior Band
is comprised of 102 students from 41 schools throughout Wisconsin. Liz Rosenthal, a well-known and highly
respected music educator from Beloit, Wisconsin will conduct this year’s band. All performances at the
convention are open to the public.
ALL-STATE SENIOR BAND
Millie Kontich and Meredith Braza, clarinet; Ali Lodermeier, trumpet; Jack Lodermeier, trombone; Kristin
Hesselbach, horn; and Alex Acheson, tuba have been selected to participate in the 2014 National Band
Association – Wisconsin Chapter All-State Band.
These talented students will perform with the group at the Finale Concert of the 30th Annual Convention of
the NBA-WC. The concert will be held at the Performing Arts Center on the campus of Wisconsin Rapids
Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday, January 18th at 7:00 p.m. The 2014 NBA-WC All-State
Band is comprised of 91 students from 30 schools throughout Wisconsin. Joseph Hermann, Director of
Bands at Tennessee Tech University, will conduct this year’s band. All performances at the convention are
open to the public.
FORENSICS: DON’T DELAY, JOIN TODAY!
The Eisenhower High School forensics speech team officially kicked off the 2013-14 season this past
week with an informational meeting for returning and prospective members. At the meeting,
performances were given by past state competitors and returning seniors, Meredith Braza, Storytelling,
and Rishil Mehta, Oratory; and junior Elizabeth Garfinkel also spoke about her experiences in the
category of Humorous Solo Acting.
Forensics offers something for everyone! Students may choose from fifteen speech categories,
including demonstration, storytelling, radio, playacting, prose, poetry, informative and persuasive
speaking. The forensics competitions run from the end of January through mid April. Forensics is a
wonderful way to meet new friends, improve your public speaking skills, and it makes for a great
addition to your résumé.
Last year, our forensics team of thirty members had a very successful season, winning numerous
individual and team awards. Highlights included winning the Woodland Conference championship
and placing third at the Westosha festival. Twenty members also qualified to compete at State.
If students are still interested in joining, it is not too late! Please see Mrs. Donlin, Room 240/English office,
or Ms. Johansen, Room 241/English office, by Friday, December 20.
At our first meeting of
the season, Meredith
Braza, returning senior,
performed an excerpt
from the short story,
“Rumpelstiltskin.”
On Tuesday, December 3, Eisenhower hosted a
training for future forensics judges. Several of our
teachers attended, including (shown left to right)
Tania Renken, Linda Wellerritter, Sarah Rouse-Berrelli,
and Sarah Johansen (our new assistant forensics
coach). Chuck Malone (standing), executive director of the Wisconsin High School Forensics Association, led the training.
COMING UP IN DECEMBER
December 11: Boys Swimming Woodland Conference Relays
December 11: Middle and High School Winter Orchestra Concert
December 13: Girls Basketball vs. S. Milwaukee at IKE (Teacher’s Night)
December 14: ACT Testing at IKE
December 16: Middle and High School Candlelight Concert
December 16: Girls Basketball Booster Club Meeting
December 21: Boys Basketball Alumni Tournament
NEW BERLIN MARLINS BOYS SWIMMING
The New Berlin Marlins Boys Swim and Dive Team is looking for big things
coming into the 2013-14 season. Head coach Jeremy Walden is entering his
second season with the team after taking over the head coaching role
midseason last year. “We have a lot of experience coming back and have
some great top swimmers along with a lot of depth. That combination
makes for a very solid team,” explains Walden. “If this team comes in and
works hard, and competes the way I believe it can we will be right up there
competing for a conference championship.”
The team comes into the year returning all but one varsity swimmer from last
year, all be it that swimmer was Woodland Conference Swimmer of the
Year Matthew Olenchek. However, the Marlins do return everyone else
from there sectional team last year; including an All-State and 1st team AllConference swimmer Zach Solie and 2nd team All-Conference swimmers
Jackson Wannamaker(captain), Taylor Petrauski(captain), and Sam Nigbur.
These four seniors will be joined by a host of other seniors, nine more to be exact, including sectional
swimmers Zach Stoltenburg (also the team’s top diver) , Amin Phakhrudan, and Devin Hetzel. The team
will have help immediately from younger swimmers, including sophomores Alex Weiss and Auggie
Brenzel both who spent all last year on varsity as freshmen. Other lettermen returning include: Ross
Wick, Joey Corstvet, Sam Hider, and Ata Erdrogan. Also expected to contribute to the program right
away is new diver junior Mitch Baker and freshman swimmer Dane Detert.
Coach Walden is also very excited that the program has grown from 21 to 32 athletes. “We have a lot
of new swimmers joining the program this year and while a lot of our younger swimmers don’t have a
lot of competitive swimming experience, they are hard workers who are already improving in the
water.” “I am confident with the help of Coach Heft they will improve and become an important part
of the future of this program.”
Please come out and support your New Berlin Marlins Swim Team!
GIRLS GOLF REVIEW
Following the conclusion of the 2013 season, the girls golf team was awarded another honor for their most
successful season to date. Sophomore, Ashley Hofmeister, was awarded all-conference honorable
mention, an honor that has not been previously awarded to a member of the New Berlin Girls Golf
program. Congrats Ashley! See link to Milwaukee Journal Sentinal below…
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/preps/all-area-teams-b99129571z1-229818771.html