FREDERICK HIGH SCHOOL 4TH QUARTER HONOR ROLL

Straight A Honor Roll
Chelsy Podoll (12) Angela Goodall, Breanna Helland (11) Courtney Schlosser, Faith Wolter (10), Mariah Mikkonen (8)
A Honor Roll
Tim Engelhart, Matthew Haas,  & Cole Truebenbach (12) Derek Barondeau , Casson Campbell, Calli Crawford, Chelsey Zinter (11), Matthew Achen,  Megan Walworth (9) Justin Helland, Cole Hinz, Derrick Podoll, Hailey Sumption (8) Jayden Mikkonen & Cheyann Olson (7)
B Honor Roll
Bryson Geffre, Rance Maddocks, Jamie Parsons, Allyssa Robertson (12) Justin Bock, Bianca Erdbruegger, Ashley Feser-Kassa, Amanda Haar, Brandon Haas, Caylee Hertel, Shannen Maunu, Cody Mehlhaff, Austin Minard, Andrew Perleberg, Spencer Rall, Krista Stoddard, Stefani Sumption, Tyler Sumption, Erin Wolter (11)  Keely Geffre, Mariah Gustafson, Alyxis Perry, Abby Sumption, Heather Underberg (10) Amanda Daniels, Collin Engelhart, Taryn Flinn, Nathan Haar, Wyatt Heine, Peyton Podoll, Brian Sumption, Wyatt Wolter (9) Dustin Bergan, Dane Campbell, Evan Emery, Carston Hertel, Austin Hoerner, Derek Simmons (8) Nathan Block, Meghan Conn, Devin Flinn, Sebastian Hammel, Jimmy King, Rebecca Mittleider, Paige Podoll, Kirsten Rall, Katie Rystrom, Logan Weisser (7)

BOOKS DONATED TO FREDERICK SCHOOL LIBRARY

      Students and librarians at Frederick Area School appreciate the books that were donated to the school’s library.
      Several Dean Koontz titles have been added and donations also include  childrens and young adult books.  Also, a collection of works by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is now available in the library.
       In February the Book Fair raised money for new books and dozens were added to the collection.  Most of these were children's books.  Books Are Fun set up displays in the elementary lounge every 4-6 weeks, and based on their sales, more books are donated to the school library.  Most of these are children's selections also.  Their most recent donation was a set of six Fancy Nancy books, including Poison Ivy Expert and The Boy from Paris. 
      The librarians would like to thank everyone who purchased books at the Book Fair, which is the library's biggest fundraiser.  They also appreciate the donations, which help to keep new books on the high school shelves.
     The school library will closed May 3, to give the librarians time to get all books back on the shelves.

BRIDGE RESULTS

Students at the Frederick Area High School tested their bridges that they built in the business math class. The students tested the structural break of their bridges along with the complete collapse of their bridge.
     Anthony Reimer and Levi Christianson’s bridge held 25 pounds before its structural break and 35 pounds before its complete collapse.
     The next group, Jamie Parsons and Ally Robertson, built their bridge to have both a structural and complete collapse at 70 pounds. Austin Gunther and Cody Mehlhaff’s bridge went to a 100 pounds before it had a structural break and the complete collapse took 450 pounds of weight. Justin Bock along with Matt Heine built a bridge that held 130 pounds of weight before the structure failed and made it to 225 pounds before the bridge completely collapsed.
     Lee Brixy and Dusty Johnson’s bridge withstood 135 pounds of weight before the structure gave out and 160 pounds before its complete collapse. Alex Conn and Ty Hoffman’s bridge held 130 pounds before its structure failed and 190 pounds before its complete destruction. Thomas Kronberg and Cole Reginski made a bridge that held 205 pounds before its structural break and it also held 225 pounds before its complete collapse.

FREDERICK PICKS REPRESENTATIVES FOR BOYS' AND GIRLS' STATE

     Frederick’s representatives for Boys’ State and Girls’ State have been chosen. This summer, Breanna Helland, Angela Goodall and Levi Adema will be heading to Vermillion and Aberdeen to represent Frederick among other students from across the state.
Breanna Helland was chosen to be Frederick’s representative for Girls’ State. As a result, she will be heading to Vermillion from May 31 to June 5. At the event, she will be participating in “hands-on citizenship training” and will learn more about government. She can become a candidate in the elections held there, and if chosen for office she will carry out her duties as a real representative would.
     “I’m really excited to go,” says Helland. “I think it will be a good experience and I hope I learn a lot from it.”
     Angela Goodall was chosen by the Girls’ State Committee as Frederick’s representative for Journalism City. Along with Helland, she will also go to Vermillion to be a journalist at the event, and will be busy with a number of activities. She will be instructed by a qualified journalism counselor and staff, and her duties will be to gather news about what’s going on during the Girls State session and publish it in the daily paper. Although she cannot run for any offices for the session, she can vote in the elections.
     Levi Adema of Barnard was chosen as Frederick’s Boys’ State representative. He is homeschooled, but qualifies to be chosen as Frederick’s representative because he lives in the district.  He will be going to Northern State’s campus to participate in the events, which are similar to those at Girls’ State.
     Both Boys’ State and Girls’ State events are sponsored by the South Dakota American Legion Auxiliary to educate students about American government and to offer scholarship opportunities..

Dacotah Prairie Museum/ Granary All Dakota Fine Arts High School Exhibition

     Garret Mittleider, Cole Regynski, Keely Geffre, Faith Wolter, Taryn Flinn, Amanda Daniels and Megan Walworth from Frederick Area High School attended the 15^th Annual All-Dakota Fine Arts High School Exhibition at the Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center in Aberdeen on April 23.  The event was sponsored by the Dacotah Prairie Museum in Aberdeen and the Granary Rural Cultural Center in rural Groton.  Approximately 150 students and art teachers from schools in North and South Dakota were present to enjoy workshops and view the exhibition of student art.
     The day-long event included a session with the two artistic judges, Emily Williams –Wheeler from Fargo and Nathan Cantwell from Aberdeen, who evaluated the student art and awarded prizes in 10 media categories.  In addition, the judges chose one team of students from North and South Dakota as the outstanding team based on the quality of all pieces of art entered by that school. 
     One student’s work was chosen as the “Best of Show” from all entries; the winner received a $500 saving bond that was sponsored by South Dakota Wheat Growers. Both days, participating students served as peer judges selecting their favorites in each of the 10 categories.  Winning art in all categories can be seen at www.dacotahprairiemuseum.com  by clicking on the All Dakota Art Exhibition link.
     The keynote speaker for the event was Brad Bachmeier, an art professor at Minnesota State University in Moorhead, MN who specializes in Raku Ceramics. Bachmeier discussed art as a career and shared insights on creative ways to be successful in that pursuit. Workshop presenters for the day were Rocky Hartberg, Langford SD, who is a cartoon and story illustrator; Michelle Bacon, Aberdeen SD, who works with clay and ceramics; Mary Hunt, Platte SD, who specializes in glass fusing, and Nick and Nicole Fischer, Aberdeen SD, who create large scale murals. 

    In conjunction with a chapter focusing on travel, Spanish II students at Frederick Area completed a sentence-writing project to help enhance their learning skills.  The assignment was emailed to their teacher, Profesora Jaspers, and focused on a country chosen by each student, although no two students from any one school could choose the same country.
    Sentences needed to follow a certain criteria outlined by the teacher in order to receive a good grade.  A total of 10 sentences were required about past, present progressive and future plans and could only be written in first-person, however they could be based on things that did not actually happen.
     Four of the sentences needed to be in past tense about an imaginary trip made to the student’s chosen country last year.  Two had to be in present progressive tense about how they were preparing for an upcoming return trip right now.  The remaining four sentences were required to be in future tense in regards to the upcoming trip.
     Commenting on the sentence-writing project, Erin Wolter, one of Frederick’s seven Spanish II students, said, “I liked how the project reinforced what we were learning and I thought it was a good challenge.”
Assignments were graded based on content, proper verb use, difficulty and effort. 

     Not only is the school year wrapping up,  so is the “Teachers as Readers” program. 
     “Teachers as Readers” meets each Monday from 3:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. to read books, through which they can earn a renewal credit from Dakota State University.  The group is required to have 15 contact hours and read four books for the credit. 
     Teachers that participate in the program are Janel Bergan, Jackie Brokaw, Renee Brooks, Krista Charleton, Jan Ellefson, Janet Elsen, Jessica Ringgenberg, Carma Ruenz, Paula Tschoick, Colleen Wallien and Tonya Zinter.
     “We are currently finishing our fourth and final book “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown,” explained Mrs. Ruenz.  The group will have their final discussion of the book on May 17.  This selection, more than any read by the group, has grabbed their attention.  Many  describe it as the best book they’ve ever read.  Because it is a recent release (September 2009) group members purchased the book on line so they had access to multiple copies. 
     Other books read throughout the year include Buffalo for the Broken Heart by Dan O’ Brien (the One Book South Dakota selection), The Work of Wolves by Kent Meyers, who is a SD author, and  Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella.

     Two teachers from the Frederick Area District attended the LETERS workshop in Sioux Falls on April 29 and 30. First grade teacher Renee Brooks and Colleen Wallien , second grade teacher, wanted to participate at this workshop to enrich their teaching.  
     LETERS stands for “Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling” and the program, which is organized by the state, was sponsoring trainings for early childhood educators who are interested in helping young children build a strong foundation in early literacy skills.
     The teacher’s trainer was Lucy Hart Paulson, MS, CCC-SLP. She offered practical strategies for building skills in young children and she gave descriptions for the development of language and literacy in ways that create a deeper understanding.
     Mrs. Brooks describes the workshop as an interesting and beneficial program.