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La Follee Aendance Area News
Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 20 from
Noon - 5 PM for La Follee FIFTY FEST. This
kickoff celebraon is the first of several events
during the 2013-2014 school year to
commemorate the 50th Anniversary of La
Follee High School. Stay tuned for more
about this in the June 12th edion of the
MMSD Family Newsleer.
Memorial Aendance Area News
Ford/AAA Auto Skills Challenge State Compeon
Students Alex Cramer and Dan
Girkin from Memorial High
School finished 9th in the
Wisconsin State "Ford/AAA
Auto Skills Challenge". Dan
and Alex parcipated in the
compeon as a result of their
combined scores on an online
pretest taken earlier this year. Once their score was determined to
be in the top ten scores in Wisconsin they were qualified for this
"hands-on" contest held at MATC-Milwaukee in Mequon on
Wednesday, May 8, 2013. The students worked on one of ten
idencally "bugged" 2013 Ford Focuses. The team that found all the
problems in the shortest me became the State Champions.
Unfortunately Dan and Alex did not find all of the issues and finished
in an 8-way e for third; the e was broken by the results of the
online test.
They were able to prepare a lile for this contest with the help of
Middleton Ford. Service Director Jim Hergenroether made a 2013
Focus available to use as pracce for this event, as well as some help
from a couple of the great technicians who took me from their
work to offer advice.
Memorial Students Dominate Debate and Forensics
State Compeon
Aer fending off worthy challenges from rival schools, the James
Madison Memorial Forensics team claimed their sixth consecuve
tle at the 2013 WFCA State Forensics Tournament on April 20.
The team, coached by Tom Hardin, has now won ten tles in the
past thirteen years, and the tradion is only growing stronger. This
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