May 2011 - Johnston Community School District

JMS students take 1st PlaceRegional Knowledge BowlFrom the Desk of….Kathy Paul, ELP CoordinatorThe Regional Middle SchoolKnowledge Bowl was held onApril 27 at Merle Hay Mall and JohnstonMiddle School students Jack Dolde, Ethan Niu, Alex Casten,and Smeet Mistry won the first place trophy. The studentscompeted in both written and oral rounds, with questionsrelated to all academic subjects. The boys also did well lastyear in the 7th grade competition, and were ranked secondgoing into the regional rounds. They qualified by competingin a computer round done at school.Jack Dolde, Ethan Niu, Alex Casten, and Smeet Mistry.Mock Trial Teams represent Johnstonat State CompetitionTeam D Dawg, Impeachment and Cream, andGuilty of Being Awesome represented Johnston with 29 otherteams at the state competition on March 24-26 at the PolkCounty Convention Center. Millie Varley (witness) andMikayla Stutzman (lawyer) were recognized at state for theiroutstanding individual performances. This was MikaylaStutzman’s second year in a row that she was selected asoutstanding witness. Team D Dawg finished in 5 th place,losing by half a point to the eventual state champion. Coach DoyleSanders has volunteered as an attorney coach for over 15 years.There were 4 teams at state recognized for the Judge CritelliAward for Professional Conduct and Decorum. Both Impeachmentand Cream and Guilty of Being Awesome, coached by Joel andRachele Hjelmaas, and Jeff Margolin were recipients of thisspecial honor.High Schoolers take 2nd place in Senior DivisionHistory Days District Competition(Back, left to right) Pratyusha Bujumalla, Abby Dockum, Natalie VanderPloeg,Kaitlyn Aldrich, Sam Sparland. (Middle, Left to right) Mrs. Paul, Hannah VanZee,Jovanna Majstorovic, Callie Coulter, Aditi Dinakar, Jordan Boge, Andrew Boge.(Front, left to right) Sierra Ballard, Sanjay Koduvalli, Simrita Varma, MeganGibbons.5