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From the Desk of the Principal March 26, 2012 Proud to be a Cardinal! Odyssey of the Mind The Cardinal Crew took seven teams to the state OM competition. Five of the teams qualified for the World Competition. We had teams ranging from 4 th grade all the way to high school. One of our teams also won what is known as the Ranatra Fusca award. It’s an award that is rarely given out and an award that is based on creativity. The World competition is in Iowa this year and will be held May 25 th . The teams will be having a chicken barbeque again this spring to help with the costs of the competition. A huge thank you to Mr. Hebgen and all of the coaches for their dedication in helping the kids. Congratulations to all the participants and good luck to the five teams going to World. Honors Band/Choir Honors Band recently participated in the Six Rivers Honors Concert in Belmont. Mrs. Straka’s students had more participants and more 1 st chair performers than any other school in the league. The music was challenging but worth all the hard work. The band sounded terrific! Congratulations to all honors band participants. Great job again this year! Honors Choir was held here in Highland and it was a great success. 155 students from the Six Rivers Conference in middle and high school participated in the concert. Of the 155, 24 were our Highland students. The concert was a great success due to the hard work from Mrs. McCarthy and so many volunteers. Great work everybody! Art Appreciation Two high school students from our district recently had their art projects on display at the UW Richland campus. Emily Drews and Alicia Ramsden represented Highland well. Alicia will continue her success when she displays her work at the Madison Campus due to winning an award at UW Richland. Great work Mrs. Richgels, Emily, and Alicia!!!! Two middle school students, Mariah Nondorf and Michael Biba, represented Highland well for placing in the Dodgeville Woman’s Club Helen Mears Art Contest. The two winners will go on to Regional and hopefully on to State. Great work Mrs. Richgels and the art students! Forensics Recently our Forensics team attended District Competition in Lancaster. Of our nineteen members, eighteen will be heading to the state competition. It is amazing how successful our Forensics team is again this year. Thank you to Mr. Schoenmann and Mrs. Michek for all of their hard work and best of luck at the State Competition to all our participants. 4K Screening Screening was completed this past week for all our future 4K students. We screened our future cardinals and were happy with the turn out. It’s a very exciting day for both the students and parents. We are pleased to welcome some new families to Highland. Sincerely, Josh Tarrell, Principal
A SURVIVAL ADVENTURE By Kaitlyn Nankey The 6 th graders read the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. In the book, the main character, Brian’s parents are divorced. Brian spends the summer with his dad and the school year with his mom. While going to visit his dad, the pilot has a heart attack and dies and the plane crashes. Brian has to survive in the Canadian Wilderness all alone. After 6 th graders finished the book, they made models of the Canadian Wilderness where the plane crashed. Students included many details in their models including the L shaped lake, the shelter, a skunk, bear, Brian, and much more. I thought it was really cool making the models. Here is what other kids thought. Morgan Biba thought it was very interesting and would like to do it again. Kylie Esser thought it was very creative to do. When 6 th graders were done with their models, the 7 th and 8 th graders came in to view the final projects. MAD SCIENTISTS By: Evan Rusch, Chase Smelzer, Kora Scullion, Courtnee Yanna, Ryan Minter, and Spencer Hadtrath The scientists were in their labs, concocting ideas for their masterpieces, and at curtain call, the masterpieces came to life. On January 27th, the students at the Highland Community Middle School performed plays about the stories they recently read. The students were split into three groups to read stories. The three stories they performed were Rappucini's Daughter, and The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne and the classic, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Students also reflected on the scientists’ quests for perfection and power. When they finished reading the stories, they created a theatrical version of the stories. They built props, rehearsed lines, and created sound effects to enhance the performances. When they were finished, they performed in front of the other middle school students. The Elementary classes from 4th and 5th grade also came to watch the performances. Students Drew Drury, Karen McMannes, and Adam Wolfe offered to share their thoughts and ideas about the performances. "They were very interesting and it's always fun to do something like this during the school year." - Drew Drury "It was fun recreating such old, popular, stories." -Karen McMannes "I thought the plays were quite good and I wish we could do it again." -Adam Wolfe Many students enjoyed the plays and wish to do a similar project in the future. SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST By : Halie Kosharek, Kyle Nankey, Alyssa Miura, Paden Kosharek, Carson Bryant Everyone should learn basic survival skills in their lifetime. The Highland Community Middle School students recently had the privilege of experiencing the wonders of the natural wilderness while attempting to survive on their own for a day. On February 21 st, the middle school students headed out to Mr. Tarrell`s farm to put their skills to the test. While there, they had to perform a few basic skills they learned during field days during the previous months. They had to start a fire without any lighters, boil water, create a shelter suitable for the number of members on their team. Their shelter needed to hold up against the elements. They needed to also have a source of water and food, and they needed to create an animal snare. One of the biggest challenges of the day was when students were presented with scenarios that involved a first aid situation. In one scenario, Jeff Nania, one of the field biologists, broke his leg. Students did a great job making a splint. It took hard working students an hour and a half to drag him up the hill on a tarp. There was some blood involved, but it was fake. Russell Greene commented on the experience by stating, “I really liked the experience of being able to make my own shelter. I felt what it was like to really be lost.” This was a great experience for all of the students at Highland Community Middle School. Teachers are hoping to be able to continue the tradition of “Survival Day.” They would like to let all of the kids that pass through the school receive the same exposure to the wilderness. Students would like to thank all of the people that made the day extra special. Thank you to Jen Ramsden, Shannon Straka, Heidi Walkling, Jeff Nania, Amanda Gorshe, Jamie Link, Julie Tess -Michek, and Kari McGuire. And a special thanks to the Tarrell family for allowing us to have Survival Day on their land. It was the perfect spot.
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