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LET’S BATTLE By Mrs. Rusch Several Highland Elementary students recently participated in a Battle of the Books. This competition allows students to improve reading skills by exposing them to quality literature from a range of literary styles and viewpoints. Fourth and fifth grade students were invited to participate and compete “for the love of reading!” Readers were given a list of eight titles at the beginning of February and could read as many of those books as they wished. The following students accepted the challenge and signed up for the battle: Jayden Halverson, Sage Shemak, Jenna Havlik, Carlee Kosharek, Shelby Nechkash, Joscalyn Hocking, Olivia Welsh, Elizabeth Brennum, Michaela Hub, Zach Yanna, Conner Rusch, Tristin Greene, Lilly Haas, Morgan Kosharek, Halie Kelley, and Ashton Miura. Held in Mrs. Hennessey’s classroom, the school battle narrowed competitors down to one 4 th grade team and one 5 th grade team comprised of four members each. Highland School Representatives were: Grade 4: Shelby Nechkash, Jenna Havlik, Carlee Kosharek and Elizabeth Brennum Grade 5: Morgan Kosharek, Tristin Greene, Conner Rusch and Lilly Haas The two Highland teams moved on to a Regional Competition in Fennimore. Nineteen teams representing eleven different school districts came to battle at Southwest Tech on March 13 th . First the readers competed individually by taking a written test on a book for which they declared to be an expert. Then the 76 students huddled together in teams to cooperate and answer questions about the books they read collectively. The Highland readers proved to be a very knowledgeable team! Several students placed individually and the 5 th grade team took the Grand Prize of First Place overall! Pictured below are the regional Battle competitors listed with their awards: Conner Rusch, Team First Morgan Kosharek, Team First, Individual Second Tristin Greene, Team First Shelby Nschkash, Individual Third Elizabeth Brennum, Individual Third Jenna Havlik, 4 th grade team member Lilly Haas, Team First Carlee Kosharek, Individual Second Battle Participants
The Around the World Projects By: Jeriann Wolfgram, Morgan Biba, Drew Drury, John Ross Linscheid, and Christian Shemak For one of the many projects this year, middle school students had to research different countries and transform a room into their country. Students were separated into groups which were led by different teachers. Norway was led by Mr. Link, Zimbabwe was led by Ms. Tess, Venezuela was led by Mrs. Turner, Australia was led by Mrs. Ramel, and Turkey was led by Mrs. Esser. This was a lengthy project that involved a lot of research and creative thinking. It also involved a lot of math. It took 3 weeks to finish! Students and parents were invited to tour the different countries. In each room students created very interesting displays. If one visited Zimbabwe, they could see a hut, a beautiful sunset, wildlife, and Victoria Falls. While visiting Norway, one could see mountains, the Northern Lights and a traditional house. In Australia, tourist could visit the rainforest and coral reef, and you could taste a delicious pumpkin soup. In Venezuela, one could visit Angel Falls, the rainforest, and tourists could watch traditional dancing. While visiting Turkey, one could visit the open market to buy spices. And visitors could view the beautiful stain glass windows of the Blue Mosque. Some students were asked what they thought about the project. Adam Wolfe thought that it was not a fun experience, Bailee Rose said that it was interesting, Caitlyn Weinkes said that it was a very good experience, Mariah Nondorf said it was really fun to transform the rooms, Nate Michek said that it was a lot of work. As you can see this project had its ups and downs, but in the end, it was a great learning experience for everyone.
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