FFA Members of the Month announced
By Chloe Howe, Chapter Reporter Sleepy Eye FFA members of the month are Jacob Fulmer and Jade Sellner; officers of the month are Winsten Nienhaus… Login to continue reading Login…
Education
Knowledge Bowl teams to compete in Region meet
Deb Moldaschel Coach Mindy Berkner said Sleepy Eye High School’s Senior High Knowledge Bowl teams had a great showing at their last regular season meet,… Login to continue reading Login…
School district counting the days
At the March 8 meeting of the Sleepy Eye School Board, Superintendent John Cselovszki told the board that with all the “snow” days this winter, the district has used five digital days for instruction.
Second place for River Valley speakers
On Saturday, March 4, the River Valley speech team took second place at the Montevideo Thunder Hawk Speech Invitational. Earning first place champion medals were CJ Surprenant in extemporaneous speaking and Samantha Ibberson in poetry interpretation. Second place medals were awarded to Kiera Lafferty in serious prose interpretation, Abigail Schwartz in Original Oratory, Lily Kallevig in extemporaneous reading, and John Miller in serious drama interpretation. Brenna Pabst received a third place medal in serious prose interpretation. A fourth place medal was earned by Joseph Jensen in humorous interpretation. Isabella Hoffmann and Paige Schwarzrock both received 5th place medals in informative speaking and humorous interpretation, respectively. Sarah Kottke rounded off the team’s accomplishments with a blue ribbon.
Lions Club Students of the Month for February
Liz Schwint and Alex Joramo are Lions Club Students of the Month for February.
Sleepy Eye High School Honor Roll
SEMESTER 1 HONOR ROLL GOLD (GPA 3.67 AND ABOVE) Grade 7: Paola Gonzalez, Kenley Jensen, Ava Kunkel, Kelsey Ladd, Madelyn Martinez, Makayla Strong, Karly Wendinger Grade 8: Jacob Fulmer, Brayden Heiderscheidt, Megan Sellner Grade 9: Taylor Berkner, Destiney Dittbenner, Yuridia Fernandez, Kayden Klein, Carter Lazatin, Samantha Price, Noah Rossbach, Jaelynn Schauman Grade 10: Nora Coulson, Paige Haala, Lily Kallevig, Cadence Okerman, Cody Schultz, Landon Wendinger Grade 11: Emma Contreras-Ramirez, Kadence Hesse, Lydia Huiras, Isaac Lendt Grade 12: Brooke Arneson, Nolan Domeier, Adam Johnson, Alexander Joramo, Nicholas Mielke, Jacob Price, Arian Saenz, Andres Sanchez, Jade Sellner SILVER (GPA 3.03 TO 3.669) Grade 7: Liana Kimbrough Grade 8: Jax Como, Dylan Krebs Grade 9: Dawson Friton, Eleazar Gonzalez Grade 10: Jordan Cortez, Cole Eckstein, Ximena Larios, Willy Marroquin, Yael Morales-Valdez, Alexys Odegard Grade 11: Julia Berkner, Caden Evers, Bryent Finstad, Guadalupe Hernandez, Riana Hernandez, Breaunna Mertz, Katelyn Tauer Grade 12: Arath Cortez, Leisha Martinez, Cristal Joy Schmidtknecht .
Elementary students learn about health for their hearts and support a good cause
During February, Heart Month, the kindergarten through 6th grade students at Sleepy Eye Elementary School had their jump rope units in Physical Education (PE) classes. “Along with our jump rope unit we tied in Kids Heart Challenge, which used to be known as Jump Rope for Heart,” said PE teacher Zach Kelly.
Sleepy Eye FFA Celebrates National FFA Week
National FFA Week was celebrated by FFA members nationwide from February 17-25. The Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter was very active throughout FFA Week, and after—due to the big snowstorm during FFA Week that caused postponement of some activities.
Sleepy Eye High School February Students of the Month
Sleepy Eye High School Students of the Month for February are, front from left: Madison Engesser, Gr. 11, English; Kaleb Butenhoff, Gr. 12, Social Studies; Grecia Navarro, Gr. 12, Careers; Ava Kunkel, Gr. 7, Music. Back: Nox Dubois, Gr. 11, Science; Jaden Yack, Gr. 8, Career Exploration; Carlos Martinez, Gr. 9, Physical Education; Cadence Okerman, Gr. 10, World Languages; Samantha Price, Gr. 9, Mathematics. Not pictured: Lily Kallevig, Gr. 10, Health and Nicholas Mielke, Gr. 12, Agriculture. Submitted
Region FFA interviews held Feb. 16
Region VI FFA interviews were held in Westbrook on Thursday, Feb. 16, for Region Office, State Degrees, and Region Star Awards.