Throwback Thursday: 1/27/2013

 

01/27/2013

Students in Mrs. Wahl’s English classes are studying history through literature. During this semester, each class will be reading a novel that fictionalizes a period of American history. As the story settings and conflicts come to life, the readers learn about America’s rich and varied history.

 

English 7 students will be heading back to the Old West as they read Shane, by Jack Schaefer.  This story is about the struggle between Wyoming ranchers and farmers in the late 1880’s. While working on comprehension activities related to this time in history, students will also be summarizing what they have learned from their independent study.

 

American Literature students are reading Jack London’s The Call of the Wild, which is set in the late 1890’s. While reading about a dog’s journey from California to the frozen gold fields of the Klondike, they are also researching related topics of interest. Besides sharing their research with the class, students will also adopt a musher in the 2013 Iditarod sled-dog race.  Following this historic race gives a modern twist to survival in the frozen North.

 

Dual Credit English is reading The Great Gatsby. This F. Scott Fitzgerald novel focuses on the extravagance of wealthy lifestyles during the 1920’s. They are also publishing a 1920’s era newspaper chronicling historical events, fashion, sports, and other interests of the Jazz Age.

 

Freshmen English students will be completing research papers on topics related to the 1930’s, while reading To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. This story about racial conflict in the South, also paints a picture of life during the Great Depression.

 

English 8 students will travel back to the 1950’s while reading The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton. Besides learning about gang life in a large city, readers will experience life as viewed by a Greaser. This universal struggle between the haves and the have-nots is set in the era of drive-ins, bobby socks, and Elvis.

 

Exeter-Milligan girls revisited their win CRC win against Giltner last night 37-27 while the Exeter-Milligan boys lost 55-51 after losing to Giltner at CRC's by one point.

Half of the CRC All-Tournament Team were Timberwolves this year.  Congratulations to Logan Zeleny, Megan Zwickl and Taylor Erdkamp who were named to the team.

Exeter-Milligan had two students participate in the Doane Vocal Festival January 13-14.  Pictured are Madeleine Ensrud, Dr. Kurt Runestad, and Kimberlin Ruhl following the concert.

Workers were seen Friday collapsing the portable cell tower so that it can be transported.

Exeter-Milligan Update: MUDECAS Speech

 

On Saturday, January 28, the Exeter-Milligan speech team got on the bus early, traveling to Humboldt to compete in the MUDECAS Conference Meet. The members of the EM team had strong performances, reaching finals in six events. Troy Kallhoff led the EM squad, finishing third in the extemporaneous and fourth in informative. Kmila Benitez finished fifth in program oral interpretation and sixth in humorous prose. In serious prose, Morgan White came home with a fifth place medal. In oral interpretation of drama, White teamed up with Logan Krupicka, Kiley Oldehoeft, and Selah Petersen, finishing fifth in the event. Exeter-Milligan will next compete at the Meridian Meet on February 11. 

 

Pictures:

 

The oral interpretation of drama team:  Morgan White, Kiley Oldehoeft, Selah Petersen, and Logan Krupicka showing off their personalities, posing after finals were posted. 

 

Troy Kallhoff waiting for the judges to begin his extemporaneous finals speech. 

 

Kmila Benitez performing her humorous prose in a preliminary round of the meet. 

EM Speech Takes on First Meet

 

The Exeter-Milligan speech team opened their season by traveling to the inaugural High Plains Meet on Saturday, January 14. All varsity and novice events competed three times during the day. Strong performances were turned in by Morgan White in serious prose and the oral interpretation of drama members, which included White, Logan Krupicka, Kiley Oldehoeft, and Selah Petersen. Also competing and placing in the varsity division was Kmila Benitez in humorous prose and program oral interpretation. Performing at their first high school speech meet in the novice division in individual events were: Krupicka, Petersen, Neal Scott, and Tucker Svec. In novice duet acting, Svec teamed up with Jase Luzum. The E-M speech team will next compete on January 28, at the MUDECAS Conference Meet in Humboldt. 

 

Abvove:  Morgan White performing her serious prose.

Below:   Accused of Comedy OID, left to right: Morgan White, Selah Petersen, Kiley Oldehoeft, and Logan Krupicka.

 

 Tucker Svec and Jase Luzum performing their duet.

Throwback Thursday: 1/20/2013

 

01/20/2013

 

Congratulations to the Exeter-Milligan Lady Timberwolves who defeated Giltner 47-34 to win the Crossroads Conference Basketball championship.

 

Before the Winter break, Mr. Jordan Marr’s psychology class at Exeter-Milligan studied about the various senses humans experience.  For this lesson, the students learned about their sense of taste. In the picture, students are taste testing various foods to decide if the item is mostly bitter, sweet, sour, or salty.  The students continued their study of the senses by participating in a smell lab the next day.