Exeter-Milligan Junior High Basketball Tournament

Above:  Exeter-Milligan’s Hannah Horne tries to get in the way of Friend’s Raeleigh Menke.

In the Exeter-Milligan Junior High Basketball tournament held in Exeter on Saturday, Feb. 8 the Friend boys and girls both brought home the first place trophies. In the championship game the Friend boys beat the Central City boys and the Friend girls beat the Bruning-Davenport-Shickley girls.  Exeter-Milligan girls took fourth losing to Meridian and the Exeter-Milligan boys beat Meridian taking third place.

The Exeter-Milligan girls met the Friend girls at the Exeter-Milligan Junior High Tournament on Saturday, Feb 8.  Exeter-Milligan’s Hannah Horne tries to get in the way of Friend’s Raeleigh Menke.

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Exeter-Milligan’s Eric Olsen tries to get a pass in between Friend’s #4 Kyle Dickinson and #14 Kolby Houlden.

Below: Exeter-Milligan’s Eric Olsen decides not to let Friends #10 Logan Pfeiffer get in the way when he heads toward the basket.  Near the hoop are Friends #52 Ray Sharkey and #34 Darren Segner.  Exeter-Milligan’s #23 Derek Axline is also in the photo.

Exeter-Milligan’s Hannah Beethe and Meridian’s Hailey Schafer scramble for the ball.

Exeter-Milligan Update: Title I

Title Happenings by Anita Mueller, E-M Title I Coordinator

A strategy that I have started using with some of the Title I reading students is using polyester colored overlays.  They come in 10 colors: blue, light blue, green, blue-green, non-glare, red (pink), orange-red, smoke(gray), yellow, and reddish-yellow(amber).  The overlays are used to help those with reading difficulties which might include slow reading rate, losing their place, poor comprehension, eye strain or fatigue, headaches and vision dyslexia.  The colored overlays change the wavelength of the light hitting the retina in the eye.  The student is to try them all and see which one has the sharpest, clearest, or most stable images.  Sometimes it is helpful to use a colored overlay and then put the non-glare one over that to take the shimmer off of the overlay.  Students think that using a colored overlay is fun as well.

Exeter-Milligan Update: Bossaller Places Second At MUDECAS Speech

Congratulations to Toni Bossaller, Exeter-Milligan senior, on her 2nd place finish in Poetry Interpretation at the MUDECAS conference speech meet Saturday, February 1, 2014. The next speech meet for the Timberwolves will be February 15, 2014 at Meridian High School.

Exeter-Milligan Student Chosen for Young Artist Award

                                    

BRANDT TO RECEIVE YOUNG ARTIST AWARDS

    Jordyn Brandt, a Junior at Exeter-Milligan High School, has been selected to receive two awards from UNL- Hixon-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, honoring her accomplishments in the areas of flute and piano.  The Nebraska Young Artist Awards are presented annually to high school juniors for recognition of outstanding talent in the areas of music performance - instrumental or vocal, music composition, visual art, dance, and theatre arts.  To apply students must submit an audition and letter of recommendation from their teacher or private tutor.  Students may audition in up to three areas. 

    Students selected to receive awards will spend the day at UNL on April 9. They will attend a special luncheon with faculty, tour the campus, learn about classes offered at UNL and opportunites in the arts, and attend performances by UNL students.  The day will conclude with an awards ceremony held at the Sheldon Museum of Art.