02/17/2013
Exeterites saw between 6 - 8 inches in the Weather Channel named Storm Q. While totals predicted were up to 14-16 inches a dry atmosphere depleted the moisture in the storm disappointing many from area farmers to school children. Exeter-Milligan students enjoyed a snow day on Thursday and a late start on Friday. More snow is predicted for the area on Sunday and Monday.
The Fantastic Frogs continue to "hop" their way through the Reading Mastery Program! One of their favorite activities is to read words on the ipods. Each time a story is read, Mrs. Kara Myers charts the words they had difficulties with. These words are then put on a flashcard app on each individual ipod for each "frog" to read.
Meridian Junior High Honor Choir - Katie Moody,
Katie Skinner, Ashley Benorden, Lucy Murphy
Meridian Junior High Honor Band - Ella Wilkins,
Alexis Uldrich, Tara Mueller, Trystan Brandt,
Samantha Horne, Haylee Sheffield
Class D All-State Wind Ensemble - Jordyn Brandt,
Jennifer Pribyl, Madison Horne, Maitlyn Thomsen
Class D All-State Symphonic Band - Taylor
Erdkamp, Devin Sheffield, Alex Benorden, Broc Mueller,
Meredith Emshoff, Janey Due
CRC Honor Band - Jordyn Brandt, Taylor Erdkamp,
Jennifer Pribyl, Erica Yound, Madison Horne,
Amber Pribyl, Maitlyn Thomsen, Meredith Emshoff,
Devin Sheffield
The Exeter-Milligan Speech team is off to a good start this season. We competed at the MUDECAS conference meet in January and the Meridian Speech invite on Feb. 9, 2013. At the Meridian meet Meredith Emshoff received 2nd in Serious Prose and 4th in Poetry. Jennifer Pribyl competed in Informative Speaking and received 3rd place. Deidre Stevens and Emshoff also competed in Humorous Prose. Also on the team are Liz Murphy, competing in Informative speaking and Serious Prose, and Amber Pribyl competing in Humorous Prose. Upcoming meets for the Timberwolves are Sutton Speech Invite, Feb. 16th and Crossroads Conference Meet Feb. 20th. On March 4th at 6:30 pm the speech team will have their Speech Night combined with the FCCLA Evening with the STARs in the Exeter building small gym; there will be a light reception at the event. The Speech team is sponsored by Rachel Haider.
FCCLA Members Compete at District STAR Events
by Mary Lou Vossler, Exeter-Milligan FACS Instructor and FCCLA Advisor
A student from the Exeter-Milligan FCCLA recently participated in the Nebraska Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America District #4 STAR Event Competition. This annual event was held at Exeter-Milligan Public Schools, with Mrs. Nancy Schluatman- Sutton FCCLA Advisor serving as District #4 STAR Advisor and featuring over 34 competitors from the area.
One Competitive Event available to FCCLA members is STAR Events: Students Taking Action with Recognition. STAR Events recognize members for proficiency and achievement in chapter and individual projects, leadership skills, and career preparation. STAR Events offer individual skill development and application of learning through cooperative, individualized, and competitive activities. District #4 hosted 14 different category events during the conference.
Students are evaluated by judges using a rubric system and have the opportunity to earn a Gold, Silver or Bronze rating. The top two finishers in each event level, who earn a Silver or Gold rating, qualify to compete at the state competition, which will be hosted as part of the State Leadership Conference. District Officers assisting with the conference were: District #4 President- Paige Oltmans from Bruning-Davenport, VP of Competitive Events-STAR- Kierra Papik from Exeter- Milligan, and Vice-President-Daelynn Hofaker from the Sutton Chapter.
Joni Vossler from the Exeter-Milligan received a Gold medal for her Focus on Children project- "Pedal Safely". Joni will now advance to State Leadership Conference.
The Exeter-Milligan speech team performed well recently at the Meridian Speech Meet. The OID of Morgan White, Kiley Oldehoeft, Selah Petersen, and Tucker Svec won the event. White also finished third in serious prose. Svec finished fourth in humorous impromptu. Troy Kallhoff brought home two silver medals in extemporaneous and informative speaking. Sixth place medals were earned by Kmila Benitez in POI and humorous prose. Kierra Papik and Lily Jeffries tied for third with teammates Jase Luzum and Svec in the duet acting event.
Kmila Benitez performing her humorous prose.
