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Bright Ideas Helping Thinkers Think

2010-2011 Board Members Our board members represent all schools within our district, as indicated below. Feel free to contact us with any questions, suggestions, or to volunteer to help with any of our activities.

Patti Kliegl, President Beaver Creek/515-986-0598

[email protected]

Janet Petersma, Past President 515-270-0561

[email protected]

Jane McDowell, Treasurer Summit/515-270-0012 [email protected]

Kate Safris, Secretary

Horizon & Summit 515-986-1591

[email protected]

Jill Boeschen, Database Coord JHS & Summit 515-278-1927

[email protected]

Salim Chandani Horizon/515-334-0637

[email protected]

Julie Dilley Lawson/515-289-1819

[email protected]

Shanyn Kramersmeier Horizon & Summit

515-986-0388 [email protected]

Sue Nagel

Wallace & Summit 515-334-0999

[email protected]

Janet Petersen Legislative Liaison


Valerie Thacker

Timber Ridge, & Summit 515-334-7208

[email protected]

Kathy Paul, ELP Coordinator 515-278-0476

[email protected]

2010-2011 ELP Staff Kathy Paul JCSD ELP Coordinator

MS 8-9 ELP, Assessment, training


Easiest to contact by e-mail

Sue Cline ELP Teacher at JHS Advanced Placement


Contact after 3 pm or via e-mail anytime

Mitzi Hetherton

ELP Teacher at Horizon and Timber Ridge

515-986-1121 (Horizon) 515-331-4379 (Timber Ridge)

[email protected]

Contact by e-mail or Phone

Nancy McGill Part-time ELP teacher at Beaver Creek


Call between 3 and 4 pm or e-mail for a

convenient time

Kristen Hartman

Part-time ELP Teacher at Lawson and Timber Ridge

515-278-0478 (Lawson) 515-331-4379 (Timber Ridge)

[email protected]

Contact by e-mail or phone

Jessie Todd ELP Teacher at Summit 515-986-0318 [email protected]

Contact by e-mail or phone

Judie Horka Part-time ELP Teacher at Wallace


Contact by e-mail or phone Monday,

Wednesday or Friday

As the school year ends, I’d like to thank all of our board members for their service this year. Our parent group would not be possible without the help and support of these individuals. A special thank you goes out to Sue Nagel and Kate Safris who will be stepping down from our board at the end of their current term. Thanks for all your contributions! All other members of our board will be continuing next year, but many will be taking on new roles. In addition, two new parents will be joining our board. We will ask our members to vote on a complete slate of officers for the Friends of Johnston ELP Board for the 2011-2012 school year at our parent program next fall. If you have any questions about our group, feel free to contact any one of us over the summer months.

If you haven’t already done so, the ELP staff would appreciate you taking a few minutes to log on to the following address and providing input about the ELP program. Please go to http://tp2.aea11.k12.ia.us/017/JohnstonELPEval_Parents.tp4. This is also on the RESOURCE tab of the JELP web site, which is linked to the school web site (Tab at top labeled PARENTS, then scroll down to organizations and locate JELP). If you don’t have web access, please contact the ELP teacher in your child’s school for a hard copy.

Parent Survey—Please respond by June 3

Summer Programs Available!

Thank You!

The Office of Precollegiate Programs for Talented and Gifted (OPPTAG) offers "exciting learning environments for students and challenges them with academic experiences by incorporating hands-on experimentation as well as individual and collaborative projects." They offer three types of programs: Adventures (for students entering 3 - 7 grades), Cy-Tag (for students entering 8 - 11 grades), and Explorations (for students entering 8 - 11 grades). Log on to www.opptag.iastate.edu for course offerings, dates, qualifications, and registration forms.

http://tp2.aea11.k12.ia.us/017/JohnstonELPEval_Parents.tp4

http://www.opptag.iastate.edu/

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High School Mock Trial Submitted by Kathy Paul, ELP Coordinator

Ninth through twelfth graders from Johnston Community School District recently competed in the annual

Mock Trial program. Kathy Paul is teacher-coach for the program, and Sue Cline is teacher liaison. The teams

are listed below (coaches noted in bold).

Res Ipso Loquitur

Team X

Team Wallace

Guilty of Being Awesome

Impeachment and Cream***

Loraine Wallace Jon Vasey Loraine Wallace Rachele Hjelmaas Rachele Hjelmaas

Chase Wallace Amber Solberg Ellie Wallace Joel Hjelmaas Joel Hjelmaas

Taylor Mithelman Shae Atteburg Jeremy Caracci Jeff Margolin Jeff Margolin

*Grant McDonald *Mike Shi Emily Hanson *Josh Hjelmaas *Alex Hjelmaas

Alex Peterson *Julia North Taylor Jones John Koopal *Jacob Hjelmaas

Kaitlyn Aldrich Vaibhav Srikaran Adam Johanson Sarah Margolin **+Mikayla Stutzman

Helen Lagerblade *Sanjay Koduvalli Ben Nelson Katie Landy *Molly Ward

Anna Pierce Megan Martin Stanzy Snyder *Abby Dockum *Cindy Xu

Andrew Tubbs Anyana Kumar Carmen Vajgrt *+Millie Varley *Ryan Smaha

Sam Sparland Bailey Pierotti *Monica Gagne *Matt McDermott

*Erika Gebard Jonathan Caracci Melinda Paszkiewicz *Elizabeth Mills

Paige Vaden *Chris Dockum

Lydia Sinclair *Rosemarie Freymark

Team D Dawg Justice League The Scuttlebutt Double Jeopardy Johnston Justice

Doyle Sanders Suzie Berregaard RaeAnn Guns Brian Scieszinski Kaycee Schippers

MaryAnn Strawhacker Nick Holland Jeff Carley Mike Mock Dalton Handel

Matthew Beary Jaihui Huang **Carly Crist Laura Scieszinski Kayla Jansen

*Eric Welter Sydney Rissler Olivia Gunns Kenzie Foldes Kelsey Acheson

*Leah Bowman Shianne Thomas Sarah Lewis Andrew Mills Sierra Ballard

Hank Mandsager Hannah Wiles Courtney Norelius *Riley Deutsch Jordan Boge

Kayla Flyckt Breanna Williams Ashley Shaw *Pratyusha Bujimalla Tyler Fenton

*Claire Nagel Zea Zhu **Aditi Dinakar Karen Chen Audrey Kaus

Sarah Mayer Fatiha Iqbal *Andrew Boge Hannah Berger *Swathi Somisetty

*Julia Henning *Jonathan Katz Natalie VanderPloeg Alex Clark Hannah Wiles

Joy Tan *Amy Nihart Kevin Wu

Dan Van Brocklin Megan Gibbons

*Outstanding witness or attorney—district level

+Outstanding witness or attorney—state level

**Outstanding witness AND attorney—district level

***Every member of Impeachment and Cream was cited for an award

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History Day March 30-31

State Historical Building Submitted by Kathy Paul, ELP Coordinator

Aditi Dinakar, Andrew Boge, Kathy Paul, Kaitlyn Aldrich,

Sam Sparland

Shuda Jarboe, Kathy Paul

Hannah Van Zee, Jordan Boge, Megan Gibbons,

Pratyusha Bujimalla

EmmaGrace Walter, Nicholas Lee, Marcus Miller,

Georgia Carroll

8th and 9th graders recently competed in the district History Day contests held on March 30-31 at the State Historical Building. Students created projects centered on the theme “Debate and Diplomacy in History” which they researched and developed for five to six months. Many had primary sources, including interviews, newspapers, and documents. Students took second place trophy in the contests, with 9th grade included in the senior division and 8th grade in the junior division.

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History Day Results

Kathy Paul, ELP Coordinator and Sue Cline, ELP Teacher

Paper Shuda Jarboe Nicholas Collison

Performance: Meredith Toebben Georgia Carroll, Marcus Miller, Nicholas Lee & EmmaGrace Walter

8th Grade Categories

9th grade categories

Documentary Ruchira Shekar, Addy Pender, Courtnery Mithelman and Shana Hudson

Exhibits Jacob Orr Smeet Mistry Sandra Kromminga Nathaniel Standish Autumn Askew, Elizabeth Reiher, and Kara Garside

Web site: Alex Casten and Ethan Niu

Johnston Middle School History Day Results

Middle School Students Advance to State! 8th graders Shuda Jarboe, Meredith Toebben, Addy Pender, Ruchi Shekar, Courtney Mithelman, Shana

Hudson, Marcus Miller, EmmaGrace Walter, Georgia Carroll and Nicholas Lee. 9th Grade: Karen Chen, Abby Dockum, Aditi Dinikar, Andrew Boge, Pratryusha Bujimalla, Hannah

Van Zee, Jordan Boge, and Megan Gibbons.

Documentary Natalie VanderPloeg and Bailey Pierotti Sanjay Kodavalli

Paper Abby Dockum

Exhibits Sierra Ballard and Jovana Majstorovic Callie Coulter and Simrita Varma Pratyusha Bujimalla, Megan Gibbons, Jordan Boge, and Hannah VanZee Hannah Wiles Karen Chen

Web Site Aditi Dinakar and Andrew Boge

It’s a school RecoRd!

A record 12 students from Johnston schools qualified for the National History Day event in College Park, MD June 12th through 16th. Those students are:

7th Grade Sarah Henry Hannah Crooks

8th Grade Shuda Jarboe Addy Pender Ruchi Shekar Courtney Mithelman Shana Hudson

9th Grade Abby Dockum Aditi Dinakar Andrew Boge

11th Grade Kaitlyn Aldrich Sam Sparland

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From the Desk of….

Kathy Paul, ELP Coordinator

The Regional Middle School Knowledge Bowl was held on April 27 at Merle Hay Mall and Johnston

Middle School students Jack Dolde, Ethan Niu, Alex Casten, and Smeet Mistry won the first place trophy. The students competed in both written and oral rounds, with questions related to all academic subjects. The boys also did well last year in the 7th grade competition, and were ranked second going into the regional rounds. They qualified by competing in a computer round done at school.

JMS students take 1st Place Regional Knowledge Bowl

Jack Dolde, Ethan Niu, Alex Casten, and Smeet Mistry.

Mock Trial Teams represent Johnston at State Competition

Team D Dawg, Impeachment and Cream, and Guilty of Being Awesome represented Johnston with 29 other teams at the state competition on March 24-26 at the Polk County Convention Center. Millie Varley (witness) and Mikayla Stutzman (lawyer) were recognized at state for their outstanding individual performances. This was Mikayla Stutzman’s second year in a row that she was selected as outstanding witness. Team D Dawg finished in 5th place, losing by half a point to the eventual state champion. Coach Doyle Sanders has volunteered as an attorney coach for over 15 years. There were 4 teams at state recognized for the Judge Critelli Award for Professional Conduct and Decorum. Both Impeachment and Cream and Guilty of Being Awesome, coached by Joel and Rachele Hjelmaas, and Jeff Margolin were recipients of this special honor.

(Back, left to right) Pratyusha Bujumalla, Abby Dockum, Natalie VanderPloeg, Kaitlyn Aldrich, Sam Sparland. (Middle, Left to right) Mrs. Paul, Hannah VanZee,

Jovanna Majstorovic, Callie Coulter, Aditi Dinakar, Jordan Boge, Andrew Boge.

(Front, left to right) Sierra Ballard, Sanjay Koduvalli, Simrita Varma, Megan Gibbons.

High Schoolers take 2nd place in Senior Division History Days District Competition

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News from Beaver Creek Elementary Submitted by Nancy McGill, ELP Teacher

Greetings from Beaver Creek! I have thoroughly enjoyed the children this year and thank each and every one of you for your support, words of encouragement, and assistance as you helped to make the 2010-2011 another very good year! There has been such growth and excitement this year as children in grades 3,4 and 5 explored the high level of challenge in the Language Arts study! I wish everyone could experience the tremendous level of engagement and collaborative problem solving that goes on during a sentence, paragraph, essay or poem analysis. It is so exciting! Fourth graders chose a classic novel from their Caesar’s English text to read for the last book of the year. Choices include The Yearling, War of the Worlds, Lord of the Flies and Alice in Wonderland, to name a few. The books are proving challenging, but rewarding to the children. It has been a great finish to a year of challenging reading! Math Olympiad participants outdid themselves this year! Our Beaver Creek team achieved the honor of being in the top 10% of all teams participating in this worldwide contest. Our top scorer, Preston Peddicord from Ms. Segebart’s fifth grade classroom achieved an overall score of 24/25. Congratulations! Fourth grader, Aditi Jithendra was our second place winner with a score of 20/25. We have a tie for third place: Jack Lucas and Ethan Haezebroeck, both scored 19/25. No one scored below 10/25 this year – also a first for us! We had a great team this year and I thank everyone who made that possible! I have been very busy as the year draws to a close, meeting and working with as many students as I can from the primary grades. I am meeting new First and Second grade friends and learning about their accomplishments this year and seeking information that will help me recommend cluster groups for the coming year. We have been reading, thinking, solving problems, playing math games, writing and reading poetry and generally getting to know one another. I have really enjoyed this opportunity to meet many children who are eager and ready to learn! The identification process has been completed and again, I want to thank parents for all their support through out this process. It is lengthy and can be tedious; however, it is such a fantastic process to help us get to know the children, appreciate their academic growth and help identify an appropriate level of service the 2011 – 2012 school year. As always, should you have questions about the program or what your child is doing please contact me; Nancy McGill, your ELP Beaver Creek staff person. I am happy to help. Have a relaxing summer!

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3rd, 4 th and 5 th graders have completed their exploration of advanced grammar and vocabulary. They look forward to starting poetry and

writing to end the school year.

News from Timber Ridge and Horizon Elementaries Submitted by Mitzi Hetherton, ELP Teacher, Timber Ridge and Horizon

After reading Mary Ann Hoberman’s book, A House is a House for Me, Horizon first graders created new pages for the book: The solar system is a house for a planet. -Colin Shermer A hive is a house for honey. -Kade Tanke A mouth is a house for a tongue. -Zoey Buchan A cab [of a pickup truck] is the house for a black lab. -Sara Lastine* A bag is a house for Cheetos. -Cade Godwin

Today—Horizon 1st graders Tomorrow—children’s storybook authors!

After reading Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, the first graders created their own ―Animals should definitely not‖ stories...

*(kindergartener)

―Animals should definitely not eat spaghetti because the opossum might mistake its tail for a noodle, and a pig might splash in the spaghetti sauce.‖ –Sydney Pille

―Animals should definitely not go to school because billy goats would eat the paper, and giraffes could never see the teacher because its head would be through the roof.‖ –Jenna Woodsmall

Second graders are working on sta

te

and community research. After

reading several ABC books to

study

the format, they are creating their o

wn

ABC book about Des M

oines and Iowa.

Students are learning how to look for

information, how to know what is

important information, and how to

organize their ideas.

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News from Timber Ridge and Horizon Elementaries Submitted by Mitzi Hetherton, ELP Teacher, Timber Ridge and Horizon

And the Winners Are….

Math Olympiad Winners

Horizon Ben Tinker, 5th grade - 19 points Chris Yao, 4th grade—18 points

Timber Ridge Emily Battani, 5th grade—14 points Joe Paul, 4th grade—14 points

Stock Market Game

Horizon’s Top Investors Ben Tinker Abi Ramesh Natalie Voss

Special thanks to Abi’s

generous tidbit of

information about

Southwest Energy, we

all reaped the windfall

from that investment!

Timber Ridge’s Top Investors Sarah Schade Jakob Knowlton Kevin Dial

Special thanks to Tim

Hanstad from

Edward Jones for

coming in to look

over the students’

portfolios early in

the game and for

giving advice on

where they should

go next.

Fourth graders at Horizon have requested to study famous philosophers after learning a little about Socrates in Caesar’s English class. We will delve into a study of a few of the more well-known philosophers using Philosophy for Kids curriculum.

Fourth grade math students at Timber Ridge have been using protractors to create a Treasure Hunt map for their peers in our study of angles in geometry.

Fourth Grade News

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Math students in second through fifth grade explored many different concepts these past few months

including fractions, decimals, geometry, measurement, and integers. The last Math Olympiad contest was

held in March for Lawson fourth and fifth graders. Congratulations to Hannah Short for being the top

scorer! Lawson fourth and fifth graders enjoyed playing the Stock Market Game this spring.

Congratulations to all of the students for making wise investment decisions and to Val Boska who placed

first out of 21 students in our region!

The students in second through fifth grade are wrapping up their advanced language studies for the

year. Second graders at Timber Ridge continued their study of figurative language (similes, metaphors,

and analogies). They learned about the importance of context in determining the meaning of unknown

words and had lots of fun playing with words that have more than one meaning. Second graders at Lawson

chose a natural disaster to research, wrote a report on the disaster, and compiled their reports into a

book to share with their classmates. Third graders enjoyed Michael Clay Thompson’s book

Building Language. The book introduced the students to the history, structure and elegance of our

language. The third graders at Lawson also held a Pet Parade Expo the end of March. The students chose

and researched a future pet to adopt or purchase. In choosing

their pet they had to think about what attributes were important

to them and how the pet would fit into their family’s lifestyle.

They also had to think about how much the pet would cost and how

much care would be needed.

News from Timber Ridge and Lawson Elementaries Submitted by Kristen Hartman, ELP Teacher, Timber Ridge and Lawson

Kindergarteners enjoyed listening to a variety of books that introduced them to different kinds of thinking.

Students then had opportunities to practice thinking like an inventor, a detective, a magician, and a judge.

First graders “traveled” to Crystal Pond Woods where they met many new friends who helped them review and

learn about different kinds of thinking. The activities encouraged the students to think like a detective, inventor,

scientist, magician, and judge. Here a few groups sporting their “brainfocals” which helped them “see” things in

different ways while they were inventing.

Fourth and Fifth graders at Lawson completed their study of

Latin stems and advanced vocabulary. They also reviewed what

they had learned earlier in the year about grammar and how to

apply it in their writing. All students agree that the study of

Latin stems can help them unlock the meaning of more difficult

or advanced words and enjoyed looking for them in their daily

readings.

Back Row: Jared H., Seth R., Jake W. Front Row: Kassady T., Jordan B., Jaeden T.

Back row: Brandon N., Natalie S., Alaina C. Front row: Derek M., Gus A., Jared M., Zachary M.

Back row: Mrs. Hartman, Brooklyn D., Jacob W., Connor G., Austin L., Keyshawn G., Caden E., Marshawn G., Charlie P., and Sam D.

Front row: Joseph H., Preston V., McKinzie H., Megan L., Mary N., Kayley G.

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News from Wallace Elementary Submitted by Judie Horka, ELP Teacher

Students in three grades are completing Envision projects. Fifth graders have been working on “Career Aspirations,” fourth graders are completing plans for their “Backyard Getaways” and third graders are completing their “Pet Parade” work. Each grade level held an Expo in the school media center to celebrate their work.

We had a successful year with Math Olympiads with 29 fourth and fifth grade students participating. Top scorers in each grade level win a Highest Individual Score trophy. We had a tie for top score in fifth grade at 23 out of 25 points. The high score in fourth grade was 20 out of 25.

Math Olympiad Results

Sam Pineda Kiernan Adair Grant Nelson Aidan Young Macy Thompson Carolyne Waldron Makenna Mumm Grace Wigen Peri Dodd Joe Connolly Ashley Franke Elaine Hoelscher MacKenzie Stanley Sloane Wilhelm Maclain Bremner

Seth Diehl Anelisa Gebard Micah Kragt Rachel Newmann Thomas Altier Andrew Smalley Mark Nagel Will Gavin Sydney Hedgepeth Elvin Niu Sean Reddick Andrew Spaulding William Julstrom Howie Butler

Fourth Grade Participants Fifth Grade Participants

Students in first through fifth grade have also have been working on a science unit focusing on carefully gathering data and utilizing it to make observations and predictions using evidence. The unit is based on the book Dr. Xargle’s Book of Earthlets by Jeanne Willis. Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young was used with some groups. Students worked to build inference skills through observing and testing some mysterious samples.

Sam Pineda Macy Thompson

Makenna Mumm

4th grade participants

5th grade participants

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News from Summit Middle School Submitted by Jessie Todd, ELP Teacher

6th Grade Geek Project This spring, students in Ms. Nystrom's and Ms. Mueller's literacy classes embarked on a unique biography research project, assisted by Mrs. Todd. Borrowing from the Geek the Library, a community awareness campaign designed to highlight the vital role of public libraries, students discussed the impact that libraries have on their education. The students explored the definition of the word Geek and how it has changed over the years from an unfashionable or socially inept person to a more positive meaning. The students then explored their personal passions and identified GEEKS that shared their passions. After selecting their favorite GEEK, they spent time researching. The next step was to write and publish a sestina poem that celebrated their GEEK’s accomplishments. The sestina is a challenging form of poetry in which rather than simply rhyming, the actual line-ending words are repeated in successive stanzas in a designated rotating order. A sestina consists of six 6-line stanzas, concluding with a 3-line "envoi‖ which incorporates all the line-ending words, some hidden inside the lines. The final task was to dress in character and pose for a personal GEEK poster that is now being displayed in their community common area. The students really enjoyed this activity and felt it was not only fun, but educational. Here is how Jillian Gabby summed up this activity, ―We found our inner geek by researching things we love.‖ Elizabeth Boeschen stated, ―The poems were challenging but the posters were geekalicious.‖

I, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Am giving this testament of my life in music, Living with early fame. While strains of sound in my head beg, “Write, Write!” To hear the notes I nside, but at times lack the ability to turn them into sounds worthy to perform. From an early age, my father had me perform. He would say, “Mozart! Play!” And I would string together the notes Into a lacework of music. I began to write My own, dealing with ever-rising fame. But with fame Comes the need to preform, To write, To create. All the notes cry» Motzart! Free us! Turn us into music!» All the sounds, those notes.

Scribbling down the notes To bow to the ever growing fame, The urge for music, The rush to convey them before I must preform. The signs all proclain 'Mozart Will be appearing, playing what he writes!'

Whenever I can write I do, and I free those notes From where in my head they blow like sand. Whispers of «Mozart! Release us! Add to your fame!» And when I release them and preform I think what a challenge it is to live with the music All of that music,

That pleads, haunts me until I write Preform, And liberate those notes. Mounting the stress, the fame. All the perople begging for Mozart. So, I, Mozart, freer of music, Have declined in fame, and yet I write. Though I compose, I do not preform. But I still free those euphonious notes.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

A Sestina by Brooke Thacker

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News from Summit Middle School Submitted by Jessie Todd, ELP Teacher

Hannah Crooks and Sarah Henry receive their invitation to the National History Day event in Maryland.

National History Day

46 students at Summit Middle School competed in National History Day. Our local competition was held at the State of Iowa Historical Building on Thursday, March 31st. Students had an opportunity to share their projects while learning from other students about various historical topics which connect to this year’s theme of “Debate & Diplomacy: Successes, Failures, Consequences.”

Summit had a great day at the Regional History Day Competition! Of the 46 students who competed, 26 of them received awards for their projects! 14 students advanced to the State History Day Competition, which was held at the State of Iowa Historical Building on Monday, May 2nd. State qualifiers included Afshan Chandani, Luke Safris, Donald Gee, Lavina Kalwani, Caroline Aldrich, Maddy Bradley, Anne Wallace, Anna Toot, Kaitlyn Hockmuth, Glen Nagel, Eilidh Chowanec, Katie Perkins, Sarah Henry, and Hannah Crooks. Summit Middle School also won the Overall First Place Trophy for large schools competing in National History Day.

Two students will be representing Summit Middle School at the National History Day event in College Park, Maryland on June 12-16. Hannah Crooks and Sarah Henry will share the documentary they created detailing the role of the Equal Rights Amendment in America’s history.

In addition, special awards were awarded to: Katie Perkins and Eilidh Chowanec, International History Award; Lavina Kalwani, Developing Democracy; and Donald Gee, Outstanding Entry in the Arts. Finalists in their categories included: Maddy Bradley, Anne Wallace, Katie Perkins, and Eilidh Chowanec.

Lavina Kalwani stands by her exhibit Luke Safris and Afshan Chandani are ready to share their work with the NHD judges.

Caroline Aldrich received the Judge’s Choice Award for creative use of materials.

Donald Gee poses with his special award for Outstanding Entry in the Arts.

Maddy Bradley and Anne Wallace were state finalists with this stunning exhibit.

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News from Johnston High School Submitted by Sue Cline, ELP Teacher

The Johnston Academic Decathlon team placed fifth overall at State competition March 4th and 5th in Mount Vernon, Iowa. In addition to a very strong team performance, there were several individual awards earned. Senior Joanna Kim placed 2nd in Scholastic Essay. Senior Mitch Campbell placed 3rd in Varsity Interview. Junior Adam Jaschen earned the overall second place Varsity trophy, by winning medals for 1st in Speech, 2nd in Interview, Language/Literature and Music, and 3rd in Art and Superquiz. This is by far the best individual placement by any Johnston competitor in recent history. Congratulations to Adam, Joanna, Mitch and the rest of the team: Lisa VanWiel, Austin Busch, Megan Martin, Dellanie Couture, Grant McDonald, Joe Buising and Haris Kajtazovic.

Johnston Academic Decathlon

The Class Day assembly was held on May 23 and many ELP students were honored for their outstanding efforts and contributions to the high school. White honor cords are awarded to the students who are in the top 3% of the graduating class. Gold cords are given to those in the top 15%. National Honor Society students wear a gold/purple cord. Student Council members are noted by a braid worn on their shoulder. Seven National Merit Scholars were presented with plaques announcing their achievement. In addition, each department identifies one or two outstanding seniors selected on the basis of participation , performance, and enthusiasm for the subject field. This year’s top 3% , National Merit Award winners and department award winners are listed below. These students also are identified on award plaques in the front entry of the high school, so we can highlight the importance of academic achievement here at JHS.

Front row: Adam Jaschen, Dellanie Couture,

Joanna Kim, Lisa VanWiel, Megan Martin, Mrs. Cline

Back row: Austin Busch, Grant McDonald, Joe Buising,

Haris Kajaztovic, Mitch Campbell

Class Day Assembly

National Merit Award Winners

Eric Welter Mike Shi Emily Parker Kyle Naig

Sarah Mayer Kevin Han Matt Beary

Matt Beary Emily Bisenius Leah Bowman Hailey Bridgewater Allie Crist Katy Davis Chris Dockum Mary Feng Kevin Han Juli Henning

Alex Hjelmaas Ashlee Hulbert Alex Kramer Sarah Mayer Claire Nagel Kyle Naig Dirk Opland Nicole Pirie Mike Shi Eric Welter

Top 3%

Art & Design Mason Johnson Brianna Wengert Band Alex Hjelmaas Business Sarah Cleveland Corey Shafer ELP Matt Beary English Blaine Schlawin Mikhala Stutzman Yearbook Monika Sehic

FCS Allie Crist French Geneva Mongar Andy Jensen Math Kevin Han Emily Bisenius PE Matt Darland Jessica Mozga Science Mike Shi Sarah Mayer

Social Studies Chris Coble Spanish Eric Welter Claire Nagel Industrial Tech Jake Thies Megan Rice Newspaper Kelsey Kruse Vocal Music Dan Van Brocklin Julia Henning

Department Awards

We entered a new contest this spring: History Bowl. It was an interesting and very chal-lenging quiz bowl featuring only American and World History questions. Two teams competed at Dowling High School on March 26. Both played well enough to make the semi-finals, and we all learned how to prepare for this event next year.

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