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Carrington School District
October 2014 CPS Welcomes New
Faculty Members
by Kristen Hewitt
CHS graduate Jessica Skadberg
joins
t h e
CHS
staff
as the
n e w
Family and
Consumer
Sciences instructor. After a long search
for someone to fill this position, CHS
is happy to welcome her! Skadberg
attended NDSU, receiving her degree
in biological sciences education. In addition to her teaching duties, Skadberg
serves as the FCCLA advisor. In her
free time, she enjoys spending time
with her little boy and husband, snow
skiing, cooking, reading, swimming,
and crocheting. Her decision to pursue education stems from her love of
school and her teachers. Additionally,
she enjoyed her time as an elementary
tutor while in high school, working
at the swimming pool, and teaching
swimming lessons. Something she
has enjoyed about the year so far is
seeing all of her little swimmers grown
up and having the opportunity to teach
them in a new setting and subject area.
Another new teacher who is no stranger to Carrington is second grade teacher
Erica Pollert. A CHS grad herself, she
attended NDSU and VCSU earning degrees
in hum a n
develo p ment/
family
science
and elementary education
respectively. Pollert is also coaching the
C squad volleyball team. Her favorite
free time activities include golf, Sudoku,
listening to music, and traveling. When
asked why she decided to teach, she
replied, “ I went into teaching because
of my past experience with teachers.
Some of my elementary teachers absolutely loved their profession and made
learning so much fun because of it. I
want the students that I teach to have
the same experience that I did.” So far
this year she has enjoyed getting into the
Volume 1
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Parent/Teacher Conferences
Oct. 28 &29
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National FFA Conference
Oct. 29- - Nov. 1
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State Student Congress
Nov. 6 & 7
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One-Act Play
Nov. 10
IN THIS ISSUE
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New Faces
Page 2
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FBLA
Page 3
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Counselor's Corner
Page 4
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Building Character
Page 5
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Student of the Month Pages 6&7
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TEAM
.
Page 8
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One-Act
Page 9
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Student Council
Page 9
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Sharon Paintner,
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routine of school and getting to know
the students.
Tana McKibben, a CHS graduate,
joins
t h e
staff at
C a rrington
E l ementary as
a paraeducator in
Mrs.
Julie
Miller’s kindergarten class. Cooking,
baking, and spending time with her
family, husband Cory and daughters
Nela and Natalin, are her favorite free
time activities. She decided to pursue
a career with the school since both of
her girls now attend. Her favorite part
of the year so far has been getting to
know the students and staff.
Leah Thomas, who grew up in the
Bordulac and Jamestown areas, graduated
from
Jamestown
High
School
and attended
VCSU.
Leah is
serving as the preschool teacher in the
East Central Education preschool room.
She enjoys dirt track racing, being with
family, watching movies, and spending time with her dog, Scooby. Her
decision to become a teacher stemmed
from great influences she had in Devils
Lake. She has enjoyed getting to know
everyone at the school and the great
school atmosphere.
Jill Fandrich graduated from Norman County West in Halstad, MN, and
attended MSUM-Moorhead. A new para-educator at Carrington Elementary,
Fandrich welcomes the new challenge,
as she
w a s
ready
t
o
move
o
n
from
being
a daycare
provider but still wanted to work with kids.
In her free time, she enjoys watching
her son, Jacob, at his sporting events,
spending as much time with her family
as she can, and quilting. Meeting all
the students and getting to help them
with their homework are things she has
enjoyed so far this year.
Parent/Teacher
Conferences
Abby Polries, a graduate of CHS,
has joined the staff as a para-educator
for East Central Special Education.
Carrington High School FBLA Attends
the National Leadership Conference
by Jacey Erickson
Dawn Kollman has joined the CES
staff as a para-educator for East Central
Special Education.
A warm welcome to all new staff
members!
Oct. 28 and Oct. 29
3:30-6:30 P.M.
2014-2015 Yearbook Sale
$50
Oct. 27 - 31
After that they are $55
Order yours today!!!
Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL),
the largest and oldest student business organization, held its National
Leadership Conference in Nashville
on June 29-July 2. More than 10,000
of America's best and brightest youth
traveled to the historic city of Nashville to make some history of their
own as they showcased their talents
as future business leaders. Students
also had the opportunity to sharpen
their core business skills, expand
their networks, attend business and
leadership workshops and participate in more than 60 business-related
competitive events.
To attend the national conference,
students had to place first, second or
third in their competitive event at the
state competition. From Carrington,
the following students earned the
right to compete at the conference:
Kayla Hochhalter, Mikayla Schlegel,
Danielle Shipman, Chelsey Geier,
Keaton Erickson, Sydney Huus, Billy
Holtan, Christian Irion, and Ashley
Neumiller. "I've extremely enjoyed
this national conference for the past
two years and feel it has been vital to
my leadership development," said Keaton Erickson, North Dakota Region
IV Vice President. Erickson also added, "I enjoyed networking with other
future business leaders and attending
workshops to bring back ideas for our
local chapter."
The Carrington FBLA chapter
would like to recognize and thank the
following sponsors for their generous support. Diamond level sponsors
are Dakota Growers Pasta Company;
K & J Family Farm, Inc.; David and
Alex Klocke Construction; and Erickson Implement. Gold level sponsors
are Carrington Lions Club, Sykeston
Community Club, Dakota Central
Telecommunications, Wholesale AG
Products, Olson Trucking, Bowdon
Community Grocery, and Carrington
Kiwanis Club. Silver level sponsors
are DJ's Home Center; Farm Credit
Services; Boyer Truck Line, LLG;
Carrington Drug; Arrowwood Prairie Co-op; Carrington Dental Care;
Hooey Insurance Agency; Fessenden
Cooperative Association; Hi-Way
Drive In; Van Bedaf Dairy; Rosenau
Equipment; Josh Kerbaugh; Bickett
Insurance Agency; Ken Hansen; Super Valu; and Lovingly Used. Bronze
level sponsors are Central Pharmacy,
Galt Chiropractic, Central City Lumber, Roundy's Seed Sales, Carrington
Knights of Columbus, Jim Hirsch,
Central Dakota Physical Therapy,
Northern Plains Electric, Bank Forward, Greg and Jody Endres, Dean
and Deedra Aasand, and Kracht Implement. Thank you to these businesses and individuals for supporting
your local FBLA chapter.
Future Business Leaders of
America-Phi Beta Lambda,
Inc. is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3)
education association with a
quarter million members and
advisors in over 6,500 active
middle school, high school,
and college chapters worldwide. Its mission is to bring
business and education together in a positive working
relationship through innovative leadership and career
development programs. The
association is headquartered
in Reston, Virginia, just outFBLA National Conference attendees, back row: Chelsey Geier, Mikayla Schlegel,
side Washington, DC. For
Sydney Huus, Kayla Hochhalter, and Keaton Erickson. Front: Jacey Erickson, Dani- more information, visit www.
elle Shipman, Ashley Neumiller, Billy Holtan, and Christian Irion.
fbla-pbl.org.
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Counselor's Corner
Successful New Format
for Job Fair
by Joan Copenhaver
The current low unemployment
rate in North Dakota has caused businesses and organizations to hire recruiters to vie for workers. One of the
strategies of recruiters is to provide
information to high school students
in order to spark an interest and encourage them to apply at their business.
On September 24, a job fair was
held at the Carrington High School
for students in grades 8-12. The fair
was organized by James Linderman,
Economic Development Coordinator
with the Job Development Association, and CHS school counselor, Joan
Copenhaver. The first presenter was
Dr. John Richman, President of North
Dakota State College of Science. His
message encouraged students to consider what the labor market needs
when planning for their future. He
also talked about the current need for
trade and technical workers and the
financial incentives these fields are
offering to students to enter them.
After the main speaker, students
chose four more sessions to attend,
A very interesting component to
this job fair was the organizations that
have hired recruiters and representatives to encourage students to enter
their fields. ND Area Health Education Center encouraged students
to consider health careers in rural
areas. General Equipment and Supplies of Fargo was recruiting diesel
technicians. ND Energy Education
presented about numerous career
opportunities in the energy industry. Sean Shipman of Baker Hughes,
an oil field service company with
a century-long track record, spoke
with students about his company.
Baker Hughes delivers solutions
that help oil and gas operators make
the most of their reservoirs. Sean is
a brother of CHS instructor, Wayne
Shipman. Verla Jung, representative
for Child Care Aware, encouraged
students to consider a career in child
care services. ND Implement Dealers Association and the Automobile
Dealers Association of ND provided
information about careers that these
dealerships can offer, as well as their
college loan repayment programs.
ND Job Service demonstrated how
to use its website to locate job openings and labor market information.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative shared the career opportunities
available in their coal, wind, natural
gas, nuclear and oil industries.
Many local businesses gave presentations or set up booths to share
information about their occupational field. These businesses also provided information about their financial incentives, such as scholarships,
tuition assistance, and loan repayment programs used for recruitment
purposes. Local companies and organizations included the Carrington
Ambulance, Runnings Farm and
Fleet, Ben Garr's dentistry practice,
K & T Irrigation, Carrington Chamber
of Commerce, Carrington JDA, Dakota
Growers Pasta Plant, Erickson Implement, Looks for You hair salon, Golden
Acres, Carrington Health Center, Pizza
Ranch, Titan Machinery, Leading Edge,
and Carrington Youth Center.
College admissions counselors from
thirteen area colleges explained to students how to access information and
applications on their school websites.
They also shared the strengths of the
colleges and their academic and extracurricular programing.
Recruiters from four branches of the
military also attended. The ND National Guard, Army, Air Force, and Marines
were represented at the job fair.
Two hundred and nineteen students
participated in the job fair, and approximately forty-five presenters attended.
The students evaluations were positive.
The students appreciated that these recruiters took time from their work day
to talk with them and provide information.
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Elementary Focuses on Building Good Character
by Gloria Odden
This year at the elementary school
we are focusing on "Building Good
Character." Each month we will focus on a different character trait with
the emphasis of having these traits for
life.
During the first week of school,
Mrs. Gloria Odden, school social
worker, visited each classroom and
provided each student a Lego person.
On the Lego person, they wrote their
name and then hung them on a bulletin board in Odden's office. Through
this, the students learned that they, as
a school, are going to work together to
build good character.
In addition to the character education, the students will be presented
with "Your Child Was Caught Being
Good" slips. These slips will explain
what behavior was recognized and by
whom.
Student Character awards will be
given out each month. Recipients for
the month of September were as follows: kindergarten, Cyrena Kuss and
Gabriel Clifton; first grade, Anthony
Broadwell and Molly Hanson; second grade, Fallon Lacina and Callen
Garber; third grade, Morgan Sherman
and Wyatt Weninger; fourth grade,
Trisa Lesman and Chloe Hovdeness; fifth grade, Taylor Braaten and
Navarre Head; and sixth grade, Cole
Solwey and Jose "Manuel" Trevino.
Thank you for all the work you
do at home to enhance their positive
character building. Carrington Elementary School is very proud of its
students.
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September Students of the Month
Every month, teachers nominate
students from each grade to be Students of the Month based on positive
attitude, school spirit, citizenship,
involvement, and academic effort.
A faculty vote is taken to determine
the SOM.
Jessica Gussiaas- Freshman
Alex Matson - Junior
October Students of the Month
Addison Hoornaert — Seventh
Hayden Schmitz— Freshman
Keaton Erickson– Junior
Grace Wolsky - Seventh Grade
Parents: Marvae and Joel Gussiaas
Family member: Dalton
Hobbies: Reading, tubing, speech, and One-Act
Favorites: Color- blue, Food- roast beef, Band- AC/DC
Parents: Jennifer and Kevin Wolsky
Favorite
class: Physical science
Family members: Kaden, Emma, Person
most
admired: Misha Collins
Haley, Reagan, Kallen, Krew, and Future Career: Medical Examiner
Aleah
Tanner Hafner - Sophomore
Favorites: Food- pizza, Color-green Movie- The Fault in Our Stars, Sports- volleyball and basketball
Favorite classes: Math and science
People most admired: My parents
Alex Jarrett- Senior
Parents: John Erickson and Shan-
non Alexander
Family members: Jack Erickson, Parents: Jennifer and Chad Hoornaert
Trey and Lauryn Alexander
Family members: Emerson, Edyn, Parents: Kim and Jim Schmitz
Hobbies:
Student Council, FBLA, Family members: Marah and Hudson
Aniston and dog
Hobbies: Sports, video games, hanging NHS, 7th grade mentor, One Act, Hobbies: Volleyball, basketball, and
speech, Science Olympiad, with friends
baby-sitting
watching
movies,
Academic
Pur-
Favorites: Food- steak and raspber- Favorites: Color- red, Food-pizza, suit, and hanging out with friends
Sport- basketball
ries
Favorites: Food- spaghetti, Favorite class: English
Favorite class: Math
Color- red, Movie - The Perks of People most admired: Mom and Dad People most admired: Parents
Being a Wallflower
Future Career: Undecided
Future Career: Special Education
Favorite class: Choir
Teacher
Person most admired: Mrs. Seil
Future Career: Doctor
Braxton Hewitt— Sophomore
McCoy VandeHoven—Eighth Grade
Claire Endres—Senior
Parents: Bobbi and Jason Jarrett
Family members: Abigail, Amanda,
Allison
Hobbies: Hunting, fishing, hanging out with friends, sports
Favorites: Food- pizza
Favorite class: Ag Mech
Person most admired: Dad Future Career: Ag System Man-
agement
Parents: Jody and Greg Endres
Family members: Erin, Ann, and Parents: Jill and Chuck Vande-
Jill
Hoven
Parents: Eric Hewitt and Brenda Bush
Hobbies: Student Council, FFA, Family members: Cassidy and Family member: Calleigh
NHS, volleyball, track, SOS, BBB Nathan
Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, stats, 7th grade mentor, Science Hobbies: Football, working out, Academic Pursuit, and sports
Olympiad, watching movies, and XBox
Favorites: Food- pizza, Movie- Mon-
hanging out with friends
Favorites: Food- pizza, Music- eyball, , Color- blue, Song- "Show-
Favorites: Color- green, Movie- country, Color-red
er"
Remember the Titans, Food- ham
Favorite class: Algebra
Favorite class: Algebra II
Favorite class: Co-op
People most admired: Grandparents Person most admired: Mr. Ranum
People most admired: Mrs. Han-
Future Career: Electrical Engineer
Future Career: Undecided
sen and my parents
Future Career: Undecided
Parents: Christa and Kim Hatch
Family member: Morgan Hatch
Hobbies: Biking, guitar, and reading
Favorites: Bands- Linkin Park and From Ashes to New, Color- red, Movie- Fast and Furious, Book- In-
heritance series
Person most admired: Dylan Boehmer
Future Career: Military, Electronic Engineer
Future Career: Teacher or doctor
Austin Hendrickson - Eighth Grade
Parents: Connie and Troy Hafner
Family member: Taylor
Hobbies: Hunting and riding Razor
Favorites: Food-pizza, Color-green, Parents: Kathy and Paul Hendrickson
Actor- Will Ferrell
Family members: Lucas and Lauren Favorite class: World History
Hobbies: Sports
Person most admired: Dad
Favorites: Food-pizza, Song-"Sail" Future Career: Pharmacist
Favorite class: Gym
Person most admired: David Taylor
Future career: Wrestling coach
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TEAM After-School Program
by Christy Richter
TEAM, Together Everyone
Achieves More, is the after school
program that is offered to students
in grades kindergarten through six.
From September through April,
TEAM meets Monday through
Thursday from 3:15-5:00 P.M. at
the elementary school. The goal
of this program is to provide study
time to complete homework and
enrichment activities. Students
learn self-discipline and how to
work with peers.
Some activities provided are city
library days for K-3, math games,
computer lab, and (new this year)
monthly NDSU extension projects
for grades 4-6.
TEAM students also have snack
time and recess.
The program’s directors are Mrs.
Julie Miller and Mrs. Christy Richter, with AmericCorp assistance
from high school students Brooke
Thomas and Sam Mittleider. Scholarships are available to qualifying
students.
One Act
Plays
Scheduled
by Michele Seil
This year's CHS one-act program
again offers both a varsity and a junior varsity production. The varsity
team will perform a serious selection
called The Last Train, by R. James
Scott, which is a Holocaust story set
in October, 1944. The junior varsity
team will balance the serious with a
comedy full of quirky characters guaranteed to make the audience laugh. It
is called Good Cop, Bad Cop by Ian
McWethy and Jason Pizzarello.
Each team will have two public
performances. The JV team will
have a morning performance at the
elementary school on November 5.
The varsity team will perform at the
high school on Monday, November
10. Both plays will give their premier
performance at the Drama and Dessert program on Saturday, November
8, beginning at 7:00 P.M. The varsity
team will also perform at the Region
V competition on November 12.
Student Council
Sponsors Fall Events
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by Brenna Skytland
The CHS Student Council has had
a very busy start. One of its main
events is Homecoming Week. This
years events included dress up days,
a dodge ball tournament, coronation,
a pep rally, Super Olympics, and the
homecoming dance.
The dress up days included Zombie
Day on Monday, Student and Teacher
Swap Day on Tuesday, Garbage Bag
Day on Wednesday, Heroes and Legends Day on Thursday, and Spirit Day
on Friday.
The dodge ball tournament started on
Monday and ran all week. Every day
after lunch, students from one grade
would take on another grade's students.
It concluded on Friday in a game in
which the freshmen defeated the staff.
Every year the senior class elects
three girls and three boys to make up
the homecoming court. This year’s
court consisted of Seth Abaurrea,
Brady Bickett, and Brady Smith for
the boys and Claire Endres, Brooke
Rosenau, and Brenna Skytland for the
girls. Junior gift bearers were Taylen
Mehring and Sierra Friedt. Coronation
took place on Wednesday, September
17, 2014. Brady Bickett was crowned
king, and Claire Endres was crowned
queen for the 2014 school year.
On Friday the Student Council put on
a pep rally at the high school. During
the pep rally, all fall sports teams were
introduced by each coach. Next, were
the Super Olympic games. The teams
competing against each other were
made up of students of each grade, the
number varying for each game. The top
three grades in each game won points
that added to their total score. The seniors were declared the homecoming
week champions and won a pizza party
the following Monday.
After the homecoming football game
against Ellendale/Edgeley/Kulm, the
Student Council held the annual homecoming dance. The dance started at 9
o’clock and went until midnight, and
only grades 9-12 were allowed to attend.
Another popular event of the Student
Council is selling “World’s Finest
Chocolate” candy bars. They were
available in milk chocolate, caramel,
crisp, dark chocolate, and almond. Each
candy bar sold for one dollar. Sales
ended on October 3rd.
Reminder to parents about weather related decisions:
In an event that school or school events are delayed or cancelled, you will receive an "instant alert" message from the school announcing the decision.
If the school district decides to hold classes or attend an extra curricular activity, but parents are still concerned for their children's safety, parents may choose to pick up their children early or keep them home from school or the activity event. Regardless of the decision the school district makes, you as the parent have the final decision.
The school district respects the decision of the parent, knowing the weather related decision is ultimately up to each family.
Thank you,
Dr. Brian Duchscherer
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School Calendar of Events
FFA Pancake & Labor Auction
Oct. 20
28 &29Parent/Teacher Conferences, 3:30-6:30 P.M.
29-31 National FFA Convention
30-31 VB Districts, Ellendale
National FFA Convention
Nov. 1 FB Quarterfinals
1
VB Districts, Ellendale
3
One-Act JH, Elementary School
5
6 &7 State Student Congress
1:30 Dismissal for Prof. Development
7
FB Semifinals
8
One-Act Dessert Program, HS, 7:00 P.M.
8
10-11 VB Regional, Jamestown
11
No school, Veterans Day
11
School Board Meeting, 7:00 P.M.
12
Region 5 One-Act, Jamestown
13
VB Regional, Jamestown
14
State FB, Grand Forks
20-22 State VB, Minot
24 &25State One-Act Play
27 &28No School
Dec. 4
Elementary Christmas Concert,
2:00 & 7:00 P.M.
9
School Board Meeting, 7:00 P.M.
9
High School Christmas Concert, 7:30 P.M.
13
ACT Test, CHS
24-Jan 4 Christmas Break