January 27, 2006 - Vol. 34 Issue 8
Leeling earns high art
honors
By Katie Hauser, jr.
Opinion Editor
Everyone has heard that perseverance pays off, and for eighth
grade student Taylor Leeling eighth, that saying is certainly true.
Lions International sponsors a youth peace poster contest for students who
are ages 11, 12, and 13 every year. Last year, Leeling entered, but unfortunately
he did not make it past the district level.
Despite the result of last year’s contest, Leeling continued to create
artwork, and this year he brought home first place from District competition.
He then continued on to State, where he placed second.
Leeling was awarded a check with a total of seventy-five dollars and was also
recognized earlier this month at the Lions and Youth Mid-Winter Rally located
in Salina, Kansas.
Photo By Mandi Lewis
And the winner is...
Eighth grader Taylor Leeling is congratulated for his
art work by the INTC President,
Ashok Mehta, at the Lions and Youth Mid-Winter Rally in Salina, Kansas.
The high school LEO Club was also in attendance for this youth rally.
“I was not sure if it would win anything
at all,” said Leeling. “I was happy [when I discovered the result].”
The theme for this year’s contest was ‘Peace Without Borders.’
According to the website, lionsclubs.org, “each poster is judged on
artistic merit, orginal idea, and the presence of related theme.”
Leeling’s poster features a dove, the symbol of peace, in front of the
United Nations flag and the flags of various countries from around the world.
Taylor Leeling, eighth, earned second place with his youth peace poster pictured
above.
“The idea just came to me, and I started drawing,”
said Leeling. “I thought it would look cool and fit along with the theme.”
While this poster cannot continue on to compete at any higher levels within
this contest, such as international Leeling plans to continue with his drawing.
Leeling expressed interest in entering such competitions in the future.
District schools prepare students for
assessments
By Jesse Lundine, sr.
District Editor
Every school in the district has begun preparing for the State
Assessments that will be taken this spring.
Third through fifth grades, as well as all the students in the middle school,
will take tests in the areas of mathematics and reading. In the high school,
sophomores will test in mathematics, while juniors will test in reading.
Preparations started with formative tests, which are given with the intent
to show any individual weaknesses in a particular area. The tests are designed
by the same group who wrote the State Assessments.
“[The assessments] are good practice for the students because the format
is the same as the State Assessments and the questions are similar,”
said Teri DeGeer, testing coordinator.
Student scores from these tests have also been used to determine areas that
need to be further covered within the classroom.
Both the elementary and middle schools are engaging students in test preparation
classes after school, while high school students participate in test preparation
during their seminar and extended learning periods.
“The test preparation classes are helpful for students not only to improve
their performance on the State Assessments, but also to improve in life skills,
such as reading and math that can be useful throughout their life,”
said Kim Isbell, reading test preparation instructor.
Youngsters take trip
to bowling alley
By Erica Greve, sr.
Feature Designer
On January 20, students at the Humboldt Elementary School were
taken on a bowling trip to Country Lanes in Iola.
The trip was a reward for students in grades second through fifth who met
goal requirements. Requirements, set in November, were based on each individual
student’s previous year’s score on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills.
This test covers reading, math, science, and social studies. As an incentive
to do well on this year’s ITBS, students were informed beforehand that
they would earn the trip to the bowling alley if they scored the same as or
better than their last year’s score, or scored in the ninetieth percentile.
Photo By Blake Moyers
Sttrrrike.
Second grader Dillon Aikins bowls during the test incintive
trip on January 20 for meeting test requirement goals.
Seventy-six percent of the elementary school student body met
these requirements, and were rewarded with the bowling trip. The trip was
paid for by the school district.
On February 3, the fourth and fifth graders will compete at a spelling bee
held at the elementary school. This spelling bee will determine the finalists
who will proceed to the county spelling bee. The county spelling bee will
be held in Iola on February 15.
February 14, grades K-2 will attend a performance of ‘The Ugly Duckling’
at Bowlus in Iola, as well.
Middle school boys suffer
losses, gain victory
By Haley Terflinger, sr.
Sports Manager
Uniontown, Jan. 17 - The junior Cubs suffered a loss against
the Uniontown Eagles last Tuesday, with the A-team losing 16-26, the B-team
at 25-34, and the C-team also losing 3-23.
The top scorers for the A-team were eighth graders Cory Henshall, Tevin Strack,
and Tyler Gean each with four points. Christian Hollen, eighth, followed closely
behind scoring three points of his own.
“We came out thinking we would just win easy and then we got outplayed
in every aspect of the game,” said Strack.
Henshall also had the most rebounds, nine total, while Gean followed with
six for himself. Hollen and Bryce Smith, eighth, each had five rebounds. B-team’s
Chris Coronado, eighth, had eight points. Nick Miller, eighth, followed closely
scoring six points, while Ryan Cullison, eighth, and Jock Wilson, seventh,
made four points apiece. Leading in rebounds was Coronado with ten total,
and Miller and Elijah Frederick, eighth, had four each.
As for the C-team, seventh grader Connor Stirewalt was the only scorer with
a three point shot in the fourth quarter. The team as a whole pulled off 18
rebounds, had 19 turnovers, and made 10 fouls.
Iola, Jan. 19 – Iola’s Phillies defeated the Cubs in a couple
of close games, 33-40 being the A-team’s final score. The B and C teams’
final scores were 21-31 and 17-38, respectively.
Scoring 13 points , Henshall once again led in scoring and also in rebounds
with 10 total. Strack came in with 10 other points. Close behind them was
Frederick, with six points, and Hollen also made eight rebounds. There was
a total of 33 rebounds, five turnovers, and 10 fouls.
“We played the best half of basketball in the second half that we have
played all year. We held Iola to six points [in the second half] until we
started fouling,” said Eric Carlson, assistant coach.
Leading scorers for B-team were Frederick with seven points, and Coronado,
with four, who also led with ten rebounds. There were 21 rebounds, and four
turnovers .
As for C-team, Wilson led making six points and Stirewalt, Brett Huber, eighth,
and Cody Wright, eighth, tied with three points each.
Humboldt, Jan. 23 –The Cubs gained confidence as the A-team pulled off
a win, 34-14. The B-team came close with the final score 33-38, but the C-team
lost 7-17.
Scoring eight points each were Strack and Gean, and coming close behind was
Hollen with seven. Gean also had the most rebounds with seven total, Henshall
following with six, and Hollen with five. The team together successfully retrieved
26 rebounds, made six assists, and had five turnovers.
“We came out and played hard from the start. Tyler Gean played great
on both ends of the floor. If we play hard for the whole 24 minutes, we are
a very good team,” said Jeremy Weilert, head coach.
The B-team’s lead scorers were Coronado and Wilsonwho tied with eleven
points. Frederick was next in line and scored another seven points, Cameron
Chambers, seventh, scored four more.
The C-team’s only scorers were Gavin Betzen, seventh, with four, and
Wilson with three points.
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