March 17, 2006 - Vol. 34 Issue 11
Third quarter district honor roll released
Elementary School
All 'A' Honor Roll
3rd Grade
Ethan Barlett, Joshua Hawley, Heath Reed, Miranda Smith, Rachael Taylor,
Danielle Vest
4th grade
Ryan Huse, Dawson Mauk, Hunter Murrow, Kayle Riebel, Anna Setter
5th grade
Stevie Barfoot, Dylan Greve, Judiah Hawley, Megan Herder, Cheyenne Schomaker
All 'A-B' Honor Roll
3rd grade
Elijah Farran, Breanna Kline, Trisha Prock, Kason Siemens, Devyn Smith, Jacob
Ward, Ashley Ikehorn, Tanner Leeling, Alexandra Reynolds, Jaci Ross, Robert
Sellman, Delaney Umholtz, Tea Shelton, Devin Davidson, Brandin Heidrick,
William Huston, Zachary Vanatta
4th grade
Austin Beeman, Justice Bobbitt, Alexis Doolittle, Leighton Jaro, Grayson
Pearish, Nicholas Reynolds, Haley Riebel, Christian Sallee, Kolbyn Allen,
Levi Baker, Tristan Bruneau, Morgan Morris, James Clark, Juliann Durand,
Allison Thummel, Jorie Maloney, Justin Jay
5th grade
Chloe Friederich, Hayden Boring, Aubrey Maxton, Mariah Phillips, Colby Stiffler,
Robb Hauser, Wendi Jennings, Trey Johnson, Cole Morrison, Sarah Smith, Logan
Yokum
Middle School
All 'A' Honor Roll
6th Grade
Emily Durand, Jacki Huse, Nathan Miller, Jeremy Setter
7th grade
Sherryl Scovill
8th Grade
Tyler Gean, Bret Hauser, Mary Hauser, Alexis Hosack
Principals Honor Roll
6th Grade
Hunter Isaac, Katie Roseberry, Darrah Tinkler, Kindahl Young
7th grade
Chelsie Angleton, Jarred Barr, Desi Churning, Taylor Fitzmaurice, Raquel
Hill, Katelyn Manahan, Amanda Maxton, Seth Nickell, Lauren Reed, Valerie
Weilert, Jock Wilson
8th Grade
Chris Coronado, Jacob Manbeck, Nick Miller, Danner Naff, Glendolyn Neely,
Michelle Scovill, Bryce Smith, Cameron Stuart, Brittinii Tolbert
Regular Honor Roll
6th Grade
Whitney Barnhart, Michaela Bartlett, Carrie Cady, Bailey Goodman, Tylar Heidrick,
Alexus Love, Brittany Maloy, Miranda Myer, Joy Myers, Megan Phillips, Alex
Puffinbarger, Keifer Rutledge, Kyle Vincent, Kendall West, Collin Willie
7th grade
Melissa Davidson, Megan Dewey, Lauren Habiger, Ryan Heidrick, Riley Herder,
Josh Jay, Brandi Malloy, Paige Moyers, Ashley Murrow, Jamie Myers, Connor
Stirewalt, Callum Taylor
8th Grade
Elijah Friederich, Christian Hollon, Taylor Leeling, Baylie Morris, Tevin
Strack, Devon West, Kassidy Young, Tiffany Zimmerman
High School
Principalís Honor Roll (4.0)
Freshmen
Randi Barnett, Lenzie Boring, Todd Hauser, Shelley Herder, Bailey Myers,
Kelci Owens, David Setter
Sophomores
Emily Hauser, Justin Lytle, Phillip Vernon
Junior
Katie Hauser
Seniors
Traci Ewing, Owen Heisler, Kristin North, Haley Terflinger, Melanie Weilert
Teachers Honor Roll (3.5-3.99)
Freshmen
Kristin Castle, Crystal Crays, Paige Murrell, Billy Schomaker, Channing Stirewalt,
Callie Umholtz
Sophomores
Jenell Baker, Deedra Barnett, Hali Dawson, Steven Dooley, Alana Heisler,
Haley Huffman, Britany Sellman, Daniel Weilert, Terra Woods, Sarah Works
Juniors
Kayla Megenity, Michaela Myer, Josh Poovey, Emily Schomaker
Seniors
Robbie Ball, Shelley Bockover, Victoria Corban, Garrett Fitzmaurice, Erica
Greve, Jacob Homewood, Jesse Lundine, Mallory Mueller, Kayla Owens, Whitney
Piley, Sarah Riebel, Shane Stanley, Blair Umholtz, Paul Vernon, Maegan Wall,
Lynsee Wilson, Derek Wrestler
Regular Honor Roll (3.0-3.49)
Freshmen
Josh Elder, Andrew Hill, Andrew Honas, Eric Maxson, Malachi Melton, Yulia
Mosley, Rusty Olson, Micah Poovey, Scott Sollars, Mindy Vincent, Laura Watts,
Andrew Whitaker
Sophomores
Joab Barr, Rickie Blanchard, Karna Carlson, Zach Cole, Staci Collins, Tessa
Coronado, Zach Crays, Joe Ewing, Nicci Greve, Katie Manbeck, Devin Myers,
Sam Norris, Christa Phillips, Sara Staggs, Drake Tilman, Chas Willie, Torrie
Woods, Amber Ysusi, Trina Ysusi, Kayla Zimmerman
Juniors
Cliff Adams, Hilary Bartlett, Drue Barton, Dustin Corban, Josh Gillespie,
Josh Honas, Tanner Korf, Chad Phillips, Michele Rickner, Ashley Tull, Mark
Valentine, Travis Wall, Angela Whitaker, Casey Womelsdorf, Chelsy Wright,
Tarryn Young, Trey Zartman
Seniors
Ben Allen, Josh Baughn, Jonathon Combes, Shawna Dawson, Adam Headley, Clayton
Hunter, Stephan Nickell, Ryan Olson, Haley Barton, Mary Schild, Tyler Thomas,
Natasha Thompson, Cara Tilman, Adam Trim, Jordan Young
Boe looks to future
By Katie Hauser, jr.
Opinion Editor
Board of Education members looked to the next school year at
their March 13 meeting.
Contract extensions were approved for all building principals and the superintendent.
Contracts are for one year at the current salary. Any adjustments will be
decided after the Board knows more about funding.
A new inter-local agreement for the ANW Cooperative was approved by the Board.
All districts involved in the cooperative must approve the agreement. The
main reason for the new agreement is so a new school district can be added.
A 2006 to 2007 school calendar with break and conference dates was presented
to the Board and was approved tentatively.
The Board decided to give
the after-prom party a bus. Fuel and a bus driver may be donated by the Board
as well, depending on how the budget works
out by April. They also approved the use of a bus for Civil War tours,
but the
Board will not fund the fuel or the driver.
Kay Bolt, elementary school principal, said that 92 percent of the parents
showed up for parent-teacher conferences. She announced that dial screenings
will be open for younger children.
K.B. Criss, high and middle school principal, told the Board that 60 percent
of middle school parents and 51 percent of high school parents attended
conferences. He also announced that seniors Melanie Weilert, Erica Greve,
and Owen Heisler
were named all-league scholars.
Bob Heigele, superintendent, announced that the city had voted to close
New York street for the new community field house. He said that he was
going
to have a meeting with all the involved companies to set up a chain of
command on the project order. He told the Board that the schools will be
cleaned
over spring break. He also stated that he was not sure how school funding
issues will work at the state legislature and that he believed another
special session of the legislature may be needed.
Conferences allow parents,
teachers to converse
By Melany Megenity, so.
Reporter
Parent-teacher conferences were held at all of the district
schools on March 9 from 5 to 8 p.m. and on March 10 from 8 a.m. until 12
p.m.
Conferences were carried out differently at the high school this semester,
with teachers in their own classrooms instead of being located in the auditorium,
as in the past.
In the elementary school, 91 percent of parents attended the conferences
overall.
At the middle school, on March 9, 41 parents showed up for the conferences
and on March 10, 17 parents attended.
“
Conferences were successful for those that showed up, although there are
always fewer parents showing up in spring than in fall. I appreciate all
of the parents that did come in to visit. I feel that we have a great student
body and great parental support in our school system,” said Mary Durand,
middle school mathematics teacher.
For both days at the high school, there was a total of 50.5 percent of parents
that showed up for the conferences.
Positive feedback on the new format for high school conferences was common
among teachers.
“
I am always glad to see the parents when it comes to conferences, because
I get a chance to talk to the parents,” said Sheryl Palmer, business
education teacher. “It was even better having the conferences in our
own rooms than in the auditorium, because I had an opportunity to show the
students’ parents their power points and other assignments that were
on the computers.”
Top spellers compete
for county title
By Amber Ysusi, so.
Ad Designer
Middle School students, as well as elementary school students
traveled to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center in Iola to compete against kids from
the surrounding areas for the Allen County Spelling Bee.The spelling bee
was held on February 15 in front of a public audience.
Four students from Humboldt Middle School were in attendance for the event.
Eigth graders Chris Coronado, Jacki Huse, Alexis Hosack and Keifer Rutledge
traveled to the spelling bee.
Four Humboldt Elementary School students also attended. Kolbyn Allen, Alex
Murrow, Shayli Ellis, and Caleb Vanatta, all fifth graders, were the elementary
students who traveled to the competition. Rutledge and Vanatta attended as
alternates.
All students were able to attend the spelling bee after placing first through
fourth in Humboldt’s school-wide contest on January 25.
Ruby Crawford, language arts instructor, pronounced the words during the
middle school spelling bee at home. Crawford was also involved in the Allen
County Spelling Bee.
Crawford attended the competition and served as a judge who was authorized
to determine whether or not the contestants spelled their words right.
The students competing in the spelling bee received a spelling bee pin to
wear while attending the competition.
Out of the three Humboldt middle school students in the competition, Hosack received
third place in the county. Hosack misspelled the word ‘limousine,’ which
eliminated her from the competition.
“
I was proud of myself for placing third; I was also kind of disappointed because
I misspelled ‘limousine’,” said Hosack.
Photo By Jesse Lundine
I'm gonna be a track star.
Senior Kristin North signed a letter of intent to run
track for Allen County Community College
on March 6. On hand for the signing were North's parents, Mel and Carol North
along with track
coach Eric Carlson and ACCC's track coach Vincent DeGrado.
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