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Thirty-seven middle school students, one by one, stood in front of their peers and took turns in the challenge of spelling in the annual spelling bee. As a participant misspelled a word, he/she joined the rest of the student body in watching the competition. Finally, it came to Lynsey Seuntjens and Maura Matney. The duo went through several rounds before Maura faltered and Lynsey spelled "salmonella" properly to take first place. After the two were announced as first and second, Jesse Sturgeon and Kevin Bruning took their time to determine third and fourth places; the two had been knocked out of the race for first earlier in the morning. Jesse succeeded in taking third place and will join Lynsey and Maura at the regional spelling bee in Sioux City.
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The students at AOMV are encouraged to read Accelerated Reading books and to take tests on the books. With each passing test, the students accumulate points. When they reach 500 points, they are initiated into the Pink Panther Club. These students became members of the club at the January assembly.
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The students at AOMV are encouraged to read Accelerated Reading books and to take tests on the books. With each passing test, the students accumulate points. Pictured below are the top three readers in each class from the second quarter.
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The students in Mrs. Lori Berning's AOMV eighth grade language arts class were challenged to write an essay on the theme "Why I Would Say No To Alcohol and Drugs." From the 67 students, 3 were chosen to advance to district competition. Madison Walsh, daughter of Jody and Michelle Walsh of Mapleton, Stephen Malloy, son of Virgal and Julie Malloy of Anthon, and Lakkin Schoenherr, daughter of Kirtus Schoenherr of Mapleton were the winners. They each received a $15 check from the proceeds of previous year's winnings of $100 which is given to the schools of the winners. The checks were presented at the monthly student council assembly following the spelling bee. Their entries will be judged at district competition, and winners will be announced in May.
The essay contest is sponsored by the Iowa State Reserve Law Officer's Association.
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At the end of each quarter the students at Maple Valley Elementary gather to honor those who reached Accelerated Reading milestones. After a student reads an Accerelated Reading (AR) book, he/ she takes a test to analyze his/ her comprehension of the story. As the books increase in difficulty, so do the points. As students pass 100, 200, 300 etc. point milestones, they earn gifts from the school.
Here are the milestones and awards from the second quarter.
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The kids pictured were the winners of a t-shirt design contest held during Children's Book Week earlier in the year. Each student was given a paper t-shirt to decorate, and each class had a winner.
6th Grade
Wilson Ahlquist
Cierra Boyer
Kevin Bruning
Lindsey Conlon
Bradley Davis
Alyssa Dose
Ryan Dougherty
Anna Duncan
Kaitlyn Goslar
*Kimberly Greiner
Meagan Kerns
Shelby Klaschen
*Morgan Koenigs
Ashley Kollbaum
Derek Kollbaum
Sam Malloy
Kysa Moore
Hailey Morgan
*Kelsey Morgan
Kendra Mullicane
*Kayla Perkins
Brandee Petersen
Tanner Petersen
Autumn Peterson
Katie Samuelson
Robin Schmidt
*Kelli Schram
David Templeton
Amanda Thies
*Ashley VanCleave
Kalli Weber
Shayla Willits
Kristin Yanak
7th Grade
Lindsey Brown
Emily Camacho
Lauren Crain
Kay Drenkhahn
Jaime Herrick
Vika Hesse
Shawn Nelson
Tari Kay Schauer
Jesse Sturgeon
Kyle Uhl
Jessie Walsh
8th Grade
Sean Bridgeman
Andrea Bruning
Paisley Conlon
Cody Conover
Jacob Davis
Lucas Else
Richard Gagnon
David Koerner
*Eric Koithan
*Stephen Malloy
Maura Matney
Brandon Meyer
Samantha Paulsen
Bailey Petersen
Jesse Rayevich
*Lynsey Seuntjens
Ryan Sulsberger
Curtis Timmerman
Joshua Trucke
Amber Van Cleave
Maddie Walsh
*Beth Weber
Brittany Weber
Paige Wright
6th Grade
Aleandria Berry
Tyler Black
Kaylee Bubke
Teela Day
Jordan Edgington
Joel Ernst
Marcus Eyer
Jacob Fitzpatrick
Matthew Jepsen
Sam Jepsen
Brody Kafton
Joseph Lane
Austin Lawrence
Cassie Livermore
Marah Lugsch-Long
Kayla Lundgren
Chase Morrow
David Putzier
Kaylie Smeltzer
Joseph Utterback
7th Grade
Cyle Behrens
Andy Berry
Nicole Boysen
Raquel Burow
Ashley Buth
Shelby Christensen
Lane Christophersen
Annie Collins
Karli Diede
Halie Edgington
Erika Elmquist
Morgan Fitch
Maloree Gaspers
Makenzie Gosch
Zachery Goslar
Austin Gothier
Ted Hanson
Elizabeth Harkins
Shelby Jensen
Brianna Jones
Ethan Lloyd
Lorissa Mauch
Karissa Morehead
Tyler O'Connell
Taylor Reitz
Andy Seuntjens
Ryan Trucke
Megan Wimmer
Beau Wolfe
Nicholas Yanak
8th Grade
Kelsey Baker
Alex Berry
Isaac Berry
Brock Boyle
Branden Brown
Katie Burkhart
Bailey Christianson
Dale Clarke, Jr.
Chase Collins
Cody Dolezal
Niki Drea
Megan Drenkhahn
Mickey Ehlers
Trevor Friedel
Wade Gosch
Tyler Hoy
Brittany McBride
Karyssa Mullicane
Lisa Mullicane
Megan Mullicane
Augusta Nixon
Emily Peters
Allyson Rolph
Bryce Utterback
Codey Weber
Mystique Winters
Brady Wright
Justin Wright