AL Bowling Team Advances to State
Back row L to R: Chris Spurgin, Chad Rageth, Cole Fleming, Rex Hofer. Front row L to R: Kyle Young and Colin Dall.
Congratulations to the Abraham Lincoln Boys Bowling team for qualifying for the State Tournament last weekend in Des Moines. The team defeated TJ, Sioux City North, Sioux City East, and Sioux City West to advance with a pin count of 2939. Colin Dall had the highest individual series with a score of 468 pins. The class 2A tournament will be held Friday, February 26th at 1:00pm at the Plaza Lanes, in Des Moines, Ia.
AL Speech Team Honored at State Speech Competition 
Abraham Linclon High School Speech students qualified three events for the state speech contest in Ankeny Saturday the 6th of February. Reader's Theater received a division I rating and qualified as non-performing All-state. The members of that group were Allison Goldapp, Jordan Kinney, Ronda Long-Birdsall, Danielle Rice, Hannah Goldapp, A.J. Jones, Brian Williams, Seamus St. Clair, Hannah Zimmermann, Morgan DeBoer , Melanie Krohn and Shannon Holmes.
The Radio broadcasting group tilted K-9 Also received a division I rating and was chosen as perfoming all-state. This group was made up of Ronda Long-Birdsall, Baily Kinney, Ally Evens, Melanie Krohn and Kelsey Tekippe.
The second Radio Broadcasting group tilted K-Meal earned a Division I rating as well. This group was made up of Allison Goldapp, Danielle Rice, Shannon Holmes and Merissa Beller.
Kirn Students Receive Honors at Scholastic Writing Contest
Back L to R: Patricia Harte-Maxwell, Ashley Starkey, Natalie Carlon, Victoria Krohn, Sidnie Lewis
Front L to R: Rebecca Barker, Holly Jensen, Michelle Capulin, Chalondra Garrett, Olivia Burgher
Kirn Middle School is excited to announce ten students recently won writing awards in this year’s Scholastic Writing Contest. More than 900 entries were submitted this year from fifteen different states.
Natalie Carlon and Holly Jensen both won Gold Key awards and their writing will advance to the national competition. Natalie is an eighth grade student in Mrs. Maddux’s language arts class and won her award in the short story category. Holly is in Mr. Plummer’s eighth grade language arts class and won in the poetry division.
Patricia Harte-Maxwell, seventh grade with Mrs. Shorey, and Rebecca Barker, eighth grade with Mrs. Maddux, both had their poetry selected to receive Silver Key awards. Ashley Starkey, Victoria Krohn, Michelle Capulin, and Olivia Burgher are all eighth graders in Mr. Plummer’s language arts class and also won Silver Keys for their poetry.
Sidnie Lewis and Chalondra Garrett, eighth grade students in Mr. Plummer’s language arts class, received Honorable Mention awards for their poetry. All ten students will be honored and receive their awards on March 7th at a ceremony in Des Moines.
The All City Orchestra Held Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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Nelson Family Foundation "Excellence in Teaching Awards" Deadline for Nominations
February 26, 2010
The H.H. "Red" and Ruth H. Nelson Family Foundation is now accepting nominations for the Excellence in Teaching Awards to be announced in May. A total of five educators from the Council Bluffs and Lewis Central Community School Districts will honored as part of this annual program and each will receive a $5,000 cash gift from the Foundation. Last year's honorees from the Council Bluffs Schools include Christy Bolt, Terry Hanzlik, Barbara Schmid and Joann Tews. Nominations are due February 26, 2010. For more information from the Omaha Community Foundation and access to the nomination form click here.
Nominees must have a minimum of two years experience as a certified teacher or counselor to be considered.
Tucker Center Students Receive Honors at HOSA
Tucker Career and College Center would like to recognize all HOSA students who participated in the 2010 Regional Competition on January 27th. Tucker Center students competed against students from Missouri Valley, Malvern/Glenwood and Shenadoah Schools. The students spent the day at IWCC competing in 4 different health care events: Medical Terminology, Medical Spelling, Basic Concepts of Health Care, and CPR/First Aid. Tucker Center is proud to announce that Addie Kovacs of AL placed 1st in Basic Concepts, Stephanie Pimentel of TJ placed 4th in Basic Concepts, Michelle Baumbach of AL placed 5th in Basic Concepts and Shannon Nelson of Tri-Center placed 6th in Basic Concepts. Hanna Madson of TJ placed 1st in CPR/First Aid, Lacey Wright of AL placed 2nd in CPR/First Aid, and Alex Dixon of AL placed 5th in CPR/First Aid. Craig Larson of TJ placed 1st in Medical Spelling and Ashlie Burton of TJ placed 6th in Medical Spelling. Brittany Jarzynka of AL placed 2nd in Medical Terminology, Maddie Whiteaker of AL placed 3rd in Medical Terminology, and Lauren Slyter of AL placed 6th in Medical Terminology. The total number of students competing was 150.
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Duane Richardson, Thomas Jefferson, Takes 8th at State
Duane Richardson, Senior at Thomas Jefferson, regained his 8th place title for the 135lbs weight division at the State Tournament held last week in Des Moines. Duane ended his season with a record of 37-9 with over 117 wins during his high school career.
Abraham Lincoln Wrestler, Jake Harris Goes to State
Congratulations to Jake Harris (weight class 152) on an outstanding wrestling season. This year Jake celebrated his 100th career win in addition to his second visit to the state tournament. Jake went 0-2 at this year's tournament.
Carter Lake Teacher Recognized by UNO Phi Delta Kappa
Zach Scherb, a third grade teacher at Carter Lake Elementary School was nominated to participate in the UNO Phi Delta Kappa Showcase of Teaching Award later this spring. He is one of eight teachers selected from across the metro area. He will be expected to make four, thirty-minute presentations to high school students who attend the Showcase. The purpose of the Showcase, in addition to honoring the teachers, is to motivate high school students to consider a career
in education. Zach is a fine example and excellent representative of teachers from the Council Bluffs Community school District.
Board of Education Approves Elementary School Boundaries for 2011-12
On Tuesday, February 23rd, the Board of Education approved a proposal to change the current elementary school boundaries for the 2011-12 school year. The goal in creating new boundaries is to help ensure all students in the Council Bluffs Community School District are educated in modern school facilities that are efficient and offer well-rounded opportunities for all students. The changes will mean some students who now live in the Hoover, Gunn, Bloomer and Washington attendance areas would be assigned to attend different schools in the fall of 2011.
Prompting the discussion and new boundary proposal was the decision to open a new elementary school at the intersection of Valley View Drive and College Road in the eastern part of the school district in August of 2011. Students now attending Gunn, Hoover and Bloomer live in the part of the district closest to the new school.
At a future meeting, the Board will be considering official action to close two elementary schools -- Gunn and Washington -- at the end of next school year (May of 2011). Parent meetings are being scheduled to discuss the proposal and answer questions. Under the proposal, Gunn students would be assigned to attend the newly-renovated Hoover, the new school on College Road, Lewis & Clark or Crescent, depending on where they live. Washington students would be assigned to attend Bloomer, Lewis & Clark or Hoover.
Parent requests to have their child(ren) attend a school other than the one assigned will be granted as long as space allows to maintain reasonable class sizes. Parents who request transfers to other schools will be responsible for transportation.
Click here for description of changes and a map of proposed 2011-12 boundaries for the schools listed above.
Link to Q&A for Washington Boundary Changes
Council Bluffs Swim Team State Meet Results
Pictured is (L to R): Alex Thomas, Ben Kurz, Matt Anderson and Pat Whitsell
The Council Bluffs Swim Team competed at the State Swim meet in Marshalltown this past weekend. Patrick Whitsell (Sr) placed 23rd in the 100 Butterfly while Ben Kurz (So) placed 15th in the 500 Free. The 400 Free Relay Team of Patrick Whitsell, Ben Kurz, Matthew Andersen and Alex Thomas placed 24th. The boys represented Council Bluffs with pride. They are the first male swimmers to represent CB at state since 2004. In addition to the state qualification six new records will be going up on the board at Kirn Pool.
VODEC and Thomas Jefferson High School Receive Vital Link Award from HRAM
Mike Bond, Thomas Jefferson High School Special Education teacher, with Viatal Link Award
The Vital Link Award recognizes businesses and schools partnering together in unique and creative ways to foster education and create learning opportunities. Click here for more information.
Thomas Jefferson Students Participate in Midlands Of Iowa Reading Council Contests
Pictured from L to R: Julie McClain, Angel McGuire and Heidi Gutha
Thomas Jefferson students have won both the poetry and creative writing contests for the Midlands of Iowa Reading Council. Julie McClain (10th grade) won second place in creative writing for her story The Flight. For the poetry contest, Angel McGuire (10th grade) won first place (The Way He Used to Do to Me), Julie McClain won both 2nd and 3rd place (His Eyes, Me & You), and Heidi Gutha won 1st place (12th grade) for her poem The Day I lost More Than One. Both Angel and Heidi’s poems will be submitted to the Iowa Reading Association’s poetry and writing contests at the state level.
Council Bluffs Schools Receive Honors at District DECA Competition
Congratulations to the following students for their accomplishments at the District III DECA competition held in Des Moines Wednesday, Jan. 27. State competition will be held February 28 and March 1, 2010.
Abraham Lincoln
First Place: Alex Olsen and Chris Battaglia in Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Second Place: Shanon Smith & Savannah Dierks in Travel & Tourism Marketing and
Third Place: Brett Caskey in Food Marketing
Fifth Place: Neil Carbis & Jordan Robinson in Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Fifth Place: Hayley Ross in Retail Merchandising
Honorable Mentions went to:
Makayla Nadler and Alyasia Rehfeldt in Apparel and Accessories Marketing
Ali Valdez in Restaurant & Food Service Management,
Tyler Straka in Retail Merchandising,
Andrew Moats & Brandt Schwab in Travel & Tourism Marketing
Thomas Jefferson
First Place: Cody Stites in Automotive Services Marketing
Third Place: Jane Tran in Quick Serve Restaurant Management
Fourth Place: Brandon Goraczkoswki in Quick Serve Restaurant Management
Honorable Mentions went to:
Trevin Taylor in Restaurant and Food Services Management,
Austin Hennings and Hilary Maresch in Sports and Entertainment Team Decision Making Event
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