The Minnesota Department of the American Legion Auxiliary is hosting the 70th annual Girls State event from June 12-18 at the Bethel University in St. Paul. The Elk River American Legion Post Auxiliary is providing funding to send up to three junior girls from the Elk River area to this program in citizenship and Americanism. The purpose of this program is to:

•develop leadership and pride as American citizens

•educate citizens about our system of government

•instill a greater understanding of Americanism

•stimulate a desire to maintain our democratic government processes.

This is achieved by establishing city, county and state government using mock campaigns, caucusing, debating, voting and parliamentary procedures. Other activities include a day at the Capitol, well-known speakers, patriotic ceremonies and a judicial court system.

Contact Sylvia Frolik of the Elk River American Legion Auxiliary at 763-772-4841 (email sylviafrolik@gmail.com) for more information and application forms.  Application deadline is March 4.

by Jim Boyle

Editor

The Jan. 26 meeting to discuss school boundary lines with the families most impacted by the proposed changes to the Twin Lakes Elementary School attendance zone had all the underpinnings of an emotional, controversial and argumentative debate.

One parent cried foul over “classism” on a placard at the entrance to the school cafeteria where the meeting was held. More than 120 parents, District 728 administrators from the four affected elementary schools and the two affected middle schools along with some school staff filled 15 lunch tables for the first chance to publicly scrutinize the proposed boundary lines. The proposed boundary lines for Twin Lakes, Parker, Lincoln and Meadowvale elementary schools were unveiled at a Jan. 11 meeting of the Elk River Area School Board.

District administrators opened Monday’s meeting with a presentation on how Twin Lakes got to this point, the work that was done by the 4004 Committee assembled to prepare the parameters used to draft the proposed changes, and a plan to put attendees to work on what they think of the proposal and their suggestions to improve it.

The goal of the meeting was to encourage and promote a focused conversation and to vale and honor the perspectives of each person. Groups of like-minded individuals were assembled after the first round of questioning allowed participants to identify what they liked and what they felt needed to be improved with the proposal. In the second round they worked to identify solutions to their biggest concerns.

Afterward participants patiently waited in lines to place an allotment of green and orange stickers to say what they could support and what ideas to improve the plan resonated with them the most. Most quietly left after completing their final task while others stuck around to pose more questions to administrators and make a case for their particular viewpoint.

The meeting, which lasted more than two hours,  ran remarkably smoothly, but not without flare ups of emotion as parents talked around the tables about where their children and others will be heading to elementary school or middle school this coming fall under the proposal. Those flare ups, however, were limited to  those tabletop discussions and did not spill into the big group.

The 4004 Committee will look at the plan again and decide if they will make any revisions. Next, they will present to the School Board on Feb. 8 with final action expected on March 14.

It was this past fall that Twin Lakes Elementary shot past building enrollment capacity by more than 15 percent that triggered a district policy to convene a committee of staff and parents.

Fifty-eight more students than the previous year showed up at Twin Lakes this past fall. The enrollment now sits at 901, and more growth in the east is expected as a large housing development is being prepared.

The 4004 Committee was assembled and was charged with looking at what to do about the crowding at the eastern-most elementary school, and after looking at the options, decided to pull at least 200 students out of the school.

“The goal is for the plan to be durable enough for kids to stay at their school for the remainder of their elementary school career,” said Charlie Blesener, the district’s director of community engagement.

A high number of participants challenged the need to do this, asking to limit the number of kids pulled out of the school to 150. This idea attracted dozens of votes (green stickers). Each participant got five stickers and could put all five on one idea or put one on each of five ideas.

Other ideas to get considerable support were:

–Additional students should not be moved for the sole purpose of maintaining equity across the district.

–Twin Lakes teachers who have kids attending should be allowed to keep their kids at the school.

Other ideas to get a significant number of votes included asking to have the Northfork development remain intact in the Twin Lakes attendance zone and to grandfather in certain groups like those day cares in the Twin Lakes attendance zone.

The woman who toted the placard before the meeting asked during the meeting if socio-economic conditions were considered during the group’s work.

They were, district officials said, later explaining that two clauses in the policy that drives the committee’s work address movement of students to guard against having  changes in attendance zones adversely affecting another school or impacting equity.

Among the demographics measured and examined were the numbers of students of color and those with limited English proficiency as well as those in special education and on free and reduced lunch.

School officials were able to identify the percentage changes that could be expected and saw that the most any school increased or decrease was, in most cases, up or down by less than 1 percent. The number of students on free and reduced lunches at Twin Lakes will go down less than 2 percent, and the number of students on free and reduced lunches at Lincoln will also go down by 2 percent. Meadowvale and Parker will both be impacted by less than 1 percent.

“I didn’t speak with the woman, so I don’t know what her specific concern was,” said Joe Stangler, the district’s administrator of research and assessment. “But I can say that we did pay attention to this fact and met the expectations associated with both the policy and the recommendation.”

Special to the Star News

More than three dozen students from Elk River and Zimmerman high schools rang in the New Year in Italy on the trip of a lifetime.

“I will never forget (it), because of all the natural beauty and architecture,” Zimmerman High School junior Arica Forsti said. “I got to see, learn and do so much in such a small amount of time that no other trip will compare to this one.

“All of the pictures you see of Italy don’t do it justice because it’s something you have to experience for yourself. From riding a gondola in Venice to climbing the Tower of Pisa, Italy showed me what true beauty was. This was truly the trip of a life time.”

The 10-day odyssey began on Dec. 28, 2015, after more than two years of planning. Twenty-four Elk River High School students, six teachers and two administrators doubling as chaperones accompanied 14 Zimmerman High School students and three parent travelers.

The group landed in Milan and proceeded east to the cities of Verona, Padua and Venice.

In Venice, the group was treated to a glassblowing demonstration as well as a gondola ride on the famous canals of Venice.

From there, they traveled south to Florence for two days, which included a morning excursion to the city of Pisa where they were able to see the famous leaning tower.

The group also spent New Year’s Eve in Florence, Elk River High School senior Michael Domeier said.

While in Florence, the group was able to see the beautiful Duomo Cathedral as well as Michelangelo’s stunning Renaissance sculpture of David.

Elk River High School junior Ashley Nething said her favorite memory of the trip was climbing to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

“The view from the top was breathtaking,” she said.

After Florence, the group traveled south to Rome, where they toured the Vatican, the Colosseum, the Pantheon and ruins of the Roman Forum.

Domeier said touring Rome was like stepping back in time — and history.

Ellie Nelson, an Elk River High School junior, said all of the history “makes you appreciate the world in many ways.”

From Rome, the group from Elk River and Zimmerman traveled south through Naples to see the ruins of Pompeii on their way south to the beautiful coastal city of Sorrento.

The group’s last destination was the island of Capri, where they dined on pizza and were able to do some shopping.

In the evenings, students settled into a game of cards and ate Italian chocolates, according to Zimmerman High School junior Morgan Bronken.

Students from Elk River High School to go were Elizabeth Albrecht, Katelyn Brinza, Brooke Burns, Monet Cairns, Lauren Christ, Ashley Daniel, siblings Marina and Michael Domeier, Grace Fonder, Madison Gordon, Chase Gould, Megan Green, Madelyn Hildenbrand, Erin Klang, Mackenzie Literski, Chase Meyer, Ellie Neilson, Nething, Emma Pieper, Chloe Rand, Sophia Schutt, Maddie Siefert, Hailey Stein and Cameron VanBuren,

Zimmerman High School students Julia Petron, Alexis Larson, Bronken, Forsti, Jackie Charles, Makayla Schwieger, Noah Olson, Kelsey Forster, Molly McChesney, Morgan Ziebarth, Alyssa Macht, Danielle Williams, Kaydia Dewey and Samantha Halverson were on the trip as well as parent travelers Lori McChesney, Lauren Ziebarth and Kevin Olson

Chaperones included Karl Sagan, a social studies teacher at Elk River High School; Jessica Sagan, an assistant at Zimmerman High School; Kurran Sagan, an assistant principal at Zimmerman High School; Kim Sagan, an administrator in Anoka-Hennepin School District; Matt Kraus, a social studies teacher at Zimmerman High School; Jenessa Kraus, an English teacher at Zimmerman High School; Rachel Degroat, a special education teacher at Elk River High School; and Chad Degroat.

by Trevor Hass
Sports Reporter

The Elk River math team hosted its final meet of the year Wednesday night, finishing in second place behind Blaine.

Senior Brianna Gerold came in first place overall, Haley Yoder tied for second, Alex Christensen tied for fifth and Trevor Pautzke came in 10th place for the Elks.

“I’ve been on math team for four years,” Gerold said. “Hanging out with the team is super fun, and even though we didn’t win it was still a good year.”

Gerold will attend St. Scholastica next year, where she plans to major in Math and Computer Science. Her favorite memory from her time with the math team is going to state as a junior.

She said the key to finishing in first place is a combination of practice and familiarity with the tests. She said Curt Michener teaches her and her teammates what they need to know in order to be successful.

“She’s awesome,” Michener said of Herold. “She’s willing to do anything you ask, and she’s the hardest worker I’ve probably ever had. Just a positive influence in the classroom and in the school. I’m going to miss her.”

After the competition, Michener was disappointed his team didn’t make state. He knew the Elks had a shot, but they came up one point short against the Bengals.

He said he’s sad to see the seniors go, but he’s hopeful next year’s group can carry the tradition forward and lead the team back to state.

“We’ve got a tradition around here of being pretty solid in math,” Michener said. “We’ve got some new kids that want to carry it.”

District will buy the Minnesota School of Business facility for about $4.2 million

by Nate Gotlieb
Contributing Writer

The Elk River Area School Board voted Monday to purchase the Minnesota School of Business building in the city, despite the objections of two board members.

Board chair Holly Thompson and board member Jane Bunting voted against the project, which will cost between $5.6 and $7.3 million, voicing concerns about the district spending millions on an administrative building potentially at the expense of other projects.

They also said they wanted more public comment on the project that will ultimately cost $7.3 million, noting the discussion generated by spending a similar amount of money on the Rogers High School auditorium.

“I don’t see anything about this project tying back to student achievement or the World’s Best Workforce,” Bunting said. “I hear convenience of staff, but I don’t hear necessity.”

In a presentation to the board, Supt. Mark Bezek and Executive Director for Business Services Greg Hein said the new facility will allow for operational and long-term capital savings. It will also increase staff productivity by housing everyone under one roof, they said.

“I know it’s never popular to spend money on administration, but it takes administration to operate a school district of our size,” Hein said. “We’re just trying to be as efficient as we can in use of taxpayer and state money.”

The move will end a yearslong search to find a single administrative facility. The three existing administrative buildings range from 16 to 45 years old and would need millions in future capital improvements, Hein said.

Bezek said the district will use about 75 percent of the 31,200-square-foot building, which is located off Highway 169 and tucked behind a SuperAmerica gas station on 193rd Avenue.

The district will pay $4.2 million for the building, $1.2 million to renovate it and about $300,000 for other costs, Hein said.

The district will use $1 million of its $3.3 million in capital reserve funds for a down payment on the project. It will need to finance at least a part of it, though Hein said he hopes the district could limit interest by selling or leasing the three existing administrative buildings. Those were appraised at $2.95 million.

Still, Bunting and Thompson were hesitant about the project. They both questioned whether the board should spend money on this building before discussing broader spending goals at its Feb. 29 work session.

They also said they were concerned with the lack of public comment on the project. The discussion came at the end of Monday’s three-hour-long meeting in front of a sparse audience. Most audience members had left after the board discussed the Twin Lakes Elementary School boundary changes earlier in the meeting.

Bunting introduced a motion to postpone the purchase agreement, but only she and Thompson voted in favor of that.

Board members asked Bezek and Hein if the building would be available if the board were to wait. They said they did not know.

Hein said the district will bid the project this summer, begin construction in the fall and move in next winter.

Board Members Tony Walter, Shane Steinbrecher, Sue Farber, Jamie Plantenberg-Selbitschka and Dan Hunt voted in favor of the project.

Group suggested 200 be moved at first

by Nate Gotlieb
Contributing Writer

The committee tasked with addressing overcrowding at Twin Lakes Elementary School recommended Monday that the Elk River Area School District transfer about 150 Twin Lakes students to Parker and Lincoln elementary schools for next school year.

That number was about 50 fewer students than the committee originally recommended on Jan. 11.

The modified recommendation came after a Jan. 26 public input meeting attended by more than 130 people. In an informal vote, just 9 percent of attendees approved of moving up to 200 students and 39 percent said the district should decrease the number to 150.

District policy requires a school to reduce its student population when the building is more than 15 percent over capacity. Twin Lakes is about 16 percent over capacity this school year, with about 900 students and a stated limit of 775.

“We don’t have enough classroom space,” Principal Dan Collins said, adding that school leaders had to convert the media center into two fifth-grade classrooms.

“Your building becomes where it’s hard to manage with so many kids.”

The committee is recommending the district reduce the school’s population by reassigning open-enrolled and in-district transfer students and by revising the Twin Lakes boundary zone.

The committee’s new plan would reassign students in Pullman Place and a portion of the Northfork development to Lincoln. It would reassign a portion of the students who live in the townhomes in the area north of the light rail station to Parker.

The new plan would allow the 14 children of Twin Lakes staff members who are not in the school boundary zone to remain. It would also allow nine students from Otsego to stay, because that elementary school is about 10 percent over capacity.

The plan would allow 17 open-enrolled students directly to the east of the current Twin Lakes zone to stay. Those students would otherwise be in the Anoka-Hennepin School district.

It would allow upcoming fifth-graders to stay at Twin Lakes but would require those families to provide their own transportation.

The plan would not change the number of full-time classroom employees the district needs next year. The district would eliminate Twin Lakes’ assistant principal and third secretary positions as a result of the plan. It would also need to move about four or five teachers to different buildings.

The district plans on mailing final student assignment letters to every Twin Lakes student in kindergarten through fourth grades.

Boundaries ‘good for 3 to 5 years’
The district policy, dubbed the 4004 policy, stipulates that the district not change a student’s school more than once in a selected grade span, which is elementary school in this case.
Director of Research and Assessment Joe Stangler said the district will adhere to that policy. He said the modified proposal could hold for three to five years, whereas the committee’s original proposal could hold for five to seven years.

Regardless, he said the district will not move kids more than once during their elementary school careers.

Attendance zone changes next year would apply only to elementary schools, not Salk and VandenBerge middle schools. The district will phase in the changes at the middle schools.

The School Board decided on Monday to discuss the recommendations at its Feb. 29 work session. District administrators say the board needs to make a final decision by its next meeting on March 14.

Elk River High School was well represented at the 16th annual Northwest Suburban Conference All-Conference Band, Choir and Orchestra Honors Concert held at Blaine High School Feb 9.

These singers and musicians were among more than 2,500 students from 14 schools to submit audition recordings and high school music career statistics to compete for spots in the all-conference performance groups.

Seven Elk River High School musicians and eight choir members were named All-Conference.

The Elk River musicians to be honored were Sydney Heinen, Mikala Springer, Blair Budahn, Jake Griffiths, Izzy Hinseth, Elizabeth Stevens and Kami Boedigheimer. Griffiths was placed as a principal chair in the orchestra.

Choir students to be honored were Alexa Filipiak, Olivia Fromm, Enya Mably, Kiera Larson, Erin Mably, Kaytlin Sederholm, Keith Sullivan and Joseph O’Connell.

The festival included several weekends of rehearsals for students. Guest conductors of the festival were Bradley Miller, University of Minnesota, Morris; Justin Zanchuk, College of St. Benedict; and Alan MacNair, Oakland University, Michigan.

6^TH GRADE A HONOR ROLL Maya Adler, Zainab Ahmed, Jordan Alberts, Andrew Andersen, Evan Anderson, Olivia Anderson, Riley Anderson, Cade Armstrong, Samantha Aronson, Madeleine Arro, Andie Atanasoff, Noah Batcheller, Bryce Bechtold, Sarah Behnke, Peyton Belka, Allison Born, Kylie Bostic, Amelia Bowers, Alexander Bowman, Alyseia Brache, Aksel Bresin, Espen Brown, Benjamin Bultemeier, Brooke Carlson, Dillon Cassady, Ariel Chang, Anna Chase, Emily Christensen, Ian Colby, Jack Curtis, Laney Dahlstrom, William Dahlstrom, Bryce Daiker, Payton Dane, Isaac Dean, Nicholas Demoret, Isabella Dickmeyer, Christopher Dietl, Austin Dietrich, Easton Dobitz, Braeden Donahue, Kathryn Donahue, Makenna Dorion, Reiken Downs, Hunter Dunn, Alec DuVall, Madelyn Eddy, Shylin Eichele, Faith Envil, Ava Erickson, Anna Essendrup, Ella Evans, Jack Eyrich, Samantha Fanaselle, Ryan Fischer, Cierah Giron, Nicholas Gleason, Olivia Glines, Austen Goelz, Brianna Good, Alicia Grassel, Braedon Grauf, Cassidy Grebinoski, Savannah Greiner, Jamison Grudem, Abbigail Halverson, Josiah Haman, Alexis Hardy, Hannah Hartlage, Leah Hatcher, Caleb Heilman, Hannah Heimer, Joshua Henderson, Grady Hines, Brady Hommerding, Emma Hommerding, James Honnoll, Hailey Hoskins, Alexis Israelson, Kyle Jackson, Mitchell Jezierski, Abigail Johnson, Dawson Johnson, Dylan Johnson, Madeline Johnson, Tegan Johnson, Tyler Johnson, Lilyann Kaehler, Caleb Kantor, Emma Kemmetmueller, Sara Kemmetmueller, Kendal Kemp, Jamie Kerkvliet, Amber Killian, Raegan Kimbler, Megan Klava, Dylan Kolman, Kassidy Kragt, Emily Krall, Alexis Krueger, Ashley Kuehn, Seth Kuhlman, Matthew LaCock, Vivian Lakotas, Caitlin Lee, Owen Lefebvre, Jack Lenz, Vaughn Lindquist, Niramon Littana, Anna Luksik, Ryan Lund, Madelyn Lynch, Tianna Lynch-Brown, Lexi Lynde, Paige Madsen, Anna Magnuson, Jadyn Mahaffey, Ellie Mahnke, Brendan Maisch, Alyssa Makela, Riley Martin, Riley Martin, Grace McClurg, Max Menne, Keagan Messer, Cordelia Mindrum, Zachary Mink, Makayla Moe, Elizabeth Mogere, Tyler Mohs, James Moir, Nadia Montano, Mckenzie Morey, Medina Muratovic, Emmily Ndege, Jaelyn Newcomb, Jayden Newman, Jacqueline Nguyen, Duncan Niblo, Kate Nourse, Samantha O’Connor, Kaden O’Konek, Carson Oberson, Jayden Olmsted, Jack Olsen, Sophia Paepke, Sara Parliament, Alexander Paulson, Anna Paulson, Kaden Pederson, Albert Pereda, Allison Peterson, Annalyn Phengmany, Madison Phinney, Levi Putman, Samuel Raffenbeul, Brian Ramola, Kathryn Randall, Rhys Reilly, Brynn Reines, Morgan Reust, Ava Ridlehoover, Jacob Ripley, Alyssa Ritchie, Allyson Ritter, Zachary Romans, Madeline Ronning, Kamrynn Rose, Devin Sanders, Hannah Scharber, Peyton Schultz, Kailey Seckel, Rachel Secrist, Isaac Seipkes, Grade Fields: Name, John Seiwert, Giana Seminari, Ava Sevlie, Breanna Shaw, Morgan Sievert, Ava Sims, Jenna Skoog, Alex Smisek, Ella Smith, Isabelle Smith, Kya Smith, Sawyer Smith, Tristin St Gelais, Kaitlyn Strand, Mackenzie Strandness, Luke Strassburg, Madison Stusse, Jack Swan, Johnny Tennyson, Kaylee Thomas, Sara Toensing, Kate Tollefson, Colton Topp, Lan Tran, Hailey VanHouten, Allison VanStelten, Paige Vreeman, Alexa Vukich, Tyson Vylasek, Jack Wain, Cameron Watters, Abigail Welle, Paige Welle, Cindle Wells, Brenna Wessman, Natalie West, Matthew Wetternach, Branden Willenbring, Tegan Woolsey, Isabelle Yantes, Andrew Yermakovich

6^TH GRADE B HONOR ROLL Greta Anderson, Tabitha Bandy, Mckenzie Bayer, Jacob Blomquist, Tyson Bloom, Josie Bolster, Jack Borchardt, Rylie Borich, Sawyer Braun, Ellie Buzzelle, Kaden Carlson, Keegan Cavanaugh, Jacob Clauson, Caleb Climaco, Julius Coller, Lauryn Collier, Flannagan Corkery, Olivia Correll, Alexis Daleiden, Olivia Damman, Miguel Del Valle, Jacob DeValk, Andrew Dolan, Anna Dols, Alisha Dubay, Michael Dulski, Matthew Duscher, Hayden Eide, Payton Embry, Emma Esterberg, Lauren Fahey, Kelly Farmer, Mariama Fofana, Ty Frederickson, Ricky Gapinski, Irvin Gonzalez, Pedro Gonzalez, Gavin Grambart, Jackson Gullickson, Maximus Hansen, Sawyer Hanson, Chase Harvey, Marlena Havel, Kaitlyn Hecker, Megan Heinen, Mackenzie Hennen, Andrew Huber, Philip Ibe, Emma Japs, Carson Johans, Ryker Kalahar, Owen Kanzler, Tiana Kastanos, William Klabunde, David Klaers, Kelsey Kuemper, Owen Lane, Jack Lilleodden, Alexander Lindberg, Spencer Luckeroth, Mason Luehrs, Spencer Lundberg, Karter Maki, Nicholas Manthei, Haley McCassalin, Lennon McLean, Madison Metcalf, Taylor Michaud, Tanner Miley, Miken Miller, Ellie Mootz, Kiley Morris, Jack Munson, Matthew Nelson, Trevon Olson, Allan Orina, Luke Osen, Parker Otkin, Eric Pearson, Samantha Perry, Adam Peterson, Brooke Peterson, Isabella Peterson, Soren Peterson, Mackenzie Pontius, Liam Qaasim, Alexander Reinking, Maxwell Ricks, Alexis Rojas, Shelbi Rolow, Evan Rose, Joshua Running, Jeffrey Sarvey, David Schapiro, Anna Scherling, Isabella Sederberg, Alyssa Shaft, Kayla Silas-Booker, Dylan Sobiech, Caden St Vincent, Payton Stafford, Tate Swenson, Logan Thompson, Jacob Tripp, Austin Vanderveren, Alexis Virginia, Emma Wald, Arizona Walker, James Warren, Neva Weber, Tyler Weidenbach, Owen Wheeler, Isabella Wolf

7^TH GRADE A HONOR ROLL Lauryn Ahlm, Noah Amundson, April Anderson, Kaitlin Anderson, Alyssa Bachmeier, Sarah Barry, Hailey Bechtold, Gavin Beck, Henry Bednar, Gabriella Bengs, Faith Benzi, Allisyn Betzler, Natalie Bohlsen, Karolynn Bratten, Aidan Brewer, Ellie Bridell, Elizabeth Brown, Jacob Bunnell, Katlyn Byhre, Vernis Campbell, Ashlee Carlson, Carson Cornwell, Bryan Coskey, Emily Covington, Justin Cox, Austin Cuabo, Benjamin Dahl, Remy Darr, Carter Daun, Lydia Deavel, Luke Delzer, Jessica Derouin, Reese DesVernine, Kealan Downs, Emily Dusosky, Anna Eich, Mallory Engle, Haley Field, Kaitlyn Fischer, Morgan Fischer, Ian Flath, Charles Folkens, Edie Frantzen, Alexandria Fuller, Jazmin Garcia Villagomez, Bradon Gerberding, Kate Gilbertson, Kobe Goodwin, Grant Greni, Gideon Haman, Braden Hamann, Nicholas Hand, Quinn Hansen, Lauren Hatcher, Erika Hathy, Delaney Hegarty, Kaelyn Hegman, Alexander Heidorn, Olivia Hermanson, Breanna Hetchler, Reese Hoffarth, Ella Husnik, Jonathan Jairam, Matlyn Jensen, Kathleen Jessen, Alexandra Johnson, Jaina Johnson, Reagan Johnson, Delaney Jordan, Jenna Kalevik, Isaac Kapsner, Bryant Kerr, Malerie Kinney, Isabella Kornwolf, Madelyn Kranz, Mackenzie Krueger, Emma Kvalheim, Jack Larson, Alayna Lau, Kate Lessard, Gwyneth Lien, Elijah Ligon, Abigail Lilleodden, Ethan Loukusa, Andrew Lubke, Taylor Lundberg, Sophie Lynch, Grace Mammen, Dailey Matejka, Mackenzie Matthies, Anastasia Matushenko, Ross Meskimen, Audrey Meyer, Allison Miller, Piper Miller, Sarah Mize, Julia Motzko, Olivia Myrman, Evelyn Naziri, Hailey Nelson, Anatolii Nikitchuk, Riley Nordberg, Ella O’Shea, Samuel Oestreich, Abigail Patin, Grant Pawlak, Isabel Quintavalle, Carter Raiche, Connor Raiche, Kaitlyn Rapacz, Braden Ridlehoover, Tyler Robinson, Cade Rosacker, Emma Schaupp, Abigail Schave, Emma Schindhelm, Zachary Schmitz, Julia Schnell, Brooke Schumacher, Payton Scott, Tucker Segraves, Megan Simon, Alexander Skinner, Gavin Smisek, Melissa Solem, Macy Soppeland, Alexis Stock, Emma Stock, Maddi Streit, Everett Sunvold, Victoria Swanson, Mackenzie Terhaar, Lauren Theisen, Logan Thelen, Navarre Thielges, Morgan Trierweiler, Malory VanEngen, Kyler Voeller, Lilian Wade, Samantha Walker, Tanner Weis, Ava Whitcomb, Emma Wilson, Ryan Wolfe, Lucas Yelich

7^TH GRADE B HONOR ROLL Olivia Ames, Matthew Amundson, Theran Armogan, Jordon Beaudry, Ryan Block, Dylan Blundell, Rachel Boeck, Logan Brecht, Alanna Carlson, Connor Chandler, Mitchell Coleman, Ryan Davis, Kaitlyn DeVries, Eli Dobitz, Ava Duke, Chloe DuRose, Quinn Follmer, Jared Gast, Madison Gelo, Thomas Gilmore, William Ginter, Cade Gleason, Evan Glimsdale, Angelina Golden, Diana Golovatyy, Cole Gunnarson, Madelyn Hamilton, Zachary Hanauska, Josie Henderson, Corina Hoeg, Nicholas Hoffman, Kaden Holterman, Nicholas Huettl, Kaitlyn Jones, Payton Josewski, Jacob Kaeter, Noah Kelzer, Bailey Kern, Arissara Khampho, Abigail Kiffmeyer, Gabrielle Klink, Zachary Knutson, Kalista Kragt, Mason Kranz, Gavin Larson, Riley Larson, Madison Laurent, Courtney Lessard, Caleb Lindberg, Katelyn Manthey, Grace Manz, Alivia Marotteck, Jadyn Master, Colin McDonald, Curtis Meersman, Riley Meister, Hailey Midthun, Zoe Morehead, Ryan Moter, Alexandra Mudrick, Danyel Nelson, Zenith Neumann, Quan Nguyen, Kate Nielsen, Hayden O’Connor, Patrick O’Donnell, Erin O’Neal, Logan O’Neil, MaKayla O’Neil, Cody Oakland, Hannah Olson, Avery Otten, Joshua Otto, Elizabeth Palumbo, Emma Palumbo, Treyton Parker, Dennis Paz, Amanda Pereda, Gena Phengmany, Savannah Pittman, Mya Playle, Chevy Post, Tristan Rasmussen, Bennett Reines, Thomas Rice, MacKenzie Rick-Moores, Emma Rooks, Owen Sabinash, Triston Sanchez, Kyle Scherber, Alexander Schmidt, Mia Schmidt, Zoey Schreiner, Matthew Seurer, Genevieve Sexton, Bianca Shedrick, Micaela Sigfrid, Dominick Siharaj, Brandon Simon, Hannah Skavnak, Dylan Skawiniak, Peyton Smith, Mayadell Sonderup, Annabel Stahlback, Mikayla Strand, Ella Stritesky, Tyler Strombeck, Alaina Syverson, Lauren Tate, Rebecca Teshome, Sean Tester, Ethan Tran, Jaelynn Tresise, Caroline Tullbane, Parker Turbes, Grade Fields: Name, Elena VonBank, Alexander VonRueden, Ondreah Wade, Joseph Wallerius, Steele Walsh, Stevie Waste, Avery Wilson, Jordan Wilson, Andrew Woods, Brookelyn Yernesek, Benjamin Yonak, Zoe Zelenak

8^TH GRADE A HONOR ROLL Ella Achterkirch, Anthony Alberts, Bailey Alberts, Lauren Andersen, Braden Anderson, Mikayla Anderson, Sam Bakri, Lily Bandy, Codi Banks, Vince Barkley, Luke Behnke, Margaret Behrendt, Robin Beyer, Michael Braun, Alaina Brenning, Abigail Bruers, Isabella Brunetti, Katelyn Buechler, Lindsey Carriere, Cheyenne Carter, Luke Chapman, Madelyn Claseman, Joseph Clauson, Samuel Climaco, Holly Cserpes, Ellie Dahlheimer, Lauren Dahlstrom, Kyra Dalluge, Jared Deelstra, Benjamin DeMarais, Bailey Dobberstein, Kiley Dorion, Boston Eddy, Olivia Eggers, Ellen Erdahl, Henry Erdahl, Jacob Esteves, Erika Farmer, Benjamin Fisher, Riley Fiske, Shay FitzPatrick, Nathan Franz, Rachel Geist, Ryan Getz, Thomas Glad, Benjamin Gordon, Ian Groe, Isaac Hanauska, Julia Harder, Hailey Hartlage, Alex Hedlund, Jacob Hemann, Claire Hippen, Kelsey Holmes, Drew Hommerding, Grace Hromadko, Kayli Huber, Hannah Hulinsky, Heather Hulinsky, Taylor Husarik, Grace Jablonski, Greyson Jenkins, Gretta Jensen, Tyler Johner, Abigail Johnson, Jessi Jordan, Paige Jordan, Tessa Judge, Kasidy Justen, Brandon Kain, Ryan Kammers, Sara Kangas, Alexa Kanieski, Ali Karels, Kaitlyn Kellar, Lauren Kellar, Jenna Kerkvliet, Logan Kimbler, Ritvik Kosuri, Jessica Landry, Nicole Landry, Ella Lanman, Elise Larsen, Isabella Larson, Claire Lehtola, Emma Lenz, Charles Levis, Emerson Lewis, Peyton Lewis, Patric Loeffler, Sierra Lorbeski, Lauren Lougheed, Lucy Lyngen, Rachael Mackowick, Morgan Marrs, Hailey Mattioli, Jonah Maurer, Malena McGraw, Marissa Meier, Raegan Meskimen, Whitney Meyer, Easton Miller, Samuel Miller, Isaac Mize, Makayla Mohs, Anthony Mootz, Leah Mork, Joseph Moss, Mitchell Myers, Walker Nelson, Brittany Neu, Kacie Nevison, Beth Nielsen, Abigail Northuis, Corey Nuanthalasy, Evan O’Konek, Mackenzie Olsen, Sara Parent, Adam Paris, Jace Parliament, Nathan Pawlowski, Alex Pearson, Jack Peluf, James Peterson, Carson Phenow, Alexander Prahl, Jada Primus, Luke Quale, Catherine Ramola, Sarah Randall, Carter Remer, Joseph Reshetar, Madison Richardson, Jaden Rivers, Andrew Rocheford, Riley Roden, Christopher Rooney, Preston Rosacker, Wesley Rothi, Nicholas Sanders, Jacob Scharber, Erin Schreifels, Tristan Schultz, Breanna Schumacher, Nathan Scollard, Isabella Smetana, Joshua Sommerstad, Emma Sorensen, Katherine Sperr, Darien St Gelais, Gunnar Stangeland, Kate Stein, Olivia Sultany, Lillian Tennyson, Kennedy Thomas, Megan Thomas, Andie Timpe, Isaiah Toth, Kaitlyn Tripp, Mia Umerski, Marissa Vescio, Megan VonDeLinde, Brianna Vote, Brennan Vreeman, Michael Wegleitner, Emily Welch, Josie Wenum, Cody Yoss, Alyaksey Zhukouski

8^TH GRADE B HONOR ROLL Brianna Adamson, Ivan Alcaraz, Logan Alford, Judd Anderson, Nicholas Anderson, Dominic Anderson-Conlon, Micheal Angeli, Joshua Anthony, Morgan Bauer, Peyton Bauermeister, Evan Braesch, Dallas Casey, Panharithik Chan, Ella Chenvert, Seamus Corkery, Slade Dalzell, Nicole Dusenka, Elizabeth Earlewine, Samuel Essendrup, Kamryn Fjellanger, Madeline Fortin, Tyler Francis, Trey Frederickson, Ryann Frolik, Taylor Fullington, Kaitlyn Hager, Allison Hatcher, Emma Havel, James Hays, Grace Heideman, Cameron Henderson, Tariq Henry, William Hensel, Luke Holdren, Payton Jewett, Kyler Kimmick, Frederick Kirschman, Hannah Knutson, Isabelle Lacroix, Hannah Lamberger, Natalie Langston, Hunter Larson, Tate Lenius, Roman Liashko, Maximus Lien, Kayla Lindboe, Brandon Lubke, Abigail Manthei, Deanna Mantsevich, Jayleigh Mateuszczyk, Emilee McCaw, Jackson Melquist, Kiara Mendez, Ashley Michoma, Kayla Moccia, Vince Moua, Basil Munson, Lucas Oswskey, Marshall Packer, Jessie Proell, Max Quintavalle, Isidro Renteria-Garcia, Alison Reust, MacKenzie Richardson, Raegan Rohrer, Sydney Saen, Kalena Silas-Booker, Samuel Simpson, Brandon Sitarz, Jamison Skoog, Ryan Skoog, Nicholas Smegal, Adrian Smiles, Breyden Stolski, Wyatt Stonewall, Ryan Streeter, Ashley Stusse, Benjamin Surprenant, Isaac Teigen, Megan Trombley, Maryjane Voight, Jacob Wanner, Brady Watters, Alexis Wertzler, Evan Wieker, Jenna Wilson, Elizabeth Wilson-Sandberg, Sydney Wood, James Yabandith

A first-grade teacher from Otsego Elementary and a math instructor from Zimmerman High School/Middle School are among the 114 educators named as candidates for the 2016 Education Minnesota Teacher of the Year.

Erin Rehnblom is a first-grade teacher at Otsego Elementary and has been with ISD 728 since 2011.

Julie Beaver, who is a math teacher at ZMS/ZHS and also works with students at Ivan Sand Community High School..

The Minnesota Teacher of the Year program, now in its 52nd year, is the oldest and most prestigious recognition program in Minnesota to honor excellence in education. The program chooses one teacher to represent Minnesota educators.

 A HONOR ROLL

Grade 8 – Megan Averill, Trisha Averill, Emily Banker, Abigail Barschdorf, Joshua Bauer, Abigail Bense, Molly Bense, Elijah Bicek, Johanna Breyen, Snow Bryner, Kodi Buckley, Makayla Buckley, Rebecca Buckley, Taylor Byars, Addison Casey, Taylor Christian, Lauren Conzet, Kelly Crocker, Jake Cunningham, Jackson Danielowski, Gracelyn Dilley, Griffin Dow, Adam Eldredge, Alexa Engebretson, Abigail Filipiak, Abigail Fritschel, Elijah Greenberg, Olivia Grev, Benjamin Grundman, Nicholas Gulden, Adam Hague, Cassandra Hall, Samantha Halter, Samuel Hansen, Carter Hanson, Audrey Hawes, Hannah Hawley, Rhetta Hillukka, Hannah Hilyar, Seth Hopkins, Savannah Hulse, Isaac Hultberg, Delaney Huntley, Anders Johnson, Cassandra Johnson, Moira Kirschbaum, Joshua Koziol, Noah Kramer, Isabele Krivich, Emma LaFlamme, Kayla Lingman, Bryce Loidolt, Mackenzie Mahowald, Michael Mattson, Kaylee Miller, Sidney Mitchell, Savannah Moore, Wyatt Morin, Tennison Mueller, Sean Mynahan, Bradley Nelson, Kaytlin Nething, Amelia Olson, Samuel Orgon, Jolea Osborne, Alicia Palmer, Abigail Peterson, Nice Plasabas, Kaiden Poling, Amber Pomeroy, Sergey Rabikau, Alexis Rademacher, Greta Rivers, Alejandro Rydberg, Juliet Saari, Codi Schminkey, Paul Schmitz, Marianne Schoen, Alaina Schoenfelder, Erin Schunk, Jacob Shaheen, Leah Stanislawski, Zachary Stroh, Joseph Sullivan, Charity Timm, Jessica Timm, and Emily Vetter

Grade 7 – Amber Aamodt, Alexandra Anderson, Kiyah Baker, Tyler Bakken, Emily Baumer, Brandy Belanger, Treyvanne Bergstrom, Nolan Blake, Evan Bode, Kyleigh Boese, Isabella Braaten, Grace Caouette, Katelyn Carr, Easton Christian, Ryan Corpe, Connor Corrow, Kendal Cox, Ellen Dehn, Blake Douglas, Kaitlyn Flagle, Amanda Forstie, Edyn Fosse, Derek Fromm, Jack Gebhardt, Paige Germscheid, Katie Gerold, Emma Glasgow, Ella Goede, Megan Gordon, Joseph Greniuk, Jayna Hager, Luke Hansen, Hailee Hemze, Ryla Hines, Brady Holland, Nathan Holm, Viktoria Hrytskevich, Linkin Huber, Franklin Jarmoluk, Andrew John, Abigail Johnson, Cordelia Johnson, Maya Johnson, Scott Jussila, Kira Kainz, Megan Kelley, Parker Kivley, Payton Kolles, Jacob Kotzian, Olivia Kramer, Johanna Langbehn, Kalia LaValley, Makayla Leuthold, Kendra Lingman, Gabriel Livingston, Lucas Lodermeier, Harleigh Lucas, Mckenzie Lundquist, Milena Maretski, Miah Martin, Jordan Mehrer, Austin Moss, Maxwell Muller, Audrey Neuerburg-Chapman, Payton Nivala, Grace Nord, Anne Overton, Samantha Peterson, Bailey Phipps, Jadyn Potter, Irina Rabikava, Blake Ramberg, Ethan Reznicow, Carlie Richter, Ellie Rivers, Lily Roiger, Corinn Seifert, Shelby Silva Garcia, Raymond Sizen, Molly Stroh, Emily Tatur, Sophia Tobin, Hailey Traun, Adaeze Udalla, Kylie Urvig, Heaven Wells, Kennedy Westphal, Ryan Wilson, Charles Wonser, Mya Yoder, and Kalen Yurich

Grade 6 – Emily Almanzar, Maverick Almich, Henry Babcock, Jordan Bauer, Blake Benson, Noah Benson, Tucker Brady, Logan Braley, Alex Brandt, Gavin Carlson, Lainie Carlson, Andrew Christopherson, Chloe Coffee, Ava Cole, Isaac Coletta, Elle Cotton, Gabriella Danielowski, Alexandra Dillion, Olivia Drager, Maya Eatherton, Zach Falls, Andrew Foss, Collin Furlong, Carmen Galante, Erin Gannon, Amos Gborie, Neal George, Luke Gintz, Kayla Grady, Tanner Greenwell, Dayton Guyer, Dylan Haataja, Tyler Hague, Belinda Hamlin, Ella Harris, Luke Hevey, Bella Hillman, Russell Hillukka, Kendall Hudson, Ryan Hudson, Taylor Ives, Emma Jackson, Colton Jaderston, Lucas Jenniges, Kylie Jimenez, Ava Johnson, Kage Johnson, Zoey Johnson, Braden Junker, Joseph Jusczak, Rylen Keoraj, Benson Kozitka, Gabriel Kramer, Rayna Laing, Dylan Langley, Kendra Lockwood, Rayna Mahowald, Peyton Maier, Cadence Martie, Mason Mattingley, Alyson Miskowic, Caroline Nelson, Hailey Neumann, Ashley Ojeda, Sadie Olson, Erik Pilich, Thomas Rebrovich, Lindsey Redepenning, Madelyn Reisinger, Josh Riffe, Julia Rindy, Taitum Rishovd, Emma Rowland, Hannah Ruberg, Cade Sabby, Destiny Scharf, Maxwell Schunk, Blaise Schutt, Mason Schwegman, McKenna Stoll, Jack Sumstad, Gavin Swart, Joseph Swigart, Jaxson Tesser, Ashton Thomas, Ava Torfin, Jerome Uche, Sydney Venne, Madelon Vojta, Jordan Voss, Amy Wallace, Harper Westgaard, Isaac Wiitala, Ryan Wingard, Ella Wonser, and Olivia Yurich

B HONOR ROLL

Grade 8 – Albis Almanzar, Mitchell Bakken, Emma Beckers, Jordyn Benson, Izzabella Brouhard, Gregory Bury, Zachary Carlson, Brendan Chermack, Benjamin Christensen, Remy Clusiau, Haylee DeMars, Jace Donnelly, Matthew Duitsman, Bartholomew Engvall, Dmitriy Findorff, Madison Fleming, John Gannon, Thomas Good, Adam Gulden, Jasmine Hansford, Talon Heath, Sara Heinkel, Jaden Hickman, Jack Hipsag, Anna Jorgenson, Alexis Lynch, Taylor Majeres, Christian McAlpine, Piper Miller, Mahalia Norton, Daniel Riley, Hayden Rishovd, Sydney Robertson, Adison Rodgers, Emily Rutherford, Hailey Sandberg, Isabel Seguin, Ethan Sharp, Austin Stanislawski, Devan Thompson, Levi Voigt, Charlicia White, Christian Williams, Austin Yang, Michelyn Zappa, and Alexsia Zimmerman

Grade 7 – Aaron Bouma, Kareen Brenteson, Jackson Burg, Mackenzie Creighton, Faith Dahlheimer, Mitchell Dahlson, Isabella Dehkes, Cole Donald, Gabrick Doro, Andrew Fox, Blake Friestad, Michlyn Fyten, Riley Graham, Kelsey Gust, Donna Hacker, Timothy Hanson, Madalyn Harvey, Kurt Haugen, Kyle Haugen, Hallee Hopping, Brooke Hortian, Collin Humphreys, Ryan Kiely, Brandon Klein, Madelyn Krueger, Allison Lechtenberg, Tyler Lucas, Mason Martineau, Madelyn Merkle, Kellen Michener, Quinn O’Hara, Jack Overton, Justin Owens, Gabriel Rodman, Daniel Schroeder, Elissa Simone, Kaitlyn Stelk, Emma Stenglein, Dacoda Thoennes, Jack Tudor, and Eric Ullrich

Grade 6 – Hailey Andres, Austin Blue-Isensee, Ryder Burdine, Hunter Burdorf, Lydia Burggraff, Joseph Caduff, Cruise Clay, Kayla Coolidge, Lucinda DeMars, Owen Doran, Gemini Fields, Stephan Good, Bradley Gust, Maggie Hale, Anthony Hanson, Benjamin Hawley, Gavin Hilyar, Alexia Hovda, Liberty Huber, Devyn Jones, Gabrielle Kangas, Makayla Kichler, Abigail Kohout, Landon Kolles, Mackenzie Larson, Ethan LaVenture, Shae Law, Dzianis Liashkevich, Skyler Lindley, Aaron Marcotte, Brady McAdams, Ashlynn McGuiggan, Tyler Menning, Ekaternia Miller, Tia Mitchell, Isaac Nameny, Cole Newhouse, Ruby Olson, Mason Pearson, Boyd Peltonen, Evan Ressler, Connor Ricksham, Caleb Rother, Summer Sandberg, Peyton Sharp, Nickolas Smith, Brady Thompson, Bethany Timm, Cassondra Vang-Lohnes, Hayden Waletzko, Mason Weber, Kathryn Wessel, Tucker Westphal, Sean Whealdon, and Rachelle Witt

6^TH GRADE 2^ND QUARTER “A” HONOR ROLL – SALK MIDDLE SCHOOL

Darlene Abeln, Oluwademilade Adebayo, Rowan Agosto, Rachel Agyei, Matthew Alexander, Makenna Anderson, Allison Arndt, Marcus Ayumba, John Belair, Corey Bengtson, Abigail Berg, Cadence Bever, Grace Boswell, Ruby Bowen, Danielle Bruemmer, Kaylee Buck, Nathaniel Buhl, Catherine Bunker, Dru Bunn, Garrett Carlson, Nathan Carter, Cooper Christian, Madelyn Christian, Caitlin Cramer, Paige Crawford, Emma Czech, Iain Davis, Brandon Deal, Levi Donat, Alexis Duke, Haelyn Eggert, Johann Eirich, Emily Ekman, Ty Erickson, Matthew Ferry, Zachary Finch, Claire Flahaven, Jack Flahaven, Alicia Ford, Jonah Fossum Brayden Frank, Anders Freborg, Marcus Fritel, Adam Furniss, Haley Gallup, Emma Gangl, Caleb Gillquist, Kolby Givens, Elizabeth Glemming, Kayden Grassel, Summer Hackenmueller, Macy Hageman, Morgan Hagen, Lindsey Hanson, Garrett Harris, Carter Hasbrook, Sonja Hassing, Brett Haugland, Bryce Helget, Cole Helget, Ashley Hess, Thomas Hess, Katelyn Hilary, Aidan Hillebregt, Samuel Hughes, Daniel Ijadimbola, Qamra Ireri, Maxwell James, Blake Johnson, Caleb Johnson, Courtney Johnson, Preston Jordan, Caden Kanenwisher, Lauren Keckeisen, Jaedon Kerr, Kelly Kla-Diihbah, Zachary Kohner, Isaac Kraft, Margaret Krueger, Bryan Kubicka, Lilly Lassek, Cameron Lehmann, Samuel Lillestrand, Emma Loretz, Leah Lundeen, Brooke Marks, Parker Mathewson, Jack Matter, Haddyn Mayer, Tyler McCoy, Raven McCullough, Elijah Montague, Jailyn Moody, Elizabeth Moretto, Olivia Mujica, Jade Murray, Eli Nelson, Kayleigh Nelson, Mason Olofson, Ella Ovall, Yvette Oyagi, Aiden Paynter, Emily Peterman, Abby Peterson, Jackson Plucinak, Joshua Porter, Emma Powell-Muntean, Amanda Purcell, Alan Quaid, Shane Rademacher, Jaime Radke, Austin Ramert, Brandon Ramert, Zoe Rammer, Abigail Rekstad, Austin Remer, Anna Riewe, Kayla Ring, Christopher Rizner, Connor Rolfes, Emily Rossmeisl, Taylor Rossmeisl, Savannah Roux, Luke Rumreich, Ayodamola Samuel, Kaelyn Sauter, Felicia Schall, Kaitlyn Schlink, Brock Schmertman, Dylan Schuster, Jackson Skyberg, Lathan Smith, Addy Soukup, Shane Staeheli, MaKenzy Straughn, Liahnue Tarpeh, Adelynn Taylor, Fridley Thao, Connor Theisen, Victoria Tobias, Linnea Trost, Madison Tveit, Elaina Varney, Kolbi Vasseur, April Volkers, Jackson Vorderbruggen, Ryan Weatherly, Mackenzie Weber, Emma Weisgram, Jacob Williams, Zoey Wirz, Annika Wozney, Maxwell Yantes

6^TH GRADE 2^ND QUARTER “B” HONOR ROLL – SALK MIDDLE SCHOOL

Ella Anderson, Nolan Barnes, Autumn Barthel, Lucy Beecher, Mitchell Bjorklund, Derek Brittan, Quinn Brockman, Kerigan Brooks, Jacob Buchert, Bonita Chokdee, Joseph Cruz-Runnels, Kai DoBrava, Jacob Dukatz, Gunnar Ecklund, Jordan Emerson, Owen Erikson, Morgan Fritch, Drew Girtz, Ryan Graham, Elizabeth Haag, Kaden Haferbecker, Lane Halland, Julia Hanson, Anton Harlander, Kayden Harris, Julien Hendershott, Shaughnessy Henry, Faith Hurley, Riley Hustvet, Hope Kanenwisher, Joseph Lano, Rory LeBlanc, Brock Leininger, Tate Madson, Rhea Main, Caleb Martin, Dylan Matykiewicz, Joshua Meister, Madeline Mitchell, Chloe Nelson, Bernie Nnadi, Ashton O’Leary, Anders Olsen, Olivia Olson, Trent Olson, David Otunuga, Jaida Perri, Zachary Peterson, Calvin Phung, Jessica Ponder, Madison Poorker, Carter Rinehart, Jonah Robb, Cheyanne Rudolph, Rose Sailor, Annabelle Scharber, Conner Shariff, Franciska Skorykh, Karina Strelchuk, Nathan Vang, Brooke Zehnder

7^TH GRADE 2^ND QUARTER “A” HONOR ROLL – SALK MIDDLE SCHOOL

Derek Aasheim, Matthew Aho, Nolan Anderson, Isabella Anderson-Cufre, Sophia Anderson-Cufre, Josie Babcock, Ellyson Bahr, Dylan Ball, Colin Bedbury, Michael Belair, Harvey Bergstrom, Madison Blomberg, Blake Boedigheimer, Alexis Burstad, Davin Byman, Greta Carlson, Mary Charboneau, Abigail Charleson, Gage Clem, Alexa Cloutier, Daniel Cockcroft, Micah Collins, Shelby Conrad, Cora Coz, Rachel Crawford, Abigail Debes, Emily Ditter, Samantha Eagle, Sydney Eidem, Madison Erickson, Sarah Fausch, Faith Fausone, Allison Fischer, Ava Friese, Kate Goenner, Olivia Gregory, Ella Haas, Gregory Hanegraaf, Morgan Heinen, Brady Heuer, Morgan Horton, Amy Hoskins, Jordan Hund, Myiesha Imam, Zachary Jacobs, Tanner Jenni, Ameliyah Jensen, Benjamin Johnson, Elizabeth Johnson, Mackenzie Johnson, Rachael Johnston, Bennett Jordan, Nicholas Jung, Thomas Katter, Jordan Keith, Marni Keith, Brayden Kempel, Alexandra Klocker, Hannah Kotila, Karina Kpahn, Kylie Kruse, Annabelle Langton, Shaun Lee, Lucy Leither, Abbie Lohn, Alexander Lutz, Elaina Maass, Megan Madsen, Luke McCurdy, Taylor Meneley, Kalia Meza, Emmett Miller, Lexi Milless, Jadyn Mossengren, Ellie Norton, Graham Norton, Brianna Olson, Emma Olson, Heather Olson, Charlotte Oudekerk, Elijah Pangborn, Callie Patraw, Noah Paulsen, Grant Paulson, Alfreda Payne, Karl Pederson, Kathryn Porter, Aidan Robeck, Amelia Ruby, Andrew Saxon, Thomas Schirmers, Addisyn Schuster, Avery Schuster, Kailey Sherratt, Ethan Spanier, Connor Springer, Connor St. Aubin, Ella Stephan, Blake Storbakken, Demitri Stotler, Lindsay Strecker, Josephine Stubbs, Elias Taylor, Madilyn Thorkildson, Peter Trace, Regan VanAvery, Lauren Verweg, Annabelle Volkers, Hailey Walz, Rikayla West, Mackenzi Widman, Mallory Williams, Elizabeth Witter, Sydney Wojcieszak, William Xiong, Julianna Yang, MacKenzie Zachman

7^TH GRADE 2^ND QUARTER “B” HONOR ROLL – SALK MIDDLE SCHOOL

Pablo Aleksandrowicz, Claire Anderson, Gunnar Anderson, Kylie Applen, Anthony Black, MacKenzie Bloom, Annika Borovansky, Allison Bourgeois, Eric Boysen, Chase Brandenburg, Megan Brixius, Alexis Dahlheimer, Natalie Dahlheimer, Kyle Damke, Parker Davies, Ainsley Davis, Coleton Diekow, Cooper Donat, Ellis Donat, Austin Eirich, Jocelyne Ferrian, Dylan Garrison, Matthew Gearou, Khaliana Gray, Cole Groebner, Audrianna Gunderson, Joseph Gustafson, Aleigha Hallas, Macy Hanson, Quinten Hidde, Isaac Houle, Zachary James, Isabella Jeanetta, Neiko Jeanetta, Mason Jones, Jenna Korinek, Lyndsey Korst, Phyllis LaClare, Ryleigh LaPlante, Nicholas Larson, Mason Lee, Sophia Lee, Ashley Lupien, Samuel Maves, Kaie McCune, Brynn McDaniel, Gavin Melcher, Patrick Moos, Brent Netland, Zachary Nordquist, Samuel Polston, Jessica Radke, Haley Rosenberg, Emily Schrader, Dylan Seitz, Colton Strain, Landon Straus, Makayla Sweeney, Tyler Trembath, Nolan Vaa, Brennan Wallace, Kyle Wicht

8^TH GRADE 2^ND QUARTER “A” HONOR ROLL – SALK MIDDLE SCHOOL

Sara Abbas, Olivia Ackerman, Savannah Albu, Christina Babaya, Ashley Ballou, Emily Balluff, Abranette Barry, Melita Beaudry, Meghan Bentz, Nicole Beyer, Amanda Bissen, Adam Boeckermann, Kaylee Bonk, Elizabeth Bounds, Liam Carr, Brandon Chokdee, Connor Clausen, Madelyn Cramer, Katelyn Dee, Ethan Del Sol, Evelyne Dmitruk, Genna Dow, Samuel Erickson, Elayne Ernst, Jami Feist, Jack Ferry, Tate Fluguear, Rachel Ford, Morgan Gacke, Paige Gangl, Nicklaus Gill, Annie Givens, Isabel Gruhlke, Lydia Haack, Logan Haag, Jaida Hagen, Anson Hanna, Aria Hanson, Kiersten Hartje, Kira Haus, Nathan Hawk, Joshua Hebrink, Grace Hendrickson, Andrew Herrboldt, Clarissa Hilary, Troy Hinz, Allison Horn, Jaylynn Hovanetz, Jonathan Hughes, Audrey Johnson, Elisabeth Johnson, Halle Johnson, Mickiah Johnson, Micah Kafka, Samiksha Kanukunta, Kossi Kavi, Amara Kettner, Paige Kinowski, Savanah Klegon, Alyssa Kosbau, Michael Kotzer, Jonathan Kovach, Isabella Krueger, James Krzesowiak, Christian Kubicka, Anthony Kutzer, Natasha LaBarre, Alma Larson, Jackson Lietha, William Lillestrand, Ellie Loe, Grace Lofquist, Nathan Loretz, Allison Lundeen, Rachel Main, Isaac Maki, Matthew McCormick, Makayla Melchior, Zachary Michaelis, Jack Milless, Mataya Mose, Madeline Neu, Emily Nierengarten, Kaden Odegaard, Hayley Oestreich, Jenna Olawsky, Miles Olofson, Drake Osmek, Charles Osugo, Kara Paulsen, Raymond Phengmany, Cameron Phung, Kaylin Plautz, Alexander Polston, Nilyma Priyanka, Jadon Purcell, Sasmit Rahman, Sophia Riewe, Karsen Risse, Cole Ronallo, Beau Ruby, Elizabeth Rumreich, Makenna Sacre, Katelyn Sampson, Carter Scharber, Victoria Schwieters, Devon Shaw, Kalli Sheldon, Abbey Smith, Jordan Stanke, Molly Stenerson, Madison Stout, Kaylee Sullivan, Debra Thayer, Tate Thein, Maxamillian Thomas, Joseph Thorkildson, Megan VanDrehle, Kalena Vang, Benjamin Verdick, Jessica Weisgram, William Yang, Alan Zehnder

8^TH GRADE 2^ND QUARTER “B” HONOR ROLL – SALK MIDDLE SCHOOL

Foysal Abir, Cooper Adcock, Peyton Allen, Adam Arndt, Calvin Artmann, Jaures Ayumba, Joseph Bahneman, Samantha Ballenger, Adam Benolkin, Ryan Benson, Alexander Bray, Tyson Dusosky, Allison Dwyer, Aalyse Eik, Abigail Erickson, Vrydon Erickson-Paul, Sabina Gladis, Kennedy Gleason, McKenna Goad, Abby Gustafson, Grady Haferbecker, Austin Hagen, Robert Heinzen, Sophia Hemphill, Zachary Holtz, Alyson Hovda, Tyler Hughes, Austen Humphrey, David Ijadimbola, Eric Ingham, William Johnson, Austin Kaiser-Joly, James Klages, Jake Krauth, Grace Larson, Maxwell Lassek, Nicholas LaVine, Aric Lindgren, Ihle Majeres, Joshua Makana, Ashley Mathura, Payton Mielke, Jilian Miller, Jordan Moravec, Nickolas Neilson, Destiny Nelson, Isabel Nelson, Adrianna Nero, Jack Ness, Sydney Ninke, Joseph Nordstrom, Christian Olkives, Jacob Olson, Azhar Osman, Mackenzie Poliszuk, Colton Pool, Armanee Porter, Allison Potts, Austin Praske-Kukowski, Blake Rademacher, Emily Reimann, Brodie Rice, Connor Rolfe, Jayda Rundle-Robb, Owen Sailor, Sebastian Salazar Santor, Alexander Samson, Finn Sheils, Alex Springman, Jaxson Stephan, Gillian Telfer, Mark Thole, Ryan Tillman, Emma Trebil, Tyler VanCamp, Elena Vermeer, Mary Waters, Yeshua Weidner, Elijah Williams, Tyler Zeledon, Tony Zhang

by Trevor Hass

Sports Reporter

Nick Balmanno, Aidan Barnes and Julia Balmanno’s eyes all light up when asked about their favorite kind of pizza.

Nick prefers stuffed-crust cheese pizza from Pizza Hut. Aidan fancies the barbecue chicken from Chanticlear Pizza in Blaine. Julia pauses, then she decides on sausage from Domino’s.

“Everybody likes pizza,” Nick, 15, said.

That’s why Nick, Aidan, Julia, their four teammates and their project leader, Beth Balmanno, decided to design reusable pizza boxes for their First Lego League robotics team. They figured they needed something that everyone genuinely loves – not something like milk or yogurt.

Since they first had the idea, they’ve talked to a host of people – from New York City Pizza Tour host Scott Wiener to a member of T.O. plastics to environmental technician Kristen Mroz and many others – and their hard work earned them a trip to the state competition Feb. 20.

The FLL Minions, who have T-shirts with their team names, have earned a trip to state in three of the past five seasons. This year, they were one of 66 teams to go to state out of 632 total teams throughout Minnesota. If they win state, they could go to St. Louis, San Diego (that’s their top choice) or Arkansas, but they have a bigger goal than winning the competition.

“It would be great to place at the state competition, but their eyes are set on that bigger prize, which is really seeing the program be implemented here,” Beth Balmanno said. “They’ve taken a lot of really great steps to see that happen, so fingers crossed.”

With this pizza box, customers would bring a dirty box to a pizza place, where they’d swap it out for a new, reusable one. The dirty one would be washed at the pizza place and ready to be shipped out once again shortly thereafter. This idea matches the goal of the project, which is to reduce trash in the community.

The exciting thing about their idea is that it’s not farfetched, and it’s already gaining traction.

“You are switching out boxes, which creates a loyalty program for your company,” Aidan, 13, said. “If someone throws it in the trash, it’s decomposable, and they can also recycle it.”

They reached out to Wiener, who gave constructive feedback to talk to city officials who could help turn their brainchild into a reality.

“He told us that we were on the right track with plastic pizza boxes, but that we should consider going to the city, so that’s what we did,” Julia, 10, said.

If reusable pizza boxes start sweeping Elk River and beyond in the next few months, the FLL Minions will know they reached their goal.

Crusaders forge ahead

Seven middle school students sit around a table in the bottom floor of St. John’s Lutheran Church and School. They flip through binders that showcase their work, talk proudly of all they’ve done and detail what they hope to do.

This is a place where every possible skill comes together. There’s author Emma Gripp, engineer and programmer Jacob Lind, natural leader Elaina Kuhnau, ambassador Nikolas Nelson, dependable worker Benjamin Banaszak, designer Colin Anderson and Renaissance man Joe Sweet.

Together, they form the Cybernetic Crusaders, a FLL Robotics group in its first year as a club at the school. Next year, robotics coach David Inselmann hopes to create two teams, but for now he’s extremely proud of all his team has accomplished. The Crusaders earned first place in Lego Robot Design at one competition and first place for their project at a second competition, which means they are advancing to the state competition Feb. 20.

“It’s been an amazing experience, and it’s very helpful to have all the people we have on our team,” Emma said. “They all have different roles, which have played an amazing part in getting us to this level.”

The robotics club is run like a gifted and talented program. Members did extensive research and spent six weeks building their robot, and they received an award for their robot design in the regional competition. In the sectional tournament, the team won an award for its research project, which is extremely rare, especially for a first-year team.

The project is called Eco-Scan, and it is a solar-powered device that uses recycled materials to monitor aquatic life in Minnesota’s lakes and rivers. They are using recycled cellphones. Elaina was running at Twin Lakes Park for cross-country, when she came across a sign that was talking about Zebra Mussels, an invasive species.

That’s when she came up with the idea of using recycled phones to monitor invasive species that affect Minnesota’s lakes and the life that flourishes in them. They did extensive research on the problem and the current solution.

They made their first prototype by following the engineering process. It is powered by a solar cell and run by a recycled cell-phone. The raft section is made out of recycled materials like milk jugs, Styrofoam, plastic water bottles, tape and a mason jar. They keep improving their design and just finished their third prototype.

Dr. Charles Anderson, research supervisor from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, met with the group and called their concept cool, ingenious and amazing.

There are many benefits to the club. One of which is the ability to grow and learn as a student, but another is the bond these students now share with one another. They’ve spent hours and hours on this project and have relished the opportunity to see their ideas come to fruition.

“It’s pretty amazing to see all the skills they’ve mastered,” Inselmann said.

Sophomore rides hard work, positivity on his way to Rotary Student of the Month honor for February

Student: Dylan Chouinard

Parents: Andre and Julie Chouinard

List the activities you have participated in and tell of your proudest accomplishments: Golf, basketball, NHS. Proudest accomplishments are lettering for golf in eighth grade and doing well in school.

What is your favorite class and why? What is your favorite subject? My favorite class is math; however, science is a very close second. Both of the classes just click with me and also are very fun to participate in and learn about.

What are your future plans? For my future, my plan is to try to get some type of golf or academic scholarship for college, ideally on the West Coast. After that I would either like to be an entrepreneur or an engineer.

What are your hobbies and/or personal interests? Something that I love to do in the summer is wake surf (surfing on the wake the boat makes without a rope). Another thing that I love to do is golf, and during the summer I try to play in as many golf tournaments as possible.

Who is your hero, if you have one, and why? I’m not sure who my hero is.

Tell of a most memorable experience that relates to school, personal interests or a hobby: The most memorable experience I’ve had was probably my first varsity golf tournament. It was one of the best times I have ever had when golfing and it was at Forest Hills Golf Course.

How do you demonstrate leadership? I demonstrate leadership when at practice for either golf or basketball by always supporting my teammates and trying to make them better. I also demonstrate it in school by always helping my peers and trying to show a positive example for them.

How do you approach academics to achieve success? I look at school as both a gift and a great opportunity. I always try to look ahead and see how I can affect my future with the academic choices I make and I think that is the key.

What special projects have you done, in or out of school? I have gone to Feed My Starving Children in Coon Rapids multiple times to help benefit people in poverty all over the world.

Why do you think you won this award? I think that I won this award because of the hard work and dedication I have for school and other activities, as well as the respect, honesty and leadership that I try to show in all aspects of my life.

What does it mean to you? This award means that all my hard work is actually doing something to benefit my future, but also benefit my community and the lives of those around me, and that’s what truly matters.

A Honor Roll Zimmerman Middle School – 2^nd Quarter 2015-2016

Grade 6 – Elizabeth Ahner, Carter Anderson, Joshua Anderson, Kelsi Anderson, Gretchen Andresen, Abby Barthel, Samuel Benjamin, Abigail Benson, Lauren Bondhus, Mackenzie Brooking, Lauren Brooks, Allison Brostrom, Calan Bushinger, DeLaney Carlson, Caden Curtis, Zachary Dehnhoff, Madyson Fischer, Emma Flaten, Cecilia Galeano, Abigail Gau, Sydney Graf, Grace Guentzel, Heather Hawkins, Kiana Helland-Boriboune, Avery Hollan, Luke Inman, Connor Janowiec, Meagan Jentzsch, Kenneth Jones, Trevor Jones, Austin Kitzberger, Riley Klick, Marley Knight, Ella Kostrzewski, Elizabeth Kuker, Abigail Larson, Lucas LaVigne, Katelyn Lawliss, Sydney Mann, Tiffany Maschler, Addison McBroom, Brynn Miller, Rileigh Miller, Nina Moll, Karlee Monteleone, Corbin Nelson, Gavin Neubauer, Emma Nicolay, Samuel Norland, Caleb Olson, Peyton Opsahl, Breanne Plude, Aurora Rahn, Beau Richards, Tristian Rinehart, Willow Roensch, Rachel Rotz, Josephine Rowley, Sydney Sayre, Hannah Smith, Olivia Spence, Abigail Steinbrecher, Alayna Swirtz, Hanna Thomas, Eliana Tiggelaar, Sarah Tucker, Abigail Valencia, Elle Werner, Ella Williams, Kayla Zinken

Grade 7 –  Kameron Arieta, Emily Baker, Grace Baker, Avery Bakke, Wyatt Behl, Avery Berg, Ryan Bouley, Abbey Brady, Sylvia Cabak, Lucas Carlson, Alexander Cromwell, Karisa Dooley, Makenna Elphick, Jack Firkus, Bjorn Franke, Kai Franke, Nils Franke, Lylli Hakola, Carly Hanlon, Rachael Hartley, Autum Hullermann, Isabelle Johnson, Logan Johnson, Polly Kritzeck, Crystal Li, Sophia MacDonald, Shannon Mattson, Anikka Miller, Joseph Montplaisir, Carson Nolan, McKenzie Olene, Haruka Padilla, Rachael Quaintance, Cheradin Ralph, Ryan Reinking, Kayleen Rollins, Adyson Roman, Sierra Rosby, Andrea Schneider, Lana Schultz, Miranda Schwieger, Innka Simonovich, Sophia Smith, Elijah Stellmach, Drew Tempesta, Rachel Waage, Nicole Weekley, Kyla Wiley, Olivia Williams, Jonathan Wilson, Joshua Wisness

Grade 8 – Avary Anderson, Elisabeth Anderson, Samantha Andresen, Kayden Baldridge, Bailey Benner, Rachel Bickman, Aleah Boyer, Taylor Burke, Cole Carbert, Olivia Coker, Aaron Coons, Skyler Daubanton, Joseph Diegnau, Ella Dipprey, Ashley Dittberner, Gavin Ericson, Paige Findell, Hunter Fladung, Nicole Gruwell, Elizabeth Hendrickson, Ashley Hoheisel, Brett Howard, Josie Janu, Lela Jensen, Blake Johnson, Maili Kamruzzaman, Payton Knight, Alyssa Koch, Evelina Kucherov, Abigale Larson, Amber Larson, Laura Mager, Amber Moll, Madison Naatz, Annika Neitzer, Hannah Nelson, Hunter Nelson, Jordan Opsahl, Joshua Palashewski, Sydney Payeur, Garrett Peters, Grace Peterson, Hailee Peterson, William Pouliot, Sarah Pulkrabek, Jolie Putnam, Mason Riddel, Jordana Rost, Matthew Rotz, Lilya Rozhik, Corina Sandy, Brody Schultz, Noel Spence, Adeline Tiggelaar, Dillon Tucker, Kaylee Turney, Angelina Vaughn, Timothy Vorobyev, Jamison Ward, Dominic Wehmhoff, Trevor Wellman, Joseph Zaidi

B Honor Roll Zimmerman Middle School – 2^nd Quarter 2015 – 2016

Grade 6 – Tyler Aderman, Emma Anderson, Holly Bath, Mackenzie Becher, Ryan Belden, Richie Bray, Dylan Carlson, Braxtin Crawford, Madeline Dahl, Arista Dillworth, Emily Dordal, Tristyn Erdman, Aubrey Gamache, Heather Gordon, Brenen Howard, Abram Hunter, Bailey Isaacson, Zachary Karnes, Lydia Keskey, Madison Klersy, Carter Kluge, Mark Kucherov, Andrea MacDonald, Ty Mager, Morgan Malecha, Kellen Martin, Joshua Mathison, John McCullough, Grace Murphy, Cody Nelson, Jayna Newcomb, Aiden Pardino, Gavyn Popejoy, Madison Randall, Benjamin Reiss, Brooklyn Riddel, Rylan Rivers, Harlen Rooney, Vasiliy Rozhik, Araya Rudolph, Blake Schumann, Bennett Scott, Daunte Sellers, Molli Shannon, Ethan Sheck, Abigail Sterling-Morlock, Allison Stoltz, Bethany Szlavich, Emma Teal, Milton Tuttle, Isaiah Wagner, Cody Waterhouse, Benjamin Welle, Evan Young

Grade 7 –  Ryan Aanonsen, McKenzie Aderman, Alyse Brouhard, Abbey Callison, Cody Capes, Sebastian Carcione, Braydon Haugland, Madisyn Hayes, Cody Hiltner, Cambell Jenson, Mitchel Kimpton, Chase Loudon, Madison McPheeters, Melissa Muckenhirn, Allie O’Connor, Ryan Peters, Gina Pogones, Micheal Richter, Scott Rickard, Dylan Rogers, Ethan Rotz, Jocelyn Sailor, Jack Senderhauf, Lucie Thompson, Ava Wark, Kaitlyn Wehmeyer, Christian Wells, Landon Wesloh, Bryant Yanta

Grade 8 – Eric Ahner, Thomas Britt, Ethan Cairns, Cameron Curtis, Sydney Curtis, Emily Dalrymple, Dustin Dittberner, Miguel Ebel, Bailey Emery, Madeline Feigum, Olyvia Fondie, Alison Fore, Ethan Foster, Cody Frederick, Samuel Freeberg, Bailey Giffen, Courtney Gordon, Corinne Hemmer, Dylan Hicks, Tanner Johnson, Amber Knapp, Brooke Knapp, Molly Knutson, Tate Laabs, Joseph Manthey, Carter McEachern, Alexa Moen, Cooper Nelson, Parker Nelson, Connie Neumiller, Alyson Olerich, Morgan Olson, Maya Plautz, Joshua Reynolds, Kendall Schottenbauer, Aaren Vrana, Emili Waite, Ethan Wark, Gabrielle Weber

A Honor Roll Zimmerman High School – 1st Semester 2015-2016

Grade 9 – Nateale Ammann, Anna Beard, Lindsey Bennett, Cheresa Bouley, Ian Carlin, MaKayla Christ, Connor Cook, Alyssa Daugherty, Jacob Deal, Delaney Dekok, Cade Dering, Evan Dewey, Margo Drew, Joshua Freeman, Brady Gibeau, Carter Giese, Timothy Gruis, Dane Harberts, Karissa Heyer, Sydney Hicks, Katelin Jacob, Jacob Johnson, Ruvim Kucherov, Kinsey Lage, Hannah Larson, Clayton Lawliss, Reese Lundberg, McKenna Miller, Natalie Miller, Miranda Muckenhirn, Jacob Murphy, Noah Nelson, Caden Neubauer, Alexis O’Connor, Hunter Peterson, Mikayla Pramann, Jay Rickard, Clay Sandy, Timothy Schermann, Chloe Schneider, Aliska Simonovich, Johnathan Steinke, Robert Stephany III, Blane Stumpf, Luke Sundeen, Jason Thomas, Laura Waage, Hope Wiley, Gabriella Wilson, Hannah Wudtke

Grade 10 – Taylor Abrahamson, Leah Benz, Justin Brown, Rachel Bruce, Nathen Carlin, Brendan Dahl, Maison Dipprey, Brandon Dobosenski, Kacia Dooley, Madison Guimont, Emma Hamlin, Thomas Haupert, Ryan Hermanson, Brooklyn Horkey, Hannah Husted, Zachary Jamison, Kayli Johnson, Kylee Johnson, Humaira Kamruzzaman, Benjamin Kuker, Alexis Laurent, Joseph Leider, Krista Lindberg, Zane Luing, Dylan Martin, Ilea May, Keshram Mooteelall, Andrew Olinger, Benjamin Ortberg, Chikara Padilla, Jacob Pensinger, Steven Peters, MaKayla Pool, Andrea Ruether, Emily Ryding, Rebecca Schmit, Bethany Steinke, Caitlin Steiskal, Andrew Thompson, Makenna Upton, Alyssa Vangstad, Alexis Ward, Mikaela Wharton, Alissa Wilbur, Adina Willis, Kevin Winkels, Cassidy Young, Damon Ziebarth

Grade 11 – Katie Blaedorn, Melissa Certa, Jackie Charles, Kaydia Dewey, Isaac Fordahl, Arica Forsti, Elizabeth Johnson, Camryn Keymes, Haydon Miller, Madelyn Muckenhirn, Alexander Riley, Mikayla Sonterre, Mikayla Swigart, Kelsie Tufto

Grade 12 – Heather Braford, Cameron Bruce, Nolan Cameron, Nathen Christensen, Kayla Christopherson, Catherine Day, Kadin Hakola, Christina Jacobson, Molly Kieliszewski, Carlie Lage, Alexis Lowe, Matthew Luke, Jessie McFeters, Noah Olson, Kristina Packer, Kimika Padilla, Amanda Pederson, Summer Peoples, Julia Petron, Mackenzie Rickard, Shane Rivers, Destinee Robinson, Dylan Rotz, Nathan Ruel, Carina Schneider, Hannah Sinna, Nicolle Sloneker, Damie Vangstad, Rebecca Waletzko, Brittney Witt, Jasmine Zaidi

B Honor Roll Zimmerman High School – 1st Semester – 2015-2016

Grade 9 – Peyton Ahner, Ean Benjamin, Alexis Berg, Landon Berroa, Mikayla Brooking, Samantha Cooper-Szlavich, Joseph Culbertson, Alli Funaro, Luke Hallberg, Logan Jacobson, Madalyn Johnson, Noah Kimpton, Allison Larson, Anna Lokhorst, Chloe Loudon, Breanna Mandler, Madilynn Mathison, Bradley Mattson, Joseph McFeters, Mason McKay, Ryan McMahon, Ryan Mueller, Benjamin Nye, Emily Olinger, Josey Peterson, Lindsay Phillips, Hadley Roman, Noah Rotz, Jeg Schottenbauer, Haylie Sullivan, Jude Werner, Allison Ziesmer, Alexander Zillmer, Tally Zincke

Grade 10 – Kiara Berndt, David Borg, Nathaniel Boyer, Jason Bratkov, Lindsey Briggs, Zachary Brooks, Isabella Crego, James Donley, Dejanae Dudley, Samuel Egland, Brett Gordon, Alyssa Hanlon, Sarah Hendrickson, Kerrisa Hodge, Zachary Jacob, Mckensie James, Jillian Kostrzewski, Dylan Larrabee, Heidi Lietha, Dallas Loneman, Amanda Mager, Riley McKnight, Katherine Merwin, Mya Miller, Ryleigh Nelson, Jade Nolden, Savannah Olson, Elena Palashewski, Kevin Rajchel, Austin Robinson, Payton Scott, Nathan Thompson, Megan Vensland, Ryan Walz, Colton Wrobel, Allisyn Young

Grade 11 –  Jarret Anderson, Treyton Bieber, Morgan Bronken, Evan Carr,  Jonas Davis, Kailey Denzer, Hannah Dordal, Madelyn Drew, Kelsey Forster, Thunder Heyer, Alyssa Kalisch, Kaleb Kliever, Reid Kopitzke, Marcus Kovatovich, Dennis Kucherov,  Gerald Mager, Christopher Maki, Emily Maschler, Brady Neubauer, Colton Olson, Damien Pearce, Wyatt Pramann, Brian Rajchel, Zora Ronge, Makayla Schwieger, Emily VanWyhe, Austen Vrana

Grade 12 –  Emma Abrahamson, Ashley Bader, Sara Beard, Afton Bergdahl, Bailey Bickford, Erik Day, Kody Dwyer, Henry Egland, Emily Ehrich, Connor Gagne, Dylan Giese, Justin Hallberg, Jordynn Hargrove, Jacob Hiatt, Brianna Hockemeyer, Michael Hoheisel, Melissa Kimpton, Kaitlin Kostrzewski, Kyle Kostrzewski, Wayne Lefebvre, Emma Lemke, Carlson Lieng, Molly McChesney, Samuel McNulty, Mitchell Mossman, Joseph Nathe, Sarah Neubauer, Cameron Norenberg, Chase Rosby, Erica Rudquist, Nicholas Russell, Amira Samaha, Megan Seymour, Tristan Smith, Taylor Snow, Kasey Speller, Summer Spence-Decker, Wyatt Sullivan, Julia Theobald, Madison Weber, Kyle White, Kelsey Wrobel

by Trevor Hass

Sports Reporter

The Cybernetic Crusaders had a very eventful and memorable day at the state tournament. At school, the robot they designed was scoring close to 600 points. At the tournament, the team advanced to the finalists for mechanical design. This award recognizes a team that designs and develops a mechanically sound robot that is durable, efficient and highly capable of performing challenge missions.

This was an impressive accomplishment for a first-year team, when one considers that of the original 632 teams, the Crusaders placed in the top six. The team also received the first place core value award for gracious professionalism. This award recognizes a team whose members show one another, and other teams, respect at all times. They recognize that both friendly competition and mutual gain are possible, during and outside of competition. This award is particularly meaningful because it reflects the principles and values taught at their school, St. John Lutheran in Elk River.

In summary, there are three main areas for awards: robot, project and core values. At the regional tournament, the team won an award for robot design. At the sectional tournament, the team won an award for its project. Finally, at the state tournament, the team won the core value award for gracious professionalism.

“The team had an amazing season and won awards in all three categories,” Crusaders coach David Inselmann said. “Of course, what they truly gained were increased skills, abilities, confidence, teamwork and had fun doing it.”

The other team that is based in Elk River – the FLL Minions – did well at state also. The Minions were finalists in the area of teamwork. They did not win any awards; however, these awards are extraordinary difficult to earn. Minnesota has the highest concentration of teams in the entire world.

At the tournament, it was stated that this tournament is the most competitive at the level it is at because of the number of teams. The final count (the numbers kept changing) was 632 teams in Minnesota, and 61 of them made it to the state level – less than 10 percent.

by Jim Boyle

Editor

Jane Bunting has resigned from her seat on the Elk River Area School Board, and there will be an August primary to fill her vacated post.

The Rogers woman did not seek a fourth year as chairwoman of the seven-member board earlier this year, having decided such a leadership position had to take a backseat to her and husband Jay Bunting’s burgeoning business.

She continued on as a member of the School Board through January and into February, but announced this week she was resigning for personal reasons.

“It is with a heavy heart that she made this decision,” School Board Chairwoman Holly Thompson said.

The Elk River Area School Board accepted and unanimously approved her resignation at a special meeting Feb. 22 to accept bids for the Otsego E-8 school and hold a second reading of a policy at the District 728 offices.

Bunting’s resignation request was added to the agenda to the surprise of fellow board members.

Superintendent Mark Bezek said Bunting served the school district with dedication and a passion to deliver on its mission.

“Her leadership was essential to the success of the 2014 referendum, which will have a long, lasting imprint on the future of our district and our schools,” Bezek said.

Bunting, whose husband was the mayor of the city of Rogers, was elected to the board in the fall of 2010. She served her first term from 2011 to 2014 and was re-elected to a four-year term in that November election.

A special election to fill the remaining two years of her term will take place in August in conjunction with the state primary.

Because Bunting had more than one year left on her term, the Elk River Area School District will be required to hold an election to fill her seat. When that happens is prescribed by law. When a board member resigns between Jan. 19 and April 9 and an appointment is not an option, the vacancy is to be filled at a special election on primary election day, Aug. 9.

Decisions made  with heavy heart

Bunting closed out a three-year run as chairwoman on Jan. 4 with a tear in her eye and a crack in her voice when she announced she would not be seeking the post.

Wayzata Bay Spice Co., her and her husband’s business, had grown like crazy in the previous fiscal year, was on target to surpass sales this fiscal year as plans were being made to fetch a machine in China and start a new product line that will package spices in packets rather than bottles for certain applications.

“That’s great news, but that also means you have to invest time and capital and a lot of senior management decisions,” Bunting said in an interview with the Star News after the Jan. 4 organizational meeting. “At some point, I had to decide to shift some of my attention elsewhere.”

Bunting nominated Holly Thompson, of Zimmerman, for the position at the first meeting of the year, and fellow School Board members followed her suggestion with a unanimous vote.

Dean’s lists:

Bemidji State University

Elk River 

Mary Elmquist, Phoebe Fero, Madeline Gregory, Emily Kirscht, Kathryn Lueck, Caroline Mainga, Reed Marohn, Ashlynn Murlowski, Samantha Rouillard, Elizabeth Scharber

Otsego 

Savannah Rice, Abby Rozmark

Rogers 

Erica Folk, Emily Reichert

Zimmerman 

Hunter Bies, Allison Giese, Shane Loreno, Ethan Luing, Eli Muellenbach, Tommi Pringle, Melinda Singleton

Concordia College

Elk River

Mikayla Frey, Garrett Ott, Cassandra Jo Petrich, Chelsey Petrich, Kelsey Rausch

Otsego

Joleen Baker, Abbie Siirila, Sarah Swansen

Rogers

Alicia Nelson

Zimmerman

Hannah Fordahl, Brandon Smith, Hunter Smith

Drake University, Iowa

Elk River 

Megan Nelson

Minnesota State Mankato

Elk River 

David Bayerl, Mariah Betzler, Makayla Conrath, Mark Dryer, Bradley Edwards, Egan, Greta Gleiter, Elisa Goodsell, Mia Hansen, Geneva Kachinske, Adam Kunkel, Brandon Marohn, Wyatt Pouliot, Charles Quiram, Nicole Remus, Karissa Scheffler, Elizabeth Schmitz, Sarah Schroeder, Alexandra Smith, Natalie Strack, Valery Vola, Haley Weidenbach, Paige Wheeler

Nowthen 

Julia Dee

Otsego 

Caleb Burke, Shaina Daleiden, Stephanie Driste, Brandon Peterson

Rogers 

Amanda Adair, Madison Edstrom, Brooke Erickson, Brianna McGinty, Alyssa Molnar, Jenna Neis, Taylor Paulsrud, Tristan Sweet, Robert Vukelich, Madeline Walker, Brittany Wickoren

Zimmerman 

Jaydee Green, Tanner Haglund, Jaysen Hohlen, Trenton Mitchell, Anne Rademacher, Anna Ruel

Pine Technical and Community College 

Zimmerman 

Tara Floyd, Dakota Hamilton

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

Elk River 

Victoria Herrmann

Rogers 

Daniel Olajonlu

Zimmerman 

Kayleigh Kloncz

University of Minnesota, Morris 

Otsego 

Peter Rerick

Rogers 

Jacqueline Morgan

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 

Elk River 

Tiffany Angell, Emily Bourgeois, Alec Cantin, Anessa Demers, Kailey Erdahl, Cydney Evert, Cameron Gallenberg, Weston Hansen, Emma Hohlen, Isaac Howard, Connor Johnson, Jadie Jopp, Michael Katchmark, Alix Klang, Jessica Klutch, Lindsey Koosmann, Jessica Kraus, Maxwell Kuschel, Cara Lahti, Matthew Lee, Alexander McQuown, Molly McQuown, Mason Oberleitner, Kallie Peterson, Kiersten Peterson, Courtney Reistad, Lillian Stanaway, Amelia Tesdahl, Jay Tonsager, Sophie Wiitala, Robert Wild

Otsego 

Taycia Brandon, Christian Jensen, Zachary Kabitz, Savannah Olson, Alex Zopfi, Ilya Zubarev

Rogers 

Ashley Bienias, Thomas Butenhoff, Amy Haseltine, Kelsey Heiland, Abigail Ihli, Morgan Kornovich, Katelyn Lerfald, Erica Loukusa, Mitchell Loukusa, Arista Metz, Laura Schreiber, Jaxon Sommers, Courtney Steeves, Mitchell Steeves, Kate Stillman

Zimmerman

Megan Brueske, Lance Davis, Samantha Hamlin, Jonathan Hanson, Danielle Johnson, David Molinari, Allison Sterneman

University of North Dakota

Elk River

Alaina Durkot, Sydney Person, Allison Schwab, Tayler Sundberg, Molly Vail

Otsego

Elizabeth Glass

Rogers

Haley Folkens

Zimmerman

Suzanne Voce

University of St. Thomas

Elk River

Emma Crane, Bailey Faust, Courtney Grunewald, Peter Jones, Jake Knopick, Madeleine Ley, Ryan Trapp

Otsego

Heather Kilber, Madison Lehn

Rogers

Kelly Brenny, Joseph DeSplinter, James Jensen, Rocky Nelson, Nicholas Przybilla, Elizabeth Rubbelke, Mikayla Schreiber

Zimmerman

Nicholas Johnson, Anja Knudson, Molly Street

University of Sioux Falls 

Rogers

Abby Folk

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 

Rogers 

Molly Nerison, B.S., mathematics

University of Wisconsin-River Falls 

Elk River 

Kelly Kolles, Alison Krohn, Shelby McChesney, Morgan Mogler, Ellie Schmitt

Rogers 

Katherine Franzen, Nicole Ramberg, Ian Scherber, Quinci Scherber

Zimmerman 

Nicole Jurik

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 

Elk River 

Amanda Hanson

University of Wisconsin-Stout 

Elk River 

Tanner Beckerleg, Tyler Bethke, Grant Bunker, Madison Faircloth, Riley Filipovich, Leah Haggberg, Lindsey Hendrickson, Karli Jopp, Alivia Lensing, Jenna Nelson, Blake Shermer, Jaclyn Studniski, Heather Veith

Rogers

Adam Heyer, Joseph Konkle, Jared LeClaire, Ele Nies, Alison Saxton

Zimmerman

Bailey Bircher, Stephanie Delong, Emilie Horvath, Jacob Martin, Taylor Odegard, Janessa Ortberg

Graduations:

St. Cloud State University 

Elk River 

Miles Adams, BES, liberal studies; Aaron Chouinard, BES, liberal studies; Brandon Eilers, BS, mechanical engineering, cum laude; Stephanie Fisher, BA, psychology; Ashley Harms, BS, elementary/K-6 education, cum laude; Luke Hoaglund, BA, communication studies; Joseph Joyce, BS, management; Jenna Kline, BA, psychology; Adrian Krzesowiak, BS, management; Meagan Orrock, BS, management, summa cum laude; Sarah Severin, BA, sociology – interdepartmental; Ryan Wolfe, BS, biomedical sciences

Otsego 

Emily Armstrong, BS, social work, summa cum laude; Alexi Grover, BS, international business; Andrew Hasledalen, BS, mechanical engineering; Brent Hathcock, master of science, regulatory affairs and services; Darin Jensen, master of business administration, business administration; Molly Kensy, BS, elementary/k-6 education, cum laude

Rogers

Taylor Burch, BA, criminal justice studies, cum laude; William DeWitt, doctor of education, educational administration and leadership; Alison Hallaway, BS, communication studies interdepartmental

Zimmerman 

Cori Hurtubise, BS, social work, summa cum laude; Vladimir Vorobyev, BS, nursing, summa cum laude

South Dakota State University

Elk River

Clara Ford, B.S., Nursing, magna cum laude; Lauren Muller, B.S., nursing, cum laude

Rogers

William Weich, Ph.D., graduate school

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Rogers

Molly Nerison, B.S., mathematics major

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Elk River 

Ross Paulson, B.S., biomedical engineering

Rogers 

Jordan Roehl, B.B.A, business: finance, investment and banking, business: real estate and urban land economics

Rogers High School 1^st Semester Honor Roll 2015/2016 School Year

“A” Honor Roll

(GPA 3.51 and above)

GRADE 9

Autum Adair, Ethan Anderson, Mariah Armstrong, Emily Barrett, Holly Benzi, Anna Bergman, Eathan Betzler, Adam Block, Amanda Bohnsack, Emma Bresin, Sophia Broz, Alexa Carlson, Noah Chapman, Patrick Coskey, Elise Crow, Emily DeValk, Jacob Dirschel, Matthew Domanus, Justin Dorr, Meghan Ellingson, Peyton Farrell, Kayla Fischer, Ryan Fordahl, Ella Frantzen, Maximus Fuller, Aislinn Gigante, Julianne Gillman, Grant Goodrich, Amanda Grassel, Kylie Grauf, Ayana Greene, Oksana Grudanov, Justin Grudem, Caden Gunnarson, Melissa Hacker, Ryan Hamann, Madeline Heimer, Carlie Heinecke, Nicholas Helgestad, Aydan Hinnenkamp, Maxwell Hopkins, Ellie Huttner, Madeline Jezierski, Benjamin Johnson, Abigale Kaehler, Amanda Kaehler, Lucas Konkol, Jadie Koop, Lauren Krall, Kaitlyn Kubinski, Samantha Labatt, Chase LaMotte, Sarah Lazowski, Riley Lewis, Gavin Lien, Mackenzie Lynch, Ryan Makela, Scott Martin, Brayden Mateuszczyk, Colton Matthews, Benjamin McNaboe, Isabel Miller, Nathaniel Miller, Elizabeth Mink, Alivia Mosher, Anthony Nardini, Dylan Newstrum, Britney Nguyen, Meaka Nowak, Porschia Olson, Nicholas O’Neil, Charles Pereda, Persephoney Petersen, McKade Poirier, Laura Randall, Amber Remmen, Allie Roberts, Kyleigh Roberts, Camilla Rose, Emily Rubbelke, Jonathan Schaupp, Samantha Scherling, Aaron Schmidt, Jadon Schneider, Adam Schnell, Jada Schreiner, Zander Schultz, Raven Schwieters, Amber Secrist, Eve Selken, Hannah Sinton, Donovan Skawiniak, Madison Smith, Samantha Stickler, Mikayla Streit, Zacharie Strombeck, Brooklyn Stuhlsatz, Hunter Stull, Lauren Sylvester, Wyatt Thelen, Arabella Thomas, Molly Thompson, Dylan Timm, Chelsea Timmerman, Jared Toensing, Julie Torresani, Jacob Trask, Carter VanEngen, Braydon Wald, Jamie Waldron, Cathryn Wallmow, Kayla Walstrom, Alana Walters, Aidan Whitcomb, Emma Wyman, Autumn Yelich, and Ellie Yonak

GRADE 10

Nathan Amoe, Jessica Andersen, Nicholas Baccam, Carter Barbeln, David Bauer, Abbey Beehler, Jordan Belka, Claire Bode, Danielle Bourgeois, Jasmine Brockberg, Alexa Brown, Maxwell Brown, Morgan Bruers, Ella Bussmann, Ellie Cargill, Ryan Catton, Blair Cecil, Samantha Clark, Madison Culliver, Taylor Culliver, Riley Daun, Carson DeSotel, Jenna Dietl, Jonathan Dietz, Kaylee Dirschel, Tanner Donnay, Olivia Durbin, Morgan DuVall, Laura Ebert, Kaitlyn Eder, Hannah Finstad, Elizabeth Fleck, Natalie Fortin, Danielle Franklin, Madisen Frausto, Zachary Fuchs, Alaina Gadtke, Dawson Geist, Tyler Gelo, Luke Gentle, Nathan Gice, Jerod Gordon, Katelyn Hagel, Haley Hansen, Madison Hansen, Rachel Haskamp, Ellie Hedlund, Cailey Henderson, Noah Henderson, Brooklyn Hermanson, Brandon Hintz, Jackson Hinz, Phat Ho, Peter Hoffman, Kyle Holstein, Danielle Hoppe, Keely Hughes, Sophia Husnik, Autumn Iwanok, Brynn Jasicki, Kathryn Jewett, Amy Johnson, Madison Johnson, Courtney Johnston, Carly Jones, Eva Jones, Garmai Jones, Eric Judge, Lauren Jullie, Chet Jurrens, Wesley Kaeter, Carlie Katzenberger, Elizabeth Kelzer, Anna Kiffmeyer, Kaelyn Kimmick, Claire Kirscht, Kyle Langer, Christian Larson, Cole Larson, Kaitlyn LaVine, Marissa LeClaire, Cassidy Lehrke, Paetyn Levis, Hannah Loukusa, Casey Lynch, Kelley Lynch, Briana Manthey, Justin Martin, Cailyn Matthews, Lauren Mattson, Grace Maurer, Ethan McDonald, Samantha McDowell, Victoria Meersman, Mackenzie Meier, Cassaundra Miller, Michael Mittelstaedt, Emily Morse, Collin Murray, Anna Nelson, Megan Nelson, Phuong Ngo, Abigail Nylin, Olivia Odegard, Gabriel Olajonlu, Samantha Orth, MacKenzie Otkin, Megan Otten, Anna Paepke, Jenna Parliament, Jenna Patterson, Brenden Pearson, Emma Peterson, Kenneth Peterson, Megan Phinney, Carlie Ripley, Mackenzie Roberts, Sebastian Rodriguez, Emily Rokke, Brennan Rosenthal, Caitlin Ruckle, Carson Sabinash, Mathew Schaeffer, Meghan Schaeffer, Karla Scherber, Logan Schindhelm, Morgan Schmidt, Jade Schreiner, Eric Simon, Allison Skinner, Kali Smisek, Megan Smith, Gabriella Sobiech, Elijah Solberg, Emily Spaniol, Colby St Gelais, Lilly Stockamp, Lindsey Stockamp, Leah Streeter, Matthew Sultany, Claire Swan, Talia Sylvester, Hannah Teasdale, Hyrum Teasdale, Kayla Tester, Amy Theis, Kylee Timperley, John Torresani, Mckenna Wain, Jada Wald, Josie Waldron, Carlee Watters, Rachel Westemeier, Nathaniel Wicklund, Katie Yukhimchuk, and Vincent Zimmer

GRADE 11

Skye Alpert, Nathan Andersen, Coral Anderson, Conner Armstrong, Katherine Baker, Matthew Becker, Kaitlyn Benz, Colton Bluhm, Marissa Bolduc, Kendra Bolster, Samantha Braesch, Dylan Brunetti, Melea Bruns, Taylor Burke, Alec Camarote, Nathan Cassady, Erin Cecil, Madison Chapman, Grace Clark, Kyleigh Correll, Peter Day, Jack DeMarais, Ellie Feilen, Zoe Fezler, Benjamin Fife, Haylee Fingalsen, Erik Fordahl, Emma Frantzen, Collin Franz, Lauren Getz, Inga Golovatyy, Jacob Gordon, Alexis Grauf, Miana Greene, Brady Groenewold, Emily Hacker, Kate Heimer, Aaron Hippen, Emily Hostvedt, Katelyn Ibe, Sarah Janckila, Megan Jasicki, Kayla Jordan, Karisa Justen, Emma Kangas, Julianna Kiesner, Savannah Klein, Reed Kolles, Austin Kollos, Jinnae Koop, Anna Koshiol, Tyler Lee, Elizabeth Liebert, Kyle Lithgow, Jessica Livingston, Kaitlynn Lloyd, Kalista Lynde, Julia Malark, Paige Marrs, Isabella Matejka, Calista Mateuszczyk, Tanner Meadows, Collin Melcher, Sarah Mills, Jake Moss, Nolan Murray, Nicole Nardini, Emma Navratil, Jenna Nevonen, Matthew O’Connor, Ireland O’Gara, Mary Okematti, Mercedes Olson, Mitchell Osland, Tanner Palm, Kyle Paris, Mitchell Patnode, Jacob Pawlowski, Lauren Polzin, Anthony Quale, Morgan Rgnonti, Laura Roberge, Dalton Roehl, Mary Rooney, Erik Saxton, Benjamin Schaupp, Olivia Schutte, Austin Scollard, Megan Secrist, Elaina Seemann, Sidney Seiwert, Emily Sinton, Allie Smith, Felicia Smith, Alannah Sperr, Daniil Stanisevschi, Hayden Stuhlsatz, Victoria Taylor, Matthew Ternus, Cecelia Thole, Ngoc Tran, Ashlee Trochlil, Da Vang, Litzy Viveros Lopez, Abigail Voronyak, Morgan Wallmow, and Brandon Wilson

GRADE 12

Jacob Abrahamson, William Alexander, Kaylee Amoe, Brittany Anderson, Bryce Anderson, Gabrielle Anderson, Natalie Baccam, Madison Barry, Samantha Bolden, Emma Bolduc, Lindsey Borel, Jacob Boyd, Jenna Breseman, Amy Brown, Elle Butkovich, Olivia Carlson, Sydney Clark, Jean Cormack, Rylan Darr¸ Paige Dobberstein, Elizabeth Dobmeier, Jakob Dotterer, Josiphene Dotterer, Lauren Dunham, Taylor Dunleavy, Andrea DuVall, Jessica Earlewine, Sean Ebert, Jonathan Eiden, Margaret Emahiser, Faith Emovondavid, Alexis Fehr, Mitchell Gavin, Abigail Gearou, Samuel Gentle, Torrey Goelz, Yan Golovatyy, Elizabeth Goodrich, Aaron Gordon, Cadia Gren, Lauren Groves, Madeline Gruys, Bradley Hagel, Jenna Hanauska, Emily Hanford, Samantha Harber, Courtney Henderson, Jacob Heyer, Rachel Hinz, Logan Hirschfelt, Linh Hoang, Wyatt Holzheu, Evan Huber, Forrest Jensen, Drew Jenson, Alyssa Johnson, Griffin Johnson, Jake Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Abby Jordan, Sabrina Kabitz, Jenna Karls, Katelyn Kemmetmueller, Trevor Klink, Ariel Koch, Lauren Konkol, Rachel Landry, Paige Larrabee, Alexa Larson, Anya Larson, Karianna Larson, Kayla Larson, Lauren LeClaire, Jacob Lehrke, Jordon Leibel, Travis Limoseth, Mitchell Loukusa, Courtney Lynch, Spencer Majerus, Markku Makinen, Brooke Manz, Tessa McCarthy, Reed Morgan, Steffan Musoke, Monique Nguyen, Lydia Nies, Zachary Nylin, Abigail Ogden, Logan Olkon, Emma Olson, Olivia Olson, Amanda Penick, Cory Penick, Haley Pettis, Andrew Piehl, Jacob Post, Jordan Pratt, Alex Przybilla, Molly Robbins, Alyssa Rokke, Charles Rooney, Janelle Rouillard, Elliott Russell, Adriana Sachs, Drew Sagehorn, Morgan Sagehorn, Sydney Sagehorn, Ibrahim Sareva, Makayla Sarvey, Garrett Scherber, Andrew Schmitz, Nicole Scholla, Margaret Schuster, Brady Selken, Eric Shreve, Noelle Simpson, Hannah Sjerven, Dominic Skawiniak, Greta Skoog, Shaniah Smith, Morgan Snyder, Danae St Gelais, Breana Stang, Logan Stockamp, Samuel Suedbeck¸ Bailey Surprenant, Savannah Sykora, Alaina Sylvester, Michaela Taddeini, Adriane Tapiz, Allison Teasdale, Rachel Theis, Madelyn Thiebault, Adrianna Tjeerdsma, Alicia Utecht, Nolan Walker, Austin Wedell, Savannah Wedell, Emily Wheeler, Cheyenne Wrobel, Vincent Xiong

“B” Honor Roll

(GPA 3.00 – 3.50)

GRADE 9

Breonna Abuya, Brianna Anderson, Jedidiah Bandy, Mitchell Becker, Destiny Benes, Bethel Biniam, Lucas Bistodeau, Kaylee Blasko, Joseph Bohlsen, MacKenzi Carlson, Bjorn Charles, Ann Cooper, Samuel Dahl, Camden Darr, Eddie Darr, Rachel Davidson, Tyler Davis, Tristen Dean, Abby DiChiria, Presley Dobitz, Luke Edstrom, Jackson Eggers, Nolan Erickson, Isabelle Erikson, Holly Eshleman, Robert Faust, Emma Fife, Angelica Franaschouk, Gavin Greiner, Miranda Grismer, Natalya Grudanov, Chad Grupa, Hezekiah Haman, Ashley Hanauska, Dylan Harber, Jacob Harder, Dylan Hathcock, Angelina Hathy, Blake Helling, Peyton Hennen, Katelynn Holland, Chloe Japs, Joseph Jensen, Dylan Johnson, Hannah Johnson, Katherine Johnson, Haley Jorges, Allison Jullie, McKenna Kalahar, Ryan Kasper, Jacob Kemmetmueller, Nathan Kemna, Derrick Kolhoff, Luke LaChance, Matthew Lithgow, Chloe Lundberg, Josephine Lynde, Kyle Maciej, Lauren Mahnke, Payton Maki, Ryan Maurer, Caleb Meadows, Christian Meyer, Dani Michels, Braedon Mittelstaedt, Andrey Nakonechnyy, Evan Naziri, Luke Nelson, Ryan Neuman, Riley Nielsen-Tschritter, Jahir Nunez-Martinez, Nathan O’Connor, David Okematti, Delaney Olson, Sarah Olson, Connor O’Neal, Cameron Ott, Michael Patnode, Lucas Pearson, Brandon Pena Villanueva, Jonathan Perego, Carley Pimiskern, Ava Pinske, Jamie Proell, Kalina Ranallo, Madison Rapacz, Marie Reimer, Neela Reinke, Allie Rother, Jackson Sarvey, Jessica Schermeister, Connor Seemann, Graham Seminari, Gavin Sims, Tassanni Sirattanatray, Eli Smith, Thae Smith, Jacob Soberg, Joshua Sola, Ben Solem, Yan Sozonov, Caden Sunvold, Alayna Tapiz, Nathan Thelen, Nina Van Ess, Cassandra VanDenBerg, Chase VanHeel, Emily VanStelten, Gabriel Voronyak, Pacey Vylasek, Brandon Welch, Jake Whaley, Grace Wilson, Margaret Wuollet, and Rylie Zimmerman

GRADE 10

Kyle Amundson, Thomas Andersen¸ Stacy Anderson, Briana Bailie, Kaitlyn Barry, Cole Beck, Gunnar Carlson, Molly Carnes, Joseph Clark, Zachary Coins, Shalyn Cole, Gwendolyn Cox, Lauren Demoret, Erin Dorn, Anastasia Dulski, KayLee Dzuris, Megan Edstrom, Hannah Eide, Krysta Felber, Lucas Fjellanger, Joseph Fodstad, Parker Gleason, Kaitlyn Haapala, Tyler Hagert, Kallie Hambleton, Aaron Hanauska, Hailey Hanson, Jenna Hatcher, Cara Hess, Luke Hinrichs, Grace Hol, Jerome Hopperstad, Lucas Immerheiser, Emily Jablonski, Cole Johnson, Emily Kilby, Nicholas Kleven, Jonathan Krumsieg, Michael LaCock, Allison Langer, Ross Lanman, Kate Lehtola, Evan Lindquist, Sydney Lofgren, Marisa Maddox, Trever Madsen, Kali Manning, David Mantsevich, Morgan Manz, Lauren Matzke, Emma McKeon, Reece Meskimen, Emily Miller, Megan Minikus, Nino Morgan, Tricia Niznik, Christina Nolting, Grace Omann, Megan Otto, Garett Pawlak, Drew Peterson, Taylor Peterson, Nathan Puetz, Erik Reshetar, Jerusha Sagbeh, Madison Sandberg, Briley Sanders, Andrew Schatzke, Jocelin Schellbach, Alexander Schreifels, Cole Schwerin, Charles Skoog, Zachary Smisek, Jackson Spanier, Michael Strandness, Kayla Strumstad, Christian Swanson, Noah Swanson, Mason Sweet, Samuel Throldahl, Ethan Tjeerdsma, Andrew Trask, Wyatt Vessey, Seth Vestal, Alexander Wadzink, Bramlee Watson, Samantha Weidenbach, Zachary West, Jonathan Willemssen, and Bret Wilson

GRADE 11

Zachary Aanerud, Logan Adair, Nicholas Andersen, Carmen Anderson, Kaleb Anderson, Nicholas Atallian, Brett Beaudry, James Berg, Wyatt Bloom, Emily Bond, Katie Borel, Owen Brewer, Kevin Buschkowsky, Nicholas Camarote, Ethan Cassidy, Eric Chamlongsong, Kyra Cleveland, Kaylie Conlin, Abby Conn, Wesley Cooper, McKone Corkery, Garrett Crosby, Allison Cuabo, Allison Dahlgren, Alyssa Dallman, Michael David, Anne Domanus, Calista Dorholt, Graham Durbin, Aaron Eenhuis, Jack Erdahl, Samantha Fitzpatrick, Jarett Flander, Mikayla Flores, Sara Foesch, Michael Friesen, Joshua Garlock, Nicholas Gustafson, Hanna Hagberg, Karlie Hall, Lindsey Havel, Cody Hines, Ethan Holland, Ashley Huettl, Madison Hunt, Kaylee Husarik, Christina Jairam, Elizabeth Johnson, Jack Kammers, Katherine Kapsner, Courtney Kirby, Cameron Kline, Madison Knox, Marisa Kranitz, Emma Kuchaes, Benjamin Lazowski, Andrew Lenz, Gabrielle Lien, Ellie Lucas, Skylar Lund, Jared Lundberg, Sean Maciej, Nicole Manning, Thomas Martin, Jac Mateja, Eleanor McCaw, Hannah Meseck, Kaleb Middleton, Noah Minkler, Isabella Mitchell, Justin Mork, Reid Morris, Anastasia Morrison, Megan Moylan, Joseph Mulcare, Mitchell Nelson, Tate Nelson, Gavin Nordberg, Zachary Ostman, Haley Pawlak, Makayla Pratt, Anna Priebe, Damon Prow, Dale Reshetar, Alexander Rodriguez, Kevin Lee Santiago-Martinez, Sarah Schaenzer, Connor Schroeder, Jacob Schroeder, Carly Segulia, Bryanna Skochenski, Heather Smith, Nicholas Soppeland, Ashley Spah, Mitchell Spilles, Madeline Springer, Hannah Stolba, Madalyn Theis, Rachael Thomas, Wyatt Thurber, Jeana Tomlinson, Kristina Trombley, Jamie Turnquist, Brennan Unruh, Denver Vacek, Olivia Wageman, Kordell Wager, Angela Wagner, Shawn Watercott, Justine Welcome, Abby Wenz, Brett Wilmot, and Maleia Ysteboe

GRADE 12

Ashley Abbott, Jayce Allen, Emmanuil Babkin, Jacob Baker, Leksi Basel, Kala Berg, Vincent Billing, Sean Bois, Kayla Bolster, Jason Brackett, Jordan Brausen, Jack Broughten, Lucas Burney, Maxwell Byrne, Jenae Carey, Aaron Carter, Emma Clark, Ryan Davidson, Jacob Deelstra, Matthew Dehn, Kaitlyne Dittberner, Brooke Dorn, Jared Dotterer, Madison Erickson, Peter Fehr, Alaina Felt, Abraham Fofanah, Olivia Goble, La’Keena Gross, Nicholas Hansen, Kevin Haux, Abigail Heikes, Tristan Holdren, Alyssa Huete, Cole Hyde, Benjamin Jacobsen, Carsyn Jenkins, Olivia Johnson, Blayne Kasper, Brianna Kerr, Andrew Korton, Tyler Langheinz, Kalie Leitch, Rachel Liveringhouse, John Lotter, Samuel Lunacek, Matthew Mabin, Jordan Maki, Cruz Martinez, Rachel Miller, Sarah Miller, Taylor Miller, Trace Narragon, Alexis Natus, Egedn Ndege, Madeline Nehotte, Mack Nelsen, Kelsey Omariba, Hannah Otto, Logan Paige, Cole Pecka, Talia Perri, Tatianna Qaasim, Caitlyn Reeves, Adam Reimer, Jenna Reust, Jenaya Rickard, Samuel Ripley, Zachary Roden, Jenelle Sanders, Jill Scherle, Megan Schlagel, Madison Schmidt, Dustin Schoepke, Dakoata Schwerin, Reed Seifert, Madeline Smisek, Jessica Sola, Mackenzie Speidel, Erica Stewart, Devon Stuhlsatz, Zachary Thibado, David VanDenBerg, Kuab Vang, Tyler Vidor, Aidan Vincent, Timothy Wilson, Alyssa Wisner, and Alexis Zehrer

2015-2016 Elk River High School Semester 1 Honor Roll
 Grade 9 “A” Honor Roll
Anna Alex, Michael Almich, Neely Anderson, Joseph Anderson, Michael Baron, Alexis Beck, Kelsey
Bielefeld, Kelli Boe, Karly Boedigheimer, Chloe Brunkow, Gabrielle Brunkow, Erin Buerke, Katherine Buhl, Janine Bury, Joseph Butterfield, Rand Carlson, Grant Carlson, Lindsey Carlson, Annica Carr, Camryn Chouinard, Larkin Clem, Tayler Cunningham, Isabel Davis, Deanna Dokken, Hanna Dorff, Colt Dusbabek, Gabrielle Eatherton, Obiamalu Egbujor, Charles Eldredge, Logan Fisher, Joseph Foss, Angel Fredin, Jason Frost, Gavin Frost, Claire Gebhardt, Grace Gilbertson, Hannah Goede, Jacie Gordon, Ally Gramstad, Benjamin Greni, Ava Grimm, Samantha Gust, Lucas Gustafson, Hannah Hagglund, MyKenna Haley, Alexis Hanson, Grace Hanson, Alyssa Heinkel, Madalyn Hembre, Kayden Hendrickson, Riley Hogan, Dylan Hollom, Samuel Homola, Alina Hrytskevich, Samuel Hund, Annabel Inman, Carly Jagodzinski, Michael Jarmoluk, Calista Jerome, Sydney Johnson, Madeline Johnson, Donna Johnson, Madeline Johnson, Michael Johnson, Sarah Johnson, Hannah Johnson, Megan Jung, Riley Kaluza, Kelli Keyser, Kelsey King, Fay Konopa, Madelyn Kotzer, Brandon Koziol, Katarina Kraljic, Julia Kramer, John Krivich, Alexis Lane,
Kiera Larson, Mitchell Larson, Madeline LaVallee, Alexandra Lee, Sophia Leither, Haley Liming, Peyton Lorentz, Ryan Madsen, Riley Mathis, Autumn Mattson, Jaelyn McAllister, Noah Meyer, Kallie Middleton, Evan Miller, Grace Miller, Madison Mitzuk, Kwamboka Ndege, Selena Nelson, Cassandra Neuenfeldt, Arik Nordenstrom, Shelby Novotny, Michael Nowotny, Jade Ochu, Joseph O’Connell, Elizabeth Olson, Luke Orgon, Jacob Palm, Carly Palmer, Malia Peacock, Jackson Perbix, Julia Pierce, Tyler Powell, Morgan Ray, Sydney Redepenning, Arica Reesman, Sydney Reiner, Sofia Rivers, Alaina Rossum, Ashton Salfrank, Austin Salfrank, Josephine Schaaf, Mason Schaal, Cole Schaal, Carter Schmitt, Ethan Schultz, Elana Sederholm, Noah Shenkle, Afnan Siddique, Jack Simmons, Philip Skorykh, Eli Smith, Harrison Stephens, Madison Stevens, Danielle Stewart, Sonja Tesdahl, Mackenzie Thom, Jordan Thorpe, Riley Thorson, Emily Tincher, Bailey Tobiason, Tess Trombley, Cole Tveit, Veronika Tyo, Samuel Varner, Callie Velisek, Anneke Verhoef, Julia Vicioso, Matthew Vick, Talsi Wagner, Kaitlyn Walz, Branden Weber, Sophia Wetherille, Alexis Winberg, Sydney Zierden

Grade 9 “B” Honor Roll
Kaleigh Adams, Tori Albrecht, Melaina Anderson, Lily Anderson, Lafayette Bade, Cade Baldwin, Toni Baldwin, Jacob Ballenger, Zachary Bartlett, Abigail Benson, Tailer Benson, Stephanie Blasius, Olivia Bloom, Samuel Brendel, Anna Breuer, Brooks Butalla, Noah Carlsen, Leanna Christen, Annabelle Czech, Samuel Dmitruk, Brady Eastman, Taylor Elliott, Logan Enkhaus, Kyle Esperum, Alexander Ettesvold, Carson Friestad, Savannah Furstenberg, Carsyn Gatlin, Mariah Gesino, Samuel Glasgow, Michaela Goad, Saul Gonzalez, Marina Hales, Zachary Hallman, Tyler Hanson, Julia Hendricks, Drew Hightshoe, Jessica Hortian, Cory Hughes, Tanner Jess, Dalton Johnson, Hamdi Kasim, Alison Keoraj, Bridget Kiemele, Sydney Knopick, Makaela Knotz, Katie Kolar, Elizabeth Konopa, Anson Kozitka, Sarah Kring, Kalee Krippner, Joey Kunkel, Noah Langlais, Aaron Larson, Ryan LeBlanc, Tara Leshovsky, Tyler Leshovsky, Alyssa Lindquist, Preston Lowe, Daneen Maretski, Anna Matter, Vianna Moua, Mitchell Muniz, Katie Nelson, Zachariah Odegard, Ethan O’Hara, Sarah Rapp, Miranda Reierson, Madison Ricksham, Tyler Riffe, Samantha Schoen, Katie Schwegman, Trent Soukup, Jared Stanke, Marlena Steenerson, Makenzie Stevens, Evan Strom, Jonathan Suchy, Olivia Swigart, Jack Taylor, Kylee Thompson, Benjamin Truebenbach, McKenna Uphoff, Erin Uveges, Cody Vanek, Annie Wagenpfeil, Jessica Waldron, Sarah Walters, Ashlyn Weber, Tyler Weinmann, Amber Weirauch, Cassidy Wolcenski, Izabella Yager

Grade 10 “A” Honor Roll
Colin Abress, Noah Adams, Kayla Andersen, Heather Anderson, AdLai Bade, Ciara Bailey, Belinda Beaver, Katherine Bedbury, Eva Bednarz, Sarah Bense, Carlita Bertsch, Sydney Bever, Cade Beyer, Madison Bizal, Connor Bizal, Marguerite Boedigheimer, Samantha Bray, Nicholas Breuer, Meagan Brown, Christian Bruno, Nicole Butterfield, Stephanie Carlson, Tristan Carlson, Alexis Chambers, Anna Charboneau, Dylan Chouinard, Kristen Collins, Madison Coonradt, Alexis Cunningham, Emma Dalton, Britney Davies, Erin Davis, Kaitlyn Dhooge, Alexandra Ditter, Amanda Duitsman, Blake Eggen, Megan Feist, Jade Fredin, Alexis Freund, Ethan Gardner, Gillian Greenberg, Megan Greenberg, Claire Grundman, Allison Hall, Claire Hanegraaf, Mikayla Hansen, Olivia Hansen, Keegan Haus, Mollie Heinen, James Heinzen, McKenzie Herrboldt, Andrew Hess, Madison Hilyar, Addie Hohlen, Jessica Holmquist, Eleanor Humphrey, Jill Humphrey, Benjamin Inman, Alexi Jacks, Grace Jacobs, Kyle Jussila, Carmen Kaelke, Tristan Kirschbaum, Michael Kohorst, Lauryn Kolles, Jacob Kovach, Adam Kruger, Zachary Kruger, Sophia Kruger, Jacob Lane, Mallie Larson, Arina Lazareva, Tia Lerud, Madison Leuthold, Ashley Lynch, Erin Mably, Callum MacArthur, Ava Maki, Dylan Martie, Freedom Martin, Chancellor McDonald, Jackson Michener, Derek Monahan, Matisse Myles, Emily Nelson, Alyssa Nielsen, Reese Norby, Madison Odegaard, Hailey Odegard, Kendell O’Leary, Abigail Olson, Sabrina Onuma, Alayna Osterman, Evea Owens, Peyton Paaverud, Beryl Palmer, Joseph Pelle, Mackenzie Perron, Matia Person, Ashley Peters, Ashley Peterson, Sophie Pettman, Carson Pixley, Morgan Pool, Ashley Purcell, Madisen Rademacher, Sophia Riebel, Lauren Rishovd, Elizabeth Rolfes, Ashalyn Rustad, McKenzie Scheid, Laura Schmierer, Rachel Schoenecker, Megan Schroeder, Sydney Schuster, William Sibilski, Caroline Silvola, CeCelia Simmonds, Nicholas Sink, Emily Sizen, Stoyan Slavkov, Jazlynne Smith, Mikala Springer, Reilly Springman, Lindsay Stiegler, Mary Stoutenburg, Kincaid Strain, Mitchell Stroh, Shelby Swenson, Matthew Syverson, Katherine Thorpe, Nicole Thue, Josephine Uche, Chineng Vang, Grant Warner, Rachel Wojcieszak, David Woyke, Iviee Yager, Haley Yoder, Vittorio Zappa, Dominick Zappa, Sage Zerban, Elizabeth Ziegler

Grade 10 “B” Honor Roll
MaCartney Ascheman, Beau Babcock, Carter Baldwin, Brooke Benolkin, Morgan Bianchi, Brittney Boese, Ashley Boyd, Taylor Brandt, Jenna Broman, Jack Burger, Jennessa Casey, Anna Cawthra, Carley Collins, Grace Crawford, Jared Creighton, Halie Dalzell, Joshua Daniel, Logan Davies, Madison Dillerud, Acacia Donat, Wyatt Dopp, Rachel Dorff, Addie Droen, Samantha Elsenpeter, Nicholas Eull, Andrew Fausone, Brittany Flander, Alexandria Foote, Lyndsey Geist, Noah Haaf, Kaleb Hammer, Brock Haugland, Ander Hillebregt, Kelsie Hoffmann, Bailey Horner-McAlpine, John Ingham, Samuel Kirscht, Tierney Klinker, Zackery Kreider, Adam Larson, Taiyo Larson, Andrew Larson, Jared LeClair, Lauren Lee, Landon Lefebvre, Laura Lefebvre, Ashley Lingman, Benjamin Marohn, Matthew Melco, Sara Monroy, Kaja Montplaisir, Mark Muzzy, Justin Nelson, Jamie Nguyen, Bruce Norton, Daniel Olson, Helena Parranto, Amanda Patterson, Brittney Peters, Logan Rademacher, Spencer Rammer, Caleb Rustad, Robert Schiller, Timothy Schoenecker, Shayne Schoenfelder, David Schwappach, Taylor Seifert, Lily Sharp, Sydney Sullivan, Geoffrey Tatur, Kate Torfin, Haley Ullrich, Sarah Vernon, Alexandra Weber, Thomas West, Livana Wieber, Isabella Wolcott, Cameron Wyse, Griffin Young, Hallie Yurich

Grade 11 “A” Honor Roll
Hayley Ackermann, Samantha Alexander, Joel Alfveby, Page Altman, Nicholas Anderson, Joseph Averill, Protus Babaya, Holland Baker, Kyle Ballou, Cierra Beckerleg, Kaylee Benson, Hannah Bies, Tyler Billman, Kamilah Boedigheimer, Ryan Bouma, Kyle Bouten, Elizabeth Brayden, Blaine Brenteson, Maria Brown, Connor Bryan, Megan Buhl, Kian Cappelli, Rebecca Caswell, Allie Christensen, Dylan Clausen, Cameron Cotton, Kelsie Cox, Alyssa Dailey, Cole Daleiden, Annie Dalton, Paige DoBrava, Danielle Dokken, Avalon Donat, Gabrielle Dose, Isabella Dusbabek, Abby Dwyer, Dylan Earl, Taylor Eastman, Kory Esterberg, Nathan Faust, Michael Fischer, Grace Fonder, Caitlyn Foote, Arthur Fosse, Charles Franz, Maxwell Friese, Olivia Fromm, Logan Gacke, Bradley Geist, Allissa George, Alec Germscheid, Jarod Gill, John Greniuk, Madeleine Griffin, Gabrielle Haack, Casey Hass, Kaitlyn Hembre, Jack Hendrickson, Jacob Heyne, Emily Holmquist, Lauren Holzem, Emily Holzknecht, Maryna Hrytskevich, Mackenzie James, Julia Jerome, Kailey Johnson, Emma Johnson, Nissa Johnson, Hannah Jones, Hadley Jordan, Emily Kiemele, Jamie Klang, Dylan Kline, Raelyn Korinek, Erika Kovar, Ava Kramer, Isaac Kramer, Kaytlin Krivich, Gannon Larson, Spencer Larson, Alexander LaValley, Christian Leonard, Trevor Loidolt, Benton Maass, Chase Marchand, Alivia Mars, Emily Mattingley, Mary McAlpine, John McClay, Justin McDaniel, Amanda McDonald, Shae-Elle McLean, Maggie McQuown, Madalyn Meyer, Benjamin Meyers, Maxwell Michaelis, Kennedi Mitchell, Josiah Monroy, Annika Morgan, Jax Murray, Ellie Neilson, Ashley Nething, Jessica Nielsen, Jalon Nielson, Samuel Nordstrom, Marcus Ogren, Grace Olson, Lauren Ott, Matthew Paavola, Nicklaus Perbix, Nicholas Perron, Andrea Petrich, Caylee Piersak, Hailey Pratt, Kaitlyn Radke, Ryan Rapp, Haley Rasmussen, Jessica Reckard, Nicholas Rice, Logan Rodgers, Jordan Sakry, Grant Schmitt, Skyler Schmitz, Cassandra Schmitz, Taylor Schroeder, Alyssa Schroeder, Jenna Schunk, Kaytlin Sederholm, Emonei Shaw, Austin Solors, Nicholas Sporre, Hailey Stein, Tyler Stordahl, Madeline Streifel, Mark Swann, Mackenzie Taylor, Mason Tegg, Cherish Thao, Elizabeth Thompson, Tyler Thorson, Victoria Tobin, Madeline Tomlinson, Brady Trittin, Luke Tudor, Christopher Udalla, Ellie Vrchota, Maxwell Waite, Emma Waller, Nicholas Walz, Kennedy Warner, Jeffrey Watkins, Noah Weege, Sidney Wentland, Andrea Westgaard, Alexander Wiczek, Maxwell Wiczek, Rohan Willoughby, Michaela Wirz, LeeAnne Wuanti

Grade 11 “B” Honor Roll
Shannon Allen, Taylor Anderson, Chi Asangwe, Sebrina Athey, Dillon Ayers, Abraham Bade, Katherine Barschdorf, Kristina Blasius, Jordan Bosacker, Emmalee Breth, Peyton Christoffer, Andrew Clark, Kaitlyn Collins, Nicolas Crego, Matthew Dahlson, Julie Deschenes, Luke Dickinson, Rachel Dorff, Caitlyn Dunbar, Paige Evenson, Mitchell Feige, Darya Findorff, Caden Gatlin, Andrew Gehring, Katelyn Gfroerer, Samuel Gibas, Quinton Gilbertson, Zachary Griffiths, Clarissa Gursky, Dawson Hagen, Joseph Halvorson, Michael Hampton, Alina Hansen, Sidney Hanson, Trevyn Haus, Joseph Hess, Grant Hevey, Blake Hills, Joseph Hinchcliff, Elizabeth Holby, Benjamin Hookom, Nathan Horn, Evan Huntley, Zachary James, Benjamin Johnson, Peightyn Karsten, Sierra Kearns, Jonathan Keith, Nathan Kissel, Jackson Kliewer, Danielle Lachmiller, Molly Larson, Kali Larson, Colin Lindgren, Christina Lysdahl, Coleman Maegi, Taylor Martin, Davis Monahan, Alexander Morgan, Rebekah Morrison, Cy Musgjerd, Josephine Neuenfeldt, Dylan O’Connor, Grace O’Konek, Marlys Oliver, Zachary Olson, Crystal Palmborg, Tyler Paulson, Macee Pearson, Marijane Petersen, Arieanna Poling, Josette Provo, Mason Quarnstrom, Luciano Ramirez-Munez, Abegail Reisinger, Casey Schilz, Abby Severson, Laura Simcoe, Abbigail Slawson, Samuel Strack, Dawson Straus, Tyler Thompson, Connor Thompson, Michael Tyo, Sarah VanCamp, Jerrik Walker, Ryan Weeks, Duncan Wiest, Joshua Yothers, Jensen Zerban

Grade 12 “A” Honor Roll
Julia Abell, Brianna Anderson, Jadyn Anderson, Adielya Audette, Bradley Beaver, Jacob Benkofske, Bailie Boese, Abigail Bosak, Alison Boser, Bridget Brown, Blair Budahn, Tricia Buerke, Reece Byrne, Monet Cairns, Lydia Carr, Kelsey Carroll, Jacob Carter, Myah Christenson, Sophia Christiansen, Dylan Church, Nicole Coomer, Carter Corpe, Maren Corpe, Luisa Corra, Katie Crocker, Ashley Daniel, Jared Davies, Sophia Davitt, Madaline Davitt, Marina Day, Cassandra Dee, Jessica Dexheimer, Devin Dhooge, Nathan Dorff, Jaci Eatherton, Tyler Eirich, Garrett Embury, Nicholas Engelmeyer, Kyle Erickson, Alexa Filipiak, Jaide Friese, Brianna Gerold, Benjamin Gibas, Megan Gonrowski, Thomas Graif, Jacob Griffiths, Alyse Grunewald, Carlie Haben, Madison Haley, Jared Hallman, Benjamin Hansen, Josceline Harris, Cole Harris, Sydney Heinen, Molly Hickerson, Isabella Hinseth, Maxx Holland, Tyler Hudson, Nicole Ingham, Aric Jacks, Annika Johnson, Riley Johnson, Brooke Johnson, Madison Jorgensen, Madeline Jung, Ayhan Kaygisiz, Matthew Keller, Tyler Klier, Gabrielle Knopick, Mikayla Knudson, Jennifer Koehler, Abigail Kokesh, Jack Kolar, Gabrielle Kolles, Erica Kolstad, Krista Kovar, Joseph Kramer, Anna Kunkel, Jayme Langbehn, Brooke Larson, Blake LaVallee, Colin Lea, Emma Leither, Kera LePitre, Ashley Lind, Kenadee Lonsky, Holli McClellan, Hayley Milless, MacKenzie Mitzuk, Maisha Muhummad, Veronica Nalezny-Meide, Kemunto Ndege, Rachel Ness, Mackenzie Neu, Anna Neuman, Emily Novotny, Jordan Novotny, Kevin O’Hara, Julissa Ojeda, Marcus Olson, Matthew Osberg, Landen Paige, Kali Parke, Whitney Peters, Courtney Peters, Anna Pierce, Hailey Poliszuk, Jeremy Radke, Dalton Ramberg, Chloe Rand, Amanda Reasor, Madison Reichert, Kylee Reimann, Andrew Rhoda, Mary Rolfes, Jenny Rose, Taylor Schimmelman, Cole Schultz, Alexandra Schwab, Madelynn Seifert, Abigail Sharp, Brendan Simmonds, Alva Sjoeberg, Madelyne Sorenson, Jennifer Staffenhagen, Elizabeth Stevens, Meaghan Stoutenburg, Keith Sullivan, Jacie Sullivan, Trevor Taylor, Donovan Theis, Melissa Uphoff, Marissa Utz, Marissa VanTassel, Colin Webster, Kalen Weidenbach, Sierra Weinhold, Hannah Whiting, Gabrielle Wicht, Timothy Wilder, Jake Winberg, Christopher Wingard, Jessica Wisniewski, Miranda Wohlers, Mahli Wold, Olivia Wolters, Aaron Yankowiak, Kjerste Yothers, Grayson Ziegler, Kyle Ziemer

Grade 12 “B” Honor Roll
Elizabeth Albrecht, Antonia Bailey, Hailey Benson, Miranda Beyer, Nathanial Bosak, Samantha Bosak, Riley Bowers, Rebekah Brown, Brooke Burns, Nathaniel Chesemore, Anne Christensen, Joseph Christiansen, Haylie Conzet, Kyle Corpe, Marie Deaton, Michael Domeier, Samuel Droogsma, Andrew Elmquist, Chase Elrod, Joshua Ettesvold, Kristina Foggia, Matthew Goodsell, Tanner Hagglund, Julia Hallman, Paige Hammer, Jacob Hanson, Alexandra Harris, Brandon Harvell, Michael Henry, Madelyn Hildenbrand, Elizabeth Holien, Peyton Holmes, Hannah Hultberg, Wyatt James, Samuel Johnson, Shelby Kaunzner, Alishba Kazmi, Nolan Kivley, Erin Klang, Jake Kohorst, Cole Lachmiller, Callie Larson, Aaron Ley, Allison Libor, Mackenzie Literski, Josie Love, Blair Lundquist, Joseph Marsh, Matthew McCormack, Malie McDevitt Kraljic, Chase Meyer, Faith Miller, Megan Milless, Trent Modeen, Olivia Nelson, Kelsey Nelson, Matthew Nelson, Mitchell Olson, Trevor Pautzke, Lexie Peterson, Emma Pieper, Britley Plautz, Jossell Powell, Alexandra Sandberg, Abigail Scheid, Sophia Schutt, Austin Shaw, Morgan Simmons, Breanna Simon, Kayla Soderstrom, Justin Streifel, Danielle Swanson, Dakota Sykes, Jacob Thompson, Mitchell Thompson, Antonio Vasseur