St. Joseph High School News 1/29/18 - 2/2/17
St. Joseph High School News
1/29/18 - 2/2/18
High School Heroes:
This week, we feature Bean Klusendorf and Kelsey Froelich as our High School Heroes in Issue # 14.
This week, we feature Bean Klusendorf and Kelsey Froelich as our High School Heroes in Issue # 14.
Please
thank them for their combined 18 Years of Service to SJHS!
Chili Cook Off
Competition: Congrats!!!
Congratulations
to the “Netflix and Chili” team of Logan Borah, Daniel Okonski, and Ali Koehler
as they won 1st Place in the downtown Chili competition Friday night. They
competed against 30 other teams (many of whom were professional chefs)!
The judges felt our high school team had the chili with the best texture
and most balanced flavors! They served approximately 600 tasting cups at
the Caffe Tosi location. A big thanks to Ann Reitz, owner of Caffe Tosi for her
support.
Athletic Sportsmanship:
Mr.
Guzzo and I (Mr. Blomgren) received this email this morning from one of the basketball
officials we had for the game this past Friday and I wanted to share with all
of you. This is what it is all about!!! Proud of the representation!!
Congratulations
to Coach Schaffer and the boys team for bringing this type of recognition to
our school and community!
Gentlemen,
Just wanted to
congratulate you on what I saw Friday with your men's basketball program. I've
officiated this year from Jackson to St Joe and although I think the overall
quality of basketball in SW Michigan is down a bit I was so impressed with what
I saw from your team Friday night. From my perspective your Bears embody
everything I would want in a HS athletic program. Hardworking, positive
attitudes, well coached, unselfish, competitive, prepared and good
sportsmanship from your bench personnel and players on the court. No gestures
on calls, no negative comments to officials, no chatter to the other team. This
was all very refreshing because it seems to be an ongoing issue in HS sports
these days. I would also congratulate your student body on their enthusiasm and
support while also representing St Joe in a positive manner and displaying good
sportsmanship. I know none of this happens without positive leadership. I know
that building principals and ADs can set the tone and the expectations so thank
you for your hard work in all of these areas. Mostly congrats to Coach Schaffer
for teaching more than basketball skills and helping develop young men of
character.
By the way --easy to ref
your kids because they are sound fundamentally, play on balance and under
control, play within themselves, and understand situations and are organized
and ready for what is happening on the floor.
Thanks for a great night
and good luck moving forward.
Jim Hogoboom
Sportsmanship Expectations:
Friendly reminder of the
expectations we have of all of our fans attending St. Joseph High School
events.
Welcome to
St. Joseph
High School
WHERE
SPORTSMANSHIP
IS AN
EXPECTATION!
Please
Let the Players
Play,
Let the
Coaches Coach,
Let the
Officials Officiate,
And Fans be
Positive!
NOTHING YOU DO IN THE
STANDS SHORT OF ENCOURAGEMENT IS ACCEPTABLE!
GO BEARS!
Winter Fest Spirit Week:
This
week is Winter Fest – Lots of activities at school this week, including our
dress up days for school to promote school spirit and attendance at events
throughout the week! Have fun and GO
BEARS!
Monday
is PAJAMA DAY!
Tuesday
is SUPER HERO DAY!
Wednesday
is FAMERS DAY!
Thursday
is JERSEY DAY!
Friday
is a BLUE-OUT!
Start
planning your outfits ☺
Scholastic Writing
Awards:
Congratulations
to our awesome writers. SJHS students won 58 awards, including 7
Gold Keys in the 2018 Midwest Region Scholastic Writing Awards. Thousands of
entries from 8 states are judged for this contest. We are very proud of
our writers. Please take time to congratulate them.
2018 Scholastic Results - 58 total Awards to 43 Students
Gold Key Awards (top 5% of all entries)
Alyssa Bush, Personal Essay/Memoir “Over the River
and Through the Woods”
Celine Darr, Personal Essay/Memoir “From the Outside, Looking In”
Natalie Hopkins, Personal Essay/Memoir
“Battle of the Bees”
Ellie Seaman, Personal Essay/Memoir “Not Your
Mother's Classical”
Abbie Hartfield, Poetry “My
First Birthday”
Anna Vi, Poetry “Little
Hospital on the Hill”
Anna Vi, Poetry “The
Guardians by our Driveway”
Silver Key Awards (top 6-10% of all entries)
Gabby Hardy, Critical Essay “The
Student-Students”
Maddie Newland, Critical Essay “What
Happens to a Dreamer Deferred?”
Anthony Strickler, Critical Essay
“SoundCloud
Discovers a New Generation of Rappers”
Lyndsay White, Critical Essay “The Paradigm of Workplace Revolution: This is Amazon”
Sayle Owen, Novel
Writing Elemental
Lauren Hokanson, Personal
Essay/Memoir “Blue Bubbles”
Ashley Ke, Personal Essay/Memoir
“Castaway “
Anna Miesse, Personal Essay/Memoir “African
Reflections”
Morgan Piontek, Personal Essay/Memoir “I Should've Just Stayed in Bed”
Nolan Rich, Personal
Essay/Memoir “Missing the
Wall”
Hannah Moore, Short
Story “A
Diary Stained With Holy Water and Tears”
Hannah Moore, Short
Story “Clementine
Lane”
Andriana Enix,
Poetry “One
Stone”
Ryan Erickson,
Poetry The Forgotten Worker
Zenah Farhan,
Poetry “Cab to Jericho”
Evelyn Faust,
Poetry
“The
Geico Gecko”
Kaley Gresham,
Poetry “Brick of
Life”
Erin Penner,
Poetry
“Summoned for Duty”
Hannah Quinones,
Poetry “Fires
Swept Through California”
Eileen Spiegel,
Poetry “Gliding Falcon”
Honorable Mention Awards (top 10-15% of all entries)
Kaila Nichols, Critical Essay
“A crucial conversation about cultural appropriation”
Gabby Hardy, Flash
Fiction “She’s
4/7 of the Bookcase”
Kate Glad,
Journalism “In the eye of the storm”
Dylan Marzke,
Journalism “Prescription
abuse pandemic* ravages US”
Norah Judge, Personal
Essay/Memoir “Please,
peel your eyes away—at least for the appointment”
Delaney Klitchman,
Personal Essay/Memoir “The Timber Giant”
Hannah Moore, Personal
Essay/Memoir “But
They Aren't Tumors”
Hannah Moore, Personal
Essay/Memoir “delF508
and 2184delA”
Max Nolan, Personal
Essay/Memoir “Driving
off the edge”
Andreas Vetne, Personal
Essay/Memoir ”Around the Beaten Rock”
Avery Burnette,
Poetry “Fairest
of them All”
Sydney Champion,
Poetry “Strength
Stone”
Jordyn Elsner, Poetry
“Do you Understand?”
Andrianna Enix,
Poetry “#1
Dad”
Andrianna Enix,
Poetry “She
Wishes The Storm Never Knocked Me Down”
Zenah Fahran,
Poetry “My
Dad's Photography Stool”
Evelyn Faust,
Poetry
“In the Dog’s Eyes”
Diana Galicia,
Poetry
“Death by Rollercoaster”
Jarra Hafer,
Poetry
“Family Portrait”
Cameron Haynes,Poetry
“Mogadishu”
Maggie Lear,
Poetry
“The
Hat”
Sydnee Malan,
Poetry “Fighting Toddlers: Trump and
Tillerson”
Hannah Moore,
Poetry “Partially
Digested Ideas”
Tori Murray, Poetry
“Kiwanis Park”
Tori Murray,
Poetry
“Unleashed Canine”
Sayle Owen,
Poetry
“She”
Erin Penner,
Poetry
“Narcissus”
Eileen Spiegel,
Poetry “Musty Burbon”
Anthony Strickler,
Poetry “Money
is still gonna be money”
Morgan Virsik,
Poetry “Soggy Earth”
Morgan
Virsik,
Poetry “Teapot
From the Vietnam War”
St. Joseph Literary Magazine:
evoke, the 2017 Literary Magazine of St. Joseph High School
Earns Highest Award in National Competition
St.
Joseph, MI – January, 2018 – evoke, the literary magazine
from St. Joseph High School has earned the Highest Award by the
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Program to Recognize Excellence
in Student Literary Magazines (PRESLM). This is the top honor in this
nationwide contest.
The
60-page literary magazine was included in the May, 2017 issue of the Wind-Up.
It included works from 54 high school students in 24 different categories.
Genres included writing, like essays, journalism, and poetry but also art, like
painting, mixed media, photography, movies, architecture, and sculpture.
Student
editors were Erica Heathcote, Lit Mag Editor-in-Chief; Annie Klusendorf,
Wind-Up Editor-in-Chief, and Mia Altholz, Wind-Up Managing Editor. Mrs. Joyce
Hunter advised both publications.
This
year, 371 literary magazines were submitted for review. Of that number, 26
received the Highest Award. State and national judges complete first round
judging based on a point system. Magazines scoring 91–100 and recommended by
the state and national judges for Highest Award are displayed at NCTE’s
(National Council of Teachers of English) Annual Convention in November and
judged by the PRESLM (Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary
Magazines) Advisory Committee. The Committee determines whether a magazine
meets enough criteria to win the honor of Highest Award.
Foods Fun!
Students
teaching Staff...
What
started as a conversation between Mrs. Siemans and a couple students about
favorite foods turned into an afternoon of fun! A group of staff members met in
the Foods room last week to learn how to make tamales from Tabatha Cantu and
Mexican Rice from Gina Ayala! Thank you to all who brought ingredients, prepped
stuff at home, and who helped roll the corn husks! We ♥️ learning new things!
Project Search Meeting and Information:
Hello
Everyone,
Just a reminder that the Project SEARCH Information Night will be held
this Wednesday, January 31, at Lakeland Hospital in St. Joseph. Please
note there has been a room change to Upton Room 5.
Attached you will find an updated flyer. Please distribute it to
any student or family who may be interested in the program. We look
forward to having a large turnout on Wednesday evening.
Thank you for your support with this project.
Dual Credit Information:
LMC Dual
Credit Registration Information for SPRING 2018:
Students
enrolled in classes that are eligible for Lake Michigan College Dual Credit
received information on December 6, 2017.
A
Lake Michigan College representative distributed the registration form and
guidelines in classrooms.
Registration deadline March 2, 2018 (exception: Athletic
Training, Foods & Graphic Arts Deadline Feb 16, 2018).
Prerequisites and testing requirements must
be met prior to submitting the registration form to the Guidance Office.
See Guidelines info packet for details and for
additional testing times offered at SJHS (limited space available).
(Teacher signatures and test scores must be included with form.)
If you have Accuplacer testing questions, please contact LMC at
800-252-1562, ext. 8735.
You
can also find information on our Guidance website:
SJHS Baseball Fundraisers:
Baseball
giveback opportunities
·
Coach’s tomorrow Tuesday the 30th (All day event, don’t
have to reference SJ baseball)
·
Texas Corral Thursday February 8th (4-8pm must reference SJ
baseball)
Adulting 101 @ the Library:
Athletic Events:
Monday:
Tuesday:
4:15
9th/JV Boys Basketball @ Loy Norrix
4:15 9th Girls Basketball vs. Loy Norrix
5:45 JV Girls Basketball vs. Loy Norrix
7:00 VAR Girls Basketball vs. Loy Norrix
7:00
VAR Boys Basketball @ Loy Norrix
Wednesday:
6:00 Wrestling Quad
Thursday:
4:15
9th/JV Girls Basketball @ Lakeshore
4:15 9th Boys Basketball vs. Lakeshore
5:45 JV Boys Basketball vs. Lakeshore
6:00 Boys Swim vs. Battle Creek Central
Friday:
5:45
VAR Girls Basketball @ Lakeshore
7:00
VAR Boys Basketball @ Lakeshore
Saturday:
TBA
VAR Wrestling @ SMAC/Gull Lake
9:00
Swim @ Allegan Invite
Upcoming Events:
1/29
– Mon. – Start of 2nd Semester
3/30
– Fri. March 30th – ½ day of school – SPRING BREAK J
