February 2008

Schedule of Events

·   Girls Basketball: Home Games: None Last Away Game: Saturday, February 2nd at DePue.

·   Boy’s Basketball:  Home Game: Feb 8th.  Away Games: Feb 5, 12, 15, 16 (F/S), 23 (F/S), 25, (F/S), 28 (F/S).

·   Junior High Girl’s Basketball:  Home Games: Feb 6, 12, 18, 20, 27.  Away Game: Feb 26.

·         Scholastic Team:  Home Tournament: Feb 14 & 21, Away: Feb 7.

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1  6-10 PM JH Dance

2  10 AM GBB at DePue

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5  6 PM BBB at ROWVA              6 PM Financial Aide Mtg in Libr

6  5:30 PM JH GBB vs. ICS

7  Scholastic Tm at Cambridge

8  3:30 PM GalFEE Mtg –Libr   6 PM BBB vs. W. Central

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12  5:30 JH GBB vs. Westmer      6 PM BBB at Stark County

13  11:30 Dismissal

14  Scholastic Team at Home

15  6 PM BBB at Wethersfield

16  TBA F/S BBB at Wethersfield

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18  No School 5:30 JH GBB at Cambridge         7 PM Board of Education Mtg

19  4:30-5:30 Market Day Pick Up

20  5:30 JH GBB vs. ROWVA

21  Scholastic Team at Home

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23  TBA F/S BBB at Wethersfield     8-11 Mid-Winter Dance

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25  TBA F/S BBB at Wethersfield

26  5:30 JH GBB at Wethersfield

27  5:30 JH GBB vs. United

28  TBA F/S BBB at Wethersfield   7 PM Mid-Winter Band Concert

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Galva Community Unit School District

Newsletter for February 2008

High School Play:

This year’s high school musical is Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella.  Mark your calendars—show nights will be Friday, March 7th and Saturday, March 8th at 7 PM.  Tickets will be $5 for adults and $3 for students.  There will be no pre-sale of tickets, all tickets must be bought at the door.

Come early for dinner on Saturday night from 4:30-6:30 provided by the Lion’s Club in co-operation with the Performing Arts Booster Club. 

The Junior Parents for After Prom will be preparing a wide array of delectable desserts and drinks to be available during the 20 minute intermission. 

Come and enjoy a magical evening of theatre and school support as the Galva High School Drama Club presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. 

 

Performing Arts Boosters—Spaghetti Super:

The Performing Arts Boosters will be hosting their annual Spaghetti Super on Sunday, March 2nd from 3-6:30 PM. 

Booster members that are available to help serve at the Spaghetti Super, please contact Teresa Savage at 932-8523.

Booster members available to help with the Pre-Play dinner on March 8th should also contact Teresa Savage. 

Proceeds go to help support items for the students, such as last year’s band uniforms.

Lion’s Club Dinner—Play Night:

The Lion’s Club will sponsor a dinner on Saturday, March 8th from 4:30-6:30, prior to the second performance of Cinderella.

The menu for the dinner will be ham, cheesy potatoes, and an array of side dishes.  Please come for the buffet style dinner that will benefit both the Lion’s Club & the Performing Arts Booster club.

Wildcat Rug Raffle:

This rug was created and donated to the After Prom Parents group by Regan Ahlgrim of Galva.  The rug will be raffled off.  Raffle tickets are $1 each, $3 for 5, or $6 for 10 tickets.  The rug will be on display at all home Junior High girls games and the last home High School boy’s game on February 8th.  Enter as many times as you wish. 

Tickets will also be available at the High School play, Cinderella on March 7th & 8th. 

For more information, please contact Carol Beeler or Diana Larson, co-chairpersons.

Honor Roll for Second Quarter:

Grade Point Average of 3.0 is regular Honor Roll and GPA of 3.5 is High Honor Roll.  Please congratulate the following students on their success:

4th Grade: Honor Roll - Samuel Anderson, Samantha Blair, Sage Coakley, Jacob Dennis, Alexis Haga, Samantha Lain, Calvin Lambert, Jacob Leemans, Kyle Leverette, Lauren Nordstrom, Austin Pittenger, Dalton Spivey, Kyle Streeter, and Austin Swan.  High Honor Roll - Michael Bersell, Bradley Bowman, William Comer, Ann Droege, Rachel Heck, Austin Holder, Sarah Jeffries, Julie Lindberg, Ragnar Lindberg, Samantha Lindberg, Jake Martin, Lindsey Meyer, Shayla Mille, Erika Olson, Olivia Osborn, Keegan Roberts, Greta Rux, Alexander Samuel, Cheyenne Selkirk, and Makayla Wood.  5th Grade: Honor Roll-Allison Hagerty, Rhett Holt, Katherine Kaufman, Conner Kelly, Collin Landis, Christopher North, Curran O’Riley, Danielle Olander, Chance Stahl, Gage Stone, Bailey Taylor, Rachel VanDeVelde, Emma Wallace, and Courtney Warner.  High Honor Roll– James Hopping, Ryan Olson, Makayla Peterson, and Mariah Smith.  6th Grade: Honor Roll-Kassidee Aufderheide, Melanie Edmonds, Danielle Gibbs, Victoria Guynn, Shay Hill, LeAnn Meyer, Max O’Riley, Hayden Swanson, and Paige Williams. High Honor Roll-Patrick Comer, Emma Corkill, David Jeffries, Jennifer Jones, Mackenzie Kitterman, Katelyn Klein, Aricka Melhouse, and Caleb Rux.  7th Grade: Honor Roll-Alex Gustafson, Conner King, Kylie Martin and Donel Samuel. High Honor Roll-Ryan Amerman, Matt Bersell, Cassandra Hepner, Rachel Holt, Jonelle Humphrey, Dalton Jones, Taylor Klein, Greg Larson, Taylor Morland, Luke North, Devon Peterson, Megan Rose, Alex Strom, and Kyle Wexell.  8th Grade: Honor Roll-Macy Droege, Dustin Jacobson, Brad Moehring, Rob Peters, Blayne Robbins, Tayler Stewart, Nicole Tuthill, and Jacob Warner.  High Honor Roll– Tessa Boston, Austin Ingels, Rachel Jeffries, Matt Johnson, Brady Landis, Caitlynn Mansker, Chris Mille, Hannah Nordstrom, Kevin O’Riley, Miranda Olander, Ethan Olson, Seth Strom, Emily Swanson, Lauren VanDeVelde, Sean VanDeVelde, and Taylor Williams.  9th Grade: Honor Roll-Brittany Cart, Jacob McClintic, Melina Perkins, Andrew Reading, Jonathon Sturtevant, and Bridget Wirth.  High Honor Roll-Miriah Anderson, Erika Edmonds, Ethan Halsall, Brooke Hickman, Nolan Interial, Brianna Melton, Karlee Rylander, Lisa Wendel, and Violet Wiersema.  10th Grade: Honor Roll-Brittany Anderson, Nick Caravello, Cody Demas, Margaret Engstrom, Trevor Foley, Kayla Halsall, Nelson Kendall, Chloe McIntire, Nolan Peterson, Sydney Reading, and Lance Salzmann.  High Honor Roll-Cody Collinson, Harry Hergert, Sierra Kelly, Chelsea Mille, Kaitlyn O’Riley, Matt Pankau, Tauge Rux, and Hayley Thuline.  11th Grade: Honor Roll-Spencer Clark, Geri Lister, Amber Melhouse, Samantha Novotny, Ellie Savage, Ashley Thomson, and Nicole Thomson.  High Honor Roll-Brianna Bleichner, Austin Dobbels, Rachel Edgell, Katelyn Huffman, Shelby Jacobson, Tim Larson, Kersten Speed, and Taryn VanDeVelde.  12th Grade: Honor Roll-Karly Johnston, Ross McIntire, Trevor Robbins, and Hannah Torbert.  High Honor Roll-Kaitlin Ballard, Nick Ballard, Steven Bates, Rachel Fargher, Samantha Hainline, Jill Johnson, Cortnie McClintic, Krystal Rohrig and Lexi Rux.

Demanding the best from ourselves

It occurred to me the other day that if you look at the top academic achievers in any class, the same students excel in their extracurricular activities too, whether they are sports, the chess team, dance drill, or music. The common denominator is that these are the students who aren’t afraid to put in some work hard, whether it is in the weight room or doing their chemistry homework. These students aren’t necessarily “gifted”, whether academically, in sports, musically, etc., they are just the ones who work the hardest. My question for everyone is, how hard are we all willing to work? How badly do we want good grades or to play on a winning team? How well we perform is a decision we make. What’s your decision?

                                          Paul Walliker, Board President

Chess Team:

The Chess team has qualified for the state chess tournament to be held at the Peoria Civic Center on February 8-9. On Jan.19, while competing in the Peoria Woodruff Chess Tournament, Austin Dobbels received a trophy for his strong 3rd place showing on Board #1. This Board is played by the best player on each team and as such this award is particularly significant. The Chess team has also competed in a tournament prep match at Princeville on Wednesday 1/30 at 3:30 PM.