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Senior Awards Day

Mija Carlson, Myles Gant, Kaleb Litke
Ella Kirk, Joslin Cannon
Nash Cooper, Carissa Dalquest, Elle Dragone, Eli Kormanik, Liz Mascote, Alex Timm, Calla Unruh
Mark Andres, Kellen Marshall, Lauren Brown, Rylee Powell
Marvin Henton, Koen Hula

Photos by Abi Bernhardt and Chase German

Spanish II Pinatas

Kohin Swalley, Jayden Moseley-Cannon, Haylie Wright

Emily Bacon, Kiele Tyner, Brittley King

Maggie Good
not pictured: Mya Bacon, Jesse Rodgers

Alex Timm

John Breese, Colton Skaggs

Kolby Rose, Jessica Filkin, Jackson Comer

Justus Orebaugh, Matthew Mangiaracino, Connor Garver

Photos by Mrs. Stackley

Free Audio All Summer Long

SYNC 22 launches with fast-paced short stories Week 1: April 28 – May 4

Pulse Pounders   SYNC 2022 launches with fast-paced short stories featuring the Black Panther and a collection of horror tales by Sherlock Holmes's creator.

BLACK PANTHER: TALES OF WAKANDA Edited by Jesse J. Holland Narrated by JD Jackson, Joy Sunday, and many more! Dreamscape   FOUR SHORT STORIES By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Narrated by Carl Rigg Naxos AudioBooks

Steps to Access the Audiobooks   Make sure you REGISTER for SYNC.  Get the Sora App from Apple or Google. Borrow these titles in the Sora app before May 5!   Join us online for comments and feedback.   Questions about the program? Please email SYNC help.

Reading Spare Parts

Students in English IIIB are reading a book called Spare Parts. The book is about a group of boys who bond through participation on a school robotics team. One of the projects the boys in the book tackle is to build a trebuchet and chuck a pumpkin with it. Students in the English III researched trebuchets and class members were provided with a specific set of supplies and asked to create a trebuchet that could chuck a "pumpkin" (orange piece of paper) the farthest.

Roslyn Bonham, Hayven Thornhill

Caden Taylor

Cameron Crooks

Hayven Thornhill

Caden Taylor

Photos by Chase German; Story by Mrs. McIver

3-D Printed Railway Bridge Competition

On Saturday, Nash Cooper, Elle Dragone, and Calla Unruh participated in the 3D-Printed Railway Bridge Competition hosted by Kansas State University and the Rural Railroad Safety Center. The goal was to design and print a model bridge that could carry the heaviest possible load. The bridge had to be less than 26" x 10" x 10", under 500 grams in mass, and fit fewer than 24 pieces into a 8.5" x 8.5" x 6.5" box. The team placed 1st in the maximum load-carrying capacity. They also placed 1st in Overall Design Aspects and Joint Details category and 1st in the Bridge Aesthetics category. Each team member brought home a new 3D printer and $150 in Amazon gift cards.

Nash Cooper, Mrs. Schroeder, Elle Dragone, Calla Unruh

Kansas Envirothon

The Kansas Envirothon is an outdoor, environmental high school competition where students learn and are tested

on seven program areas: Aquatics Ecology, Forestry, Soils/Land Use, Rangeland, Wildlife, a Current Issue, and an Oral Presentation.

 

Mr. Green took some of his students to White Memorial Camp for regional competition on Wednesday.

 

 

Trace Adams, Braun Frye, Cole Wilson, Fulton Bachura, Jacob McIver
Forestry Quiz

 

 

Colton Muncy, Braeden Lathrop, Dax Myers, Drew Buchman, Treyman Edwards

 

Trace Adams, Fulton Bachura, Cole Wilson, Braun Frye, Jacob McIver   
Wildlife Quiz

 

Braeden Lathrop, Treyman Edwards, Drew Buchman, Dax Myers, Colton Muncy
Forestry Quiz

 

Photos by Mr. Green

NCK Welding Contest Results

Council Grove was fourth out of 37 teams.  This contest is a very competitive event where every school brings their top four welders.  Caleb Muncy was 15th and received a new welding helmet. Hunter Lowmaster placed 21st, Wyatt Johnson placed 38th, and Will Grimmett was 77th out of 150 contestants.  These four boys have a very bright future in the welding industry. Mr. Green

Sheep

Kodi Downes brought his Dorper hair sheep to Animal Science B so the class could see how to care for the animals. The class helped Kodi tag, treat, worm, band the tails, and band the rams.

Marvin Henton, Kodi Downes, Colt Metcalfe

Conner Metcalfe, Marvin Henton, Kodi Downes

Mr. Green, Jayden Patry

Ted Olson, Matt Zuege

Braeden Lathrop, Jayden Patry

Kodi Downes, Ted Olson, Jacob Armstrong

Photos and Editing by Carissa Dalquest

Emancipation Proclamation

Students in English III(A) read and analyzed the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln. Then, students were challenged to create an original symbol to represent the intent or impact of the text, explaining the symbol and its connection to the document.

That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.

 I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.

And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.

And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.