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SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Awards and Scholarship Day

  Awards and Scholarship Day will be on May 9^th at 1:00 PM. Awards will be handed out to Middle/High school students and scholarships to the seniors. Parents are invited to attend.

2017 Stanton Jr-Sr Prom Royalty

  Congratulations to Alexis Stoakes and Camden Sundberg for being named Prom Queen and King of the Stanton Jr.-Sr. Prom last Saturday night. 

Jr-Sr Prom Thank You

  Even though the weather was a “little” on the cool and rainy side, the 2017 Jr.-Sr. Prom was a huge success on Saturday evening, April 29^th. The Junior Class and their sponsors would like to extend a HUGE “Thank You” to the following who helped make our evening special: Sarah Culver of Culver Creations for her assistance with decorations and her help in decorating the gym, Julie Strickland of Strickland Photography for taking prom photos, DJ Bill Whitt of Tunz 4 U, the FMTC for use of their speaker system, Mickey Anderson for emceeing the drive-down, Justin Miller and the Viking Center for allowing us to change walk-in plans and use the Viking Center facility and Rick Boyer for providing the invocation at the prom meal and helping decorate. The students and guests enjoyed a delicious meal with help from Joanie Sink who coordinated the meal, Rocky Rocha who prepared the meat, potatoes, gravy, and cheesecake, the junior class parents who provided items for the meal, and Sara Kammerer, Shelley Anderson, Christi Elwood, Clarisa Johnson, Dana Gibbs, Alix Kammerer, Gen Houston, Sara Culver, Marla and Mickey Anderson, Scott and Robin Culbertson, Shawna Olson, Teresa and John Wenstrand, Michelle Sandin who helped in the kitchen, along with the 8 sophomore and freshmen servers who did a wonderful job assisting at the meal. Thank you to Eric Anderson, Wade Culver, Tim Kammerer, Brandon Adams, and Bryan Jenkins who helped park vehicles.  We cannot thank you enough for making our prom a very special evening!

Thank You to The Danny Anderson Family

  The Stanton 4^th graders would like to thank the family of Danny Anderson for the fishing poles they received on Tuesday. Each of the 24 fourth graders were given their own fishing pole from Danny's grandchildren Stormey Clark Dykes (and Joe Dykes) and Jeb Clark. 

4^th Grade Field Trip

  The Stanton 4^th graders went to the State Capitol Building and Science Center of Iowa on Friday, April 28^th. The rainy weather didn't keep them from having a great day. Thanks to parent chaperones Stacy Taylor, Katie Hart, Ashley McDonald, Stephanie Burke, and Sally Stoakes. Also thanks to Chris Stephens for driving our bus.

Elementary Awards Program

  The elementary awards program will be held on Tuesday, May 30^th, beginning at 8:45 AM in the concourse area.  A variety of awards will be presented to the elementary students including perfect attendance awards and accelerated reading awards.

Donated Tree

  The Villisca Lions Club has donated a tree again this year to be planted in Stanton. Brad Riphagen from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources as well as Julia and Darwin Williams representing the Villisca Lions Club came to talk to the 4^th graders about the importance of trees and dangers facing trees. Unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate so we will plant the tree at Old Main in the near future. 

Poster Contest

  The Montgomery SWCD held a poster contest to promote conservation. Fifth grade students competed and enjoyed learning how to better protect our land and water for future generations. They all received praise and $1 from Roger Cerven. The SWCD commissioners presented the top three awards with a monetary prize. 3^rd Place ($5)-Tara Monahan, 2^nd Place ($7.50)-Evan Hopf, 1^st Place ($10)-Elly McDonald. Elly McDonald will advance to the region contest. Good luck Elly! 

ATHLETICS

Junior High Girls Track

  The Stanton Junior High girls track team will compete at the Timberwolf Junior High Invitational meet in Corning on Friday, May 5^th. The meet will begin at 4:00 PM. On Saturday, May 6^th, the team will travel to Ankeny to participate in the Mike Henderson Junior High State Track meet. Field events will begin at 9:00 AM with running events to begin at 10:00 AM. The meet will be held at Ankeny Stadium at Northview Middle School. Best of luck girls! 

GUIDANCE

8^th Grade Parent and Student Meeting

  Eighth grade students and parents will have a meeting on May 15^th in the high school library at 5:30 PM. We will schedule classes for ninth grade and look at long range planning for high school.

Class Schedules for Next Year

  All class schedules for next year for students currently in 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th grades need to be turned in as soon as possible. These

schedules need to be signed by parents, so if you haven’t seen your child’s schedule for next year, please ask them about it!

Scholarships

Robert D. Blue Scholarship - due May 10 - Online

-The applicant must be an Iowa resident planning to attend an Iowa college/university during the 2016-2017 school year.

-The applicant can be a current high school senior or someone already enrolled in a college/university.

-Select an individual from your community (not a family member) that has demonstrated the responsibilities of being a citizen of a community. Write a 500-word essay on what this individual has done for his/her community.

-Each applicant is "graded" upon their high school GPA, financial need, references, and their essay.

-Application is available only online at www.rdblue.org or https://www.iowacollegeaid.gov/content/robert-d-blue-scholarship

Horatio Alger Career & Technical Scholarship - June 15, 2017
Eligibility Criteria

To be considered for the Horatio Alger Career & Technical Scholarship Program, applicants must:
*Have completed high school or plan to complete high school by spring of 2017 with plans to enroll at a non-profit post-secondary institution by fall of 2017
*   exhibit a strong commitment to pursue and complete a career or technical program at an accredited non-profit post-secondary institution in the United States
*Demonstrate critical financial need (must be eligible to receive the Federal Pell grant as determined by completion of the FAFSA)
*Demonstrate perseverance in overcoming adversity
*Be involved in community service activities
*Be 30 years old or younger
*Be a United States citizen

The Tylenol Scholarship – June 30

-ten $10,000 grants and 150 $1,000 grants

-undergraduate and undergraduate student

-health related fields of study

Wells Fargo CollegeSTEPS Scholarship Program – June 30

-sign up at wellsfargo.com/collegesteps

-students will be given tips about scholarships, financial aid, testing, and college preparation at no cost

-Wells Fargo will give away $1,000 college scholarships to 100 high school seniors

2017 Balanced Man Scholarship – due July 31

-awarded to incoming freshman at Iowa State University, Drake University, University of Northern Iowa, University of Iowa or University of Minnesota

-based on scholarship, athletics, leadership, and community involvement

-to request an application email http://www.greek.iastate.edu/prospective-members/scholarships

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Thank You

  A Big "Thank You" goes out to everyone who supported 5th Quarter this year

COMING EVENTS

Friday, 5^th              State Large Group Music Festival at Atlantic

                 4:00-Junior High Track at Corning

Monday, 8^th           4:30-High School Girls/Boys Track at Fremont-Mills

Tuesday, 9^th          1:00-Awards and Scholarship Program

                              6:30-Yearbook Meeting

                  NO Junior HighTrack at Essex

Wednesday, 10^th   1:05/1:15-Early Dismissal

Thursday, 11^th       4:00-Girls Regional/Boys District Track at Fremont-Mills

Friday, 12^th            4:00-Junior High Conference Track at Fremont-Mills

Sunday, 14^th          7:00-Baccalaureate at Mamrelund