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Calendar Changes

Last Day of School

The last day of school will be Friday, June 1^st, with an early dismissal at 1:05/1:15 PM.  There WILL ALSO BE an early dismissal on Wednesday, May 23^rd.  There WILL NOT be an early dismissal on Friday, May 25^th or Wednesday, May 30^th.

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Trash Bag Fundraiser

  The elementary office has received a new supply of trash bags!  The elementary students are currently taking orders. All rolls are $10.00 (checks should be made payable to Stanton School) and all three sizes are available. Please contact an elementary student or call the elementary office at 829-2171 to purchase your trash bags!  It is time to stock up for all of your spring and summer needs!

Stanton School Release for Student Aide Program

  The Population Health Department at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital is organizing a student athletic training aide program for the Fall 2018 sports season and will begin in August.  It will be open for a limited number of high school students in Stanton who are interested in athletic training or a similar health care profession as a career.  The program will be supervised by Kelsi Huseman, Certified Athletic Trainer, who provides athletic training coverage to Stanton High Schools.  For more information and/or an application, please contact Kelsi at kelhue@mcmh.org, call/text: 712.435.0108, or stop by the Population Health Department at MCMH in Red Oak.  Applications are due Tuesday, May 25, 2018.

ATHLETICS

2nd Annual Viking-Viqueen Golf Scramble

  We hope you're exited for Stanton's 2nd Annual Viking-Viqueen Golf Scramble! Thank you for everyone's support last year. It was such a successful event. We've already done a lot of prep work, but we need your continued support, so here are the event details:

Sunday, June 10, 2018
11:30 AM - Registration
12:30 PM - Shotgun Start
Villisca Country Club

Proceeds will support Stanton Athletics

Rain Date-June 17, 2018

No one under the age of 18 will be permitted to play

4-Person Scramble:

Mixed teams (men/women) are encouraged.

Team entry fees - $120.00 ($30.00 per golfer)

Tournament includes: 9 holes w/ Cart, post tournament meal, and prizes.

Another 9-holes of competitive team play is available free-of-charge.

On-course fundraising games can be purchased at registration.

Raffle tickets will be sold during the tournament.

Winners will be drawn during dinner.

  To register a team digitally, follow this link: https://goo.gl/forms/momvr1fLi7NbbCCi1

Otherwise, download, print & fill-out a physical copy: 2nd Annual Viking-Viqueen Golf Scramble Flyer

Viqueens

  The Viqueen's final push toward districts came Monday at FM. the last chance to improve times and distance before the 1A Qualifier Meet on Thursday. In the 400m Hurdles, a new school record was set by Tara Peterson with a time of 1:08.77 beating the record set by Kadie Subbert in 2009.

Individual event medalists

100m Brooklyn Adams 2nd 13.9 PR

200m Brooklyn Adams 3rd 29.82

400m Tara Peterson 3rd 1:03.75

3000m Kaitlyn Bruce 4th 14:30.57

400m Hurdles Tara Peterson 2nd 1:08.77 PR

Relay Events

4x100m 6th 57.68 Kami Tibben, Hope Ogletree, Shelby Brockshus, Abbi Adams

4x200m 1st 1:59.39 Kami Tibben, Hope Ogletree, Shelby Brockshus, Abbi Adams

4x400m 2nd 4:36.89 Hope Ogletree, Abbi Adams, Shelby Brockshus, Tara Peterson

400m Shuttle Hurdles 3rd 1:16.75 Hope Ogletree, Devin Isaacson, Tara Peterson, Abbi Adams

Vikings

   The Vikings have worked hard all season and will be shooting for personal best times and performances at the state qualifier meet in Tabor. Complete results for state qualifiers should be available by noon this Friday! Go Vikings and Viqueens! The state meet will be held at Drake University from Thursday, May 17^th through Saturday, May 19^th.

Junior High Girls Track

  The Stanton Junior High girls track team competed at the Southwest Valley Middle School Invite on Friday, May 4^th. High jump participants, Allie Sandin and Abby Burke placed fourth and fifth respectively with Abby jumping her personal best of 4-0 for the season. Jenna Stephens threw the shot put to a fifth place finish and also placed fourth in the discus event with a throw of 24’06”. 

The shuttle hurdle relay team (Marleigh Johnson, Brooklyn Silva, Abby Burke and Allie Sandin) was second out of a field of 6 teams with a time of 1:22.93. Marleigh Johnson placed fourth in the 200 m hurdles with her best time of the season of 33.18. In the 100 meter dash, Addison Olson placed sixth. In the 800, Allie Sandin placed fourth overall. The Sprint Medley team of Abby Burke, Addison Olson, Brooklyn Silva and Faythe Goodman placed sixth with their best time of the season of 2:18.53. The 4 x 100 team of Marleigh Johnson, Abby Burke, Brooklyn Silva and Allie Sandin placed fifth with their best time of the season of 1:02.63. The girls will wrap up their season at Corner Conference Junior High meet in Tabor tonight. A huge thank you to all of “our fans” who have supported the team throughout the season.  

Junior High Boys Track

  The Junior High boys track team competed Friday night at the Southwest Valley Invite. With much larger competition, the boys competed very well as they finished 5th out of 9 teams, 1 point away from 4^th place. There were many impressive individual efforts at the meet as well. Jack Roberts was the lone 1^st place finisher in both the High Jump, where he set a meet record with a jump of 5'8", and the Long Jump. 2^nd place finishers included Jack Roberts in the 200, Logan Roberts in the 400, and Levi Martin in the 1600. Almost every athlete on the team set personal bests in their events and the meet was great preparation for our conference meet this Friday. We look forward to competing at our best to end the season on Friday. We appreciate all of the support this year and would love to see you Friday at FM! Thank you and Go Vikes! 

Team FITness

  Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday for the rest of the school year, there will be an opportunity to join the team at 6:15 on each of those days for a 45-60 minute workout to include stretching. Both males and females are encouraged to attend if they have fitness goals.  Most male athletes in JH/HS have had their height, weight, and body measurements taken along with physical fitness test that included push-ups, sit-ups, chin-ups, and a 2-mile run for time. All of that information will be used to determine body fat % as well as an individual nutrition and exercise plan to meet their personal goals.

GUIDANCE

8th Grade Parent Meeting

  There will be an informational meeting with 8^th Grade students and their parents on Monday, May 14^th, at 5:30 PM in the High School Library. It is very important for students and their parent(s) to attend this meeting to plan for High School classes. If the student and parent(s) cannot meet at this time, you will need to arrange a different time with Mrs. Mainquist.

Scholarships

Horatio Alger Career & Technical Scholarship - June 15
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 2018 with plans to enroll at a non-profit post-secondary institution by fall of 2018

*   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

https://www.tylenol.com/news/scholarship?%7Cmkwid%7Cs6S2RjTqQ%7Cpcrid%7C19209700634=

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

2018 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

Swedish School

  The Stanton Historical Society is sponsoring Svenska Skolan (Swedish School) the week of June 11^th. Students who have completed 1st through 6th grade are eligible to attend. The curriculum includes singing, dancing, introduction to Swedish language, crafts and study of the culture.  Students meet from 9 AM to noon and will perform at the Midsommar celebration the evening of June 16^th. Please call Yvonne Johnson at 586-4504 to enroll your student.   

Festival of Tables

  Stanton’s Entre Nous Club proudly hosts the fundraiser, “Festival of Tables.” Join the fun on Saturday, May 12^th, from 1:00-3:00 PM at Mamrelund Lutheran Church in Stanton. Admission is a monetary donation toward the enlargement of Stanton’s Child Resource Center. Donations will be designated toward the security of the facility. The center is a QRS Level 5 nonprofit child care center.

Guests will be directed to the main west door, however, an elevator is available. Upon arriving, guests will view the Center’s own creative table settings as well as the children’s crafts along with information and design of the Center’s expansion. Then the event’s 30 tables of place settings located in the lower level, Fellowship Hall, will showcase the creativity of organizations, businesses, and community individuals. They will also enjoy an appetizer and mini desert buffet. 

A fun event on Saturday of Mother’s Day weekend that you won’t want to miss!

COMING EVENTS

Friday, 11^th            4:00-Junior High Conference Track at Fremont-Mills

Sunday, 13^th          7:00-Baccalaureate at Mamrelund

Monday, 14^th         5:30-8^th Grade Student/Parent Meeting

                              Senior Trip

Tuesday, 15^th        Senior Trip

Wednesday, 16^th   1:05/1:15-Early Dismissal

                               Senior Trip

Thursday, 17^th       Girls/Boys State Track Meet

                               Seniors Last Day

Friday 18^th             Girls/Boys State Track Meet

Saturday, 19^th        7:00-Senior Graduation

                              Girls/Boys State Track Meet