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USD308 News
HHS third at McPherson Mar 15, 2010 The
Individual
placings included:
- Katelin Morey: fourth place, foreign extemp; second place (state qualifier), impromptu speaking; sixth place, prose
- Veronika Nelson: first place (state qualifier), poetry; second place (state qualifier), dramatic interp; third place, original oratory
- Allie
Lightsey: third place (state qualifier), prose; fourth place, poetry;
sixth
place, informative
Thursday,
HHS will host a fundraiser for the forensics and debate program. The
fundraiser
debate will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 18, in the HHS Auditorium.
The
debate will feature Katelin Morey and T.J. Blake,
state Class 5A two-speaker debate champions and qualifiers for a pair
of
national debate tournaments later this year. The two students will
debate two
district staff members in the first-ever Salt Talk Public Forum Debate.
The two
sides will debate the resolution -- Resolved: That
students in schools should publicly evaluate their teachers. The design
of the
debate will make it as entertaining as possible.
Free-will
donations will be accepted to defray expenses
of nationals competitions at
HHS'
next forensics competition will be March 27 when
they compete in the National Catholic Forensics League individual
events
qualifier at Wichita Northwest.
HHS debaters hold fundraiser Mar 11, 2010
The Hutchinson High School Debate and Forensics Program
will conduct a debate between a top debate team and two district staffers to
raise money for national competition.
The fundraiser debate will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, March
18, in the HHS Auditorium.
The debate will feature Katelin Morey and T.J. Blake,
state Class 5A two-speaker debate champions and qualifiers for a pair of
national debate tournaments later this year. The two students will debate Toni
Loewen, HHS English teacher, and Ray Hemman, district public information
director, in the first-ever Salt Talk Public Forum Debate.
The two sides will debate the resolution -- Resolved: That
students in schools should publicly evaluate their teachers. The design of the
debate will make it as entertaining as possible.
Free-will donations will be accepted to defray expenses
of nationals competitions at
For more information, contact Kelly Thompson, HHS
debate and forensics coach.
USD
308 will host the largest symphony concert of the year in
The
annual String Fling will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at Memorial
Hall,
101 South Walnut. The event will feature all the district's orchestra
students
from sixth grade through high school. Admission is free.
About
200 musicians will be involved in the event.
The
event provides all the district's stringed musicians a chance to
perform together.
Younger students have the opportunity to see what is in store for them
as they
advance in orchestra.
The
first and last pieces of the performance will be performed by all the
students.
The first piece is March Heroic while the final piece is Nobel Dance.
Choral Classics Concert set for March 15 Mar 11, 2010
The Hutchinson High School Vocal Music Department will hold its annual Choral Classics Concert at 7 p.m. Monday, March 15, in the HHS auditorium.
Admission
is free.
The
HHS Concert Choir, Junior Misses, and X-Pressives will present music
that will
be sung at festival during the month of April. One of X-Pressives'
selections is a beautiful Appalachian folk tune, "Black is the Color of
My
True Love's Hair." Students will also be singing men's and women's
ensemble pieces.
Junior
Misses will present J.W. Clokey's "A Bird Flew" as well as "And
Nature Smiled." Junior Misses also have a small ensemble piece
entitled "Omnia Sol." Concert Choir, joined by X-Pressives, will
present three pieces including a spiritual, a Stephen Foster folk
classic and
an original Venezuelan song entitled, "Yo Le Canto Todo El
Dia."
The
finale will be "Mungu Ni Pendo," a piece in Swahili that will be sung
by all choir students.
For
more information, contact Lori Scantlin, vocal music director at HHS.
Morey
placed second in senate for National Forensics
League congress and qualified for this summer's NFL national tournament
at
Previously,
Morey had qualified for nationals in NFL
cross examination debate with partner T.J. Blake and for National
Catholic
Forensics League debate with Blake.
Morey
also received the NFL's Premier Distinction
Membership Award for gaining more than 1,500 NFL points in competition
Friday.
Points are awarded for speaking and acting events during a student's
high
school career.
On
Saturday, HHS competed in forensics at Salina South,
placing second in sweepstakes. This was the third weekend in a row HHS
placed
first or second in sweepstakes competition.
Individual
placings from Salina South follow.
Seniors:
- Katelin Morey: second in impromptu (state qualifier); third in original oratory; fourth in international extemp.
- Veronika Nelson: second in original oratory (state qualifier); fourth in impromptu; fifth in prose, fifth in international extemp
- Allie Lightsey: first in poetry (state qualifier)
- Tonya Powers: fourth in poetry
Sophomores:
- Craig McKibben: third in poetry; third in informative
- Jessica Wood: sixth in original oratory
- Alex Turley:
second in international extemp (state qualifier)
HHS
will compete Saturday, March 13, at McPherson.
Reno County Head Start has received a grant to provide
300 smoke detectors for Reno Countians.
The grant is from the Kansas Fire Injury Prevention
Program through the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. While the grant
targets families with children under 5, those with disabilities and the elderly,
the smoke detectors are available to everyone.
Installation is provided by area fire departments and is required
by the grant.
Individuals interested in a smoke detector needs to contact
Gidget Watson
at Head Start, and provide a name, address and
phone number.
The information, in turn, will be passed on to the Hutchinson
Fire Department who will contact them to set up an installation time.
Head Start, the Hutch Recreation Commission and the
Male Involvement Network of Reno County are holding an event from 10 a.m.
to noon on March 20 at
Activities during the event include nature bingo and fishing
for children and the special male role models in their lives. Dads,
grandfathers, uncles and neighbors are invited to attend along with their
children.
HHS to present 'The Miracle Worker' Mar 4, 2010
The Hutchinson High School Theater Department will
present The Miracle Worker as its
spring production.
The classic play will be performed at 7:30 p.m. March 11
through 13 in the HHS Auditorium, 1401 North Severance.
Tickets cost $6 for adults and $4 for children 12 and
under. USD 308 staff and HHS students are ID.
The classic play chronicles the work of Annie Sullivan
with Helen Keller.
Below is the cast list for The Miracle Worker.
- Annie Sullivan: Summer
Gajewski
- Helen Keller: Patti Degner
- Kate Keller: Emilie Stafford
- Captain Keller: Tito
Russell-Spees
- James Keller: Draevyn
Redman-Frost
- Doctor: Russell Collier
- Anagnos: Josh Mendoza
- Aunt Ev: Ciara Mundhenke
- Viney: Jamease Roberts
- Percy: Trae Mayberry
- Martha: Sholanda Maple
- Blind Girls: Emma Barnett, Christy Edington, Hannah Young and Brittany Bailey
HHS forenscs places second at Buhler Mar 1, 2010
The
HHS was
second in sweepstakes standings behind Salina
Central and ahead of
Individually,
senior Veronika Nelson was first for the
Triathlon Award for finishes in three events on Saturday (Feb. 27,
2010).
Senior Katelin Morey was fourth. Morey, in turn, placed first in the
Pilot
Award for competitions on both Friday and Saturday while freshman T.J.
Blake
was fifth.
On
Friday, HHS competed in student congress,
Lincoln-Douglas debate and public forum debate at Buhler. In congress,
Morey
was sixth in Senate, sophomore Mitchell Garrett was sixth in house A,
Blake was
sixth in novice senate and sophomore April Adler was presiding officer
in
novice house A.
In
Lincoln-Douglas debate, Morey placed first.
Saturday's
results follow:
- Improvised
Duet
Acting: Sangai Norris, junior, and Pamela James, junior, sixth
- Humorous
Interpretation: Denni Brummer, junior, sixth
- Dramatic
Interpretation: Nelson, third
- Prose:
Nelson,
first; Allie Lightsey, senior, second
- Poetry:
Nelson,
first; Tonya Powers, senior, fifth
- Domestic
Extemp:
Blake, fifth
- Foreign
Extemp:
Morey, fourth; Mary Torrez, sophomore, fifth
- Informative
Speaking: Lightsey, first; Craig McKibben, sophomore, third
- Oration:
Nelson, second; Morey, fourth
- Duet Acting:
McKibben and Emily Davis, sophomore, fifth
- Impromptu:
Morey, first
HHS forensics wins sweepstakes Feb 22, 2010
The last time HHS won a first place forensics sweepstakes
trophy was Feb. 20, 2006, at McPherson
HHS also competed at Halstead Thursday (Feb. 18, 2010).
Senior Katelin Morey was first in foreign extemp and qualified for state.
Sophomore Jarrod Nisley and junior Deni Brummer placed fifth in duet acting.
The
results from
Seniors:
- Katelin Morey,
Foreign Extemp, first place, state qualifier
- Katelin Morey,
Impromptu Speaking, first place, state qualifier
- Katelin Morey,
Oral Interpretation of Prose, first place, state qualifier
- Katelin Morey,
Triathlon Award (top student entered in three events), first place
- Veronika Nelson,
Dramatic Interpretation, second place, state qualifier
- Veronika Nelson,
Oral Interpretation of Prose, second place, state qualifier
- Veronika Nelson,
Original Oratory, third place
- Veronika Nelson,
Triathlon Award, second place
- Allie Lightsey,
Informative Speaking, first place, state qualifier
- Allie Lightsey,
Dramatic Interpretation, third place
- Tonya Powers,
Oral Interpretation of Poetry, fourth place
Juniors:
- Pamela James,
Original Oratory, sixth place
- Pamela James,
Oral Interpretation of Poetry, sixth place
Sophomore:
- Mary Torrez,
Foreign Extemp, fifth place
Freshman:
- TJ Blake, Impromptu
Speaking, fourth place
- TJ Blake,
Domestic Extemp, third place
HHS competes Friday and Saturday at
Buhler. Kelly Thompson
coaches forensics and debate at HHS.
