february 20, 2020 north forensics team · • sarah arellano • maddie buchholz • emily casey...
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FEBRUARY 20, 2020 NORTH FORENSICS TEAM STEVE SPARKS MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
Each year, the North Forensics Team hosts a home tournament in honor of a North alumnus and
former North Forensics coach, Steve Sparks. Steve passed away unexpectedly in 2007, due to a
pulmonary embolism at 26 years old. For three years, he volunteered for the team every day for
seven months to coach students. On the weekends, he would judge for us and travel with us to
tournaments. It is in honor of our dear friend, mentor, coach, and colleague that we decided to
name our tournament the Steve Sparks Memorial Forensics Tournament. This year, 12 schools
attended the Steve Sparks Tournament. It was the team’s third tournament this year and the
biggest team of competitors yet. The North Forensics Team does competitive public speaking.
The team compete in a variety of events, covering traditional speeches, acting, and interpreting
literature. They typically compete at about 7 or 8 tournaments from the end of January through
March, and then compete at the State tournament in April. The State tournament will be co-
hosted by North and Memorial in Eau Claire this year.
North Forensics Students • Nico Amundson
• Sarah Arellano
• Maddie Buchholz
• Emily Casey
• Cassandra Cooper
• Siena Emerson
• Cayanna Erikson
• Eliot Gannon
• Sam Gardow
• Kiana Idarraga
• Asher Jewell
• Dara Madson
• Quinn McClurg
• Isabelle Melville
• Payton Obrycki
• Jasmine Prokott
• Alex Richmond
• Lizzy Schuch
• Morty Tallman
• Eliza Wiegel
• Veronica Westom
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FEBRUARY 20, 2020 NORTH HIGH WEEKLY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
EAU CLAIRE, WI
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INFORMATION
CENTER
IMPORTANT
DATES
FEBRUARY
20 Q3 Midquarter
21 No School
24 No School
MARCH
3 ACT Testing
8 Daylight Savings time begins
14 Winter Informal Dance
20 End of Quarter 3
23-27 Spring break – no school
APRIL 1 Forward Exams
2 Forward Exams
2 Parent-Teacher Conferences
10 No school
13 No school
15 Student Council Blood Drive
22 Jostens delivers Caps and Gowns to seniors
25 Prom
30 ACT Work Keys
Are you 62 or older and living in the Eau Claire Area School District? Are you 62 or older and living in the Eau Claire Area
School District? If you are, we’d love to give you a FREE
lifetime Activity Pass to most ECASD sports and other
activities. Just stop by Memorial High School or North
High School or our Administration Building at 500 Main
St and we will get you a pass. Please contact our
Superintendent’s Office at 715-852-3002 with questions.
And thank you for all you do to support ECASD schools!
The Learning Center is a
valuable academic resource
for all students in room 679,
just off the Commons.
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FEBRUARY 20, 2020 NORTH HIGH WEEKLY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
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How will YOU remember the 2019-20 school year?
Order Online Or by filling out the paper form and
returning with payment to North High School—Attn:
Yearbook. Please drop off in room 347 with Ms. Boone or at the
main office.
SPRING SPORTS APPAREL FORM LETS YOU
DONATE TO THE HUSKY WEARHOUSE
GALE TESTING SITE FOR STUDENTS – FREE!
ECASD has a testing and education reference center called
GALE. This testing service gives students a multitude of
reference materials as well as full length practice tests for
high school and college exams such as: Advanced
Placement (AP), ACT, SAT, PSAT, ASVAB and many others.
Go to the testing center site and use the password,
“huskies” to access.
Our Super Senior Jeremy Thoms was featured on Fox 6 of
Milwaukee last night! Just thought I would forward on!
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FEBRUARY 20, 2020 NORTH HIGH WEEKLY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
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Congratulations to the EC Alliance Swim Team! Eau Claire
Memorial/North Swim and Dive team was Sectional Champions at the
WIAA Swim and Dive Meet Friday and Sat. The depth of the team is
what helped them accomplish this award. They won 7 events and had
all 18 entries podium in the top 7. They broke to pool records in the
200 Medley relay and 400 Free Relay and set a new school record in
the 200 Medley relay.
Individuals and places:
• Seth Henning - 4th Diving State Qualifier
• Cade Sorenson- 6th Diving
• Garrett Secker – 3rd 200 Free & 3rd 100 Fly State Qualifier
• Sam Hower – 2nd 200 IM State Qualifier & 1st 100 Backstroke
State Qualifier
• Harry Chumas – 4th 200 IM & 3rd 100 Backstroke State Qualifier
• Nico Barna- 6th 200 IM & 2nd 100 Backstroke State Qualifier
• Ryan Biwer – 1st 50 Free State Qualifier & 1st 100 Free State
Qualifier
• Jack Merkatoris – 3rd 50 Free State Qualifier & 5th 100 Free
• Tristan Vieth – 1st 100 Butterfly State Qualifier & 2nd 100
Breaststroke State Qualifier
• Tyler Reis - 4th 100 Free
• Anthony Kuehl - 7th 100 Breaststroke
CONGRATS SWIMMERS EC ALLIANCE TEAM WINS BIG RIVERS
• 1st Medley Relay: Nico Barna, Tyler Ries, Tristan Vieth &
Sam Hower - State Qualifier Pool and School record
• 1st 200 Free Relay: Jack Merkatoris, Garrett Secker, Tyler
Ries & Ryan Biwer - State Qualifier
• 1sT 400 Free Relay: Sam Hower, Garrett Secker, Nico Barna
& Ryan Biwer - State Qualifier Pool Record
Sectional Champion
Sam Hower Back
Ryan Biwer, 50 Free & 100 Free
Tristan Vieth 100 Butterfly
200 Medley Relay
200 Free Relay
400 Free Relay
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FEBRUARY 20, 2020 NORTH HIGH WEEKLY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
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HUSKY WEARHOUSE THE HUSKY WEARHOUSE PROVIDES
ALL STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY
TO WEAR NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
APPAREL BECAUSE WHEN
STUDENTS FEEL INCLUDED
AND CONNECTED TO
SCHOOL, THEY ARE MORE
LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY
AND ACHIEVE SUCCESS.
ACCEPTING DONATIONS
We are still in need of sweatshirts and hoodies for the
WearHouse. Please consider donating your Husky
clothing to the WearHouse. We promise it will find its
way to a great home! Contact Janelle Patenaude with
questions: 715-852-6607.
FOOD PANTRY UPDATES SHOPPING & STOCKING
Sometimes you just gotta give in and
say, “Yes!” That’s exactly what I did
this week when a few of my
volunteers in the Pantry/WearHouse
wanted to help me shop and stock
the shelves.
So, we met at Walmart after school
and loaded up two carts full of food –
using our math skills to find the very
best deals, of course. I should’ve
realized that taking teenagers to
shop for food after school was
probably not the best idea. Lesson
learned. From now on, I’ll be holding
better snacks in my office for my
student volunteers to enjoy while
being put to work!
We had a lot of fun and their
enthusiasm is contagious. It’s a
wonderful thing to see these students
so eager to volunteer their time to
help others.
We had more donations this week
than we had room for on the shelves;
so, we took a field trip around the
school and discovered a new shelf in
the LC. It’s a perfect new addition to
the Food Pantry & WearHouse. (Left)
Thank you to my student
shoppers this week (pictured
above and below): Faith
Benzschawel, Riley Ericson,
Carly Benzschawel and Ella
Patenaude.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO
HELP OUT WITH THE
NORTH FOOD PANTRY? Contact Janelle Patenaude at
715-852-6607 or
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2020 ONCE UPON A PROM Last year we had more
than 200 local girls
attend and over 1200
volunteer hours
given back to our local
communities! This
year’s event will be
once again held at
Oakwood Mall in Eau
Claire on Saturday,
April 4 and Sunday,
April 5. Girls may
begin signing up for
shopping times on our
website on February 1,
2020.
Please check out our website www.onceuponaprom.com and our Facebook page!
PUBLIC SCHOOL OPEN ENROLLMENT:
FEBRUARY 3 - APRIL 30, 2020
Wisconsin residents in grades 4K -12 may apply to attend school in a
school district other than the one in which they live. For example: a child
who lives in the Altoona School District could apply to attend the Eau
Claire Area School District (ECASD). Students in pre-kindergarten may
participate in limited circumstances; parents should call Jennifer Knutson
at 852-3003 to find out if their preschool-aged child(ren) qualify.
Students who are currently attending the ECASD through open enrollment
DO NOT need to reapply.
The open enrollment application for the 2020-21 school year is February
3– April 30, 2020. An online application will be available to the public
beginning Monday, February 3, and closing at 4:00 pm on April 30, 2020.
For more information about open enrollment, please go to:
http://dpi.wi.gov/open-enrollment.
QUESTIONS?
Liz Poteete
Co-Founder
715-864-8142
Jennifer Rooney
Co-Founder
715-577-9847
Stephanie Bauer
Secretary
715-864-3728
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FEBRUARY 20, 2020 NORTH HIGH WEEKLY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
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NORTHERNAIRES HIT THE ROAD It was another weekend of firsts, with the North High School Northernaires leaving the state of Wisconsin for the first time! We
enjoyed a road trip to Illinois,
complete with coach buses, hotel
pool parties, and an early morning
performance at the Clash of the
Sequins Show Choir Invitational at
Naperville North High School. We
had a great day watching other show
choirs and brought home 2nd
Runner Up in the Small Mixed
Division. Avianna Thomas was also
selected for the Show Stopper
Award!
If you couldn't travel along with us, check out these amazing
photographs taken by event photographers Scott Butler +
Jonathan Ruff. Truly, this is one of the best venues in the
Midwest and we had SO MUCH FUN on this stage!
We greatly appreciate the support of our NHS Show Choir
Booster Inc for helping make this trip possible. We could NOT
do this without you!
FINAL TWO COMPETITIONS • North St. Paul (2/29)
• Holmen (3/7)
FEBRUARY ACP RECAP ACP Every day is a great day to be a Husky, especially on Feb 20th! We had over 40 community
volunteers visit our students and staff at Memorial and North for ACP this week.
Grade 9: Thank you to our Junior Achievement business partners for making February’s ACP lesson
so relevant for our students! Students learned about workplace communications such as dealing with
customers, communicating effectively with your supervisor and communicating well on your team to
reach a goal. Students learned many effective workplace communication skills are practiced in school
on a daily basis!
Grade 10: Students watched a presentation on Youth Apprenticeship (YA). Students learned what a
Youth Apprenticeship is and the value of this type of work experience! Interested students were given
a YA application and new YA brochure. YA applications are due Tues. March 31st to Student
Services. Thank you to our top-notch Homeroom teachers for delivering this presentation. Please note, Juniors will be receiving
YA next month during ACP.
Grade 11: Students critiqued resumes. Students learned what an outstanding resume looks like compared to a mediocre or poor
resume. Students who do not have a resume were given a handout to start building their resume during ACP Instructional
Time. Students who already have a resume were given time to update their resume if needed. Thank you to our exceptional
Homeroom teachers for facilitating this activity. Let your resume shine over all others!
Grade 12: Thank you to Chippewa Valley Votes, a nonpartisan, community volunteer group, for assisting all seniors at North/
Memorial with voter registration during ACP Instructional Time. This collaborative activity allowed teachers and trained
community members to work side-by-side to assist students in demonstrating the skills to participate in the electoral process. In
2018, the Eau Claire School District was one of the first districts in Wisconsin to pass a policy that requires this service to all
seniors in order to adequately prepare them for participation in the electoral process.
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FEBRUARY 20, 2020 NORTH HIGH WEEKLY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
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WINTER SPORTS SEASON WINDS DOWN & COMPETITION HEATS UP
ATHLETICS CALENDAR FIND OUT WHERE THE ACTION IS EVERY WEEK
The North High School Athletics Calendar is updated with the most recent game-day information!
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CLASS OF 2020 ALL NIGHT PARTY
AT ACTION CITY
REGISTER BEFORE MARCH 15TH TO
GET YOUR CLASS OF 2020 T-SHIRT The All Night Party Registration form is available online, in the
main office and on the Senior bulletin board in the commons.
All completed forms, with payments, should be returned to the
locked Blue Box in the main office. See Janelle Patenaude with
any questions. You must turn in your registration form and
payment by March 15, 2020 to get a shirt!
HELP MAKE THE PARTY GREAT
FOR OUR STUDENTS! Your help is needed to make this year’s All Night Party a
success for our students! There is a parent/guardian sign-up
sheet to volunteer with the All Night Party Registration form.
You can volunteer as much or as little as you’d like. Every little
bit helps!
Get involved and volunteer! Contact Patti Bell or Claudia Martin
to volunteer or to ask questions about volunteering.
COLLEGE VISITS Tuesday, February 25th – Navy 11:30 to 1 Wednesday, February 26th – Army 11:30 to 1
LIST OF
SCHOLARSHIPS Check out the current
scholarships available. View
Now
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ALUMNI NEWS Alumni updates and information can be found on the NHS Alumni News page. Also,
please share this newsletter with other North High School Alumni. Thank you.
FOLLOW NHS ALUMNI ON FACEBOOK
WHAT IS YOUR ALUMNI NEWS? Are you planning a reunion? Do you have news or photos to
share with other alumni? Please email Janelle Patenaude.
Connecting our past with our future for a strong Husky Community