USD 402 :: Star Students

Poster Contest Winners! Garfield first graders participated in the Junior American Citizens' annual poster contest and three Garfield students received awards! The theme was "America's Everyday Heroes." In class, students discussed what a hero was and who would be a hero, and then the students illustrated posters to enter the contest. Some of the heroes included ambulance drivers, police officers, teachers, moms, dads, and veterinarians. Winners from Mrs. Terick's class:

1st place: Jandalyn Coman - an amulance driver - ALSO 2nd place at STATE LEVEL!

2nd place: Daniel Stewart - George Bush

3rd Place: Alicia Quiring - police officer

Congratulations to senior Cammie Christner for being named Augusta High School's Outstanding Math/Science Student for 2008.

The AHS Math Team continued its strong tradition of high performance at the Pittsburg State Math Relays. Here are the results:

Team Competitions Algebra Word Problem - 7th Place (Katie Borden, Rylan Henning, Brittany Rieschick, Jessica Smith) Calculator - 4th Place (Quentin Cox, Steven Garcia, Alan Gehlen, Brittany Rieschick) Geometry - 4th Place (Katie Borden, Kris Borden, Rylan Henning, Nick Steffes) Algebra Medley - 6th Place (Nick Colling, Aaron Doudna, Jerrod Pearcy, Jordan Stevens)	Individual Competitions Kris Borden, Graphing, 1st Place Ryan Bennett, Computational Math, 2nd Place Sheldon Smith, Computational Math, 2nd Place Jessica Smith, Algebraic Equations and Inequalities, 2nd Place Nick Steffes, Geometry, 3rd Place

2008 Augusta High School Citizenship "A" Awards
all nominees listed; asterisk indicates recipients

Freshmen
Bailey Cossel*
Baily Gladfelter
Brianna Helton
Travis Erwin
Daniel Slaton*
Nicholas Steffes

Sophomores
Markeyschia Garner
Sydney Madison
Caitlin Ray*
Kris Borden
Kendall Clark*
Kolton Kontour

Juniors
Ariel Burress
Nellie Gillies*
Nicole Schwemmer
Christopher Haas*
Brett Rawlings
Sheldon Smith

Seniors
Carly Carman
Cammie Christner*
Kelsee Farmer
Austin English
Clayton Hamilton
Mitch Pickett*

AHS Journalism students competed in regional competition in February and qualified to compete at the state level in 11 events! These students will compete at the state level May 3 in Lawrence:
Delaney Milbradt - first, editorial cartoon; honorable mention, editing
Tyler Dennett - second, news writing; second, editorial writing
Lauren Collins - second, feature writing; third, sports writing
Christian Ingalls - honorable mention, sports writing & sports photography; third, feature photography
Gordon Cave - honorable mention, sports photography
Laryssa Overby - honorable mention, yearbook layout

An AMS team of 14 students went to Wichita State University April 5 to compete in the state Science Olympiad competition. The team of AMS students placed 8^th in the large school division. Emily Mertz and Jenna Reynolds earned individual first place medals in the food science category. Keegan Hallmark and Patrick Bruce also earned individual first place medals in the metric mastery.

AMS students did well in the Pioneer League spelling bee! Brad Stevens placed second in the seventh grade completion, and Kara Schnake placed second in the 8^th grade competition.

The AHS Jazz Band was selected to perform at the Kansas Music Educators Association (KMEA) convention in Wichita March 1. Performing at KMEA is a huge deal to all music educators and their students. In order to be asked to perform, groups must send in an audition tape a year prior and must be selected from many other performing groups. This is a great honor for the jazz band and Mr. Hollis.

Congratulations to AHS senior C.J. Langrehr, who was awarded a Gold Key in the Scholastic Art competition with a colored pencil drawing she produced last spring in art class. Along with all the other winning entries, C.J.’s drawing, called "Sunset," was on display at the Wichita Center for the Arts during the month of February. Way to go, C.J.!

Congratulations to AHS junior Quentin Cox, who was named to the Kansas All-State Band. He earned his trombone position in the South Central Kansas Music Educators Association Honor Band, and from there he had the opportunity to perform a live audition for a part in the All-State Band. We're proud of you, Quentin!

AMS seventh grader Brad Stevens is the winner from our region in the League of Kansas Municipalities "If I Were Mayor" essay contest. Brad has won a $250 savings bond, gets his essay published in the Kansas Government Journal and gets to visit the capitol for special recognition. He and the other five regional winners from around the state will be considered for the grand prize. Good job, Brad!

Optimist Students of the Month
(Selected for the months of September through April and honored at a luncheon sponsored by the Optimist Club)

USD 402 Stellar Students