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Maple Valley-Anthon Oto was well represented in District Individual Speech Events during the February 23rd district contest in Moville. Nine students competed in ten different events, bringing home nine Division I ratings and one Division II. Students attending included Alex Wimmer, Radio News; Chris Sadler, Improvisation; Nate Sadler, Improvisation; Jeff Bruning, Radio News; Molly Tullis, Public Address and Poetry; Kristi Crilly, Literary Program; Ally Jo Lloyd, Acting; Ashley Clausen, Acting; and Rebekah Sturgeon, Poetry.
State Contest was held Saturday, March 8th at Northwest Webster Community School in Manson. The Students and events included Alex Wimmer, Radio News, Division I rating; Chris Sadler, Improvisation, Division I rating; Rebecca Sturgeon, Poetry, Division II rating, and Nate Sadler, Improvisation, Division II rating. Also attending the contest as “student manger” was Ashley Clausen, who competed at the District level. Four other students, Molly Tullis, Ally Jo Lloyd, Kristi Crilly, and Jeff Bruning qualified for state speech but had other school-related commitments which kept them from attending. The students were coached by Mrs. Conover.
The Individual Speech coach is Jean Conover. MVAO is a member of the Northwest District. The Iowa High School Speech Association serves 487 member schools and over 40,000 Iowa students. Sixteen district IE contests were held across the state this past weekend. The goal of the IHSSA is to develop and promote educational speaking skills among high school students.
The 7th & 8th grade Concert Choir will present their annual variety show that will take place on Thursday, March 13, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. at the Anthon Oto-Maple Valley Middle School. The concert choir will be performing a musical review called “On the Radio” by John Jacobson. It consists of songs through the decades from the 1920’s to the 1980’s with tunes like “Ain’t We Got Fun?,” “Hound Dog,” “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” and more. There will also be skits and jokes to make the evening very enjoyable.
Everyone is invited to come and share the evening with us. There will be a free will donation at the door to help the vocal department with expenses for the show.
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Seventeen 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th& 8th grade students from Maple Valley and Anthon-Oto competed as three teams at the Regional Destination Imagination competition in Carroll on March 1st. The regional competition consisted of 67 teams comprised of over 350 students. The MVAO teams placed very well and two teams have earned a trip to the State Destination Imagination competition in Ames, IA on April 5th.
You are probably wondering just what is Destination Imagination. Destination Imagination is an international creative thinking and problem solving competition. The teams prepare for the competition by meeting after school and on the weekends. Students work in teams of 5 Ð 7 students along with a volunteer parent manager to solve one of five long-term challenges. They do this by performing a skit that incorporates art, technology, performance, improvisation and real world skills. The teams have been working together since November on their main challenges. Then comes the other part of the competition, called the Instant Challenge. This portion of the competition assesses the student’s ability to think on their feet. The students go into a room for an instant challenge of 4-8 minutes where they may be asked to build something, act something out, or a combination of both. To give you a better idea of what the students are expected to do for their main challenge, here is a sample of what our students have been working on for the past few months.
One MVAO team chose to compete in the challenge called “DI’ve Got a Secret”. This challenge required the team to present an original story about a secret using a masquerading character and moving set pieces. The team also had to integrate an optical illusion and two side trip talents of the team. The team had to create all of their costumes, set and props for their 8-minute presentation. The middle school team of Ashley Buth, Logan Buth, Morgan Hart, Jamie Herrick, Jacob Miller and Todd Sherrill accumulated 230.99 out of 400 points to secure 12th place in the middle school division.
Two MVAO teams chose the challenge called “Chorific”. This challenge required the students to research 12 different famous people. When they got to the tournament they randomly chose a chore and an obstacle to the chore and were then given 30-minutes to create a skit and props to tell how they overcame the obstacle for their chore. The team also had to create five different sound themes, integrate an improvisational technique and once they were on stage they had to overcome a second obstacle. To accomplish all of this the team was only allowed to use items like cardboard, chenille sticks, fabric, milk crates, bubble wrap, beans, chairs, drinking cups, cookie sheets, aluminum foil and tape. One minute before they were to perform they had to choose a famous person out of a hat and then they had to incorporate their research into their skit. For example; the middle school team had to combine the chore of shoveling snow that is over your head, five sounds, freeze frame commenting, information about Temple Grandin and the second obstacle of “it starts snowing again” all in 30 minutes or less. Could you do this? The teams from MVAO can. The 4th & 5th grade team of Madyson Hinkel, Marina Lacey, Laura Perez, Jordan Trucke and Luke Whitney earned 359.45 out of a possible 400 points placing them 3rd in the elementary division. The Middle School team of Anna Duncan, Alexis Boyle, Ethan Lloyd, Hailey Morgan, David Templeton and Kalli Weber did very well in their age division and placed 1st with 400 out of a possible 400 points. This has earned both teams a trip to the State Destination Imagination tournament in April.
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Recycle DayThe next recycle pick up is scheduled for Friday, March 14th. Friends of the
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