District Teams(Art, Music, PE) Develop Proficiency Scales

While the beginning of the school year bells were ringing and hallways were filled with kids, our elementary art, music, and pe educators were hard at work developing proficiency scales aligned to the national standards that they unwrapped last year during their curriculum work. This past quarter has provided the teams with insight into the development of their scales as they have given more formative assessments aligned to the standards to help guide their teaching and student learning.

While this work has been tedious at times, the teams have worked hard and have had great discussions.

Over the next week, I will be adding all of the proficiency scales that the teams developed aligned to the two power standards they will be reporting out on each quarter.

Music Proficiency Scales:

EHS Students selected to ISU Honor Choir

Congratulations to these East High students who were selected for the ISU Honor Choir, to be held mid-February in Ames.

Ally Belcher

Austin Clayton

David Ehmcke

David Graham

Alex Holmberg

Hunter Milner

David Suhr

Whitney Wolf

Their audition included a prepared solo, tonal memory exercises, and sight reading. They are eight of only 100 students to be selected, state-wide.

Jr. Honors Orchestra Festival- 2015

Congratulations to the following students chosen to be a part of the 2015 Jr. Honors Orchestra Festival to be held in Ames, IA on Friday, November 20th.

East Middle: Director Eleanor May-Patterson

Amanda DeBates- Violin 2 - 8th Grade

Leai Britton-Violin 2 - 8th Grade

Nathan Whitaker- Violin 2 - 8th Grade

North High: Director Paula Ulicsni

Sarah Glade- Violin I - 9th Grade

West: Director Kristen Ortmann

Carli Gasaway - Violin 2 - 9th Grade

OPUS Honor Choirs- 2015

Congratulations to the following students chosen to represent the Sioux City Community Schools in Ames, IA next Thursday, November 19th, at the OPUS Honor Choirs Festival and Concert.

East High: Directors Tom Hales and Patrick Fagan

Nathan Kitrell - 9th grade mixed

Jessica Melville- 9th grade mixed 

East Middle: Directors Connie Smith and Bob Barry

Joseph Hansen - 6th

Carter Vanderloo-7th

Reilly Bridgett - 8th

Cameron Jensen-8th

Jacob LIcht-8th

Graceyn Stubbe-8th

Nathan Whitaker-8th 

West Middle: Directors Jill Wigton and Chris Hanson

Asia Keane-6th

Angelina Duarte-7th

Holland Larned-7th

Students selected for NWI HS Honor Band

The following students were selected through an audition process on Saturday, November 7th in Storm Lake, to practice and perform with the NWI HS Honor Bands. These students will rehearse and perform on January 9th at Morningside College. The final performance will be in Epply Auditorium at 7:00 p.m.

East High

Directors: Jeff Soukup and Brad Anderson

Red Band

Heidi Uhl, Flute 1

Rachel Kitrell, Clarinet 2

Jessie Rebstock, Clarinet 2

Paige Susie, Trumpet 1

Sam Gill, Horn 4

Andrew Flory, Trombone 3

Sam Barnes, Trombone 3

Blue Band

Anna Geerlings, Flute 1

Deb Allard, Flute 2

Rachel Jensen, Clarinet 1

Jessica Melville, Clarinet 3

Jestin Cam, Clarinet 3

Noah Cvrk, Trumpet 1

Ethan Vick, Bass Trombone

North High

Directors: Faith Hall, Amy Ortmann, and Dan Knowles

Red Band

Trina Swanson, Oboe

Anya Shorey, Bassoon

Sarah Glade, Clarinet 1

Ben Medbourn, Clarinet 2

Quinn Adajar, Alto Sax 1

Elizabeth Glade, Tenor Sax

Kari Swanson, Trumpet 1

Alexis Kolls, Trumpet 3

Angela Hotchkiss, Trombone 2

Stephanie Warnstadt, Trombone 2

Aidan Shorey, Euphonium

Jackie Toben, Percussion

Madison Stroman, Percussion

Blue Band

Luella Gaskell, Clarinet 2

Mitchell Wisniewski, Bari Sax

Faith Harvey, Bari Sax

Grant Hein, Trumpet 1

Cedric Cogdill, Trumpet 3

Ciara Hess, Percussion

Jon Denne, Percussion

Ben Gillette, String Bass

West High

Directors: Cody Tucker and Patrick Patterson

Red Band

Abbey Moos, Flute

Robert Berntson, Euphonium

Saul Cortez, Bass Trombone

Blue Band

Maggie Irish, Bb Clarinet

Danielle Schultz, Bb Clarinet 

Brandon Schroder, Bass Clarinet

Jose Ayala Garcia, Tenor Saxophone

Noah Youngberg, Percussion