High School Students to represent Sioux City Schools at ISTA Honor Orchestra

The following students will be representing the Sioux City Community School District at the HS ISTA Honor Orchestra Festival on April 30th at Waterloo West High School. The concert will begin at 4:30 p.m. Congratulations to our students and their directors.

Violin I

Robert Hwang -  North High School

Violin II

Emily Miranda - East High School

Viola

Emma Baller - North High School

Hannah Von Hagel - East High School 

Cello

Bella Schwerin - West High School

Bass

Grant Hein - North High School

 

Junior Duck Stamp Competition - United States Post Office

Each year the United States Post Office conducts a nationwide junior duck stamp competition. The first round of competition is at the state level; with the winners moving on to a national competition round. This year there were over 600 students from the state of Iowa taking part. The following students from North Middle were honored for their work.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Caden Van Osdel

Hien Tran

Cassy Tounjian

Grace Rosowski

Kaden Nieto

Christine Ly

James Lillard

Regan Keil

Cadell Johnson

Erika Huerta

Hazel Gaskell

Bailey Anderson

SECOND PLACE WINNERS

Christina Ly

Kane Laws

Isobel Feiges

FIRST PLACE

Adrianna Sanchez Manzo

Sioux City Community Schools Youth Art Month Exhibition Award Winners - 27th Annual Juried Youth Art Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center

 Celebrating Youth Art Month, the Sioux City Art Center is featuring its 27th Annual Juried Youth Art Exhibition: High School from February 13 – April 10, 2016. The opening reception was held Sunday, February 14, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Mayor Bob Scott, Art Center Director Al Harris-Fernandez, Education Coordinator Debra Marqusee, and Sioux City Community Schools Arts & Community Engagement Program Coordinator Pat Toben presented awards.

Twenty-one high school art teachers from fifteen schools in the tristate area submitted 440 entries. Sixty-one pieces of art were selected by juror, John Bowitz, Professor Emeritus of the Art Department of Morningside College, and Art Center Director, Al Harris-Fernandez. The artworks were judged on originality, creativity, personal expression and technique. 

The Youth Art Month awards and exhibition are made possible again this year in part by Pinnacle Bank, Aalfs Family Foundation, and a grant from the Iowa Arts Council. The Art Center supports and encourages young artists to express and explore their individual creativity through the art-making process. Through their art, these students are provided an opportunity to demonstrate ambitious efforts resulting in success that can help open doors to endless possibilities in all areas of their lives.

Congratulations to the following Sioux City Community School District Award Winners:

Ninth Grade                                      

1st Place                     Joe Huerta                           Sioux City West        

 

Tenth Grade                                     

2nd Place                    Daisy Siemans                     Sioux City North       

3rd Place                     Kaitlyn Hoopingarner            Sioux City West        

Honorable Mention       Jacob Buckholtz                    Sioux City North       

Honorable Mention       Gracie McCloud                    Sioux City North

           

Eleventh Grade                                            

1st Place                     Ireland Arroyo                       Sioux City West        

2nd Place                    Terry Do                               Sioux City West        

Director's Award          Yojani Rojas                           Sioux City West        

Twelfth Grade                  

Director's Award           Duncan Feiges                  Sioux City North                   

Middle School Students Selected to 2016 Middle School Honor Orchestra

Congratulations to the following students for being selected to the 2016 Middle School Honor Orchestra. This year's festival will take place at Waterloo High School in Waterloo, IA on April 30th at 4:30 p.m. Thank you to our string educators Ms. Eleanor May-Patterson, Ms. Kristin Ortmann, Ms. Paula Ulicsni and Ms. Kendra Peterson for preparing these students.

Violin I

Leai Britton EMS
Amanda DeBates EMS
Lauren Geerlings EMS

Emma Hawkinson NMS
Anna Marburger EMS

Violin II

Katie Lammers EMS

Tony Thach EMS

Viola

Montana Allyn NMS

Caleb Baker EMS

Raquel Vallidolid NMS

WHS Students Selected for University of Iowa Honor Band

The following students were selected through director nomination to participate in the University of Iowa Honor Band. The concert will be held on February 20th, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Lounge of the Memorial Union on the campus of the University of Iowa.

Congratulations to the following students:

Jose Ayala Garcia, Tenor Sax

Bobby Berntson, Euphonium

Saul Cortex, Bass Trombone

Kiley Fridley, Basssoon

Danielle Schultz, Clarinet

Bella Schwerin, Trombone

Students selected for NWIA Honor Orchestra

The following students were selected through audition to represent the Sioux City Community School District at Northwest Iowa Honor Orchestra Thursday, January 21st in Sioux Center.

East High School

Eleanor May-Patterson, Orchestra Director

Jeff Soukup and Brad Anderson, Band Directors

Emily Miranda-Violin II

Hannah Von Hagel-Viola

Jestin Cam-Viola

Andrew Flory-Cello

Anna Geerlings-Flute

Paige Susie-Trumpet

East Middle School

Eleanor May-Patterson, Orchestra Director

Caleb Baker-Viola

Lauren Geerlings-Violin

Anna Marburger-Violin

Katie Lammers-Violin

Nathan Whitaker-Bass

Leai Britton-Violin

Amanda DeBates-Violin

Tony Thach-Violin

North High School

Paula Ulicsni, Orchestra Director

Faith Hall, Amy Ortmann, Dan Knowles, Band Directors

Robert Hwang-Violin I

Sarah Glade-Violin I

Lindsey Kopp-Violin II

Emma Baller-Viola

Benjamin Medbourn-Alternate 

Stephanie Warnstadt-Cello

Grant Hein-Bass

Trina Swanson-Oboe

Anya Shorey-Bassoon

Kari Swanson-Trumpet

Jackie Toben-Percussion

North Middle School 

 Paula Ulicsni, Orchestra Director

Emma Hawkinson-Violin

Raquel Valladolid-Viola

Montana Allyn-Viola

Derek Hwang-Cello

Nick Millen-Cello

Soren Peterson-Cello

West High School

Kristen Ortmann, Orchestra Director

Bella Schwerin-Cello

Bobby Berntson-Cello

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.