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State Fair
Swine Show Taryn and Tyler Riediger: Each had 2 blue ribbons
Mr. Spurgin an Assistant Superintendent for the Show
Horse Show Derek and Deven Heitland
4 and 5 year Western Pleasure
Derek 1st Place overall
Deven 5th Place overall
Reining
Derek 1st place overall
Agriculture Mechanics West Fork FFA Bench
Blue Ribbon
Farm Progress Show Took 15 students
Had a great time!
National Barrow Show 7 students (Anne, Madison, Cailey, Shea, Taya, Jocob, Collin Jones-Smeby,
We did pretty good, middle of the pack but had fun.
Oktoberfest Helped with the Greased Pig, Chicken Catch, and the Kid Games. Had 22 members there to
work.
West Fork FFA Begins the Year Off with a Great Start!
Soils and Greenhand Fire-up Soils teams finished in the middle of the pack
but had fun. Talk about what they do at
soils (Evaluate soils based on different
things like soil structure, top soil, drainage,
slope, 12 participated)
Greenhand Fire-up, freshman FFA Members. 30
participated.
On Thursday, October 4 the West Fork 3rd graders from Sheffield
and Rockwell traveled together to Lime Creek Nature Center in Mason
City for a field trip to culminate their plant unit. While visiting the
nature center the 3rd graders went on a plant scavenger hunt, a prai-
rie plant search, studied what lives underneath a fallen log, and also
enjoyed exploring the beautiful nature center. The field trip was a great opportunity for the
third graders from both campuses to get together and make new friends. It was a wonderful
day of learning and having fun!
West Fork 3rd Grade Fun!
Reading is the most important skill you can teach a child. Of all the skills children learn, it is
the one you can influence the most.
We invite you to visit our Scholastic Book Fair and experience a celebration of reading that
provides families the opportunity to get involved in a universal mission: encouraging kids to
read every day so they can lead better lives.
Our Scholastic Book Fair theme – All-Star Book Fair: Every Reader Is a Star! – is part of
an exciting reading event that brings to school a wonderful selection of fun, engaging, and af-
fordable books kids want to read. Giving kids access to good books and the opportunity to
choose their own books will motivate them to read more. And like most acquired skills, the
more kids practice reading, the better they’ll get.
Reading is vital to every child’s success, and raising kids as readers means getting involved
while they’re young. Now is the time. Since there will never be a substitute for a parent’s di-
rect involvement in his/her child’s education, please make plans to visit our Book Fair. Hope to
see you there!
In Rockwell
Book Fair Dates: October 29 – November 5
Shopping Hours: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm or 8:00 pm
Congratulations to the following students: Sarah Dusold, Madison Patten, Seamus Sullivan, Devin Ridgeway,
Ylani Guerrero, Daniel Novotney and Jonah VanHorn. They were chosen for the NCIBA Middle School Honor
Band. The concert will be held November 10th in Forest City.
Middle School Honors in the Fine Arts
NCICDA Honor Choir: The following seventh and eighth graders have been selected to attend
the North Central District Honor Choir Festival at NIACC in Mason City: Jacqlyn Caspers, Ay-
dan Wood, Caylee Cook, Sammie McGuire, Sarah Retz, Lauren Dohlman, and Lauren
Moore. The concert will be at 7:00pm on Monday, November 5th and is open to the public.
Guest Conductors: Dr. John Wiles from UNI will conduct the 10th-12th grade Mixed Choir.
Opus director, Dr. Gerald Kreitzer from Mt. Mercy will conduct the 9th-10th grade Honor
Choir. Opus director, Linda Ferjak from Bishop Garrigan in Forest City will conduct the 7th -
8th Grade Girls Honor Choir. Opus director, Kelly Truax from Cedar Rapids Prairie Point will
conduct the 7th-8th Grade Boys Honor Choir.
Opus ‘12 Press Release
Yuvia Maldonado, a sixth grade music student at West Fork, was recently selected for participation in
the twenty-seventh annual Opus Honor Choir Festival. Over 3400 students were nominated by their
directors for 720 positions in the four Opus Honor Choirs. Selections were made by means of a record-
ed audition. Guest conductors of the choirs include Roger Hatteberg, 5th & 6th Grade Elementary
Honor Choir; Kelly Truax, 7th & 8th Grade Bass Clef Honor Choir; Linda Ferjak, 7th & 8th Grade Tre-
ble Clef Honor Choir; and Dr. Gerald Kreitzer, 9th Grade Mixed Honor Choir. The 2012 Opus Honor
Choirs will perform at 4:00 p.m. November 15th in C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in the Iowa State Center in
Ames. The Opus Honor Choir Festival is under the auspices of the Iowa Choral Directors Association,
Inc.
Middle School Flag Team
The flag squad is made up of the following girls: Captains: Erika Perkins and Kaitlyn Liekweg, Madison Patten, Brianna Pals, McKenna Amsbaugh, and Raegan Arbegast. Our alternate is Lauren Trewin. They audi-tioned last month. They will be performing with the middle school marching band this spring.
High School Drawing Class Participates in
National Assisted Living Week
During National Assisted Living
Week the West Fork High
School drawing class went to the
Deerfield Assisted Living to
create artwork with the resi-
dents.
The residents made prints from their original drawings about the fall season.
Students inked the images and the residents printed. After the prints were
dry, they were framed for display in their rooms.
Drawing students enjoyed the afternoon
helping the residents, got to tour one of
the apartments, and learned about the
assisted living life-style. The West Fork
students were very impressed with the
living situation for the Deerfield Resi-
dents and they enjoyed the time with
them.
Just the “High Notes” from Choral Music
The Simpson College Honor Choir is
designed as a non-competitive environ-
ment where exceptional students
from high school programs have the
opportunity to spend a day rehearsing
and performing high quality choral mu-
sic. The intention of the festival is to
augment and reinforce the exciting
work already happening in area choral
programs. A day such as this serves as
an opportunity for students to ener-
gize, discover, and reaffirm their inter-
est and passion in singing.
SIMPSON COLLEGE
Honor Choir Repertoire
October 9, 2012
Cry Out and Shout! – Knut Nystedt
(Summy-Birchard SBCH9307)
Veni Sancte Spiritus, K. 47 – W. A.
Mozart (Arista 581)
Sure On This Shining Night – Morten
Lauridsen (Peer Music 0124115)
How Can I Keep from Singing – arr.
Gwyneth Walker (ECS Publishing No.
5100)
Praise His Holy Name! – Keith Hamp-
ton (earthsongs)
Evan Meester
Amanda Blum Jacee Arbegast
James Vestweber, Celeste & Sydney Staudt, Justin Bonjour
This project is made possible by a grant provided by the Five Wings Arts Council with funds from the McKnight Foundation
supplemented with Legacy funds.
The Staples Area Men’s Chorus (SAMC) wants to help young men find the joy and richness that singing brings to life. It
also wants to help high school and college music programs attract and retain male singers for their choral ensembles, and
to help them remain strong and vibrant organizations. To accomplish this we have started the Real Men Sing Choral Festi-
val.
At no charge to participating schools, the SAMC books the facility, hires a guest conductor and a voice teacher, buys the
music, and provides an evening meal. Rehearsals and workshops are scheduled in the afternoon and the event is capped
off with a concert in the evening.
In addition to the Festival Chorus of over 200 Singers, the concert also features a high school men’s chorus, a college or
university men’s chorus, the SAMC, and selected soloists from the vocal clinic. The Festival has been a resounding suc-
cess, attracting 200 high school age young men from 15 communities and an appreciative audience that has grown every
year as news of the Festival has spread.
Participating high schools are not limited to bringing only their “best” students. They can bring one, four, or all of their male
singers to the Festival. The Festival provides the opportunity to work under some of the very best choral directors in the
state, as well as sessions centered on proper vocal technique and getting the best sound out of every singer’s voice. Eve-
ry participating school will have the opportunity to have at least one soloist work with the Guest Voice Clinician.
It is hoped that the participants come with the music well learned, but in case there are trouble spots, the members of the
SAMC are seated next to the young men during the rehearsals and in the evening concert, to guarantee that the event is
an enriching and rewarding experience. This mentoring and leadership is meant to advance the goals of the event, which
are to convince young men that “yes, real men do sing”; to inform them that there are artistic and creative opportunities
waiting for them after leaving their high school choirs; to demonstrate that men from many walks of life and many ages,
can come together, build community, create enriching music together, and have a great time doing it.
Real Men Sing
Evan Meester Justin Bonjour James Vestweber Matt Retz
Ahna Larson, Sam Amsbaugh, and Spencer Halloran taught Mrs. Schulz's
third grade class how to use a compass on Friday. First, they showed the kids a
brief PowerPoint informing them about Orienteering. Next, they took the kids
out to the playground and navigated around the playground using the knowledge
they learned about compasses. They made shapes such as, triangles, squares, and
rectangles by dialing in a degree and "putting Fred in the shed".
The Health 2 class will be presenting 4 more presentations based on living
in the wild. Our main goal is to take the kids to Gavin's Park for a day in the mid-
dle of winter to work on the skills they learned from all 5 presentations. The
kids really seemed to enjoy using the compasses and being outside making shapes
with the Health 2 class.
Health 2 Students Teach 3rd Graders About Orienteering
Cross Country Corn Bowl Recognition
Girls 2ND All-conference Maya Rowe,
Sydney Shreckengost, Taylor Rooney,
Josi Fjone
Boys 3rd All-conference Peyton Twedt-(conference Champ), Drew Engebretson
8th grade 1A STATE CHAMPI-ONS Jacob Hansen 1A State Champion , Seamus Sullivan, Justin Anderson, Brett Barkema, Josh Stevens
Super Second Graders
S Second Grade is fun!
U Understanding fire prevention thanks to our firemen
friends
P P.E. class is awesome when we play dodge ball
E Each of us work hard in Math
R Reading with Josie, our high school helper
S Singing and musical games in music with Ms. Wilson
E Each of us trying hard to be fair
C Computer class teaches us to type
O Opening calendar starts our day
N Nouns and verbs are words and skills we are learning
D Drawing friendship monster for the bulletin board
G Going to Ames to see the play “Clifford the Big Red Dog”
R Reading AR books carefully so we can test on them
A Allysia is a good high school helper
D Doing homework is important
E Exploring and learning about neighborhoods and communities
R Recess is time spent with friends
S See—we really are super—and special!
Sheffield campus - Mrs. Clapham
Important Dates to Remember
October 24th- 2:00 Early dismissal for staff development
October 25th- 7:00 High School Fall Vocal Variety Show
October 27th– ACT test date State Cross Country Meet
October 29th- 2:00 dismissal for Parent-teacher Conferences
Conferences from 4:00-8:00 pm.
November 1st– 2:00 dismissal for Parent-teacher Conferences
Conferences from 3:00-7:30 pm.
November 2nd- NO SCHOOL
November 4th- Daylight Savings Time Ends
November 5th- NCICDA 7-12 Vocal Festival @NIACC
November 6th- National Election Day
November 7th- 2:00 Early dismissal for staff development
November 9th- High School Fall Play
November 11th-16th American Education Week
November 12th- No School– Staff Development
November 13th- Corn Bowl Conference Honor Choir Festival
November 15th-17th All-State Music Festival