Lake Park Audubon Schools

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Raider Nation News October 2018 Edition

This November, find the hero in you by donating blood to the  Vitalant (formerly United Blood Services). On Friday, November 16th, LPA High School’s National Honor Society will be sponsoring a blood drive in the high school theater. It will run from 8 A.M. - 2 P.M. To schedule an appointment, contact Mrs. Hogie at her email, chogie@lpa.k12.mn.us, school phone # 218-325-0754 or come to the high school between 8:00 AM and 2:00 PM to make a donation on November 16th.

Our next live stream will be Girls Basketball Game on November 29th.

Direct web stream of Friday's event here.

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NHS/Student Council Students Attend Conference

Members from the Lake Park Audubon National Honor Society and Student Council attended the MAHS/MASC Leadership Forum on Sunday-Monday, November 4-5 at Cragun’s Resort in Brainerd, Minnesota. Faculty advisers Cheryl Hogie and Jamie Nelson attended the Advisor session that was facilitated at the same time.  The students were able to hear guest speaker Kyle Willkom who just recently moved to Minnesota from Nashville, Tennessee. Willkom uses music to help facilitate his message and is a professional speaker, leadership consultant, and music author who speaks at schools, conferences, and events nationally. He is the author of the “Wake Up Call,” and “The Thinking Dilemma” - trainings and curriculum that help guide high school students avoid distractions and build an intentional life of purpose. He focuses on leadership elements of networking and mindfulness.

Meanwhile, the advisers attended a training facilitated Doug Erickson, the Executive Director of Minnesota Honor Societies.  Doug shared a training he had recently attended on the “Legal Issues for Advisers.”  In addition, Kyle Willkom did a training session on networking and helping advisers facilitate discussions on programs and projects that work well in their respective schools.

Both student leaders and advisers were able to learn more about Internet Safety and Social Media Influences from Detroit Lakes speaker, Kent Molberg. Finally, MAHS State Advisers Karrie Fredrickson and Jerome Johannes led the advisers in a question and answer session.

LPA students attending the Fall Leadership Forum include Etta Miosek, Shadasia Stalberger, Haidyn Peterson, Hailey Frohman, and Paul DeBlieck.  The students and their advisers had an energizing training and look forward to implementing some of the activities and ideas into their student-lead programs and projects.

The “Skinny” on Healthy Cookie Creations

“Reduce your sugar, increase your fiber, eliminate the fat,” are all common phrases heard from dietary educators working in today’s nutrition arena.   Advanced Standing and Placement Nutrition students at LPA are learning that there is a direct link between diet and health through modifying foods they already eat.  Good eating habits involve knowing how to prepare and select foods that fit into the Dietary Guidelines provided by the USRDA.  What better way to demonstrate and learn that how dietary goals can be accomplished through some minor recipe changes.

Using curriculum provided from the NDSU Extension Service, students modified a traditional chocolate chip cookie recipe in five different manners.  Cookies were lowered in fat, increased in fiber, cholesterol free, gluten free, or lowered in sugar content.  Students learn that establishing a goal, such as lowering sugar content, is the first step.  Next, students calculate appropriate recipe substitutions, since all ingredients serve a “purpose” in the final result.  For example, applesauce can serve as a substitution for either fat or sugar in a baked product, as long you reduce in proportion to the other quantities.  However, the cookies will not be as crisp, nor will they brown as dark since the properties of sugar are altered.  Students were able to sample and complete a written critique of each version. “Learning through technical skills helps students experience the concepts we are discussing in a more meaningful way,” stated FCS Instructor Cheryl Hogie.  Although the cookies were “identified” by the ingredient changes, most students agreed they could not tell the difference between the non-modified cookie and some of the modified cookie versions.  “While some of them looked a little different, I thought they all tasted pretty good,” stated class member Justin How.

7^th and 8^th Grade Boys Basketball Practice Schedule-

November 6^th- 6pm (Lake Park)

November 8^th- 6pm (Lake Park)

November 13^th- 6pm (Lake Park)

November 15^th- 6pm (Lake Park)

November 20^st - 6pm (Lake Park)

November 27^th- 6pm (Lake Park)

November 29^th- 6pm (Lake Park)

December 4^th- 6pm (Lake Park)

December 6^th- 6pm (Lake Park)

December 11^th- 6pm (Lake Park)

December 13^th- 6pm (Lake Park)

Saturdays will include 4 Saturday Mornings

November 17^th (Lake Park)

December 1^nd (TBA)

December 8^th (TBA)

December 15^th (Lake Park)

Schedule Could Change Location/Time as Events come up 

Members of the Lake Park Audubon National Honor Society will be collecting “Treats for Troops” once again this year; however, the change in how they approached their goal last year will remain the same.  Historically,  students have gone door-to-door, asking for “Treats for Troops,” and have had a resounding positive response.  That response resulted in over 80 pounds, of mostly candy, being sent to active troop members in the past several years.  While the “treats” are greatly appreciated, the commanding officers may not  have seen it as a part of a healthy diet and regime for their troops.  Thus, the request for healthier “treats” will be implemented once again this year.  Some of the recommended treats that will be accepted include: “packaged coffee, jerky, pretzels, snack crackers, trail mix, and hunting/fishing/sports magazines.”  Liquids cannot be shipped abroad to the troops and will not be accepted.

The LPA NHS will accept donations of the healthier options at the LPA High School or will collect them upon request up through Monday, November 5th.  The Lake Park Legion has once again agreed to help with the shipment of the items. Aaron Christensen, former LPA student (2007) is a current chaplain in the military and is connected to a Minnesota unit in Kuwait that would receive the treats.     If you have items to donate or an enlisted service member from the LPA area that you would like to recognize, please contact the LPA NHS adviser, Cheryl Hogie at chogie@lpa.k12.mn.us or school phone 218-325-0754.

NDSU Choir Festival

October 7 and 8, two talented choir members participated in the NDSU Choir Festival.  Jon Stone and Rachel Ullmer were selected through through an audition process. Each potential choir member performed their contest solo on an audio recording.  Nearly one hundred top choral students auditioned for this prestigious chamber choir.  Rachel Ullmer was selected as a soprano and Jon Stone was selected as a bass to the 32 member choir.  Jon received further acclamations by being selected for a bass solo in a Spanish selection entitled I Adore You ( Te Quiero) by Favero.

Congratulation Rachel and Jon!

                                                                       

On Thursday, September 20th 9th graders from several surrounding school districts were invited to attend a Business and Industry Career Expo hosted by the Detroit Lakes School system. Over fifty different career vendors were present at the career fair.

Lake Park Audubon 9th graders were able to visit with the various career fields represented including: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources; Art, Communications, & Information Systems; Engineering, Manufacturing & Technology; Health Science Technology; Human Services; and Business Management and Administration. While attending the Career Expo, students were required to interview at least one presenter from each of the Career Fields.

The field trip helps to fulfill a part of the Personal Learning Plan Portfolio, which is a Minnesota State requirement to help students have a clearer pathway plan in place as they approach their senior year in high school. Instructors attending the Career Fair included; Jamie Nelson-School Counselor, Cheryl Hogie, and Connor Waselk-High School Instructors. PARA assistant, Candace Lunde also attended the event.

LPA NHS Induction Ceremony Retains Record

National Honor Society Seniors at the Lake Park Audubon High School welcomed 17 new members at their annual Induction Ceremony on Sunday, September 23, at the LPA High School Theater.

National Honor Society is a national organization that invites students to apply for membership based on four criteria: Scholarship, Character, Service, and Leadership.  Once inducted into NHS, students need to maintain a minimum 3.2 accumulative GPA (4.0) and maintain a high level of character.  In addition, members need to participate in a minimum total of 14 hours of service each school year and model leadership in their school and community.

With eighteen returning members and seventeen new members, thirty-five total members is a back-to-back membership record at LPA.  Service planned for the current school year includes: assistance at the Lake Park Pumpkin Fest, Fall and Spring Blood Drives, Food Baskets for Thanksgiving, and Treats for Troops.  Adviser for the LPA NHS is Cheryl Hogie.

Returning members to the LPA NHS organization include:

Seniors:

Melissa Asplin           Kailee Lefebvre

Angelica Ballard        Chloe Leno

Kevin Bjorgan            Alan Lubbers

Carlie Ecker                Jack Mattson

MacKenzie Ehlers     Andrew Neumann

Elise Grabinger         Sanden O’Connell

Shayla Hendricks     Morgan Schmitz

Justin How                 Shadaisa Stalberger

Lindsey Knutson       Jayda Swegarden

New members to the LPA NHS organization include:

Tyler Bjerke             Alexis Leininger                   Sydney Porter

Paul DeBlieck           Etta Miosek                          Benjamin Rabideaux

Hailey Frohman      Caleb Noel                            Victoria Shiekh

Mia Gehrig               Emma Pederson                 Emily Thompson

Garrett Kleven        Kay Pederson                      Justin Wetli

Morgan Kruger       Haidyn Peterson

 

Naturalization Ceremony

We attended the ceremony again this year at MSUM.

41 LPA students watched 103 individuals from 34 different countries become citizens.

In today's society it is so vital that students see these people become Americans. They are all very proud to become part of our country and that students get an up close and personal view of this is amazing!

 

 

 

The 8th graders at LPA are starting off the year with some STEAM! They are already in the middle of their second collaborative problem-based learning project. Students in Mr. Wixo and Mrs. Watland's classes teamed up to design and build a tower out of tape and spaghetti noodles. The goal was to build the highest tower that could successfully hold a marshmallow on the top. Students needed to use critical thinking and problem-solving skills, as well as creativity, innovation, and collaboration. The 8th graders are currently in the middle of another design challenge, building catapults. This project helps students to better understand the engineering design and scientific inquiry processes while stressing the importance of teamwork! The catapults will have to hold up to five different challenges.