North Scott Community Hunger Fighters go to International!

North Scott Community Hunger Fighters Carlie Mullins, Christine Hultquist, Miranda Hale, and Stephanie Konrady placed 1st in their division of Community Problem Solvers at the state level. The girls have been working on the same problem of pet hunger for the past 2 years and recently were evaluated on their 6 page report and addendum. The girls will present their project at state competition at Iowa State University on April 9 and will then prepare for International Competition to be held in LaCrosse, Wisconsin in June. This is a 4 day event with students from 12 countries and 40 states attending. Great work girls!

NSNE wins 2nd place

North Scott Nuclear Education (NSNE)  group Nick Jamison, Alex Bare, Dan Stutting, and Kirk Kreiter recently placed 2nd at state competition for Community Problem Solving. The boys completed a 6 page final report and addendum for evaluation highlighting their work this year on educating the public on what to do in case of a nuclear disaster. The boys will be traveling to Iowa State University on April 9 to display their work and make a presentation. They will receive their ribbons this day. Way to go boys!

I-Series Conference

On Thursday, March 25, four North Scott Junior High students traveled to Iowa State University for an I-Series Conference hosted by the Office of Precollegiate Talented and Gifted Students. At this conference, students attended 3 sessions on investigations, including an investigation on chemical reactions. Students ate lunch on campus and attended a tour of Iowa State as well. Students attending were eighth grade students Kelci Page and Rebekah Arana and seventh grade students Sonya Haan and Elizabeth Ferry.

FPS Students Make State!

In January, 5 NSJH teams and 1 individual competed in a regional Future Problem Solving competition held at Camanche High School. Their packets were sent in to be scored by evaluators across the state. 2 of these teams and individual Rebekah Arana scored high enough to compete at the state level in April. On April 8 and 9, eighth graders Nick Arp, Alex Freeman, Grant Graham, and Tanner Greve, and seventh graders Sonya Haan, Allison Stutting, TJ Kilian, and Justin Schwarz, along with eighth grader Rebekah Arana will be traveling to Iowa State University in Ames to compete against other teams from the state of Iowa. The topic they will be competing on is Water Quality. On Friday, April 8, students will spend 2 hours completing the packet and then work on their skits. Their skits will be presented on Saturday, April 9, with winners being announced that day. Winners of the state competition will move on to International Competition in LaCrosse, Wisconsin in June. Wish them luck!

High School Mock Trial Competition

On Saturday, March 5, eight North Scott High School students competed against 11 other teams in the region at the Iowa Mock Trial Regional Competition. Their first match was against Dubuque and their second match was against Pleasant Valley. The team did an outstanding job representing North Scott and Travis Reed was recognized as an outstanding attorney and Hannah Kroeger was recognized as an outstanding witness. The team consisted of seniors Travis Reed and Amanda Ploof, junior Ashley Raleigh, sophomore Brittany Bunch, and freshmen Hannah Kroeger, Athalie Oladipofaniyi, Taryn Pepping, and Alex Karnish.

Regional Spelling Bee

On Wednesday, March 2nd, 74 area 5-8th grade students competed in the 31st Annual Regional Spelling Bee hosted by the Rock Island Argus/Moline Dispatch. Seven North Scott students were in attendance. Prizes were awarded to the top 6 winners. North Scott Junior High 8th grade student Shane Scull was awarded the 4th place prize, which consisted of a medallion and a Merriam-Webster's 3 piece Desk Reference Set. Congratulations to Shane for a job well done and a great job representing North Scott!

Greenovation Conference

On Wednesday, March 2, North Scott students Erin Mead, Gretchen Mohr, Sean Allchin, and Zach Breneman attended the Quad Cities' first Greenovation Conference. This conference was hosted by student Jonathon O'Leary from Bettendorf High School and was held at St. Ambrose University. The conference was designed to bring "green" ideas back to area high schools. Students from 10 area high schools attended the conference and listened to guest speakers and attended breakout sessions to learn about local environmental issues. After lunch, the students met as high school groups to create goals for their high schools and to paint a rock symbolizing their schools and goals.