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.

Future Problem Solvers Regional Bowl

On Wednesday, January 19, 15 North Scott teams and 2 individuals traveled to Camanche with their coaches to compete in a regional FPS bowl. This is the first time that North Scott FPS teams have traveled outside of North Scott to compete. The competition was held at Camanche High School and included junior teams from both Camanche and Pleasant Valley. North Scott represented well with 10 junior teams, 5 middle teams, 1 middle individual, and 1 senior individual. Students had 2 hours to work on their qualifying problem, which dealt with the subject of genetic testing. After the packets were completed, students ate lunch and prepared for skits dealing with their action plans. Students then had a chance to present their skits using various props, including the mystery prop - a ping pong paddle.  Packets were sent to evaluators and will be returned in the beginning of March. At that time, teams that qualified for the state level will be notified and begin preparing for the state competition to be held in Ames on April 8 and 9.

Students participating:
7th Grade: Mikaela Mikkelsen, Ryan Rivard, Walker Gentz, Tyler Costello, Justin Schwarz, Allie Stutting, T.J. Kilian, Sonya Haan, Corbyn Heppe, Garrett Smith, Crystal DeWulf, Emily Drenter.

8th Grade: Rebekah Arana, Nick Arp, Alex Freeman, Grant Graham, Tanner Greve, Kelci Page, Eric Petersen, Hailey Willerth, Grace Andersen, Lindy Young (alternate)

12th Grade: T.J. Reed

North Scott District Spelling Bee

Students from all 5 elementary schools and the junior high competed in North Scott's District Spelling Bee hosted by the Rock Island Argus/Moline Dispatch. Seven 4th grade students, eleven 5th grade students, eight 6th grade students, four 7th grade students, and one 8th grade students competed against each other in rounds. This year, the coordinator, Sandee Luster, explained some changes to the program. In addition to the 6 winners of the district bee, the school bee winners would also receive the opportunity to attend the regional bee to be held on March 2 at Augustana College.Winners from the regional bee were:
Brady Frank - Ed White 5th grade - overall district bee winner and school bee winner
Brittany Bullock - Neil Armstrong 5th grade - district finalist and school bee winner
Emma Horsfield - Virgil Grissom 5th grade - district finalist and school bee winner
Brenna Kendel - John Glenn 5th grade - district finalist and school bee winner
Allison Triplett - Neil Armstrong 6th grade - district finalist
Shane Scull - NSJH 8th grade - district finalist and school bee winner
Isabel Brimeyer - Alan Shepard 4th grade - school bee winner
Kendal Newman - Alan Shepard 5th grade - school bee winner 

Geography Bee

NSJH students competed in the 2010 Geography Bee. 18 students in 7th and 8th grade competed after school to find the overall school winner. These students represented the winners of their classroom bees. The first round eliminated to the top 8 winners, and those top 8 competed in a final round. The final round eliminated down to the top 2 contestants, and those 2 contestants competed in a championship round. The winner was Kyle Apple, a 7th grader. Kyle will complete a written examination, that will be submitted to the state Geography Bee in January. Wish him luck!

North Scott Nuclear Awareness Team

The members of NSNA got the opportunity to meet with Bill Stoermer, who is the Communications Director for Exelon Power Plant. He was able to share some information with them about the nuclear power plant and emergency preparedness. This information will help them with their project in progress. Next step - field trip to the power plant!

High School Mock Trial Team

Attention Students:

I am hoping to start up a high school mock trial team this school year, but I need your help! The team this year will meet from January until the competition in March. Practices will be held once a week during the school day and once a week after school to prepare for competition. The case this year will be a civil case. Please see me if you are interested in being on the team!!

North Scott Community Hunger Fighters

The North Scott Community Hunger Fighters are conducting a holiday pet food drive for the North Scott Food Pantry. They are collecting food pet and supplies to help people who utilize the pantry. Watch their video!

Thinker's Throwdown

NSHS team consisting of Brock Brade, Kayla Kaasa, Michael Hackbarth, TJ Reed and alternate Ashley Raleigh competed in the 2nd annual Thinker's Throwdown competition hosted by Victory Enterprises and Mediacom. The rounds will be broadcast on Mediacom On Demand in the next few weeks. Watch to see our students in action!

NSJH Spelling Bee

North Scott Junior High held its school level Spelling Bee on Wednesday, November 18. Over 60 students registered to compete at the after-school event. After 8 rounds, the five winners were announced: the top school winner Shane Scull, and runners-up Cate Cook, Melissa Maylum, Kristen Drinnon, and Rhedt Roelandt. These students will prepare for a North Scott District competition to be held at the JH on Tuesday, December 14 at 6:30 P.M.

Math Olympiad Team

The Junior High Math Olympiad team completed their first of 5 monthly competitions on Wednesday. The team is comprised of 8 members: Ryder Hubner, Michael Wedemeyer, Evan Hundley, Kirk Kreiter, Hope Yates, Katelynn Rheingans, Tanner Greve, and Jacob Willet. The team meets weekly to review math problems and strategies at an advanced level. Every month the team completes a timed test of 5 advanced math problems and those results are submitted online. The team competes at a national level against other middle school teams. Prizes are awarded for top scoring teams and individuals. For the month of November, both Michael Wedemeyer and Jacob Willet received perfect scores.

Iowa Junior High Mock Trial Competition

NSJH's 8th grade mock trial team competed on Saturday, Nov. 13 at the Iowa Junior High Mock Trial Competition held at the Scott County Courthouse. At 8:00AM team members presented their defense case against Camanche Middle School and at 11:00AM they presented their plaintiff case against Wood Middle School. They performed in an outstanding manner! Sydney Evitts was recognized as an outstanding witness and Rebekah Arana, Kelci Page, and Evan Hundley were recognized as outstanding attorneys. Although they did not make it to the state level competition, they represented North Scott extremely well. Go Lancers!

JH Mock Trial School Competition

The 7th Grade Plaintiff team faced off against the 8th Grade Defense team in last night's mock trial competition. Students presented an entire case of Bran Philsted vs. The DM Dinosaurs Baseball Club. Judges were attorney-coach Ryan Weber and former TAG teacher Cindee Schnekloth. After the case concluded, students had a pizza party to celebrate. The 8th grade team will head to Scott County Courthouse on Saturday, November 13 for both an 8:30AM round against Camanche and an 11:00AM round against Wood. Wish them luck as they represent North Scott!

Thinker's Throwdown Elimination Round

The Thinker's Throwdown team competed Monday night at Blackhawk College in an elimination round. The team, comprised of seniors TJ Reed and Kayla Kaasa, juniors Brock Brade(absent) and Ashley Raleigh, and sophomore Michael Hackbarth, had to answer a series of 50 multiple choice questions. Their next competition is scheduled for Thursday, November 18 at Victory Enterprises in Davenport. Way to represent North Scott!!

Thinker's Throwdown

On Monday, November 8, a team of 5 North Scott High School students will be competing against area high schools at Blackhawk College for a Thinker's Throwdown elimination round. The 5 students are: Kayla Kaasa, TJ Reed, Brock Brade, Ashley Raleigh, and Michael Hackbarth. They will represent North Scott at an elimination round to be held at 6:30 p.m. If they do well, they will move on to competition on November 18 at the Victory Store in Davenport for the top scoring 16 area teams. All of these rounds will be televised and aired on Mediacom throughout the month of December. Wish them luck!!