Crofton were the 2019 champions at the Battle of the Bands competition. They beat out Hartington CC on Jan. 25.
St. Rose School in Crofton celebrated 100 days of school last Tuesday, Jan. 22, kicking off a busy two-week period for St. Rose students and families. This week, the 108-year-old Catholic School joins hundreds of other Catholic schools across the country to celebrate National Catholic Schools Week. “Through this week of special events, schools focus on the value of Catholic education to students and its contributions to our church, our communities and our nation,” said St. Rose Principal, Jennifer Fiscus. “Schools typically observe the week with Masses and other activities for students, families, parishioners and community members.”
The events began this past Saturday, Jan. 26, with the annual St. Rose Junior High basketball tournament, with four area teams competing. Each day during the upcoming week, a special event or designation has been made to highlight the Catholic Schools Week theme of “Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed.” School parents and their families invited the community to join them for their annual CSW brunch last Sunday, Jan. 27. Monday this week was designated Community Day. Students created thank you cards for local businesses, recognizing the significant support the school receives from the businesses around the area. Tuesday, Jan. 29 kicked off Patriotic Day. During this day dedicated to our nation, St. Rose students created a patriotic parade in the parish hall and participated in a patriotic illuminated Rosary service. The St. Rose 8th graders also participated in a special rural Catholic schools 8th grade Mass for the Archdiocese of Omaha in Norfolk. Wednesday, Jan. 30 was St. Rose Spirit Day, with students beginning the day celebrating an all school Mass at 8:15 a.m. and later on, creating a school music video. Thursday, Jan. 31 is Sports and Vocations Day, where students will dress in their favorite sports team attire. Fr. Ross Burkhalter will talk about the religious life and vocations with students. St. Rose teachers will also swap classrooms on this day to add fun to the day’s events. Friday, Feb. 1 closes out the week’s activities beginning with a special student and St. Rose School alumni Mass at 8:15 a.m., where alumni are invited to come back and join the student body in their regular Friday Mass. This St. Rose School Teacher Day includes a celebration of the dedication of St. Rose teachers, as well as an afternoon of movies. St. Rose School was founded in 1911 by St. Rose parish in Crofton, with School Sisters of St. Francis teachers staffing the school until 2007. Over the 108 year history of the school, more than 2200 students have graduated from 8th grade at St. Rose. For a time in the early days of the school, classes were actually held through 9th grade. In addition to CSW, the parish and school are preparing for their largest annual fundraiser of the year, the Unity Supper and Grand Auction, set for Saturday, Feb. 9. This year's theme is "A Run for the Roses: the Kentucky Derby." The event features a catered meal, fun activities, door prizes and a grand auction and silent auctions featuring hundreds of items, including many handmade, handcrafted one-of-a-kind items, auctioned off to benefit the ministries of St. Rose Parish and School. Photo caption: St. Rose School 2nd graders got into the act on Jan. 22, the 100th day of school, by dressing as if they were 100 years old. These activities kicked off a busy two-week period for St. Rose School, that includes Catholic Schools Week activities concluding this week with an all school and alumni Mass on Friday morning at 8:15 a.m. Quinn Wragge of Crofton, NE, was one of 278 students named to Concordia University, Nebraska's honors list for the fall 2018 semester.
The top 25 percent of all undergraduate students who complete at least 12 credit hours qualify for the honors list. About Concordia University, Nebraska Concordia University, Nebraska, founded in 1894, is a fully accredited, coeducational university located in Seward, Nebraska, that currently serves more than 2,500 students. Concordia offers more than 100 undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in an excellent academic and Christ-centered community that equips men and women for lives of learning, service and leadership in the church and world. For more information, visit cune.edu. T2 Honor Rolls Seniors Altwine, Allison Arens, Tanner Dahl, Connor T Dather, Mariah Dohrman, Stephanie Janssen, Tyler Kaiser, Valerie Lammers, Myles Lange, Jessica Leader, Logan Maibaum, Abbey Maibaum, Steven Poppe, Robert Potts, Aubree Proctor, Avery Schieffer, Calvin Steffen, Anna Steffen, Danielle Steffen, Kathryn Stevens, Mikenna Stewart, Thomas Suing, Levi Tramp, Sydney Van Heek, Hannah Wubben, Joshua Juniors Arens, Alexis Johnson, Jaidyn L Koch, Karmen Koch, Kaylee Lange, Madilyn Mellem, Makenzie Ostermeyer, Ryah Potts, Gabriel M Potts, Justin Potts, Tyler Schieffer, Taylor Tramp, Elyssa Wubben, Joshua Sophomores Altwine, Cassie Arens, Connor Buschkamp, Lauren Dahl, Allie R Dather, Calvin Dohrman, Matthew Einrem, Kaley Lange, Jack Potts, Gavin W Rath, Rachel A Schieffer, Kelsey Schieffer, Quinn Schroeder, Kelsey Sprakel, Lacey Steffen, Abigail Steffen, Hope Suing, Anastacia Tindle, Erica Zuhlke, Colby Freshmen Altwine, Kiera Fiscus, Brooklynn Guenther, Austin Ostermeyer, Mayson Poppe, William Schieffer, Karley Schmidt, Jada Tramp, Ashley Wragge, Ella 8th Grade Berger, Brianna Birger, Jeffrey Dather, Piper Jordan, Blair Schmidt, Rori Anne 7th Grade Mauch, Kaylee Petersen, Cierra Schieffer, Hannah Steffen, Claire Steffen, William Vornhagen, Jaycee Weber, Lillianne Merit Roll Seniors Jones, Julie Kamdokrap, Trapoom Neuhalfen, Bailey R Sanger, Josie Tindle, Taylor Juniors Arens, Taylor Haberman, Taylor Hendrix, Jamis Honeywell, Thomas Johnston, Kayla Rae Vornhagen, Keirra Zavadil, Jason Sophomores Bilka, Wayne R Bruce, Makayla Weber, Zachary T Zimmerman, Jaden Freshmen Allen, James Anderson, Cheyenne DeShazer, Madalynne Folkers, Alexis Kaiser, Sabrina Neuhalfen, Emma Kay Pedersen, Wade Tramp, Ethan 8th Grade Lammers, Brooke Maibaum, Thomas O’Connor, Daniel O’Connor, Kayla Petersen, Madisen Segovia, Sean Thoene, Kendall Zulueta, Francine 7th Grade Babcock, Nolan Bilka, Emma Kleinschmit, Kody Mellem, Brayden Pedersen, Ashlyn Tramp, Zac Crofton Community Schools will dismiss at 2 p.m. today due to weather.
There will also be no evening practices or activities, including tonight's girls and boys basketball games at Hartington-Newcastle. A rescheduled date will be announced at a later day. This is program has been a great success over the past years. It is sponsored by the following local businesses: Steffen’s Service
Station, Wiebalhaus Recreation, Sports Stop, Subway, Networking & Computing Solutions, and the Crofton Journal. The businesses supply gift certificates to the students for their hard work. Students are nominated by teachers for many reasons not just grades. Some of the reason students were nominated are helping faculty and staff, tutoring students that are struggling, coming in for extra help before and after school, or just for being a good classmate. Teachers can nominate a high school student and a junior high student. Student of the Term for 2 nd Term are: Alexis Arens and Ariel Lammers. Others nominated were: Percy Dalton, Danielle Steffen, Kelsey Schieffer, Valerie Kaiser, Calvin Dather, Trapoom Kamdokrap, Aubree Potts, Kayla Johnston, Gabriel Potts, Rachel Rath, Stephanie Dohrman, Wayne Bilka, Jarrin Sage, Mayson Ostermeyer, Ashley Tramp, Emma Bilka, Nolan Babcock, Ramsey Einrem, Robbie Fisher, Wesley Lucht, Edison Sudbeck, William Steffen, Kendall Thoene, Rori Schmidt, Kaylee Mauch. Morningside College Provost Dr. William C. Deeds recently announced the students who were named to the Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2018-19 academic year. The Dean's List recognizes students who achieve a 3.67 grade point average or better and complete at least 12 credits of coursework with no grade below a "C-." Morningside College, located in Sioux City, Iowa, is a private, coeducational, four-year liberal arts college with a total enrollment of approximately 2,700 students. More information about Morningside College is at www.morningside.edu. -30- NAME; HOMETOWN, STATE; CLASS; MAJOR(S) Crofton, Neb. Colton L. Foxhoven, senior, public accounting Kendy L. Kube, senior, elementary education Katelyn R. Stewart, senior, music performance, music education He is heading back to ESU 8.
Corey Dahl has accepted the position for ESU 8 administrator. The ESU 8 Board of Directors will act on his contract at their December 2018 meeting. Dahl is currently serving as the Crofton superintendent, a position he has held since 2015. Before that he worked as the technology coordinator at ESU 8 and was the former administrator at Plainview Public School. Before making the selection, the ESU 8 board narrowed the field to four candidates: selected Mark Bejot (Wakefield Community Schools), Corey Dahl (Crofton Community Schools), Chester Kay (Shelby-Rising City Public Schools), and Mike Sieh (Stanton Community Schools) as finalists for their administrator position. Current administrator Bill Mowinkel is retiring at the end of the 2018-19 academic year. The Educational Service Unit 8 Board of Directors has extended an offer to Corey Dahl of Crofton to become their new administrator at their Monday meeting.
Before making the selection, the ESU 8 board narrowed the field to four candidates: selected Mark Bejot (Wakefield Community Schools), Corey Dahl (Crofton Community Schools), Chester Kay (Shelby-Rising City Public Schools), and Mike Sieh (Stanton Community Schools) as finalists for their administrator position. Current administrator Bill Mowinkle is retiring at the end of the 2018-19 academic year. |