Round One eliminated Aubrey Davis, Tyler Hess, Brenna  Beeson, Emily Buxton, and Maris Griffth. Round Two was the final round for Hunter Braun.  In Round Three, Karita Geist, Chase Ramsey, and Luke Minnix were required to take their seats.  Three more rounds went by with no eliminations, until Catherine Huck was dropped by her given word in Round Seven.  Wyle Yeager didn’t survive the eighth round, leaving Kaleb Roemer and Andrew Brown in the Spell-Off.  Kaleb correctly spelled “operation” with Andrew following with the correct spelling of “ourselves”.  Kaleb’s second word was “parfait” and he gave the correct spelling.  Andrew then was given “penalize”, which he missed.  Kaleb subsequently gave the correct spelling.  He finished the big win with the word “celestial”.  Congratulations to Kaleb Roemer for winning the 2007 bee! 

The photo above shows the Scott City students who participated in the 2007 Scott County Spelling Bee on Wednesday, February 14.  From Left to Right:  Karita Geist, Hunter Braun, Aubrey Davis, Chase Ramsey, Luke Minnix, Tyler Hess, Brenna Beeson, Emily Buxton, Catherine Huck, Maris Griffith, Kaleb Roemer, Wyle Yeager, and Andrew Brown.

(My thanks to Irene Huck for the photos and the reporting!---2.14.07) 

SCHS Scholars' Bowl Places Fourth at State Tournament

The SCHS Scholars' Bowl team returned from Hutchinson this past Saturday, February 10, 2007, with fourth place medals from the state tournament.  The team was second in their pool with a 4-1 record.  Their only loss in pool was to Wichita Collegiate.  In the semi-finals they were defeated by Wichita Independent.  That set them up for a consolation round against Wichita Trinity to vie for third place.  The tournament was won by Wichita Independent with a win over Collegiate.  Congratulations to our Scott City team for a wonderful showing at the 3A state tourney!  The team is coached by Nick Fraenza.  Members on the state team are:  Captain Ian Huck, Elizabeth Huck, Cosme Chavez, Jordan Snow, and Whitney Heitman.  Go Scholars' Bowl!!!                         2.12.07

SCHS Scholars' Bowl Wins 3A Regional Tournament

The SCHS Scholars' Bowl team, coached by Mr. Nick Fraenza, has won the 3A regional meet in Oberlin!  This qualifies them for a trip to the State Scholars' Bowl Tournament on Saturday, February 10th.  Team members are:  Captain Ian Huck, Monica Beeson, Elizabeth Huck, Cosme Chavez, and Jordan Snow.  

In pool play, our Scott City team ended in a four-way tie for second place with a 3-3 record.  They broke pool in the tiebreaker on points.  That result placed them agaist Sacred Heart, which was undefeated in pool play.  Scott City defeated Sacred Heart in the semi-finals and advanced to the finals against Ellsworth, the team which had won the original pool.  Our team ended up with a big win and the 3A Regional Championship.  They will travel to Hutchinson Trinity on Saturday, February 10th, for the 3A State Scholars' Bowl Tournament.                      2.5.07

 Best wishes to the SCHS Scholars' Bowl team!!!                                                                         

 SCHS Excels on State Assessments

It’s official! SCHS made the standard of excellence in both math and reading on our assessment tests given last year! It has taken quite a long time for the state to get the information back to the schools because of some new testing last year so that is why the long delay. Congrats to all of the students and staff that worked hard and took these tests seriously as it reflects well on our school and community. Good Job Everyone!                                                                                      (Eric Swanson 1.28.07)

 Math Results                                            Reading Results

Wood Chapter, NHS, Provides Hats and Mittens to SCES

Members of the Wood Chapter, National Honor Society at Scott Community High School, organized a drive for winter accessories to be donated to children at Scott City Elementary School.  Each class participated, along with members of the SCHS faculty. 

Above:  NHS Faculty Sponsor Paige Bauer, Senior Marley Conine, Senior Heidi Yeager, and Senior Monica Beeson, prepare part of the donations that have just been removed from the commons area ceiling.

Below: (Left) Senior Lanee Lausch stretches to cut down items.  (Right) Juniors Trace Kendrick (on ladder), Cole Pearson, and Tyrel George work on bringing down the freshman class donations.

Senior Lydia Craig made 17 of the hats in the seniors' collection.  Each hat takes 1.5 hours apiece - awesome!

National Honor Society would like to thank everyone for donating items to the hat, mitten, glove, and scarf drive! The grand total was 350 items donated!!! Freshman donated 37 items, sophomores - 56, juniors - 109, seniors - 82, and faculty - 66. The JUNIOR class won the contest.  Their prize?---1st hour free on Friday, December 15th.                                          (Provided by Jerrie Brooks---12.13.06)

Scenes from the Third Grade Science Fair

A whole bunch of budding scientists  presented a science fair at the Scott City Elementary School on May 1, 2006.  The tudents were allowed to select any topic that was covered in their science textbooks.  They presented the topic as a poster or a science experiment.  As you can see, there was a lot of experimenting going on!  Congratulations to these kids on their projects.  Thank you to Gina Ramsey for the great photos!                                                                                                                                                 (5/12/06)

Left:  Nicole Herndon - Steady Hands                                    Right:  Blaine Fairleigh - Solar Systems 

Left:  Alonso Hermisillo - Light is On                                            Right:  Taylor Rufenacht - Making a flashlight

Left:  Dalton Nicholson - Solar Eclipse                                            Right:   Ellie Gerber - Raw Egg Peeler

Left:  Treyston Buffington- Manual Lever, Jacob Unger - Static Electricity, and Johnny Weiler        Right:  Wyatt Eitel - Solar Eclipse  

Left:  Trey O'Neil - Seed                                                                Right:  Allison Craig - Salt Crystals 

Left:   Kambra Dearden - Freezing a string to an ice cube with salt        Right:   Kalie Arnold - Can You Make a Pickle Glow? 

Senior Night Scholarships and Awards                                                May 3, 2006

2006 KANSAS STATE SCHOLARS CURRICULUM COMPLETION:  The following students have completed the curriculum set forth by the Kansas Board of Regents. These students must have completed 4 English credits, 4 math credits of Algebra I or above, 2 years of the same foreign language (Spanish I & II, or French I & II); 3 Science (Biology I, Chemistry I, and Physics), 3 Social Studies credits, Computer Technology, and PE. If the following students will please come forward when their names are called to receive their certificates:

Miranda Appel,  Dakota Lawrence, Jeannette Bennion,  Blake Lowenthal, Vanessa Bridgeman,  Megan Norman, Gentry Duff, Aric Reed, Nichole Eckels,  Mindi Richmeier, Kim Emahize, Trey Strecker, Miles Glunz,  Matt Summers, Shawna Hastings,  Scott Summers, Trista Henderson,  Kelsey Tankersley, Baylee Hess, Chase Thompson, David Heyd, Kandace Wiechman, Michelle Hickey, Amy Williams, Ayden Kitch, Rachel Williams, Lidia Labra

2006 Designated "Kansas State Scholars”:  The following students have been chosen Kansas State Board of Regents Scholars. This award is based on GPA and ACT Scores and is calculated by the state. The “Scholars” are:  Miranda Appel  Baylee Hess  Aric Reed

Special Awards:  SCHS Athletic “Wall of Fame” Award:  Guy Miller  Logan Dreiling  Tim Peintner  SCHS 4A State Basketball Champions (Seniors)

The KSHSAA Citizenship Awards are based on Respect, Responsibility, and Reverence. The winners of this award were nominated by the High School Faculty and Staff based on the qualities of citizenship. The two students who will be receiving these awards are Tim Peintner and Jenna Wasinger.

KSU Outstanding Senior in Math and Science Award:   Baylee Hess

Outstanding Role Model Award:   Tim Peintner

Institutional Awards:

Barton County Community College  Miranda Appel—Academic Scholarship ($1,000)

Brigham Young University—Idaho  Jeannette Bennion—Award of Excellence ($764)

Butler Community College  Nicole Alexander—Athletic Training (Books & Tuition)

Coffeyville Community College  Aaron Rosin—Athletic Award (Football) (Books & Tuition)

Colby Community College  Kim Emahizer—Music Scholarship (Choir) (Tuition)   Shawna Hastings—ACT Award ($900)  Ben Mettlen—Academic Silver Award ($600) & Music Scholarship (16 hrs of tuition)   Kalynn Ritter—Academic Scholarship ($600)

Colorado State University—Bolder Colorado  Guy Miller—Athletic Award (Football) (Full Ride)

Dodge City Community College  Janelle Hundertmark—Choir (Singing) Award (Books & Tuition)  Trey Strecker—Athletic Award (Football) (Books & Tuition)

Fort Hays State University  Trista Henderson—Hays City Bronze Award ($500)  Blake Hillery—Hays City Silver Award ($800) & Excellence in Nursing ($500)  Tim Peintner—Athletic Award (Basketball) (Full Ride)

Garden City Community College  Amanda Murphy—Band Scholarship ($1,300)  Mindi Richmeier—Athletic Award (Volleyball) (Books & Tuition) & Presidential Scholarship ($1,000)

Hutchinson Community College  Cody Amack—Athletic Award (Football) (Books & Tuition) & Leadership Award ($1,000)  Aric Reed—Athletic Award (Football) (Books & Tuition)  Matt Summers—Presidential Schoarship (Books & Tuition) & Band Scholarship (Books)  Chase Thompson—Athletic Award (Track and Cross Country) (Books & Tuition)

Johnson County Community College  Justin Miller—Athletic Award (Baseball) (Books & Tuition)

Kansas State University  Gentry Duff—Leadership Award ($2,500)  Nichole Eckels—Leadership Award ($1,000)  Jace Gibbs—Kansas State University Activity Scholarship ($1,000)  Baylee Hess—Medallion Scholarship ($1,000) & Engineering Scholarship ($500)  Scott Summers—Activity Scholarship ($1,000) & Liberty Scholarship ($1,500/year)  Kelsey Tankersley—Leadership Award ($1,600)  Kandace Wiechman—Academic Achievement ($1,500)

Kansas Wesleyan University  Colby Dunagan—Athletic Award (Basketball) (Room & Board & Meals plus $1,500) (Full Ride)

McPherson College  Lidia Labra—Academic Scholarship ($4,500) & Supplemental Award ($3,500)

Local Scholarships:

American Legion-Lester Reid Post #183 Scholarship:  Kaleb McDaniel $2,500

Alpha Omega Sorority Scholarship:  Nicole Alexander $500  Cody Amack $500  Nichole Eckels $500  Miles Glunz $500  Amanda Murphy $500  Brantlee Shearmire $500  Matt Summers $500  Scott Summers $500  Candice Swedenborg $500  Kandace Wiechman $500

Hildred & Raymond Armantrout Memorial Scholarship: Kandace Wiechman $3,000  Amy Williams $3,000

Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship funded by the Leola Grigg Memorial:  Amanda Murphy $850 ($425/semester)

Bill Carson Memorial Scholarship:  Colby Dunagan $500  Dakota Lawrence $500

Darlow Boulware Memorial Scholarship:  Cody Amack $200  Trey Strecker $200

FFA of Scott City:  Cody Amack $150  Kurtis McDaniel $150

First National Bank Scholarship:  Jace Gibbs $250  Candice Swedenborg $250  Amy Williams $250

Grothusen-Frank Scholarship:  Mindi Richmeier $300

Knights of Columbus Scholarship: Miranda Appel $500  Miles Glunz $500  Trey Strecker $500  Jenna Wasinger $500

Masonic Lodge Essay Scholarship:  Vanessa Bridgeman $250

Glenn Novak Memorial Agricultural Scholarship:  Brantlee Shearmire $800

PEO Chapter AW of Scott City:  Miranda Appel $250  Amy Williams $250

Rebekah Lodge #621 Scholarship:  Aric Reed $200  Blake Hillery $200

Security State Bank Scholarship:  Trey Strecker $500  Amy Williams $500

VFW Post #7773 Scholarship:  Aric Reed $1,600 ($400/year)

XI Delta Kappa Sorority Scholarship:  Candice Swedenborg $200

Doornbos Family Scholarship:  Kandace Wiechman $1,000

Scott Community Foundation Scholarships:  Hoffman Scholars o Jace Gibbs $5,000 o Amy Williams $5,000

 Future of Scott Scholars o Amanda Murphy $1,000 o Aric Reed $1,000

 Future of Scott Scholars o Colby Dunagan $500 o Shawna Hastings $500 o Baylee Hess $500 o Megan Norman $500 o Matt Summers $500 o Kandace Wiechman $500

Wood Chapter, National Honor Society, Inducts New Members

The Wood Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted new members on April 26, 2006 in the Scott Community High School auditorium.  Welcome and introductions were given by President Kandace Wiechman.  The chapter also recognized the contributions of departing faculty members Mr. David Laudick, English instructor and NHS sponsor for 28 years, Miss Colleen Rector, first-year NHS sponsor and counselor, Mr. Jerry Johnson, social studies instructor for two years, and Mr. Dean Katt, USD 466 superintendent for the past three years. Senior Tim Peintner, son of Paul and Shirley Strickert, was presented with the Senior Service Award.  The Junior Service Award was given to Jill Kuckelman, daughter of Jerry and Linda Kuckelman.  Service awards are given to members who devote the most time to the chapter community service projects.                                                                                                                        (5/2/06)

Above: Wood Chapter Membership: Sponsors David Laudick and Colleen Rector, (back row) Rachel Huck, Lakin Dreiling, Lauren Robinson, Miranda Appel, Tim Peintner, Matt Summers, Aric Reed, Andrea Scheuerman, Tecie Turner, Heidi Yeager, Rebekah McFann, Tami Bollinger, Maijken Eckels, (middle row) Brooke Boulware, Tawny Smith, Kelsey Tankersley, Baylee Hess, Kandace Wiechman, Mindi Richmeier, Tianne Smith, Jill Kuckelman, Marley Conine, Lanee Lausch, Chisato Nasu, (front row) Ian Huck, Cole Pearson, Ethan Gechter, Logan Numrich, Tyrel George, and Trace Kendrick.  (Not pictured are Rachel Williams and Jimmy Jung.)

ElectroRally Has Strong Start in First State Race

The SCHS ElectroRally team had its first state level race on April 8, 2006 in Salina, Kansas.  This is the 10th year for Kansas ElectroRally.  Scott City has been a participant for nine years, under the leadership and technical expertise of Mr. Chuck Ellis.  Cars #123 and #23 placed high enough in their classes to have a good chance at another state championship.  A written report, which counts for 10% of a team's point totals, tied for second place in state judging.  The team will run their next and final state race at Great Bend on April 22, 2006. 

SCHS cars placed as follows:

#123, 1st place solar/experimental class 103 laps
#23, 3rd standard class 102 laps
#195,  35 laps, dnf due to brake trouble                                                           (Provided by Chuck Ellis---4/14/06)

Santos Prieto 195~~~Reece McKinney 95~~~Ty Buckner 95~~~Earl Watkins 123~~~Curtis McDaniel 23

SCHS Choral Director Reports on Chicago Band/Choir Trip

Wow! What a Trip!  Scott Community High School Band and Vocal teachers, Shawn Henderson and Amy Norris, braved the "Windy City" of Chicago with 95 music students and 27 adult chaperones.  The group kept up with an
exhausting and crazy schedule, but they wanted to see as much as possible in the 3-full-day visit.

On Thursday, March 30th, all students, their parents, and chaperones met in the SCHS auditorium for a mass meeting.  There, everyone was informed of the rules and protocol for the trip. After the mass meeting, the trip group left for Garden City, where they loaded the Amtrak train at 11:30 p.m. for a 16-hour ride.  It seemed that the students and adults really enjoyed this mode of travel.  When on a bus, kids can't usually get up, walk around, go sit with another friend, buy lunch and breakfast at a restaurant, and move to an observation car to observe the scenery and chat with friends.  Really cool!

When we arrived in Chicago, we tackled the task of getting 124 people, luggage and their instruments through Union Station without losing anyone or anything.  We succeeded and 30 minutes later, we were on the charter buses
headed for Giordano's, a pizzeria featuring Chicago's deep-dish pizza. Yummy! After Giordano's, we went across downtown to visit the famous Navy Pier.  Many shops and entertainment features (3-D thrill ride, Ferris wheel,
carousel) exclusive to Chicago sit on this pier extending way out into Lake Michigan.  The weather was a little windy and misty, but the trip group seemed to enjoy all that the pier had to offer.  Finally, we were able to check into our motel.  We didn't have to fight the kids on going to bed. They were begging us to leave them alone, so they could crawl into the awesome, cushy beds at the Hotel Marriott-Schaumberg.

Saturday, April 1st was our performance day.  The choirs started at 8:00, so that meant an early morning for everyone.  Once we arrived at the performance center, we were scheduled for 6 performances, all before 2:00.
After each group would perform, the judges would take the rest of the 40-minute time slot to work with the groups in a clinic.  The directors felt this part of the festival was the most valuable part of the entire performance.  The face-to-face time with these judges was very positive and worthwhile for the students.  After the festival, we were able to include a shopping trip to the Woodfield Mall.  What a mall!  If you are a shopping expert, you would have been impressed by this mall.  It was huge and had many of the shops and stores we shoppers love to shop.  Many of us "expert shoppers" agreed that we could have spent a few more hours in this mall.

But, we had to run so that we could go to the hotel and change clothes and arrive at Drury Lane on time. Drury Lane is a very nice dinner theater. We required our students to dress up: girls in dresses (for the most part) and guys in pants, dress shirt and a tie (for the most part).  They looked great!  You should have seen them!  They handled themselves well and represented Scott City with pride!  The directors were very pleased and proud of these student’s appearance and behavior. Exemplary!   We took an hour to eat our meal of Chicken Marsala or Fettucine Alfredo and then went to the awards ceremony for the awards presentation.  Since we were such a small school and no other schools our size competed, we were ineligible to compete, so we received participation trophies at the ceremony.  After the ceremony, we were taken into the theater to observe Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera, “Pirates of Penzance”.  Overall, the students really enjoyed the operetta, even though they couldn’t wait to get to the motel and go to bed. Once again, on Sunday morning, we had an early rise so that we could get to where we needed to be on time.  We loaded the busses and headed back downtown for Shedd Aquarium.  This place was amazing!  Every sort of sea or ocean creature you could imagine was observed at this aquarium.  We also were able to see a dolphin show.  When asking the kids their favorite thing about the aquarium, they all seem to say the dolphin show. 

After spending a few hours at the Aquarium, we walked over to the Field Museum.  Again, we were all very impressed by this place.  The exhibits in this place covered so many different eras, industries, countries and regions.  Unfortunately, many of our travelers were becoming quite weary and maxed out after about an hour or two at the museum.  As I walked around this massive building, I would pass many students AND adults who were resting; some even resting quite loudly (K.J).  The students did get some amusing entertainment right before we left.  Some of our students befriended some students from Utah.  One of the Utah students decided he would be a moveable mannequin.  Many of our students would move his body parts into positions they thought would be funny.  I have to admit, it was quite amusing.  They did this for almost an hour and refrained from any vulgarity. 

Finally, we were off to the #1 tourist attraction of Chicago—the Sears Tower.  Knowing we had to travel to the 103^rd floor to the Skydeck, I was thinking it would take quite awhile to arrive at the 103^rd floor.  But, to my surprise, about 60 seconds later, the elevator door opened and we were stepping out onto the skydeck.  The skydeck was all enclosed with windows completely surrounding us.  Although it was somewhat overcast with clouds, we were able to observe a great expanse of Chicago, even seeing some of the places we had already visited.   Next, we went to the Chicago Hard Rock Café after a bus tour through the Magnificent Mile.  While at the Hard Rock, we ate a sandwich or salad and raided the gift shop for souvenirs.  One of the most exciting parts of the trip happened after we ate.  We were standing outside the Hard Rock waiting for our busses, when the sky opened up and dumped gallons of water on us.  Everyone was soaked head to toe.  As you can imagine, this excited everyone as it has been many months/years since we had seen a rain like that.  After peeling off our rain-soaked clothing at the hotel, many students put on their swimsuits.  This was the first opportunity they had to swim at the hotel.  They took full advantage of this as many screams, chicken fights and illegal diving took place.  Finally, the chaperones tucked their groups into bed for the night.

Our last day was Monday.  We had a movie date at the Museum of Science and Industry.  We were going to see the omnimax movie “Ocean’s Oasis”, where we experienced what it would be like to swim with sharks, manta rays, and many different kinds of fish.  After the movie, we were able to explore the museum.  So many things to see and so little time!  Some of the exhibits included a German U-505, flight simulator, and a chick hatchery.  This museum had many cool hands-on activities for all of us, but we were limited on time. 

We ate lunch in the museum’s food court and had to leave for the train station.  Many students were commenting that they weren’t ready to leave.  I think I could have a stayed a day or two longer also.  But, regardless, we had to go home to school, sports and work.  So, despite Amtrak employs trying to disorganize us, we loaded the train in a fairly efficient manner and headed home, arriving in Garden City on March 4^th at 6:30 a.m.  The school busses weren’t able to pick us up until around 8:20, which put us in Scott City around 9:30.  The students very gladly (ha ha) returned to their 4^th hour class and continued their normal school day.  We were all exhausted when we returned, but had a feeling of satisfaction that the trip was a major success.  Kudos to Mr. Henderson for the organization and planning of this great trip.  I am sure that we will be talking about our next trip soon.  In fact, I think the talk has already begun!                                                         (Submitted and Written by Amy Norris---4/11/06)

David Heyd Receives Leadership Scholarship

Fourteen students have been chosen to receive Leadership Scholarships to attend Colby Community College for the 2006-07 academic year.  The students were nominated for these scholarships by their high school counselors. They will receive $1,000 per year for two years.  Leadership Scholarship recipients are Zanae Baird (Colby), Matthew Baker (Marienthal), John Barnedt (Woodston), Mary Davis (Newton), Connie Gassmann (Clayton), Audrey Hambright (Chapman), David Heyd (Scott City), Melissa Moore (Manhattan), Trista Nordyke (Hugoton), Mandi Ryan (Burdett), Rachel Sowers (Bird City), Rachel St. John (Tribune), Amanda Wahlmeier (Phillipsburg), and Carrie Saur (Gillette, Wyo.). (3/30/06)

Ian Huck is Third Place Overall at DCCC Math/Science Relays

Sixteen students from SCHS attended the DCCC Math and Science Academic Relays on Wed, March 29, 2006.  This is the 29th year for these relays.  Students compete individually on subject area tests from math and science.  There were 14 schools and 218 contestants from area towns in the competition.  Students are also grouped into “relay teams” of 4 students and their individual placings are added together to produce relay team winners.  Scott City had several students earn medals.  Ian Huck was the third high individual overall  in the contest, scoring 12 points. The relay team of Ian Huck, Andrea Scheuerman, Baylee Hess, and Ben Mettlen won the fourth place team trophy by scoring 19 total points.  There were about 54 relay teams in the competition.

Individual placings for SCHS were:  Ian Huck, 10th grade: 1st- Cell Biology/Genetics, 2nd -Basic Technical Math, 3rd- General Biology~~~Tyrel George, 10th grade: 2nd - Algebraic Equations & Inequalities, 2nd - Algebraic Simplifications~~~Yi Zhang, 11th grade:  1st - Algebraic Equations & Inequalities~~~Lisa Geist, 11th grade: 3rd - Algebraic Equations & Inequalities, 5th - Geometry~~~Baylee Hess, 12th grade: 2nd - Functions~~~Tecie Turner, 11th grade: 2nd - Word Problems~~~Andrea Scheuerman, 11th grade: 3rd - Physics~~~Cole Pearson, 10th grade: 5th - Geometry

Other SCHS students attending included  Ben Mettlen, Gentry Duff, Ayden Kitch,  Aric Reed, Travis Reece,  Logan Numrich, Margot Sattler, and Andrew Augerot.  Sponsors for the trip were Bill Paget and Nick Fraenza.

                                                                                                                                                                                   (Provided by Bill Paget---3/29/06)

Gentry Duff Sings in KMEA Select State Choir

Gentry Duff was selected for the Kansas Music Educators' Association State Honor Choir, held in Wichita. Gentry was selected through an audition.  In November 2005, at the district level, students from all over the state audition for the 200 voice state choir.  The Southwest Kansas district is allowed to send 7 students per part (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) to sing in the state choir.  SCHS had 17 students participate in the auditons. Nine made the district level honor choir, with Gentry as the only SCHS student selected for the state choir.  This is a very competitive process.  During the last weekend in February, Gentry participated in the state choir.  He rehearsed for 2 1/2 days with the choir, under the direction of Andre Thomas, Director of Choral Activities from Florida State University.  On Saturday, the 25th of February, at 3:00 p.m., the state festival groups (honor choir,  honor band, and honor orchestra) showcased their accomplishments in a concert at Century II Convention Center.  The choir performed two pieces commissioned by the Kansas Choral Directors Association to honor of Kansas' own composer, Harold Decker. The choir also performed a song arranged by the state choir clinician, Andre Thomas.                                                                                                (Provided by Amy Norris---3/26/06)

Maria DeGeer Visits SCHS

The new auditorium has been named after Maria DeGeer---a late 19th century sufferagette who dwelt for a short time in Scott City.  Recently, the new lettering "Maria E. DeGeer Center for Performing Arts" was applied to the wall above the front of the auditorium.  Ms. DeGeer stopped by SCHS on March 15, 2006 to tell her tale to the students during an assembly.  She explained about herself:  how she fought against alcohol, rallied for women's right to vote, became the first female member of the Kansas Bar, and how she came to settle for a short time in Scott City before continuing on her way.  Ms. DeGeer and her daughter, Ida Eastman, are credited with founding the town of Scott City.  This portrayal was convincingly done by our own Kathy Hoeme, in full period costume.  The student audience listened intently and appreciated Kathy's tale of Ms. DeGeer.  Kathy was introduced by her sister Beth Hess, a staff member at SCHS.                                                                 (3/15/06)

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