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FEBRUARY 20, 2020 NORTH FORENSICS TEAM STEVE SPARKS MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

Each year, the North Forensics Team hosts a home tournament in honor of a North alumnus and

former North Forensics coach, Steve Sparks. Steve passed away unexpectedly in 2007, due to a

pulmonary embolism at 26 years old. For three years, he volunteered for the team every day for

seven months to coach students. On the weekends, he would judge for us and travel with us to

tournaments. It is in honor of our dear friend, mentor, coach, and colleague that we decided to

name our tournament the Steve Sparks Memorial Forensics Tournament. This year, 12 schools

attended the Steve Sparks Tournament. It was the team’s third tournament this year and the

biggest team of competitors yet. The North Forensics Team does competitive public speaking.

The team compete in a variety of events, covering traditional speeches, acting, and interpreting

literature. They typically compete at about 7 or 8 tournaments from the end of January through

March, and then compete at the State tournament in April. The State tournament will be co-

hosted by North and Memorial in Eau Claire this year.

North Forensics Students • Nico Amundson

• Sarah Arellano

• Maddie Buchholz

• Emily Casey

• Cassandra Cooper

• Siena Emerson

• Cayanna Erikson

• Eliot Gannon

• Sam Gardow

• Kiana Idarraga

• Asher Jewell

• Dara Madson

• Quinn McClurg

• Isabelle Melville

• Payton Obrycki

• Jasmine Prokott

• Alex Richmond

• Lizzy Schuch

• Morty Tallman

• Eliza Wiegel

• Veronica Westom

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020 NORTH HIGH WEEKLY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL

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INFORMATION

CENTER

IMPORTANT

DATES

FEBRUARY

20 Q3 Midquarter

21 No School

24 No School

MARCH

3 ACT Testing

8 Daylight Savings time begins

14 Winter Informal Dance

20 End of Quarter 3

23-27 Spring break – no school

APRIL 1 Forward Exams

2 Forward Exams

2 Parent-Teacher Conferences

10 No school

13 No school

15 Student Council Blood Drive

22 Jostens delivers Caps and Gowns to seniors

25 Prom

30 ACT Work Keys

Are you 62 or older and living in the Eau Claire Area School District? Are you 62 or older and living in the Eau Claire Area

School District? If you are, we’d love to give you a FREE

lifetime Activity Pass to most ECASD sports and other

activities. Just stop by Memorial High School or North

High School or our Administration Building at 500 Main

St and we will get you a pass. Please contact our

Superintendent’s Office at 715-852-3002 with questions.

And thank you for all you do to support ECASD schools!

The Learning Center is a

valuable academic resource

for all students in room 679,

just off the Commons.

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How will YOU remember the 2019-20 school year?

Order Online Or by filling out the paper form and

returning with payment to North High School—Attn:

Yearbook. Please drop off in room 347 with Ms. Boone or at the

main office.

SPRING SPORTS APPAREL FORM LETS YOU

DONATE TO THE HUSKY WEARHOUSE

GALE TESTING SITE FOR STUDENTS – FREE!

ECASD has a testing and education reference center called

GALE. This testing service gives students a multitude of

reference materials as well as full length practice tests for

high school and college exams such as: Advanced

Placement (AP), ACT, SAT, PSAT, ASVAB and many others.

Go to the testing center site and use the password,

“huskies” to access.

Our Super Senior Jeremy Thoms was featured on Fox 6 of

Milwaukee last night! Just thought I would forward on!

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Congratulations to the EC Alliance Swim Team! Eau Claire

Memorial/North Swim and Dive team was Sectional Champions at the

WIAA Swim and Dive Meet Friday and Sat. The depth of the team is

what helped them accomplish this award. They won 7 events and had

all 18 entries podium in the top 7. They broke to pool records in the

200 Medley relay and 400 Free Relay and set a new school record in

the 200 Medley relay.

Individuals and places:

• Seth Henning - 4th Diving State Qualifier

• Cade Sorenson- 6th Diving

• Garrett Secker – 3rd 200 Free & 3rd 100 Fly State Qualifier

• Sam Hower – 2nd 200 IM State Qualifier & 1st 100 Backstroke

State Qualifier

• Harry Chumas – 4th 200 IM & 3rd 100 Backstroke State Qualifier

• Nico Barna- 6th 200 IM & 2nd 100 Backstroke State Qualifier

• Ryan Biwer – 1st 50 Free State Qualifier & 1st 100 Free State

Qualifier

• Jack Merkatoris – 3rd 50 Free State Qualifier & 5th 100 Free

• Tristan Vieth – 1st 100 Butterfly State Qualifier & 2nd 100

Breaststroke State Qualifier

• Tyler Reis - 4th 100 Free

• Anthony Kuehl - 7th 100 Breaststroke

CONGRATS SWIMMERS EC ALLIANCE TEAM WINS BIG RIVERS

• 1st Medley Relay: Nico Barna, Tyler Ries, Tristan Vieth &

Sam Hower - State Qualifier Pool and School record

• 1st 200 Free Relay: Jack Merkatoris, Garrett Secker, Tyler

Ries & Ryan Biwer - State Qualifier

• 1sT 400 Free Relay: Sam Hower, Garrett Secker, Nico Barna

& Ryan Biwer - State Qualifier Pool Record

Sectional Champion

Sam Hower Back

Ryan Biwer, 50 Free & 100 Free

Tristan Vieth 100 Butterfly

200 Medley Relay

200 Free Relay

400 Free Relay

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HUSKY WEARHOUSE THE HUSKY WEARHOUSE PROVIDES

ALL STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY

TO WEAR NORTH HIGH SCHOOL

APPAREL BECAUSE WHEN

STUDENTS FEEL INCLUDED

AND CONNECTED TO

SCHOOL, THEY ARE MORE

LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN

THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY

AND ACHIEVE SUCCESS.

ACCEPTING DONATIONS

We are still in need of sweatshirts and hoodies for the

WearHouse. Please consider donating your Husky

clothing to the WearHouse. We promise it will find its

way to a great home! Contact Janelle Patenaude with

questions: 715-852-6607.

FOOD PANTRY UPDATES SHOPPING & STOCKING

Sometimes you just gotta give in and

say, “Yes!” That’s exactly what I did

this week when a few of my

volunteers in the Pantry/WearHouse

wanted to help me shop and stock

the shelves.

So, we met at Walmart after school

and loaded up two carts full of food –

using our math skills to find the very

best deals, of course. I should’ve

realized that taking teenagers to

shop for food after school was

probably not the best idea. Lesson

learned. From now on, I’ll be holding

better snacks in my office for my

student volunteers to enjoy while

being put to work!

We had a lot of fun and their

enthusiasm is contagious. It’s a

wonderful thing to see these students

so eager to volunteer their time to

help others.

We had more donations this week

than we had room for on the shelves;

so, we took a field trip around the

school and discovered a new shelf in

the LC. It’s a perfect new addition to

the Food Pantry & WearHouse. (Left)

Thank you to my student

shoppers this week (pictured

above and below): Faith

Benzschawel, Riley Ericson,

Carly Benzschawel and Ella

Patenaude.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO

HELP OUT WITH THE

NORTH FOOD PANTRY? Contact Janelle Patenaude at

715-852-6607 or

jpatenaude@ecasd.us.

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2020 ONCE UPON A PROM Last year we had more

than 200 local girls

attend and over 1200

volunteer hours

given back to our local

communities! This

year’s event will be

once again held at

Oakwood Mall in Eau

Claire on Saturday,

April 4 and Sunday,

April 5. Girls may

begin signing up for

shopping times on our

website on February 1,

2020.

Please check out our website www.onceuponaprom.com and our Facebook page!

PUBLIC SCHOOL OPEN ENROLLMENT:

FEBRUARY 3 - APRIL 30, 2020

Wisconsin residents in grades 4K -12 may apply to attend school in a

school district other than the one in which they live. For example: a child

who lives in the Altoona School District could apply to attend the Eau

Claire Area School District (ECASD). Students in pre-kindergarten may

participate in limited circumstances; parents should call Jennifer Knutson

at 852-3003 to find out if their preschool-aged child(ren) qualify.

Students who are currently attending the ECASD through open enrollment

DO NOT need to reapply.

The open enrollment application for the 2020-21 school year is February

3– April 30, 2020. An online application will be available to the public

beginning Monday, February 3, and closing at 4:00 pm on April 30, 2020.

For more information about open enrollment, please go to:

http://dpi.wi.gov/open-enrollment.

QUESTIONS?

Liz Poteete

Co-Founder

Lizpot1987@gmail.com

715-864-8142

Jennifer Rooney

Co-Founder

jenR@heartlandwi.com

715-577-9847

Stephanie Bauer

Secretary

thebauers5@gmail.com

715-864-3728

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NORTHERNAIRES HIT THE ROAD It was another weekend of firsts, with the North High School Northernaires leaving the state of Wisconsin for the first time! We

enjoyed a road trip to Illinois,

complete with coach buses, hotel

pool parties, and an early morning

performance at the Clash of the

Sequins Show Choir Invitational at

Naperville North High School. We

had a great day watching other show

choirs and brought home 2nd

Runner Up in the Small Mixed

Division. Avianna Thomas was also

selected for the Show Stopper

Award!

If you couldn't travel along with us, check out these amazing

photographs taken by event photographers Scott Butler +

Jonathan Ruff. Truly, this is one of the best venues in the

Midwest and we had SO MUCH FUN on this stage!

We greatly appreciate the support of our NHS Show Choir

Booster Inc for helping make this trip possible. We could NOT

do this without you!

FINAL TWO COMPETITIONS • North St. Paul (2/29)

• Holmen (3/7)

FEBRUARY ACP RECAP ACP Every day is a great day to be a Husky, especially on Feb 20th! We had over 40 community

volunteers visit our students and staff at Memorial and North for ACP this week.

Grade 9: Thank you to our Junior Achievement business partners for making February’s ACP lesson

so relevant for our students! Students learned about workplace communications such as dealing with

customers, communicating effectively with your supervisor and communicating well on your team to

reach a goal. Students learned many effective workplace communication skills are practiced in school

on a daily basis!

Grade 10: Students watched a presentation on Youth Apprenticeship (YA). Students learned what a

Youth Apprenticeship is and the value of this type of work experience! Interested students were given

a YA application and new YA brochure. YA applications are due Tues. March 31st to Student

Services. Thank you to our top-notch Homeroom teachers for delivering this presentation. Please note, Juniors will be receiving

YA next month during ACP.

Grade 11: Students critiqued resumes. Students learned what an outstanding resume looks like compared to a mediocre or poor

resume. Students who do not have a resume were given a handout to start building their resume during ACP Instructional

Time. Students who already have a resume were given time to update their resume if needed. Thank you to our exceptional

Homeroom teachers for facilitating this activity. Let your resume shine over all others!

Grade 12: Thank you to Chippewa Valley Votes, a nonpartisan, community volunteer group, for assisting all seniors at North/

Memorial with voter registration during ACP Instructional Time. This collaborative activity allowed teachers and trained

community members to work side-by-side to assist students in demonstrating the skills to participate in the electoral process. In

2018, the Eau Claire School District was one of the first districts in Wisconsin to pass a policy that requires this service to all

seniors in order to adequately prepare them for participation in the electoral process.

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WINTER SPORTS SEASON WINDS DOWN & COMPETITION HEATS UP

ATHLETICS CALENDAR FIND OUT WHERE THE ACTION IS EVERY WEEK

The North High School Athletics Calendar is updated with the most recent game-day information!

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CLASS OF 2020 ALL NIGHT PARTY

AT ACTION CITY

REGISTER BEFORE MARCH 15TH TO

GET YOUR CLASS OF 2020 T-SHIRT The All Night Party Registration form is available online, in the

main office and on the Senior bulletin board in the commons.

All completed forms, with payments, should be returned to the

locked Blue Box in the main office. See Janelle Patenaude with

any questions. You must turn in your registration form and

payment by March 15, 2020 to get a shirt!

HELP MAKE THE PARTY GREAT

FOR OUR STUDENTS! Your help is needed to make this year’s All Night Party a

success for our students! There is a parent/guardian sign-up

sheet to volunteer with the All Night Party Registration form.

You can volunteer as much or as little as you’d like. Every little

bit helps!

Get involved and volunteer! Contact Patti Bell or Claudia Martin

to volunteer or to ask questions about volunteering.

COLLEGE VISITS Tuesday, February 25th – Navy 11:30 to 1 Wednesday, February 26th – Army 11:30 to 1

LIST OF

SCHOLARSHIPS Check out the current

scholarships available. View

Now

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ALUMNI NEWS Alumni updates and information can be found on the NHS Alumni News page. Also,

please share this newsletter with other North High School Alumni. Thank you.

FOLLOW NHS ALUMNI ON FACEBOOK

WHAT IS YOUR ALUMNI NEWS? Are you planning a reunion? Do you have news or photos to

share with other alumni? Please email Janelle Patenaude.

Connecting our past with our future for a strong Husky Community