Congratulations to Lorna Lisowski! She has been selected to perform in the Wisconsin Middle Level Honors Orchestra! Lorna had to prepare and extensive audition consisting of memorized scales, a prepared class A solo, and sight reading. Lorna is one of four oboists in the entre state of Wisconsin selected for this honor. She will attend a workshop in October in Madison and then perform at the Wisconsin State Music Educator's Convention. Lorna, daughter of Patrick and Amp Lisowski, is an eighth grade oboe student who performs in the Alma High School Band. Her private instructor is Kris Krause of Fountain City. This is a tremendous honor and accomplishment for Lorna and we are all so proud of her. Best of luck in October!
Rivermen Clubhouse kicked off summer care with a space theme! Students participated in many fun space-themed activities throughout the week. Here are just a few pictures of some of the fun.
Summer school in Ms. Ruff's room.....the pictures say it all!
The Alma School District completed Week 1 of the summer school session today. It was a GREAT week! The students have completed swimming lessons, participated in STEM challenges and engaged in outdoor environmental education sessions in Goose Lake Park (in between swimming lessons.) Mr. Stewart joined a little of the recess fun today to connect with future Eagles while the usual classroom teacher/recess supervisor met with a CESA 4 facilitator for summer professional development. Thank you to the teachers and leaders who make this opportunity possible!
State Track Update:
Finley finished 11th In the 100 hurdles
She won her heat in the 300 hurdles and will be running the finals Saturday approximately 1:00-2:30ish time
Cole finished 3rd in the 3200 with a new school record of 9:33.18 eclipsing his previous record by a half a second. CONGRATULATIONS COLE!!!!
Finley runs 300 finals and Cole runs the 800 finals right after Finley tomorrow at UW-LaCrosse. Way to go Finley and Cole and GOOD LUCK tomorrow!
GO EAGLES
The Alma- Pepin golfers Keegan Stiehl and Anders Johansen played well at sectionals at Lawsonia . Keegan Stiehl shooting an 88 and Anders Johansen shooting an 89 finished 20th and 25th in the meet out of 72 golfers. CFC tied for second with Durand, and won in a playoff to go to state. Winning the meet with low score was Cameron Lepinski of C FC with a 74, a score of 82 went onto state. Best of luck to CFC at state.
Check out this great opportunity if your child needs a sports physical this year !
Reel-Kids Fishing League Flyer
Congratulations to the 6th Grade students that earned the President's Award for Educational Excellence. These students earned a grade point average of at least 3.50 or higher. Congratulations to Victoria Austin, Jemma Fernholz, Celia DeGroot, Vivienne Brouillard, Collin Henthorn, Izaak Mann, and Lincoln Noll!
The following individuals performed at the Bangor Section Track & Field meet Thursday May 23rd:
To qualify for the State Meet you must finish in the top four places in your events.
Justin Bergmann--Placed 5th in the pole vault, jumping a personal record of 12'3"
Johnathan Panzo--Placed 15th in the 800 meter run, running 2:14.72
Macy Stewart--Placed 6th in the 800 meter run, running a new school record of 2:28.98, surpassing Laura Brevick's previous record of 2:29.31
Qualifying for the State Meet this year is:
Finley Noll--Placed 3rd in the 100M hurdles, running 16.24
Finley Noll--Placed 2nd in the 300M low hurdles, running 46.80
Cole Arens--Placed 1st in the 800 meter run, running a new school record of 1:57.64 previous held by himself
Cole Arens--Placed 1st in the 3200 meter run, running 10:03.04
The link below will show you what order the events will be run for this year's State Meet @ UW LaCrosse on May 31 and June 1.
TIME SCHEDULE State Meet Schedule
The Link below is for spectators to use for State Meet everything:
https://www.uwlax.edu/wiaa/spectators/
This year Division 2 & 3 start competition at 3:00 Friday afternoon.
To watch Finley run her preliminary heat in the 100M hurdles, you should plan to be in the stadium by 3:00 to find seats and get comfortable.
From there Finley will be running preliminaries later in the day in the 300M low hurdles followed by the GIRLS ONLY Div. 2/3 800m run then girls and boys 200 meter preliminaries.
Cole will be running the 3200 meter finals on Friday early evening. Division 3 boys run first followed by division 2 boys. The last event on the night are the 4 x 400 meter preliminaries for girls and boys.
Saturday Cole will for sure be running the 800m run possibly around 1:30 at the earliest. Finley needs to qualify on Friday to run on Saturday. The 100m hurdle would be run around 10:30 and the 300m low hurdles around 1:00. Those times should get spectators there before they actually run.
Congratulations to all these athletes on their accomplishments and continued success for Finley and Cole in the State Meet.
GO EAGLES
Congratulations to the 8th Grade students that earned the President's Award for Educational Excellence. These students earned a grade point average of at least 3.50 or higher in both their 7th grade semesters and 1st semester of 8th grade. The winners pictured below are: Emma Olson, Jillian Schmitt, Brynn Midtovne, Emma McMahon, Imani Lopez-Elliott, Holten Fernholz, and Olivia Austin. CONGRATULATIONS!
Don't forget to get signed up for the Alma-Pepin Alumni Golf Tournament!
The Alma Elementary School students (kindergarten through 6th grade) enjoyed the annual Water Fun Day. Thank you to the PIE organization (Adrian Larson - chair), ALL the parent volunteers, and Tom Brakke for making this day special. It was a fantasic ending to the 2023-2024 school year.
If you missed the first order, they have reopened the link to order Softball Conference Champ Shirts. The store will close Tuesday, May 28th. Click the link below to take you to the store.
https://cvsports.chipply.com/eagleschamps/store.aspx
Congratulations to Keegan Stiehl and Anders Johanson for making it to Golf Sectionals!
On Wednesday, May 22, the Alma Area School second-grade students had the opportunity to learn from the Western Buffalo County Ambulance Service about bike safety as well as explore the ambulance. Alma’s own Heather Kosik and Melissa Krzoska presented the kids with a bike safety lesson where the students learned about different hand signals and the importance of wearing a bike helmet. Outside the classroom, Taylor and Hayley Auseth along with Lonnie Sass taught the students all about the ambulance. The kids were able to explore the ambulance and even sit on the stretcher. At the end of the presentation, the students were given the gift of a bike helmet. Thank you Western Buffalo County Ambulance Service!
Thank you, Andy Graff, for your amazing 31 years of coaching and teaching at Alma High School In his 31 years, Graff has taught, high school and junior high geography, b4-12 phy-ed, and health. Andy has also coached junior high football, junior high boys and girls basketball, varsity football, and varsity track. After all of these accomplishments, we hope you enjoy your retirement.
The varsity softball regional vs Royall has been postponed and rescheduled to tomorrow with a 5:00 start in Alma.
Softball will practice inside in Pepin. Seniors are encouraged to come in by 3:00 for hitting practice.
JV Baseball vs Glenwood City has been canceled. This will not be rescheduled.
The Baseball team will practice in Alma.
Track practice is in Alma for the 5 sectional qualifiers
Golf practice decision will be made at 1:30 and we will let players know.
Eagle Weekly for the week of May 20-26
GOOD LUCK Eagles as you start your post season play!
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CONGRATULATION S TO THE ALMA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2024!!!
If you are unable to join us tonight at 7:00 here is a live stream link!
https://justagamelive.com/clients/alma-pepin-eagles/live/101116
