West Lyon School administrators recently released the honor rolls for the second semester of the 2010-2011 school year. Students named to the lists include the following. Straight A (4.0) Seventh grade — Kayla Ball, Grace Gilbertson, Tyra Knoblock, Taylor Magnuson, Sydney Martin, Heather Moser, Grace Rens, Colin Snyder, Micayla Ter Wee, Rebecca Van Regenmorter. Eighth […]
Central Lyon Middle School students received a variety of certificates and recognition during awards day presentations Thursday morning, May 26. id=”0″>id=”0″> Middle school band instructor, Emily Deutsch, presented Chastity Henrichs with the jazz band MVP award and Becca Bickerstaff with concert band MVP honors. id=”1″>id=”1″> Nancy DeJongh honored the top three students in each grade […]
Central Lyon seniors received a variety of scholarships, certificates and recognition during awards day presentations Thursday morning, May 12. id=”1″>id=”0″> Academic excellence awards (senior grade point averages of 3.67-4.00) and academic letters (senior grade point averages of 3.00-3.66) were presented to the following: id=”2″>id=”1″> Academic excellence —id=”3″>id=”2″> Clayton Busch, Maxwell DeJong, Katie DeKam, Maegan Haan, […]
At Central Lyon High School Wednesday, May 4, the Kiwanis-sponsored id=”0″>id=”0″>Striveid=”1″>id=”1″> program had its annual banquet. id=”2″>id=”2″> What is id=”3″>id=”3″>Strive id=”4″>id=”4″>and what is its purpose? id=”5″>id=”5″>Striveid=”6″>id=”6″> stands for Students Taking A Renewed Interest In The Value Of Education. id=”7″>id=”7″> Striveid=”8″>id=”8″> is a program where a mentor works with a high school student for the purpose […]
Three high schools will award diplomas to Lyon County students this weekend. West Lyon will have commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 14, while George-Little Rock High School and Central Lyon High School will have commencement exercises Sunday afternoon. West Lyon seniors will receive their diplomas Saturday, May 14, at 6 p.m. Class motto is “Go […]
In ALD SIOUX CITY – Two area students were recently initiated into Morningside College’s chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) national freshman women’s honor society. Among the inductees were Annalise Tecken, daughter of Doug and Ronna Tecken of George, and Megan Grooters, daughter of Dell and Renae Grooters of Rock Rapids. Alpha Lambda Delta recognizes […]
Max DeJong of Rock Rapids is one of seven high school seniors from Iowa selected as semifinalists for the 2011 United States Department of Education’s Presidential Scholars program. Created in 1964 by an Executive Order by the President of the United States, the Presidential Scholars Program recognizes the country’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. […]
The Central Lyon School Board last month made several decisions concerning staffing needs for the 2011-2012 academic year. Last week, the group continued its discussion by addressing “at-risk” students at the high school level. id=”0″>id=”0″> The board decided to create a new position — alternative school director/monitor of on-line course work. This licensed teacher would […]
Steve Kwikkel, former Rock Rapids resident and current principal of Waverly-Shell Rock Junior High, has been named the 2011 Iowa Middle Level Principal of the Year by the School Administrators of Iowa. “This award means a great deal to me as it represents the body of work of the faculty and staff at W-SR Junior […]
West Lyon School administrators recently released the honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2010-2011 school year. Students named to the lists include the following. Straight A (4.0) Seventh grade — Kayla Ball, Grace Gilbertson, Taylor Magnuson, Heather Moser, Grace Rens, Colin Snyder, Micayla Ter Wee, Rebecca Van Regenmorter. Eighth grade — Noah Blankespoor, […]