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Bridget Bring gets a Hole in One!
We have a HOLE IN ONE!! Bridget Bring, an 8th grader from Northern Freeze, delivered in a big way today on Hole #7 at the Section 8A Preview at BTCC. CONGRATULATIONS!
Special Meeting
Senior Spotlight
The final Tri-County Senior Spotlight shines on Ellamae Rian Kasprowicz, the daughter of Shari & Neil Knutson and Matt Kasprowicz. Throughout her time at Tri-County, Ella has been actively involved in a variety of activities, including golf, envirothon, one-act play, fall play, Close-Up, softball, class president and vice president and the visual arts contest. Some of her fondest memories include the lively van rides during golf season and the unforgettable Close-Up trip to Washington DC and New York City.
Ella finds inspiration in a couple of meaningful quotes: "Never be so polite you forget your power. Never wield such power you forget to be polite" by Taylor Swift, and "Slow down, you're doin' fine. You can't be everything you wanna be before your time" by Billy Joel. These words have deep meaning for her especially as she starts on her next journey. Looking ahead, Ella plans to attend NDSU in Fargo, where she will pursue Interior Design. With her determination and drive, there's no doubt that Ella will achieve great things in no time at all. Congratulations, Ellamae, on your accomplishments and best wishes in your future! Tri-County Spring Concert scheduled for Wednesday, May 15th
On Wednesday, May 15th, the elementary band, 7-12th grade band and 7-12th grade choir from Tri-County will perform, starting with the choir at 7 p.m. in the small gym and finishing with the bands in the large gym.
We will begin our concert night with the choir. The choir performance will start with the spiritual “Ride on King Jesus” arranged by Larry L. Fleming. This piece features three soloists: Gracie Boen (10th gr.), Lilly Duray (12th gr.), and Emily Barth (12th gr.). At the close of the piece, the ending will start with a small ensemble featuring: Landon Turner (10th gr.), Faith Efta (8th gr.), Wyatt Westervelt (9th gr.), Abigail Gunnarson (7th gr.), and Dannica Erickson (10th gr.). Our second piece for the night was chosen by our choir students, and it is an oldie, but a goodie: “Dust in the Wind” arranged by Roger Emerson. Our third piece is a beautiful arrangement by Andrea S. Klouse, “Prayer of the Children”. It was originally written by Kurt Benstor over his frustration and heartbreak with the ethnic cleansing in the former country of Yugoslavia. It still speaks to the heartbreak of war, and gives voice to the ones who are most forgotten: the children. Following these three songs, we will have a break for two small ensembles. Emily Barth (12th gr.) and Faith Efta (8th gr.) will sing Andrew Llyod Webber’s “Pie Jesu”, and Lilly Duray (12th gr.), Finley Duray (7th gr.), and Emily Barth (12th gr.) will sing “Lunar Lullaby” by Jacob Narverud. Both groups of young women received the highest rating of a superior when they performed them for competition. And Lilly, Finley, and Emily received “Best on Site” for their performance that day. We will close the choir portion of the concert with another favorite of our choir kids: “Africa” by Toto, arranged by Roger Emmerson. We have had a lot of fun making this piece our own, with rain sounds and bird calls featuring Eli Klegstad (8th gr.), Gage Clark (7th gr.), and Zack Walz (8th gr.) at the beginning. The elementary band will begin the band section of the concert with multiple selections that show their progression in learning to play their instruments. This band has grown since Christmas as many of the 5th grade band members progressed enough to join the 6th graders. Their first selection will be “Bugler's Dream(Olympic Fanfare)” which is in honor of the 202 Summer Olympics. Next will be “Jus’ Plain Blues”, which is a basic blues theme spread throughout the band. “Rockin’ the Blues” takes the blues and turns them into a rock and roll style. To close out their portion of the program, the band’s final piece will be “Midnight Mission” and is the most dynamic of the band’s selections. Following the elementary band, the high school band will play several selections that they have been working on since February. They will open the concert with an exciting piece called “Afterburn”, composed by Randall Standridge. The band will pivot from that to “Oblivion”, by Astor Piazzolla, which is a solo with band piece featuring senior Emily Barth on french horn. “Tripwire”, by JaRod Hall, is a programmatic, fresh sounding, up-tempo piece that injects a bit of jazz style into its sound. To close out the concert band portion of the program will be “Foundry”, by John Mackey. This piece utilizes “found” percussion instruments and adds members from sections of the brass and woodwinds into the percussion section to play all the 11 parts we are using. To conclude the program, the band hopes to play a few of the selections that they added this year to their pep-band repertoire. Please come out and show your support for Tri-County’s Music Department. The band is directed by Brad Thompson and the choir is directed by Pastor Caitlin Jensen-Brown, and accompanied by Pastor Jeff Brown. Senior Spotlight
The TC spotlight is shining on Senior Mikaela Melissa Jarrett, daughter of Allison Lefrooth and Bobby Jarrett. Mikaela has been an active participant in volleyball, basketball, peer buddy, Visual Arts Contest, and Student Council throughout her time at school. She cherishes memories, like the crazy moments on the volleyball sports bus. Mikaela's favorite quote is "Sometimes you win - Sometimes you learn!"
Mikaela plans to attend college for Nursing. We couldn't be prouder of Mikaela and all her achievements. Senior Spotlight
Lilly Patrece Duray, daughter of Jeff and Kristyne Duray, is in the Senior Spotlight at Tri-County. Lilly has been actively involved in various activities at Tri-County, including fall play, one-act play, peer buddy, Envirothon, choir and choir ensembles, visual arts contests, student council, Close Up, and serving as senior class president. Her favorite quotes are "I can't remember when I wasn't tired" and "Day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different."
Lilly plans to attend Minnesota North College Itasca Campus to pursue a pre-education degree with the goal of becoming an elementary education teacher. She is a delightful presence at Tri-County School, and we wish her all the best in her future endeavors. FCCLA State
🌟✨ Congratulations to our Tri County FCCLA members on their outstanding performance at the FCCLA State Conference in Minneapolis! 🌟✨
We're thrilled to share that our school had a fantastic representation at the state conference, with 15 students in attendance from TC FCCLA. At State, our students competed in various STAR Event categories, showcasing their talents and skills. Here's a recap of our achievements: 🥇 Juniors Ada Pearson, Katie Clark, and Brynlee Reese secured a gold in the Food Innovations category, level 3, earning them the position of 1st Advancers. They'll be taking their project to the FCCLA National Leadership Conference (NLC) in Seattle, WA this summer! 🥈 Junior Josephine Wade earned a silver in Leadership, level 3, securing the position of 1st Alternate. While she won't be competing at NLC, she still has the opportunity to attend the conference with our group. 🥇 Eighth graders Hailey Bothum and Greta Rominski achieved gold in Entrepreneurship, level 1, and secured the position of 2nd Alternates. They've been offered and have accepted the chance to fill one of Minnesota's spots at NLC. 🥈 Seventh graders Hadley Reese and Elin Reese earned a silver in Interior Design, level 1, securing the spot as 1st Advancers. Although they've chosen not to compete in Seattle, they've opened the door for others to seize the opportunity. 🥉 Seventh grader Noah Kraulik earned a bronze rating in Job Interview, level 1. 🥈 Seventh graders Ella Strozyk and Piper Olson achieved a silver in Repurpose and Redesign, level 1, and secured the position of 2nd Alternates. They won't be competing at NLC this year. 🥇 Seventh graders Christy Hanson and Jillian Duray earned gold in Focus on Children, level 1, and the position of 2nd Alternates. They've decided not to compete at NLC this year. 🥇 Seventh graders Rhett Pearson and Elijah Sollund achieved gold in Food Innovations, level 1, and secured the position of 2nd Alternates. They'll be competing at NLC this summer! We're incredibly proud of all our FCCLA members for their hard work and dedication. Let's continue to support them as they represent Tri County FCCLA at the National Leadership Conference in Seattle this summer! Senior Spotlight
Dawson Lee Walz takes the senior spotlight at Tri-County! This fun senior, son of Kari Walz, has left his mark through the activities of baseball, basketball, the peer buddy program, Community Service Day, and even as Homecoming King and class officer. Dawson says his favorite memories are those legendary bus rides home from baseball games, rocking out to Miley Cyrus's "Party in the USA"!
As he gears up for the next chapter, Dawson aims to master Construction Plumbing at Northland Technical & Community College in East Grand Forks. With his fun personality and unique distinction as the sole boy in the class of 2024, Dawson has made his presence felt. Here's to your future successes, Dawson! |
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High School Honor Roll
5th & 6th Honor Roll
MBDA
Tri-County Students participate in MBDA 1st and 2nd year Honor Band Festival
Three Tri-County 5th and 6th grade students were selected to perform in the Minnesota Band Directors Association’s 1st and 2nd year Honor Band festival, held at Horizon Middle School in Moorhead, Minnesota on Saturday, April 20th. The students left at 5:00 a.m. in order to arrive for registration at 8:30 and did full band rehearsals plus a sectional of similar instruments conducted by various band teachers. Students received the music a few weeks early so they could prepare their parts ahead of time. The concert was held at 12:00 p.m. and the students played for a capacity crowd of around 300 people. Fifth graders selected were Jace Folland; trumpet and Jack Sollund; alto saxophone. Tri-County had one 6th grader selected this year; Makayla Gunnerson, clarinet. All Tri-County students did a wonderful job in representing their school and their band program very well! REMINDER FOR CLASS OF 2023 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS!
Congratulations on completion of your first full semester of post secondary education! As the fall semester is winding down, remember that in order to receive most of the local scholarships that you were awarded, you need to now follow through with each individual organization's requirements as provided to you on the list from Mrs. Pietruszewski and Mrs. Reese at graduation. When you do so, you will be awarded your amount, usually with proof of your grades from this semester and proof that you are also enrolled for spring semester 2024. Please refer to the document you were given for each specific requirement.
If you cannot find the list provided to you with the organizations you received from, the contact person for that organization and what you need to do for each, please reach out to Mrs. P or Erica. piejus@tricounty.k12.mn.us -or- reeeri@tricounty.k12.mn.us Students Of Month
Tri-County Schools is proud to present the March Students of the month in grades K-12.
Teddy Housey is in Kindergarten and is the son of Nathan and Nicolette Housey. Teddy has been making great strides this school year and continues to keep pushing himself day in and day out. He is a very focused and hard worker. Keep it up Teddy! Lola Larson is in Kindergarten and is the daughter of Brayden and Lyndsey Larson. Lola has stepped into being a great class leader by showing kindness, respect, and being helpful to her classmates and teacher. She is always willing to step up to the plate! She is also there for when a friend is in need. Way to go Lola! Harper Campbell is in 3rd grade and is the daughter of Ryan Campbell and Danielle & Trevor Bromenshenkel. Harper has been doing her best in everything she does. She is not afraid to make mistakes and is eager to participate in lessons. You’re doing great, Harper! Becket Folland is in 4th grade and is the son of Kyle and Raechelle Folland. Becket is a kind, well behaved student. He listens to direction and is constantly on task. Becket is always working hard. He is always eager to learn and he pushes himself to do great in anything he does. Keep making us #TCProud, Becket! Annika Nygaard is in 10th grade and is the daughter of Ryan and Alietia Nygaard. Annika was nominated for her all around greatness. She is wonderful in class, very organized, and helps out when she can! She works hard and she makes us all #TCProud! Ozander Andrade is in 10th grade and is the son of Crusita and Julian Andrade. Oz was nominated for being a pleasant young man. Oz is always happy and kind in the hall greeting others. He is good to the younger students at TC and they look up to him! Oz is a great example of #TCProud! Elementary Students earned "Popsicles with the Principal" and High School Students earned "Pizza with the Principal" at lunch this Friday courtesy of Karlstad Korner! We are #tcPROUD!! School Lunches
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Honor Band
Emily Barth has fantastic experience at UND Honor Band Festival
UND had its 39th annual Honor Band, Choir, and Strings festival on January 19th-21st. Emily, a Senior, was selected by audition to perform with the 115 band members chosen from all across North Dakota and Minnesota and one of only 8 French Horns in the band. The festival also included an Honor Strings ensemble as well as a Treble Honor Choir and Mixed Honor Choir. All in all, there were 400 students participating in the event. The festival started with rehearsals on Friday afternoon, continued with sectionals and rehearsals on Saturday and Sunday, and concluded with a concert on Sunday afternoon. The music was extremely challenging, but Emily worked diligently on it and represented Tri-County extremely well. She demonstrated to the Honor Band that students from small schools can play at the same level as students from larger schools. KIDSon Cares
Thank you to Kidson Cares and Mrs. North Dakota International, Kjiesta Moch for speaking with 6-12 students at Tri-County on March 19. Kjiesta spoke to the students about mental health.
You can find more information and pictures on the KIDSon Cares facebook page. Concordia
Emily Barth performs in Concordia Honor Band
Emily Barth, Senior French Horn player in the Tri-County band, performed in the Concordia Honor Band concert on Sunday, April 7th at 12:30 p.m. in the Memorial Auditorium on the Concordia Campus. Emily was selected to play in this prestigious band by submitting a rigorous audition in January. During this opportunity, Emily was able to meet and work with Kelijah Dunton, the composer of several of the works that the Honor Band played. She was also able to listen to professional musicians perform during the weekend(beginning on Friday afternoon) as well as take masterclasses along with the band rehearsals. Dr. Peter Haberman, band director at Concordia, was the conductor for all but one of the pieces. Kelijah Dunton stepped up to the podium for his debut conducting performance with one of his own works. The concert was phenomenal and the band sounded incredible! As you can see in the pictures, Emily enjoyed the product of all her efforts. It was also her last high school honor band performance as her senior year is winding down quickly. Emily takes weekly, online, private lessons with Mike Alexander(a faculty member at MacPhail College in Minneapolis) and her band instructor is Mr. Thompson. Senior Spotlight
The first student in the Tri-County Senior Spotlight Class of 2024 is Emily Marie Barth. She is the daughter of Amie and Andy Barth. Emily has been involved in many activities over the years including Band, Choir, FCCLA, Close-UP, Student Council, NHS, Fall play, numerous vocal and instrumental solos and ensembles, art contests, UND and Concordia Honor Band, and UND Honor Choir. Emily's favorite memory is attending UND Honor bands and seeing Dr. Popejoy be weird and dramatic. She also loved going on the Close-Up trip to New York City and Washington, DC. Emily plans to attend NCTC for Criminal Justice this fall with a goal of graduating in the Spring of 2025. Upon graduation, Emily wants to enlist in the National Guard as a K-9 handler. After completing her training, she would like to attend UND for a Forensic Science degree. Emily's favorite quote is "If your dreams don't scare you, they're too small." Emily is setting her dreams big, and we could not be more proud of her at Tri-County. #TCPROUD
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Tri-County Schools is a small PreK-12 public school that proudly provides an exemplary education to students in the communities of Halma, Karlstad, Lake Bronson, and Strandquist. Tri-County Schools staffs highly-qualified certified teachers in all departments K-12. With a student body of just over 200 students, every student enjoys a personalized one-on-one education, a small 9:1 student-to-teacher ratio, a large selection of electives and free college-credit classes, and the ability to participate in a wide variety of athletic, art, and academic extra-curricular activities. We are a small school with big school opportunities that strives to enhance each student to their fullest potential! |
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