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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! 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
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. 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. |
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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
If you are trying to pay for your child's lunches click the link below to set up a lunch checking account for your child or if you are looking to sign up for free or reduced lunches be sure to click the same link as well
Scholarship Applications
SPRING CLOTHING SALE!
Money and orders due to Mrs. P by April 10. Order will be placed by April 12, with delivery tentatively planned to be on or around April 25.
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. |
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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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