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On To State... Again!
ON TO STATE!! Good work by the St. Albert teams that competed at District Speech Saturday at TJ! The Falcons and Saintes presented in 'TV News' and 'Group Improv' - competitors are not allowed to wear school clothing so the Judges don't which school the kids are from. Great job by the 'TV News' team that received a 1 and qualified for State for the 3rd year in a row! L-R: Sponsor Mr. Tim Radermacher, Cole Pekny, Adam Denny, Olivia Gardner, Alexis Narmi, Els Narmi, Paige Sundberg and Georgie Bohnet. Not pictured: Kennedy Sanchez. --- On To State: For the 3rd time in school history (first time since 2020), SA Robotics is On To State!! In addition to getting the Super Qualifiers Final Match, they also won the Motivate Award for their Spirit and Camaraderie! ----------------- Group Improv, Short Film and TV News all earned 1's and all three are on to State February 5th! The Tradition Continues!!! The teams are Co-Coached by SA teachers, Mr. Radermacher and Ms. Trecek and are assisted by SA supporter, Mrs. Garrigan. ------- Thunderstruck Strikes Again! Congratulations to the SA Thunderstruck Robotics team for WINNING the league meet at Creighton Prep! The LOADED Creighton Prep Meet consisted of St. Albert, FIVE teams from Creighton Prep, the Lincoln Robo-Storm, and THREE teams from Marian. The St. Albert team has finished no worse than 2nd this season, and they are led by volunteer parents, Dr. Andrea Barnes and Lynn Gardner. The team has been practicing three times a week since September and it's obviously paid off! Great work St. Albert!! St. Albert Special at State! (L-R): Lainey Sheffield, Ryan Doner, Ainsley Wolford, Joe Goltl, Gabe Russell, Emma Gardner and Grace Garrigan. For the first time in school history, St. Albert has Individual Speech All-Staters! There were 4 total and 3 were in TWO categories! Ainsley Wolford - Solo Musical Theater Emma Gardner - Solo Musical Theater Emma Gardner - Prose Grace Garrigan - Acting Grace Garrigan - Original Oratory Joe Goltl - Improvisational Acting Joe Goltl - Storytelling Congrats to all, especially their Coach, Mr. Brian Peterson! ---------------- Congrats to all 4 groups that competed at State Speech on Saturday morning - they ALL received Overall 1's!! St. Albert has never even had 4 groups compete at State let alone do so well. Congrats to all, including their Coach, Mr. Peterson!!! From the Saint Albert Fine Arts Department Sunday afternoon: Congratulations to Emma Gardner on making the All-State Choir! Not only was Emma the first student to make All-State in school history her sophomore year, she is now the only student in school history to be accepted twice in her high school career! Congratulations to Emma for all her hard work!! L-R: Joe Goltl, Grace Garrigan, Ainsley Wolford, Emma Gardner and Pat Shugart. 1 overall for Short Film and Group Improv! For the first time Saint Albert has TWO Large Group Speech Categories earn 1 ratings at the State Contest!! L-R: Grace Garrigan, Ainsley Wolford, Noah Ruckman and Joe Goltl. Team Thunderstruck brought home the Inspire Award which is the top award given to a team at a FTC competition!! The award is given for best representing what Robotics is all about! They were also the first team selected to attend the Super Qualifier on February 15th in Lemars, Iowa. Team Ride the Lightning brought home the Connect Award which honors their great connections with others in the engineering and robotics communities! Ride the Lightning is also moving onto the Super Qualifier! It was a monster day for Robotics - the best in school history!! Much credit to their Coaches/Sponsors: (L-R): Dr. Barnes, Mr. Gardner and Mrs. Tarbox!
Congratulations to the 11 St. Albert students who were selected for Opus! Out of 3,000 kids who auditioned across Iowa, 720 were selected and will perform on November 16th!
Pitch Perfect In Europe
A group of students, teachers and parents of the great St. Albert Band & Choir Department just returned from what looked like a wonderful trip to Europe!
To see more pics of the trip you can see the St. Albert Band's page on Facebook, you can follow their timeline on Twitter @StAlbertBand or you can click here
State Update:
Congratulations to the St. Albert Music Department on their success at Solo/Ensemble Festival this past Saturday. Students participated in 23 total events and 16 of those were awarded the highest rating - Division 1. Fiona Lapp was awarded the Best of Center award for her Flute Solo earning a perfect score! This is three years in a row that a St. Albert student has earned this award.
Division 1 - Superior
Vocal Solo: Emma Barnes, Grace Cox, Matt Fagan, Brigit Geiver, Katie Hopping, Maggie King, Augie Kouri, Devin Menges, Jayde Sneed, Sophie Sykes.
Flute Solo: Fiona Lapp
Piano Solo: Sophie Sykes
Vocal Duet: Grace Cox & Sophie Sykes
Woodwind Duet: Fiona Lapp & Maggie King
Chamber Choir: Soundsations
Instrumental Choir: Concert Band
Division 2 - Excellent
Vocal Solo: Zoe Trager
Clarinet Solo: Cody Athay & Lucy Sundrup
Baritone Solo: Grace Cox
Saxophone Trio: Trevor Rhedin, Bryan Pope, Josh Zuchniak
Brass Trio: Ava Reisz, Zoe Trager, Grace Cox
Division 3 - Good
Brass Trio: Maddie Skinner, Justin Pope, Reid Miller
Fiona Lapp - Prestigious 'Best of Center' Award Winner
Week 5 Football fix
Posted: 09/21/2023 - by Charlie Narmi
Headlined by a Hawkeye 10 match-up between Lewis Central and Glenwood, here is a look at the week five football fix.Who...Click here to read More...St. Albert's Heisterkamp named IHSAA Student Athlete of the Month
Posted: 09/20/2023 - by Charlie Narmi
St. Albert dual-sport star Parker Heisterkamp is the the Iowa High School Athletic Association's Student-Athlete of the Month. Heisterkamp has More...Heisterkamp named IHSAA September Student-Athlete of the Month
Posted: 09/19/2023 - by Charlie Narmi
St. Albert junior Parker Heisterkamp was named the September Student-Athlete of the Month by IHSAA on Tuesday.A five-sport athlete for the Falcons...Click More...September 2023: Student-Athlete of the Month
Posted: 09/19/2023 - by Charlie Narmi
The IHSAA Student-Athlete of the Month Award recognizes one student-athlete who displays exceptional accomplishment in the areas of academics, More...-ARCHIVES-
