Manson High School FBLA attended the North Central Region FBLA Winter Leadership Conference in Wenatchee on January 21, 2017. The students have been preparing for individual and team competitions in a variety of business events. The conference also offered business workshops. The following students placed at the conference and will compete at the Washington State FBLA Leadership Conference in April. There are 25 FBLA members and 19 competed at the conference. Of those 19 students 12 are headed to state they are as follows:
The Manson School Board has passed a resolution placing a levy proposition on the February 14th 2017 Chelan County special election ballot. If approved, the levy would replace an expiring Maintenance and Operations (M & O) Levy passed by voters in February 2015.
The proposed levy is for 2 years 2018 & 2019 (Manson has historically run 2 year levies).
The current voter approved amount scheduled to be collected this year (2017) is $1,246,364. The proposed amounts are: 2018 $1,333,609 2019 $1,426,962
Manson’s M & O levy funding is approximately 14% of the district’s total funding and pays for:
o College and advance placement courses in the high school
o Preschool for all 4 year olds
o High school internships program
o Support of the arts (music, drama, art)
o Vocational classes (shop, ag classes, business, technology)
o Technology support
o Replacement of computers/devices
o After school enrichment and academic intervention classes
o Middle/High school athletics (coaches, referees, travel, uniforms, equipment)
o Clubs (pep band, FBLA, FFA, Knowledge Bowl).
An informational meeting for the public will be held at Manson High School on February 8th at 6:30PM and additional informational meetings can be scheduled (687-3140). Information is also available on the district website at www.manson.org including an individual tax calculator where taxpayers can determine their estimated local school tax using their property assessed value amounts.
Local Veterans attended a breakfast in their honor on Thursday, November 10 in the Manson High school student center. Students from Mrs. Carlton’s Career Choices Class prepared and served eggs, bacon and pancakes. One student, Everardo Guillen, prepared a beautifully decorated cake for the Veterans which he made while working at Safeway for his internship.
Following breakfast Manson students lined the halls of the high school where our guests walked in tribute and were thanked by student’s for their service to our country!
Manson FFA recently attended the Chelan County Fair to show their Livestock and still life projects that they have been working on since last May.
The members attending were Alyssa La Mar, Kayla Gosvener, Abbie Reed, Sadie Batchelor, Cody Amsden, Cody Krumm, Ben Charlton ,Payton Stevens, and Ethan Schoenwald.
On Thursday in Market class all members received blue ribbons for their swine projects. In the still life Exhibit Cody Krumm received both Grand Champion and Reserved Champion for his spray paintings; Cody Amsden received reserve grand champion for his eggs.
On Friday in fitting and showing students were judged on how well they fit and show their animals, again Manson came away with all blue ribbons doing an excellent job with their animals.
In career development events (CDE) Manson placed 4th in poultry, with Alyssa LaMar placing 4th overall. In produce judging Kayla Gosvener was tied for 2nd overall missing out on 1st place by just 2 points with Cody Krumm coming in 4th followed by Cody Amsden in 8th and Alyssa LaMar in 9th and Blake Cochran in 9th, that put the team 1st overall.
In the sweepstakes division, which is how the schools do overall in all in all the Judging contest Manson came home with a 3rd place banner. The barn decorations this year where created by the students with Alyssa LaMar heading them up and bringing home a 2nd place ribbon.
In the barn herdsmanship contest the students are judged on how well they keep their barn area clean and interact with the public during the fair, Manson came home again with a 1st place ribbon.
Manson FFA would like to thank all the parents, past FFA members, and community members for their support at the Chelan County Fair and are looking forward to next year.
Don Vanderholm, Manson High School Principal was the recipient of the RJH. Don was selected representing medium size school districts in the state. He was recognized at the WASA Summer Conference held in Spokane, Washington on June 27, 2016.
The Robert J. Handy Most Effective Administrator Award, sponsored by PEMCO Insurance and WASA (Washington Association of School Administrators), recognize outstanding public school administrators in Washington State. One highly effective superintendent, central office administrator, or building administrator is selected from a small school district (up to 500 students), medium size school district (501–2,000 students), and large school district (over 2,000 students). A $10,000 award is equally divided among the three winners. A peer committee selects the recipients from nominations that describe how each nominee is taking part in realizing the nine characteristics of high performing schools/districts as defined by research from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Colleague Heather Ireland shared, “Don has worked with his staff, students and members of the community to enhance student learning and experiences in a rigorous and meaningful way. I am very proud of my colleague and I’m excited to see him honored by school administrators from across the state.”
Manson's class of 2016 has proven that numbers aren't everything. This small class of graduates showed their stuff at both Senior Awards night and in the commencement exercises this past week.
Thirty-one students took in more than 1 million dollars in scholarships and financial awards. Valedictorian Delacey Machus received State honors ranking in the top 10% of all Washington graduates. Jared Lamar was honored to receive Manson's prestigious Mel Steele award. The class was treated with a visit by Congressman Dave Reichert who spoke at graduation.
Manson High School would like to thank parents, community, and businesses for all of their fantastic support of this year’s class. Together we said goodbye and good luck to a great group of seniors.
On behalf of the players and coaching staff of the Manson High School Football team, I would like to invite you to be a part of our 6th annual “Trojan Scramble Golf Tournament.“ The tournament is scheduled for Memorial Day Monday, May 30, 2016 at the Lake Chelan Municipal Golf Course at 1:00 PM. The cost of the tournament is $75/player or $300/team. Contribute an additional $25/player or $100/team and have all players included in the “Long Drive” and “Closest to the Pin” competitions as well as receive 4 team mulligans. Additional mulligans can be purchased for $10 each. Winners of the various competitions and raffles will win an assortment of wonderful prizes. The winners of the Low Gross and Low Net categories will both receive a traveling trophy for the year. A tournament signup sheet has been included with this letter.
If you’re not interested in golfing, but would still like to support our program you can sign up to sponsor the tournament. There are three levels of tournament sponsorships; Primary Team and Tournament Sponsor $500 or greater, Tee Box and Hole Sponsor $250-$475, and a Player Sponsor $200. A tournament and player sponsorship signup sheet has also been included with this letter.
The sponsorship funds will be channeled through the Manson Booster Club and will go directly toward the support of our Manson Football Program. The money will be used to offset much of the costs associated with getting our players to camp. Each player will still be responsible for paying $100 of the $305 total cost of the camp. The players will also be responsible for putting in numerous hours throughout the summer providing various community services. The team is planning to provide 2 full days of community service in order to bond as a unit and say thanks for all of the wonderful community support.
The funds generated will be used to go to Eastern Washington University’s football camp which is scheduled for June 22-25. It is an amazing opportunity to receive top notch instruction and at the same time focus on four full days of team building. If you have any questions regarding the tournament or sponsorships please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Scott Ward
Scott Ward
Manson High School
Head Football Coach
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