Timberland's Wise Receives State Academic Honor

Timberland High School senior Jacob Wise has been selected for the 2013 Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide program that honors 100 of Missouri’s top academic students in the graduating class of 2013. Timberland senior Clarissa Mate received an Honorable Mention.  

Missouri Scholars 100 is a program sponsored by the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals. Schools across Missouri are invited to nominate candidates for this state-wide recognition. The selection is based primarily on a formula using the student's grade point average and ACT or SAT score. Each student nominated had to first meet the criteria of an "Academic Decathlon", which included ten events, designed to test the academic strength of the student.

To meet the decathlon requirements, the student must have had a minimum GPA of 3.750, a minimum ACT score of 29 or a minimum SAT score of 1,900, be ranked in the upper ten percent of the class, and have taken upper level courses in mathematics, science, English, and a foreign language. The student must also have excellent attendance, be an exemplary school citizen, and be involved in school activities.

Wise has a 4.34 GPA and scored a 34 on the ACT. He has also scored a perfect 5 on multiple AP tests in calculus, physics and statistics. Wise was named a National Merit Scholarship Finalist this year and has been taking classes at the Missouri Academy, which is housed on the campus of Northwest Missouri State University, for the past two years. 

He will graduate in May with both his high school degree from Timberland and an Associate of Science Degree from Northwest. While at Timberland, Wise was inducted into the National Honor Society, tutored in connection with Missouri’s A+ Program, and was a member of both the Math Team and the Scholar Bowl Team. Wise will be honored at a luncheon at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia, MO on April 28, 2013.

From the Wentzville School District. 

Call for Entry; "Paper Cuts"

“Paper Cuts” is a juried cut paper artwork exhibition at the Foundry Art Centre open for artists’ entries through May 17, 2013. 

Paper-cutting is a delicate, tedious art form which requires careful forethought and concentration; “Paper Cuts” will showcase these pieces in Galleries II & III from June 28 – September 27, 2013. 

Both two-dimensional and three-dimensional works will be accepted. There is an entry fee of $35 for non-members and $24 for Foundry members and up to three pieces may be submitted for the jury process. 

Contact the Foundry Art Centre at 636-255-0270 for more information, or visitwww.foundryartcentre.org to enter the exhibition online.

The Foundry Art Centre is a fine arts gallery overlooking the Missouri River at 520 North Main Center, in the Frenchtown district of Historic St. Charles.  The Foundry features a Smithsonian-caliber art gallery hosting national juried exhibitions plus 20 working art studios where visitors can watch the creative process and buy art directly from the artists. The not-for-profit art centre also provides community meeting rooms, event space and a children’s art gallery. Hours are Tuesday - Thursday from 10-8pm, Friday and Saturday from 10-5pm, and Sunday 12-4.  Admission is free, and donations are welcome.  For more information, call (636) 255-0270 or visit www.foundryartcentre.org.

From the Foundry Art Centre

DECA Students Excel at State Competition and Advance to Internationals

Dozens of Holt and Timberland High School marketing students joined 1,700 of their Missouri counterparts for the 65^th Missouri DECA State Career Development Conference at the Lodge of Four Seasons at the Lake of the Ozarks on March 17-19. During the statewide conference, DECA members were evaluated by more than 100 business and industry professionals who served as competitive event judges. 

Students competed as individuals or in teams in a variety of categories, and were asked to solve realistic workplace problems through one-on-one interaction with an executive or community member. Twenty-five WSD students qualified for the DECA International Career Development Conference/Competition in Anaheim, California on April 24-28. 

The winners from Holt were Courtney Jones, Ally Berry, Karlie Cavanaugh, Paige David, Sarah Wright, Olivia Bogolin, Abi Corbett, Alyssa Huffman, Josh Gilmore, Max Scholle, Brian Birza, David Jack and Nathan Hinds. 

The Timberland winners were Roshan Poptani, Sean McGuire, Mady Young, Kristen Kaestner, Jordan Brown, Morgann Mueller, Taylor Wenger, Bre Eckert, Shae Strom, Matt Thies, Aaron Owens and Kelsie Eckert.

The theme of this year’s conference, "SHINE!" focused on professional development, leadership, dressing for success, and community service.

Missouri students also raised funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association as part of DECA’s international civic consciousness project. 

DECA is an international association of high school students studying marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service. For more information, visit www.deca.org.

From the Wentzville School District

Call for artists: "Beneath The Covers"

“Beneath The Covers” is a juried exhibition at the Foundry Art Centre exploring the artistic possibilities of one-of-a-kind, handmade books, altered books and book objects. 

Calls for entry are now being accepted and entries will be accepted through May 17, 2013.

 “Beneath The Covers” will showcase book art in Galleries II & III from June 28 – September 27, 2013. 

Artwork must share the three-dimensional quality of a traditional book but can be sculptural, alternative and/or experimental in nature. 

There is an entry fee of $35 for non-members and $24 for Foundry members and up to three pieces may be submitted for the jury process. 

Contact the Foundry Art Centre at 636-255-0270 for more information, or visit www.foundryartcentre.org to enter the exhibition online.

The Foundry Art Centre is a fine arts gallery overlooking the Missouri River at 520 North Main Center, in the Frenchtown district of Historic St. Charles.  The Foundry features a Smithsonian-caliber art gallery hosting national juried exhibitions plus 20 working art studios where visitors can watch the creative process and buy art directly from the artists. The not-for-profit art centre also provides community meeting rooms, event space and a children’s art gallery. Hours are Tuesday - Thursday from 10-8pm, Friday and Saturday from 10-5pm, and Sunday 12-4.  Admission is free, and donations are welcome.  For more information, call (636) 255-0270 or visit www.foundryartcentre.org.

From the Foundry Art Centre

Timberland HS Journalists Bring Home Top Honors

The Timberland High School Publications Department brought home multiple awards from this year’s Sponsors of School Publications of Greater St. Louis Conference and Competition. The overall 2011-12 Yearbook was rated excellent and the overall 2012-13 newspaper received an Honorable Mention. This year’s SSP convention featured numerous guest presenters from a variety of media outlets including the St. Louis Post Dispatch, KMOV-TV and School Tube. Workshops gave students the opportunity to move outside the classroom and interact with industry professionals in subjects such as column writing, iPhoneography, embracing multimedia, and increasing editorial leadership skills.

“The conference was beneficial, because it taught me a lot I didn’t know and showed me a new way to think about journalism,” said sophomore Savannah Summerlin. For many, the highlight of the conference was hearing keynote speaker Mary Beth Tinker discuss the Tinker vs. Des Moines Supreme Court case, which dealt with the issue of censorship in schools. “It was awesome listening to someone who recognized a problem with society and stood up for what they believed in,” said senior Madyson Young. “It was very inspiring, listening to her talk about the struggles and setbacks that she overcame and how she is still reaping the benefits of attaining that goal.”

Students from around Missouri and western Illinois also submitted pieces in a variety of categories to be judged. As the panel reviewed the pieces, they also provide written critiques and constructive criticism. Timberland journalists won the following awards:

Yearbook

•           Becca Wilson - Best in Show - People Design

•           Becca Wilson - Best in Show - Student Life Design

•           Emily Baltz - Superior - Sports Design

•           Reagan Snavely - Superior - Student Life Design

•           Becca Wilson and Megan Podhorsky - Excellent - Student Life Design 

•           Reagan Snavely - Excellent People Class Design

•           Becca Wilson - Honorable Mention - Sports Photography

•           Hannah Roeper and Becca Wilson - Honorable Mention - Sports 

               Design

•           Reagan Snavely - Honorable Mention - Sports Design

•           Staff - Honorable Mention- Overall Theme Development

Newspaper

•           Sarah Reed - Superior - Front Page Design

•           Kristen Kaestner, Maddie Nowling and Mady Young - Excellent - 

               Double Truck  Design

•           Chance Koch - Honorable Mention - Info Graphic

•           Lauren Wortman - Honorable Mention - Sports News

“I’m so proud of all my students have accomplished,” adviser and journalism teacher Ida Hoffmann said. “It’s important for students to see their hard work recognized amongst their peers.” Timberland High School produces a 250 page fall distribution book and eight monthly issues of the Wolf’s Howl Newspaper. The content is created entirely by students, with the exception of the people photos. For more information on the Sponsors of School Publications of Greater St. Louis, please visit www.ssp-stl.org.

From the Wentzville School District