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Senior High Academic Quiz Bowls 2013

April 26, 2013 Leave a Comment

The 26th Annual ESU #11 Senior High Academic Quiz Bowl was held at 8:30 a.m. on April 24th at the Nebraska Prairie Museum. Thirteen teams from the ESU #11 area competed. Teams were: Alma, Arapahoe, Axtell, Bertrand, Cambridge, Elwood, Eustis-Farnam, Franklin, Holdrege, Loomis, Minden, Southern Valley and Wilcox-Hildreth. This Quiz Bowl was sponsored by ESU #11 in Holdrege. Results were as follows:

1st Place – Cambridge

2nd Place – Eustis-Farnam

3rd Place – Minden

Beginning at 1:00 p.m., twenty-seven teams from 13 ESUs competed at the 20th annual Nebraska State ESU Senior High Academic Quiz Bowl including: Adams Central, Ainsworth, Bellevue West, Columbus, Diller-Odell, Friend, Grand Island, Grand Island NW, Humboldt-Table Rock – Steinauer, Keya Paha, Medicine Valley, Mitchell, Nebraska Christian (Central City), Norfolk Catholic, Norfolk Lutheran, Ogallala, Omaha Westside, Palmrya, Perkins County, Sandy Creek, Seward, Southwest, Thayer Central, West Point-Beemer, and Wisner-Pilger along with the top two ESU #11 teams (Cambridge & Eustis-Farnam).

The results were as follows:
1st Place – Bellevue West
2nd Place – Adams Central
3rd Place – Wisner-Pilger

The Nebraska State ESU Senior High Academic Quiz Bowl competition was sponsored by ESU #11 in Holdrege with assistance from ESU #10 in Kearney and ESU #8 in Neligh.

Filed Under: Gifted Education Tagged With: Cambridge, Eustis-Farnam, Facebook, Minden, Nebraska Prairie Museum, Quiz Bowl

Invention Convention 2013

April 22, 2013 Leave a Comment

The 22nd Annual Invention Convention hosted by Educational Service Unit #11 of Holdrege, and organized by Tim Burke, Director of Gifted Education was held Monday, April 15, 2013 at Pioneer Village in Minden. 138 inventors in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 participated. Participating schools included: Alma, Cambridge, Franklin, Holdrege, Minden, and Wilcox-Hildreth.

This year there was a tie for the Harold Warp Memorial Inventors’ Choice Award. The winners were Brianna Kuehn, 3rd Grade, Minden Elementary with Jell-O Chip, Display #3-8 and Sydney Reed and Alivia Nelson, 6th Grade, Holdrege Middle School with Commercial Chooser, Display #6-5. Inventors’ Choice winners received a certificate and will share a traveling trophy that will be displayed at their respective schools. Each inventor at Invention Convention casts one vote for their favorite invention to determine the winner.

Students were first judged in their grade level which was divided into groups called “Inventor’s Circles”. There were 14 different Inventor’s Circles which each had a 1st,
2nd, and 3rd place winner. The judges then picked a champion for each Grade Level. Grade Level Winners were as follows:

3rd Grade: Maylee Kamery, Minden Elementary, Display #3-4, Cozy Coozies
4th Grade: Gage Huston, Holdrege R-7, Display #4-11, NewZooka
5th Grade: Claire Harrison, Franklin, Display #5-7, iBake
6th Grade: Sam Gerdes, Franklin, Display #6-3, Emergency Preparedness Pack
7th Grade: Jianna Sorensen & Rylie Cole, Minden C L Jones, Display #7-1, Duct Tape Electronic Holder
8th Grade: Owen Bridges, Minden C L Jones. Display #8-1, Flying Power

: Harold Warp Memorial Inventors’s Choice Award Jell-O Chip Brianna Kuehn – Minden

: Grade 5 Champion iBake Claire Harrison – Franklin

: Grade 3 Champion Cozy Coozy Maylee Kamery – Minden

: Grade 8 Champion Flying Power Owen Bridges – Minden

: Grade 7 Champion Duct Tape Bags Jianna Sorensen and Rylie Cole – Minden

: Grade 4 Champion NewZooka Gage Huston – Holdrege R-7

: Harold Warp Memorial Inventors’ Choice Award Commercial Chooser Sydney Reed and Alivia Nelson – Holdrege

: Grade 6 Champion Emergency Preparedness Pack Sam Gerdes – Franklin

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Filed Under: Gifted Education Tagged With: Facebook, Invention Convention, Pioneer Village

ESU 11 Welcomes Janelle Jack as Next HAL Leader

April 16, 2013 1 Comment

It is our pleasure to announce the addition of Janelle Jack as our next High Ability Learner leader starting July 1, 2013. Janelle has big shoes to fill as current HAL leader Tim Burke retires after 26.5 years of serving our area Gifted students. Janelle’s skills and abilities will be used to continue and to grow ESU 11’s HAL program.

Janelle has been active in Gifted (HAL programming) since 1999 in various capacities such as being the Eustis-Farnam Gifted Coordinator; an active contributor in the Nebraska Association for the Gifted (NAG); helping at ESU 11 Summer Honors Program and presenting at NAG conferences. More specifically, Janelle served as the NAG President in 2008-2009 and on the NAG Board from 2005-2010.

Janelle plans to get a jump start on her new position by working with Tim Burke at the 2013 Summer Honors Program. Join our excitement and welcome Janelle to ESU 11’s High Ability Learner program.

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2013 JH/MS Quiz Bowl Results

February 15, 2013 Leave a Comment

ESU #11 sponsored the Jr. High/Middle School Quiz Bowl at the Nebraska Prairie Museum in Holdrege on Wednesday, February 13th. Teams attending were Alma, Arapahoe, Axtell, Bertrand, Cambridge, Elwood, Eustis-Farnam, Franklin, Holdrege, Loomis, Minden, Southern Valley, and Wilcox-Hildreth.

Results were as follows: