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Twelve Sartell students from St. John’s Preparatory School were recently named to the fall semester headmaster honor roll. They are the following: Ana Deal-Hansen, eighth-grader; Adrienne Gefre, sixth-grader; Alexander Holt, sophomore; Xinyi Jiang, sixth-grader; Kristoff Kowalkowski, sixth-grader; Ian Lo, eighth-grader; Sydney Lo, junior; Bryn Rogers, sophomore; Cormac Smith, eighth-grader; Gabriel Woodard, freshmen; Valeriya Woodard, sixth-grader; Lilly Xie, sophomore. Students must earn a grade-point average of 3.50 or higher to qualify for this honor.
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Kyra Hulsebus of Sartell, a sophomore at St. John’s Preparatory School, was recently named to the fall semester principal’s honor roll. Students must earn a grade-point average between 3.0 to 3.4999 to qualify for this honor.
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Three Sartell students recently participated in the Sauk Rapids VFW’s Patriots Pen Essay contest. The theme for this year’s contest was, “Why I appreciate America’s Veterans.” Pictured (center from left to right) are seventh-grader Kenna Zochert, eighth-grader Olivia Plamann and seventh-grader Jaden Nguyen. Zochert received first place, receiving a prize of $50, while Plamann and Nguyen tied for second place, receiving $25 each. Presenting the award were Tom Tauber, commander of the Sauk Rapids VFW Post 6692, and Mary Bauer, VFW Women’s Auxiliary chairperson for the Patriots Pen writing contest.
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Alycia Stidmon of Sartell was recently named to the fall dean’s list for academic excellence at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis. Students must achieve a 3.5 grade-point average to attain this achievement.
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Two robotics teams from Sartell boy scout troops recently competed in the ‘Dream It. Do It. Southern Minnesota VEX Robotics Tournament.’ Pictured in the top photo are: Team Beat Botz members Peter Amundson, Josh Harrington and Zach Christopherson; in the bottom photo are Team Bacon Bots members Adam Johnson, Eric Schatz and Travis Schroeder. Beat Botz were named tournament champions. Bacon Bots were the winner of the robot skills competition and were also one of six tournament semi-finalists. Both teams qualified for the ‘Dream It. Do It. Minnesota State Robotics Tournament’ which will be hosted Jan. 23-24 by St. Cloud Technical and Community College at the River’s Edge Convention Center, St. Cloud. Teams will compete for invitations to the World Championship at the state tournament. To learn more about robotics and this competition, visit www.dreamitdoitmn.com.
