Two Sauk Rapids students recently graduated from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
They are the following: Derrick Deering, who graduated with a master’s degree in engineering, and Morgan Muehlbauer, who graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in general studies.
Colby Kaschmitter, Sauk Rapids, was recently named to the spring dean’s list at Ridgewater College in Willmar. Students must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.5 to qualify.
Katelyn Watkin, Sauk Rapids, has been named to the spring dean’s list at Nazareth College, Rochester, N.Y. She is majoring in music performance. Students must attain a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify.
Four Sauk Rapids students were recently named to the spring dean’s list at the College of St. Scholastica, Duluth.
They and their majors are the following: Hannah Hayes, nursing; Laurie Peck, organizational behavior; Elizabeth Rogers, biochemistry; and Christopher Rothstein, Spanish.
Students must maintain a minimum 3.75 grade-point average to qualify.
SRRHS drama receives awards from SpotLight Musical Theatre Program
The Sauk Rapids-Rice High School Drama Program was invited to participate in the Hennepin Theatre Trust “SpotLight Musical Theatre” Program for the 2014-15 school year. This year, SRRHS Drama was accepted as one of 77 high schools in Minnesota to participate in the program. The fall musical Oklahoma! and the spring musical Pirates of Penzance were evaluated by the SpotLight Theatre Program, with three individual judges attending three different show dates of each musical. These awards qualify the SRRHS Drama Department to perform at the SpotLight Showcase on June 15 at the State Theatre in the Twin Cities.
The entire cast of Pirates of Penzance received an award for “Outstanding Overall Production” and for “Outstanding Overall Performance.” These awards qualify the cast to perform a 4-1/2-minute medley from the spring musical at the SpotLight Showcase.
The pit orchestra also received an “Outstanding” award for the spring musical and those students will perform as a part of a student orchestra during the showcase. Any seniors in the orchestra will participate in a special “seniors” number.
Students receiving Outstanding and Honorable Mention will perform as well at the SpotLight Showcase. The three “Outstanding” students Bailey Hennes, Philip Shefveland and Anna Zeleny are eligible for the Triple Threat Award. Shefveland will also participate in the special “seniors” number.
With the SRRHS Drama receiving an “Outstanding” award for the spring musical, the two dance captains Alyssa Brennhofer and Maria Frerich, will have the opportunity to attend a Master Dance Class and work with an award-winning choreographer. They will be participating in a Featured Dancers number at the Showcase Show.
SpotLight honors high school musicals and students by formally recognizing the extraordinary achievements and process of developing the young artists, onstage and offstage, in our state’s high school musical theater programs.
Five Sauk Rapids-Rice High School students were recently recognized and awarded certificates for achieving four years perfect attendance at the senior high school;
Those students are: Lydia Glen (St. Cloud), Ashlee Loehrer (Rice), Cody Patrias (Sauk Rapids), Todd Sweeney (Sauk Rapids), and Hannah Voigt (Rice).
Eighty other high school students were also recognized and awarded certificates for perfect attendance during the 2014-15 school year.
Seniors with perfect attendance include the following: Bradi Busse (Sauk Rapids), Dustin Christensen (Sauk Rapids), Glen (St. Cloud), Amber Gruba (Sauk Rapids), Kayla Haack (Sauk Rapids), Rachel Hannahs (Sauk Rapids), Amanda Iburg (Sauk Rapids), Loehrer (Rice), Alannah Menk (St. Cloud), Patrias (Sauk Rapids), Mason Rademacher (Sauk Rapids), Ahna Richardson (Sauk Rapids), Philip Shefveland (Rice), Sweeney (Sauk Rapids), Voigt (Rice) and Andrea Walter (St. Cloud).
Juniors with perfect attendance include the following: Brooke Butkowski (Sauk Rapids), Dakotah Dorholt (St. Joseph), Ethan Eken (Sauk Rapids), Stephen Erickson (St. Cloud), Cassandra Evans (Sauk Rapids), Ian Galligan (Sauk Rapids), Kaley Gertken (Sauk Rapids), Kelsey Gertken (Sauk Rapids), Nicholas Guzek (Sauk Rapids), Tyra Haffner (Sauk Rapids), Nicole Klein (Holdingford), Jared Kost (St. Cloud), Ian Linn (St. Cloud), Quinlen Marshall (St. Cloud), Marcus Moldaschel (Sartell), Cory Montag (Sauk Rapids), Mason Nash (Sauk Rapids), Patrick O’Brien (Rice), Margaret Payne (St. Cloud); Kristen Petron (Rice), Magdalene Stamm (Sauk Rapids), Nathaniel Stidmon (Sartell), Mitchell Trnka (Sauk Rapids), Parker Walder (Sauk Rapids) and Alex Zika (Sauk Rapids).
Sophomores with perfect attendance include the following: Summer Borgert (St. Cloud), Casey Christopherson (Rice), Hunter Froelich (Sauk Rapids), Justin Glen (St. Cloud), Tanner Hackett (Rice), Victoria Heinen (St. Cloud), Ashlyn Kotcho (Sauk Rapids), Cassandra Leen (Sauk Rapids), Morgan Liebl (Clear Lake), Mitchell Patton (Sauk Rapids), Kristen Ploeger (St. Cloud), Jacob Schmit (Sauk Rapids), Nathan Schreiner (Rice), Tyler Speicher (Sauk Rapids), Colin Stellmach (Rice), Chase Thompson (Sartell), Brooke Torvik (Rice), Nnediri Ugochukwu (St. Cloud), Saige Vandenbroeke (Sauk Rapids) and Peter Zuurbier (Sauk Rapids).
Freshman with perfect attendance include the following: Zachary Athmann (Sauk Rapids), Bailey Becker (Sauk Rapids); Justin Brenny (Rice), Benjamin Brinkman (Sauk Rapids), Jessica Denton (Sartell), Flora Douglass (Sauk Rapids), Katherine Dusek (Sauk Rapids), Sean Hardt (St. Cloud), Justin Hoff (Sauk Rapids), Connor Kockler (Sauk Rapids), Ethan Lanars (Rice), Dylan Maanum (Sauk Rapids), Joshua Meyer (Sauk Rapids), Cole Roach (Sauk Rapids), Amy Roettger (Rice), Zachary Sawicki (Sauk Rapids), Brittney Schlichting (Rice), Shawn Schoen Jr. (Sauk Rapids), Samantha Sepulvado (Sauk Rapids), Andrew Syvertson (Sauk Rapids), Rachel Taszarek (Sartell), Jada Turner (St. Cloud), Kianah Watson (Sauk Rapids) and Jacqueline Yanez Nunez (Sartell).