By Student Reporter Brittni Emperley
The 2009-2010 season of girls basketball started on Wednesday November 18th. After two successful practices all girls participating are starting to get into the routine. With a team of over thirty, the girls this year will have to work hard to earn a spot on JV, Varsity, or the new freshman team. This is the first year in a while Cedar Grove-Belgium has had enough girls to fill a freshman team’s roster. The freshman team, as of now, has 6 games on their schedule and is expecting more.
Varsity still has a full bench with ten players, nine returning from last year. The team also has a new player, Hannah Kaul, coming from Ozaukee. All ten players are returning letter winners. Varsity has started to learn plays from their new offensive coach, Mr.Coopman, and is getting ready for their upcoming scrimmage. Mr.Coopman is new to the coaching staff and will be helping Mr.Ketterhagen this year on the offensive side.
The varsity team will be hosting their first scrimmage next Tuesday in the high school gym starting at 5:30. All the players and coaches are very excited for this upcoming year and are ready to play to their full exponential. We wish luck to the girls basketball teams and hope for a winning season. Go Rockets!
Friday, November 20, 2009
Bada Bing's Student of the Month
By Student Reporter Carina Deppiesse
A new month is here and a different student has been chosen for Bada-Bing’s student of the month. Each person is nominated and chosen by the high school staff members according to their academic achievements and their involvement in school. Congratulations to Tyler Weavers, who was the chosen student for the month of November.
Tyler is a senior and is among the top of his class. He is the vice president of student council, vice president of the National Honor Society, and also participates in sports including football and golf. Most of his hobbies consist of outdoor activities such as water skiing, tubing, and ultimate Frisbee. Tyler’s two favorite classes include physics and Spanish 4. With his last year left of high school, Tyler hopes to attend UW Madison and major in civil engineering. When asked how he felt about achieving this award he replied, “It is truly a great honor to have received the award of Bada-Bing’s student of the month, thanks to all who have nominated me.”
A new month is here and a different student has been chosen for Bada-Bing’s student of the month. Each person is nominated and chosen by the high school staff members according to their academic achievements and their involvement in school. Congratulations to Tyler Weavers, who was the chosen student for the month of November.
Tyler is a senior and is among the top of his class. He is the vice president of student council, vice president of the National Honor Society, and also participates in sports including football and golf. Most of his hobbies consist of outdoor activities such as water skiing, tubing, and ultimate Frisbee. Tyler’s two favorite classes include physics and Spanish 4. With his last year left of high school, Tyler hopes to attend UW Madison and major in civil engineering. When asked how he felt about achieving this award he replied, “It is truly a great honor to have received the award of Bada-Bing’s student of the month, thanks to all who have nominated me.”
Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle School Recognized as an Admirable School
By Student Reporter Taylor Ansay
For the third year in a row, Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle School has been recognized as an outstanding middle school by the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators. While staff and students can name a variety of reasons why the middle school should be commended, the specific areas recognized by the AWSA include rapid improvement in reading and math in the past school year; reading and math scores in the top 10% of the state; and improvement in scores in reading and/or math with special designation for rapid improvement in schools comprised of a high poverty population.
Cedar Grove-Belgium was also recognized for its reading scores in the top 10% of all middle schools in the state. Congratulations to the students and the staff for this outstanding academic achievement!
For the third year in a row, Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle School has been recognized as an outstanding middle school by the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators. While staff and students can name a variety of reasons why the middle school should be commended, the specific areas recognized by the AWSA include rapid improvement in reading and math in the past school year; reading and math scores in the top 10% of the state; and improvement in scores in reading and/or math with special designation for rapid improvement in schools comprised of a high poverty population.
Cedar Grove-Belgium was also recognized for its reading scores in the top 10% of all middle schools in the state. Congratulations to the students and the staff for this outstanding academic achievement!
Veteran's Day Ceremony
By Student Reporter Nicole Kluck
This year, at the Cedar Grove-Belgium High School annual Veteran’s Day program, the keynote speaker was Vern Arndt. His speech, which described his personal experiences in World War II, touched many of the students such as Michael O’Donnell, who turned to a his friends and said “that guy was an incredible, decorated war hero, that had plenty to say of his military life.” A 7th grade teacher, Mrs. Mersberger and two of her students, Mariah Navis and Ben Shroeder gave an interesting speech on the Pledge of Allegiance. At this program there were veterans from the Army, Marine, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. One thing that also had a response from many people was a recording of a mother writing a letter to her son as he was being shipped out to Iraq. The letter shows that when you pray for men in the army, do not just pray for the man in the uniform, but the man also behind it. As the Veteran’s Day program was ending the men who served in the army held a rifle salute. This year’s Veteran’s Day was a true success!
This year, at the Cedar Grove-Belgium High School annual Veteran’s Day program, the keynote speaker was Vern Arndt. His speech, which described his personal experiences in World War II, touched many of the students such as Michael O’Donnell, who turned to a his friends and said “that guy was an incredible, decorated war hero, that had plenty to say of his military life.” A 7th grade teacher, Mrs. Mersberger and two of her students, Mariah Navis and Ben Shroeder gave an interesting speech on the Pledge of Allegiance. At this program there were veterans from the Army, Marine, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. One thing that also had a response from many people was a recording of a mother writing a letter to her son as he was being shipped out to Iraq. The letter shows that when you pray for men in the army, do not just pray for the man in the uniform, but the man also behind it. As the Veteran’s Day program was ending the men who served in the army held a rifle salute. This year’s Veteran’s Day was a true success!
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Dance Fundraiser
Amanda Salazar, the new dance team coach, has brought many new ideas to the table. The dance team plans to go to competition in the upcoming months. Unfortunately dance competitions are costly. Ms. Salazar has many fundraising ideas, to make money for new uniforms and poms. One of which is a Zumba Clinic. Ms. Salazar works at the Sheboygan YMCA teaching Zumba classes to all ages. Zumba is a defined as a Latin dance inspired work-out. The steps are easy to follow and fun to do. The dance team has used Zumba in several practices as warm ups. “Zumba is a really unique and fun to do!” says one of the dancers.
The Zumba clinic is scheduled for November 21st, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. It will be held in the CGB Middle School Gym. A bake sale will immediately follow the clinic. Tickets are $10; if interested please contact any girl from the dance team, or either of the coaches.
The Zumba clinic is scheduled for November 21st, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. It will be held in the CGB Middle School Gym. A bake sale will immediately follow the clinic. Tickets are $10; if interested please contact any girl from the dance team, or either of the coaches.
Archeological Dig
On October 16th the sixth grade class participated in the yearly Archeological Dig. This was a great opportunity for the students to learn about Egyptians and hieroglyphics in a fun way.
The groups of students put a lot of work into this dig. They had to write stories and put it into their own hieroglyphic writing. The story was about the mummy that was going to be buried in their tomb, and then they figured out what they wanted to have in their tomb. Some of the things they put in the tombs were pots, jewelry, coins, and the mummy. These artifacts were supposed to resemble the mummy’s most sacred possessions. A Map of the tomb was made so the kids would know exactly where to place their artifacts. After all of this work was done they began to dig out there tombs and place the artifacts in it.
The most fun part of this whole experience for the kids was to dig up their friends tombs and find out what each held inside. Some of the groups found all the artifacts but some were missing some, which are still in the ground somewhere over by the baseball fields, and will most likely be dug up next year. There were messages written on cloth in hieroglyphics, the kids had a key to follow to figure out what it said. The stories were about the life of the buried mummy in the tomb.
The students this year really enjoyed this activity. A lot of them said that I it probably going to be the best thing they do all year. Tommy Lynaugh said, “I had so much fun at the dig this year, I couldn’t wait to go to English class so we could work on our tomb.” As you can see the Archeological Dig was a joy to all the students, it is definitely one of the highlights to the sixth grade.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Rockets Ongoing Victories
By: Brittni Emperley
The Cedar Grove-Belgium Rockets 2009 seasons are more than outstanding. The football team ended the regular season with a 9-0 record and will playing Oostburg in their second playoff game on Saturday, October 31st at 4:00 p.m. Their first playoff game was on Tuesday against Kenosha St. Joseph. The game ended with a score of 42-7, with the Rockets once again taking another victory. According to Wayne Paulus, who plays both defensive end and offensive guard, “Our game was slow at first, but we had a great second half.” Spencer Jacque led the team in rushing yards with a total of 251 yards. Time and again, the Rockets marched onto the field ready to play any team that came their way. With a total number of 384 points this season, the Rockets allowed their competition to score only 51 points. Cedar Grove- Belgium Rockets ended up with second seed this year, and we’re all hoping for a victory against Oostburg this Saturday!
Football is not the only sport that the Rockets are currently thriving in—both the girls and boys cross country teams are going to state this Saturday. Having won sectionals, we expect the team to do extremely well at state. The meets, which take place between 11:00 (girls) and 1:00 (boys) are being held at Wisconsin Rapids.
Good luck, Rockets! We wish you the best!
The Cedar Grove-Belgium Rockets 2009 seasons are more than outstanding. The football team ended the regular season with a 9-0 record and will playing Oostburg in their second playoff game on Saturday, October 31st at 4:00 p.m. Their first playoff game was on Tuesday against Kenosha St. Joseph. The game ended with a score of 42-7, with the Rockets once again taking another victory. According to Wayne Paulus, who plays both defensive end and offensive guard, “Our game was slow at first, but we had a great second half.” Spencer Jacque led the team in rushing yards with a total of 251 yards. Time and again, the Rockets marched onto the field ready to play any team that came their way. With a total number of 384 points this season, the Rockets allowed their competition to score only 51 points. Cedar Grove- Belgium Rockets ended up with second seed this year, and we’re all hoping for a victory against Oostburg this Saturday!
Football is not the only sport that the Rockets are currently thriving in—both the girls and boys cross country teams are going to state this Saturday. Having won sectionals, we expect the team to do extremely well at state. The meets, which take place between 11:00 (girls) and 1:00 (boys) are being held at Wisconsin Rapids.
Good luck, Rockets! We wish you the best!
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