Heard in the Halls - February 2017
February 8, 2017
Welcome to Heard in the Halls. We encourage you to read ALL the current blogs submitted this month, but you can also click on department links below to quickly go to a particular section.
ART | ATHLETICS | BAND | CHOIR |
COLLEGE COUNSELING | JROTC | THEATER
Art
by Mary Steinson, Art Teacher
The 2017 Scholastic Arts Awards winners have been announced. This is a statewide competition. Five junior art students have been honored for their work.
Annie Tuttle had three pieces recognized. She received two Silver Key awards for a pencil portrait of her Mom and a pencil drawing design. She also received an honorable mention for a still life in colored pencil .
Logan Defoe was honored for two prints. He received a Silver Key award for a screen print and an honorable mention for a linoleum block print.
Ashton Musielwicz received a Silver Key for an ink drawing, while Caroline Greenheck was awarded a Silver Key for a pastel landscape. Patrick Gagnon received an honorable mention for a Northern lights photograph.
Boys Hockey
by Jim O'Neill, Coach
The Boys Hockey Team is heading down the stretch with a chance to win the Suburban East Conference championship. The Raiders are 10-1 in league play and 12-6 overall. The boys have five more conference games including a rematch versus the Stillwater Ponies who are the only team to defeat the Raiders in conference play. We've had solid goaltending by senior Michael Magnuson and scoring throughout the line up with junior Joey Gimberlin and freshman Matt Gleason leading the way as the top goal scorers. Danny Magnuson leads the defense in plus/minus.
Section play begins at the end of February for the Raiders. Again this year, the team will compete in 6AA with Edina, Wayzata, Benilde-St. Margaret's and others for the right to go to state. Wish the boys luck as they compete for league and section titles.
Girls Golf
by Chad Anderson, Coach
Members of the Girls Golf team spent a Saturday evening packaging meals at Feed My Starving Children in Eagan. The girls had a great evening bonding, while working to package 45 boxes of the session's 117 total.
Volleyball
by Rick Kuehlwein, Coach
The volleyball players are having a strong out-of-season program. In order to advance individual skills, several Raiders play with different Junior Olympic Clubs as well as work out in the CDH Fitness Center. CDH 2016 Captain Kate Kohler has been leading present and future CDH players in the Fitness Center to improve quickness, strength and stamina.
Several CDH players are playing with in-house JO program Northern Heat. Northern Heat is mainly for current and future CDH students. This program prioritizes participation in school programs. Northern Heat presently has six teams that play in 9-10 weekend tournaments, January through April. Each team practices twice per week at CDH for 2 hours with 30 minutes spent in Fitness Center.
Wrestling
by Dan Willaert, Coach
The Raiders Wrestling Team hosted an 8-team tournament for the first time in over a decade on Saturday, February 4. The tournament has been named The Sgt. Michael Carlson Memorial Duals in honor and remembrance of Michael Carlson'00 who died serving our country in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Carlson was a defensive lineman on the 1999 State Championship football team and a standout heavyweight on the mat.
A tough field of teams included Grand Rapids, Fridley, Eden Prairie, Stillwater, Wayzata, Redwood-River Valley, and Lakeville South. Grand Rapids won the team championship for the second year in a row. Merrilee Carlson, Michael's mother, attended the event and presented the team trophy along with "Undefeated" t-shirts to wrestlers who posted perfect 4-0 records on the day. Heavyweight Nick Neumann led the way for the Raiders by winning all four of his matches with two pins. One pin came just 12 seconds into the bout!
Band
by Donna Novey, Band Director
The band participated in the annual Suburban East Conference (SEC) Music Festival on Monday, February 6. The Festival featured performances by each of the top groups in the conference and an All-Conference Grand Finale Concert in the evening.
The concert was an incredible showcase of the musical talent and hard work of CDH students.
Please mark your calendars for the Winter Concert, which will be held on Wednesday, February 22 in the Lillian Theater at 7 p.m.
To keep up with the activities of the CDH Band, check out the band website!
Choir
by Andrew Bourgoin, Choir Director
Don't miss the article about our NYC trip in this month's Communicator!
Monday, January 6 marked our performance at the SEC Music Festival. The CDH Concert Choir performed during the day, and 11 select students (Hailey Anderson, Mia Erickson, Sarah Munson, Rachel Countryman, Karissa Tschida, Emma Schuld, Katie Nichols, William Dusek, Patrick Connors, Augustus Nelson, John Modl) represented us in the Honor Choir.
Counseling and Guidance
by Joan O'Connell, College Counselor
Parents/Guardians of Junior Students:
A reminder to please schedule a family appointment for post-high school planning with your student and his or her college counselor. An email message via Naviance was sent to you with a link to your counselor's appointment schedule on SignUpGenius. Please check your email (spam folder, too) for this message from Naviance and be sure to schedule your appointment as soon as possible. Please remind your student to complete his or her "Junior Meeting Questionnaire" on Naviance prior to your meeting. Gather your questions and we will look forward to seeing you. Please contact Connie Reding in the guidance office if you need assistance at 651-696-3312.
The April ACT test will be given on Saturday, April 8, 2017. Register for the test online at www.act.org by March 3. We recommend that students sign up to take the "optional" writing portion of the ACT. The CDH School Code is 242-245. Questions? Contact Katie Shead at 651-696-3323.
Please mark your calendars for the CDH Education Fair on Monday, April 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Over 100 colleges and universities will be here to answer your questions and distribute information.
by David Berrisford, SGM, U.S. Army Retired, Instructor
Don't miss our article on the 27th Annual Upper Midwest JROTC Challenge in this month's Communicator.
Our Orienteering Team will be starting their preseason schedule this month. We have many returning students and many more new students that will compete. It looks to be an exciting season.
Our Color Guard and Regulation Drill Teams will be traveling in March to Omaha, NE to compete in a large drill competition. CDH sends 25 students, as well as members of the JROTC staff, and we are confident we will compete well.
Our Air Rifle Team will travel February 15-19 to Camp Perry, OH to compete in the Eastern Regional Air Rifle competition. We qualified for this competition in November, 2016. Five students will make this trip. Based on their performance thus far, we believe we will do well.
The Honor Guard continues to represent JROTC and CDH at many events. The dedicated students who give freely of their time are so appreciated by our CDH community.
An exciting upcoming event is our Military Ball which will be held on February 24 at Ideal Hall in St. Paul. This is a fun event where the cadets eat a great meal and dance the night away. This is a highly-anticipated dance and we usually have 250-300 attendees.
Our seniors are beginning to receive nominations from members of Congress and our Senators for the academies. The window for College ROTC applications is closing for all three services. We should begin to hear about our candidates shortly.
Juniors should be taking time to review the steps and begin their application process. If someone is considering enlisting in the military, please consult with us so we can make sure they have ALL the information. We are always willing to answer any questions that students or parents have about military service.
Theater
by Katie Kreitzer, Theater Director
Don't miss the article about our NYC trip in this month's Communicator!