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Track Project Dinner Auction Items and Menu

5/28/2015

A list of items to be auctioned at the dinner auction can be found below. This is a partial list of only the items that have been received at central office. There will be more items delivered soon and will be added to the list at that time. Notice there are items for any budget on the list. There is still time to buy tickets. Call Leanne at 237-3051 for more information. Tickets are $40 and include dinner and drinks.

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Menu
Appetizers: Meatballs, Summer Corn Salsa, and Stuffed Mushrooms
Dinner Salad: Spinach with Strawberries and Candied Pecans
Main Meal: Dinner Rolls, Baked Potato Bar, Honey Glazed Carrots with Fresh Dill, and Smoked Beef Brisket
All drinks are provided.

Track Project Dinner Auction This Friday

5/27/2015

New Haven High School Named Missouri Gold Star School

5/21/2015

Thursday, May 21, 2015
Jefferson City, MO
Eight Missouri public schools have received one of the state’s highest honors.

The Department announced the winners of this year’s Gold Star Schools on Thursday. The program recognizes schools that perform at high academic levels or that perform at high levels while serving a significant proportion of disadvantaged students.

Live Broadcast of NHHS Graduation 2015

5/21/2015

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State Track Information

5/21/2015

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Service Leaders Present NHES Talent Show

5/20/2015

On Friday, May 1st, the annual New Haven Elementary School Talent Show was held. Doors opened at 6:30 P.M., and the show started at 7:00 P.M.

The New Haven Elementary School Service Leaders were in charge of most of the show. They made posters to advertise, organized acts, sold concessions, acted as emcees, and collected money at the door. Miranda Yarborough, one of the emcees and a service leader herself, stated, “I thought the Talent Show was really great, and I thought we had a lot of wonderful acts. I know I enjoyed emceeing it, and I think everyone really enjoyed themselves.”

Kickball Tournament 2015

5/20/2015

Mrs. Schwab Moves Forward

5/20/2015

Mrs. Melissa Schwab, long-time English teacher at NHHS, will not be returning next year. Her family is moving away from this area over the summer. She will soon begin earning her doctorate while working as a full time CrossFit coach. Mrs. Schwab is a cherished teacher at New Haven High, always willing to help students and bring on new ideas.

Chemistry Cooks Cookies

5/19/2015

On May 12th, Mrs. Wendy Oelrichs’ second and fourth hour Chemistry 1 classes baked cookies as part of a lab. The purpose of the lab was to study Stoichiometric chemistry, namely about how ingredients come together to make a certain amount of something. Mrs. Oelrichs took this opportunity to have some fun with a lab, as well as show this process in action.

Business Tech Kicks Hunger to the Curb

5/18/2015

On May 19th, the last day of school for New Haven High, the Business Tech students will be holding a kickball tournament to raise money for the Memorial Baptist Church’s Buddy bag program. Buddy Bags are bags of food for children in New Haven who may struggle with hunger. These bags are distributed to the children at school. The question is, how will the church raise money to provide food for these bags? The Business Tech class plans on helping raise money by running the kickball tournament.

Girls Track Team Wins District Title For Third Straight Year

5/17/2015

As an overall girls’ team, the Shamrocks took first place ,winning with 179 points. The girls’ 4x800 meter relay team of Kenzy Vedder, Hannah Pruessner, Kayla Borcherding, and Taylor Covington placed second.

The 4x400 meter relay team of Pruessner, Molly Munsinger, Nicki Zeitzmann, and Covington placed first.

The 4x200 meter relay team of Stephanie Russo, Emma Engelbrecht, Zeitzmann, and Munsinger placed first; and the 4x100 meter relay team of Russo, Hanna Fitts, Zeitzmann, and Munsinger also placed first.

Individually, Munsinger placed third in the 200 meter dash; Pruessner placed fourth in the 400 meter dash; Borcherding placed fourth in the 800 meter run; Fitts placed third in the 100 meter dash; Ereka Bailey placed third in triple jump; Kate Rudiger placed third in the 100 meter hurdles; Lauren Bergner placed fourth in shot put; and Lauren Gerlemann placed second in the long jump and shot put. Beth Schenck took first in the high jump; Engelbrecht placed first in the triple jump, second in the hurdles, and second in the 200 meter dash.

Taylor Covington took first in the 400 meter dash and 800 meter run. Covington ran a season best 2:28 in her 800 meter run. She stated, “I was hoping to run something in the low 2:30s; however, when they announced my time over the intercom, they said 2:28. I was ecstatic! I couldn't believe that I ran that time. My ultimate goal for this season is to beat the school record: 2:21. I was close last year, but this year I want to make it happen. That district race was just one step toward that goal that I so badly want to achieve.”

The boys’ 4x800 meter relay team of Nathan Ford, Jon Stone, Keven McDowell, and Dominick Pataky placed first. Pataky stated, “ One of the teams we were to run against was talking trash to us before the race, and we made it a point not to respond back but to run the best we could and win the race.”

The 4x400 meter relay team of McDowell, Stone, Brady Kruse, and Alex Majors placed second.

The 4x200 meter relay team of Logan Huff, Kruse, Dalton Gerdes, and Austin Moeckli placed fourth; and the 4x100 meter relay team of Huff, Kruse, Moeckli, and Jared Horstmann placed fourth as well.

Individually, Dylan Goodwin placed third in the 3200 meter run. Alex Majors also placed individually in multiple events: second in the shot put, third in the 400 meter run, and second in the 200 meter dash. Nathan Ford placed fourth in both the 800 and 1600 meter run.

Coach Tucker stated, “The team competed well considering the conditions and worked hard to get through.” The Shamrocks will run Saturday, May 16th, in the Sectional Meet.

-by Molly Munsinger

This past weekend, the New Haven track team competed at the Class One, District One meet . In order to qualify for Sectionals, which will be May 16th, athletes had to place in the top four of at least one event. New Haven will be taking all four of their boys’ and girls’ relay teams to the sectional meet; also, 14 athletes will compete individually.

Students Review Prom Plans

5/17/2015

A lot of students from the senior class ended up going as a group to eat at The Old Spaghetti Factory in Chesterfield and decided to take pictures at the riverfront. The seniors did get kind of nervous, some said. “I wasn’t sure we were going to get there on time because of traffic,” said Beth Schenck. However, it ended up working out in the end. The seniors that ate at the spaghetti factory said it was phenomenal, although they wished the portions would have been bigger.A slightly smaller group of juniors decided to go eat at the Olive Garden and also to take pictures at the riverfront.

Kathy Jasper took her date to her grandmother’s house to snap some pictures in front of a big tree. When asked if she was excited for prom, Kathy responded, “I am very excited for prom. Last year was fun, and I’m expecting this year to be just as great.” Kathy had her aunt paint her nails the Thursday before prom and had her hair appointment at 8. She also did her own makeup before dinner, which was at Olive Garden.

Molly Munsinger had a hair appointment at 9 in the morning with Jill Kotthoff at Hair. After that, she went home to prepare herself for dinner and prom. Mackenzie Bauer got her sister, who is going to school for cosmetology, to do her hair and makeup. Drew Armfield invited a group to his farm, where they took pictures and ate before prom.

Jennifer Alvarez got her nails done two days before prom and had a hair appointment set up at 10 a.m. Saturday morning. For pictures, she took her friends and boyfriend to the river. After pictures, Jenny invited her friends to her house for a potluck, thinking it would be cheaper than going out to eat. When asked if she was excited for prom, she responded,” I am ready to have a good time with friends.”

Many students also took a lot of time to get ready for prom. Most girls responded with the classic, “Got my hair and nails done,” while most guys said, “Nothing.” Keven McDowell responded with an original answer, saying, “I took a shower and put on some sick threads.”

Tim Pruessner took pictures at the river with a group of juniors because he “had no date.” Tim also took a party bus with a group of friends to the Olive Garden in Chesterfield. “Prom was pretty cool; the decorations were super unique.”

Courtney Yowell said, “I got my nails done the day before prom and then got my hair and makeup done the day of prom.”

The theme of prom was Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. During coronation, seniors walked down the court or did their own little dance. After all seniors were announced, Willy Schejbal was announced prom king, and Beth Schenck was crowned prom queen.

Overall, Students enjoyed prom, and the sophomores becoming juniors next year are looking forward to designing prom for the upcoming seniors.

-by Alex Madden

Prom was held Saturday, May 2nd, at New Haven High School. Students took a lot of time to prepare for prom and spent a lot of time deciding where they wanted to take pictures, where they were going to eat, and with whom they wanted to do all of these activities.

Kyle Quick Passes the Torch

5/17/2015

Throughout the past school year, QuickNewsNow owner, Kyle Quick, has been working with New Haven High School’s principal, Josh Hoener, about their new journalism class taking over the QNN website after Quick approached him about donating the site to the school district.

Seniors Flashback to the Past

5/15/2015

As another school year is quickly coming to an end; lockers are being cleaned out; books are being returned; and finals preparations are well underway. For some, the end is bittersweet, and for others, it couldn’t come fast enough. As graduation grows nearer, the class of 2015 is sharing memories from their experiences throughout their four years of high school. From sports to class to social life, almost everyone has memories that they hold dear to them and will cherish for the rest of their lives.

Seniors Get Golden Ticket to Prom

5/15/2015

Prom for New Haven High School was Saturday, May 2nd. Many were thankful for the nice weather that allowed for decent picture taking. Although, according to Julie Moeckli, “I wasn’t the only one that got a little sun burnt that day.”

After everyone was done taking individual and group photos, seniors and juniors separated and found different options for dinner before attending prom at 8:00 p.m.. A lot of the senior class had a party bus take them to Chesterfield to the Old Spaghetti Factory, while another party bus with mostly juniors went to Olive Garden. Others simply had a fun dinner with friends at home. “I really liked staying at home; it was actually set up really fancy for me and my friends, yet I could also relax,” stated Robbie Cichon.

Since everyone was split up in their different groups, there were different experiences for everyone before prom. One story came from Molly Munsinger. She stated that once they hit the freeway, traffic became a problem. “It was awkward and fun waving to everyone around us in traffic, but there was a little discomfort thinking that we may not make our reservations.” The juniors seemed to have smooth sailing to their dinner party, and of course, those being served at home were very comfortable.

Finally, it was time for Prom to begin! People started trickling in a little after 8, and the juniors watched the seniors’ reactions to the prom theme they had used to decorate the gym--Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Senior Kenzy Vedder was excited for the theme, saying, “It was a great idea! I was hopeful that there would be a chocolate river.”

Other seniors and juniors had similar thoughts. Hannah Kruse stated, “The lights were really pretty,” and Karissa Durbin said, “The juniors did a really good job with decorating this year.” With the gym doors open, the juniors created a tunnel illusion, so when the prom-goers entered, it was like being on the crazy ride from the movie, opening up into the land full of candy. There were refreshments off to the side, with punch, while the big tree from the movie filled the center of the room.

Later that night, around 10:45, seniors were asked to gather in the cafeteria for the traditional “walking down,” as Maddie Fleer, Lauren Bergner, or Erin Scheer read the names and fun facts about each of the seniors. After all of them lined up in the front, the Prom King and Queen were announced. This year, Bethany Schenck was voted queen, and Willy Schejbal was crowned king.

While there was a lot of cheering for our local royalty, there was also laughter for our cute crown bearer, Journie Buwalda. “The most memorable part of the night was Journie walking around in circles, instead of delivering the crown with Hunter,” stated big brother, Jon Stone.

The seniors took their last dances on the gym floor, and one by one, students started leaving and going their separate ways. Hopefully, prom can be as successful next year as it was this year.

-Tenille Duessler

Graduation is Not the End; It's the Beginning!

5/15/2015

There are many students attending the local community college, East Central College. Dean Lockhart says, “Yeah, I’m excited to attend Harvard on the Hill, also known as ECC.” Molly Munsinger, Trista Kormeier, Julie Moeckli, Taylor Covington, Dean Lockhart, Megan Shockley, Mackenzie Vedder, Kyle Luecke, Dylan Goodwin, Katie Pierick, Tenille Duessler, and Lindsay Nixon plan to begin their adventure at ECC after graduation. Megan Shockley says, “I plan to attend East Central College for two years to receive my Associate of Arts in Teaching Degree. Then I hope to transfer to Missouri State University to earn my bachelor's degree and then, eventually, my masters as well. In the long run, I would like to become a kindergarten teacher in a nearby school district”

Other students are wandering a little farther away from home. Students Hannah Pruessner and Beth Schenck plan to attend Missouri State University in Springfield. Hannah Kruse voiced, “ I am attending Mississippi State University as an Animal and Dairy Science Major with pre-acceptance into the College of Veterinary Medicine.” Cortanie Gale is attending Crowder College in Neosho Missouri. Cortanie stated, “ I am so excited to graduate and start my adventure as a Roughrider, but am really nervous to leave everyone I have ever known behind. It will be weird not having people helping me make decisions; it will all be up to me now.”

College isn’t for everyone. Some students will jump right into the workforce or even be brave enough to fight for our country. Justin Terschluse says, “ I am excited to graduate and start going to work.”

When asked if he was ready for the real world, Willy Schieble simply voiced, “Yes, very much so. Though I never understood that question's phrasing.” Willy jokingly continued, “Have we not lived in a real world all our lives? What makes the adult world more real than our world? Who is to say what is real and what is not? And, of course, the ever mind-eroding question: what is reality after all?”

The next step in life is a big decision. As the class of 2015 gets ready to set sail on their adventure, they will leave their mark wherever they go, just as they have on this town.

-Cortanie Gale

Seniors Receive 8th Grade Letters

5/15/2015

Mrs. Smith, the middle school social studies teacher at New Haven Middle School, gets all of her eighth grade students to write letters to themselves to read whenever they become seniors. Mrs. Smith first started doing this 18 years ago, her first year at New Haven. When asked why she does it, Mrs. Smith responded,”Eighth graders are on the verge of becoming young adults, and it’s interesting for them to see how they have changed as a person in a course of 4 years.”

New Haven Bands Come Together for a Concert

5/14/2015

On May 8, 2015, the New Haven High School had its spring band concert. The concert consisted of the New Haven Elementary 5th and 6th grade bands, the New Haven Middle School 7th and 8th grade bands, and the New Haven High School 9th-12th grade band.

NHHS, NHES and NHMS Harmonize at Spring Concert

5/13/2015

The night started off with the three choirs coming together to sing the song “Sing to Me.” Next, the elementary school took the risers to sing three songs: “Cameroon,” “A Child’s Credo,” and “Michael Finnegan.”

Once the elementary choir finished performing, there were some awards to be given. The rookie of the year awards were given to the following: Dakota Bridges, Mikayla McFerrin, Aubri Meyer, and Ellie Westermeyer. The most valuable singer (MVS) award was given to Shauna Boehmer, Casey Jo Baker, Madison McCarty, and Abby Seitter.

Following the elementary choir was the middle school choir. They performed “Like the Beat of the Drum,” “All the Pretty Little Horses,” and “Blackbird.” The awards were given after the song “All the Pretty Little Horses.” The middle school’s rookie of the year award was given to Luke Gerlemann. The MVS awards were given to Samuel Penny and Russell Pinnell.

The last choir to take the stand was the high school choir. They performed four songs: “Brush Strokes,” “Say Something,” “I Hope You Dance,” and “Songs of a Disney Princess.”

The song “I Hope You Dance” was a dedication to the seniors from the rest of the choir. The seniors were asked to be seated as the choir sang the song. Senior Karissa Durbin stated, “The dedication song almost made me cry. It was almost bitter-sweet because that night it finally hit me that it was my last high school choir concert.”

Stephanie Russo commented, “My favorite song was ‘Songs of a Disney Princess,’ even though many people got emotional in the ‘Say Something’ song.”

When the choir finished, Mrs. Taylor, choir instructor, announced the awards. Anna Miller received an All District Choir and National Coral Student Award. Nichole Zeitmann, Anna Miller, and Hanna Fitts received an award for attending state as a trio.
Mrs. Taylor stated, “I think the concert went very well, and I am very proud of all the students who worked hard so that it went well.”

Overall, to end the 2015-2016 school year, the elementary, middle, and high school had a successful choir performance.

-Jenny Alvarez

On May 5, 2014, the New Haven school district held its annual spring concert and awards. The concert included the elementary school, middle school, and high school choirs.

Undercut Hairstyles: Open to all sexes

5/13/2015

There is definitely a hairstyle that is currently popular among both sexes worldwide. Disconnected undercut, sidecut, slick-back undercut, and curtain cut are just some undercut hairstyles that are dominating male and female hairdos hairdos in 2015. All of these hairstyles were derived from around the 1930s, just with fancier names than before. These undercuts have now returned, adding to many people’s original and unique styles.

New Haven Alumni Writes About Love

5/13/2015

Laura Miller, NHHS alumni and author of the national best-selling Butterfly Weeds and My Butterfly and NHHS graduate, has done it again with her latest novel, For All You Have Left. As in her other novels, Miller brings love, family, and deep emotion into her writing. From beginning to end, Laura Miller takes the reader on a journey that teaches them how to find themselves when it seems all hope is lost.

Everyone Deserves A Miracle

5/13/2015

To mapmakers, paper towns is a phrase they use to make fictional entries in their maps to see if anyone is copying them. But to Margo Roth Spiegelman, a character in the book Paper Towns, the definition of paper towns is so much more than a mapmaker’s phrase.

Shamrocks Spend a Long Day at the Track

5/12/2015

The New Haven track team competed at the Conference track meet in Hermann on Monday, May 4. The way conference is set set up is different from a typical meet. Girls and boys are divided into two groups, junior varsity and varsity. As far as running events, the junior varsity girls compete first, followed by varsity girls, then junior varsity boys, and finally, varsity boys. Girls and boys who compete in the 100 and 200 meter dash, along with 110 meter hurdles, must first run prelims. The top eight runners advance on to finals. This same method is also used for all field events.

Character Sketch Practice: Molly Munsinger

5/12/2015

For this assignment, students were challenged to use indirect characterization techniques--characters' appearance, actions, thoughts, dialogue, and other' characters' reactions--to show a character's personality. See if you can guess the character's trait before you get to the bottom of the piece.

Character Sketch Practice: Abby Perdue

5/12/2015

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Track Project Dinner Auction Items and Menu

Track Project Dinner Auction This Friday

New Haven High School Named Missouri Gold Star School

Live Broadcast of NHHS Graduation 2015

State Track Information

Service Leaders Present NHES Talent Show

Kickball Tournament 2015

Mrs. Schwab Moves Forward

Chemistry Cooks Cookies

Business Tech Kicks Hunger to the Curb

Girls Track Team Wins District Title For Third Straight Year

Students Review Prom Plans

Kyle Quick Passes the Torch

Seniors Flashback to the Past

Seniors Get Golden Ticket to Prom

Graduation is Not the End; It's the Beginning!

Seniors Receive 8th Grade Letters

New Haven Bands Come Together for a Concert

NHHS, NHES and NHMS Harmonize at Spring Concert

Undercut Hairstyles: Open to all sexes

New Haven Alumni Writes About Love

Everyone Deserves A Miracle

Shamrocks Spend a Long Day at the Track

Character Sketch Practice: Molly Munsinger

Character Sketch Practice: Abby Perdue

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