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Official Publication for the Norwalk Community School District
Norwalk Warriors
Thursday, March 7, 2019
N/Warren Town and County News
Page Seven
NHS Activities
By A1 Lammers, Athletic Director
Volunteers Interview Lakewood 5th Grade Students
as Part of JA Biztown
Submitted by Matt Ramthun, Lakewood Elementary
Warrior Fans: We would like to extend a huge
thank you to all of our volunteers who assisted with
a variety of responsibilities during the course of our
winter season. Thank you so much for giving back to
our participants and for your service. THANK YOU!!!
Youth Baseball and MS Girls Track Camp
information and signups are currently live on the
Warrior Athletic Website. All registration and
payments are to be completed on-line. Please use this
link https ://norwalkwarriors.org/page/3017
Boys Basketball: The Warriors rolled into the sub-
state final versus Gilbert with a pair of wins in the
first two rounds, both played at Norwalk. The
Warriors jumped out to a 34-4 first quarter lead
against Clarke of Osceola in the first round of sub-
state play and cruised to a 82-36 victory setting up a
second round game with LHC rival DCG. As in their
first two meetings the Warriors pulled away in the
second half and recorded a convincing win over the
Mustangs 68-48. Four Warriors recorded double digit
scoring including Juniors Scott Anderson and Bowen
Born who recorded 16 points respectively while Jr.
Tyler Johnson had 14 and Sr. Carson Raper
contributed 13.
Norwalk ran its record to 19-4 on the season and
has now secured its second consecutive Class 3A state
tournament appearance.
Additional Activities News: Congrats to the
Norwalk Show Choir who placed third in 4A
competition at Marion.
Congratulations to Asa Schuemann in Expository
Speech and Noah Schumacher in Improv who both
advance to the Individual State Speech contest March
9th.
The following students from Norwalk were named
to the Dean's List for the Continuing & Graduate
Programs at Simpson College in Indianola for the
2018 school year. To be named to the Dean's List, a
student must have a GPA of 3.70 or greater and have
completed 12 credit hours towards their degree.
Those included are Elena Becirovic and Michael
Husar.
The following area students are ranked among the
top 2 percent of students in their college at Iowa State
University: Will Fraser, senior, Ivy College of
Business; and Marit Hovey, sophomore, College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences and College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences; both of Norwalk.
Collin Kilgore of Cumming, was named to the
Dean's List for the fall 2018 semester at Washington
University in St. Louis. Kilgore is enrolled in the
university's McKelvey School of Engineering. To
qualify for the Dean's List in the McKelvey School of
Engineering, students must earn a semester grade
point average of 3.6 or above and be enrolled in at
least 12 graded units.
Des Moines Area Community College President
Rob Denson recently released the names of the
Career Advantage High School students eligible for
the Fall Semester President's List. To be eligible, a
student must have completed a minimum of 6 credits
and earned a 4.0 grade point average for that
semester. Those recognized include: Jordan Bandy,
Lauren Bice, Abbigail Bowles, Adam Connelly,
Grace Crady, Mackenzie Donald, Sophia
Gibson, Vanessa Hautekeete, Sara Langenfeld,
Emma Lowe Danes, Carson Raper, Cassandra
Rose, Heather Schirm, Keara Schmitt, Adam
Serck, Emma Soukup, and Creighton Sup, all
Liberal Arts students from Norwalk.
Business leaders and community members
volunteered their time and came to Lakewood
Elementary School on Monday, February 25th to
interview all of the fifth grade students. The students
were able to achieve the experience of a job interview
to participate at JA BizTown in Des Moines at the
beginning of March. JA BizTown provides the
students the opportunity to practice work readiness
in a job setting for an entire day.
Those helping with interviews included: Front
Row: Anita Varme, NCSD Classroom Volunteer;
Kate Baldwin, NCSD Business Manager; Mark
Burke, Owner-Warrior Run Golf Course; Nancy
Palks, Retired JA BizTown Director; Mary Jo Fox,
Retired NCSD Teacher; Kelly McKee, Ace
Hardware; and Maribeth Wright, NCSD Board
Member. Back Row: George Meinecke, Vice
President-City State Bank; Jenny Livingston, Vice-
President-Management Professionals; Craig
Choate, Manager-Fareway; Gary Burton, Managing
Partner-Gregg Young Chevrolet; Eric Lloyd, Owner-
Iowa Moving 1; and Katherine Schmidt, Former
NCSD Board Member. Not Pictured: DT Magee,
NCSD Superintendent; Greg Staples, Police Chief
of Norwalk; and Natalie Burton, Business Manager-
Gregg Young Chevrolet.
Have any volunwer opportunities for Norwalk students to get some community
service hours for school? Please let us know at news@norwalknewspaper.com
and we'll be happy to publicize them for you.
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