Memorial Lutheran Students Excel at Academic Quest 2010

Students from our 6th, 7th and 8th grades participated at the Middle School Academic Quest hosted by Lutheran High North on January 27. Our students brought home 24 individual awards and a team trophy. Thank you to Pastor Day and MLS Spanish teacher, Mary Vidal, for coaching, and to our teachers who have done a great job teaching these students on a daily basis. Our students are certainly on track academically!

Lutheran and other private schools attend this annual competition, with 14 schools and two divisions, and approximately 300 students participating. In our division we placed 2nd in the team competition (the event at the end of the day where 5 selected team members answer timed questions). During the day, students took grade-level specific tests and also an "Open Event" test.

Congratulations to the following students on their fantastic accomplishments!

Team Event - 2nd Place - team members: Jesper Jacobsen & David Pitchon in 8th, Allen Krause & Rebecca Volkers in 7th, and Casey Edeiken in 6th.

Individual Overall Winners -
Lucas Vonruff - 4th overall in 8th grade
Rebecca Volkers - 1st overall in 7th grade
Allen Krause - 6th overall in 7th grade
Casey Edeiken - 4th overall in 6th grade
Justin Watkins - 6th overall in 6th grade

Open Events -
Apollo Missions - Justin Watkins 2nd and Allen Krause 3rd
Artists - Rebecca Volkers 1st, Rachael Blair 3rd and Chyna Fruge' 4th
Latin - Lucas Vonruff 1st, Paul Broughton 5th and Casey Edeiken 6th

Grade Level Tests -
6th grade Math - Justin Watkins 4th and Casey Edeiken 5th
6th grade Grammar - Justin Watkins 5th
6th grade History - Casey Edeiken 3rd
7th grade Math - Rebecca Volkers 1st and Allen Krause 4th
7th grade Grammar - Rebecca Volkers 2nd
7th grade Bible Knowledge - Rebecca Volkers 2nd
8th grade Math - Jesper Jacobsen 6th
8th grade Science - Lucas Vonruff 3rd
8th grade History - Lucas Vonruff 4th