Yearly Archives: 2015

Singing in spring: Concert features musicians from third grade on up

The glorious sounds inside the gym were just as fantastic as the warm temperature outdoors at the spring concert held at Lynnville-Sully School Mar. 10. Elementary vocal students in grades three through five opened the evening concert with a wide variety of tunes ranging from “There’s a Hole in the Bucket” to Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless...
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Five Division I ratings at state speech contest

Six L-S students competed at the IHSSA State Individual Speech Contest in Cedar Rapids Saturday, Mar. 14, against students from 144 schools with coaches Ms. Melinda Hardin and Mrs. Deb Merrill in attendance. Coach Merrill stated, “It is a great experience to be here with all these schools. The quality of performances are great.” Seniors Nic Lirio...
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National Honor Society welcomes 13 new members

Thirteen new members were inducted into Lynnville-Sully’s National Honor Society on Mar. 12. NHS Sponsors Mr. Joel Vos and Mrs. Allison Wenck presented certificates to the new members following a message from guest speaker Steve Russell, a candle-lighting ceremony, and the NHS Pledge. Eleven NHS seniors were recognized and new officers were also inducted at...
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SCS Fine Arts Evening 2015

The talent and hard work of SCS fifth through eighth graders was on display on Mar. 10. The students performed in the categories of one-act plays, memorized and interpretive speeches, and vocal, instrumental, and piano entries. The performances were judged to determine who would advance to District V Fine Arts Evening on Mar. 26. Creative writing...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 3/19/15

Another week has flown by! I know I say this a lot, but I really can’t believe how fast time is flying this spring. It’s already mid-March, and then in April we celebrate the Handsome Gent’s birthday – a big birthday that ends in a big 0! That kind of snuck up on me a...
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Remember When – 3/19/15

35 years ago (1980) Twenty-two projects from the Lynnville-Sully School were eligible to compete in the Hawkeye Science Fair in Des Moines. Four students from Lynnville-Sully also received the distinction of earning medals at the Des Moines River Conference Fair. Rick Sward won a first-place medal along with his blue ribbon. Receiving second-place medals were Sherryl...
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Hello, Spring, what took you so long?

Let’s have a raise of hands, who is happy the snow is mostly gone and the robins are back? I thought so, most people are very happy spring-like weather is here and the official first day of spring is tomorrow, Mar. 20. We’ve had much worse winters, but the winter just past seemed long, dark,...
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