05.19.2013

Welcome

 

Parents, students and staff:

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton High School's web site: We are all partners in our Commitment to Excellence. We will continue to work together in maintaining and improving our outstanding academic and extra-curricular programs. We have the talent and we can make our vision a reality. I thank you for your support.

Terry S. Karger 

Boys and Girls Track Teams Go to State  
  
  
Congratulations to both the Boys and Girls Track Teams for taking first place at the True Team Track Meet. They will participate at the State Meet on Friday, May 17.
  

ArtShow Awards
 
 
DGF High School held its annual art show on Monday, May 13.  The following students were recognized for their art works.
 Hanna Meerheim is photographed with the "Treat Artology" banner that she painted for the Artology Club's fund raiser. Artology would like to thank Hanna for all of her hard work.
  Hanna Meerheim received the "Best in Show" award for her double image b&w photography titled, "Martina Ziegler".

 Hannah Miller received the People's Choice Award, for her Oil Painting titled, "I Give Up".
More Art News  
 Dylan Johnk, sophomore at DGF and Johnee Sokolofsky , senior at DGF were the recipients of a scholarship to participate in a class offered at the Plains Art Museum in Fargo, ND. The workshop titled, Wearable Art: T-Shirt Screen Printing Class for Teens, ran for three consecutive Saturdays in April. Five students participated in the workshop facilitated by Amanda Heidt and Megan Larson.

DGF Team is Repeat Winner at 2013 Section Envirothon 

For the second year in a row, a team from DGF won the section Enviorthon competition held May 1 at the Prairie Wetlands Learning Center in Fergus Falls.  They competed against teams from Pelican Rapids, Fergus Falls, Detroit Lakes, Underwood, and DGF. Besides winning the event, the team of seniors also received the trophy for Outstanding Oral Presentation. DGF also placed second.

The Envirothon, an outdoor learning event for high school students in grades 9-12, is one of the state’s largest environmental education competitions. Teams consisting of 5 students from the same school visit 6 different learning stations covering Aquatics, Forestry, Soils, Wildlife, and a current environmental topic that changes every year. This year's topic was Managed Grazing Systems in Minnesota. Students are given a 25-point exam relating to the station’s topics. At the sixth station, the students are required to give a brief (8-9 minute) pre-determined oral presentation to a panel of judges, also based on the current environmental topic for the year. 

 
  
Team 1: Veronica Lesnar, Scott Opatril, Kelly Bergee,
Mandi Mercil, and Danette Larson.
 

DGF Qualifies for Nationals in TEAMS Competition  
 DGF High School took first in state and has now qualified to attend the National TEAMS competition in Orlando, Florida at the end of June. TEAMS stands for Tests of Engineering Aptitude Mathematics and Science.  The group of seniors received general guidelines and website information on the topic of computers and malware.  They took a regional test and wrote group essays.  Their score was compared to the other regions' scores and they came out on top for Minnesota.  TEAMS ranks teams nationally, and DGF ranked ninth in the nation. 

Back row:  Tyler Johnson, Mark Scheuring, Pat Rieder, Cole Sogge, and Scott Opatril
Front row:  Josh Breid, Veronica Lesnar, Mandy Mercil, and Bailey Fuchs 

 

Visual Arts 2013 MSHSL Region Competition

The 2013 MSHSL Region Competition for Visual Arts was held on Thursday, April 18th at the New York Mills Cultural Arts Center. Hannah Miller won the Best in Category award for her painting titled, I Give Up. Hannah Hoeft won the Best in Category award for her Necklace titled, Vicotorian Reflections. Students receiving a Superior rating: Seniors- Johnee Sokolofsky, Hannah Miller, Makenzie Schmidt, Jaret Cyr, Tiffany Lewis, and Juniors - Hannah Hoeft (not pictured)  and Kelsey Baker. Excellence ratings: Seniors-Tiffany Lewis won two awards, Bret Salter, Johnee Sokolofsky and Juniors- Hanna Meerheim and Kassie Baird.
  

Superior Rating: Jaret Cyr, Makenzie Schmidt, Hannah Miller, Johnee Sokolofsky, Tiffany Lewis, and Kelsey Baker.

 Excellence Rating: Kassie Baird, Hanna Meerheim, Johnee Sokolofsky, Tiffany Lewis, and Bret Salter. 

Nick Kinnen Takes First Place at State Speech Meet 
 

The 2013 Minnesota State High School League Class A State Speech Tournament was held on April 20, 2013. Nick Kinnen, a DGF junior, walked away as champion in the Discussion Category. Nicole Riegert placed 4th overall in Extemporaneous Speaking. She is a sophomore.

Other students representing DGF were seniors Veronica Lesnar and Jaret Cyr; junior Nick Annis; and Tyler Sylliaasen, a freshman. The team is coached by Kathy Martin. 

There were 90 Class A teams represented at the tournament, conducted at Blaine High School. 192 Class A teams competed in speech statewide this year.

Congratulations DGF Speakers. 

Nick Kinnen and Nicole Riegert

 

Mission Statement

In partnership with the communities, the mission of the Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton School District is to educate individuals in an environment of trust and respect, so they become self-directed, responsible, life-long learners.

Parents:

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