Music Department notes
The Vocal and Instrumental
Music Departments are busy preparing for their spring activities. Students
in band and the choirs will be participating in the State Solo/Ensemble
Contest on Saturday, April 5. The contest will be hosted by . There will be 12 vocal soloists and seven vocal
ensembles competing and six instrumental soloists and three ensembles.
The Music Department will
hold a pre-contest recital featuring solo and ensemble contest groups on
Wednesday, April 2. This event will be held in the music rooms starting at
7 p.m. Parents are encouraged to attend.
To conclude the competition
season, the band, a cappella choir and the varsity choir will travel to Emmetsburg
on Saturday, May 3, to participate in the State Large Group Competition.
Parents are invited and encouraged to attend both the small and large group
festivals as observers. We will also be in need of chaperones for both of
these trips and encourage any of you who would like to ride along to call
either Mr. or Mrs. Ferjak at the high school during the school day.
The Music and will present their Spring Concert and Art Show at 7 p.m.
on April 30 in Friedmann Auditorium. The music ensembles will present their
contest programs. Fine Arts awards will also be presented during this
program.
We would like to extend our
appreciation to all the supporters of the Fine Arts Department.
- Mr. and Mrs. Ferjak
Math exam
The American High School Math
Exam has been given for several years to freshmen through seniors who are
enrolled in advanced math classes at Bishop Garrigan. The test takes place
in February, and we like to honor our top students at the Academic
Banquet. This year, 54 Bishop
Garrigan students took the AMC12, which consists of 25 challenging multiple
choice questions which are to be answered in 75 minutes.
Mike Fakler had the highest
freshman score with 70.5 points. Alex Hamilton was second and Rebecca
Molsberry third. Rebeccah Erdman also scored 70.5 points to lead the
sophomore class. Brittany Berte and Nick Kellner tied for second. Among the
seniors, AJ Doughan and Jake Grein tied for first with 73.5 points,
followed by Kent Recker in third place.
The juniors were led by Chris
Kellner, who had 78.0 points, the highest score in the school. The second
highest school scores also came from the juniors, with three students
tying: Alec Boeckholt, Ben Hellman and Randy Kenyon all had 76.5 points.
The scores of the top three students are used to determine the school
score, which is 731 for 2008. The 11 highest scores overall are represented
among these 13 students.
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