Friday, Oct. 24, 2014 Vol. 20 • No. 42 www.whsnow.com Happening NOW •Jostens: Representative will visit before and after school and during lunch periods today to take graduation cap and gown orders •Speech: Oral interp Orange and Black Tournament 2:30 p.m. today at WHS and at Rough Rider Tournament Saturday at Roosevelt; debate at Des Moines, Iowa, Roosevelt High School today and Saturday •Play: “The Emperor’s New Clothes” 7 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Saturday in auditorium •Cheer and Dance: State Meet 11 a.m. Saturday at Watertown Civic Arena •Cross Country: State Meet 3 p.m. Saturday at Broadland Creek Golf Course in Huron •Volleyball: JV and varsity vs. Rapid City Central and Stevens 3 p.m. Saturday at Stevens •Shortened School Day: 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday to accommodate teacher in- service at WHS Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Grilled cheese •À la carte lines: Cheese pizza, bean and beef burrito, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches Group Meetings •Young Democrats: Will meet at 3:10 p.m. Tuesday in A-122—new members welcome. Other Reminders •School: Will begin at 7:30 a.m. and dismiss at 12:30 p.m. Monday at WHS due to teacher in-service. No NOW will be published. •ASVAB: Testing will be adminis- tered at 1:15 p.m. Monday in E-121 at WHS. Register today in the coun- soling center to take the free test. •Warrior Zone: Deal of the month is Warrior blankets for $29.99. NOW Friday Staff Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lexus Paulson and Carson Herbert Assistant Editor: ....... Sydney Arrington Staff: Shemles Megosha, Megan Rose, Addison Sannes, Amirah Michaeli, Rachel Konrad, Natalie Meyer Editor-in-chief ........... Jack Nachtigal Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . Lizzie Spier Adviser ................... .Jason Lueth The News of Washington is a publication of the Orange & Black Staff Washington High School–Sioux Falls, S.D. WHSNOW.COM Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/ MCT Campus High School Newspaper Service Friday NOW is brought to you by: Today: Partly sunny Light W. breeze High 75° Tonight: Partly cloudy Low 45° Saturday: Sunny Light N. breeze High 68° Weather Over 300 sophomores-seniors honored with academic letters FOLLOW US, WARRIORS! Warrior Nation Events @whsPAC All WHS News @nowatwhs The University of South Dakota By Addison Sannes, Amirah Michaeli and Rachel Konrad Cheer and Dance Warrior competition cheer and dance team members will be headed to the state meet Saturday at the Watertown Civic Arena. In Class AA, all 16 schools will compete in both events. Competition will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday morning. Admission is $10 for adults and $6 for students. The Warriors will first per- form at 11:51 a.m. in hip-hop dance, at 12:31 p.m. in cheer, 1:11 p.m. in jazz dance, and 2:57 p.m. in pom dance. Fan buses will leave at 8:15 a.m. for pre-registered stu- dents. Register and pay $10 to ride today during lunch in the commons, while limited seats remain. Cross Country The state cross country meet will take place Saturday at Broadland Creek Golf Course in Huron. The state meet begins at 1 p.m. in Class B. The girls AA Race begins at 3 p.m., and the boys AA Race at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Huron. By Lizzie Spier T hroughout this week, 324 WHS students have been honored for their outstanding academic achievement. Students with a 3.5 GPA and above during both first and second semester of the 2013- 14 academic year were honored—seniors on Tuesday, juniors on Wednesday and sophomores on Thursday. Student speakers for each class were senior Jacob Noordermeer, junior Carter Huber and sophomore Skylar Moen. The spe- cial guest speaker for all three ceremonies was Tamara Jerke-Liesinger, a graduate from USD that has a career in human services who spoke about students’ future plans. Below, see a list of honorees. Some students, whose parents checked school publication pri- vacy upon registration, are not listed. Seniors 4.0 Madison Barthelman, Cole Benson, Taryn Burke, Danielle Conklin, Andrew Heck, Coryn Johnson, Elise Klarenbeek, John Larsen, Emily Lehan, Austin Lindeman, Marissa Monen, Blaine Nelson, Anna Nichols, Sarah Nolan, Jacob Noordermeer, Michael Norland, Enelda Peralta, Alyssa Pierson, Rochelle Ramharter, Samantha Schreck, Alex Schumacher, Haley Severson, Katherine Simko, Sam Sisavanh, Cassidy Skorczewski, Alexandra Stoltz, Cole Uithoven, Fedor Voznyuk and Taylor Wiley. Seniors 3.5-3.99 Madison Aasen, Nathaniel Ackert, Ian Ailts, Kimberly Arevalo, Aveen Aware, Caitlin Beacom, Keilah Beck, Jordan Blades, Cayla Buckman, Jordan DeBoer, Carly DeSmet, Kim Duong, Hayley Durland, Megan Feerick, Jacob Fenner, Nicholas Gerdes, Jennifer Graves, April Hanisch, Jordan Hanisch, Kevin Hanson, Alyssa Hewitt, Trent Hunking, Rachel Konrad, John Kuehn, Autumn Lerew, Mariah Madsen, Ei Mar, Nicole Mashek, Isabelle Masloski, Hope Maunders, Deven Melillo, Kylie Minske, Radovan Mirkovic, Devotha Nabayaki, Zachary Needham, Jon Nguyen, Mataya Otten, Madisen Owan, Lexus Paulson, Jade Peterson, Karina Ramirez, Halle Randall, Kasey Randall, Jacob Rost, Linara Safarova, Alyssa Schmidt, Walker Schmidt, Connor Schneider, Collin Sorensen, Heaven Stinger, Casandra Stoick, Olivia Torbert, Rebecca VandeBraak, Rachel VanSchaick, Cooper Voigt, Tanner Waddell, Savanna Walter, Jenna Warwick, Lynea White, Chelsea Wiese and Nicole Zirpel. Juniors 4.0 Jesse Belrose, Ashleigh Chov, Alex Derr, Logan Eckhoff, Solomon FastHorse, Carly Hannestad, Caryn Hazard, Isaac Hernandez-Garcia, Carter Huber, Bridger Irons, Haley Jahnke, Hannah Johnson, Alec Kray, Annalee Leggett, Colton Levitt, Kelsie Massman, Morgan Moe, Alex Nelson, Olivia Nieman, Hunter O’Connor, Savannah Poe, Cassidy Rodman, Nicholas Rovang, Isaac Smith, Madison Wiley and Brendan Wilson. Juniors 3.5-3.99 Angel Akurienne, Kate Anderson, Eden Bekele, Margaret Bowie, Ryan Christie, Caitlyn Christy, Hayley Cress, Samantha Curry, Alexsiy Davidyuk, Michael Deaver, Garrett Ellis, Matthew Farniok, Jared Fox, Abigail Freese, Gatnoor Gatnoor, Justin Glenn, Leah Glovich, Abigail Grinager, Diane Haiar, Jack Hammond, Dana Hein, Mackenzie Hellwig, Austin Hoflock, Inna Ignato, Allison Jensen, Aaron Johnson, Kaylee Johnson, Samantha Johnson, Gracelynn Jones, Kennedy Kampa, Selame Kassaye, Jamie Kayl, Colewyn Knoblich, Marshall Langley, (Cont. on back—THREE EVENTS) Cheer, dance, cross country state meets set for Saturday Photo by Maddie Wiley HONORED—Junior Logan Eckhoff receives his academic letter from guest speaker Tamara Jerke-Liesinger Wednesday in the commons.