Elk Rapids Academic and other co-curricular activities 2004-2005

-State Band Festival- Six members receive top honors.

- District II Band and Orchestra Festival: The Elk Rapids Concert Band earns a 1 st place overall rating and will moves to state competition.

-High School Art Competition at Northwestern Michigan College- Sarah Bassett 3rd place finish in the Drawing-Illustration-Printmaking Category.

-Annual Region 15 Michigan Industrial and Technology Education Society Fair - 22 entries with 21 moving on to state competition.

-77th State of Michigan Industrial and Technology Education Society Competition - 4000 entries with six ER students placing in the Top 10 for their category.

Career Technology:

-Skills USA State Conference in Lansing- Career Tech students from Elk Rapids, Brittany White and Brandon Hubbell, both receive gold medals.

-Science Olympiad:

Elk Rapids High School 1st Place - Region 2 Olympiad in Alpena

Elk Rapids Middle School 2nd Place - Region 2 Olympiad in Alpena

Elk Rapids High School 1st Place Class "C" - State Finals

-Three Lakes Association awards scholarships to seniors Keenan Bailey and Anna Ash for their work during a summer internship project.

-Regional Math Competition at NMC for 8th Grade Students from Cherryland Middle School:

90 contestants compete from 11 schools. Seven Elk Rapids students place in top 25.

Elk Rapids earns a 2nd place in Team Competition.

-Three 8th grade band members earn selection into the Middle School Honors Band for the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association District Two which is comprised of 30 schools.

-Cherryland Middle School student, Haley Kossek, wins Antrim County Spelling Bee.

-Elk Rapids High School Choral Ensemble qualifies for state competition at the District Choir Festival.

-Elk Rapids High School Band members earn eight 1st Division ratings and three 2nd Division ratings at this year’s Solo and Ensemble Festival.

-Elk Rapids Middle School Band members earn two 1st Division ratings and two 2nd Division ratings at this year’s Solo and Ensemble Festival.

-Odyssey of the Mind

Five teams place at Regional Competition and advance to State. A team of Cherryland Middle School students earns a 1st place finish as well as the OMER Award for outstanding teamwork and spirit.

One team comprised of 4th grade students from Mill Creek earns a 2nd place finish at the State level and advances to the World Competition on Colorado where they place 18th.

-An essay by 7th grade student, Ariel Schman-Sivik, is chosen as Regional Best in a writing contest sponsored by local AMVETS. An essay by 8th grade student, Haley Kossek, moves to the state level after winning a local writing contest sponsored by Farm Bureau Insurance.

-Cherryland Middle School Students work in conjunction with NASA in a pilot program called Orion’s Quest. They are one of 20 schools in the nation to participate. Students collect data for NASA as a part of their 8th grade science program.

-Over 19% of students enrolled at Mill Creek Elementary are School of Choice students from other districts.

-The National Honor Society recognized by the Red Cross for efforts with community blood drives.

-The Class of 2004 earned over $300,000 in scholarships.

-70 members of the Class of 2004 earned the Michigan Merit Scholarship. (2005 information pertaining to scholarships has not been collected as of yet)

-70% of student body at Cherryland Middle School enrolled in band or vocal music.

-8th grade students make yearly trip to Washington D.C.

-Cherryland Middle School receives grant that will provide each incoming 6th grade student with a laptop computer to use during the course of the school year.

-Lakeland and Mill Creek Elementary provide quality extended day programs for students and introduce the “Wee” Are E.R. Preschool program beginning Fall, 2005.

-Award winning enrichment programs for students at the elementary level such as Lunch Box Buddies and Junior Great Books.

-Mill Creek Elementary Pond Environmental Center gives children hands-on science learning.

-Elk Rapids offers Alternative High School- Sunrise Academy.

 

 

Awards in Education

John Edwards, elementary school social worker, earns OPIE Award (Outstanding Person in Education)

 

Who’s Who Among High School Teachers 2004-2005 School Year:

Sarah Pierson (Cherryland Middle School) and Cory Revett (Elk Rapids High School) (12/04)

 

Elk Rapids High School Choral Director Rob Stow and Band Director Dave McKeon honored by the Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District for “showing that excellence is achieved through practice and dedication.” (1/05)

 

 

Elk Rapids Athletics

Jeff Guntzviller named to Traverse City Record Eagle Class A-B All Region Basketball Team.

 

 

Elk Rapids Girls’ Cross Country Team:
Lake Michigan Conference Champions- Bethany Hammer 2 nd overall finish and Natalie Hickman 3 rd overall finish. Both receive All-Conference Honors.
Regional Champions, Regional Champions, 5 th in State. Bethany Hammer and Natalie Hickman named All-State Runners.

Don Baese Invitational in Carson City- 1 st Place Overall

Petoskey Invitational- 1 st place finish

 

 

Elk Rapids Boys Cross Country Team:

3 rd Place Finish Lake Michigan Conference- Mike O’Shaughnessey 2 nd place finish overall and All-Conference Honors.

New Elk Rapids Cross Country Record at Portage Invite- Mike O’Shaughnessey 16:02

 

Elk Rapids Track and Field

Mike O’Shaughnessey breaks the school record for the mile run with a time of 4:28.40.

Bethany Hammer breaks the school record for the mile run

 

 

 

 

Boys Soccer:

Lake Michigan Conference Champions

District Champions

Regional Champions

State Semi-Finalist

Finished in Top 4 in the State 24-3 record

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elk Rapids Equestrian Team

District 18 Championship A-Division

Placed in State Finals

 

 

 

 

Elk Rapids Cheerleading Team travel to Detroit to cheer during the Detroit Lions’ Football Game on Thanksgiving Day, 2004.

 

Two Elk Rapids Girls’ Basketball players, Lauren Tulik and Stephanie Steuer (honorable mention), are named to the Girls’ All-Conference Basketball Team.

 

Jim McCormick is named to the Golf All-Conference Team.

 

Soccer All-Conference Team: Loren Mercer, Josh Weidman, Jeff Guntzviller, and Kyle Burry. Honorable Mentions: Brett Banwell, Dan Bowerman, Bret Bowerman, and Branden Hubbell.

 

Cheerleading All-Conference: Kaila Crandall, Mike Corbett (honorable mention), and Jessica Mick.

 

Football All-Conference: Tim Watt (honorable mention), Steve Merchant, Zach Amos and Brant Boisvert (honorable mention)

 

Tennis All-Conference: Kelli Clark and Elissa Mercer (honorable mention)

 

Girls’ Cross County All-Conference: Natalie Hickman, Allison Flannery, Jessica Winger, Bethany Hammer and Hannah Wittbrodt.