Saturday, February 04
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Kolpanen chosen for U.S. Army All-American Band
Senior D.J. Kolpanen has been selected for the 2012 U.S. Army All-American Marching Band, one of only 125 musicians nationwide to be chosen. He'll play at halftime of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on Jan. 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX.
Members of the band are selected by the National Association for Music Education and are nominated by their individual marching band directors during the student's junior year. Nominees audition in the spring and are notified of their selection in June.
D.J. was recognized on October 27 at an afternoon program by the ACHS Marching Band, under the direction of Michael Riggs, and the U.S. Army.
The U.S. Army All-American Bowl is the premier high school football game in the nation. Produced by All American Games, this bowl game features the nation's top high school senior football players and marching musicians. Students selected as All-American Marching Band members receive an all-expenses-paid trip to San Antonio to participate in the halftime performance. |
 43 students recognized at October breakfast
Forty-three students were recognized for a variety of contributions and achievements
in school at the You Make A Difference breakfast held October 20 in
the cafeteria.
Certificate
recipients were David Allen, Emily Andre, Daniel Arden, Storm Bakker, Angela Barone, Isabella Blanco, Kyle Cashmore, Avery Cielek, Mitchell Conley, Kathryn Denney, Krystin Donovan, Christian Farrell, Steven Farrell, Colleen Gaborek, Tiffany Gantz, Joseph Gregory, Alexandria Hoffman, Shannon Hogan, Dana Horton, Jordan Jones, Paige Kilcullen, Derrick Kolpanen, Kendall Kuxhouse, Morgan Musich, Brenda Nelson, Ashton Novick, Leah Pranke, Tyler Quarrato, Cristal Raiman, Nicole Roeder, Amy Ruffin, Kelsey Runyard, Cindy Sanchez, Kelsey Schreiber, Lee Shannon, Alyssa Sheppard, Hannah Skoog, Riane Taday, William Thornton, Allison Waechter, Kyler Ward, Emily Welsh and Zoe Zeien.
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addition, staff member Robin Hart was also recognized. |
Band, choir students selected for honors performances
 Congratulations go to Steven Farrell and Trevor Olsen for making the Illinois Music Educators Association (IMEA) District VII All-District Honors Choir. They will perform with dozens of other talented and hard-working students from around the Chicagoland area in a concert this November.
Congratulations also go to Maddie Tallian, Alex Otter, Miranda Newby, Trevor Olsen, and Steven Scott Farrell. These Sequoits participated in the Millikin University Honors Choir on September 27. This honor choir consisted of 350 students who were selected from different schools in the Midwest. Angela Barone, Brian Chivers and Alexandria Hoffman were chosen for the IMEA District Band, and Angela was also chosen for the District Jazz Band.
Choirs will showcase their talents on Tuesday, October 25 in a 7 p.m. concert. Band members will perform later that week on Thursday, also at 7 p.m. |
Two seniors are National Merit Commended Students
Two ACHS seniors, Will Thornton and Kyler Ward, have been named Commended Students in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. A letter of commendation is being presented to both students.
Approximately 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students placed among the top five percent of the more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2012 competition by taking the 2010 PSAT test.
"The young men and women being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success," according to the National Merit Scholarship Program. "We hope this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success." |
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