Education

Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Business and Community Solutions is offering a “Cooking with Your Air Fryer” class scheduled for Tuesday, April 20 from 6-8 p.m. at Kee High School, located at 569 Center Street in Lansing. Owners of an air fryer or those thinking of getting one can join the class to explore a range of easy-to-prepare meals and snacks.

To register online for “Cooking with Your Air Fryer” (#81869) or for more information about the class, visit www.nicc.edu/solutions/81869, or call the NICC Waukon Center at 844-642-2338, ext. 6700. Registration deadline with payment is April 16.

Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Business and Community Solutions is offering “Kids and Canvas - It’s Elementary!” Wednesday, April 14, from 3:30-5 p.m. at the NICC Waukon Center, located at 1220 Third Avenue NW.

Children can explore the world of painting in this class designed for elementary school-aged kids. In class, the kids are provided the paint and artist’s canvas, an age-appropriate subject and step-by-step guidance to release each child’s inherent creativity.

To register online for “Kids and Canvas – It’s Elementary!”  (#81871) or for more information, visit www.nicc.edu/solutions/81871, or call 844-642-2338, ext. 6700. Registration deadline with payment is April 9.

Kee High School’s spring production will be a comedy called “Nun of Your Business” by Craig Sodaro and published by Eldridge Publishing Co. The play will be performed this Saturday, March 27 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 28 at 2 p.m. in the Kee High School gymnasium. Admission fee will be taken at the door. Social distance seating will be made available throughout the floor of the gym as well as seating in the bleachers. This light-hearted comedy is filled with practice scenes that keep the cast and crew laughing and involved, some of whom are pictured above. Photo of cast and crew submitted by Kee High School.

The seven Kee High School students pictured at right competed in 10 different events at the State Contest held Saturday, March 13 in Postville. Those 10 events received seven “one” ratings and three “two” ratings, with Owen Henkes and Abby Wood each competing in two categories and both receiving perfect scores in each of their performances. Pictured at right are the participating students, listed below with the categories they competed in. Left to right - Front row: Neva Peterson (Storytelling), Cadan Evanson (Storytelling), Owen Henkes (Improvisation and Literary), Lilly Peterson (Prose); Back row: Riley Troendle (Prose), Abby Wood (Music Theatre and Poetry) and Monica Davis (Prose and Poetry). Submitted photo.
 

by Brianne Eilers

The Allamakee Community School District (ACSD) Board of Directors regular monthly meeting was moved to Wednesday evening, March 17 due to the snowstorm that gripped the area on the board’s usual monthly Monday meeting night of March 15.

Under the consent agenda, the board approved the following personnel: After School Programming staff; Emily Shannon Timm as art teacher; and Alicia Enyart as West Elementary associate/Kids Club coordinator. The board accepted the resignations of Joey Lapel and Mike Shupe from their Teacher Leader Compensation (TLC) positions, as well as Chris Dahlstrom from his seventh grade track coaching position. The board also accepted the resignation of Virginia Kurth from her Middle School After School Programming position, due to retirement.

The nine Waukon High School students pictured at right advanced from their District Individual Speech Contest held March 1 to the State Contest that was scheduled to take place Saturday, March 13 at Postville High School. Pictured at right, left to right, are the following students listed with their advancing performance: Top row - Denzel Decker, Improvisational Acting; Alaina Gebel, Expository Address; Mady Helgerson, Expository Address; Violet Holthaus, Prose; Bottom row - Ethan Hooten, Public Address; Vivian Khan, Original Oratory; Olivia Marti, Original Oratory; Ryan VanderVelden, Musical Theater; Abby Wiemerslage, Reviewing and Storytelling. Submitted file photos.
 

The eight Kee High School students pictured above competed in 11 different events at District Contest Saturday, February 27 in Postville. The group brought home 10 one ratings and one two rating, with those 10 one-rated events advancing to State Contest scheduled for this past Saturday, March 13 in Postville. Pictured above, left to right, are: Left to right - Front row: Lilly Peterson, Cadan Evanson, Riley Troendle; Back row: Monica Davis, Abby Wood, Owen Henkes, Phoenix Crass, Neva Peterson. Submitted photo.
 

Kee High School’s spring production will be a comedy called “Nun of Your Business” by Craig Sodaro and published by Eldridge Publishing Co. The play will be performed Saturday, March 27 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 28 at 2 p.m. in the Kee High School gymnasium.

Admission fee will be taken at the door. Social distance seating will be made available throughout the floor of the gym as well as seating in the bleachers. This light-hearted comedy is filled with practice scenes that keep the cast and crew laughing and being involved.

The Sisters of Faith, Hope and Charity at the convent of St. Fermilda are in the midst of all kinds of intrigue and they’re not even sure how they got there. But don’t think because they took vows of reverence and poverty that they’ll let some hard-nosed hoods get the best of them.

The Waukon High School Speech and Drama Department had one Large Group Speech performance achieve an All-State nomination following its State Contest held in Postville February 6. The Choral Reading group that performed a Hallmark Parody was chosen for the honor. Students performing that All-State selection are pictured at right and include, left to right in inset photos, sophomore Alaina Gebel and freshman Isaac Ericson, and, left to right standing in photo, freshman Olivia Marti, senior Violet Holthaus, and juniors Abby Wiemerslage and Mady Helgerson.

Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Business and Community Solutions is offering “Kids in the Kitchen - Easter Cookies” Wednesday, March 31 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. at the NICC Waukon Center, located at 1220 Third Avenue NW. Kids ages seven to 14 are invited to learn how to decorate Easter cookies by practicing with a pastry bag.

To register online for “Kids in the Kitchen - Easter Cookies” (#80343) or for more information, visit www.nicc.edu/solutions/80343, or call 844-642-2338, ext. 6700. Registration deadline with payment is March 24.