Advisor: Mrs. Sarah Costel- lo Purpose: To practice and re- hearse music throughout the year, give performances, at- tend contests and festivals and support our school activ- ities Activities: Pit Orchestra for the Musical, Summer March- ing Band for parades, Fall Marching Band for football seasons, Pep Band, Jazz Band, various parades and assemblies throughout the school year Successes/highlights: A big highlight is the dedication these students show toward the band program. These students are expected to be at, and participate in a lot of various community pro- grams, supporting sport teams, as well as our own concerts and contests throughout the year. They do so with hard work and dedi- cation to promoting our music program. Comments: I have only had the pleasure to work with them the past few months, but drive and willingness to succeed is what makes this group so enjoyable to work with. Any upcoming events: We have our annual Pops Con- cert on May 17. We serve dinner starting at 6 p.m., hav- ing small groups and solos for musical entertainment. There is a short dessert inter- mission followed by the band and choir concert. The band will also be performing for the graduation ceremony as well as participating in local Memorial Day parades. Members: Flutes: Audrey Wasiloski, Kamea Kahler, Lizzie Trnka, Alex Watts, Jessica Brown, Kathleen Pichotta, Rosa Voois, Grace Jensen, Nicole Schweitzer, Kelsey Pelava, Cauy Perkins, Matthew Mar- cell. Oboe: Philip Roth Clarinets: Carter Tuma, Analise Roth, Max Tillema, Hunter Stevens, Tyler Asher, Alexander Thieding, Thomas Bulger, Whitney Thompson, Sydney Whiteis, Lily Capaul, Trinity Turek. Alto Sax: Madison Prochaska, Josh Pichotta, Madison Gilbertson, Cristian Mejia, Colton Rozeboom, Aidan McNamara, Julie Meyer, Tenor Sax, Nick Thompson. Bari Sax: Reese Tuma Bass Clarinet: Preston An- derson Trumpet: Alex Smisek, Frank Doyle, Arya Menk, Wyatt Hatlevig, Haley Wasiloski, Tyler Glockner, Riley Bogue, Brody Lerfald, Nate Leonard, Colton Nel- son, Gavin Hollund. Horn: Kailey Mach, Alison Silda, Korey Mach, Jameson Fonseca. Trombone: Cade Passe, Dawson Drentlaw, Jeremy Braucks, Jaden Buckingham Tuba: Nick Duban, Alex Matchinski, Pablo Contreras. Percussion: Josie Hatlevig, Carolyn Mikel, Jack Erick- son, Nick Kadlec, Turner Staupe, Stuart Schatz, Mackenzie Holmbo, Ellie Skluzacek, Jarrett Long, Evon Kuchelmeister, Blake Prchal. Montgomery Messenger, May 2, 2019 • 7 Deposit your check from here... ...or here! DEPOSIT CHECKS WITHOUT COMING TO THE BANK USING OUR MOBILE DEPOSIT APP CA080615 frandsenbank.com Member FDIC LONSDALE 507.744.2361 MONTGOMERY 507.364.7331 Call to learn more today! Anytime, Anywhere! With mobile banking use your smartphone to: Check account balances Transfer money between accounts Pay any bill from your phone Review recent account activity Access POPMONEY ® Apple or Android mobile device; must accept SMS messages. Text message and data fees may apply. To use Mobile Deposit, you must be enrolled in Personal Online Banking. See frandsenbank.com for details. ...or here! 2018-2019 Tri-City United Arts & Activities Busy band makes music throughout the year Photo courtesy of J. Pumper Photography The TCU High School Band has been busy during the school year. They also have some activities coming up in May. Advisor: Mary Dooley Purpose: Promote the Ger- man culture and language Number of members: 43 Officers: President, Tucker Beard; Vice President, Jarrett Long; Secretary, Hayden Arndt; Treasurer, Stuart Schatz Activities during the sea- son: We celebrate German holidays and traditions throughout the year. We dec- orated a store front for the Montgomery Torchlight Pa- rade. We enjoy a German breakfast, ice cream dessert, and treats from Germany. We also play soccer, German bowling, and giant chess. Highlights: We're traveling to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in June, 2020! German Club prepares for European trip in 2020
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Advisor: Mrs. Sarah Costel-lo
Purpose: To practice and re-hearse music throughout theyear, give performances, at-tend contests and festivalsand support our school activ-ities
Activities: Pit Orchestra forthe Musical, Summer March-ing Band for parades, FallMarching Band for footballseasons, Pep Band, JazzBand, various parades andassemblies throughout theschool year
Successes/highlights: A bighighlight is the dedicationthese students show towardthe band program. Thesestudents are expected to beat, and participate in a lot ofvarious community pro-grams, supporting sportteams, as well as our ownconcerts and conteststhroughout the year. They doso with hard work and dedi-
cation to promoting ourmusic program.
Comments: I have only hadthe pleasure to work withthem the past few months,but drive and willingness tosucceed is what makes thisgroup so enjoyable to workwith.
Any upcoming events: Wehave our annual Pops Con-cert on May 17. We servedinner starting at 6 p.m., hav-ing small groups and solosfor musical entertainment.There is a short dessert inter-mission followed by the bandand choir concert. The bandwill also be performing forthe graduation ceremony aswell as participating in localMemorial Day parades.
Matchinski, Pablo Contreras.Percussion: Josie Hatlevig,
Carolyn Mikel, Jack Erick-son, Nick Kadlec, TurnerStaupe, Stuart Schatz,Mackenzie Holmbo, EllieSkluzacek, Jarrett Long,Evon Kuchelmeister, BlakePrchal.
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Busy band makesmusic throughout
the year
Photo courtesy of J. Pumper Photography
The TCU High School Band has been busy during the school year. They also have some activities coming up in May.
Activities during season:We perform throughout theschool year as well as at thesubsection Large Group andSolo/Ensemble contest
Successes: TCU ConcertChoir received an Excellentrating at our SubsectionLarge Group contest, and En-core! received a Superior rat-ing at the Solo/EnsembleContest.
Comments: Both of thesegroups are comprised of stu-dents with many varied inter-
ests, but they all work ex-tremely hard in rehearsal toproduce the best product theypossibly can. They are alldrawn together through theirlove of music and singing.This activity is special be-cause of the music that wecreate together as well as therelationships that studentsgrow and gain throughout theprocess. This group becomesa family with a commongoal.
Upcoming events: We havethe Pops Concert on May 17at 6 p.m. in the TCU HighSchool Gym. We would lovefor you to come out and sup-port our students! Tickets arefor sale now!
TCU High School ConcertChoir: Soprano: Montana Bly, Eliz-abeth Christian, RiannaDoyle, Julia Drobnik, Des-tiny Dunagan, Mya Gaul,Haley Goettl, Olivia Ham-mac, Bailey Hanson, AlysonHennen, Vanesa Montes De
Officers: Captains: Heather Johnson and Carolyn Mikel,both juniors
Activities during the season: Speech invitational meets,Minnesota River Conference, sub-sections, sections, stateand an end-of-season banquet, team meetings, and practices.
Successes/highlights: We had two students (Jose Reyes, Is-abelle Truman) advance to state for the first time in TCU his-tory.
Comments: We have a fantastic group of students
What makes this activity special? Students are learningvaluable life skills in public speaking, while having funmeeting new students.
Submitted Photo
The TCU High School Speech Team for 2018-19 school year.
Advisor: Tony Barnack
Purpose: The purpose of theARTeam will be to providestudents with a place andcommunity in which to cre-ate and discuss art, to providean opportunity to expand stu-dents’ experience with visualart and to serve as an infor-mation center for learningabout art, art schools, artcompetitions, etc.
Officers: Shawna Berdan,President; Caitlin Jakes, VicePresident; Sarah Colwell,Treasurer; Kelly Vlasak, Sec-retary
Activities during the sea-son: Egypt's Sunken Cities,Minneapolis Institute of Art,Annual High School Exhibi-tion 2019, Waseca ArtsCouncil Annual HighSchool Art Show, Art Night,Section 2A Visual Art Com-petition, Walker Art CenterTour
Successes/highlights: Waseca: Matthew Batholomew: Re-ceived Honorable Mention -SculptureViviana Velazquez: Was Rec-ognized Best in Show -Painting
Tri-City United High Schoolhad 16 students show 18pieces of artwork at thisyears Section Art Competi-tion held at Sibley East HighSchool.
The results are:Five Titan's earned an "Ex-cellent" Rating:Jennifer Sanchez with herdrawing "Brainstorm"Vivian Velazquez with herpainting "Little Venice"
Matthew Bartholomew withhis sculpture "1962 Volkswa-gen Van"Caitlyn Smith with her sculp-ture, "Medusa"Rosa Voois with her filmedbased photo "New York, NewYork"
Ten Titan's earned a "Su-perior" Rating:Caitlin Jakes with her draw-ing "Robert Sr." (PerfectScore)Dan Lozano with his drawing"Soldier in my Heart"Tzu-Chieh (Esther) Lin withher painting 2018Kelly Vlasak with her paint-ing "Roots" Samuel Barnack with hissculpture "Giraffe" (Fourthconsecutive superior insculpture)Olivia Schoenbauer in thecraft category with her dress"Midsummer"Jon Monroe in ceramics withhis bowl "Peacock Green"Matthew Bartholomew in ce-ramics with his bowl "TheMackenzie Flop" (PerfectScore)Shawna Berdan with hermixed media piece"Vagabundum" (Wanderer)Kelly Vlasak with her mixedmedia piece "Looking To-wards the Future”
Four "Spotlight on theArts" winners who willhave their work at the2019 Minnesota State Visu-al Arts Exhibition on May11: Caitlin Jakes, DrawingTzu-Chieh (Esther) Lin,PaintingMatthew Bartholomew, Ce-ramicsShawna Berdan, MixedMedia
What makes this activityspecial? Our talented stu-dents here at TCU!
RosterSeniors
Kenzie Harstad Olivia Schoenbauer
Keeley Oak Shawna Berdan
Tyler Asher Caitlin Jakes Leah Powers Amy Meger
Rachel Schloesser Samantha Ellsworth
Sarah Colwell Caitlyn Gare
Hannah Chadderdon Emily Chadderdon
Brooke Adamek Sadie Selchow Lizzie Trnka
Isabel Figueroa Nisa Ruiz
Jorgia Pumper Hannah Von Rump
Kelly Vlasak
Juniors Erica Jackson
Brandon Balma Cohl Paggen
Emily Weldon Emily Borchardt Andrew Trnka Sophie Franek
National Art Honor Society (ARTeam) creates ‘superior’ and ‘excellent’ art
Pictured are the 16 artists from TCU High School whose works were judged at the Section Art Competition held atSibley East High School.
Photos courtesy of Tony Barnack
Four Titans were "Spotlight on the Arts" winners at theSection Art Competition held at Sibley East High School.They will have their work at the 2019 Minnesota StateVisual Arts Exhibition on May 11. Pictured with TCU ArtTeacher Tony Barnack (left) are Shawna Berdan, CaitlinJakes, Tzu-Chieh (Esther) Lin, and MatthewBartholomew.
Knowledge Bowl uses classroomlearning in competitions
Photo courtesy of TCU Schools
The TCU Knowledge Bowl Team Photo includes (front, from left) Sadie Selchow, Madi-son Gilbertson, Audrey Wasiloski, Madison Prochaska, Arya Menk, Jamison Fonseca,Alex Matchinski, (middle) Samantha Ellsworth, Hailey Wasiloski, Sydney Whiteis,Jack Erickson, Sydney Walters, Lucas Budin, Thomas Bulger, Reese Tuma, NickDuban, (back) Coach Ted Doyle, Jerod Arquieta, Cade Passe, Hunter Voracek, WyattHatlevig, Caleb Holicky, Nick Thompson, Frank Doyle, Carter Tuma, Tyler Asher,Hayden Arndt, Ben Heyda, and Kelly Vlasak. Missing are Stuart Schatz and JamesonFonseca.
Name of Activity: Senior High KnowledgeBowl
Advisor: Ted Doyle
Purpose: Jeopardy-Style competitionagainst other Minnesota schools utilizingcontent in Mathematics, Science, Geography,History, English, Literature, and currentevents.
Number of members: 30
Activities during the season: Five regularseason meets, followed by Sub-Regions, Re-gions, and State.
Successes/highlights: TCU Black placed inthe top four teams at all five regular seasonmeets. TCU Blue placed third in the firstmeet of the season. Both TCU Black andTCU Blue qualified for Regional competi-tion. TCU Black team was awarded the
"Spirit Award" at Regions. TCU Blackplaced fourth out of 18 teams at regions andmissed continuing on to State competition byfive points.
Comments: This was a very successful yearfor the Titans, placing in the medals at allmeets. We had a solid crew of seniors lead-ing the team this year. Although they will bemissed, there are many strong freshman,sophomore, and junior participants whoshow great potential for future seasons.
What makes this activity special? This isthe only school-sponsored activity where stu-dents can take what they learn every day intheir classes and use it to compete againstother schools.
Final comments on how the year went?This was a year of competitive success and ayear of growth for the younger members.
Advisor: Jen Davidson andHeidi Veazie
Purpose: Our mission is:1) To raise awareness withinthe school and community ofsocial and economic issuesaround the world, 2) To pro-vide opportunities for stu-dents to advocate for peoplein need; and 3) To improveeconomic and social condi-tions globally through aware-ness and fundraising efforts
Number of members: Wehave about 40 students in-volved this year who partici-pate as much or a little asthey want. There is no fee tojoin or registration process.
Officers and their grades:We have five student leaders.These leaders applied at thebeginning of the year andwere determined by the advi-sors. They are Alexys Boyd,Alyson Hennen, KaileyHoffman, Ashley Roemhildtand Sophie Franek.
Successes/highlights duringthe season: We have partici-pated in several local andglobal events. For Halloweenwe participated in W.E. ScareHunger. We teamed up withFFA to collect food for localfood shelves. This winterEmily Weldon and AriKrautkremer led a projectcalled W.E. Give Valentines.We made Valentines for resi-dents of local assisted livinghomes. We also did a project
called W.E. Give Warmthand collected winter clothingfor local families in need.This was through an organi-zation in Mankato. It was ledby Alexys Boyd and KaileyHoffman.
What makes this activityspecial? All projects are stu-dent-led, and there is no ex-trinsic reward for participat-ing other than the opportuni-ty to letter in W.E. Team. Thestudents in this organizationare impressive because theytruly want to help others.
Any upcoming events? OnMay 10 during Titan Time,all TCU HS students have theopportunity to participate in
a global effort called W.E.Walk for Water. Studentshave the opportunity to raiseawareness for the need toclean water in other coun-tries. They also will collectdonations to help our efforts.This project is led by ShariaSteece, Alyson Hennen andIsabelle Hennen. We alsohave a project called W.E.Collect Books for Africacoming up. This group willcollect books for an organi-zation who provides them tostudents in Africa who don'thave access to books or con-sistent education. The leadersof this project are JessicaDull, Rachel Way, ReaganGaul, and Allison Schley.
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They are often referred toas the “best of the best” or the“leaders of student bodies”.
On Wednesday, April 24,the National Honor Societyof Tri-City United HighSchool inducted 19 leadersinto its chapter during a tradi-tional candle lighting cere-mony.
The evening was punctuat-ed with words of wisdomfrom school administratorsand ceremony by NHS mem-bers.
National Honor SocietyPresident Thomas Budin,Vice President CarolynMikel, Secretary Ellie Sin-gleton, and PR Officer Mag-gie Trnka lit the ceremonialcandles, representing thetenets of scholarship, leader-ship, service, character andcitizenship prior to the induc-tion of new members.
The new inductees are Pre-ston Anderson, JordynBrownlee, Anabelle Davies,Jessica Dull, Jack Erickson,Deacon Finkenbiner, MarissaGare, Reagan Gaul, KaitlynGoettl-Rutt, Alexis Lara,Arya Menk, AlexisNeubauer, Alexis O’Connell,Josie Plut, Rachel Rynda, Al-lison Schley, Sharia Steece,
Rachel Way and NikaijaYoung. Their inductionbrings the TCU chapter to 55members.
Superintendent TeriPreisler said the inductionwas being held because ofthe choices and actions thestudents have demonstrated.She said to be an effectiveleader, they need to learnhow to lead themselves, en-couraging them to stay trueto themselves and not followthe crowd, get comfortablebeing uncomfortable, andfocus on the longterm.
She cited the charactersfrom the “Wizard of Oz” say-ing, “Use what you alreadyhave.”
High School PrincipalAlan Fitterer commendedand applauded the group ofstudents, who he says, natu-rally go above and beyondthe role of a student. He saidNHS students help those whoneed it and should strive towork to make the earth a bet-ter place.
“We all have the ability.Let’s put it to good use,” hesaid.
During the season studentsparticipated in countless ser-vice projects, including theTC Marathon, blood drives,classroom help, painting pro-
jects, and various communityvolunteer opportunities.
The NHS advisors areAmy Alberg and Erin Win-ters. They said students inNHS are recognized as ex-celling in the four pillars ofscholarship, leadership, char-acter and service, and contin-ue to demonstrate themthroughout their remainingtime in high school.
“It's a great activity toshow the importance of ser-vice and maintaining a bal-ance,” Alberg commented.
Roster:Austin Antony (Class of 2020)Brandon Balma
(Class of 2020)Shawna Berdan (Class of 2019)
Emily Borchardt (Class of 2020)
Elizabeth Christian (Class of 2019)
Frank Doyle (Class of 2020)Rianna Doyle
(Class of 2019)Samantha Ellsworth
(Class of 2019)Matthew Feddema
(Class of 2019)Michael Fischer (Class of 2019)Sophia Franek (Class of 2020)
Caitlyn Gare (Class of 2019)
Josephine Hatlevig (Class of 2020)Brooke Holicky (Class of 2020)Erica Jackson
(Class of 2020)Heather Johnson (Class of 2020)
Cassandra Kadrlik (Class of 2019)
Ariana Krautkremer (Class of 2020)
Mikayla Malecha (Class of 2020)
Amy Meger (Class of 2019)Ashley Meyer (Class of 2020)
Keeley Oak (Class of 2019)
Cade Passe
(Class of 2019)Dawson Pint
(Class of 2020)Leah Powers
(Class of 2019)Jesus Ruiz
(Class of 2020)Jordan Squires (Class of 2020)Andrew Trnka (Class of 2020)Elizabeth Trnka (Class of 2019)Devin Vosejpka (Class of 2019)Sydney Walters (Class of 2020)
Audrey Wasiloski (Class of 2020)
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2018-2019 Tri-City UnitedArts & Activities
National Honor Society inducts ‘Best of the Best’
Photo courtesy of TCU Schools
The National Honor Society TCU Chapter includes 55 members after last week’s induction ceremony.
Advisor: Stacy Lindblom;Assistant Advisor John Head
Purpose: We are a leader-ship organization at Tri-CityUnited High School that op-erates the school store andon-line TCU store site. Wetake pride in creating andmarketing the annual TCUhomecoming T-shirt to allfour grade level buildings inthe district. Our goal is tocreate awareness for Profes-sionalism and individual ca-reer development by compet-ing in events at the regionallevel in hopes of advancingto State or National Leader-ship Conference levels.
The content we study andcompete in are the following:Finance (15 events), Busi-ness Administration (16
events), Management Infor-mation Systems (12 events),Digital Communication &Design (10 events), andManagement, Marketing &Communication (17 events).
In addition, we give stu-dents an opportunity to runfor local and state officer po-sitions which teaches stu-dents how to become strongleaders.Officers: President, BrandonBalma; Vice President, SarahColwell; Treasurer, JaidenTrnka; Communications,Ellie Singleton; School StoreAmbassador, Kaitlyn Lind-blom; School Store Manager,Heather Johnson.Successes: This year was ourbest showing at state.
The following BPA mem-
bers made the top 10: Bran-don Balma, Cohl Paggen,Geena Ehlers, and Ellie Sin-gleton 3rd Financial AnalystTeam; Geena Ehlers-7th Ad-ministrative Support Re-search Individual; BrandonBalma 8th Business MeetingManagement Concepts;Brandon Balma 9th LegalOffice Procedures; AaronBaker-8th Advanced Spread-sheet Applications; VanesaMontes De Oca-8th Bankingand Finance; JeremyBraucks-8th Integrated Of-fice Applications
Four members also re-ceived State Torch Awards:Jaiden Trnka, Ben Krohn,Sarah Colwell, and BrandonBalma.
BPA helps leaders excel in business
Photo courtesy of TCU Schools
The Business Leaders of America TCU Chapter includes (front, from left) Sadie Sl-chow, Andra Sherman, Michelle Ramirez, Kacie Traxler, Cohl Paggen, Ellie Singleton,Jordyn Brownlee, Aaron Baker (second row) Geena Ehlers, Brook Adamek, AlexysBoyd, Vanes Montes De Oca, (back) Carter Tuma, Thomas Bulger, Brandon Balma,Sarah Colwell, Kaitlyn Lindblom, Jeremy Brauck, Ben Krohn, Jaiden Trnka, GabeRobinson, and Samantha Ellsworth.
World Empowerment Team
Submitted Photo
Some of the members of the World Empowerment Teamparticipated in W.E. Scare Away Hunger in October.They were (front, from left) Isabella Hennen, Emily Wel-don, Sophi Franek, Emily Borchart, Ari Krautkremer,(back) Kailey Hoffman, Alexys Boyd, Alyson Hennen,and Michelle Ramirez.
