December 2016 17796 Industrial Circle NW, Elk River, MN 55330

December 23-January 2: No School/ Winter Break

January 10: Info & Tour Night

January 12-13: Finals

January 16: No School / MLK Jr. Day

January 26: Info & Tour Night

January 22-27: Snow Daze Spirit Week

Spectrum High School provides students the

opportunity to learn about and to connect with the

community around them!

Youth 4 Youth package meals at

Feed My Starving Children and deliver donated toys to the

Toys For Tots Drive

Tech Tutors help senior citizens with questions about technology

Students & Sidekicks serve children at

Cornerstone School

Upcoming Events:

Citizen Scientists at the Sherburne National

Wildlife Refuge

Helping Hands serve at Guardian Angels

Service Learning in the Community

Open Application Period at Spectrum High School (SHS) “Sibling and Staff Preference"

Deadline: January 31, 2017

The 2017-2018 school year open application period closes at 4:00 p.m. on January 31, 2017. Initial student applications must be received by this date to be considered in the enrollment lottery. This includes preference for students who are siblings of a current Spectrum student or children of staff. Please note: If a parent becomes employed at SHS or leaves employment at SHS, it is the parent's responsibility to notify the school of this change in his or her child(ren)'s enrollment preference status. Applications received after this date will be processed in the order they are received in accordance with Spectrum's Admissions and Enrollment Policy. The Admissions and Enrollment Policy and application can be found on our website at www.spectrumhighschool.org.

For questions on the admissions and enrollment process, please refer to the policy, or email the Admissions Department at admissions@spectrumhighschool.org.

Spectrum High School is now accepting applications for the 2017-2018 school year. Please help to spread the word about the upcoming dates where families can learn about Spectrum High School. Dates:

January 10/January 26 Times: 5:30 - 6:15 = 6th Grade Building presentation and tour (both dates) 6:15 - 7:00 = 7-12 Grade Building presentation and tour (Jan. 26 only)

The application deadline is January 31, 2017 to be

included in our enrollment lottery. Thanks for spreading the word about Spectrum High School!

Now Accepting Applications for 2017-2018

Spectrum provides our families an opportunity to get volunteer hours for posting positive reviews on our school Facebook page. It's simple: just go to our Face-book Page, click on "Reviews" on the left side of the page, rate Spectrum under "Tell us what you think" on the right side of the page, and share your positive ex-periences at Spectrum. Make sure you claim one volunteer hour on Help Counter for your positive review. Thank you for helping to spread the word about how Spectrum has positively impacted your child(ren) and family!

Fine Arts Evenings The Fine Arts Evenings by the numbers:

Over 1,000 people in combined attendance

400+ hours of in-class practice

43 pieces performed

80 art exhibits displayed at the concerts.

The second annual 6th grade Turkey Bash was held on November 18. Students had a great time earning points for the coveted Turkey Bash Titan trophy. Points were earned throughout the night during Bingo, dodgeball, relays, and a pie-eating contest. Students collected 77 pounds of food items which were donated to CAER along with cards the students decorated that night. There was also a photobooth and cookie-decorating. Though we had our first snowstorm of the fall that night, those who were able to make it said they had a great time.

As a part of the Technology Curriculum at Spectrum High School, all students enrolled in MS Tech 8 and 21st Century Skills this year will be working toward earning their Basic Computer Skills Certificate through the NorthStar Digital Literacy Assessment (DLA) Program.

The Northstar Digital Literacy Project defines basic skills needed to perform tasks on computers and online in ten main areas: Basic Computer Use, Internet, Windows Operating System, Mac OS, Email, Microsoft Word, Social Media, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Information Literacy. A passing score allows students to obtain the Northstar Digital Literacy Certificate. This is a great credential for employment.

6th grade students are focusing on four of the assessments: Basic Computer Use, Internet, Windows Operating System, and Email. Next year, they will continue on with the remaining assessments with the goal of receiving certification by the time they are done with 8th grade MS Tech.

Ninety-nine percent of Quarter One MS Tech 8 and 21st Century Skills students have successfully completed the Basic Computer Skills Certificate in ALL TEN AREAS! Way to go, students, for working hard!

For more information about NorthStar Digital Literacy Assessments: www.digitalliteracyassessment.org

Box Tops 4 Education Thank you, Spectrum High School Families!

Spectrum High School received a check for $434.80 thanks to your work in clipping all of those box tops, bags, and labels. We appreciate your contribution to making Spectrum a great school! For more information on products that participate in the Box Tops for Education, go to boxtops4education.com, or click this link: Participating Products

Spectrum extends a huge thank you to all the donors who contributed on Give to the Max Day in Novem-ber. Our school raised $2000 in donations! A portion of these funds will be used to purchase a 3D printer and software for use in teaching students 21st century technology skills. Students will gain experience in 3D modeling, design, and programming skills. Additionally, supplies will be purchased which our service learning groups will use to the benefit of our community.

Northstar Digital Literacy

21st Century Skills

6th Grade Turkey Bash

1st Semester Students of the Month

Chloe Roley

High School

AVID

Tim Erickson Katie Olson

Alisa Johnson Katylin Kolyer

Anita Staupe

Emma Galligher

Caleb Rogers

Josie Sumner

Hannah Johnson

Hayley Balmanno

Zach Clark

Congratulations to Annika Koch who was named a Finalist in the QuestBridge National College Match for 2017!

QuestBridge National College Finalist

Spectrum welcomes new Caritas Catholic Charities counselor

Spectrum HS and Caritas Catholic Charities continue this school year in a partnership to provide mental health counseling appointments to students at school. Matia Sollom will be available to students Mondays be-ginning in January. Matia holds a master’s degree in marriage and fami-ly therapy from the University of St. Mary’s and is working toward licensure in Minnesota. Matia works from a sys-temic perspective and believes in highlighting the strengths of her cli-ents. Appointments with Matia are billed to insurance for students with cover-age. Students without coverage may be placed on a sliding fee scale. For more information, please contact: Mr. Mark Leland, Grade 6, 763.241.8703 Ms. Sue Matheson, Grades 7-10, last names A-J 763.450.9022 Ms.Linette Holum, Grades 7-10, last names K-Z, 7-10th special educa-tion 763.450.9853 Ms. KellyAnn Lockrem, AVID students, Juniors and Seniors 763.450.9807

Vision Statement

The Vision of Spectrum High School is to be a leader in fostering academic and personal excellence through a program emphasizing high academic standards in a small-school setting. Mission Statement The mission of Spectrum High School is to encourage students in attaining their maximum potential through a 3-dimensional strategy emphasizing

College preparatory curriculum A technology-integrated environment Community-based outreach

Sponsored By Volunteers of America-Minnesota, Stephanie Olsen, Senior Manager. Fully accredited by AdvancED through June 30, 2021.

Simplify, and Sync Your Life!

Know about important school events before they happen, and keep only one calendar. You can now connect and can sync Spectrum’s events calendar (found on our website) to your personal digital calendar. Just follow these steps.

1. Click on the “Go to Main

Calendar” link

2. Click the green arrow with tooltip "Subscribe via iCal/RSS"

3. Copy hyperlink address found in the iCal Feeds category.

4. Paste link into the compatible calendar system of your choice. Google Calendar shown here:

2016-2017 1st Quarter

A HONOR ROLL

Grade 6 Morgan Alders, Cody Amiot, Cody Anderson, Julina Anderson, Grace Bauer, Grace Beck, Isaac Bengtson, Katelyn Coons, Megan Davey, Domanic Dick, Isabella Dols, Alaina Dorval, Jaxon Fagerberg, Reece Fish, Zoe Freeby, Jackson Gillen, Daniel Greenberg, Jonathan Greig, Emily Hattling, Gibson Irwin, Finley Jackson, Vanessa Jasso-Hernandez, Ruth Johnson, Gabrielle Kappes, Grace Knapp, Evan Kopp, Katarina Kotek, Ethan Kotrba, Elizabeth Larson, Jake Larson, Alexis Lemcke, Skylar MacLennan, Grady Magruder, Isabella Marts, Samuel Matthews, Noah Miller, Nolan Miller, Caroline Miltich, Samantha Neiss, Molly Novotny, Preston Pinz, MacKenzie Scholer, Warren Schwieger, Zakya Siegler, Emma Staupe, Maya Vojta, Adeline Wells, Hagan Westermeyer, William White, Brionna Wuollet, Teia Wuollet

Grade 7 Elianna Aberra, Emma Bengtson, Madison Bentley, Brianna Bergren, Kristen Borchert, Keira Christoffer, Kaylee Drew, Timothy Duthler, Carli Elrod, Madelyn Fern, Gavin Gould, Kyle Haben, Noelle Hensel, Phoebe Holmes, Matthew Johnson, Katelyn Kolyer, Brooke Larsen, Gabriella McDonald, Emma Medina, Grace Negus, Elizabeth Norberg, Ella Opay, Gabrielle Orth, Brendan Perkins, Holly Ponto, Ethan Raivala, Gabrielle Rinowski, Jordyn Risse, McKenna Ritter, Alexander Russell, Sophia Schomaker, Sophia Shamp, Titus Skistad, Brooke Swaja, Audrey Tice, Gavin Tuckey, Aaron Van Wyhe, Gracie Vinlove, Jessica White, Harvey Widder, Emily Wilder, Alexa Zuniga

Grade 8 Lisa Algaard, Gavin Anderson, Brady Beltrand, Anastasia Benassi, Benjamin Bergley, Dominic Bitzan, Shelby Bray, Sidney Brenteson, Bailey Brown, Erica Brueckner, Ella Burfeind, Leah Burney, Kalie Clark, Thomas DeBoer, Jacob DeMond, Emily Dopp, Ginger Downey, Cassandra Duthler, Adrienne Foell, Phoebe Glenn, Katelyn Gramstad, Xavier Groth, Anita Hanchar, Abram Harvey, Ellaine Henry, Andrew Hipsag, Alia Hitchcock, Brady Jakubiec, Rachel Johnson, Zachary Knapp, Klara Kondrak, Peter Larson, Madeleine Loewenstein, Isabelle Martin, Kayla Niedzielski, Morgan Novotny, Katherine Olson, Jonah Palm, Lauren Peckham, Reinier Radtke, Kieran Riley, Judah Rogers, Logan Schumacher, Brenna Seagren, Olivia Selley, Adam Trampel, Jasmine Ward, Addison Westermeyer, Callie Wuollet, Aaron Ziebarth

Grade 9 McKenzie Alders, Madeline Anderson, Sierra Anderson, Martha Bergley, Elizabeth Berry, Kaylee Betzler, Kelly Blancett, Zachary Bowers, Ryan Brown, Christopher Buck, Tristan Christiaansen, Rebecca Davis, Andrew DeBoer, Megan Denker, Isabella Dorval, Isaiah Drew, Natalie Duerr, Julia Fahrner, Emily Fearing, Collin Gassler, Jonathan Gertz, Nolan Gillen, Rachel Greeler, Gavin Haag, Lynnda Haben, Abigail Hansen, Carter Hansen, Andrew Hattling, Margaret Heino, Mallory Henry, Bethanie Hinkley, Kaylee Johnson, William Koch, Audrey Kotek, Maxwell Lawrence, Veronica Lee, Katherine Lemcke, Hailey May, Ernest Miller, Noah Ritter, Kirstin Robbins, Rachel Roberts, Caleb Rogers, Nicole Sagstetter, Noah Schaber, Shayla Schaible, Noah Schlueter, Carter Smith, Grayden Snyder, Usa Stiller, Cameron Sundstrom, Jacob Swaja, Zachary Szakatits, Tate Thein, Abigail Thompson, Alexis Wallace, Lauren White, Camille Wilder

Grade 10 Carter Allard, Annamarie Andreasen, Ethan Aune, Matthew Behrens, Branden Bergren, Sophie Brenna, Kayla Brown, Parker Brown, Elizabeth Chaffin, Samuel Cooper, Toben DeHaan, Adam Devine, Aidan Eck, Donovan Eidem, Brea Fahrner, Zachary Foell, Emma Galligher, Adam Giddings, Tara Gleason, Marlene Henry, Hailey Johnson, Kyla Johnson, Noura Kassem, Anthony Kath, Gretchen Larson, Glen Lee, Fisher Marberg, Victoria McCoy, Alicia Moening, Huy Nguyen, Maria Novotny, Camden Sharp, Alexander Staricka, Josie Sumner, Evelynn Szakatits, Devin Trampel, Gabriel Uecker, Miranda Wenndt

Grade 11 Addisen Betzler, Erin Bozich, Emily Brueckner, Jefferey Buck, Bailey Christoffer, Elizabeth Davis, Olivia Foell, Max Gleason, Caitlin Hackbarth, Elizabeth Hackbarth, Noah Hansen, Benjamin Harvey, Jena Jakubiec, Hannah Johnson, Rebecca Lambert, Payton Loewenstein, Catherine Mahanna, Anna McGlone, Makayla Morrell, Alexis Reese, Elizabeth Rogers, Morgan Schelske, Madyson Waknitz, Haily Wallace, Samuel White

Grade 12 Kayla Averbeck, Hayley Balmanno, Travis Bondy, Kendra Christiansen, Zachary Clark, Alison Cornelius, Elijah Ehr, Peyton Foster, Dylan Gregersen, Sidney Henry, Clay Jackson, Davey Jackson, Alisa Johnson, Annika Koch, Benjamin Kopp, Nicole Larson, Eastan Lieberg, Kira Lorensen, Victoria Luna, Kelly Mitchell, Holly Mohlencamp, Clarissa Olson, Micah Pachl, Olivia Rice, Aidan Riley, D'Lorah Roberts, Jordan Schlueter, Hannah Skistad, Abigail Sorensen, Kelton Sundstrom, Joel Zimmerman

2016-2017 1st Quarter

B HONOR ROLL

Grade 6 Ethan Ariza, Darioh Balisidya, Sage Behnken, Grace Beltrand, Tyler Bergsten, Breanna Bernardson, Nicholas Bobb, Tyler Bottema, Cullen Brown, Tyler Bye, Emma Clark, Riley Cunningham, Conner Englund, Liliana Fearing, James Freeby, Drew Garrison, Kade Gassler, Gabriel Groth, Jackson Harris, Ethan Hogan, Alexander Hubbard, Elle Johnson, Jack Kisch, Shaelyn Knox Werk, Asher Koch, Raymond Koch, Rohry LaCasse, Grace Landberg, Anthony Liubimov, Sydney Mackenthun, Lillian Marberg, Micah Matthews, Olivia Miller, Peyton Mitzel, Andrew Montik, Robert Morse, Austin Nordgren, Avery O'Leary, Delaney Olson, Sharon Pan, Shirley Pan, Dawson Pixley, Noah Raivala, Aric Randolph, Joseph Rathman, Blaine Robbins, Harley Ross, Arona Shaw, Jairus Sorensen, Sophia Steinle, Grace Talbot, Carter Thein, Wyatt Thompson, Caiden Tuckey, Tyler Wessel, Evan Whiting

Grade 7 Blake Becker, Noah Benassi, Emma Borgerding, Evan Brenna, Michael Brown, Avae Burfeind, Abby Castle, Matthew Castle, Daria Church, Nathan Church, Keely Duell, Isabella Ebner, Timothy Erickson, Ethan Evans, Carter Femrite, Ilyssa Gutierrez, Mikita Hanchar, Makayla Harmer, Elijah Hoehn, Riley Johnson, Martin Le, Samuel Lemcke, Samuel Martinson, Mark Matthews, Ashley Meyer, Grace Mielke, Samantha Morrison, Ella Peterson, Gina Ponto, Lauren Sandberg, Zoie Schaefer, Jenna Schaible, Rachel Schlueter, Leah Sharp, Liliana Stolte, Marlo Sumner, Grace Sykes, Greta Topel, Wyatt Ward

Grade 8 Elias Aberra, Jacob Aune, Joshua Behrens, Carly Benge, Brenden Conroy, Frances Dahl, Caleb Gangl, Gavin Gowdy, Noyemin Gradinar, Amara Greenberg, Olivia Guse, Alexander Hansen, Jack Kaluza, Cole Killeen, Ella Kring, Lucas Landberg, Olivia Larson, Gabriel Leistico, Nichita Liubimov, Kieran Mahanna, Molly Majeres, Ellie Matthews, Elizabeth McCoy, Nicolle Meeks, Lukas Meyer, Liam Morgan, Jacob Olson, Noah Peterson, Daniel Reed, Zachary Reese, Faith Roley, Dylan Smith, Samantha Stromstad, Bailey Stull, Jaxson Waknitz, Tyler Walz, Allyson Weldon, Ari Wilson

Grade 9 Braydon Ashfeld, Trinity Bettinger, Bryce Bozich, Kelsey Christiansen, Abigail Cooper, Alyxandra Forpahl, Earl Foster, Lindsey Garrison, Victoria Goepferd, Savannah Henning, Jonah Hertaus, Ross Hoehn, Marissa Hoffarth, MaKenna Langley, Veaceslav Liubimov, Anthony Medina, Anna Meehl, Tori Mercer, Abigail Montgomery, Steven Morse, Connor Opay, Thomas Rathman, Nicholas Schomaker, Brendan Schroeder, Anita Staupe, Anna Suiter, Andrew Yarke

Grade 10 Paul Andreasen, Kristina Audet, Charles Averill, Callie Bernardson, Paige Buley, Carsten Cross, Hannah Dertinger, Cole Elrod, Benjamen Erickson, Emily Fonder, Parker Gangl, Chandler Gapinski, Marcus Grund, Emily Halverson, Preston Holmes, Blake Jarvis, Logan Johnson, Landon Keller, Jacob Kettelhodt, Megan Kjendle, Zachary Kopp, Samuel Koppendrayer, Matthew Kruse, Kayli Luna, Solvej Lund, Meghan McClay, Kaitlyn Morrison, Emily O'Connell, Callison Olson, Kirsten Olson, Zachary Olson, Desmond Orton, Connor Reed, Chloe Roley, Rhea Schumacher, Cole Schwinghammer, Blake Smith, Caleb Sorensen, Aaron Stoddard, Lydia Suiter, Cody Thein, Karsten Williams, Keagan Wilson, Sophia Zimmerman

Grade 11 Zackary Anderson, Joshua Ely, Jennifer Gilbertson, Lauren Gillquist, Alex Glenn, Jessica Hansen, Lauren Kappes, Katya Loehlein, Gabriel Neiss, Jonathan Pachl, Brady Ponting, Clayton Posch, Brittani Robbins, Nevin Sagstetter, Conner Sharp, Parker Stockwell, Dillon Swenson, Arejanna Tenold, Austin Wolden

Grade 12 Collin Blasing, Victor Diekman, Taylor Duell, Treyton Harmer, Devin Jarvis, Ashley Krutzig, Zachary Kurilla, Spencer Maas, Joshua Martin, Kayla Muller, Jasmine Nelson, Michael Reed, Dana Ritari, Brenden Scheuble, Cole Thorson, Brendan VanAlstyne