2007 Alum Update

I had the pleasure to meet with Evan Thomsen (2007) today for lunch. He has just finished serving in the Army and is starting a new life journey. He is getting married this summer and will begin pursuing a Masters Degree in International Affairs at George Washington University. The following link is to an article written about Evan.

http://www.fayobserver.com/news/local/article_68cb6587-03be-5321-8d1e-05a1ba2a9af6.html?mode=story

Titan Challenge

For the fourth straight year Regina participated in the Junior Achievement Titan Scholarship Challenge. Not only was this the fourth straight year of Regina participating but also the fourth straight year that Regina has swept all four scholarships. This year, Ryan Miller and Gracie Larew won first place and each came away with $1500 scholarships to the school of their choice. Kathryn Tvedte and Madison Murhammer placed second and each will receive $750 scholarships to school of their choosing. The Annual Titan Challenge matches  local students up with mentors who are area business leaders to participate in a simulation putting the students in the role of CEO of business. Awards are won for achieving the highest scores based on production, sales, marketing, charitable givings, research/development and Capital Investment. Congratulations to the students and their teacher, Patrick Moeller.

David Thoreson Presentation

David has circumnavigated North and South America, going through the Northwest Passage three times. He visited Regina today to share his experiences and help increase awareness of the chances he had seen first hand in the polar regions of the world. Thank you to David and Barbara Nicknish for making this event possible for our students.

Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Education Awards

Congratulations to Patrick Moeller (7-12 Business Teacher) for being awarded a Teacher Excellence Award by the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce. Congratulations also go to Missy Aitchison (Parent Volunteer) for receiving the Chamber's Volunteer Award. The awards ceremony will be held Wednesday, April 23 at 4:30 at the ICCSD Administration Building on North Dodge Street.

Stations of the Cross

Our Stations of the Cross prayer service will be held this Friday at 11:00 in the high school gym. All are welcome to attend.

UI Alum

Emily Duncan (2012) was accepted into the University of Iowa's Writers Workshop. Congratulations to Emily!

UI Mini Medical School

Students from the University of Iowa College of Medicine visited our 7th graders  on April 15. They covered topics ranging from nutrition to gastrointestinal to attending doctor's appointments. 

From a Regina Alum

The following is an email I received from Mariel Synan (2006).

Hi, friends!

As most of you, I've been working the past couple of months on a documentary web series about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. This collection of stories has been the most incredible, inspirational project I have been blessed to be a part of and I am beyond excited to be able to share it with you today. I hope you'll enjoy them and please share them, as well! Thanks for your love and support!

Here is the home page:

http://www.history.com/topics/boston-marathon-bombings

And here are the individual links:

Carlos Arredondo, "The Man in the Cowboy Hat"

Bill Iffrig, "The Runner in Orange"

Dr. David King, "The Marathon Surgeon"

Juli and David, "The Little Runner"

Robotics Competition Streaming

If you can't make it to Carver Hawkeye Arena today to watch the FTC North Super Regional Tournament, you can watch the matches live at:

www.ftcnorth.org

The qualifying matches start at 8:45 am and run all day. They start up again Sat at 9:00. The tournament, which will include the top 24 teams begins at 11:30.

 

The match, team, and results lists are at:

http://live.theyellowalliance.net/super_regionals/north/

Regina's team (Team 6297) is in the Abron division.  They are playing in matches 8, 14, 19, 30, 41, 48, 57, and 69. Its pretty exciting--there are teams from Michigan, Maryland and DC!

K-12 Art Show

Here is a link to the Press-Citizen article on our K-12 Art Show. Becky Popelka and John Demory did an awesome job getting this organized and highlighting their students' works.

Senior Trip Blog

You can stay up-to-date (as much as I am capable of) on the 2014 Senior Trip by going to

regina2014seniortrip.blogspot.com.

Good Luck to Marisa Rude!

Marisa Rude, 7th grade student at Regina, has qualified for the Iowa State Geography Bee. The event will be held on Friday at the University of Northern Iowa.
100 students qualified for the State Bee and the winner qualifies for the National Geographic Bee in Washington D.C. The winner receives an all-expense paid trip to the May event.

Good Luck to our Robotics team!

Good luck to our Robotics team as they compete at the North Super Regionals Championship!  This is a competition of 72 robotics teams across 13 states!  It will be at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena today, Friday, and Saturday.  The interviews and inspections are today, with the main matches on Friday (8:45am - 5:30pm and Saturday morning) and the final rounds on Saturday (11:30-3:30).  They are vying for a spot to go onto the Worlds Championship in St. Louis.

     Team members include:

        Caleb Gerhis

        Derek Burger

        Christopher Rice

        Mackenzie Finger

        Daniel Zirtzman

        Danielle McColloch

        Robin Menietti

        Evan Jones

        Gabby McCormick

        Zeffa Yeh