Carol Smith
By Nevaeh Keller
Q: How long have you been working at Sargent Central?
A: I have been teaching and subbing at Sargent Central for almost 35 years.
Q: Describe your job. What is it? What do you do on a daily basis?
A: My primary job is to work with elementary students to help them improve their reading skills as well as their math skills.
Q: What subject(s) did you teach?
A: I started my teaching career at Sargent Central in first grade. Then I became a permanent substitute teacher. I also taught elementary music for a couple of years, and now I am a reading specialist.
Q: What is your favorite part about your job?
A: My favorite part of the job is the opportunity to work with students and to watch them grow in their learning. I also enjoy the relationships with co-workers.
Q: What do you like to do outside of work?
A: I enjoy crafting, sewing, crocheting, and reading. During the spring and summer, I like to garden.
Q: Tell us a couple fun facts about yourself. What do people not know about you?
A: I grew up in Valley City and graduated from VCHS and VCSU. I love being a grandma to six grandchildren with another one arriving in May.
Mrs. Stenvold
Q: What do you like about this job so far?
A: Watching the students learn so much in such a short time.
Q: What made you choose this job path?
A: I originally went to school to become a nurse and got a job as a paraprofessional and fell in love with education!
Q: What do you do daily in the classroom?
A: Throughout the day we learn letters, numbers, letter sounds, rhyming, syllables, word parts along with school routines and procedures.
Q: What would you say to other people looking to go into your career?
A: Teaching is the best job! I love coming to work every day! Be prepared to be flexible with your schedule because things are always changing.
Jacy Arp
Q: What made you choose this job?
A: My mother needed help so I came to help out Sargent Central as much as I possibly can.
Q: What do you like about this job so far?
A: People are really sweet and kind. There is also not as much stress as my last job.
Q: What are some of your daily activities at work?
A: I help to clean the school and fix things every so often.
Q: Where did you graduate from? High school and/or college?
A: I graduated from Sargent Central and did one year of Culinary Arts at NDSCS.
Doreen Arp
Q: Why did you want to come to Sargent Central?
A: I've lived in this area a long time so when the job opened, I took it.
Q: How long have you been working here?
A: Eight Years
Q: What do you enjoy most about working here?
A: The fabulous people
Q: What school did you graduate from?
A: Sargent Central
Q: What do you do during the day with this job?
A: Clean and fix things. I also take care of plumbing, heating and cooling, electricity, and anything that needs to be done.
April 2- Prom @Milnor 8 P.M.
April 3- Open archery night in the Activity Centers from 6:30-7:30 pm
April 9- Regional Music @Hankinson
April 10-12-FCCLA State Convention
April 15 & 18- NO SCHOOL
April 20- Early out @12:25 P.M. and PSAT for sophomores
April 23- State speech @Mandan
April 25-29 Elementary artist in residence
April 27-May 2- Book Fair in the library
May 6- Elementary math Olympics @NDSCS
May 7- State music
Caraval
“Remember it’s only a game...” Caraval is a thrilling magical tale by Stephanie Garber. The story starts in The Conquered Isles of Tristda where Scarlett Dragna and her sister Donatella Dragna live with their abusive, power-hungry father Governor Marcello Dragna. Scarlett and her sister Donatella have both always been intrigued by Caraval’s games, magic and the elusive Legend, even though Donatella will never admit she wants to go to Caraval. Finally, after years of writing to Legend with no responses, Scarlett writes her last letter to Legend as her father is going to marry her off to The Count. Legend writes back with three tickets for Donatella, Scarlett, and the new boy on the island, Julian, to attend. Shortly after Scarlett reaches Legends' private island, Donatella is kidnapped by Legend, and this year's game revolves around her. The lines between reality and magic blur as Scarlett races to find her poor Tella. What secrets will be revealed? Who is Legend? Is everything reality or did Scarlett drift too far in the game... Find out in Caraval.
The Keeper of Lost Cities Series
Book 1: BL: 4.5
AR Pts: 14
Sophie is a twelve-year-old girl who has a huge secret. She is a telepath which means that she has the ability to hear the thoughts of everyone around her. She has never told anyone about it, not even her own family. Everything changes the day that she meets Fitz, a mysterious boy who can also read minds.
Sophie figures out that there is someplace she does belong and if she stays where she is, she will be in great danger. She is forced to leave everything behind and start a new life in this magical world. She has plenty of new rules to memorize and follow but ends up meeting her best friends along the way. Not everyone in this new world is excited for Sophie's coming. There are plenty of secrets buried in Sophie's brain that she doesn't know are there and that some people would do absolutely anything to know about.
Baseball
(pictured: left-James and right-Michael)
Q: What position do you play?
Gaven- "Catcher and outfield."
James- "I play anywhere on the field but I mostly play outfield and shortstop."
Fletcher- "Pitcher, shortstop, and center field."
Michael- "Third base, pitcher, and catcher."
Q: What do you enjoy most about baseball?
Gaven- "Just playing with your friends and having a good time."
James- "The warm air and the baseball community."
Fletcher- "Everything, just being able to go out and play ball is everything I need."
Michael- "Winning and spending time with friends."
Q: What is your favorite memory of the sport?
Gaven- "Beating Northern Cass in extra innings to move on to the next round at playoffs and getting a hit to tie the game."
James- "When I hit the game winner against Milnor in little league."
Fletcher- "Hitting a home run dead center against Luke Martinson."
Michael- "Winning the Hankinson tournament."
Q: Who is your biggest role model in baseball?
Gaven- "I would say my Dad helped me become the ball player that I am today."
James- "Ken Griffey, Jr."
Fletcher- "Josh Donaldson."
Michael- "Williams Astudillo"
Q: What do you enjoy most about playing in Oakes?
Gaven- "You make a lot of friends and they're always there for you."
James- "The nice facility and the strong program."
Fletcher- "Coach Dobitz makes the game more fun and I learn a lot from them, even coach K. at times."
Michael- "Never played there yet."
Q: What is trap? What do you do at trap practices?
A: Trap is an outdoor shooting sport that requires participants to use their tracking and hand-eye coordination to break flying targets. Practice consists of shooting rounds of trap under supervision of the coaching staff.
Q: How long has trap been a sport at Sargent Central?
A: We started in the spring of 2016.
Q: Who are your sponsors?
A: Rutland Sportsmans' Club, Sargent County Pheasants Forever, El Zagel Shriners, and many other individual donors.
Q: How many members do you have currently?
A: We have 16 registered students with several more in waiting.
Q: What expectations do you have for this Trap season?
A: We had a very successful 2021 season after taking 2019 off and re-starting in 2020. Olivia Throener was hands down our M.V.P. after placing 3rd at the state tournament with back-to- back 44/50 targets broken.
Track
Track started March 7th. They have been doing a variety of things to prepare for their first meet on March 26 at NDSU and their second meet on Tuesday, March 29 in Aberdeen. During practice so far, they have been working on getting everyone in shape for the season and then working on individual events, such as long jump, high jump, pole vault, shot put and javelin. They have been inside most days, but are looking forward to nicer weather when they can get outside for practice and meets.
Golf
This interview is with Chayse Bopp, a senior on the boys' golf team.
Q:What’s your fondest memory of golf?
A:Everything I’ve done in golf I have loved.
Q:Do you hope to learn something new?
A:Yeah, but it’s going to be more about refining my skills this year.
Q:How are you expecting the year to go?
A:I’m expecting it to go pretty well
Q:What advice would you give people looking into golf?
A:Practice a lot and try to stay out of your head because it’s a mental and stressful game.
ROPES
On March 8th, in the afternoon, the juniors and seniors went through a team building exercise from 1:00-3:30. They did multiple team bonding exercises such as lots of partner work and obstacle courses. They had a couple of activities where they put blindfolds on, and their partner had to direct them so they would not be tagged by the tagger who was also blindfolded. They first did touch then next only had to listen to their partner. They also had an activity where they were not allowed to talk, and they would have to solve a problem without talking. We enjoyed having Jared Sundby, of the National Guard, teaching us these good problem-solving skills.
Math Counts
The 8th graders enjoyed Math Counts this year. They said they had a fun time because they enjoy seeing their friends and working on their math skills. Many of them agree that they learned tons of new math problems and ways to solve problems they've never seen while participating in Math Counts. The results were as follows:
Zaebyn Olafson placed 1st, Parker Dockter placed 2nd, Kaycee Hamilton placed 7th, and Whitney Mahrer placed 7th.
As a team they placed 2nd in this year's 2022 Math Counts.
Participants: Kaycee Hamilton, Baylie Zirnhelt, Logan Bopp, Zaebyn Olafson, Charlize Willprecht, Whitney Mahrer, Parker Dockter, and Addison Bergeman
National Honor Society Induction
By Abigail Erickson
The already existing members are Kadyn Wolters, LeiLani Ringer, Abigail Erickson, Autum Zirnhelt, Anna Hoistad, Olivia Throener, and Jami Bopp.
NAEP Testing
By Nate Lyon
In March, the 4th graders participated in NAEP testing. NAEP (short for National Assessment of Education Progress) is a nationwide test to gauge student achievement across the country. SC 4th graders typically take the test about every two years. The students are split in half, with one half taking math and the other half taking reading. The test is entirely online and takes about an hour and a half.
Regional Speech
As the speech season came to an end, students prepared for regionals in Kindred. To prepare, they went over their speeches and timed each other to make sure they were within their time limit. Luckily for them, this practice paid off as Kadyn Wolters is going to state in the dramatic category. Nate Lyon placed third in the impromptu category.
Good luck Kadyn at State Speech!
eSports
By Nate Lyon
As the eSports season continues, Rocket League players are working on their team coordination and communication. To do this, they go into a training mode together and only pass the ball for as long as they can. They make sure to communicate who’s going to hit it and how they’re going to hit it. Currently, their record is 9-3 and they hope more practice will improve it. The Madden football team's record is 6-2.
High School Boys' Basketball
Our Bulldogs started off the season amazing and ended the season with twelve wins and nine losses. Their region record ended with seven wins and four losses. They worked hard all season but unfortunately, they lost to Oak Grove in the first round of regionals. The score of the game was 56-46. They worked hard all season and we are so proud of our Bulldogs!
Academic Olympics
This year’s Academic Olympics were at Northern Cass. The six students who competed were Joslyn Hamilton, Ana Hoistad, Autum Zirnhelt, Josh Wittich, Emmet Bergemen, and Payton Bergh. In Academic Olympics, schools compete in groups over a series of two rounds. With the first round having 34 questions, six from each Science, Math, English, and Social Studies, and the remaining ten from electives. Our school was put into the small school category, and we got 14 out of 34 questions correct. Unfortunately, this was not enough to make it into the lightning round, but according to Emmet “We tried our best and had a good time.”
Elementary Boys' Basketball
The boys have been having a great season with them winning and losing a couple of games. They have been enjoying their season with Wendy Willprecht as their coach. Wendy Willprecht has enjoyed coaching and watching the boys thrive and enjoy playing with their teammates.
Sophomores
By Alana Anderson and Mya Swanson
In Biology, we are learning about the generations of life and how they evolved. We are also currently learning about which species are similar to others and how the bone structures came from the other. For example, a bat's hand and a human's hand are similar in the structures of the bones in the hands. Biology is so interesting. Who would have ever thought that so many things happened in the history of the Earth!
The sophomores are also learning about where all of the countries in Asia are located and they are doing assignments to help them memorize the locations. They are also learning about understanding imperialism in Mr. Wasvick's History class.
Freshmen Activities
By Nate Lyon
This month in P.E. the freshmen have been playing a variety of games, one of which is handball. The goal of handball is to throw the ball into the other team’s net. Before you can throw it, you have to make sure you’ve passed the ball five times and are standing behind the 3 point line.
In Math class, they have been working on monomials and polynomials. A monomial is a number, a variable, or a product of a number and one or more variables. A polynomial is a monomial or a sum of monomials. An example of a polynomial is (4p2 + 5p) + (-2p2 +p). Students hope to master solving polynomials before their upcoming test.
8th Graders
The 8th graders are currently learning how to hand stitch a pillow and make their own pillow designs. They are doing patchwork pillows. The 8th graders in Mrs. Christian's class are writing a biographical narrative. The 8th Graders in Mr. Wasvick’s class have been studying the creation of The United States Government. They are also studying the Constitution.
7th Grade
By Mya Swanson
The 7th graders are also finishing the novel "The Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus." They are making collages that depict the themes in the novel. They need to use computers to find pictures that represent themes. Mrs. Christianson loves seeing the creativity and ideas the student come up with.
7th Grade Highlight
By Nate Lyon
The 7th grade consists of five people and is one of the smallest grades in Sargent Central. To get to know them better we asked them each three questions.
What is your favorite part about school?
Brayden- “Seeing all my friends and teachers.”
Jersey- “Seeing friends and going to gym class.”
Melanie- “Seeing friends.”
Dreyden- “Seeing people at lunch.”
Blake- “Gym class.”
What are the advantages of having a small class?
Brayden- “It’s a lot like a family.”
Jersey- “You can’t hate anybody.”
Melanie- “It’s like a family.”
Dreyden- “It’s usually quiet.”
Blake- “It’s nice and quiet.”
What is your favorite thing to do outside of school?
Brayden- “Play sports.”
Jersey- “Sports.”
Melanie- “Watching horror or Marvel movies.”
Dreyden- “Riding bike.”
Blake- “Riding lawnmowers.”
Fourth Grade Highlights
What is the fourth-grade class working on this month?
The fourth graders are working hard studying the regions of the US. They are doing a great job learning about the states and capitals, along with facts about the states. They are learning long division. They are catching on quickly, and they have been doing great!
What do the fourth graders love to do during your class?
I asked all of the fourth graders to tell me their favorite things to do in class. Their favorites are math, spelling, booklet quizzes, Kahoot, Guess in 10 in Social Studies, reading AR, and teacher read aloud.
What type of Art Projects are they working on this month?
They are doing St. Patrick’s Day-themed art projects such as Leprechauns, pots of gold, and rainbows.
Choir
By Abigail Erickson and Nevaeh Keller
The Sargent Central fine arts students have been quite busy. Alongside their hard work towards regional contests, they also took a trip to Minneapolis. They’ve gotten the privilege to go to the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre in Chanhassen, Minnesota, to see the play Footloose after their hard work to fundraise by selling Butter Braids. They also went to have some fun at the Mall of America before they made their way back home.
UND Honor Choir Auditions
Interviewed Emmett Bergeman
Q: What songs did you use to audition?
A: We had to sing a solo, an etude, and sight-read music. My solo was named “An die Ferne Geliebte” by Ludwig van Beethoven. I had to sing an Etude for Barrer, and I had sightlines of music and needed to have the correct pitch.
Q: Was it stressful or did you feel anxious before you were about to perform?
A: Yes, I was very nervous because I wanted to make it into choir, and because I have never done an audition for UND before.
Q: What did you feel like when you got into UND honor choir?
A: I was excited and nervous when I heard that I had made it in.
Q: Why did you audition for UND honor Choir?
A: I wanted to audition because my family and I thought it would be a good experience for me.
April Birthdays
7-12:
Whitney Mahrer, Samantha Schmitz, JT Peterson, Mya Swanson, Charlize Willprecht, Mateya Wolters, LeiLani Ringer, Blake Ennis, and Tyson Siemieniewski
Elementary:
Angelina Bjerke, Trinity Treat, Hudson Bergh, Joseph Sinchi, Sawyer Toepke, June Warcken, and Brody Ennis
Staff:
Delores Lysne, Kim Mahrer, Shelley Hoisington, Lynn Jacobson, Kayla Mahrer, and Jenna Anderson