Manson Northwest Webster High School Speech
Individual Speech News:
On Saturday March 8, Manson Northwest Webster High School hosted the State Individual Events Speech Contest. Over 100 teams from across northwest Iowa attended the big event.
Manson Northwest Webster students did very well. Maria Francois (pictured below left) was selected for All-State in Storytelling and Gwynedd Vetter-Drusch (pictured below right) was selected for All-State in Acting and Original Oratory.
Receiving ratings of I or Excellent, were: Andrew Keller, After Dinner Speaking; Zak Steib, Prose; Ashley Quade, Prose and Storytelling; Gwynedd Vetter-Drusch, Acting and Original Oratory; Marissa Olson, Storytelling; Hilary Jones, Storytelling; Maria Francois, Storytelling; Shyler Thoma, Prose; Jenna Remsburg, Literary Program; Thomas Fitzgerald, Radio Broadcasting. Receiving ratings of II, or Good, were: Scott Meier Spontaneous Speaking and Poetry; Kellina Goodwin, Poetry; Max Wood, Spontaneous Speaking and Public Address; Emiliy Mallinger, Expository Address; Nicole Knigge, Literary Program
Hosting the State Speech contest was a major undertaking and the event was a tremendous success thanks to the wonderful parents, students, citizens and staff of the Manson Northwest Webster School District. A few special thank you's to: Kim Quade who organized all of our wonderful volunteers; Marlene Johnson was on duty at the elementary school and handled the flooded room like a pro. Shawn Holloway, Mike Jepson and Jan Stoulil did everything from parking to answering questions in the office - many visitors to the school were impressed that our administration was present for the entire day.
Our school custodians did a fantastic job of keeping our school buildings looking good throughout the day, and Julie Tague's Advanced Food Class did such a great job of catering the judges' meal that we received numerous comments on the high quality of the lunch.
Many MNW staff members volunteered their time as timers, room chairs and other duties - they were positive and represented our schools well.
The MNW fine arts students worked very hard in both buildings throughout the day. They conducted themselves in a way that should make their parents and our school district very proud.
Finally, the citizens of the MNW school district were spectacular. Many people volunteered their time to help even though many had no children currently enrolled at MNW. The day was a huge success and it was made possible only by all of the wonderful people associated with Manson Northwest Webster.
Large Group Speech News:
In 2008, over 40 MNW students participated in Large Group Speech. The events included: Mime, Solo Mime, Radio Broadcasting, Choral Reading, Readers Theatre, Musical Theatre, Group Improv and Ensemble Acting.
Choral Reading, Readers Theatre, Musical Theatre, Mime, Solo Mime and Ensemble Acting received I (Excellent) ratings at District Contest and advanced to State Large Group Contest in Sioux City. At Sioux City, Readers Theatre and Ensemble Acting received straight I's (Excellent) ratings from a panel of three judges.
