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Five named to HC Dean's List for fall

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Written by Hillsboro Free Press Wednesday, 27 February 2008 09:36

Five area students were named to the Hesston College Dean’s List and honor roll for the 2007 fall semester.

Full-time students with a grade point average of 3.90 to 4.00 were named to the Dean’s List. Students with a 3.50 to 3.89 GPA were named to the honor roll.

Area students on the Dean’s List were sophomores Jessica Craney and Meredith Kliewer, both of Hillsboro.

Area students named to the honor roll were freshman Diedre Funk of Hillsboro, and sophomores Joshua Boese of Lehigh and...

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School Calendars March

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Written by Hillsboro Free Press Wednesday, 27 February 2008 09:34

Download your school calendar for March

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Centre

Goessel

Hillsboro

Marion

Peabody-Burns

 

Hoops for Heart

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Written by Hillsboro Free Press Wednesday, 20 February 2008 12:27

Hoops4HeartsJesseP2136140.jpg Hoops4HeartsJesseP2136140.jpg Top: Jesse Brown (far left) gets off to a quick start in the sixth-grade boys’ Figure 8 Race, one of the activities of Hoops for Heart.

Bottom: Eighth grader Courtney Weber takes aim during her turn at Knock Out.

Hillsboro Middle School students competed for fun and funds during their Hoops for Heart event Friday in Brown Gymnasium. The event generated $2,600, including $500 from the HMS Site Council, to fight heart disease. Individual students who raised the most money were: Damian Rose $144, Connie Thorne $122 and Marshall Hoffner $110.

Students competed in several basketball-related activities, including the Figure 8 Race, Hot Shot, Knock Out, 10 Free Throws, Mikan...

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FFA competes at poultry contest

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Written by Hillsboro Free Press Wednesday, 20 February 2008 12:12

HHSffaPoultryFood.jpg HHSffaPoultryFood.jpg Pictured are the HHS FFA members who participated in the Poultry judging event at Marion Feb. 13: back row (from left), Landon Herbel, David Winter, Ty Goossen, Dylan Delk, Ethan Frantz, Darren Mueller, John Hein; front row, Alex Jost, Andy Klassen, Brandon Brown, Heather Goldsby, Brea Allen, Mieka Serene, Dianne Sanders, Taryn Mayfield, Briana Loewen.

The Hillsboro FFA Chapter participated in the South-central District Poultry Judging and Food Science Career Development Events on Feb. 13 at Marion High School.

Poultry judging includes evaluating the interior and exterior of eggs, evaluating and placing past production hens, identifying parts of chicken, evaluating carcasses and grading chicken parts....

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HHS FCCLA competes at Newton

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Written by Hillsboro Free Press Wednesday, 20 February 2008 12:04

Hillsboro FCCLA attended District G Students Taking Action for Recognition events and elections Feb. 13 in Newton.

Katrina Muzyka was elected vice president of finance for 2008-09. Becky Steketee received a bronze in the Job Interview event. April Young received a silver rating for the Financial Planning event.

Members also helped with the events of the day. Viktoria Bichet was a student judge, Jayme Claassen and Brittany Davis were voting delegates for district officer selection and Ashlyn Simmons, Stephanie Abbott and Rhiannon Janzen attended as alternates.

   

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