Please help us congratulate the JHS Chess Team who competed at the Minnesota State Chess Association’s Scholastic Statewide Tournament on March 24-25. On an individual basis in the K-12th grade section, senior David Floeder achieved 5th place, junior Aaron Thomson placed 6th and 9th grader Serena French placed 9th, junior Joshua French also competed and helped the team tie for 2nd place and brought home the 3rd place trophy in a nail biting tie breaker tournament ending game. The tournament took place at St. Catherine’s University in St. Paul. Congratulations chess players! Thomson, French, French and Floeder are all DA HS students or DA HS graduates!
The Gifted and Talented department will take Nobel students to the History Theater on Thursday, February 22nd to see “A Crack in the Sky”. This will be its world premiere and it features two local playwrights, Harrison David Rivers and Ahmed Ismail Yusuf. The play is described as, “ From Somalia to the U.S.A. 1984. A young shepherd boy stands in front of his mother to tell her of the decision he has made in the night. He has had enough of the nomadic life, of herding goats and sheep, and is leaving to seek out a better life. With that, he sets off on an adventure that takes him on the road less traveled from Somalia to Minnesota. It’s the epic tale of Ahmed Ismail Yusuf who, inspired by Maya Angelou, discovers the power of the written word.” For more info go to: http://www.historytheatre.com/2017-2018/crack-in-the-sky We hope to use this experience to give students exposure to local authors. We plan to follow up on this field trip by me...
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