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Students Awed by Dancing
“It was quite cool,” Jost Smolarski, Nashua foreign exchange student,
said of last week’s presentation to grades 10-12. On Friday, September 18th
Roger White Jr., of Frazer, visited the Nashua School in connection with American
Staff
Indian Heritage Week. M r. White talked about the culture of the Assiniboine
Taylor Trang
Indians. He talked to the students about how they lived and what life was like for
an Assiniboine.
Darbi Borgen
He explained that a boy would be 12 years old when the other warriors in
McKenzie Clampitt
the camp would take him out into the wilderness and leave him for 4 days with
Lena Chamberlain
out no food or water. The boy would have to find his own way home and if he did
Jessica Scanlan
he would be deemed a warrior.
Sydney Thompsom
Mr. White also explained how the Grass Dance was originated. To
demonstrate this dance, Nashua students Wilbert, Gauge, and Xander Ackerman
Jost Smolarski
performed while Mr. White sang.
Kristina Bates
“My favorite part of the demonstration was when the Ackerman boys
Advisor: Mrs. Fisher
danced. They’re really good,” said Nashua student Sydney Thomson. Towards
the end of the demonstration, Mr. White had the students form a circle and
danced the Round Dance.
Mr. White’s wife, Riana Perez, was also there to talk to the girls about life as an Assiniboine woman. She
explained what an Assiniboine woman was to do for her family and the rest of the tribe. She also displayed the
different types of medicines and foods that can be found on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.
There were four presentations throughout the day for the various grade levels in the school. Each
presentation was individualized for each group.
Students Attend College Fair
On September 15th the Junior and Senior classes made their way to the MPSEOC College Fair in
Glasgow. “The college fair was very informative and I learned a lot about my college future,” quoted Taylor
Trang, a junior at Nashua schools.
Every fall, the Montana Post Secondary Educational Opportunities Council (MPSEOC) hosts 19 college
fairs throughout Montana. The fairs feature between 65-95 colleges, universities, technical schools, military
branches, and other agencies from both in-state and out-of-state.
Students visited the representatives of their choice to see what each had to offer. At each table were
had a representative to talk to about that school. The representatives had a lot of pamphlets, cards, booklets
and other information that a student deciding on post-secondary options.
Jayde Clampitt stated, “It was great because I got to look around and compare colleges and a found a
couple colleges I want to look further into.”
Name: Jayde
Age: 17
Senior Profile
FAVS
Color: yellow
Subject in school: art
Hobby: texting
Song: Thriller
Movie: Wizard of Oz
Drink: lemonade
Food: lemons
School lunch item: carrots
Animal: pigs!!!
Season: summer
Holiday: Christmas
Quote/motto: Do unto others as you would
gave them do unto you
Memory from elementary school: in 6th grade
when we stayed all night at the school
Spirit day: Decade
Sport: cross country
Teacher: Mrs. Anderson
Person: MAC
Tv show: KeepingUp with the Kardashians
College basketball team: don’t watch it so
don’t know
Classmate: Brooklyn and Pick
OR’S
Er or mash: ER
Scrubs or friends: Friends
Grey’s anatomy or house: House
Cat or Griz: Griz
Football or basketball: football
Video games or internet: internet
Myspace or facebook: both
College or NBA: NBA
Harley or dirt bike: dirt bike
Capris or shorts: shorts
Glass or mirrors: mirrors all the way
Straightener curling iron: both
Flip flops or sandals: flip flops
Tennis shoes or high heels: tennis shoes
Timone or Pumba: Pumba
Marlin or Dori: Marlin
Little Rascals or Sandlot: Little Rascals
Matlock or Andy Griffith: Matlock
Swimming or going to movies: swimming
Lake or pool: both
Advice to faculty? Enjoy our presence we
graduate eventually
Advice to students? Work hard and have fun;
it goes by fast
Glass ½ full or ½ empty: ½ full
If your were on a deserted island who
wouldn’t you want to be stuck with: Jana
just kidding its Gauge
If you were on a deserted island who would
u want to be stuck with?:it’s a secret
Plans for the future: college
Who is your idol? My parents and TANK!!!!
When you were little what did you want to
be? Gymnast
If you could only eat one food for the rest of
your life what would it be? Ben and JerryPhish Food- ice cream
What would you do if you couldn’t do whatever you loved? Find a way to do it
Porcupines Pick-up First Win on the Season
Between September 11th to the 22nd, the Nashua Lady Porcupine volleyball team has played Frazer,
Saco-Hinsdale, Jordan, and Poplar.
Nashua overpowered Frazer on September 11th, with final scores being 25-8, 25-5, and 25-21. Nashua
Porcupines had 17 kills, 2 blocks, 16 assists, 7 digs, and 26 aces. Frazer Bear cubs had 1 block, 2 assists, 1 dig,
and two aces. The Porcupines picked up their second defeating Jordan on Friday, September 18th.
On September 19th, Nashua played Saco-Hinsdale, with final scores being 16-25, 24-26, and 20-25 in
Saco-Hinsdale favor. Nashua had 22 kills, 1 block, 17 assists, 40 digs, and 10 aces. Saco-Hinsdale had 28 kills, 7
blocks, 29 assists, 14 digs, and 20 aces.
Nashua defeated Poplar in good games on September 22nd, with final scores being 17-25 Poplar, 25-22
Nashua, 25-16 Nashua, 22-25 Poplar, and 15-4 Nashua. Nashua had 34 kills, 24 assists, 54 digs, 4 blocks, and 24
aces. Poplar had 21 kills, 14 assists, 24 digs, 4 blocks, and 21 aces.
Nashua Scotties Lose First Game
35-7 was the final score for our Nashua “Scotties” as they defeated Shelby Saturday, September 12.
Glasgow
After their successful night at Shelby, the JV came home to play Wolf Point on Monday, September 14,
They had another successful night as they won over Wolf Point.
Most recently our varsity player Brandon Hansard made the trip to Baker on Friday, September 18th.
Although they were not successful, with a score of 6-23, Brandon was still optimistic as he said, “What killed
us was our offense. It wasn’t as great as usual, but our defense was good.”
Second Grade
News
Apples, Apples,
Apples
The first grade have
been reading stories about
apples, doing apple art,
apple math, eating apples
and cooking apples. The first
graders are: Devin, Fletcher,
Dillon, Jace, Dalton, Mersades,
Kaydin, Trace, Gabriel, Blue,
Walker, Toby and Tyler
We learned about
Native American music,
medicine, language, and
culture. We enjoyed watching
the boys dance for us in their
colorful costumes. We’ve been
reading about different tribes in
various places in the world.
We interviewed out
grandparents to learn what
school was like when they were
young. We can’t imagine riding
to school in a sleigh, not having
sports like we have now, or
having the same teacher for
eight years.
Fifth Grade
News
On Monday September
14th, Gregory D. Nybakken
came to the 5th grade class to
talk about cattle ranching. We
learned that it’s a tough job.
Greg brought some pretty cool
tools like and osagel feeder
and an ear tag gun. He also
brought pictures. It was cool to
learn about cows.
By: Hayley Kay Nybakken
From the Counselor’s Desk:
GEAR UP Sponsors Achievement Grant for Juniors
Montana GEAR UP(Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs)
is a grant awarded to Nashua High School that is currently in its fifth year. This federal initiative
encourages and supports students to set high academic expectations, stay in school, study hard, and
take appropriate courses to prepare them for college-level studies. Montana GEAR UP believes that
college is possible for every student.
One goal of Montana GEAR UP is to provide financial aid awareness, planning, and scholarships
to GEAR UP students. On that note, the GEARUP Achievement Grant is awarded to all Juniors in
Nashua High School who fulfill the eligibility requirements.
The Achievement grant is a $1500 grant that is awarded to cohort students who are completing
a college prep curriculum. Other eligibility requirements include maintaining a 2.0 grade point
average and completing the college prep curriculum their senior year.
Juniors will be given a presentation on the grant expectation and given a copy of the
application in the next couple of weeks. The completed applications are due back to Miss Rorvik or
Mr. Kloker by November 6.
SURVEY SAYS:
Every year parents, students, and teachers are asked to fill out surveys by Montana GEAR UP. The
questions are very similar throughout all the surveys and results are sent back to the liaisons each spring.
Please be on the lookout for the parent surveys and get them back to the school! Each parent that returns a
survey will be entered in a drawing for a gift certificate to a local merchant.
Scholarships
Most of these scholarships can be found on the MCIS website. Check with Miss Rorvik for more information.
October 1: International Order Of The Golden Rule: Award of Excellence
October 1: American Bowling Congress: Chuck Hall Star of Tomorrow Scholarship
October 1: Young American Bowling Alliance: Hall Star of Tomorrow Scholarship
October 1: Independent College Fund of Maryland: National Security Scholars Program
October 1: Outstanding Students of America Scholarship
October 15: Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship
October 31: Coca Cola Scholars
October 31: Horatio Alger Scholarship
Editorial by Jost Smolarski:
The new season is established – you may start studying again. The
first month of school is over, the first tests and quizzes are graded and
maybe some students already had their first gratifications and senses of
achievement or disappointments and frustrations. School means challenge but fun as well. Especially in a small town
like Nashua the school is the point of events, where you spent your day
from morning to afternoon, your “every-day-community”. School is still a
“learning institution” but also a “social society”. With myself, Jost Smolarski, and Freia Henz from Germany, Nashua
high school is international again. The German school system is different
from the American one. The fact that most Germans have school until 2
o’clock and have different subjects every day are the biggest differences.
Germans have sports in school and extra-curricular sport activities maybe
three times a week. (It’s weird isn’t it?!)
Something I noticed in Nashua is that the student-teacher relation
is much more relaxed than in Germany which creates an easier learning
atmosphere. In Germany most people think about huge towns and high schools
when they talk about the United States (because of shows like “CSI:NY”,
“Gossip Girl” etc.). When I came here I was kind of shocked about how
small the towns in Montana are and how huge the space between the
towns is, but I think that when I go back to Germany I might know more
about “the States” than some other exchange students in Florida, New
York or in any other bigger city. Maybe I will have experienced, seen or
done more things you cannot do or see in Germany than they have done. I am comfortable here in Nashua, in my host family and in the high
school.
Thank you for welcoming me with open arms.
Jost