The Henning School will be CLOSED on Monday, February 21 in honor of Presidents' Day!
The Henning School performed a Lockdown Drill today that had students talking about scenarios and they practiced barricading classroom doors. We continue to work on school safety protocols to prepare our students for the "unthinkable." Please talk to your children and ask them questions about the drill - some students get emotional even when we clearly communicate we are practicing.
The Henning School will be dismissing students at 1:00 today (Friday, February 18) due to the poor weather. ALL Activities (High School & Elementary) are canceled for this evening.
5th grade held their 4th annual Valentine’s Box Competition this week. A big shoutout to our celebrity judges Mrs. Cichy, Mrs. Sparks, and Mr. Williams, thanks for helping make this years competition a success! A lot of great boxes this year, congratulations to all the 5th graders on their hard work. Pictured are some of this years 5th grade winners.
Trap Meeting
Our grades K-5 Tubing/Skiing Trip to Andes Tower Hills scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed until Wednesday, March 2.
Students in grades 5, 7, 8, 9, & 11 will be participating in the Minnesota Student Survey (MSS) beginning the week of 2/22-3/4. An information letter has been sent home with each student, but we understand that sometimes materials get misplaced along the way. To make sure our families have access to the communication regarding the MSS to make an informed decision about their child's participation, we have linked the communication here:
Minnesota Student Survey Letter - https://5il.co/15qq3
Minnesota Student Survey Questions: https://mnstudentsurvey.org/instruments
*Please know that to opt your student out from participation in the MSS, the bottom portion of the letter must be returned to school. We encourage a follow-up call or email as well.
Our speech team did an outstanding job once again this past weekend in Underwood.
Myiesha Antoni - 2nd in Poetry Final
Emma Severson - 2nd in Info Final
Breanna Bunkowski - 1st in Humor Next-In
Isabelle Godding - 1st in Ex. Reading Next-In
Elin Smith - 1st in Original Oratory Next-In & 5th in Drama Next-In
Monica Hansen - 4th in Drama Next In
Emma Fosse - 4th in Poetry Next-In
Our preschoolers had a blast with pancake week! They made signs for their restaurant and pretended to be customers, cooks, and waiters. They also retold the story “If You Give a Pig a Pancake” and flipped pancakes while learning numbers through 15. Oh, and they ate pancakes in their pajamas to celebrate their fun fun week!
Senior Spotlight!
The Henning School and ALL activities will be canceled today (Friday, February 11) due to the poor weather conditions. Enjoy your snow day!
Mrs. Amundson's & Ms. Feda's Kindergarten classes had a great time celebrating the 100th Day of Kindergarten. Each student created a 100 collection and presented it to their classmates. Students enjoyed stories about the 100th Day of School, singing songs about 100 and they had fun trying to stack 100 cups in 100 minutes. Happy 100th Day of School!
All afterschool/evening activities are cancelled today (Thursday, February 10). No Elementary Basketball or Wrestling Practices, No Targeted Services, No Ice Skating, No Cheerleading......
This "COOL" band of Super Heroes united to fight the frigid temperatures of Otter Tail Lake to support the Special Olympics. They wear capes in their day jobs too. Great job Mrs. Finck, Mrs. Hoelscher, Mrs. Horn, Ms. Mathias & Mrs. Mills.
#HornetPride
The Senior High Choir put on their annual Love Concert last night. We would like to recognize last night's senior soloists: Joseph Schramel, Alyvia Bunkowski, Kyle Tierney, Emma Severson, and James Moran. All of our soloists, the ensemble group, and the concert choir did an outstanding job. A great evening was had by all.
Senior Spotlight!
Our Henning speech team did well once again yesterday at their competition in Minnewaska.
Breanna Bunkowski - 2nd place in Humorous Interpretation
Emma Severson - 4th place in Informative Speaking
Isabelle Godding - 6th place in Extemporaneous Reading
Alyvia Bunkowski - 6th place in Prose Interpretation
Congratulations!!
Our students had a great time yesterday celebrating Snow Week with a day of activities! Our elementary students enjoyed time in the gym while our high school students enjoyed bowling and a movie in Wadena.
Emma Severson represented the Henning School and Community wonderfully as the Sub-Section 22 AAA Award Winner at the Region 6A Contest. These students represent a very select group (4 young women & 4 young men) that are narrowed down from 41 Regional schools. The group of eight students that were selected to be part of the ceremony and represent their school and Sub-Section are all OUTSTANDING individuals that their parents, communities and schools are EXTREMELY PROUD of.
GREAT JOB EMMA - and her high school story still has a few chapters remaining!
Congratulations to:
Sub-Section 21: Caryn Marty - Chokio-Alberta (Region 6A Winner) & Tate Reichmann - Minnewaska Area
Sub-Section 22: Emma Severson - Henning& Isaac "Scherf" Scherfenberg - Battle Lake (Region 6A Winner)
Sub-Section 23: Faith Rustad - Hawley & Nathan Krause - Park Christian
Sub-Section 24: Claire Dahl - Pine River-Backus & Eion Ness - Sebeka
Former Henning Sub-Section Winners: Ina Zastrow(1989), Leah Polzine(1995), Patrick Campbell(2004), Laura Trosdahl(2008), Erik Smith(2009),Shane Winkler(2010).
The Henning School will be closing at 1:00 today (Tuesday, February 1) due to the poor weather.
