Category Archives: School News and Activities
Ms. Claussen’s Retirement
The news of Ms. Claussen’s retirement has been out for a long time now. What are Ms. Claussen’s thoughts of ending her teaching career? Will she miss it? What will she do now that there aren’t anymore term papers to … Continue reading
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State Superpower
Unfortunately, the school year of 2007 will go down in history with a state championship. However, it has produced many outstanding teams, such as this year’s HCHS girls track team. After qualifying in 15 events for the state track meet, the Harlan … Continue reading
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Band Study Hall: An Endangered Class
Recently, Mr. Crilly was informed that there have been complaints about band study hall. Because of these recent complaints band study hall has become on a small list of endangered classes. After hearing about this issue, Victoria and I decided … Continue reading
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Graduation Not Too Far Away
This year the senior class has been involved in many fun things and has had some pretty fun adventures. They will soon be leaving our school. With only 2 days left the seniors are looking ahead to what the future … Continue reading
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Mr. Klinkefus’ Thank-You Response
After a very touching student council presentation to Mr. Klinkefus on Wednesday morning, Mr. Klinkefus wanted to share this thank-you response to the Student Body: “WOW! I want to extend my sincerely gratitude to all of those who took time from their busy … Continue reading
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The Tradation still holds…..
As we all should know the HCHS Band has had a a “Tradation” that we all need to keep going or we will be “The Year”. Last Fri. the 06-07 Large group band help that heavy burden. Although we had … Continue reading
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Interview with the news HCHS Principal
At last we finally have an interview with our new principal, Justin Wagner. The one on the left in the picture is Mr. Wagner. Here is the interview: 1. How long were you principal at South Sioux City? 8 years … Continue reading
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Summeritis
We all know how seniors become lazy at the final stretch of school. In fact, we even have a name for it, Senioritis. But with summer just around the corner, we have found that a plague of slacking off has infected the entire student … Continue reading
DI Globals Preview
I had the privilege to interview Andrew, one of the high school Destination Imagination members, about the upcoming global competition in Knoxville, Tennessee. Q:What is your position on the team? A: The Harlan DI Team is an extraordinarily fine-tuned machine … Continue reading
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Two nights of Hairspray, Lipstick, and Glitter:)
Tiarks School of Dance put on their annual dance recital for 2007 on Saturday, April 28th( 7:00p.m) and two shows Sunday, April 29th(1:00pm and 4:30pm) in the high school auditorium. The show on 1:00 show on Sunday contained 24 different … Continue reading
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Key Club Banquet
The Harlan Community High School Key Club had their annual banquet on Monday April 16th and it was great. I was able to get Mr. John Knicely, the lead anchorman of Channel 6 News in Omaha, to come and speak. He … Continue reading
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Desk-crimination
Have you ever noticed how cluttered Mr. Vis’ desk is? We here at HCHS kid’s news have. However it wasn’t until recently that we wondered why. What makes Mr. Vis, an otherwise very organized individual, have such a messy desk? … Continue reading
The new sophmore treasurer
I had the chance to interview Malissa Andersen. She is the new sophomore treasurer. In this interview you will learn why she chose that spot, how many years she has been in student council, and so much more. 1. How … Continue reading
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The FFA State Convention
I, Joe Hahn, interviewed Mr. Leinen on what he thought about the convention. Q: How do you think we did at state? Why? A: Well most advisers would be upset, but since we had so many contests we couldn’t concentrate … Continue reading
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State FFA Preview
The state FFA is held in Ames, IA and it is on the 15th and 16th of April. The Harlan FFA Chapter is the largest in the state and are taking close to 70 kids to it. Some events are … Continue reading
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What People Think About The Newsblog
After doing these newsblog entries for about a month, we decided it was time to find out people’s opinions on the newsblog. We had some difficulty finding students out side the class that had looked at the newsblog, and out … Continue reading
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This album is powered by BubbleShare – Add to my blog A twenty minute Concert was held on Thursday night featuring the five kindergarden classes from both New Park and West Ridge. The classes from Mrs. Allen’s class, Mrs. Andersen’s Class, … Continue reading
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School Upgrades
An interview with Richard Daberkow on the topic of the school districts upgrades By: Joe Hahn Q: What are the problems with the current facilities? A: In the elementary the are a lot…outdated electronically, bad heating, and space. In the … Continue reading
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No Freshmen or Sophomores for Prom
The no freshmen or sophomores for prom has been a question everyone has been dying to know the answer to. Victoria and I wondered, why any freshmen or sophomores can’t go to prom if an upperclassmen asks them. After pondering on this … Continue reading
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School Board Minutes 4-2-07
Here are the school board minutes for April 2, 2007. board
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Prom Preview
This interview is with Mrs. Shnack about 2007 prom which will be held on March 31st. Grand March is also March 31st at 4:15. This interview will explain how prom is organized, who it includes, and other interesting facts. Michelle … Continue reading
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A Fun and Challenging Week at HCHS
As ten seniors (5 boys and 5 girls) packed their bags last Sunday, we were all wondering, who will be the ultimate senior survivor? Through the week of March 26th through the 30th these seniors have been involved in … Continue reading
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Career Fair
The fourth annual career fair was held yesterday March, 29. The career fair consisted of many of Harlan’s and other town’s finest workers in different jobs. We were honored to have five other schools here they are: A-H-S-T, Boyer Valley, … Continue reading
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FFA Breaks Record-Interview with Mr. Leinen
On Saturday March 10, the Harlan FFA chapter participated at the District FFA contest held at Glenwood. Ben (6th) and Nate (3rd) interviewed Mr. Leinen about how the District competition went and about the future State FFA contest that seventy … Continue reading
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