Union Middle School Band Members receive recognition for Outstanding Achievement

            Band students are awarded with outstanding achievement points, which are points, earned for doing those things that help them improve and be successful in playing their instruments and contributing to the success of the whole program.  Students earn points for passing lesson book songs and band concert literature, for positive attitude and effort in band rehearsals, for achieving high grades and percentages at the end of each trimester, for performing in concerts and outside of the requirements, for honor band, jazz band, solo contest and taking private lessons with a professional on their chosen instrument, for memorizing scales, coming to band lessons without being called, and taking summer lessons.  Overall, they need to be good role models of the ideal band student.  The award is not easy to achieve.  It is based more on effort and achieving one’s highest potential, than it is on sheer talent.  There are three levels students can achieve depending on the number of points they earned - Gold, Silver and Bronze.

            The following students received these honors:

6^th Grade Bronze Award Winners:  Nicole Bechthold, Savannah Downing, Katie Hilmer, Raini Hilmer, Emily Sauer, Olivia Snyder, Sarah Ternus, and Ben Turner.

6^th Grade Silver Award Winners:  Catarina Ahlhelm, Rachel Babinat, Leah Jungling, Lexa Krug, Madeline LaPage, Brooklyn Rogers, Emily Samuelson, Rachel Vaughn, and Kylie Wrobel.

6^th Grade Gold Award Winners:  Lauren Barz, Jared Frost, Rachel Hicks, Nicole Krafka, Kristen Lowe, Joel Wauters, and Nick Weich.

7^th Grade Bronze Award Winners:  Dalton Adams, Dillon Brandt, Savannah Jensen, Skylar Love, Zach Neuendorf, Conner Steffens, and Miranda Wieben.

7^th Grade Silver Award Winners:  Braycen Bland, Emily Gleason, Aaron Haas, Marrysa Harkness, Marissa LaPage, Emma Lappe, Robert Leipold, and Emily Phillips.

7^th Grade Gold Award Winner:  Natalie Hanson, Erin Heckroth, Joe Hicks, Tierra Hunter-Metzger, Austin Pauling, Lindsey Powell, Justin Turner, and Jamie Wandschneider.

8^th Grade Bronze Award Winners:  Cheyanne Ahlhelm, Lyndsay Dunkelberger, and Alex Miner.

8^th Grade Silver Award Winners:  Rick Bauer, Tory Beebout, Heidi Lange, Casey Tecklenburg , and Emily Trimble.

8^th Grade Gold Award Winners:  Shawn Anders, Kristen Brown, Shelby Graveman, Heather Hammersley, Andrew Heckroth, and Kamryn Kronschnabel.