Sunday, April 22, 2012
Choir students participated in MSVMA District Festival on March 21 at Dexter High School.
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
By Dexter High School Squall Staff Every year, the Dexter High School choir participates in a festival like many other school music groups do. The group performs for judges, receives a rating, and is able to enjoy other groups as other schools show off their vocal strengths and work to each create music. The jazz choir, Dexter’s highest level group, received an “excellent” at festival this year, which is the second highest rating a choir can be awarded, according to DHS senior Dan Hanrath. “To get a rating of ‘superior,’ you have to be perfect. Perfect pitch, perfect sight-reading, perfect everything. So getting an ‘excellent’ is still really good,” Hanrath said. Hanrath is involved with symphonic band, chamber orchestra, and jazz choir, …
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The Squall will be honored at a special ceremony at Michigan State University on April 17.
With more than 100 accolades to its name, The Dexter Squall, Dexter High School's student newspaper, is set to join nine of its peers in the prestigious Michigan Interscholastic Press Association's (MIPA) Hall of Fame. The newspaper will be inducted in a special ceremony at Michigan State University on April 17. "This is a great reflection on the high quality of students that our program continues to attract," journalism advisor Rod Satterthwaite said. "It's a reflection on the Dexter community and parents who value the importance of a strong education, creativity and critical thinking, which are all skills our student develop." In order to qualify for the MIPA Hall of Fame, a student publication (newspaper, yearbook, online publication, …
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Saturday, March 24, 2012
The team is currently recruiting new members for the 2012 school year.
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Saturday, March 24, 2012
By Dan Edwards Dexter High School Squall Dexter High School junior Phil Lauseng had always been intrigued by the idea of working with his hands and creating things out of his imagination. So when he heard about the robotics club, he immediately gained an interest in joining. “I hadn’t done many extracurricular activities besides band, and I like using my hands a lot,” Lauseng explained. “So the robotics club seemed like a good idea.” Club members spend their time after school working and tinkering with parts and gears to put in the robots that they build. “We meet at someone's house after school, where we brainstorm ideas and visions for our robots and then put them into motion,” freshman Parker Stebbins said. “It’s really fun." The …
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Senior Dylan Pierce directed the movie 'Conception' that will appear on YouTube in the spring.
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
By Murphy Hansen Dexter Squall Staff Writer “Prepare to be blown away by an awesome movie about one boy, one girl and a dream,” Dexter High School senior Dylan Pierce said. Pierce is directing a movie called Conception. The movie will be put up on YouTube, Pierce hopes, by mid-May. “It’s hard to say when it will be done. It will take everyone’s full cooperation. I’m hoping it to be done by the middle of May and it will probably be an hour long or so,” Pierce said. The cast consists of DHS seniors Sho Harvey, Jacob Caldwell, Lucas Rieckhoff, Trevor Herman-Hilker, Taylor Neely, Zac Whidby, Emily Pap, Alex Mortensen, Taylor Petri, Austin Elliott, and will have appearances by Melissa Vesey and Hunter Hook. Senior Taylor Petri was asked to join…
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
The district's policy committee could bring a recommendation to the school board for the 2012-2013 school year.
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
By Jacob Van Hoof Dexter Squall Staff Writer Over the past few months, the board of education policy committee has worked to draft and implement a new policy for school publications. According to Superintendent Mary Marshall, the process has been painstaking, but a decision could be made soon. “The process has been slow,” she said. “We needed to take time to have public discourse and consider all perspectives, but I think we are close to a policy we can take to the board for review and consideration.” The new policy will replace a rather unclear policy that did not provide much in terms of specifics, Marshall said. “The current policy does not have much in it at all,” she said. “The policy is absent of language regarding oversight and …
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Charlotte Morrill will study stage management in the fall as an undergraduate.
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
Editor's note: This article was originally published in the Dexter Squall. Articles published in the Squall are included on Patch.com weekly as part of a cooperative study program. By Emily Pap Dexter Squall Staff Writer When Dexter High School senior Charlotte Knoerl Morrill learned that she was accepted to Emerson College, she was pleasantly surprised. Emerson is a small, liberal arts school with 3,500 students. The program Morrill applied to has a good reputation, holding an overall acceptance rate of no more than 47 percent. Morill was one of the 12-15 freshmen admitted to the stage management program every year. The program specifically has a very good reputation, which was one of the key reasons Morrill applied. According to Morrill…
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Students and faculty learn about the importance of technology in the classroom.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Editor's note: This article was originally published in the Dexter Squall. Articles published in the Squall are included on Patch.com weekly as part of a cooperative study program. By Murphy Hansen Dexter Squall Staff Writer Digital Learning Day, a nationwide celebration of digital media and technology that engages students and provides them with a rich, and personalized educational experience, took place at Dexter High School on Feb. 1. On Digital Learning Day, students and teachers are encouraged to explore new ways of using technology in the classroom and explore how digital tools may help improve students' learning experience. DHS Librarian Linda Livingstone made it a priority to get the word out about Digital Learning Day. As the …
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Sunday, February 5, 2012
The option allows students enrolled in the International Baccalaureate program a chance to take other classes needed for graduation.
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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Editor's note: This article was originally published in the Dexter Squall. Articles published in the Squall are included on Patch.com weekly as part of a cooperative study program. By Cameron LaFontaine Dexter Squall Staff Writer Dexter High School will switch to a six-period semester next year, after four years of utilizing a five-period trimester schedule. The International Baccalaureate Diploma program will also be introduced in 2012, and students who take the entire diploma program will have IB classes every day of school. This is one of the reasons administrators have decided to offer a zero hour class. A zero hour class starts one hour before the rest of the school day. Students who take a zero hour class will come in at 7 a.m. …
Sunday, January 29, 2012
The high school student impresses classmates with his high-flying aerobic stunts around town.
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Editor's note: This article was originally published in the Dexter Squall. Articles published in the Squall are included on Patch.com weekly as part of a cooperative study program. By Carly Cash Dexter Squall Staff Writer Dexter High School senior Ross Williamson has joined the Michigan Parkour League, an athletic club that focuses on movement in urban environments. The group, which meets Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, trains runners to maneuver around obstacles with speed and efficiency. They are almost like unmasked superheroes, scaling buildings and flying off stairwells. After a warm up, consisting of running and moving about low objects such as benches or on the side of a wall, and stretching, the group sets individual and group …
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Coach Brian Callanan says this year's season will be a building year for the fledgling sports team.
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
By Theodore Grammatico Dexter Squall Staff Writer Brian Callanan, the new head coach of the lacrosse team said it’s obvious that huge strides have been made in establishing a strong lacrosse program. But getting the school to recognize and cooperate with the team was challenging at first. “We had to establish our brand,” Callanan said. According to Callanan, field arrangements have been a problem for the numerous spring teams including lacrosse, and solving the issue was something that wasn’t being taken care of. After Brett Steele, the athletic director for Dexter Schools was hired, the problem was solved quickly, Callanan said. “Brett has been very receptive and had good ideas for the usage of the fields,” Callanan said. Callanan said he…
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Barbara Read
11:59 pm on Monday, February 27, 2012
You can watch the latest Board of Education meeting online http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqFBvRQwFvo. One of the main topics was the new bullying policy. The next board meeting is Monday, March 5, at 7pm. more ›