Pony Hills Reading Council Winners from Iroquois Elementary
Students at Iroquois School participated in this year’s South Dakota Reading Council contests and were chosen as Pony Hills Regional winners. Their entries will advance to the state level.
In the Young Authors contest, each grade was given a writer’s prompt. Young Authors selected from the elementary were 2ndgraders Makayla DeDeyne, Avery Shumaker, and Gracelyn Fast, in 3rd grade, A.J. Royal, and Nikka Lamont, and in 4th grade, Lacey Bich, Allison Bich, Emily Hanson, and Michael Hofhenke. Young Authors selected from Iroquois High School were, 9th graders, Brent Matter, Carrie Bornitz, Stephanie McNutt, Tanya Sutton, and Jacob Langland. Tenth Grade winners were Brandi Blue, Dakota Tschetter, and Kendall Leichtenberg. In Eleventh Grade Hillary Bohlander, Brittney DeJong, and Melissa Schortzmann were chosen. And in Twelfth GradeShane Geyer, Chase DeJong, and Emily Lynch were winners. As Young Illustrators, the students were asked to draw a scene from their favorite book. Any art medium could be used. Winners in this contest were from 2nd grade, Kenzie Blue, Avery Shumaker, and Gracelyn Fast, in 3rd grade, Hannah Wehlander and Tiffany Miller, from 4th grade, Justin Maas, Allison Bich, and Michael Hofhenke, and from 5th grade, Dana Wipf, Marshall Wallum, and Kelsey Blue.
The Reading Challenge began last September. Students kept track of the number of pages they read through March. Pony Hills Reading Challenge winners were in 1st grade, Colton Schweigert, Cassie Hofer, and Adam Keating, in 2nd grade, Makayla DeDeyne, in 3rd grade, Cauy Hofer, and Hannah Wehlander, in 4th grade, Allison Bich, and from 5th grade, Britney Moeller.
These Pony Hills Reading Council winners will be honored in Huron at the next meeting. They will also be honored at the South Dakota Reading Council convention at Pierre in August.