The last time the Mount Pulaski Hilltoppers won a regional championship was 1999, but they did it again this weekend! As Teena Lowery mentions in an article below, in 1999 most of this year's team were toddlers. At the end of the Friday game, the kids, their coaches and the fans were overjoyed by their accomplishment. Congratulations, Toppers!  We are all proud of you!

Photo by Teena Lowery   (Click on image for larger version.) 

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New Holland-Middletown Elementary District 88 recently reached its goal of becoming a 1:1 school district and did so two years ahead of schedule. The district has taken an innovative approach to instruction using technology by introducing Google Chromebooks in the classroom. All students in third through eighth grade have finally received their own personalized Chromebook, a Google-based Internet laptop, and have begun learning the important skills of cloud computing. Read more about this in the Teaching & Learning section below.

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Births:

• Jase Brenton Eeten

• Gracie LuAnn Gleason 

• Xzander Gabriel Treakle 

Military Retirement:

• Senior Chief Petty Officer Jared Coers 
  

 

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By Hannah Schmalshof Modeled after "If you take a mouse to the movies"	By Kylee Alexander  Modeled after Winnie the Pooh	Created by Carter McCraith

We're taking a break from the snow pile today to bring you something more "entertaining." The students in the West Lincoln-Broadwell eighth-grade art class were responsible for the art in City Hall in Lincoln in February. They do a class in papier-mâché each year and make puppets. They then put on a puppet show for the entire school. The project takes weeks of preparation and teaches students a variety of lessons, including time management, patience, group work skills, and how to plan and achieve long-term goals. LDN ran the first set of puppets as a top picture in our Community section on Jan. 30.  Click here to go back and visit that page.

Photos by Nila Smith    (Click to enlarge images.)

Congratulations to the West Lincoln-Broadwell Wolverine sixth-grade team, who won their WLB round robin this weekend.

Pictured above are, from the left, in front row: Payton Anderson, Kameron Whiteman, Kaden Froebe, Justin Long and Lucas Koczyk; back row: Dreyden Pozsgai, coach Dan Horn, Patrick McCraith and Joe Dalpoas

Photo provided by WLB coach Dan Horn   (Click on picture for larger image.)