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One of this week’s featured WCS seniors is Daniel Soukup. He is the son of Gene and Laura Soukup. Daniel has several nicknames including Danny Dimes and Danielson. During his years at Wagner Community School, Daniel has been active in many extra-curricular activities including band (three years), chorus (one year), FFA (three years), football (four years), journalism (two years), NHS (two years), Student Council (four years) and wrestling (four years).
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One of this week’s featured WCS seniors is Sapphire Simmons. Sapphire is the daughter of Jeremy Simmons and Angel Fallis-Simmons. Sapphire does go by the nickname Saph. During her years at Wagner Community School, Sapphire has been involved in several extra-curricular activities including JAG (three years) and cheer (one year).
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FFA offers 24 different Career Development Events (CDE)s and one activity that students can choose from to compete in. These competitions challenge FFA members to a real-life, hands-on test of skills that can help prepare them for the over 200 available careers in agriculture. Wagner Community School had two FFA members qualify for the State CDE Competition. The FFA students competed in Scotland on Thursday, April 4th and Carter Smejkal and Casey Van Duysen both qualified for the State CDE Competition that will be held in Brookings on April 18-20.
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National Bus Driver Appreciation Day is April 23rd this year. The Wagner Community School bus drivers deserve to be appreciated and recognized for their unwavering contributions to the Wagner school and students. The WCS bus drivers transport the most precious cargo, the WCS, students, every day to make sure that the students of Wagner have the opportunity to get a good education that will prepare them for their future. WCS currently has nine bus drivers including Terry Hollmann, Kevin Andersh, Todd Johannsen, Tom Cartney, Steven Koupal, Brenton Fuchs, Lenny Gramkow, Jeff Stucky, and Rodney Dally.
Read morePlaces in each competition/ event are as follows: Cultural Diversities & Disparities in Healthcare – Matthew Kokes – 6th Place Medical Reading – Daniel Soukup – 8th Place Nutrition – Addison Cuka – 5th Place Pharmacology – Kennedy Kourt – 2nd Place, April Hollingsworth – 6th Place Biotechnology – April Hollingsworth – 8th Place Sports Medicine – Raelynn Kuhlman – 9th Place Veterinary Science – Addison Cuka – 1st Place Emergency Medical Technician – Kennedy Kourt & Kalea Kuhlman – 3rd Place Health Career Photography – Madison Roberston – 3rd Place Job Seeking Skills – April Hollingsworth – 7th Place Addison Cuka, Kennedy Kourt, Kalea Kuhlman, and Madison Robertson will all travel to Houston Texas this summer to compete at the International Leadership Conference against students from across the country. Congratulations to the hard work of these students.
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National Administrative Professionals Day is celebrated annually on the Wednesday of the last full week of April. This year this celebratory day is Wednesday, April 24th. Administrative Professionals’ Day recognizes the work of secretaries, administrative assistants, executive assistants, personal assistants, receptionists, client services representatives, and other administrative support professionals. Administrative Professionals Day began as National Secretaries Week which was first observed June 1st -7th, 1952, with June 4th being National Secretaries Day. The name was officially changed to Administrative Professionals Day in 2000 to encompass the expanding responsibilities and wide range of job titles of administrative staff. There are too many wonderful people to feature for this day, so this year’s focus is on the administrative professionals that work tirelessly to ensure that the school days run smoothly for both the students and staff at Wagner Community School. These individuals are the backbone of the school and go above and beyond their required job duties. Wagner Community School has seven amazing chaos coordinators also known as administrative professionals including Nancy Cuka, Jessa McCarthy, Rosie Koupal, Keisha Bruguier, Stacy Greger, Mary Koupal and Kathy Cournoyer.
Read moreAmerican Legion Greer Post #11 held its monthly meeting on April 18th, 2024 with 31 members in attendance. We had three guests, Ernie and Martin Rezac, and Dan Horner. Commander Rados thanked the cooks for the delicious meal. Chaplain Don Kotab then gave the invocation which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The Preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion was recited by all members. Commander Rados then called the meeting to order.
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