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Superstars To Be Held March 17

Superstars is an exciting night of competition for all ages.  Started in Howard Lake by two high school teachers in the late 1990's, Superstars grew to be a tradition held annually with about a thousand participants attending each year.  Two years ago Superstars ended at Howard Lake, but Dassel-Cokato is ready to bring it back!

The details: Participants will sign up as a team consisting of 5 boys and 5 girls.  Each team will compete in a total of 30 events that involve 1 or more members of the team.  Each event has its own competition that teams can win, but more importantly, teams add up points for each event based on how well they did.  At the end of the evening, a team will be crowned the overall Superstars champions.  Some of the Superstars events have included a lemon race, darts, an obstacle course, arm wrestling, spoons, Frisbee, I.Q. test, Pictionary, Cribbage, balloon stuff and frozen sweatshirt relay. Think of it as minute-to-win-it crossed with a scavenger hunt. There is no age limit for this event as long as you stay within the limits of 5 girls and 5 guys on your team.  There will be bonus points given for teams made up of the following; an all family team, an all high school grades team, and an all alumni team.

The event cost will be a registration fee of $10 per team member for a total of $100 per team.  This registration includes: entry into the event, t-shirt, pizza, and hot dogs.  We will be conducting a charitable drive that will lower your registration fee.  For teams that donate 10 school supplies; for example, packages of markers, pencils, crayons, colored pencils or erasers, that team’s registration fee will be lowered to $80 or $8 per team member.

Superstars will be held on Saturday, March 17th starting at 4 pm in the west gym.  Team Registration will be due at the end of 2nd trimester, Friday March 2nd to Mr. Sawatzke.

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Social Studies at DCHS: Thinking to Learn
By Mick Yanke, DC Social Studies Teacher, 1999 - present

The most famous code cipher in American History was: “One if by land, two if by ____.”

August 28, 1914, _________________ was shot to death in Sarejevo, Bosnia.

“Why do we have to learn this . . . ?”  A common lament I have heard from students over the past decade.

In my 13 years teaching social studies at DC, countless times I have covered the chapters that included those tidbits of information. If simply providing the information (sea; Archduke Franz Ferdinand ) that fills in the blanks was the be all and end all of our social studies curriculum, then those students’ frustrations would be justified. Too much of social studies often borders on mere trivia (as seen above). Trivia, for some can be interesting, depending on the subject; for others it can be trivial. Again, too much of social studies education is merely the presentation of information through reading, lecture, and worksheet; we then assess by measuring the retention and rendition of stored trivia. (read more)

Weather Related Announcements

This year we are taking full-advantage of our Campus student system and added a feature that is able to contact all of our parents and staff in a very short period of time for important announcements from school. For late-starts, early-outs and cancellations Mr. Powers will use this system. Cell phone numbers, home phone numbers and other numbers for parents will be called with the notification . Mr. Powers will also contact radio and TV stations as he has done in the past. If you need to update your contact information, please contact the DCHS Office. (more)

Parent Meetings in January

We are already planning for the 2012-13 school year! In Mr. Tool’s Guidance update, he will list meetings to be held in January that are important for parents to attend regarding Registration, College Credit Options and Financial Aid. Planning for high school and college is radical-ly different than it was even 10 years ago. With all there is to consider, learn and do, we want our students and parents to be informed, engaged and directive about the next 4-8 years of our their student’s educational lives! (more)

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The high school guidance staff and administration has held several help sessions this school year. You may view an archived video of the presentations online. You may also download or view the PowerPoint presentations shared at each. The sessions included information on college credit, registration and the Plan test.

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