2020-2021
Program Highlights
Grade 5 Math Masters 2021
Congratulations to the 5th grade Math Masters team who took home the most awards in the history of Delano teams.
Placing in the fact drill competition - Out of 109 students...
1st place- Max Schmit
3rd place - Landon Ellingson
4th place- Grant Bruett
8th place- Harper Bukowski
tied for 10th place- Rowan Johnson and Sienna Clare
Placing in the individual rounds - Out of 109 students...
1st place- Max Schmit
tied for 4th place- Landon Lundquist and Landon Ellingson
7th place- Gavin Tesmer,
9th Place Ella Jepma,
10th place- Brady Blank-Martin,
12th place- Brevin Aamodt,
13th place - Emmett Honga,
14th place- Dane Loecken,
15th place- Zeke Schwehr,
Teams placed as follows- Out of 22 teams
1st place- Landon Ellingson, Max Schmit, Johnny Coyle, and Nathan Mullen
4th place- Sienna Clare, Brady Blank-MArtin, Ella Jepma, Zeke Schwehr, and Harper Bukowski
5th place- Dane Loecken, Halyn Monke, Brevin Aamodt, Emma Ristau, and Lincoln Hanson
6th place: Grant Bruett, Gavin Tesmer, Kate Fredrickson, Kayla Risdall, and Gus Becker
Battle of the books 2020/2021
Session 2: April - June
Virtual Practice Round: May 18 (see Google Classroom for link)
Preliminary rounds: May 24 & 25
Semi-final round: May 26
Championship round: June 1
Click for book list for grades 4-6
1st Place Winners Round 2
Nathan Mullen, Rowan Johnson, Thomas Depa
2nd Place Winners Round 2
Gavin Shafer, Natasha Shafer, Colten Bredman
3rd Place Winners Round 2
David Lozano, Camden Bidle, Lincoln Truax
1st Place Winners - Round 1
Benaiah Gaalswyk, Emilia Bidle,
Jacob Werth
2nd Place Winners- Round 1
Meredith van Bergen, Maddie Knisley, Bergen Syverson
3rd Place Winners- Round 1
Alexis Zens, Harry Stenback, Brooke Merritt
2021 Writer's Workshop and
virtual YAYA Conference
Signing Anthologies
Signing Anthologies
Virtual Conferences
Virtual Conferences
Grade 6 Math Masters 2021
The 6th grade Math Masters team walked away with a handful of awards at the 2021 virtual competition on March 23!!
Placing in the individual rounds - Out of 118 students...
4th place- Leo Hanson
8th Place - Jackson Althoff
10th Place - Camden Bidle
13th Place- David Lozano
Team BLAJI placed 2nd out of 23 teams! Members are Beau Anderson, Leo Hanson, Alex Ihde, Jackson Althoff, and Ian Johnson.
Team BLAJI - not pictured - Ian Johnson
90-Second Newbery Film Festival 2021
This year's 4th Grade GT Reading students created films and submitted them for the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival. Take a look at the amazing films they produced!
https://vimeo.com/507209819/b72574fe5d New Kid by Easton Berg, Benaiah Gaalswyk, Raymond Klein, Kaitlyn Mottl
https://vimeo.com/506282668/d0f9146d8f The Higher Power of Lucky by Alexa Huotari, Madelyn Knisley, Bergen Syverson
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSxiQIJyB6owdNLyO7OKoTG6yqO0xQRa9iTu_RhsMn_xfoAssYeIljRWQ37UTi0DEY5oW-55u7OHlTE/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 The One and Only Ivan by Alexandra Hagen, Kinley Razo, Theodore Stewart, Brady VanBeusekom
https://vimeo.com/510278143/d1955cd0e8 The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Cora Boyack, Adam Hanly, William Horch, Rose Lahti, Myla Martin, Meredith van Bergen, Jacob Werth
Best Audio Award
Best Costuming Award
Best Use of Technology Award
Best Camera Work Award
Mall Madness 2020-2021
This year's 4th graders had a very unique situation. Not only did they have to plan for selling during a pandemic, they also had to be ready with their product for the last-minute opening date! They did amazing!
Look at what we did!! Link to this year's video!