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Principal Les Koppendrayer
Les Koppendrayer, principal of Mankato Area Public Schools' Franklin Elementary School, has been honored with the Minnesota Elementary School Principals' Association division leadership achievement award. The award honors principals whose exemplary leadership and sustained efforts have made noteworthy contributions to the operation of effective school learning programs -- improving education, their communities and their profession. Koppendrayer has more than 25 years of service with Mankato Area Public Schools. More Information | ||||
Sam Daufenbach
Sam Daufenbach, a senior at Mankato Area Public Schools' East High School, has been honored with a President's Volunteer Service Award for his exemplary volunteer service. The award recognizes people who have volunteered significant amounts of time to serve their communities. Daufenbach represented East High School in the Spirit of Community Awards program. | ||||
Michael Myers
Mankato Area Public Schools' East High School senior Michael Myers has been named a National Merit Scholar finalist. He has the opportunity to compete for one of 2,500 National Merit scholarships valued at $2,500. Myers is among 15,000 students across the nation who have been selected for this honor. More Information | ||||
Pictured left to right: Michael Myers and Anna Burneske, East High School; and Daniel Baack and Emery Otopalik, West High School.
Four Mankato Area Public Schools’ students have been selected as AAA award winners: Michael Myers and Anna Burneske, East High School; and Daniel Baack and Emery Otopalik, West High School. AAA awards recognize and honor high school seniors who have excelled in the classroom, on the athletic field and in the fine arts. Students must have a cumulative 3.0 grade point average. More Information | ||||
Mankato Area Public Schools’ students selected to perform in various all-state choirs (left to right): East High School—Kathryn Freyberg, Erika Dobie and Austin Sellner, and Emilie Filler and Sophia Jones from West High School.
Five high school students from Mankato Area Public Schools have been selected for honor choir opportunities: from East High School—Kathryn Freyberg, Erika Dobie and Austin Sellner and Emilie Filler and Sophia Jones from West High School. They are considered some of the best high school singers in Minnesota and will perform in various all-state choirs. | ||||
Philip Nelson
Philip Nelson has been named Mr. Football, the state's best high school football player. In addition to holding two first place state records for total touchdowns in a season (55) and career total touchdowns (135). Some of Nelson's additional accomplishments include:
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Pictured (front to back) are Selena Schmall, Jacqualine Blackwell, Jamie Leonard and Isabelle Ybarra.
Mankato Area Public Schools' East High School recently recognized students in grades nine through 12 as academic warriors--a new recognition program that will recognize students quarterly. Academic warriors are students who model excellence by challenging themselves to be at their best every day, work hard, have an "I can" attitude, manage their time and use study strategies that work. Students were nominated by teachers and selected by the administrative team. More Information | ||||
(left to right) Pictured with KEYC-TV News Reporter and Anchor Dion Cheney are Superintendent Sheri Allen, AP instructors Scott Urban-government and history, Doug Mullins-English and Susan Duffy-art history.
Mankato Area Public Schools is one of fewer than 400 school districts in the nation, and one of 11 school districts in Minnesota, being honored by the College Board with a place on the second Annual AP® Honor Roll, for simultaneously increasing access to Advanced Placement coursework while maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of three or higher on AP exams. More Information | ||||
Yinshuo Zhang, Holly McKissick, Jing Wang, Peter Hurd and Michael Myers
Students from Mankato Area Public Schools' East and West high schools have been recognized in the National Merit Scholarship program: East High School Michael Myers, semifinalist Peter Hurd, commended West High School Jing Wang, commended Yinshuo Zhang, commended Holly McKissick, commended The National Merit Scholarship program recognizes about 34,000 commended students and 16,000 semifinalists throughout the nation for academic achievement. Commended students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2012 competition by taking the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Commended students receive letters of commendation. Semifinalists advance for an opportunity to win scholarships. More Information | ||||
Karen Hosier
The Mankato Teachers’ Association named Karen Hosier, a first grade teacher at Mankato Area Public Schools’ Rosa Parks Elementary School, as the 2011 Mankato Area Public Schools’ Teacher of the Year. Besides being honored by her peers, Hosier was nominated by a former student, Britney Dodge, who wrote a complimentary tribute in her nomination letter. More Information | ||||
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