NHS Activities Round-up: April 2021

Band

The band is putting the finishing touches on their music for the Band Pops Concert on Friday, May 14.  The concert will be at 12:00 pm (with limited in-person seating) and will feature performances by the concert band as well as the jazz & sports bands.  The Concert Band will be performing The Mandalorian, West Side Story,  “Under the Sea” from The Little Mermaid, “Yoda’s Theme” from The Empire Strikes Back and Highlights from Harry Potter.  The Jazz Band will be performing “That Old Black Magic” and “House of the Rising Sun”.  Sports band will be playing “Smoke on the Water”.

We are excited to feature TWO NEW INSTRUMENTS IN THE PERCUSSION SECTION!!  The district recently purchased a vibraphone and marimba.  We are excited to feature them in the upcoming performance and will be using them for decades to come.

You can follow the band on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/northwesternhighschoolband/

Choir

The choir had a successful Open Rehearsal on March 5. Part of that recording was sent to the Wisconsin School Music Association for their Large Group Contest. Adjudicators listened to and critiqued the performance of the Hallelujah Chorus, Ave Verum Corpus and Cindy, and the choir was awarded a GOLD MEDAL for their performance. Congratulations, Choir! Even in the midst of the pandemic, the NHS Choir has proven their excellence!

Several members of the choir and band participated in the WSMA Virtual Solo and Ensemble competition in April. We had 27 entries overall and NHS brought home 3 silver medals and 24 gold medals! Of the 20 performers who were eligible to advance to state competition, 11 advanced and will submit their next round of recordings to the state offices in May! 

Follow the HS Choir on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/NorthesternHSChoir

FBLA 

Congratulations to the nine participants in the FBLA State Leadership conference: 

• Dyan Anderson, Delaney Brown, Allison Luoma, Tieryn Plasch, Abby Wennersten, Autumn Askim, Lyvia Carlson, Brinnley Tonn and Michelle Fudally. 
• Delaney Brown and Allison Luoma placed 6th overall in Broadcast Journalism.

Link Crew

Link Crew Leaders plan on meeting with their freshmen monthly to do a variety of activities to help them with their second semester of high school.

National Honor Society

We were able to hold an in-person induction ceremony this year. The 2020 inductees as well as the 2021 inductees were honored during the ceremony.  Members of the National Honor Society are busy making cards that will be donated to Middle River Health facility.     

Trap Club

Trap Club is off and running with 57 members, the most we have ever had in our 7 years of existence.  We have been placed in a conference with the biggest schools in WI.  Look on the Hawthorne Trap Club facebook page for pictures. The week of April 28 was our reserve score week with competition starting the week of May 3.

Yearbook

Yearbooks are currently available.  The current price is $70.  The only way to order now is to send a check to school with your son/daughter.  If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Thompson @ kthompson@nw-tigers.org