INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools

Educating our students to reach their full potential

2014-15 Year in Review: Student and Staff Achievements

Assessments and Academics

⇒ On the ACT college-entrance exam …

o District 196 students had an average composite score of 24.1 on a scale of 1 to 36 in spring 2014. The district average was 1.2 points higher than the Minnesota average composite score of 22.9, which was highest in the nation among states where more than half of all students took the test. The national average was 21.0.

⇒ On the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs) …

o The percentage of District 196 students who scored proficient or better in reading, math and science exceeded the state averages for all grade levels tested in spring 2014.

⇒ On Advanced Placement (AP) course exams …

o 744 District 196 high school students were recognized as AP Scholars by the College Board for earning a score of 3 or higher (on a scale of 1 to 5) on at least three or more exams. An AP exam score of 3 or higher earns credit at many of the nation’s colleges and universities.

⇒ In the College in the Schools program …

o District 196 high school students in one year earned 5,476 college credits from the University of Minnesota valued at more than $2.5 million.

Team Champions in 2014-15

⇒ Basketball (boys) , Apple Valley High School, state champion in Class AAAA (pictured)

⇒ Adapted floor hockey , Dakota United Hawks, state champion in the cognitively impaired division

⇒ Soccer (girls), Eagan High School, state champion in Class AA

⇒ Softball , Eastview High School, state champion in Class AAA

⇒ Swimming and Diving (boys) – Eagan High School, state champion in Class AA

⇒ Wrestling , Apple Valley High School, state champion in Class AAA for the 10 th year in a row

⇒ Marching band , Rosemount High School, grand champion at Minnesota Youth in Music Marching Band Championships for the ninth year in a row and fifth place at the Bands of America Super Regional Championships

⇒ One-Act Play , Apple Valley High School, starred performance (highest rating possible) in Class AA at the state One-Act Play Festival

Individual Champions in 2014-15

⇒ Speech , national champion Bianca Nkwonta (at left in photo) of Eagan High School and five state champions: Keiaireyona Brown, Tessa Dahlgren and Trevor Taylor of Apple Valley High School and Siri Dove and Varoon Pazhyanur of Eastview High School

⇒ Science Olympiad, four state champions in two events: Pavi Guttipati and Kelly Larson, and Andrew Erickson and Kunal Sujanani of Eastview High School

⇒ Track and field (boys) , seven state champions: Josh Brown, Troy Brown, Dallas Krech, Joseph Williams and Sam Zenner of Eagan High School; LeRon Norton of Eastview High School, and Kieran McKeag of Apple Valley School

⇒ Track and field (girls) , Natalie Manders of Eastview High School, state champion

⇒ Wrestling, four state champions: Mark Hall, Adam Hedin, Bobby Steveson and Gable Steveson of Apple Valley High School

⇒ Japan Bowl , Hee Jin Hong, Daniel McLean and Tim Sever of Eastview High School, first place at regional competition and qualified for national tournament

Other Awards & Honors in 2014-15

⇒ National Merit and Achievement Scholarship Programs, 15 finalists (top 1 percent of seniors nationwide) and 41 commended students (top 5 percent of seniors nationwide)

⇒ Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership (ExCEL) Award , Laura Bestul and Rishabh Gupta of Eastview High School, and Katie Moynihan of Apple Valley High School

⇒ Scholar of Distinction in Theater Arts, Joseph Cunningham of Eastview High School, presented by the Minnesota Department of Education

⇒ Minnesota Scholastic Art Awards , two Gold Key and four Silver Key awards to district students

⇒ Speech , Keiaireyona Brown of Apple Valley High School, national runner-up, and Aekta Mouli of Eagan High School (at right in photo above) , third place, National Speech and Debate Association National Tournament; 30 district students qualified for the national tournament and Apple Valley and Eagan were both named a School of Outstanding Distinction, two of only 10 in the nation

⇒ Business and Marketing (DECA and BPA), 25 district students qualified for national competitions

⇒ Destination ImagiNation , Woodland Elementary School, runner-up at Global Finals

⇒ Debate , Rishabh Gupta and Varoon Pazhyanur of Eastview High School, state runners-up in public forum debate

⇒ Engineering , Black Hawk and Valley middle schools, second and third place, Future City regional

⇒ Math , Eastview High School, fifth place team at Minnesota Mathematics League state competition; Utkarsh Koshti of Eagan High School finished fifth out of 351 competitors

⇒ Music , 53 district students selected All-State Musicians (instrumentalists); 19 middle school students and 46 high school students named to state honor choirs Other Awards & Honors in 2014-15

⇒ Mock Trial , Apple Valley High School, fourth place, Minnesota State Bar Association competition

⇒ Quiz Bowl , Eastview High School, qualified for national tournament

⇒ Science Olympiad, Eastview High School, third place at state tournament

⇒ Student Television Awards, Upper Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, district students won first place in 16 of 23categories

⇒ Basketball (girls) , Miss Basketball and Gatorade Minnesota Girls’ Basketball Player of the Year, Madison Guebert of Eastview High School (pictured)

⇒ Competition cheerleading , Apple Valley and Eastview high schools, state runners-up in non- tumbling divisions and qualified for national competition

⇒ Cross-country , Eagan and Eastview high schools girls’ teams, and Rosemount High School boys’ team, state tournament team qualifiers

⇒ Dance , Eastview High School, state runner-up in jazz funk competition and third place in high-kick

⇒ Football , Rosemount High School, state tournament qualifier

⇒ Wendy’s High School Heisman Award finalist, Noah Kuehn, Eagan High School

⇒ Gymnastics , Josey Schlie of Rosemount High School, state runner-up in floor exercise

⇒ Hockey (girls), Eastview High School, state tournament qualifier

⇒ Adapted floor hockey , Dakota United Hawks, consolation champion in the physically impaired division

⇒ Nordic skiing , Margie Freed of Eastview High School, third place at the state tournament; Eastview girls’ and Eagan High School boys’ qualified for state as teams

⇒ Alpine skiing, five district students qualified for the state tournament

⇒ Soccer (boys) , Rosemount High School, state tournament qualifier

⇒ Adapted soccer , Dakota United Hawks, state runner-up in the cognitively impaired division and consolation champions in the physically impaired division

⇒ Adapted softball , Dakota United Hawks, third place in the cognitively impaired and physically impaired state tournaments

⇒ Swimming and diving (girls), Megan Wenman of Rosemount High School, top-seven finishes in three events at the state tournament

⇒ Tennis (boys) , Colton Johnson Taylor of Apple Valley High School received the Jerry Noyce Junior Sportsmanship Award, presented by the Northern United States Tennis Association

⇒ Volleyball , Eagan High School, state runner-up in Class AAA

Staff Awards in 2014-15

⇒ Teacher Leader Award , Superintendent Jane K. Berenz, presented by the Reading Recovery Council of North America

⇒ Science and Mathematics Elementary Principal of the Year , John Garcia of Cedar Park Elementary STEM School, presented by the Minnesota Elementary School Principals’ Association

⇒ Assistant Principal of the Year , Kim Budde of Rosemount High School, presented by the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals

⇒ Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year , Brian Ackland, Oak Ridge Elementary School, presented by the Minnesota Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

⇒ Champion of Change for Climate Education and Literacy , Craig Johnson of the School of Environmental Studies (pictured) , presented by The White House

⇒ Aspirations in Computing Educator Award , Brian Fendrich, Rosemount High School math, presented by the National Center for Women and Information Technology

⇒ Outstanding Contributor Award , Heather Nosan, presented by the Minnesota Educational Facilities Management Professionals

⇒ Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame , Kathy Gillen of Eagan High School

⇒ Distinguished Service Award , Jeff Groves of Apple Valley High School, presented by the Minnesota Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association

⇒ Coach of the Year (girls’ golf), Barry Wallin of Rosemount High School, presented by the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association

School & District Awards in 2014-15

⇒ School of Outstanding Distinction , Eagan High School and Apple Valley High School, two of only 10 in the nation, National Speech and Debate Association National Tournament

⇒ Magnet School of Excellence Award , Cedar Park Elementary Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) School, Diamond Path Elementary School of International Studies and Glacier Hills Elementary School of Arts and Science, presented by Magnet Schools of America

⇒ Minnesota Celebration School , Cedar Park Elementary Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) School, presented by the Minnesota Department of Education based on scores on the state’s Multiple Measurement Rating system

⇒ School of Excellence , Woodland Elementary School, presented by the Minnesota Elementary School Principals’ Association

⇒ Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for the 13th year in a row; highest honor given by the Association of School Business Officials International

2014-15 Year In Review: Student and Staff Achievements Compiled by the District 196 Communications Department, June 2015 651-423-7775 ● [email protected]