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The 1:1 laptop initiative was "rolled out" October 24, 2011.   Nearly 500 laptop computers were loaned out during 18 half hour sessions held at the AHS Library on Monday, October 24.   Parents and students attended a learning session and then signed contracts to use the laptops for the remainder of the school year.   Students will turn the laptops in at the end of the school year, but will be reissued the same laptop next fall for use during the 2012-2013 school year.  

The day was a huge success and students, parents and staff all shared in the excitement and anticipation that this brings to Alliance Public Schools.

As you see by the photos accompanying this article, students were excited to be learning to use their new laptops during a break on Tuesday and the lunch area took on a new view as well!       See slideshow here:  Laptop Rollout

View the APS 1:1 Laptop Intiative Page

Hooper is Husker Hometown Hero 

On Sunday, January 22, Jordan Hooper, sophomore forward for the University of Nebraska Lincoln women's basketball team and 2010 AHS graduate, was the Hometown Hero at Devaney Sports Center as the team took on and beat the Minnesota Lady Gophers 64-49. 

As part of the Husker Hometown Hero event, Huskervision staff created a Hooper video profile that was shown during halftime at Devaney Sports Center.  To watch this video profile, go to

Hooper Husker Hometown Hero Video

After the video, you might want to follow to this link, an article written by Randy York about Hooper and her hometown Alliance, NE.

Randy York-Back Home in Alliance, The Crowd Also Rises

photo courtesy of www.huskers.com

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FCCLA Represents Well at District STAR Contest

The AHS Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, or FCCLA, competed in the District STAR Contest in Wednesday, January 18.

All events in the STAR competition include a project which is often very extensive, as well as a speech.

The following students will be competing at the State FCCLA Conference in April in the listed events:

Adrianna Boyles-Nutrition and Wellness-Gold
Ashley Quick-Life Event Planning-Gold
Delta Wilson-Illustrated Talk-Gold
Flor Acosta-Recycle & Redesign-Gold
Ellie Applegarth & Shelby Ackerman-National Programs in Action-Silver
Brainne Hoesing & Valerie Beraun-Chapter Service-Silver
Katlyn Mittan & Debra Walker-Health & Wellness-Silver

Also competing in the competition, but not winning their event are:

Bridget Ackerman & Kacey Horn-Illustrated Talk-Silver
Angella Warfield-Teach & Train-Silver

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The AHS Academic Decathlon team placed 2nd in the medium school competition on Saturday, January 21 and have secured a spot at the State Competition at Creighton University on February 17-18.

AHS team members won the following medals on Saturday: (Students compete in levels based on their grade point averages.)

Honors Level
Sean Stewart-2nd in Economics, 3rd in Art
Taylor Mack-2nd in Science, 3rd in Math

Scholastic Level
Jett Jurgens-1st in Language & Literature, 1st in Art, 1st in Math, 1st in Science, 3rd in Economics. Jett also received a medal for being the top scorer on the Allinace team.
Jared Hawley-2nd in Art. Jared was the high scorer in Super Quiz.

Varsity Level
Jacob Johnston-1st in Art, 1st in Economics, 2nd in Music, 2nd in Math, 2nd in Science
Josh Raum-2nd in Language & Literature, 3rd in Math

Stewart, Mack, Hawley, Johnston, and Raum made up Alliance's Super Quiz team and received bronze (3rd place) medals. The Super Quiz was about European Imperialism from 1492 until the decolonization movement of the mid-20th century.

Alternates also competed for medals.
Andrew Edmonston-1st in Language & Literature, 1st in Science, 2nd in Art, 2nd in Music, 3rd in Economics
Edgar Reynaga-2nd in Science, 3rd in Math, 3rd in Music

Also competing as a part of the Alliance Team, but not receiving medals were Valerie Beraun and Brady Shimp.

The Alliance Academic Decathlon team is coached by Mrs. Patricia Jones.

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AHS Science Research Class Receives Grant

The Science Research class at Alliance High School was recently awarded a grant from the Fuel Up to Play 60 Program funded by the Midwest Dairy Council. This program is a competitive nationwide funding program, which encourages healthy eating and physical activity among young people.

The class submitted a budget request that included funding for healthy breakfast items that could be distributed to all students during advisory for taste tests, pedometers to encourage physical activity, and a kickoff rally.  In addition to the formal online grant application, the Science Research team rallied the support of other AHS students to supplement the application by signing up and taking the pledge to eat healthier and exercise more on the Fuel Up To Play 60 webpage.  The application was also supported with an entry in the video Food Challenge promoting healthy breakfasts entitled "60 Seconds to Breakfast" and is shown below.

The Midwest Dairy Council awarded the group $3,250 to finance their plan. The Science Research team is in the process of finalizing their healthy eating and physical activity plans and will begin implementation in February.

The Science Research Team includes seniors Micaela Adam, Valerie Beraun, Hannah Kesterson and Ashlee Wright and is taught by Science teacher Vicki Joule.

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