April/May
...To McMillan's 588 published authors! This writing project was sponsored by McMillan's Library, Language Arts classes, and a grant from the African American Acheivement Council.
...To Team Robocop - Weston Denman, Drew Dinsmore, Bryan Hackman, Mady Kenny, Rachael Kirschenmann, Matt McLaughlin, Josh Nord, Tyler Smith, Sche Spurlock, Jeffrey Volker, and Tyler Wolterman for earning the Past Presidents' Award (the Top Honor) at the Society of American Military Engineering Competition with the project "Tekbot Security System!"
...To Team Slug Conveyers - Evan Berry, Trent Bostwick, Cal Butler, Matthew Dean, Max Honig, Garrett Howard, Lee Martin, Jacob Robinson, Wyatt Waskowiak, Jake Williams, and Preston Woodall for earning an Award of Distinction for their project "Simple Slug Conveyer" at the Society of American Military Engineers Competition!
...To Rachel Kirschenmann for placing 3rd at State History Day with her exhibit entitled "Ben Kuroki: Compromise to Face Conflict!"
...To the Science Olympiad Team for representing McMillan royally (placing 11th out of 22 teams) at the State Science Olympiad in Lincoln! Team Members are: Michael Blazek, Fred Cooperwood, Weston Denman, Asher Lewis, Austin Mead, Cha Moua, Nicholas Webster, Drew Dinsmore, Maddie Healey, Mady Kenny, Taylor Parkinson, Samantha Robb, Kaitlyn Tonack, Carlos Hernandez, and Wyatt Waskowiak.
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Event
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Place
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Sci. Olympian
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Sci. Olympian
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| Mystery Architecture |
1st |
Maddie Healey |
Asher Lewis |
| Metric Mastery |
5th |
Drew Dinsmore |
Cha Moua |
| Balloon Launch Glider |
5th |
Asher Lewis |
Cha Moua |
...To Rachael Kirschenmann, Michelle Kiger, Lindi Walter, and Maggie Peterson for earning Honorable Mention (Top 10% of entries) in the 2008 NSTA/Toshiba Exploravision Competition with the project "Identification Bracelet!"
...To Nathan Kellogg for placing 5th in the Individual Math Competition at the Creighton Invitational!
...To Matthew Dean, Drew Dinsmore, Nathan Kellogg, Doug Rowan, Austin Schmidt, and Giselle Tran for placing 3rd as a team at the Creighton Prep Math Invitational!
...To Samantha Robb and Kaitlyn Tonack for earning Honorable Mention (Top 10% of entries) in the 2008 NSTA/Toshiba Exploravision Competition with the project "Handheld MRI Scanner!"
March
...To the Wrestling Team for a strong showing at the McMillan Invite!
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Place
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Wt Class
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Student Name
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| 3rd |
78 lbs. |
Devonte Curtis |
| 3rd |
85 lbs. |
Kai John Henry |
| 1st |
90 lbs. |
Ronald Wells |
| 2nd |
95 lbs. |
Jacob Wilcoxen |
| 1st |
104 lbs. |
Jordan Hammond |
| 1st |
108 lbs. |
Brian Hanzlik-Stuart |
| 2nd |
112 lbs. |
Dvon Harden |
| 2nd |
116 lbs. |
Reggie Holt |
| 3rd |
125 lbs. |
Max Dearing |
| 1st |
145 lbs. |
Jack Davis |
| 2nd |
165 lbs. |
Cha'Ron Thompson |
| 2nd |
199 lbs. |
Trevor Moss |
| 1st |
HWT |
Payton Hogan |
...To Rachael Kirschenmann for winning FIRST Place at the Metro History Day competition and will compete at State History Competition. Rachael's exhibit is entitled: "Ben Kuroki: Compromise to Face Conflict."
...To Nathan Kellogg for placing 4th in Nebraska's State Math Counts Competition! Nathan will represent Nebraska, OPS, and McMillan at the National Math Counts Competition on May 9.
...To Brian Hanzlik-Stuart, Kaylehn Hoffman, Jazmine Jackson, Mariah Jones, Brevan Jorgenson, Kywana Mumphrey, and Ja'Quez Haerrod for being named the PTSA's Star Students for February!
...To the Mathletes for the following top finishers at an OPS Monthly Middle School Math Competition held at Buffett!
| Algebra-Level: |
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| Written Test |
2nd Place |
Eric Anderson, Doug Rowen, Austin Schmidt, Giselle Tran |
| Written Test |
3rd Place |
Michael Blazek, Matthew Dean, Drew Dinsmore, Nathan Kellogg |
| Quiz Bowl |
2nd Place |
Michael Blazek, Matthew Dean, Drew Dinsmore, Nathan Kellogg |
| Quiz Bowl |
3rd Place |
Eric Anderson, Doug Rowen, Austin Schmidt, Giselle Tran |
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| Middle-Level: |
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| Written Test |
1st Place |
Zach Bram, Kyle Dean, Nick Dorner, Drew Hackett |
| Quiz Bowl |
1st Place |
Zach Bram, Kyle Dean, Nick Dorner, Drew Hackett |
...McMillan has received a Safe Routes to School grant from the Nebraska Department of Roads! To read the article in the Omaha World-Herald, click here.
January/February
...To the Science Olympians who placed in their events!
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Event
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Place
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Olympian
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Olympian
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| Ecology |
6th |
Ashley Fast Horse |
Sabrina DeSandro |
| Tower Building |
4th |
Wyatt Waskowiak |
Drew Dinsmore |
| Simple Machines |
3rd |
Wyatt Waskowiak |
Taylor Parkinson |
| Simple Machines |
4th |
Nichole Wicken |
AnneMarie Abisset |
| Road Scholar |
5th |
Michael Blazek |
Weston Denman |
| Robo Cross |
1st |
Drew Dinsmore |
Texan Tonje |
| Science Crime Busters |
6th |
Austin Mead |
Nicholas Webster |
| Food Science |
5th |
Samantha Robb |
Kaitlyn Tonack |
| Food Science |
6th |
Sabrina DeSandro |
Ashley Fast Horse |
| Balloon Launch Glider |
6th |
Asher Lewis |
Cha Moua |
| Oceanography |
1st |
Christine Anderson |
Maddie Healey |
| Oceanography |
6th |
Reynaldo Reyes |
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| Metric Mastery |
6th |
Weston Denman |
Michael Blazek |
| Science Word |
6th |
Chandler Hunter |
Fred Cooperwood |
...To the Science Olympiad teams who competed in OPS's Science Olympiad!
| AnneMarie Abisset |
Michael Blazek |
Brooklyn Christianson |
Fred Cooperwood |
| Weston Denman |
Sabrina DeSandro |
Ashley Fast Horse |
Carlos Hernandez |
| Chandler Hunter |
Asher Lewis |
M'rcy Matsunami |
Austin Mead |
| Cha Moua |
Reynaldo Reyes |
Nicholas Webster |
Nichole Wicken |
| Lindsey Aflague |
Christine Anderson |
Justin Black |
Drew Dinsmore |
| Leigh Gustafson |
Maddy Healey |
Mady Kenny |
Miranda Lorenzen |
| Taylor Parkinson |
Jaclyn Rentschler |
Samantha Robb |
Eric Sanchez-Delgado |
| Kaitlyn Tonack |
Texan Tonje |
Wyatt Waskowiak |
Tyler Wolterman |
...To eighth grader Nathan Kellogg for placing 2nd out of 236 competitors in the Math Counts Chapter Competition! Nathan will compete at State. Good Luck!
...To Mathletes Eric Anderson, Kyle Dean, Doug Rowan, and Austin Schmidt! These students competed individually in the Math Counts Chapter Competition!
...To Math Counts team of: Matthew Dean, Drew Dinsmore, Nathan Kellogg, and Giselle Tran! The team placed 11th out of 37!
...To PTSA's Star Students: Korby Harter, Kaylehn Hoffman, Emily Jensen, Carolina Malavasi, and Jose' Martinez!
...To the 8th Grade Boys' Swimming Team for taking third place at the City Meet!
| 1st Place |
Jacob Robinson |
100 Backstroke |
| 1st Place |
Alex Williams |
100 Breaststroke |
...To the 7th Grade Boys' Swimming Team for taking first place at the City Meet!
| 1st Place |
Alex Plambeck |
200 Freestyle |
| 1st Place |
Alex Plambeck |
100 Individual Medley |
| 1st Place |
Alex Plambeck
Brett Craig
Cooper Loth
Evan White
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200 Freestyle Relay |
| 2nd Place |
Evan White |
100 Freestyle |
| 2nd Place |
Brett Craig |
200 Freestyle |
| 3rd Place |
Cooper Loth |
50 Freestyle |
| 3rd Place |
Cooper Loth |
50 Breaststroke |
...To the Bridge Club for rocking the Winter Bridge Tournament! Our Bridge Club competed internationally with the following results:
| 2nd Place |
Doug Rowen |
Zach Bram |
| 3rd Place |
Ciara McClarty |
Wyatt Waskowiak |
| 4th Place |
Austin Schmidt |
Alex Plambeck |
| 5th Place |
Steve Rose |
Kaitlyn Tonack |
...To the following students for participating in All-City Music!
| Josie Bircher |
Lindi Walter |
| Chandler Hunter |
Andrea Vieth |
| RiLee Cross |
Anne-Marie Abisset |
| Breanna Stevens |
Jayde Balentine |
| Danielle Ishii |
Giselle Tran |
| Zach Bram |
Chrissy Dammann |
| Rachael Kirschenmann |
Anthony Marinella |
| Sheree Haynie |
Kerica Santee |
| Maggie Peterson |
Cal Butler |
| Cameron Jackson |
Kaitlyn Harter |
| Garrett Howard |
Jacob Robinson |
| Cortez Pinkney |
Eric Sterling |
| Dakota Ghegan |
Beth Hubbell |
| Danielle Dye |
Trever Christensen |
...To Nathan Kellogg, Alex Plambeck, Emmy Jo Lea, and Evan Berry for placing 1st through 4th, respectively, in McMillan's Annual Geography Bee!
...To Kevin Lust, Josie Bircher, and Sara Rechtenbach for placing in the TOP 3 in the Regional Spelling Bee!
...To Kevin Lust, Josie Bircher, Sara Rechtenbach, Sheree Haynie, Garrett Howard, Nathan Kellogg, Rachael Kirschenmann, Jalil Patten, Giselle Tran, JaQuan Washington, and Cameron Wiegand for regally representing McMillan at the Regional Spelling Bee!
...To Miller Park/Minne Lusa Teens who continue to work to make their neighborhood a better place for everyone! Click here to see their video.
...To every student who earned a spot on a 2nd Quarter Honor Roll and 100% Effort Club!
...To Nathan Kellogg for winning McMillan's Geography Bee! Alex Plambeck was runner up; followed by Evan Berry and Emmy Joe Lea tied for third place.
...To the entire school community for executing the perfect Hat Trick (hockey, anyone?)! The Together We Succeed Family Night, Magnet Open House, and Drama Performance were all exemplary events!
...To the Engineering Department for receiving a $1,000 gift from the engineering firm 
!
November
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...To all the students who made an Honor Roll or 100% Effort Club!
- ...To the students who represent McMillan at a meeting with the Nebraska Department of Roads:
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| Mady Kenny |
| Alex Plambeck |
| Gabrielle Jones |
- ...To the students and Mrs. Premer, Mrs. Temple, Mr. Jelken, Mr. Meyer, who volunteered at the Magnet Fair:
| Alex Plambeck |
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Rosa Salazar
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| Payton Hogan |
- ...To the Jazz Band members and Mrs. Erickson who performed at the Magnet Fair:
| James McMillon |
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Rachael Kirschenmann |
| BJ Yates |
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Evan White |
| Alyssa Mount |
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Eric Sterling |
| Sarah Almaguer |
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Briana Simusa |
| Liz Winkler |
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Dakota Ghegan |
| Cal Butler |
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Chandler Hunter |
| Garrett Howard |
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Chrissy Dammann |
| Ashton Watson-Jones |
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Andrea Vieth |
| Jake Robinson |
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Catherine Aulph |
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Lindi Walter |
- ...To the Drama students and Mr. Gellatly who performed at the Magnet Fair:
| Anne-Marie Abisset |
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Sara Rechtenbach |
| Brooklyn Christenson |
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Machalene Johnson |
| Bobby Holliday |
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Max Dearing |
| Tyler Wolterman |
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Bryan Hackman |
| Jayde Balentine |
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Asher Lewis |
| Anthony Marinella |
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- ...To the students, Mr. Jelken, Mr. Kocsis, Ms. Kirschbaum, Mrs. Kathka, Mrs. Premer, Ms. Maciejewski, and Mr. Benak who led tours for 6th grade students before the 6th Grade Math Contest:
| Josie Bircher |
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Macy Mitchell |
| Trent Bostwick |
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Maggie Peterson |
| Cal Butler |
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Samantha Robb |
| Chandan Grayson-Pattan |
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Jake Robinson |
| Sheree Haynie |
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Lindi Walter |
| Rachael Kirschenmann |
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Jake Williams |
| Anthony Marinella |
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KeiYana Thomas |
| Jazmine Jackson |
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- ...The Math Club, Ms. Colton, Ms. Mattson, Mr. Meyer, Mrs. Premer, Mrs. Preston, and Ms. Madsen who hosted the 6th Grade Math Contest:
| Eric Anderson |
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Mady Kenny |
| Aaron Bell |
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Brandon McQuinn |
| Zach Bram |
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Jamesha Mitchell |
| Michael Blazek |
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Cha Moua |
| Josie Bircher |
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Kao Moua |
| Kyle Dean |
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Rob Phillips |
| Matthew Dean |
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Doug Rowen |
| Drew Dinsmore |
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Austin Schmidt |
| Nick Dorner |
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Giselle Tran |
| Ashley Frolio |
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Andrea Vieth |
| Leigh Gustafson |
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Jonathon Williams |
| Nathan Kellogg |
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- ...Boys' Basketball Team, Mr. Mayberger, and Mr. Reimer; winners of the Saturday Tournament!
| Aarion Jenkins |
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JaQuez Sherrod |
| Marquise Collins |
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Cha'Ron Thompson |
| Bobby La'ge |
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Trevor Moss |
| BJ Turner |
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Zak Ruei |
| Darian Barrientos-Jackson |
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Laird Williams |
| Jordan Thomas |
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Lee Martin |
| Quentin Jimerson |
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Davon Stennis |
| Jaques Gatewood |
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Dwayne Barfield |
| Jake Robinson |
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Markee Ballard |
| Delano Perry |
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Payton Hogan |
- ...The Girls' Swim Team and Mrs. Parfitt!
| Rajee Augustine |
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Josie Bircher |
| Adrianna Beck |
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Sabrina DeSandro |
| Carlisa Cunningham |
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Andera Fletcher |
| Danielle Dye |
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Maddy Healey |
| Makocia Ellis |
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Mady Kenny |
| Jamie Glessman |
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