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.
 

Event	Place	Sci. Olympian	Sci. Olympian
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!

Place	Wt Class	Student Name
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:
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
Middle-Level:
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!

Event	Place	Olympian	Olympian
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
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	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

 

 September

Cross Country City Final Results:
Texan Tonje - 8th grade; 3rd Place
Evan White - 7th grade; 10th Place

   

Emanuel Acosta	Quentin Allen	LaMontrelle Ashley
Darrien Barrientos	Aaron Bell	Evan Berry
Gamar Chuols	Devonte Curtis	Matt Dean
Weston Denman	Darrian Dillow	Markus Dupree
Nick Fly	Paul Gargarella	Garrett Howard
John Harley	TaVonte' Harris	Payton Hogan
Robert Holiday	Max Honig	Bobbi Keithly
Roman Long	Cooper Loth	Lee Martin
Austin Mead	Trevor Moss	Jesse Nelson
Taylor Nickel	Josh Nord	Evan Olson
Abbott Ortega	David Perry	Daryesse Pond
Odeseo Ramirez	Jake Robinson	Steven Rose
Doug Rowen	Nyakhor Ruach	Beny Ruei
Ja'Quez Sherrod	Dakota Sparks	Davon Stennis
Cha'Ron Thompson	Harrison Turone	Nick Webster
Wyatt Waskowiak	Dreyton Wells	Jonathan Williams
Preston Woodall

• Taylor Parkinson earned a PRIDE shirt because he chose to volunteer at the Benson Branch of the Omaha Public Library over the summer!
  
• The Cross Country team and Mr. Benak earned shirts for having the best endurance in the school!
  

  Jamie Glessman	Morgaine Hatcher
  Joe Jamrozy	Rachel Kirschenmann
  Texan Tonje	Evan White

• The Volleyball team, Mrs. Preston, and Mrs. Price earned shirts for passing, setting, and spiking with PRIDE!
  

  Rajee Augustine	Adrianna Beck	Josie Bircher
  Akia Brown	Samantha Carter	Brooklyn Christianson
  Sabrina DeSandro	Ashley Fast Horse	Rayona Frazier
  Ashley Frolio	Emily Jensen	Alyssa Kurcz
  Taylor Lyytikainen	Lacionna McDougald	Paige Muhammad
  Kamyra Ndango	Maggie Peterson	Attiana Rager
  Kalesha Rice	Samantha Robb	Baileigh Shannon
  Breanna Stevens	Chelsea Wagner	Lindi Walter
  Nichole Wicken

• These 8th grade students are the first recipients of the PRIDE shirt. They volunteered 14 hours each this past June to provide leadership and friendship to incoming 7th graders during Jump Start Camp!

Mike Blazek	Shalonda Burkhalter
Merari Corona	Matt Dean
Leigh Gustafson	Chandler Hunter
Wyatt Waskowiak	Jake Williams

 

• The Mathletes rocked the North High Math Contest! Individual Medalists: Giselle Tran - 1st Place, 7th Grade; Nathan Kellogg - 1st Place, 8th Grade. Giselle Tran, Austin Schmidt, Doug Rowen - 1st Place Team Round and 1st Place Quiz Bowl. Nathan Kellogg, Drew Dinsmore, Matt Dean, Mady Kenny - 2nd Place Team Round and 1st Place Quiz Bowl. Overall Competition: 7th Grade Team - 1st Place; 8th Grade Team - 2nd Place.
• The following Engineering/Architecture students and Mr. Mayberger volunteered during UNO's Service Learning campaign with North High to beautify Malcolm X's birthsite in North Omaha.
  

  Justice Allgood	Joe Jamrozy
  Jordan Burt	Emily Jensen
  Cody Burton	Renita Johnson
  McKenzie Cook	Brevan Jorgenson
  Justin DeLeRosa	Joshua Moore
  Priee Edmonson	Paige Muhammed
  Dustin Gathje	Taylor Nickell
  Tomus Hill	Katie Randall
  Jake Hinrichs	Briana Simusa
  Reggie Holt	Liz Winkler

 

•  Congrats to the Monarch Mathletes Algebra Team 1 for competing in the Middle School Math Contest at Bryan Middle and winning 1st place in the Team Contest and Quiz Bowl. The team consists of 8th grade students Nathan Kellogg, Kendra Hurley, Drew Dinsmore, and Matthew Dean.

 

• Thanks Ms. Vickers and Ms. Balentine for helping the following National Junior Honors Society members participate in Keep Omaha Beautiful by cleaning up school grounds.

  Luz Tapia	Sheree Haynie
  Rachael Kirschenmann	Asher Lewis
  Chandan Grayson-Patton	Cal Butler
  Matthew Dean	Leigh Gustafson
  Jaclyn Rentschler	Brooklyn Christianson
  Jayde Balentine	Crystal Ishii
  Samantha Robb	Sabrina DeSandro

   

 

McMillan is now a Project Lead the Way School of Excellence! Congratulations to Mr. Mayberger, Mr. Jelken, and every student in a PLTW class! Click Here. 

• Ms. Washington and the Spirit Squad keep the Monarchs going!

Kaitlyn Harter	Shalonda Burkhalter
Santana Whiteley	Renita Wright
Caitlyn Baker	Toviarre Collins
JimNeshia Miller	Kamara Avant
Kayla Clarkson	Macy Mitchell
Mariah Haynie	Elizabeth Hubbell
Alexis Franklin	Chasidy Kirksey
Kibra Watts	Jazmine Jackson
Breanna Collins	Jordyn Jackson
Kyntesha Reeves	Jasmine Kent

• Mrs. Arbuckle and Sheree Haynie, Bobbi Keithly, and Cassie Neville for delivering newspapers to keep everyone 'in the know!'

• Mr. Meyer and the football Chain Crew for keeping track of down and distance at each home football game!

Akilla Arno

Brevan Jorgensen

Evan White

Robbie Gilbert

Damian Wilson

Sarah Myers

Briana Simusa

• Omaha Public Library volunteer, Rachel Kirschenmann!

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.
 

Event	Place	Sci. Olympian	Sci. Olympian
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!

Place	Wt Class	Student Name
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:
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
Middle-Level:
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!

Event	Place	Olympian	Olympian
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
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	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

 

 September

Cross Country City Final Results:
Texan Tonje - 8th grade; 3rd Place
Evan White - 7th grade; 10th Place

   

Emanuel Acosta	Quentin Allen	LaMontrelle Ashley
Darrien Barrientos	Aaron Bell	Evan Berry
Gamar Chuols	Devonte Curtis	Matt Dean
Weston Denman	Darrian Dillow	Markus Dupree
Nick Fly	Paul Gargarella	Garrett Howard
John Harley	TaVonte' Harris	Payton Hogan
Robert Holiday	Max Honig	Bobbi Keithly
Roman Long	Cooper Loth	Lee Martin
Austin Mead	Trevor Moss	Jesse Nelson
Taylor Nickel	Josh Nord	Evan Olson
Abbott Ortega	David Perry	Daryesse Pond
Odeseo Ramirez	Jake Robinson	Steven Rose
Doug Rowen	Nyakhor Ruach	Beny Ruei
Ja'Quez Sherrod	Dakota Sparks	Davon Stennis
Cha'Ron Thompson	Harrison Turone	Nick Webster
Wyatt Waskowiak	Dreyton Wells	Jonathan Williams
Preston Woodall

• Taylor Parkinson earned a PRIDE shirt because he chose to volunteer at the Benson Branch of the Omaha Public Library over the summer!
  
• The Cross Country team and Mr. Benak earned shirts for having the best endurance in the school!
  

  Jamie Glessman	Morgaine Hatcher
  Joe Jamrozy	Rachel Kirschenmann
  Texan Tonje	Evan White

• The Volleyball team, Mrs. Preston, and Mrs. Price earned shirts for passing, setting, and spiking with PRIDE!
  

  Rajee Augustine	Adrianna Beck	Josie Bircher
  Akia Brown	Samantha Carter	Brooklyn Christianson
  Sabrina DeSandro	Ashley Fast Horse	Rayona Frazier
  Ashley Frolio	Emily Jensen	Alyssa Kurcz
  Taylor Lyytikainen	Lacionna McDougald	Paige Muhammad
  Kamyra Ndango	Maggie Peterson	Attiana Rager
  Kalesha Rice	Samantha Robb	Baileigh Shannon
  Breanna Stevens	Chelsea Wagner	Lindi Walter
  Nichole Wicken

• These 8th grade students are the first recipients of the PRIDE shirt. They volunteered 14 hours each this past June to provide leadership and friendship to incoming 7th graders during Jump Start Camp!

Mike Blazek	Shalonda Burkhalter
Merari Corona	Matt Dean
Leigh Gustafson	Chandler Hunter
Wyatt Waskowiak	Jake Williams

 

• The Mathletes rocked the North High Math Contest! Individual Medalists: Giselle Tran - 1st Place, 7th Grade; Nathan Kellogg - 1st Place, 8th Grade. Giselle Tran, Austin Schmidt, Doug Rowen - 1st Place Team Round and 1st Place Quiz Bowl. Nathan Kellogg, Drew Dinsmore, Matt Dean, Mady Kenny - 2nd Place Team Round and 1st Place Quiz Bowl. Overall Competition: 7th Grade Team - 1st Place; 8th Grade Team - 2nd Place.
• The following Engineering/Architecture students and Mr. Mayberger volunteered during UNO's Service Learning campaign with North High to beautify Malcolm X's birthsite in North Omaha.
  

  Justice Allgood	Joe Jamrozy
  Jordan Burt	Emily Jensen
  Cody Burton	Renita Johnson
  McKenzie Cook	Brevan Jorgenson
  Justin DeLeRosa	Joshua Moore
  Priee Edmonson	Paige Muhammed
  Dustin Gathje	Taylor Nickell
  Tomus Hill	Katie Randall
  Jake Hinrichs	Briana Simusa
  Reggie Holt	Liz Winkler

 

•  Congrats to the Monarch Mathletes Algebra Team 1 for competing in the Middle School Math Contest at Bryan Middle and winning 1st place in the Team Contest and Quiz Bowl. The team consists of 8th grade students Nathan Kellogg, Kendra Hurley, Drew Dinsmore, and Matthew Dean.

 

• Thanks Ms. Vickers and Ms. Balentine for helping the following National Junior Honors Society members participate in Keep Omaha Beautiful by cleaning up school grounds.

  Luz Tapia	Sheree Haynie
  Rachael Kirschenmann	Asher Lewis
  Chandan Grayson-Patton	Cal Butler
  Matthew Dean	Leigh Gustafson
  Jaclyn Rentschler	Brooklyn Christianson
  Jayde Balentine	Crystal Ishii
  Samantha Robb	Sabrina DeSandro

   

 

McMillan is now a Project Lead the Way School of Excellence! Congratulations to Mr. Mayberger, Mr. Jelken, and every student in a PLTW class! Click Here. 

• Ms. Washington and the Spirit Squad keep the Monarchs going!

Kaitlyn Harter	Shalonda Burkhalter
Santana Whiteley	Renita Wright
Caitlyn Baker	Toviarre Collins
JimNeshia Miller	Kamara Avant
Kayla Clarkson	Macy Mitchell
Mariah Haynie	Elizabeth Hubbell
Alexis Franklin	Chasidy Kirksey
Kibra Watts	Jazmine Jackson
Breanna Collins	Jordyn Jackson
Kyntesha Reeves	Jasmine Kent

• Mrs. Arbuckle and Sheree Haynie, Bobbi Keithly, and Cassie Neville for delivering newspapers to keep everyone 'in the know!'

• Mr. Meyer and the football Chain Crew for keeping track of down and distance at each home football game!

Akilla Arno

Brevan Jorgensen

Evan White

Robbie Gilbert

Damian Wilson

Sarah Myers

Briana Simusa

• Omaha Public Library volunteer, Rachel Kirschenmann!