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Congrats to our former Lightning Dance Team Head Coach, Jenny Raiche, who was named NATIONAL Coach of the Year by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association last Thursday night in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was named State Dance Team Coach of the Year by the Minnesota High School Coaches Association in 2021-22 when she retired from coaching after 20 years at Eastview High School.

The NHSACA is the oldest National High School Coaches Association in the United States with approximately 121,000 individual coaches/athletic directors from across the nation as members The ceremony featured over 150 coach of the year finalists who were recognized in 19 different sport division categories.

The Special Sports division is for sports that are not sanctioned in all 50 states and include (but are not limited to) activities such as Boys and Girls Hockey, Boys and Girls Lacrosse, Dance Team, WeightLifting, Power Lifting, Cheer, and more.

Her career highlights shared during the ceremony were: 2,496/60 win loss record (using the National multi-team event formula), 20 State Championships and 16 state runner-up finishes, 35 Section Championships, 20 straight Conference Championships, 4-time MADT Coach of the Year recipient, inducted in the MADT Hall of Fame in 2011, a NDCA National Coach of the Year nominee in 2022, a Breaking Barriers award recipient through the National Women in Sports Foundation, the Director of Miss Dance Team Minnesota Competition and founder of the Minnesota Dance Recruitment Combine.

Rise and Shine Eastview Class of 2023! We will be outdoors together in our Eastview Stadium @ 6pm for your Commencement Ceremony! For more details and reminders click here: https://www.smore.com/k0t4n

Eastview Class of 2023 Commencement Eastview Class of 2023 Commencement June 2, 2023

Congratulations to our Eastview Seniors who won scholarships tonight awarded through our Eastview Community Foundation at our Grants & Scholarships Awards Ceremony. Thank you to all the donors, volunteers and those that supported EVCF; because of you $91,600 was awarded to 103 graduating seniors tonight. The EVCF also awarded $12,470 in grants to educators teaching in K-12 schools in the Eastview High School attendance area. Please consider joining the EVCF Board and/or donating to www.evcf.org to support this wonderful program that has provided over $1.9 million in scholarships, grants and Random Acts of Kindness to benefit our students.

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Congratulations to our Eastview Chess Team who won the state championship this past weekend by a slim half point margin, edging both Wayzata and Bloomington Jefferson in an exciting finish. In the final round, Eastview had great performances from Ben Vanorny, Isaac Traynor, and Nirav Singhal to seal the championship.

Eastview placed three players in the top ten in a very tough, competitive field: Isaac Traynor (5th place), Nirav Singhal (9th place), and Ben Vanorny (10th place).

This is the team’s third state title in the past ten years and they are coached by Bob Dettmer.

Congratulations to Joseph Sams for recieving the Voice of Democracy award. He submitted a audio-essay responding to the prompt, "Why is the Veteran Important?" Good luck to Joseph as his audio-essay advances throughout the competition!

Rosemount VFW hands out awards to student contest winners The Rosemount VFW Post 9433 presented the Voice of Democracy and Patriot Pen winners awards on Feb. 7.

Our Percussion Ensemble Concert was last night. Awesome performances borne out of creativity and lots of hard work by our outstanding musicians! So entertaining and fun to experience! Another example of our extraordinary Arts program at Eastview!

Eastview FCCLA members packed 14, 472 meals for children living in the Philippines last night, continuing our monthly support of serving children and families through packing sessions.
Feed My Starving Children - Eagan

Congratulations to our Eastview Mock Trial team for winning our Region 9 tournament. Eastview went 5-0 in Region competition and is heading to the Mock Trial State tournament consisting of 16 schools. Team members are: Anna Singh, Raavi Singh, Ian Machalek, Shruti Chandrasekar, Ebrahim Mohamed, Momo Lee, Cora Budziszewski, Mia Noonan, Akshara Ande. The team is coached by Jeff Anderson and Scott Oxley and other attorney volunteers.

Congratulations to our Eastview chess team for winning the South Suburban Conference with an impressive performance at Eagan High School on Saturday. This is the team’s 10th Conference Championship in the past 11 years. Eastview swept the top three places (and 7 of the top 10) with senior Ben Vanorny taking 1st, junior Isaac Traynor taking 2nd, and junior Ethan Phua taking 3rd. Good luck to the team at the Minnesota State Scholastic Competition next Saturday at the University of St. Thomase! The team is coached by Bob Dettmer.

Today we pause and take time off from our school day to celebrate Presidents Day. Take a moment to reflect on the leadership characteristics of great leaders that have influenced you in some way. Great leaders define their purpose and understand the importance of listening to a diverse group of opinions. These ideas guide us to see the world through new perspectives which serves to strengthen us and help us achieve new goals.

Congratulations to our High Kick Dance team for winning their 4th consecutive state championship on Saturday night at the Target Center! It is the 15th High Kick championship in our LDT history!

Learn all you can about the upcoming Bond Referendum Election on May 9, 2023. More info at http://ow.ly/Afh550MJrOT.

A wonderful night for our Dakota Valley Choral Festival with our comprehensive high schools joining together along with our 5th grade choral students for an awesome performance. Thank you to Dr. G. Phillip Shoultz, III who was our guest conductor for taking our talented students on an incredible journey to create connection and community through music and performance.

Join us in applauding our own Matt Gullickson for being named to the Yamaha “40 Under 40” music educators for 2023. These 40 outstanding music educators from across the U.S. are making a difference by growing and strengthening our music programs.

From Mr. Gullickson, “For me, the greatest expression of teaching is having true connectedness with students.”

Congratulations, Mr. Gullickson!

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Our Winter Dance Show “Pick-A-Theme” was tonight. So much effort, talent & passion throughout Q3 to prepare & create this wonderful show! Congratulations to all our Dance Tech students.

During our Friday day off from school our Eastview FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) students hosted the Central East Mid-Winter meeting with 75+ members in attendance. Congratulations to our 13 Gold medal and 8 Silver medal winners who qualified for the State Conference in March.

Our service focused Eastview High School National Honor Students spent their day off from school today with 90 volunteer blood donors at Eastview High School. Thank you for coordinating this opportunity to help others!

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time for us to pause and reflect on his leadership, eloquence and legacy. We are inspired by Dr. King's hope and vision for a Beloved Community-a place where everyone is cared for, absent of poverty, hunger, and hate. We embrace and celebrate our diversity and the richness and strength it provides for all of us. Take time to remember Dr. King for his words, his wisdom, his courage, and what that means for all us.

Our Eastview FCCLA members Redeate Million, Riley Hetland, Navika Kishore, Sahiti Atluri and Avani Marahatta were invited to be represent students and testify this week at the MN Education Finance Committee hearing. They were impressive sharing ways that COVID has affected our students and made recommendations to our Senators on how they can help our schools.

Our Eastview High School BHA students participated in service to others with a visit to Feed My Starving Children - Eagan. They volunteered to pack meals that will be donated to food partners around the world!

Awesome Winter Choir Concerts tonight! So much talent and our special tradition of performing Ose Shalom as the finale by all our choirs combined joined by our alumni.

No tradition in college football can match the annual Army/Navy game. Two Cadets and two Midshipmen in the stands today are Eastview alums! Thank you to Eric Reimann, Darby O’Neil, Joey Stillings and Maura Hewitt (pictured below left to right) for your commitment to serve all of us! So proud of all of you!

Eastview math instructor Tom Waeffler and a group of 11th & 12th grade students took a field trip to the American Heart Association's STEM event at the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis. It was an awesome opportunity for them to:
* learn about speed mentoring with engineers, scientists, and programmers
* to engage in hands-on activities run by Medtronic & HeartWorks
* to take a tour of the Bakken Museum
* to train for CPR/AED emergencies
* listen to a speaker from Microsoft

Thank you to the The Bakken Museum American Heart Association for coordinating and supporting STEM learning for students!

Eastview High School captured the MSHSL Championship in Classic Debate and also took runner-up honors on Friday & Saturday. Allie Nathan & Faye Zhang won the State Championship. Emily Hering & Rhea Saarang finished as the MSHSL State Runner-ups. Zena Chaban and Annu Malarvannan were Quarterfinalists. The top 3 teams in the state are from Eastview High School! Congratulations to our students and coaches! Allie Nathan, Mary Rezcallah, Abbie Smith, & Faye Zhang were named to the All-State team. Pictured below are Hering, Saarang, Zhang, Nathan, Smith, Rezcallah, Malarvannan & Chaban.

Come see Eastview’s winter musical, “Seussical” – a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! Performance dates are December 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 at 7pm and December 11 at 2pm. Click here to purchase tickets: www.vancoevents.com/BMKU

Congratulations to our Dakota Hawks CI Adapted Soccer team who won two great games to advance to the MSHSL State Finals as they defeated North/Tartan 11-0 and Stillwater/Mahtomedi 2-0. In the Championship Game they ran into powerhouse Blazing Cats of Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville and despite a great effort came out on the short end of a 7-4 score to finish as the State Runner-up! Eastview Athletes included Deshawn Collins-Bascomb, Thomas Christopherson, Ada Kramer and Kyle Jacobson. Thomas and Kyle were both named to the All-Tournament Team!

Congratulations to our Dakota Hawks PI Adapted Soccer. They defeated Rochester 7-1 in the Semis of the MSHSL State Tournament in Stillwater. In an exciting Championship game with Robbinsdale/Hopkins/Mound-Westonka, the Robins took a 3-1 lead with under ten minutes remaining. The Hawks showed incredible resiliency and scored three unanswered goals for a thrilling 4-3 victory and a STATE CHAMPIONSHIP! Eastview’s players on the team were Chloe Shibata, 9 and Jordan Johnson, 12!

Congratulations to Nathan Buckley and Sophia Wang who were selected as this year’s representatives from Eastview in this the Minnesota State High School League State AAA Award Competition. Established in 1988, the Academics, Arts, and Athletics Award (Triple “A” Award) is sponsored by the Minnesota State High School League. The award is to recognize and honor high school seniors who have excelled in the classroom, on the athletic field, and in the fine arts. To be eligible for the Academics, Arts, and Athletics Award at Eastview High School a student must be a high school senior, have a strong academic background, have participated in League-sponsored athletics and fine arts activities, comply with the MSHSL’s Student Code of Conduct and be nominated by a staff member.

Sophia participates in soccer and her athletics highlights include being a 4 time letter winner, receiving the Best Skills Award 2020, Best Passer 2021, Outstanding Academic Athlete 2022 and All-Section Academic Team 2022. In the Arts she is First Chair Alto Sax in Band and participated in Bravo 2019-21. She carries a 3.977 GPA, is on track to graduate Summa Cum Laude with Honors all while taking an extremely challenging academic load of Honors and AP classes. She is a National Merit Semi-Finalist and scored a perfect 36 on her ACT. At EVHS she is a member of the National Honor Society, has been a member of the math team and is vice president of the Chinese Club. Sophia plans to attend a four year university, but is undecided at this time.

Nathan is a multiple time letter winner in Cross Country and Track and Field. He served as team captain this Fall in Cross Country and has helped lead the team to four academic gold awards as a team. In the arts, Nathan is a 4 year member of Eastview Concert Bands, part of Percussion Ensemble and Pep Band and a two time letter winner in instrumental music. Academically, he has a 3.917 GPA taking an all AP/Honors course load. At EVHS he is a 2 year member of National Honor Society, 3 year member of Spanish Honor Society, 2 years of being a LINC Leader, and 1 year member of Captains Council. At this time he is undecided on attending a larger school or staying in Minnesota to run Cross Country and Track.

Triple “A” Award recipients are selected by a multi-level process involving the League’s member schools and administrative regions. League officials will announce the four state award recipients (a girl and a boy from both a Class “A” and Class “AA” school) in March 2023. Each state award recipient will receive a four-year $1,000 scholarship.