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More wonderful coverage of Chan's first ever National Main Stage Speech Champion in Informative Speaking....

William Maus is Chanhassen High School's first national speech champion William Maus wasn't looking for speech, speech found him.

Many of you know this magnificent gentleman who just retired after 23 years of teaching physics and directing theater productions at Chaska and Chanhassen High Schools. The podcast "Teacher Stories" recently interviewed him after a former student/actor, Mike Barnard nominated him for the show.

Ladies and gentlemen....Mr. Jim Lund.

Award Winning Filmmaker Pays Tribute to his High School Drama Teacher | Teacher Stories Mike Barnard's first high school theatre audition was a disaster, but he finds the courage to try again and lands a part in another production. With the support of his drama teacher, Jim Lund, Mike develops confidence and acting talent and eventually becomes a leader within the school's drama commun...

A marvelous "remote" tribute tonight to Mr. Jim Lund on what would have been closing night of his last high school production, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Theater alumni from Chaska High School and Chanhassen High School gathered online to honor his work as a teacher, as a director, and as a man.

"I hadn't realized how much of my life was filled up with these tiny interactions at Chaska High School, at Chanhassen High School....But, there's a moment for you to take a bow and leave the stage. I love you all."

Many thanks to Jane Ricks Herget, to Chanhassen Thespian Troupe 7789, and the alumni of Chanhassen and Chaska Theater for making tonight happen. Not even a bloody virus can keep these young people down! Goodnight!

Chanhassen High School Student Recipient of Minnesota Administrators for Special Education Scholarship | Eastern Carver County Schools Chanhassen High School Student Recipient of Minnesota Administrators for Special Education Scholarship by Lauren Stovern | Jun 5, 2019 | District News, Education, General, Specialized Services | Audrey Eidem, graduating from Chanhassen High School this week, is the recipient of the MASE $1000 schola...

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Over the long weekend 12 members of the Chanhassen Speech Team traveled down to Louisville, Kentucky for the National Catholic Forensic League’s Grand National Tournament. The tournament brought together over 5000 people from all over the country to compete in various Speech and Debate events.

After many rounds of tough competition, April Grabner and Jack Senske made it to quarterfinals in Duo Interpretation (Top 24 in the nation). Nathan Pharis made it to semifinals in Congressional Debate (Top 60 in the nation). AND Eli Rockhold got 2nd place in the NATION for his Original Oratory!!! Well done to everyone!

The next stop for the team is the NSDA National tournament in Birmingham after school is out!

Congratulations to the Chan Quiz Bowl Team, which competed at Nationals in Atlanta, GA over the Memorial Day weekend.
None of these students had played QB before this past Fall, but went 4 wins & 6 losses in a field of over 300 teams from around the country!

Well done!

Congratulations to four Chan art students who were honored at the Metro West Conference Art Awards Ceremony held last night at Normandale College!

Award of Excellence: Genevieve Scholler

Award of Merit: Hannah Olund; Rachel Romkema; Jenna McArthur

Congratulations to Chan Speech seniors Hailey Frye and Eli Rockhold, who have been named Academic All-Americans by the National Speech and Debate Association! Fewer than 500 students attain this distinction out of over 141,000 members!

"This distinguished award recognizes students who have completed at least five semesters of high school; earned the degree of Superior Distinction in our Honor Society (a total of 750 or more merit points); achieved rigorous criteria for GPA and/or test score requirements; and demonstrated outstanding character and leadership."

Well done, Hailey & Eli!

This past week, 20 Chanhassen High School DECA members attended the International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, CA with over 19,000 high school students from around the globe. We are very proud of this group of students and how they represented Chanhassen High School!

Competition Results:
Students competed against between 170-200 other students/groups from around the globe in their events. For the first time in school history, Chanhassen DECA members brought home a trophy!

Matt Hove, Jake Maus, & Drake Weisman brought home a 3rd Place trophy in the Hospitality & Tourism Operations Research event. This project includes a 30 page written research paper and a 15 minute presentation.

Thank you for your support of Chanhassen DECA!

Heather Stohs & Margot Cowing
Chanhassen DECA Advisors

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Congrats to the Chanhassen Speech Team on their 5th place team sweepstakes showing at the State Speech Tournament on Friday, April 21st at Apple Valley High School. The team had 7 finalists at the tournament!
Congrats to Jack Senske, Ava Ewald, Thomas Price, Rachel Ward, Jeylin Yavas, Elijah Rockhold, and April Grabner for making it to the elite final round. And, for the 3rd year in a row, Chanhassen won the state championship in Humorous Interpretation! Congratulations to Thomas Price for winning the title of State Champion!

Travis Rother
Director of Forensics
Head Speech Coach

Chan High hosted the Region 2AA Visual Art Contest this past Saturday. The following Chan students' pieces fared exceptionally well with the judges. Congratulations to all!

Superior Awards:
Meghan Bird; Joanna Hart; Jenna McArthur

Excellence Awards:
Nate Allard; Tiana Connelly; Tony Dorway; Bailey Johnson; Katrina Kovacova; Luke Reich; Matt Reich; Cayla Smith; Ben Thorud; Harley Vannurden

Over the last three days, Chanhassen DECA competed against over 1800 students from around the state of Minnesota.

Here are the results:
66 Chanhassen DECA competitors
51 Top 12 finalists
44 of the finalists finished in the Top 8
5 Top Test scores
AND
18 students qualified for the INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION in Anaheim, CA:

1st Place:
Mark Self & Alex Walther - Travel & Tourism Team Decision Making
Chloe Duffing, Emma Graves, Melissa Parker - Public Relations Project
Matt Hove, Jake Maus, Drake Weisman - Hospitality & Tourism Operations Research Event
Max Steine and Regan Anderson - Sales Demonstration Event

2nd Place:
Quinn O'Connor - Hotel & Lodging Management
Erica Schultz & Natalie Shea - Franchise Business Plan

3rd Place:
Carley Benson - Quick Serve Restaurant Management
Isabelle Gallagher, Lana Hanson, Ellie Loehrer - Business Services Operations Research Event

4th Place:
Amanda Hadden & Izzy Sahmkow - Hospitality Team Decision Making
Brian Ash - Restaurant & Food Service Management

We are proud of each competitor. They did a great job of representing Chanhassen High School!

Thanks for your support of Chan DECA,
Heather Stohs & Margot Cowing
Chanhassen DECA Advisors

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The Chanhassen Speech Team had a wonderful weekend at the Harvard Speech Tournament. As the biggest speech tournament in the country, with over 350 schools from around the WORLD, it is rare for a team to have more than one or two finalists, if they even earn that. However, this year, Chanhassen Speech had 4 entries in finals and 10 of the 12 entries we brought to the tournament made some sort of elimination round at the tournament. We are proud of the accomplishments because they are a testament to the hard work and determination demonstrated every day by members of the entire Chanhassen Speech Team.

Octafinalists (top 60):
Sam Buisman in Extemp. Speaking
Eli Rockhold in Extemp. Speaking

Quarterfinalists (top 25):
Kush Brahmbhatt in Informative Speaking

AND

Congratulations especially to Eli Rockhold for placing 5th in Original Oratory, to Ava Ewald for placing 3rd in Informative Speaking, and to Hailey Frye for placing 6th in Original Oratory AND winning 1st place in Informative Speaking. Hailey is Chanhassen’s first event champion at the prestigious tournament!

If you want to see these folks, and many more, in action, come to Speaking Up a Storm next week, on Thursday, March 2nd at 7:00 PM in the theater. Tickets are $5 in advance from a speech student or $7 at the door. It promises to be an incredible evening!