Summer Service Trips!

Chicago! Pine Ridge! Want to be immersed into a different culture meeting new people and learning new skills? Want to see new sites through lenses that aren't the rose-colored ones of a typical tourist? Yes, there is no better way to spend one week of your summer. The Chicago trip is June 3-8, and the Pine Ridge trips is July 9-16. Each trip costs $175. All interested students should attend an informational meeting during lunch March 1, 2012, in erica's room. Be there... you don't want to miss this.... 

The DAC SLP trip

Have you ever wanted to have some great fun and help your community at the same time?  At DAC (Day Activity Center), that’s exactly what we do! We venture over to the DAC and we volunteer our time helping out disabled adults with their motor skills. Volunteering at the DAC, we have great fun with our friends, and brightening up someones day. We plan activities like crafts, frosting cookies, and of course DANCE PARTIES!

Grand Marais

As I enter Moose-Lips exhausted from a long day of wood-chopping, snow-shelter-building, and skiing, I hear the bustle of rosy-faced people trickling in and sharing stories from their day spent in beautiful Bally Creek, located just outside of Grand Marais. While making memories, learning new wilderness skills, and living in wood-heated cabins, you will experience the true beauty of solitude and realize how much secluded places like this really have to offer. While here, I guarantee you will make memories and friendships  that will never be forgotten.
~Said The Cursor

Poetry Out Loud!

Poetry Out Loud is an amazing way to express yourself through various poems. TrekNorth FOL/ COMP students were required to memorize one poem and recite it out loud to the class, resulting in six students progressing  to the school-wide competition. Two students were then chosen to accelerate to Regionals, where people from the surrounding area would also compete. Kaija Roy and Rowan Johnson competed at the region competition this past Saturday (Feb. 19) in Fosston, MN. They competed against four other students for a spot at the state competition and took the top two spots! They will be competing March 19 at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. Wish them luck!

BV Day

  The day was Friday, February 3rd , after a series of sharp corners on the bus, the large, steep slopes of Buena Vista came into view.  Evan, Gabe, and I swallowed down the excitement, barely able to contain it. We had been waiting for weeks to all be able to venture to Buena Vista and have a session together. Once inside the massive wooden chalet, teachers shouted instructions to all of the rowdy Trek students, trying to control their apprehension.
       We picked up our tickets from the counter, sifting through the crowds to get outside. We went up the Julia ski lift to get a warm-up run in before we started to migrate toward the terrain park. The sun glistened off the fresh groomed corduroy slopes. I fastened my bandanna tighter around my face to keep it from freezing. I cruised down the slopes casually, the motions of snowboarding feeling natural, watching my friends carve in a rhythmic pattern, side to side,  in front of me. We reached the bottom, and went to spend the rest of the day in the terrain park. It was a good day.    - elijah lash

“Art From Within”

Art show!

The Bemidji Community Art Center and the ACLU-MN, Greater Minnesota Racial Justice Project North, invite you to the opening of “Art From Within”. This year's theme focuses on artists' feelings and understandings about what the Bill of Rights means to them. Join us on Friday, March 3^rd from 4 to 7 pm with an awards presentation at 5pm at 426 Bemidji Ave N, upper level of the Carnegie building. Come show your support for TrekNorth students Lindsey Owens and Ashley Blevins.

-Dallas

Trillium Memory Center

Once a month a group of students lead by Adam Lanz go to Trillium Memory Center of Bemidji, a rest home for Dimensia/Alzheimer's patients. The goal is to stimulate their memories and get them exercising. We talk to them about their life and past experiences. We play games, such as Bingo and Balloon-Volleyball. All the residents are very friendly nd will love your company.

Mas Nesnetsirhc

Knowledge Bowl

Knowledge Bowl is a exciting and fun after school team trivia game. Deb Doom is the leader/coach of the knowledge bowl team. Anyone in grades 7-9 can be on the team, and the team meets every Tuesday and Thursday for practices. Every now and then there are meets in towns around Bemidji like Backduck, Thief River Falls,and Crookston. Knowledge Bowls next meet is on tuesday the 21^st.P.S. Sometimes theres candy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


-EltonJohnFan

Art Fundraiser!

Are you sick of your boring Friday nights at home? Come to Movie Night! The two action packed films that will be showing are highly-rated Real Steel and Tron Legacy. This fun-packed Movie Night will be held at TrekNorth on February 24th at 7:00 P.M...all you have to do is pay $2.50 to get in. The money raised will be used to help the Art Department pay for new art materials the TrekNorth art students deserve. Come to Movie Night and bring a friend (your friend doesn't have to go to Trek to attend this amazing night)! Hope to see you there!
Movie Geek

ROBOTICS

The TrekNorth robotics team's challenge for 2012 season is to program a robot to launch a foam basketball while balancing on a bridge with another bot. On March 10^th, the TrekNorth robotics team will compete at the Duluth Regionals, the largest meet in the FRC (First Robotics Competition). Students are working long hours to make the robot, raise money to buy materials for their robot, and find ways to create alliances (yep, robots unite!) at the FRC Regional competition.
-Whimbly Beebles

2012 Trek North Speech Team

The TrekNorth speech team, under the “command” of Charles Merhar, is comprised of 18 students and has placed in four out of five meets that they've attended. The team recently placed third overall at a meet in Bagley – where EVERY attending Trek student received an award – and also had three students place at a Junior High Meet in Cass Lake.

The members of the team participate in different categories such as Extemporaneous Reading, Duo Interpretation (two students performing together), Dramatic Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, Informative, Discussion, Creative Expression, Great Speeches and more. Being a part of the team requires hard work and commitment, something the students have definitely put forth.

Coming up this Saturday the team will be arriving early in the morning at Trek to compete in a meet in Park Rapids. If you see Emily Quanrud, CJ Merhar, Heidi Eckdahl, or Sam Boston wish them good luck! If you are looking to get involved with the speech team talk to a member or tag along for a meet and see what this team and competition is all about!

Good luck team!

– The Ostrich Empire

TrekNorth Talent Show

Do you have talent?!? Then try the talent show! You can do anything from singing to memorizing digits of pi. All you have to do is audition! The event will be held on March 16^th, 2012. But hurry in because auditions end on March 1^st! If you have talent why not show it off at the TrekNorth Talent Show!

Alexander Nibrok

Spring Piano Concert

 On March 22 at 7 P.M. is a spring piano recital at St. Bartholomew’s church in Bemidji.  This concert will feature TrekNorth piano students, some starting at the start of second semester.Regardless of experience, these teenagers have vigorously hones their musical abilities for months, pushing themselves to their limits for a moment of glory.  Mark this date on you calender and come to this once-in-a-lifetime experience!  The prices of the tickets are unknown.
Chamalmy

Valentine's Day Dance

       The Trek North Valentine’s Day Dance, brought to us by Trek North Student Council was a festive occasion with tons of decorations and a live DJ! A great amount of people showed up, some great dancers some not so good, and  everybody had a great time. The music was lively and up beat and great to dance to, overall the energetic vibe was continuous through the night. 

By Ben Rudnick.

Hobson Trip Recap 2012

Somehow, the ninth graders at Trek North managed to be the only grade representing their school on the trip to Hobson Forest. The annual winter trip was, just like previous years, all about cross-country skiing. After plenty of learning and practice, many memorable wipeouts, and lots of laughs, the group returned with new winter camping experiences and memories of all the fun times. Hopefully, next year, more grades will come to ski, sled, build an igloo (attempt to anyway), learn about trapping, see wolf tracks, compete in our version of the annual skiing Olympics, and more. 

-kw

TN Ski Season Recap 2012

The ski season has come and gone. The girls’ varsity team won the TrekNorth hosted race on January 31, with Hannah Marty in 3^rd place, Maddy Hawkins in 5^th, and others close behind!  The varsity girls weren’t the only ones who learned a lot, however.  New skiers bravely wobbled their first skiing steps, and some their last on the TrekNorth team, all with the help of our ski coaches Dan, Cyri, Katie, and of course, Chuck.  Lack of snow meant that Will Hawkins and Sarah Hamrin had to learn to skate ski during their first race in December.  All that persistence during the snowless days paid off when the snow finally came.  See you next year on the TrekNorth cross country ski team!    - LF

Special Olympics Swim Meet Feb. 2012

The Special Olympics Aquatic Events were held February 17,2012, at Bemidji High School in Bemidji, Minnesota. Before the events started the participating teams were announced and a participant led everyone in saying the Special Olympics theme. The events taking place on this day included the ten and twenty-five meter swim. For the ten meter, the participants swam down the width of the pool once. For the twenty-fifth meter the participants swam down the length of the pool twice. Volunteers and the participants all had a good time! There was a lot of laughter, and good feelings everywhere.  -TK