Next up, we spotlight Caitlin Kilburg and her excellent advice for students.
Coach Needed:
Davis County is searching for a boys tennis coach to lead our Mustang Boys Tennis program this spring. Practice starts March 17th. In order to coach in high school, you must have a valid Iowa coaching license. Indian Hills is offering it's next coaching authorization class for February 1st and 2nd. Please contact Activities Director, Dave Mason if interested in this position or with any further questions. Mr. Mason can be reached at 641-664-2200 ext. 1190.
Several of Mrs. Byrd’s students have their monochromatic paintings on display at the Davis County Hospital. Students learned monochromatic means painting in “one color”. Thank you to Jodi Atkinson for the frames.
Mackenzie Irwin--Blue Night Sky
Raeleigh Campbell--Violet Butterfly
Naomi Jackson--Magenta Mountains
Adrian Veath--Red Dragon
Jaxton Jones--Turquoise Sea
Carter Garrett--Orange Fox
Lexi Ramseyer--Magenta Bunnies
Sami Patrick--Black Cattle
1/28 HS Basketball vs Cardinal Format:
All games will be played in the HS gym.
4:30 - 2 quarters of JV Girls.
5:00 - JV Boys.
6:15 - Varsity Girls
In-between games - Senior Night (3 cheerleaders, 1 basketball girl, 6 basketball boys)
7:45 - Varsity Boys
Come out and support our Davis County Dance Team!
Louisa Muscatine Wrestling Tournament Results:
Congratulations to tournament Champions, Emmitt Newton, Tucker Ball, and Paxton Thompson!
2nd: Brett Prevo
3rd: Paxton Benge
4th: Gage Moss
5th: Kinnick Griffiths, Kole Drummond , Jack Patrick
6th: Aries Derby
The Mustang Team placed 2nd overall!
Way to go Mustangs!
District Speech Large Group Results form Saturday, January 25th:
One Act Play "How To Get Away with Murder Mystery"---II rating
Group Improv---Gavin Klaus, Jaxon Bolin, Dagon Walker---II rating
Group Improv---O'Bannon Miller, Alexia Shively---II rating
Group Improv---Greyson Meyer, Cam Lindberg---I rating; will go on to State contest
Short Film---Olivia Kruser, Ella Ricardo, Owen Klaus---I rating; will go on to State contest
State Speech will be at Cedar Rapids Washington HS on February 8th. Congratulations Mustangs!
Basketball @ Knoxville Tonight: Important Information for Fans.
Address to entrances:
418 S. Park Lane or 413 Willets Drive
HS Gym:
Tonight is Panthers vs Cancer night in Knoxville.
4:50 - JV1 Boys , followed by varsity girls.
Panthers vs Cancer Ceremony in between varsity games.
Varsity boys should start around 7:45.
MS Gym
6:00 (or 10 minutes after the JV1 game ends) - JV2 boys game
There is NO JV girls game tonight due to player availability for Knoxville.
On January 25th from 5-7 p.m. the Davis County High School History Club will be hosting a soup supper in conjunction with the American Legion Reed Whisler Post #78. The meal is the first of what will become a monthly venture. The history club, along with the foods class and the advanced foods class have worked in preparing a meal consisting of chili or chicken noodle soup, a roll, crackers and a dessert. Cost of the meal will be $8. The purpose of these meals is to foster a partnership between the American Legion and the Davis County High School as well as to encourage student participation in their community. The proceeds will go to the American Legion as well as the clubs/organizations that have helped in the planning, preparation and serving of the meal.
Our Project Lead the Way (PLTW) curriculum allows students to complete computer science projects. In 8th grade PLTW project, students chose to make night-time, wearable safety gear. In 7th grade PLTW, students competed in a robotics drag race that they built and programmed - see photos.
Due to extreme weather conditions, Davis County Schools will have a 2-hour delay on Tuesday, January 21.
The MS boys basketball games scheduled for Monday, January 20th at Chariton has been rescheduled to February 11th.
Please join us on February 6th @ 5:00 in the Davis County Field House Concession Area to support Stacy Blake and her family. All proceeds will go to the Blake family.
With National Pharmacist Day earlier this week, we are highlighting Mylo Wells, owner at Wells Hometown Drug!
HS Mustang girls and boys basketball games will be played at Centerville on Thursday 1/16 at Lakeview Elementary and Howar JH.
Lakeview: 5:15- Half of JV girls, varsity girls, varsity boys.
Howar: 5:00- JV1 boys, JV2 boys.
REMINDER!!
Davis County Schools will not have classes on Monday January 20th 2025.
This was a scheduled snow make up day for the district!!
Please register at your earliest convenience so that we may prepare. We look forward to sharing with you on January 28th!
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Davis County High School and Middle School bands had 7 students audition for SEIBA Honor Band Saturday at Fairfield HS. To audition students must prepare pre-assigned very challenging songs and play several memorized scales before a judge. The SEIBA district includes all of southeast Iowa and does not separate students by school size. It is a very competitive, rigorous audition.
The 7 students auditioning were middle schoolers Addy Ward, Lexi Evans, & Kolbi Haskell. High Schoolers were Grayson Meyer, Ella Ricardo, Owen Klaus, and Aaron Cook. Five students from DC were selected today! They will perform in a special concert at the University of Iowa School of Music Auditorium on January 25th.
Congratulations! Aaron Cook, senior trombone. Owen Klaus, junior trombone. Kolbi Haskell, 8th grade clarinet. Lexi Evans, 8th grade clarinet. Addy Ward, 8th grade percussion.
1/11 Bowling Results: Mustang Bowlers competed at L&M today.
This meet had 16 schools, both boys and girls.
Boys ended up third with a school record 3083.
Landin Closser had a school record of 475 for 2 games and ended up 4th overall.
Girls ended up 8th with a 2458.
Great job Mustangs!
1st-6th grade parents whose student is interested in Mini Color Guard. There has been an update on location. Practice will now be held in the High School Commons.
