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This past Wednesday evening I had the privilege of attending the 2018 Leaders in Educational Excellence Awards banquet. Sponsored by Resource Training and Solutions, this event provides schools across Central Minnesota the opportunity to recognize outstanding classroom teachers for the extraordinary work they do each day. Tech’s recipients of the 2018 LEEA include Social Studies teacher Molly Denne, English Language instructor Leah Zook, and longtime Physical Education teacher Steve Taylor. Each of these exceptional teachers have demonstrated instructional effectiveness as well as a strong desire to connect with ALL students, making learning meaningful. Please join me in congratulating Molly, Leah, and Steve. Way to go!
 
In addition, congratulations to our fall activities teams for their successes on the court, fields, and pools. A special recognition goes out to our girl’s tennis team who once again won the section title and advanced to State competition. Tech girl’s tennis continues to be one of the top high school teams in Minnesota and I congratulate all team members for their remarkable run of success. Also, congrats to the Tech boy’s soccer team for advancing to the State tournament again. That’s the 3rd time since 2008 the boys have qualified for State. They likewise have established a strong competitive reputation among teams in class AA. Hats off to all of our teams and I look forward to a successful winter season. Go Tigers!

Charlie Eisenreich

Construction at the New Tech High School continues as many of the outdoor areas have taken their final shape. Seeding of athletic fields is complete and fencing around the site continues. Rain basins and surrounding areas are being planted with native seed. The Field Turf and track surface have been installed at the multi-purpose stadium. Check out the panoramic view of the field and track below. It looks absolutely amazing!
 
The exterior portions of the Learning Neighborhoods (classrooms) are likewise in the final stages of construction. Below is a picture of one of the Neighborhoods with the metal sheathing and windows in place. Interior metal stud walls are being framed in most of the areas with plumbing and electrical installation right behind.

Boys Soccer: The Boys earned the #1 seed in the Section and proved they deserved it by winning the Section and a berth in the State Soccer Tournament. Keyse Elmi was named to the 1st Team All State and Abdalla Hassan was named to the 2nd Team. The team ended their season with a 6-1 loss at State.

Girls Tennis: The Girls Tennis team are CLC and Section Champions. They won a berth in the State Tennis Tournament. Ashley Tarrolly, Anne Bowe and Natalie Peterson qualified for the State Individual Tournament. Ashley Tarrolly beat the #2 seed at State and fell in the State Semifinals - she will play for 3rd place Friday. Anne Bowe and Natalie Peterson won Friday morning in the Consolation Semifinals and will play for the Consolation Championship.

Football: The Tech Tiger football team completed a rollercoaster regular season with a respectable 5-3 record. The team has battled hard all year and enters the playoffs as a resilient group ready to make a run in Section 6AAAAA. They defeated Osseo 37-7 in the first round and move on to Sauk Rapids on Saturday, Oct. 27. The game will be at 3 p.m. at the Sauk Rapids Middle School. This is second round of section play. If they win here they will play for the section championship in Buffalo or another neutral site against either number 1 rated Elk River or number 4 rated Monticello.

Cross Country: Had a great season with new Head Coach Nate Hoffman. Many Personal Records throughout the year for the team, and we are proud of all of their great accomplishments this year.

Volleyball: Ended the year with a 7-17-0 record and lost in section play Wednesday at Big Lake.

Girls Swimming: Jeremy Grant had a great first season as Head Coach of the Girls swim team. They are growing the program and looking forward to the Section Swim meet.

Shrek the Musical Performances: November 9, 10, 16, 17 at 7 p.m. AND November 11 and 18 at 2 p.m.
 
CLC fall performers of the week:
Boys Soccer: Mohamed Badri, Joe Pearson, Sam Putz 
Girls Soccer: Brenna Weaver
Girls Swimming: Meredith Matchinsky
Girls Tennis: Anne Bowe, Natalie Peterson, Ashley Tarrolly
Boys Cross Country: Matt Bzdok

Winter sports begin:
October 22 – Competition Dance Team
October 29 – Girls Hockey
November 12 – Alpine Ski, Gymnastics, Nordic Ski, Boys Hockey, Girls Basketball
November 19 – Boys Basketball, Wrestling, Adapted Floor Hockey
November 26 – Boys Swimming

Activities starting up in winter:
Knowledge Bowl
Math League

WINTER BREAK: December 24—January 1

REGISTER FOR WINTER SPORTS!
If you did not participate in a fall sport and/or haven't yet registered for a winter sport, please do so. You are REQUIRED to register for any activity PRIOR to participating.
 
Is your physical up-to-date? Do you have questions? Do you want to confirm that you have registered for winter sport? E-mail: michelle.fruth@isd742.org

THINGS TO KNOW:

CELL PHONES  
Students cannot have their cell phones in the locker room AT ANY TIME!!! Because of sports being after school, the kids seem to think that it is OK - and because of obvious privacy issues, it is NEVER OK to have a cell phone in a locker room!! 

Attention Tiger Students
HOME SPORTING EVENTS  

TIGER STUDENTS: Remember to bring your student i.d. to home sporting events to guarantee free admittance. It must have a white sticker for free admittance. If you do not participate in an activity you can buy a white sticker for a discounted price of $20 dollars. Does not include Section or State events.
 
Punch cards are available at the ticket gate and the Activities Office. 10 adult punches for $50 and 10 student punches for $30.