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Union to Start their 2010 Soccer Season

ByTracey PetersCopy EditorThe 2010 Soccer season is under way at Union High School. With varsity coach, Lizzie Zondo (2nd year) and Junior Varsity Coach, Joel Boyer (3rd year) getting ready for what hopes to be another great year.With the loss of only two seniors this year, Union has almost the ...

UMS announces second trimester Honor Roll

Sixth grade: Jayson Aschenbrenner, Sean Blunt, Callie Brandanger, Bailey Bruce, Kaila Brustkern, Jackson Bunz, Ryan Connolly, Bryanna Cox, Katie Freeland, Alyssa Frost, Mitchell Hanson, Kaitlyn Helgeson, Jonathan Hellman, Carter Hennessy, Jadin Hennings, Charles Kronschnabel, Trevor Krug, ...

Band Solo and Ensemble

Several Union Middle School Band members participated in the NEIBA Solo Ensemble Contest on March 4. The contest was a great success. An "Excellent" rating was earned and red ribbons were awarded to 8th graders Bailey Heerkes and Rachel Vaughn for their flute duet, 7th graders Dakota Hopper and ...

2010 Iowa Geographic Bee

Brandon Hill, a seventh grader at Union Middle School, is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2010 Iowa Geographic Bee.In early January, Brandon won the school-level bee at Union Middle School.He then took the state qualifying test and is one of the 100 students eligible to ...

School Calendar

Union Schools will be dismissing at noon on April 15 and 16. Parent/Teacher conferences will be held at UMS and UHS from 3-8 p.m. on Thursday and from 2-6 p.m. on Friday. LPC and DG will have professional development.The D-G Elementary Art Show will be held on April 29, from 6-7:30 p.m.The UMS ...

Sears and Hanson Advance in FFA

Natalie Hanson, a freshman member of the La Porte-Dysart FFA Chapter has advanced through the Sub-District and District level to the state Freshman Creedspeaking Contest. She will be competing against 17 other members from throughout the state of Iowa at the Iowa FFA Leadership Conference in ...

Union Middle School Students Participate in Science Fair

Many UMS students spent January and February working on their Science Fair projects. Students research a question, develop a hypothesis, set up an experiment to test their results, and report their findings. All sixth and seventh graders participated, and about half of the eighth graders ...

Union Middle School February Student of the Month

Row 1: 6th Grade Katie Freeland, 7th Grade Amanda Trimble, 8th Grade Tabitha Stwalley. Row 2: 6th Grade Trevor Krug, 7th Grade Austin Leng, 8th Grade Nathan Harting.Photo Provided

Mossman Qualifies for National

Drake Mossman qualified for national mathcounts competition in Orlando FlA.. Union Middle School 8th grader Drake Mossman finished 4th in the state of Iowa in the 2010 MATHCOUNTS competition. That earned Drake an all-expense paid trip to Disney World for the National competition, held May 6- ...