Band students are awarded with outstanding achievement points, which are points, earned for doing those things that help them improve and be successful in playing their instruments and contributing to the success of the whole program. Students earn points for passing lesson book songs and band concert literature, for positive attitude and effort in band rehearsals, for achieving high grades and percentages at the end of each trimester, for performing in concerts and outside of the requirements, for honor band, jazz band, solo contest and taking private lessons with a professional on their chosen instrument, coming to band lessons, and taking summer lessons. Overall, they need to be good role models of the ideal band student. The award is not easy to achieve. It is based more on effort and achieving one’s highest potential, than it is on sheer talent. There are three levels students can achieve depending on the number of points they earned – Gold, Silver and Bronze.

The following students received these honors:

6th Grade Bronze Award Winners: Michael Frisbie, Cade Shepard, and Savannah Williams

6th Grade Silver Award Winners: Ellie Behrens, Sydney Bucknell, Alex Johnston, Madelon Rathe, Layton Smutz, and Belle Weber.

6th Grade Gold Award Winners: Marcus Albertsen, Emma Deaton, Tyson Fleshner, Jordan Haas, Alex Hall, Sophia Hall, Grace Harrigan, Tristen Heth, Jacob Hill, Grace Johnson, Clayton Loeb, Sterling Mullen, Kylea Neuendorf, Sarah Roberts, Rylee Sash, Ella Smith, Breanna Soard, and Sophia Winkelpleck.

7th Grade Bronze Award Winners: Jonathan Bronner, Emma Carlson, Lane Hennings, Tessa Pearson, and Kendall Putz

7th Grade Silver Award Winners: Riley Davis, Madison Frush, Rhett Peters, and Piper Wiedenhoff.

7th Grade Gold Award Winner: Rachel Hellman, Carlie Hoppe, Madison Jantzen, Leah Kaufman, Rachel Kline, Rebekah Leipold, Ivy McKinley, Molly Niebergall, Teagan Prouse, Garrett Rottinghaus, Aubrey Schmidt, Parker Wilson, and Lillie Wrobel.

8th Grade Bronze Award Winner: Ben Dvorak, Anthony Kiler, Veronica Redman, Libby Sauer, Mason Scott, and Hunter Stwalley.

8th Grade Silver Award Winner: Hannah Gates, Alex Kiler, Anthony Redman, Zeke Seuser, Arabella Shepard, Trey Smutz, Jenna Steinlage, Holly Wandschneider, and CJ Weltzin

8th Grade Gold Award Winners: Allie Carty, Megan Carty, Kody Crawford, Scarlett Ellsworth, Chloe Heitmann, Karson Hennings, Hunter Klima, Jacob Lowe, Ben Rempe, Tyler Rottinghaus, Valerie Ryan, Olivia Sash, Clayton Sparks, Carter Spore, Nolan Wandschneider, and Rashawn Williams.

Two students received the 100 award for passing 100 lesson book songs in one year. The average amount of lesson book songs a band student usually passes in a year is about 40. Teagan Prouse passed 180 songs and Zeke Seuser passed 100 songs.

Jazz band awards were presented to the following students: 7th graders Rachel Hellman, Carlie Hoppe, Leah Kaufman, Rachel Kline, and Aubrey Schmidt and 8th graders Kody Crawford, Ben Dvorak, Jacob Lowe, Ben Rempe, Tyler Rottinghaus, Valerie Ryan, Olivia Sash, Mason Scott, Zeke Seuser, Carter Spore, Hunter Stwalley, Nolan Wandschneider, and Rashawn Williams.