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GARRETT â The Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Post 1892 in Garrett recently learned three Auburn youth won state contests for music and art. Ages were based as of March 31. All qualifying schools in DeKalb County were invited to participate.
In the National Anthem Singing Contest, âGet Excited for the Red, White and Blue!,â Penelope Reasner, 8, the daughter of Adam and Sarah Reasner of Auburn, won first place at state for youth ages 6-16 years. Then a second-grader at J.R. Watson School in Auburn, she submitted her entry through Garrett VFW Post 1892 in Garrett.
Reasner went on to win the 4th District NE Indiana competition and then advanced to first place Blue Ribbon for State of Indiana. Her entry has gone forward to National Division in one of 10 divisions, the last stop before going to National where 10 entries will compete for the national award in August.
WATERLOO — The DeKalb Central school district is continuing to plan for a "mask-optional policy" when school resumes in August, Superintendent Steve Teders reported Thursday night.
WATERLOO â The DeKalb Middle School band program this week was awarded the Junior High/Middle School/Elementary All-Music Award by the Indiana State School Music Association.
This is the top award the students can earn for receiving a gold rating in every area, including concert band, jazz band, and solo and ensemble contests, said Colby Stackhouse, band director for DeKalb Middle School.
Only eight schools in Indiana received the award for their band departments.
During this school year at DeKalb Middle School:
⢠The Advanced Band earned a gold rating in the ISSMA Concert Contest for both the first and second semesters. It was the only middle school band to take on the challenge of competing in Group 1, the hardest level of judging. It earned a nearly perfect score at both events.
WATERLOO â The DeKalb Central school district will take the next step in a proposed facilities upgrade at its April school board meeting.
The district hosted a community meeting to discuss facilities upgrades Monday evening at DeKalb Middle School. Superintendent Steve Teders reviewed steps already taken by the district to identify facilities needs, including a facilities assessment, district tour and facilities master plan, which all are available on the districtâs website.
The facilities master plan lists projects totaling $12.5 million that are considered to be âhigh priority.â Some of those projects already are ongoing. The plan lists âhigh-priorityâ projects totaling $11.1 million that could be potential 2021 bond projects and almost $876,000 of high-priority projects that could be financed through the districtâs operations fund.