Dean Morgan Junior High - Principal: Walt Wilcox

9th Grade Award	Student Winner(s)
Art - Norma Bathhurst Award	Keegan Buckner, Kip DeCastro
Art - Honorable Mention	Hieu Le
Attendance Award,	Braden Barnes, Matthew Binder, Chris Brehm, Matthew Brown, Jordan Cooper, Alanna Crandall, Kip DeCastro, Summer Erickson, Luke Gilbert, Ian Haydel, Nicholas Jacobs, Morgan Jones, Frank Martinez, Mikala McCool, Avery McPherson, Erin Menardi, Kelcey Moore, Kyle Murphy, Crimson Oliver, Amanda Paad, Sommer Pardee, Brandon Rosty, Jesse Shutts, Elizabeth Stewart, Nicholas Svensen, Chris Szewczyk, Michael Thayer, Nathan VanDamme, Shaina Voss, Jesse Wadley, Julie Wamsley, Georgia Wirtala
Band - Director Award	Corey Cronin
Band - Woody Herman Jazz Award	Chris Munoz
Barbara Scifers Ptriotism Award	Corey Cronin
Bob Lawrence Student Achievement Award	Greg Frisbee
Boys - American Legion Most Representative Award	Shea Bartsch, Corey Cronin, Cayl Carpenter, Trace Pierce, Matthew Binder
Dana Van Burgh Someone Noticed Award	Jacob Bechtol, Amanda Campbell, James Carpenter, Chelsea Christian, Chet Clairmont, Matthew Coca, Lane Dennison, Tawney Ellis, Brandon Garner, Krystiana Graham, Amberlea Hansen, Jacob Holder, Andrew Hudson, Cole Jackson, Kyle Jones, Robert Kerns, Ricardo Lind-Gonzales, Danielle Madsen, Ryan Nobles, Kharri Rayburn, Brandon Rodriguez, Caleb Rhoades, Bryce Sanders, Jennifer Sauve, Chrystal Shaffer, Natalie Smith, Cindee Shepherd, Gene VanDeest, Andrea Valentin
DAR History Award	Kacie McCleary
ELL Award	Hieu Le
Emily Dorsett Student Effort Award	Victoria Grimmer
FACS Clothing and Textiles	Mikala McCool
FACS Healthy Choices	Tessa Angelo
FACS Most Outstanding	Whitney Bunce
FACS Outstanding Achievement in Foods	Kacie McCleary, Cole Montgomery
French Tri-Couleur Award	Lucas Rowley
Girls' American Legion Most Representative Award	Bradley Black, Whitney Bunce, Kathryn Benardis, Erin Menardi, Shelby Garska
Harry A Porter Memorial Award	Daniel Barnes
Jones/Sannes Industrial Technology Award	Jeremiah Larson, Shelby Sawyer
Kathryn Mills Social Studies Award	Chris Brehm, Allison Cetak
Lander Marten Math Award	Mark Schenfisch
Mary C. Johnson Journalism Award	April Jager, Erin Menardi, Kelsey Morrow, Sommer Pardee
Minona Williams Language Arts Award	Allison Cetak
Morgan Mentors and Senators Award	Brock Shreve
Orchestra Outstanding Award	Chelsea Pritchard
Orchestra Advanced Caleb Smith Award	Matthew Coca
Peer Advocate Award	Daniel Barnes, Whitney Bunce, Robert Codenys, Tyler Eldridge, Ian Jacobson, Avery McPherson, Alexa Meeboer, Kelsey Morrow, Kyle Reinhart, Nicole Schroeder, Cindee Shepherd, Briana Shreve, Andrea Valentin, Tessa Zerkle
Photography Award - Lafe Higgins	Michael O'Neal
Physical Education Award	Chase Cimburek, Jordan Dick, Ricardo Lind-Gonzales, Janet Winkworth
President's Award for Educational Achievement	Tessa Angelo, Faith Banks, Briana Black, Cayl Carpenter, Greg Frisbee, Zachary Granger, Eric Hansen, Melissa Hayden, Kolby Hilderbrand, Steven Hippe, Kalyn Jacobson, Valerie Kolb, Bailie Marble, Taylor Mason, Joshua McDonald, Alexa Meeboer, Starr Melendez, Kelcey Moore, Kelsey Morrow, Chris Munoz, Chelsey Rivera, Brandon Rosty, Lucas Rowley, Shelby Sawyer, Katelyn Schweiger, Brianna Shreve, Brock Shreve, Hanna Slominski, Chantale Sternberg, Elizabeth Stewart, Trace Whitem, Neil Williams
President's Award for Educational Excellence	Shea Bartsch, Kathryn Benardis, Matthew Binder, Bradley Black, Chris Brehm, Matthew Brown, Keegan Buckner, Whitney Bunce, Colton Burkett, Allison Cetak, Chase Cimburek, Alanna Crandall, Corey Cronin, Zachary D'Amico, Kip DeCastro, Jordan Dick, Shelby Garska, Luke Gilbert, Alexandra Gobble, Jordan Hendricks, Ian Jacobson, Morgan Jones, Jeremiah Larson, Bud Lower, Danielle Mason, Kacie McCleary, Mikala McCool, Erin Menardi, Morgan Miller, Cole Montgomery, Kyle Murphy, Michael O'Neal, Mark Schenfisch, James Shellenberger, Jesse Shutts
PTA Academic Excellence	Tessa Angelo, Shea Bartsch, Chris Brehm, Allison Cetak, Chase Cimburek, Alanna Crandall, Alexandra Gobble, Steven Hippe, Kalyn Jacobson, Kacie McCleary, Mikala McCool, Kyle Murphy, Lucas Rowley, Mark Schenfisch, James Shellenberger, Trace White, Neil Williams
Quincy L. Tarter Citizenship Award	Anthony Lynes
ROTC American Legion Military Excellence	Michael Thayer
ROTC American Legion Scholastic Excellence	Joshua McDonald
Spanish Award	Brad Black, Chase Cimburek, Kolby Hilderbrand, Chandler Kaiser, Kacie McCleary, Mikala McCool, Katelyn Schwieger, Trace White
State History Day Competition Award	Katie Gilmore, Sommer Pardee, Brandon Rosty
Vocal Award - Director's Choice Female Vocalist	Kathryn Benardis
Vocal Award - Director's Choice Male Vocalist	James Herzberg
Most Deserving Athlete	Chandler Kaiser, James Shellenberger, Jeremiah Larson
Outstanding Athlete	Kelsey Morrow, Cole Montgomery
Athletic Director's Award	Allison Cetak, James Shellenberger

Attention Parents and Students
Important Information ...

Student Cell Phones In School -----
Attention All DM Students and Parents:

We need your cooperation regarding cell phones. When a student brings a cell phone to school, the phone should be turned off and placed in the student's hall locker or in their pocket once on the school campus and left there until the end of the school day (after 2:45 P.M.)

Cell phones are not to be out of hall lockers during school hours. The cell phones are to be invisible during the school day...not heard or seen. We have adequate phones throughout the building for students to use.

Emergency messages may be delivered to students through a phone call to the main office.

Violations of our policy result in the phone being confiscated, suspension and a parent must pick the phone up from administrative representative within NCSD.

As Springtime approaches, Student Dress Code Reminder----

Clothing such as tube tops, halter tops, spaghetti straps, strapped clothing with less that 1(one) inch strap width, see-through garments, fishnet tops, undergarment T-shirts, short shorts (shorts which when the hands are extended to the student's side the shorts must be below the palm of the student's thumb/s) and clothing that allows for a bare midriff will not be allowed since they are considered to be unsafe, hazardous to health, distractive or disruptive in the opinion of school personnel.

Pants or jeans are to be worn so that they ride above the hips and undergarments are not visible.

Students whose dress and appearance do not conform to these standards may be referred to an administrator. Students will be given an opportunity to correct the problem, which may include calling a parent/guardian, or getting something more appropriate from the school nurse. Excessive infractions will result in discipline actions.

Literacy matters: Our challenge is for Morgan to read a million pages----We are 9/10 the way there!!! We now have over 900,000 pgs read. Keep reading and let's get a million pages read before the summer of 2008!!!!	Dean Morgan JHS hosts record turn out for the school's Geography Bee. Morgan hosted a record turnout for this year's school geography bee. Nearly 25 students participated in this year's competition in grades 6-8. 8th grader James Mothersbaugh represented Dean Morgan at the county spelling bee. Amber Frankland, 7th grader, took 2nd place. Great Job Geography Comets and Mr. Smith!
4.22.08- Alliyah Lopez and Sarah Scott were recognized with $100 (Ft. Laramie National Historic Site Award) at the State History Day . Brandon Rosty, won the Wyoming individual documentary-- senior division-- 1st place. He will go on to the National Competition in Washington DC this summer! Brandon also took BEST INDIVIDUAL award ($500). Brandon would accept donations to help sponsor his travel expenses associated with the National Competition. See Mrs. McLellan or Mr. Weis if you'd like to help. 4.5.08-These students represented Natrona County Schools at the State History Day in Laramie! Dean Morgan sponsored 14 students (from our History Day Clubs) and ALL qualified for the STATE competition in Laramie! Kate Elston-- individual performance-- junior division-- 1st place Amber Brantley-- individual documentary-- junior division-- 1st place Rebecca Hudson, Sara Hudson, and Laura Rhodes-- group performance--junior division 2nd place Jessica Daily-- individual display-- junior division-- 2nd place Aliyah Lopez and Sarah Scott-- group documentary-- junior division--3rd place Sarah Page and Cassie Schade-- group display-- junior division-- 2nd place Sommer Pardee and Katie Gilmore-- group performance-- senior division-- 2nd place Jesica Miller, individual documentary-- senior division-- 2nd place Brandon Rosty, individual documentary-- senior division-- 1st place	Coach Stutheit announces great success for DM Future Problem Solvers at the Wyoming Competition: The 1st place team will travel to an international competition @ Michigan State May28-June 1. 1st place team- Dylan Ashburn, Caleb Romsa, Alaina Shumate and Bethany Simonson* ¬2nd place team- Amber Frankland, Natasha Radosevich and Anna Schenfisch ¬3rd place team- Jaime Mothersbaugh, Tim Nganga, Mark Schenfisch 1st place team skits- Dylan Ashburn, Caleb Romsa, Alaina Shumate and Bethany Simonson ¬
The DM Writing Club meets on Mon, Tues & Thu from 3-4pm in room 226 The DM Lego Robotics club and our new 9th grade VEX robotics team meets on Tues & Thu from 3-4:30pm in room 219b *The DM Morgan Readers meet in the library from 7:30-7:50am every Thursday

Improvement Plan information Math Dean Morgan continues its dedication to creating improvements in the math assessment scores. Morgan recently adopted NCSD approved mathematics materials for all students in grades 6-9. Math teachers are being trained to successfully implement these programs. Our adoption of MathThematics and the College Prep Mathematics programs are research-based to increase student achievement. These programs are problem-centered, application based, and use technology where appropriate. Students who complete MathThematics and CPM will have the knowledge, ability, and confidence to explore mathematics at the middle school level and learn skills that prepare them for high school and beyond. The training throughout the school year has enabled our teachers to transition from traditional teaching methods to practices that facilitate active learning in the math classrooms. Our adoption of MathThematics and the College Prep Mathematics programs are designed to integrate communication into mathematics by providing opportunities for students to use reading, writing and speaking as tools for learning mathematics. Our future actions will include more training for all math teachers throughout the next school year with a full-time math coach who collaborates with all teachers to improve math instruction and also assists in monitoring student progress. We have also implemented a learning math tutoring model (before, during and after school) to work with all students, Credit Recovery program for 9th graders, Accelerated pathways for advanced learners and a Jump Start Summer School Program to focus on math skills.	Improvement Plan information Reading Dean Morgan has seen great improvements in reading over the past several years. We are proud of the importance we place on all aspects of literacy. Evidence of this is in the DM Strategic Literacy Plan that supports student achievement in reading for all levels of learners. A Literacy Team, which has representation from every department in the building, oversees the implementation of the plan. Teachers receive continuing staff development in instructional strategies to help students with content learning in all classes. They also believe that the teaching of reading and writing is everyoneÕs responsibility. They act as literacy role models and are working to create literacy-rich environments in their classrooms. Students are matched with books at their reading levels. They participate in Sustained Silent Reading daily. Programs are available to support improved literacy for all. The 6th and 7th grade students are also required to enroll in reading courses at Morgan. The Morgan Readers, an after school club, is currently using Comet TV to promote reading. The entire school community participates in ÒMorgan Reads a MillionÓ in the quest to read one million pages. The school also utilizes a full-time reading coach who collaborates with all teachers and assists in monitoring student progress. In addition to this, staff members participate in professional development several times a month to strengthen their instructional skills around reading instruction. We have also implemented a literacy tutoring model, Credit Recovery program for 9th graders, Accelerated pathways for advanced learners, reading remedial assistance courses and a Jump Start Summer School Program to focus on math skills
Improvement Plan information Language arts (writing and language use) Dean Morgan continues to create improvements in language and writing. We strongly support the belief that writing and reading are connected. We are proud of the importance we place on the 6 + 1 traits of Writing and the Step Up to Writing Programs. Every course at Morgan emphasizes the importance of the writing process to become better writers. Students are immersed in the research and reference processes that will prepare them for success in high school. Grammar and spelling are important at every grade level. The school also utilizes a full-time assessment/technology coach who collaborates with all teachers in addressing areas for improvement. We have also implemented a literacy tutoring model, Credit Recovery program for 9th graders, Accelerated pathways for advanced learners, language remedial assistance courses and a Jump Start Summer School Program to focus on writing skills.
URGENT--- Future Comets requesting enrollment! Hello, We are sorry to announce that unfortunately we will be unable to accommodate all requests for enrollment in 2008-09. Dean Morgan experienced an extraordinary large number of requests at the 6th and 7th grade levels. NCSD families will receive enrollment notification letters around February 18th, 2008. The NCSD letter will explain the process for enrollment priorities and the protocol for the centralized waiting list for Dean Morgan. We are sorry for the challenges associated with this issue and we will continue to answer your questions with a smile!!! Questions and requests surrounding the waiting list may be answered from Mrs. Jackson, 577-0322 or Mrs. Fields, 577-0344.	Challenge Classes at DMJH! Dean Morgan's Academic Challenge Program is heading into its thirteenth year of offering quality educational opportunities for 7th and 8th grade students. The program has attracted students throughout Natrona County because of its unique approach towards addressing the needs of academically talented/advanced student. We offer advanced tracks for accelerated learners in math, language arts, science and social studies/history. The students who enroll in the Academic Challenge Program are prepared for a successful transition into programs and classes at NCHS and Kelly Walsh such as: The Academy Program, International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, Honors courses, Advanced courses and Advanced Placement (AP) courses. The Academic Challenge Program is geared for highly motivated, academically talented students who are willing to challenge themselves to achieve excellence above and beyond the traditional classroom setting. The program is designed for students who place high expectations upon themselves.