2015 Synopsis

Bancroft-Rosalie Community School General Information - Class of 2015 had 14 graduates, earning $428,840 in scholarships. - 244 students K-12 and 31 preschoolers - Co-oped junior high sports with Lyons-Decatur. Beginning in 2016-17 we will be cooping high school sports with them, the B-R-L-D Wolverines. - Purchased the Country Pub building for Youth Center and Preschool - Started an after school program that has an attendance from 15-30 students a day - Put a new roof on the Rosalie gym Academics - B-R Elementary nominated by State for the National Blue Ribbon School award. Elementary School proficiency- 96% in Reading; 94% in Math; 93% in Science and 89% in writing. - Our Positive Behavior Support program is viewed as a model program by the Department of Education. - Offered 31 dual credits in social studies, english, math and Health science. Next year we will be adding college classes in computer aided drafting, physical geography, and medical terminology. All taught by our teachers. - Seven freshmen completed Algebra II and will be taking College Algebra and Trigonometry as sophomores - Ashten Reil artwork selected for display in Washington DC congressional building - Elementary School is the first school in Nebraska to utilize an online science program- the Discovery Education Techbook. Activities - Boys basketball team was State runner-up, conference regular season champions and tournament champions - Speech team was state champions, qualified 9 events for state, Brianna Wegner- STATE CHAMPION Persuasive; Chase Bonsall, Kylie Cole, Austin Bruning, Ian Nottlemann, Jerrica Tietz- STATE CHAMPIONS- Oral Interpretation of Drama; Suzanne Ras- STATE RUNNER-UP Informative; Austin Bruning and Ian Nottlemann- STATE RUNNER-UP Duet Acting; Kylita Gomez- THIRD PLACE Informative; Suzanne Ras- FOURTH PLACE Humorous Prose; Kylita Gomez- FIFTH PLACE Persuasive; Brianna Wegner- SIXTH PLACE Serious Prose - The Powerdrive team won the standard class state championship for the second year in a row, the program is being discontinued. - The track team had three state qualifiers and jerrica Tietz placed seventh in the triple jump. - The football team qualified for the state play-offs for the 11th year in a row. - Added a school musical this year and students are practicing for next years production of “Beauty and the Beast”. - Adding girls golf, FFA, and SkillsUSA programs next year. Retirement Anita Bray- 33 years teaching/ 11 at B-R