Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Robo Knights @ World Competition

Team 1970K "Knight Shift"
Knight Shift competed in one of the 5 HS divisions that each had 86 teams in them.  The Technology division was a very tough division and the Knight Shift team was able to recover from a 2-4 start to go 4-0 over the last 4 matches to finish 6-4 and in 30th place.  Unfortunately, they were not chosen for an alliance, but they were able to fisnish the tournament on a flurry of victories.

On a very positive note, 1970K was able to post a drivers skill score of 69 (a season best) that ended up good enough for 26th place overall in the World!  Are you kidding, a team from Nebraska was able to end up 26th place out of the thousands of HS/MS teams in the world...WOW!  This was, also, the highest drivers score of any of the local teams!  5069A from Millard North was close behind at 68, but Knight Shift took that title as best of the area.


Congratulations to Knight Shift on a great season and a special thanks to team members Nick Huetter, Michael Ford, and Aaron Meyer.  A great showing for MM and a good look at what the future will be holding for this program. - Coach Maline

Friday, April 25, 2014

National French Exam Results 2014

Level 1A                                             State Results                                                    National Results
Seong Bong Shin                              5th Place in Nebraska                                       National Rank 14th
Anthony Chen                                   7th Place in Nebraska                                       National Rank 16th
Ian Price                                            9th Place in Nebraska                                       National Rank 18th
Thomas Farhart                              11th Place in Nebraska                                     National Rank 20th
Joseph Daly                                      21st Place in Nebraska
Zilin Wang                                        23rd Place in Nebraska
Steven Schneider                             26th Place in Nebraska
Nicholas Vetter                                 28th Place in Nebraska

Level 1B
Daniel Jewell                                    2nd Place in Nebraska                                      National Rank 10th

Level 2A                                                               
Robin Britt                                        4th Place in Nebraska                                       National Rank 11th
David Recic                                       7th Place in Nebraska                                       National Rank 15th
Benjamin Benes                               8th Place in Nebraska                                       National Rank 16th
Dun Fletcher Lin                             11th Place in Nebraska                                     National Rank 19th
Jingue Jung                                      12th Place in Nebraska                                     National Rank 20th
Connor Kenney                                16th Place in Nebraska
Case McNally                                   23rd Place in Nebraska
Sunny Chen                                       24th Place in Nebraska
Chan Yung Jeong                            29th Place in Nebraska

Level 2B                                                                   
Kalle Haines                                     6th Place in Nebraska                                       National Rank 12th

Level 3A                                                        
Jonathon Collins                             1st Place in Nebraska                                        National Rank 3rd
Moon Sup Kim                                 3rd Place in Nebraska                                      National Rank 7th
Nhat Nguyen                                     13th Place in Nebraska                                     National Rank 19th
Ian Alfieri                                          14th Place in Nebraska                                     National Rank 20th
Samuel Heimerman                        16th Place in Nebraska
Jacob Bragg                                     20th Place in Nebraska
Eric Sullivan                                    20th Place in Nebraska
Sung Jae Kim                                   24th Place in Nebraska
Andrew Whitaker                            25th Place in Nebraska

Level 3C
Jean-Marie Djidhoho                       14th Place in Nebraska                                     National Rank 20th


Level 4A                   
Ha-Seul Jeoung                                1st Place in the State                                          National Rank 13th
Will Sleddins                                    7th Place in the State                                         National Rank 19th
Kevin Jewell                                     9th Place in the State        
Collin Donahue                                11th Place in the State      
William Ernst                                  13th Place in the State
Matthew Okalebo                            14th Place in the State
Bennet Bressman                             21st Place in the State
Chris Bierman                                 23rd Place in the State                                     
Blake Tomich-Batten                                  28th Place in the State

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Knight Writers Capture State Title

The Mount Michael Journalism Team has won the 2014 Class C Journalism Championship! In the last 9 years the Knight Writers have won the Class C Championship 6 times and been State Runner-up twice.
Congratulation Knights!


CLASS C Top 5 Team Scores
1.                   Mount Michael Benedictine, 31
2.                   Sandy Creek, 29
3.                   Fairbury, 20
4.                   Columbus Scotus, 14
5.                   Grand Island Central Catholic, 10

Individual Results - Links are to Award Winning Entries. Some files are large.
EDITORIAL WRITING: 1st Place Harrison Hohman
ENTERTAINMENT WRITING: 2nd Jacob Eyth, 3rd Wilhelm Sleddens
GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION:  1st JacksonTaylor, 3rd Wilhelm Sleddens
NEWS WRITING: 3rd  Mickey Coughlin
NEWS/FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY: 2nd. Moon Sup Kim Photo A -  Photo B
SPORTS FEATURE WRITING: 2nd Cooper Wilson
YEARBOOK SPORTS FEATURE WRITING: 2nd Harrison Hohman, 3rd Evan Pink,
YEARBOOK THEME COPY WRITING: 1st Moon Sup Kim

All-State Event Qualifiers - The All Class Competition will be held May 12, 2014

Harrison Homan Editorial Writing - Placed 3rd in the All Class Competition!
Jackson Taylor: Graphic Illustration
Will Sleddens: Graphic Illustration
Moon Sup Kim: News/Feature Photography & Yearbook Theme Copy Writing

In-Depth Coverage – Already Completed  & Ranked on All-Class Level
6th Place Colin Svoboda, Mick Steier,
11th  Place  Colin Svoboda, Mick Steier, Harrison Hohman, Young Joon Park, Moon Sup Kim, 

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Strategic Plan Launched

Strategic Planning Process:  Mount Michael Benedictine School has entered into an agreement with Shea Consultants out of Dallas, Texas to lead our Strategic Planning initiative.  During the next nine months, members of the Mount Michael community will be called upon to complete surveys, attend meetings, offer opinions, etc. regarding Mount Michael Benedictine School.  All input matters.  In looking at the past, in our forty-three year history being an all-boys boarding and day school, and where we are today; our future looks incredibly bright.  We are at the junction where we need to access where we are and where we are headed. 

Thank you for your support during this important process.

Dr. David J. Peters, Ed.D.

Head of School