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Academics
Quiz Bowl: Pyramus and Thisbe   
Who? You know, the Romeo and Juliet of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Well even if you didn't know it Valeria Whitmore knew the winning question to the first round of the 2018 Quiz Bowl Competition. Fellow teammates, Dawson Schawang, Caleb Brezina, and Josh Pandorf defeated Logan View in the first round of the season. Next they will compete against LCC on February 1st.  
Second Quarter Honor Roll
We are very proud of all our students who have achieved academic honor roll or honorable me ntion during the first quarter. Honor Roll students maintained at grade point average of a 93% or above. Honorable Mention students maintained an 89% or above. Find the list here. Great job, Monarchs!  
Faith & Service
March for Life in D.C.
Twenty-eight Aquinas students, staff, and parents traveled to DC to march for the unborn during the 45th March for Life. Every year the Diocese of Lincoln travels to DC to not only attend the March for Life but are able to tour some wonderful historical sites along the way. They were able to meet Senators Deb Fischer and Ben Sasse. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry pulled some strings and got our entire group onto the House Floor.
Please keep praying for the unborn and those in danger of being aborted.  

Social Justice Class
The Senior Class with Fr. Ben Holdren, traveled to Macy and Winnebago, NE to view first hand the power of loving those who need love the most. They were able to visit Native Americans on the Omaha and Winnebago Reservations right here in Nebraska. There are no pictures in order to respect the tribe's privacy. You can read an article written by Journalism student, Ryan Nemec, here.
Fine Arts
Speech Season 
Aquinas Catholic Speech Team has been hard at work. Congratulations to all our Speech Competitors at the David City & Aquinas Meet on January 6th. Champs: Cody Hein, Dawson Schawang, Isaac Archuleta, Kael Jakub, and Nathan Uhrmacher OID, Will Yindrick Humorous, Emily Dalton Persuasive
Runners-up: Libby Aschoff Entertainment, Will Yindrick Poetry,
Bronze: Hayden Schawang, Jill Witter, and Jude Yindrick  OID, Suzanne Oborny Serious
Entertainment: Sean Kovar 4th, Nathan Uhrmacher 5th, Josina Hain 6th  
Extemporaneous: Isaac Archuleta 4th, Eli Reiter 5th  
Informative: Emily Dalton 5th, Collin Hain 6th  
Humorous: Macyn Moravec 5th  
Poetry: Kael Jakub 4th, Cody Hein 5th, Katie Brezina 6th  
Serious: Hayden Schawang 4th  
Persuasive: Collin Hain 4th
The Louisville Speech Meet is on Jan 27th. You can follow this meet on Speechwire
Athletics
B oys Baske tball    
Aquinas Catholic Boys Basketball are having a stellar season with some great buzzer beating games. They are currently 11-5 on the season. You can see all the great scores on NSAA. Great job, Monarchs.
Girls Baske tball     Breanna Stouffer
Aquinas Catholic Girls Basketball are having great season despite some injury setbacks. They are currently 8-9 on the season. You can see all the scores on NSAA. Great job and good luck the rest of the season.  
Vanessa BohuslavskyVeronica Kobza 
Wrestling Season
Aquinas wrestlers won the Centennial Conference for the first time since 2003, on Jan. 20th. There were some great matches and honors. Joe Reimers won his 100th match that weekend. Read all the results here
St. Mary's Elementary
Mother/Son Bowling 
A great group of mothers and sons were able to attend The Spirit Club's Mother & Son Bowling in Columbus on Sat. Jan 6th. Save the Date for the Father Daughter Dance: Feb. 24th after the 5pm Mass.


Gold Rush 2018
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April 7, 2018
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