Hendricks school board hires Chick as HPS superintendent

Principal Paul Chick was hired as the new superintendent of Hendricks Public Schools at last week’s meeting.

By Mark Wilmes
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The Hendricks School Board approved the hiring of Principal Paul Chick as superintendent/principal. Current Superintendent Bruce Houck’s contract is done as of June 30. The action was approved by a unanimous vote at last week’s regular monthly meeting. The meeting continued uninterrupted despite a power outage, so the meeting was lit by two emergency lights throughout a significant portion of the evening. Chick also agreed to step in immediately as “Houck’s designee.” The move will allow Chick to attend meetings and sign documents in the absence of the superintendent, until his contract officially kicks in on July 1, allowing the district to be covered as Houck takes unused vacation time in June.

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Redhawks place at State

Kaytlyn Hawley follows through on her throw in the Girls Shot Put. Hawley threw a 37-11.75 in the event to place third overall.

By Redhawks
Sportswriters

The Estelline-Hen­dricks Redhawks quali­fied 11 athletes in 13 events at the South Dako­ta State Track and Field Championships held May 24-25 at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Despite a less than ideal track and field season, the Redhawks improved on last season’s performances.
The Lady Redhawks moved up from a thir­teenth place team finish in the 2018 State Meet to a ninth place finish scor­ing 29 points…

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Redhawks golf at Regions

Coach Tom Olson and Landen Johnson are pictured after the Region 2 Golf Meet. Johnson is a seventh grader.

By Redhawks
Sportswriters

The Estelline-Hendricks golf teams competed in their first region meet as Redhawks at the Edge­brook Golf Course on May 23. After two postpone­ments, the Region 2 Meet was held with the Red­hawk girls grabbing a third place team finish…
Spencer Lutz, Jacoby Fle­gel, Landen Johnson and Mavik Siverson golfed for the Redhawk boys team. This is the first season competing for all of the boys. They placed 12th in the team competition…

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Partners in Education at HPS

Hendricks Public School elementary students and their principal, Mr. Chick, enjoy some reading time in the Literacy Corner at this year’s HPS PTO Carnival.

On May 10, the Hendricks Public School PTO hosted its annual PTO Carnival at the school. This year, along with all of the face painting, bouncy houses, games, and other fun activities, there was an additional attraction put together by the Striving Readers Comprehensive Lit­eracy Grant coaches, Hope Doom and Mary Chick.
The Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Grant (SRCL) is a two-year grant that was acquired by the Hendricks Public School to encourage and support every learner in developing strong literacy knowledge, skills, and dispositions that ensure academic success…

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MNVSS holds first commencement ceremony at Hendricks Public School

MNVSS graduates Samantha Kahlow of Becker and Angelica Schneider of Green Isle.

By Violet Nelson
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Minnesota Virtual School for Success (MNVSS) commence­ment was held at Hendricks Public School on Friday, May 17 at 12:30 p.m. Hendricks has a number of online students cov­ering many parts of the country; however, these two girls were the only ones able to attend the cer­emony.

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Redhawk girls runners-up, boys sixth at Region 3 track

Cora Hofer is pictured running the 200 Meter Dash at a meet held recently. Hofer finished third in the 200 at the Region 3 meet, missing out on the second place qualifier by one hundredth of a second. Hofer was also on the first place 4×100 Meter Relay team and the runner-up 4×400 Meter Relay team, which both advanced to the state meet.

By Redhawks
Sportswriters

The Estelline-Hendricks Redhawks performed well at the Region 3 Track and Field Meet held in DeS­met, South Dakota on May 16 with the Redhawks qualifying athletes in 11 events. The girls finished second in the 11-team region with 151 points, and the boys finished in sixth place overall scoring 60.50 points.
The Redhawks claimed six titles…

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Hailey Nygaard runs the 200 Meter Dash at a recent meet.

Region golf postponed

By Redhawks
Sportswriters

The Estelline-Hendricks Redhawks are prepared for Region play originally scheduled for May 21. Due to forecasted weath­er conditions, the Region 2 Meet will be played on Thursday, May 23 at the Edgebrook Golf Course in Brookings, South Dakota.

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Field Day Fun for HPS kids

Hendricks Public School students from kindergarten through the sixth grade arrived at Veterans Memorial Park last Tuesday morning, May 14, for their favorite year-end event. The teachers made it a fun day with a variety of planned activities. After hours of entertainment, the students returned to the school with smiles on their faces—that makes it all worth it!

Students spend a day at the old Country Schoolhouse

The Hendricks Public School third and fourth grade students spent Wednesday, May 15 at the Lincoln County Pioneer Museum’s country schoolhouse. Students enjoyed their sack lunches on the hill by the school.

By Violet Nelson
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Last Tuesday, Jessica Jordahl and Josh Eide brought their third and fourth grade classes to the one-room country school located on the LincolnCountyMuseum grounds.

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Commencement exercises celebrated at Hendricks Public School

The congratulatory lineup for the HPS Class of 2019.

By Violet Nelson
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The seventh annual Hendricks Public School Commencement exercises were held Saturday, May 18 with five graduates— Max Schumacher, Abigail Satterlee, Heather Digre, Nicholas Brown and Nathan Boyd.
The commencement began with the HPS choir singing “One More Day.”

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