Your Weekly Oriole News

The Voces Bel Canto, in elegant blue dresses, while our Concert Choir, in black dresses and tuxes bring a touch of sophistication. As a longstanding tradition, we invite all HUHS Choral alumni to join in at the end of the year and sing the Alleluia Chorus, uniting past and current students in a timeless bond of music.

Rotary Students of the Month Zoe Ramstack and Mason Weber are honored by School Board President Tracy Hennes and Superintendent Jeff Walters. Both students have outstanding academic and extracurricular achievements.

When asked by the school board, "What advice to you have for freshman?"

The answer was get involved. 👍

Executive Director of Business Services and Human Resources Rob Nelson shared updated budget projections. At this point with a number of built-in assumptions, the district is projecting a deficit of over 1.6 million dollars, where the revenue being generated is not able to keep up with the district’s ongoing expenses. Our district’s leadership team is continuing to review recommendations to address these challenges and I would encourage you to attend the school board meeting on Monday, January 15th, beginning at 5:45pm to learn more about the district’s financial challenges.

- Superintendent Jeffrey A. Walters

If you'd like to read Mr. Walters' recap of the December 18th school board meeting, please download the Superintendent Report below.

If you'd like to listen to Mr. Nelson's presentation to the school board, scroll to 43:10 on the recorded meeting on YouTube.

English Teachers Nick Dobberstein and Ellwood Ellenson invited an esteemed guest speaker for the Creative Writing class! Author Tom Zachek has published books for the Tarzan franchise as well as two short story anthologies. He explained to students about the life of a writer, the editing process with different publishers, and the need to love what you do.

You may also remember Mr. Zachek since he taught at HUHS teacher for 33 years. Did you have him as a teacher?👍