3rd Grade Idiom Day

Akron FBLA students had a great day at the Colorado FBLA District III Leadership Conference held at NJC yesterday. Congratulations to our students and advisor, Mrs. Ali Houston!
Individual Results:
Parrish Brush
-1st Publication Design,
-8th Advertising
Seth Dorrenbacher
-8th Agribusiness
Anthony Dreher
-3rd Future Business Leader
-2nd Personal Finance
-3rd Place Knowledge Bowl Team
Isaiah Herder
-9th Agribusiness
Levi Kipp
-1st Spreadsheet Applications
-3rd Personal Finance
-3rd Place Knowledge Bowl Team
Kate Pachner
-2nd Word Processing
-Chapter Name Tag Winner
-$250 District III FBLA Scholarship
-Future Business Achievement Award
-3rd Place Knowledge Bowl Team
Jayda Pena
-1st Publication Design
Derrick Poss
-1st Future Business Leader
-2nd Agribusiness
-3rd Place Knowledge Bowl Team
Ben Goff
- 8th Political Science
Adrian Herrera
-4th Cyber Security
Hunter Darling
-6th Economics
Caden Zimmerman
-5th Accounting 1
-6th Organizational Leadership
Geoffrey Cole
-5th Impromptu Speaking
-6th Accounting 1
Caitlyn Herder
-7th Accounting 1
Kacyn Kessinger
-2nd Introduction to Business
-1st Intro to Parliamentary Procedure
-1st Place Knowledge Bowl Team
Grayson Pachner
-4th Accounting 1
-4th Introduction to Business
-1st Place Knowledge Bowl Team
Nadalyn Poss
-3rd Accounting 1
-3rd Intro to Business Communication
-1st Place Knowledge Bowl Team
Landrie Reese
-3rd Job Interview
Sara Wylie
-1st Intro to Public Speaking
-1st Accounting 1
Mariah Demers
-1st Place Knowledge Bowl Team
Daisha Riofrio
-2nd Intro to Public Speaking


Congratulations to Akron High School’s Ivonne Lozano for being elected as Northeastern Plains FCCLA District President for the 2019-2020 school year! We are proud of you!!!

A big THANK YOU to everyone at the Akron Airport. The 8th grade class toured Hayes Aviation, Redline Propellor, and Redline Governor today. They took this tour for a new project they will be working on in class. The project’s mission is to expose students to manufacturing opportunities in rural America.



New Akron Ram student art on display in the cafetorium.

The Akron J.H. girls teams hosted Merino and Wiggins on Monday night. The A squad won both games
Akron 29 Merino 16
Akron 25 Wiggins 20
Go Rams!


The Akron J.H. wrestlers competed at Merino on Monday afternoon.


THORNTON INVITATIONAL
The Akron Ram H.S. wrestling team traveled to Thornton today with just six wrestlers. The team performed well scoring 89 points and finishing 6th out of field of 23 teams.
Individual Results: Derrick Poss 1st, Carson Reese 2nd, Seth Dorrenbacher 3rd, Justin Traxler 6th, and Cameron Collins won the consolation side of the bracket.
Great job Rams!

We are proud of our 5th & 6th grade brain bowl team that placed 2nd today at Ft. Morgan. The Akron team lost on a tie breaker question 15-13.
Great job Rams!

The Akron H.S. basketball teams traveled to Wiggins Friday night for a league contest. The Akron girls lost a heart breaker in overtime 43-37 and the Akron boys won big 67-40.
Good job Rams!


The Akron J.H students led the school in the Akron Ram fight song Thursday morning.
Go Rams!


AKRON KNOWLEDGE BOWL COMPETITION
Congratulations to our H.S. knowledge bowl teams and their their coach Denise Pickens. Our three teams finished 1st, 3rd, and 14th out of 18 teams. We also had two J.H. teams that finished 8th and 20th out of 23 teams.
A big thank you goes to Akron school staff and volunteers that helped make the knowledge bowl competition a success today.


Akron students from Mr. Samber’s sophomore U.S. History class visited the Akron nursing home Wednesday to interview and learn from their elders. Great project!

The Akron Ram H.S. basketball teams hosted the Haxtun Bulldogs Tuesday night. Haxtun won the girls game 62-45 and Akron won the boys game 49-47.
Go Rams!
Akron J.H wrestlers were in action at the Sterling Bash on Tuesday.

The Akron Ram J.H. girls’ basketball teams played Caliche on Monday. The Rams won the ‘A’ game 34-12 and lost the ‘B’ game 23-11.
Good job Rams!

The Akron Rams took on the Liberty Common Eagles Saturday night. The girls put up a great fight but came up a little short losing 32-37. The boys finished with a win, 55-37.
Keep working hard, Rams.

The Akron Ram wrestling team competed in the Platte Valley Team Tournament at Kersey today. The Rams had just six wrestlers competing today. Five of the six finished with a winning record and three of those were undefeated on the day.
Nice job Rams!

AKRON 6TH GRADE KNOWLEDGE BOWL TEAM QUALIFIES FOR STATE
The Akron 6th grade knowledge bowl team composed of Zaya Wells, Caleb Poss, Merek Charney, Carl McGuire, and Haylee Roseberry traveled to Stanley Lake H.S. in Denver today with their coach Paula McGuire for a regional knowledge bowl competition. The team competed this morning and qualified for the final eight, which moved them into the afternoon competition. The team then placed 6th which qualifies them for the state competition on February 23rd.
Go Rams!!!

8th Grade Career Fair
Our 8th grade students traveled to Holyoke yesterday to take part in a career fair event. The students had a great time exploring different careers.



