Announcements Monday, October 26, 2026
Published on October 26, 2026Lunch:
-Breakfast Bites
-Chicken Wrap
Announcements:
-A representative from the Army will be here over lunch tomorrow, October 27th, to visit with students.
-There will be a blood drive this Thursday in the secondary gym. If you would like to sign up to give please see Mr. Thorson or Mrs Clayberg.
Activities:
-Pella Publications attended the Iowa High School Press Association Fall Conference last Thursday. Duchess staff members won 14 individual awards for design, writing, and photography in the Fall Yearbook Contest.
-Congratulations to Forte members Sierra, Elly, Goldie, Emma, Laynie, Miller, Whitley, Camille, and Addi on earning a Division 1 Superior Rating for their dance solo. Extra congratulations to Emma, who placed in the top 10 out of 76 contestants to punch her ticket to state on December 4!
Congratulations to Winter Guard members Mallory, Brooklyn, Henry, and Madison who earned Division 1 Super Rating on their color guard solo. Brooklyn, Henry, and Madison all placed in the top 8 in their class, earning them a trip to state to recompete on December 2.
–Congratulations to all students that auditioned for the All State Choir on Saturday. You represented Pella so well!
The following students were selected for a recall-
Henry Place
Zoe Drabek
Amelia Carlstone
Jenna Beyer
Konstantina Papakonstantinidou
Tabetha Tangen
Juliana Robbins and Avery Black were both Selected as an Alternates.
and Congrats to the Students selected for the All State Choir:
Allie Hellbush
Brooklyn Sorheim
Cameron Failor
Riley Black
Elias Fisher
-Selected for All-State Band were Jaeda VanZante, Abby Kalkwarf, Isaac Steenhoek, Kyler Lyons, Xavier Keasling, Easton Hannon, and Zane Redman, with Jack Brown selected as an alternate.
-And congratulations to Charlie VelHuizen, who was selected for All-State Orchestra!
-Girls tennis and volleyball players. please take a few minutes to fill out your end of the year feedback survey that was emailed to you last night from Mr. Fynaardt. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
-Congrats to the football team on their win last Friday.