May 2019 News & Notes

 

2019 Awards Night a Success

Thanks to the generosity of Williston Public School District 1's alumni and friends, 60 WHS graduates received scholarships from the Williston Coyote Foundation, totally over $80,000, at the May 8th award ceremony.

A heartfelt thank you to all our outstanding donors for making this event possible, and a warm congratulations to the students who were selected to receive scholarships based on their academic excellence, their athletic accomplishments, their musical talents, and their citizenship:

Brady Aberle -- Upper Missouri United Sportsmen Scholarship $1000; Dana Ebel Memorial Baseball Scholarship $500

Carson Arndt -- Lewis & Clark Explorers Alumni Scholarship $250; Hugh Long Family Scholarship $500; Josh Drew Turn It Around Scholarship $300

Samantha Barrett -- Rita Anseth Memorial Scholarship $500; Eleanor and Jack Snyder Sr. Memorial Music Scholarship $750

Apollo Beck -- David “Jorgy” Jorgenson Memorial Scholarship $500; Cody Wentz Memorial Scholarship $500

Kinsley Bendixson -- Lewis & Clark Explorers Alumni Scholarship $250; Robert and Sharon Herman Memorial Scholarship $500; Gene and Elsie DeLorme Memorial Scholarship $500

Luca Beretta -- Greg Ough Memorial Scholarship $500; Taylor Nelson Memorial Scholarship $300; Nina Kjorstad Shelby Memorial Scholarship $500

Erick Bickler -- Upper Missouri United Sportsmen Scholarship $1000; Lewis & Clark Explorers Alumni Scholarship $250; Lanny Holgerson Memorial Scholarship $500

Braedon Borseth -- Norm and Cleo Furuseth Memorial Scholarship $500; Lexi Meduna Memorial Scholarship $1000

Precious Dada -- Dr. Bob Olson Memorial Scholarship $500

Nash Dietz -- Charmaine Krenz Memorial Scholarship $1500

Brady Doeden -- Todd Gaudreau Memorial Scholarship $500; Robert and Sharon Herman Memorial Scholarship $500; Marty and Arlis Haug Family Scholarship $1000; H.L. Pedersen Memorial Scholarship $500

Jacob Donner -- Doug Stevens Memorial Scholarship $500; Josephine and Don Stockman Memorial Scholarship $500

Rhys Enget -- Robert and Sharon Herman Memorial Scholarship $500

Abigail Fagerland -- WHS Class of 1968 Memorial Scholarship $500; WHS Class of 1980 Memorial Scholarship $500

Katherine Fearing -- WHS Class of 1975 Memorial Scholarship $1000; Greg Ough Memorial Scholarship $500

Lauren Fearing -- Polivka Family Nursing Scholarship $1000 *renewable one year

Sydney Fearing -- Marek Trust Memorial Scholarship $500; Roger Breezley Memorial Scholarship $500

Justice Ferrell -- WHS Class of 1996 Memorial Scholarship $500

Jacob Geiss -- Charmaine Krenz Memorial Scholarship $1500

Hudson Gendreau -- Marek Trust Memorial Scholarship $500

Kennedy Gerbig -- Charmaine Krenz Memorial Scholarship $1500; Bob Abernethy Memorial Scholarship $500

Chase Glueckert -- Aric Quarne Memorial Music Scholarship $500; Ben McIvor Memorial Scholarship $500

Madison Gutknecht -- Upper Missouri United Sportsmen Scholarship $1000

Reed Hanson -- Sonny and Patricia Hanson Scholarship $500; Oliver & Hilda Hanson Memorial Scholarship $500; Dana Ebel Memorial Basketball Scholarship $500; Arlo Hendrickson Memorial Scholarship $500

Samantha Hazzard -- Carole Amb Memorial Teaching Scholarship $300; E. Clare Stepanek Memorial Scholarship $1200

Nikole Hellen -- Floyd and Hildegarde Penfield Memorial Scholarship $500; Cathie Carl Gendreau Memorial Scholarship $500

Jalyn Helstad -- Donn Skadeland Memorial “Player of the Game” Basketball Scholarship $500 (3x winner); Upper Missouri United Sportsmen Scholarship $1000; Riewe Sisters Memorial Girls Basketball Scholarship $250

Jana Horob -- John and Cathy Schmitz Endowment Scholarship $1000

Hayden Kemp -- Upper Missouri United Sportsmen Scholarship $1000; Donald Stewart Memorial Scholarship $250; Janet Hughes Laqua Memorial Scholarship $1250

Riley Kemp -- Tyler Jangula Memorial Scholarship $500; Robert Barkie Memorial Scholarship $500; H. L. Pedersen Memorial Scholarship $500

Olivia Karwoski -- E. Clare Stepanek Memorial Scholarship $1200

Samantha Krogfoss -- Anderson Family Scholarship $1000

Camberly Lerbakken -- Lewis & Clark Explorers Alumni Scholarship $250; Ted Schmitz Memorial Scholarship $1000; Annie Barkie Memorial Scholarship $500

Jadyn Linnehan -- Cheri Fay Brakey Memorial Scholarship $1000

Emily Lux -- Gene and Elsie DeLorme Memorial Scholarship $500; Nelson/Freeman Memorial Scholarship $500

Karter Mack -- Tyler Jangula Memorial Scholarship $500; Alfred and Jennie Solberg Memorial Scholarship $1000

Jolyssa Marquardt -- Annie Barkie Memorial Bunko Scholarship $1000; Rick, Debbie, and Josh Waitman Memorial Scholarship $500

Abigail Martin -- Lloyd Larson Memorial History Scholarship $500; Lexi Meduna Memorial Little Scholars Scholarship $500

Conner Martin -- Eleanor and Jack Snyder Sr. Memorial Music Scholarship $750; Nelson/Freeman Memorial Scholarship $500

Colette Mattila -- Charmaine Krenz Memorial Scholarship $1500

Kyla Melland -- Jim Geierman Memorial Scholarship $1000; Neff, Eiken, & Neff Law Firm Scholarship $500

Stacey Meyer -- Lavonne Lowe Nelson Memorial Scholarship $500

Alli Monson -- Roger Breezley Memorial Scholarship $500; Doug Stevens Memorial Scholarship $500

Thaddeus Moore -- Galen Germundson Memorial Scholarship $1000

Bailee Murray -- Lewis & Clark Explorers Alumni Scholarship $250; Dwight and Carole Montgomery Memorial Scholarship $500

Carly-Anne Nicholson -- Lewis & Clark Explorers Alumni Scholarship $250; Doug and Donnette Taylor Family Scholarship $1000

Ellie Ogaard -- Doug Stevens Memorial Scholarship $500

Juanita Pina -- Annie Barkie Memorial Scholarship $500; Lewis & Clark Explorers Alumni Scholarship $250; Kristi Grove Wells Memorial Bunko Scholarship $1000

Ann Reinke -- Dr. Jerry Olson Memorial Scholarship $500; Brian Shirley Memorial Scholarship $500

Alexis Renner -- Dr. T.C. Ritter Memorial Scholarship $950

Peyton Richardson -- Rita Anseth Memorial Scholarship $500; Lois Schmitz Memorial Scholarship $1000

Matthew Richter -- Janet Hughes Laqua Memorial Scholarship $1250; Williston Volunteer Fire Department Scholarship $500

Shannon Ring -- Cathie Carl Gendreau Memorial Scholarship $500; Dick Jensen Memorial Scholarship $500

Sariah Sanders -- Eleanor and Jack Snyder Sr. Memorial Music Scholarship $750; Virgil Syverson Memorial Music Scholarship $500

Christopher Sathe -- Ron Martin Memorial Baseball Scholarship $500; Kim Pflepsen Memorial Scholarship $1000

Anna Scallon -- Upper Missouri United Sportsmen Scholarship $1000; Lexi Meduna Memorial Scholarship $1000

Mirada Senior -- Anderson Family Scholarship $1000

Taylor Swenson -- Doug Stevens Memorial Scholarship $500; Charmaine Krenz Memorial Scholarship $1500

Katelyn Way -- Henry Ceglowski Memorial Scholarship $500; Ruth Hegge Fay Memorial Scholarship $1000

Jessie Yeager -- WHS Class of 1962 Memorial Scholarship $500

ONEOK DONATES TO WPSD #1

OneOK has gifted Williston Public Schools a donation of 5 300E Chromebooks with licensing and starter packs for the district's elementary schools. With the district working towards the goal of 1 to 1 technology, this donation will help provide support for the initiative.

This is the 2nd year in a row that OneOK has awarded a grant to the Williston Coyote Foundation on behalf of Williston Public Schools, and we are grateful for their support of the "Coyote Family"!

In Loving Memory:

 

Gifts to the Foundation:

  • Amanda Simard &  Alexa Stevens, to start the Doug Stevens Memorial Scholarship in memory of their father
  • Larry and Maureen Laqua, in memory of Harold Tvedt
  • Lewis and Clark PTO, for the Lewis & Clark Explorers Alumni Scholarship
  • Lewis and Clark Activity, for the Lewis & Clark Explorers Alumni Scholarship
  • Sheila and Brian Haaland, for the Annie Barkie Memorial Scholarship
  • The Bunko Gals, for the Annie Barkie Memorial Scholarship and the Kristi Grove Wells Memorial Scholarship
  • David and Jean Nelson, in memory of Dennis Olson -- Class of 63
  • Arlan and Gayle Arnson, in memory of Schawn Schmitz
  • Roger and Ellen Britton, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • Greg and Kay Anderson, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • Gerald and Cheryl Fleck, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • Clyde and Janell Sailer, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • Barkie Family Trust, for the Robert Barkie Memorial Scholarship
  • Greg and Kim DeLorme, for the Gene and Elsie DeLorme Memorial Scholarship
  • Josh Drew, for the Josh Drew Turn-It-Around Scholarship
  • Arvid and Judy Johnson, in memory of Dennis Olson -- Class of 63
  • Dawn Hustad and Kris Meduna, for the Lexi Meduna Memorial Scholarship, in memory of their daughter, Lexi Meduna
  • Loree Olson
  • Mike and Christina Jungels, for the Todd Gaudreau Memorial Scholarship, in memory of Kevin Bercier, Stacy Lutz Johnston, Scott Lippert, Jared Schwann, Alexis Meduna, and Todd Gaudreau
  • Darla Whitty, for the WHS Class of 1980 Memorial Scholarship
  • Kurt Stoner, in memory of Carole Sinness
  • Larry and Elaine Doeden, for the H.L. Pedersen Memorial Scholarship, in memory of Roger Altenburg
  • Chad and Erin Thuner, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • Monica Jeanotte, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • David and Diane Clinton, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • Deb Richter, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • Rick and Janet Tangedal, for the Donn Skadeland Memorial Basketball Scholarship, in memory of Baby K Magalei
  • Franklin McCoy, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • Dan and Chris Will, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • Joe and Wanda Meyer, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • Ken and Darci Kjos, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • Christine Glueckert, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • Christie Lininger, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • WHS Staff, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • Wayne Anderson, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of his wife, Jennifer Anderson
  • OneOK, grant for 5 Lenovo 300E Chromebooks
  • Williston Middle School's National Junior Honor Society, for the Taylor Nelson Memorial Scholarship
  • Lowell and Carol Sandvik, in memory of Roger Alternburg
  • Darryl and Carolyn Whitecloud, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • John and DaVee  MacMaster, for the Anderson Family Memorial Scholarship in memory of Jennifer Anderson
  • Paula and Russell Schilke, for the Todd Gaudreau Memorial Scholarship, in memory of Bruce Vig, Elva "Jean" Nelson, Schawn Schmitz, Janet Whritenour, and Betty Salvevold

Heritage Committee Members Sought

As previously announced, an effort by several Williston High School Alumni from the 50’s and 60’s to name the football field at the new high school “Legends Field” and to display a plaque at WHS with names of individuals who have made an exceptional difference in the lives of students who attend(ed) Williston High School. Their intentions were to honor the proud heritage of Williston High School and recognize a legend from their time as Coyotes.

In October of 2018, the naming of the football field went through and was unanimously approved by the School Board. Then in February of 2019, the criteria of how a person could be nominated went through unanimously as well. With this approval, the first name was selected for the Legends Field plaque; that person is H.L. Pedersen, WHS staff member from 1951-1963.

In an effort to honor H.L. Pedersen and future Legends selected to receive the honor, the Coyote Foundation and the WPSD #1 School Board is asking for volunteers to start a "Heritage Committee." The committee will assist with the name selections for the Legends Field Plaque, plan events in conjunction with the honoring of individuals selected to be on the plaque, and assist with all aspects of the Legends Field project including the metal works and signage that needs to be added to the football field.

If you are interested in assisting with the creation of the WPSD #1 Heritage Committee for Williston High School, please email us at codi.austreim@willistonschools.org. We appreciate your willingness to help us honor and preserve our strong heritage at WHS.

Did You Know?

We do so much more than scholarships at the Williston Coyote Foundation. We also look for ways to help the schools through unrestricted funds donated to our Foundation, grants written on behalf of the schools, and donor-specific gifts.

We are thrilled to announce that we have set up two qualified charitable endowments through the Williston Coyote Foundation:  The Nadine Sukut Bloomquist Memorial Endowment and the John and Cathy Schmitz Endowment for the Betterment of Williston Schools.  The State of North Dakota offers a tax credit for donations of $5000 or more to a qualified endowment, and we would be happy to discuss how your donation can be utilized in the best possible way for both you and the schools, students, and teachers at WPSD #1! 

​If you or your company would like to know more about ways you can help Williston Public Schools, please feel free to contact us at the Williston Coyote Foundation. We would love to visit with you about how your donation can be used for the benefit of the schools, students, and staff of WPSD #1.

As always, your donations are tax-deductible and very much appreciated. You can donate conveniently online or can mail any donations to our address listed below. We could not continue our mission of promoting and supporting Williston Public School District #1 without the help of our generous donors! ​